Category Archives: Climbing away from home

During our trip back to the homelands Lisa’s long-time friend had mentioned that her partner was a climber and would be interested in getting out for a climb when we stayed in Torquay, Lisa’s old stomping ground.  Now while the trip as supposed to give me some recuperation time to try and settle my nigglingContinue reading “Back in the homelands”

Howsie, Craig and I spent way too long pondering what to do… our hearts had been set on the long slabs of the Porongurup’s.  For three weeks it had been looking great as the 28 day rain forecast had been indicating our chosen weekend was going to be perfect.  Then once the 7 day forecastContinue reading “A pot of gold”

It felt a little strange rolling out of the drive on a Tuesday morning about the same time I would normally be heading off to work, as this time I was heading off for a week of self-indulgence.  Over the last week I’d bought, begged, borrowed and stashed stuff for the trip and as hasContinue reading “The Proclaimers”

The moon was bright at 3:30 when I stepped outside, the car indicated a lowly 4 degrees but where we were heading was forecast to be 0 degrees at sunrise.  We hoped to get to the crag before the sun poked its head out so we could watch the world wake up with a secondContinue reading “Bad ethics”

The alarm went off at 2:40 giving me 20min to pack the esky, make a tea and head out the door.  Half an hour later I found Howsie walking the streets of Bunbury in darkness with a cuppa in his hand.  We’d been organised and I’d picked up all his gear the day before, whichContinue reading “Meatloaf”

This weekend Howsie and I had planned to head down to the Stirling Ranges to bag some big multi-pitch routes on the mighty Alpine style Bluff Knoll. However, this spring has been a tad fickle weatherwise and we kept an eye on what was to unfold. Eventually deciding that with the likelihood of a highContinue reading “Cosy Corner”

Much as it was a very relaxing day off, we were keen to get back into it. Unfortunately the wet weather had not fully blown over and today was forecast for high winds and showers. A great thing about the Blue Mountains is that with so many crags if you check out the wind direction,Continue reading “Blue Mountains – the end bit”

Ah Pierces Pass now this is a place we were sooooo looking forward to. We had been told that the access might be misleading by more than one person and reading the book the climb we had our eye on to test ourselves on would normally take a 6 to 7 hrs car to car.Continue reading “Blue Mountains – the middle bit”

Rongy and I took a red eye flight on Thursday 22 September to head to the Blue Mountains. With an eleven day trip ahead of us we crammed in a lot of climbs so this email only covers the start bit and there will be two more to follow, so if you get bored ofContinue reading “Blue Mountains – the start bit”

Well after three months of my on-again off-again travel proposal for a conference in Brisbane it was definitely on, and only just in time with less than a week before my departure date. When the opportunity came up Lisa and I talked about me going over early to get a weekend of climbing in, soContinue reading “ABC (Awesome Brisbane Climbing)”