Category Archives: Climbing day trips

Getting up at 3:30am to go to my closest crag reminded me of 2016.  Howsie and I worked in the same building, different organisations but cohoused, and we hit upon the idea of having a before work climb once a week.  After all, Welly Dam was a mere half hour drive from the office soContinue reading “Running out of time”

Fresh from my week long trip down south I was busting to hit the local crags, and in response to my call out Glen, Jamie and Ash all stuck their hands up for a bit of adventure.  I knew immediately it wouldn’t be a trip of bagging lot so routes, nor anything necessarily hard.  ButContinue reading “A one horse race”

For those that have been following my posts you will know that Craig and I don’t bother with birthday presents, instead opting to take each other out for a climb.  Craig jested that maybe I should find a climb that is the same grade as half my age, and I knew exactly what he wasContinue reading “The reward”

With only a few months left this year Howsie was in need of a boost to keep his 2020 challenge on track, so we headed down to Wilyabrup to allow him to tick off a couple more 20s from his list.  And as predicted last week the starts are getting earlier, as he suggested meetingContinue reading “Set your alarm clocks”

With one day left before Lisa and I head back to work, after a great relaxing two weeks off, Craig and I headed out for a climb.  I groaned a bit when he suggested a 5:30 pickup time at his house, and dreading the drive out in the dark I was a little surprised thatContinue reading “Slow and steady”

Walking back into Wilyabrup today it looked like we might have lucked out.  We were heading to Driftwood Bay as Rongy had never climbed there.  Despite having been out here top rope soloing only last weekend I was of course happy to return.  The place has a charm to it, one that resonates with meContinue reading “There she blows”

Finally the school holidays have arrived!  And seeing my trip back to the UK had to be cancelled I am staying home for the two weeks, as we are being told at work that we have to keep using our leave.  While many are complaining about this I don’t mind a couple of weeks atContinue reading “Happy holidays”

This morning started in a house full of stairs, it was a house on stilts high above the ocean and the water below was angry and menacing with crashing waves.  I found a strange shaped bottle of what looked to be a boutique beer, and downed it.  Unbeknown to me it was made from magicContinue reading “Seventies style”

After two sessions of pulling plastic over the last week I have been feeling pretty whacked, and while I’ve highlighted the two boulder sessions there are probably a few factors at play.  So when there seemed little chance of anyone else being available to head out this weekend, I was undecided.  But my rock fetishContinue reading “Going solo, but not alone”

Howsie sent me the list of grade 20s still left to bag after our trip to Wilyabrup last weekend, and seeing we had a week of dry’ish weather ahead of us I suggested a short jaunt up to Welly Dam might be in order.  With five lines still on the list from this location itContinue reading “The spider monkeys”