Category Archives: Climbing away from home

Over the festive period, which seems so long ago now, I would normally pop down to the south coast to get out for a climb with Kym.  However, just before the school holidays last year, he took a fall of his skateboard and badly sliced his wrist on a broken bottle.  Needless to say thatContinue reading “Stretching the rope”

Kym and I have been trying, and failing, to tee up a weekend to catch up for some time now.  The wet winter and now spring we have had has not helped our cause.  But this Friday I had to head to Albany for work, helping out with a workshop that ran from nine tillContinue reading “A perfect fit”

Some would say we were a little nuts while others might say we had rocks in our head, the latter being maybe a little true but the former not so much.  Admittedly when we had set the date for this camping and climbing trip, many months back, we had not envisaged that we would haveContinue reading “Rocks in our heads”

Friday heralded the day that I, along with approx. 180,000 other people in Australia, completed the 25 day push-up challenge.  I was encouraged by Pat, a work colleague, to join the movement.  I had not trained for it and the only exercise I’d been doing was my weekend climbs, so it certainly took a tollContinue reading “The early riser”

In case you were wondering why I had not written up a post last weekend, it wasn’t intentional.  What was intentional was not getting out for a climb, but I had hoped for one last snorkel near Castle Rock.  The water would probably have been OK there, unlike at our local beach where the waterContinue reading “Small world”

Almost a year in the making and Rongy and I were ready to hit the road, the reason for such a long period of planning being that this five day trip was to celebrate a soon to arrive major birthday of his.  But also it had started off with grand plans to head to ArapilesContinue reading “Battling the elements”

After a day hanging about at home, going for a snorkel and chilling out watching a bit of TV with Lisa it was hard to motivate myself to pack up the car and head south.  Kym and I had been scheming a trip out for quite a while now, and on this occasion I hadContinue reading “Sunset cruise”

In March 2008 Andrew, Howsie, Rongy And I set off for a weeklong trip to the South Coast.  It was for them the first long climbing trip, and while it does not come up in regular conversation it is something that stuck in their minds.  I discovered just how much that trip meant to themContinue reading “South Coast Revisited”

A month or more back Howsie had been camping at Denmark on a family trip. During a walk with the family he stumbled across a rock face and after staring at it in wonder for ages, he finally found what he was looking for. There were bolts… and after he posted about them on ourContinue reading “Something to come back for”

When the opportunity arises you have to take it, and seeing Kym had a break in his studies and there was a settled period I drove down on Thursday afternoon to stay with the Hartley family.  As I drove into Albany I watched the sun go down and on arrival at their house I wasContinue reading “The Artist”