Climbing day trips – Page 27

Taking the lead

After missing out on our recent trip to Bobs Hollow, Howsie was keen to get out this weekend to get back into it with thoughts on maybe hitting one or two grade 21s. With that in mind we headed to the Northern Blocks of Wilyabrup, which has four grade 21s. Two I’ve led, one IContinue reading “Taking the lead”

In orderly fashion

Keen to get out after a two week break from climbing, Tomski was the only person to bite when I put the word out. The original plan was to go on Sunday but cyclone Seroja was nearing the northern coast of Western Australia, and despite being close to 800km south of where it will hitContinue reading “In orderly fashion”

The cavemen

Dan finally made it over from Melbourne to visit his family, and as is the usual custom we took the opportunity to organise a day out on rock. This time Jo stayed in Melbourne busy with work. His trip to the west has been an on again, off again situation for the obvious reasons andContinue reading “The cavemen”

One too many

It felt like it had been forever since I had climbed at Wilyabrup, but looking back it has only been a mere two months. On that trip we climbed with three. Ash, having his first bash at trad leading, and Jaime happy to second up nearly anything. Today I headed back with Tomski and Jaime,Continue reading “One too many”

Watching the clock

The mural on Wellington Dam was officially unveiled a week back, and today being the start of a long weekend there would no doubt be an onslaught of tourist driving by to take a look. Being still early as I rolled past, I had the place to myself so I took a couple of quickContinue reading “Watching the clock”

The power of positive thinking

After a few weeks of hitting the bolted walls at Welly Dam it was time to get back onto the coastal crags for a bit of trad. There was a bit of committing and bailing to heading out by a certain party, and in the end Craig did join Jamie and I on a tripContinue reading “The power of positive thinking”

A splash of colour

I’ve only had one full week of work since mid-December and that was working from home, so it really didn’t feel like a full week with all the snorkels I got in. This week was also short, as Lisa and I drove up to Perth to help our daughter settle in at University. As aContinue reading “A splash of colour”

Not one to give up

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”

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”