Ever hopeful that the five day lockdown was enough to abate an increase in community spreading of the virus, we organised a trip to Welly Dam for Saturday morning. It wasn’t until the bells tolled at six o’clock Friday evening did we were whether our planned trip would be allowed to go ahead. Fortune wasContinue reading “Not one to give up”
Category Archives: Climbing day trips
Precognition
Being woken by the alarm at 3:45 made me wonder what I was thinking when I said I would meet Howsie and Rongy up at Welly Dam for a before work climb. My mind nor body was ready for such a rude awakening and if it wasn’t for the full moon, most of the journeyContinue reading “Precognition”
Join the queue
The group of climbers on our South West WhatsApp group has had a bit of a growth spurt recently, and this includes a few new to climbing and a number of non-trad climbers. A few of these people have expressed an interest in trying trad climbing, and I’ve put it out there that I’m happyContinue reading “Join the queue”
“C’mon arms, do your stuff”
It’s the last Friday that I will be taking off during my work a four day week January, and Rongy and Jaime joined me for a climb and hopefully snorkel down at Cosy Corner. As we were driving down, at what Jaime suggested was something akin to “stupid o’clock”, I was trying to tally upContinue reading ““C’mon arms, do your stuff””
Avoiding the crowds
Day two of getting out, it’s shaping up to be a fun long weekend! Today would be a little different. For starters we were driving towards Busselton for a 7am meet which is late in my books, and secondly Lisa was joining us. As we drove the back way we passed the floodgates and hereContinue reading “Avoiding the crowds”
The perfect playground
I am still in “work a four day week” January, so decided once more to bail on the boys and not join them in the early morning Welly Dam session. I’ll probably do the same again next Friday. With a bit more time on my hand I returned to Smith’s Beach, this time with Jaime. Continue reading “The perfect playground”
The sensible choice
With 2021 rolling in, Howsie must have been feeling the need to get a bit fitter to prepare him as best possible for the challenge of attempting all of the grade 21s in the South West. I say this as he suggested that we rekindle the early morning before work climb, up at Welly Dam. Continue reading “The sensible choice”
Something old and something new
Happy New Year and here’s hoping 2021 is a little more smooth sailing than 2020. While Lisa and I stayed up till midnight, and beyond, it was not really to see the old year out and new one in. Elseya was off to a party and we had offered to be a taxi service forContinue reading “Something old and something new”
A trip down memory lane
Jake was hankering to get some leading in so I offered to hold his rope up at Welly Dam. Much as he was keen to head to Bob’s this second option allowed me to make a slightly shorter day of it, considering I had been out with Howsie just yesterday. In addition there are heapsContinue reading “A trip down memory lane”
A seal of approval
It was Howsie’s last trip out to climb in South West for 2020, and his last chance to have a crack at the only grade 20 that he has not had a bash at climbing. After a blistering week leading up to and including Christmas day, it was a relief that the weekend was coolingContinue reading “A seal of approval”
Sandbagged 