Empress Falls Canyon Waterfall Abseil - Blue Mountains

Dave Jones abseiling Empress Falls at Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia. This is the main abseil, Empress Falls, in Empress (Valley of The Waters) Canyon.
This is the canyon exit, video shot from the tourist track.
Video by Peter D.

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• canyon
• canyoning
• abseil
• waterfall
• canyoneering
• australia
• sydney
• blue
• mountains
• empress
• falls

[Altzone]

Yes, one 60m static rope. It was 60m originally, but with shrinkage due to water use it was more like 56m. It just reached the water.

[Rainb0wSeven]

Did this, last Thursday. Thanks to the recent rains, there was a LOT more water coming over the falls!

[heroineworshipper]

When does he pull out the multimeter?

[Keanu181881]

I went to blue mountains today. i remember the giant stairway. IT WAS FREAKING SCARY!!! i was scared because it was windy and stuff. i reached to the bridge and wimped out. its soo high.

oh haha. and also this chinese tourist dropped her cmera. =P goodbye

[thumpaholden]

I did Empress for the first time at night. I nearly climbed over that edge 'cause in the dark I didn't know it was a drop on the other side. It was probably a dumb move doing an unknown canyon for the first time at night. It's a nice canyon. It's rather convenient having the formed path out and car park at the top.

[EEVblog]

Correct. Or you can use a single rope is you want, with various retrieval options. Also, you can do a shorted drop to the right side if required.

[peterhatton13]

it would be doubled over for a 30m drop.

[TheBumblingRoadie]

I went either earlier this year or late last year. Great fun :D

[FLawed08]

Aw man! I did this back in 2004 but all of my pics were underexposed and I didn't have a video cam to capture the experience. Thanks for posting, it brought it all back for me!

[x2dva]

Is this using a 60m rope?