We decided to have a Christmas Eve get together at Welly Dam, and the hard core crew turned up at 6 for a not so early start. My guess being that it was a later start so we could make sure we were not too tired on the big day to see what Santa may have brought us. Mikey was keen to get a few more meters in for his challenge so we let him kick the proceedings off:
The idea was that everyone should wear some festive attire, but the message must have gone AWOL. That said I did replace my tin pot with an ultra-safe Santa hat, and I must admit it seemed to make some magic happen as I managed to bag Chasing Mason (finally!):
The Howe brother’s donned festive (probably more appropriate) tin pots decorated with bows. Occasionally it felt like it was snowing as a bow would float down from above, and on one such occasion Rongy was quick and picked up a bow for his tin pot! It was however far from cold, although the rock was in good condition and lines were being ticked left, right and centre:
There were a few faces from old too:, Marnie was down from Freemantle; Chris popped over from Donnybrook; and Dan and Joanne were over from Melbourne. Dan foolishly believed me, as I picked a few lines for him to tackle, but he did really well. He was not the only one to take a fall or two and nearly everyone who led tested the ropes at some point:
By ten’ish the second wave of party goers turned up. They were the mostly non-climbing crew. Soon it was starting to warm up, and some of the early starters decided that food, drink and a chat was more appropriate than climbing so the action slowed down:
There was also a chance for the kids to jump on, but being Welly Dam there is never anything real easy for them to try. That said swinging on the ropes and abseiling down is always fun:
As we got close to midday the BBQs were fired up and everyone settled down to munch some lunch in the shade of the trees, as the sun started to hit the wall. It was definitely now time to stop climbing and top up on energy:
Hoping everyone has a very Merry Christmas and great New Year!
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