Category Archives: Climbing day trips

Alan, Steve, Rongy and then Leanne all hinted at wanting to get out for a session, so we headed down to Wilyabrup on Sunday morning.  It was hard to read the forecast but we thought it would be OK.  I did second guess the decision when five minutes before I was meant to meet theContinue reading “Bringing up the rear”

Being a long weekend we decided it was worth getting out for a second climb.  What was intended as a bit of a social gathering, keeping within the current restriction of course, was progressively whittled down to just Rongy and myself.  In view of the intention of being a social and just for a coupleContinue reading “A slow crawl”

Yesterday it had seriously dumped on us with squally showers and some places getting a couple of inches of rain, which for here is pretty big.  So with that in mind and multiple forecast checks during the week the obvious sensible option was to head inland away from the more exposed coastal locations.  This ofContinue reading “A couple of old men”

Today was the calm before the storm.  The remnants of cyclone Mangga will be bearing down on us tomorrow and so Andrew, Steve and I made the best of the good weather and headed to Wilyabrup.  While they had both joined in with the recent climb at Welly Dam, neither have climbed much and soContinue reading “Time to get back into shape”

Next week it looks like this fine autumn weather we have been getting is likely to break.  So I decided on another midweek climb, and Rongy was also keen.  I left it to him as to where he would like to climb and the first thing that popped into his mind was Wallcliffe.  Unfortunately forContinue reading “Flying High”

It wasn’t me that said yes to heading out for a second day on the trot, it was Lisa.  Although I might have hinted to Lisa that I was a little tempted, when she told me that Rongy had posted on out local WhatsApp group to see if anyone was keen.  No complaints from me. Continue reading “A Crate Day”

With semester one at the University of Western Australia done and dusted, there was a two week window of opportunity to get Lou back on rock before she would once again be immersed between the pages of some book or glued to her laptop.  She had come along for a boulder session at our placeContinue reading “Being watched”

Thursday was set to be a corker of a day, with a light wind and swell and temperatures in the low twenties.  With the forecast being what it was Rongy and I decided it would be waste if we didn’t take the opportunity and head out, so I booked the day off from work.  DaylightContinue reading “Stretching the vocal cords”

So following on in the Howsie tradition, Chris has set himself a challenge to lead every grade 20 in 2020.  There is a big end goal in sight that aligns with some big landmarks both in time and place.  You won’t however hear about the end goal for another four years assuming I am stillContinue reading “Ain’t no slouch”

After being back at work, and staying off my wall at home, all week I was itching for some time on rock. While I had taken my top-rope set up along to Castle Rock over the last few months I really wanted some longer routes. So for this weekend I decided on the Dolphin SmilesContinue reading “Feeling groggy”