Climbing day trips – Page 12

The test drive

My first week back in the office worked in well for when my car was booked in to have some work done. Yes I am still trying to have my overheating problem fixed. The works needed specific tools, a bit like technology manufacturers designing special fittings to make you go to them. This meant goingContinue reading “The test drive”

Cooling down

While I was not driving today, I asked Craig if it would be silly to aim to get to the carpark at first light. He replied “yes it would be silly, but let’s do it anyway”. Working shifts he is used to waking up, and going to bed, at all sorts of weird hours. PlusContinue reading “Cooling down”

Partners in climb

The upside of not having gone over east is that I got to head out with Mikey and Howsie, on their last climb before Mikey and his family were to head back. You may be forgiven in thinking that we had camped out at Wilyabrup to get a truly early start, but that was notContinue reading “Partners in climb”

Rock hugging

Josh was keen to get to Castle Rock, in part so a mate of his who lived relatively close could join us. One day this elusive friend of his will join us but today was not that day, and not for the first time he bailed. This of course did not stop us having aContinue reading “Rock hugging”

Placed on hold

The on again, off again traveller is back in town. So I won’t say this is the last climb in the south west of Western Australia before Rongy and Sarah hit the road. I have done that before and been proven wrong to many times. Plus we have made tentative arrangements to get out againContinue reading “Placed on hold”

From every angle

Mikey is back in town for a while, having made the journey from over east again. That means there are more opportunities to get out, as he is always keen and motivated. Having arrived with a tick list in mind, which included a few lines at Moses Rocks. More than a few in fact, enoughContinue reading “From every angle”

All in one

After an attempt by a colleague to give me extra work “to prevent me from heading to the beach”, I did the only thing I could do. After all it was a go-a-bit-slower, work from home Friday and I was feeling a bit fried. Plus there is nothing better than a dip in the oceanContinue reading “All in one”

Colourful names

While I didn’t get my hurkle-durkle in on Saturday, it was still a relatively lazy day. This resulted in me getting itchy feet and wanting to get out and do something on Sunday. My preference was a snorkel, but with a forecast of fresh winds and being mostly cloudy it was not looking promising forContinue reading “Colourful names”

Word of the day

Another 4am wake up time meant there was no hurkle-durkling for me today, which was in fact yesterday’s word of the day. Nor Chris who I would pick up three quarters of an hour later. There are a few things I do to reduce the time required between rolling out of bed, quite literally sometimesContinue reading “Word of the day”

Shuffling the books

While Lisa has been bobbing in the water off our local beach all winter with the Peppy Plungers, I have refrained from doing so. So while in recent weeks she has come back from her Saturday bob saying it was warm, I really had no idea what to expect. Usually I don’t swim with theContinue reading “Shuffling the books”