I woke with a start at 3:20am when the alarm went off – after making a tea for my sippy mug I was in the car and on my way to Ryan’s house; 4:00am and Ryan, Paul and I were on the road to Wellington Dam and as the first light crept in we rolled into the quarry car park.
Ryan had to be at work for 9 so we had to be out by 8 giving us three hours to have some fun, which we did with all three of us having a crack at leading the three lines we chose. All too soon time was called and we drove back into town with the biggest smiles feeling like we had already had a great day, as most other people were just getting started.
So…… in the name of having fun and getting climbing fit we have committed to going up to the Quarry for an early morning climb every fortnight and the next trip will be Saturday 10th – anyone keen to join us?
We started on what looked like a walk in the park grade 15 called Block and Tackle:
It turned out to be a fun climb worthy of the grade and reminded us that holds at Wellington Dam quarry do not deliver the security they appear to from below:
The climbs are mostly 18 – 22, so we plumped for Barbie Q (19) just because it looked like a nice line:
Well graded and good bolt placements made it a good choice, and Ryan looked like a smooth well oiled machine:
Until the last crux sequence when it all went wrong:
There was still time for one more climb so Paul jumped (or was he pushed?) onto Welcome to Edges (18):
He too was in fine form eating up the moves without a second thought:
Until the last move, doh:
Oh well as Ryan said the rock will still be here next time……
Sandbagged 