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The Gisborne Photo News

 

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"Roping Down"

Members of the Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club tried their skill recently at what mountaineers term "rappelling"--using a rope to descend overhanging, or near-vertical, cliffs. A party assembled at Sponge Bay to hear a short talk on the use of ice-axe and rope, and then, led by two exhuberant Te Puia members, they began lowering themselves down the cliffs to the seashore.

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Club captain Mike Dixon starts descent

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Chris Sharp (Te Puia) swung down in a few seconds.

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Jan Stewart tries her hand at the game.

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Chris Sharp, David Bacon, Bob Cresswell and Vic Brough watch a descent from cliff-top.

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Bob Cresawell and David Bacon discuss problems half way down

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Club president Keith Thomson gets feel of ropes before taking off.