Australia’s Remote Slot Canyons

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Just a few hours’ drive west of Sydney, Australia’s rugged Blue Mountain region is home to hundreds of slot canyons – deep fissures created by the erosive effects of water rushing through sandstone. Veteran guide John Robens (far left) leads a soggy team through a moss-covered passage in Claustral Canyon, so named for its claustrophobia-inducing passages. 



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The Blue Mountain region is actually an ancient sedimentary plateau deeply incised by river erosion and densely carpeted in eucalyptus. Locating a canyon’s entry point in this thickly-wooded area can require hours of bushwalking, all while a canyoneer is typically hauling as much as 9kg of gear, including a rope, wet suit, food and first aid supplies.


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Like a giant flushing toilet bowl, the Black Hole of Calcutta in Claustral Canyon, named for a small mid-18th Century dungeon in India that held British prisoners of war, appears to swallow photographer Carsten Peter. 


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As adventurers finally reach the light, cascades of mammoth ferns flourish in the humid air trapped between Claustral Canyon’s narrow walls.

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