Author Archives: krishseewraj

Just over a year ago Kym and his family moved to Albany and I’ve said several times that I’ll pop down to visit, with the intention to get out for a climb (of course).  Each time our plans have been thwarted, whether due to work, injuries and this time the weather.  I was supposed toContinue reading “Running low on fuel”

Dean has been absent from climbing for some time, two years in fact, so it was not certain how much or what we might do on our Sunday trip to Willies.  One thing was for certain there would be no cams used, I’d brought the usual passive gear with the hope of making use ofContinue reading “The Guns of Navarone”

I wasn’t intending to head out yesterday morning, as we are coming up to silly season on more than one front at home so weekends become hectic and some things usually have to slide.  So when Wiggins put the call out for people interested to play I initially said ‘no can do’.  However, I’m veryContinue reading “Hold still for the camera…”

The idea of climbing during the last few week have been canned due to uncertainty of whether we would get blown off the cliffs or drenched while trying to scale them.  However, this week the weather forecast had remained relatively settled, something we have not had for a what seems a very long time.  SoContinue reading “Someone is getting forgetful…”

Six in the morning seemed a reasonable time to meet in the Capel pub carpark, and Andrew was amenable to that idea.  What I kinda guessed but didn’t think, or more likely hoped, would not happen was that the mercury was low.  On the drive down it dipped to a mere finger numbing 1 degreeContinue reading “Grotesque”

This weekend the weather was not working in our favour.  Wiggins and I had set our sights on Driftwood Bay at Willyabrup, but being on the west coast we decided to abort those plans when the forecast predicted 40km/hr westerlies combined with a rough sea.  Instead we headed for the more sheltered Castle Rock, onContinue reading “Going soft?”

The Frenchman got back in town a few days back after having had a bit of a sware across a few continents.  On his return he was greeted by what some may hope to be the last of the coldness of winter.  The cold didn’t put us off and with today being the first dayContinue reading “Spring into action”

This morning we managed a quick trip out to a place that, rather surprisingly, Wiggins had not been to before.  There are a number of crags in-between the mighty Wilyabrup and Northern Crags that rarely get visited, and it would seem that some local climbers are also guilty of having ignored them.  So with anotherContinue reading “The new kid on the block”

It is customary for both Craig and I to provide each other with a birthday present of a day out on rock.  Craig can’t claim old man status just yet but is now only one year away.  So on this trip in preparation for that lofty age we had already decided to head somewhere toContinue reading “The birthday present”