Publishing route information

There is a range of views from the publishing of little or no information to that of making just about everything public.

There is a significant amount of track and route information on this site. In publishing it, my position has been not to add to the information that is already publically available. So

• where there is significant information already available, you will probably find relatively detailed track notes
• where there is brief information or just a grid reference, you will probably find a trip report with photos, but no track notes
• where there is essentially no information, you will probably get some photos and a vague trip report

I hope that this balances the desire of people for information with the need to minimise impact in less well known areas and to allow opportunities for other people to rediscover new canyons for themselves. By the time you have visited most of the canyons that have published route information, you will most likely have sufficient experience to venture further afield and look for other canyons. There are certainly a lot of them out there.

I should also note that the NPWS view is:

Don't publicise "new" canyons or those in wilderness areas to preserve opportunities for discovery and to minimise impacts.

Tom Brennan : website@ozultimate.com : updated 20041025