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Tasmania specific bushwalking discussion. Please avoid publishing details of access to sensitive areas with no tracks.Frenchmans Cap Base Jump
Sat 07 Apr, 2018 2:04 pm
From ABC news
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-07/j ... ap/9629498
For hikers, Frenchmans Cap in Tasmania's west offers some tough challenges.
It's a gruelling 46 kilometre, five-day trek to the 1,446 metre high summit, which overlooks the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.
For most adventurers, walking to the top would be enough of a challenge, but not for filmmaker Pete Wyllie.
"I've been climbing and parachuting for a long time, and I've always wanted to have an adventure where I could combine … rock climbing and BASE jumping into the one … challenge," he said.
"Frenchmans Cap seemed like a perfect place for it.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-07/j ... ap/9629498
For hikers, Frenchmans Cap in Tasmania's west offers some tough challenges.
It's a gruelling 46 kilometre, five-day trek to the 1,446 metre high summit, which overlooks the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.
For most adventurers, walking to the top would be enough of a challenge, but not for filmmaker Pete Wyllie.
"I've been climbing and parachuting for a long time, and I've always wanted to have an adventure where I could combine … rock climbing and BASE jumping into the one … challenge," he said.
"Frenchmans Cap seemed like a perfect place for it.
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