Category Archives: Climbing day trips

Last weekend I bailed on a trip out, mostly due to having work done at our house but also due to not feeling that great.  It had been a busy few weeks and life stuff had simply got in the way of climbing, which for me is pretty unusual.  Lisa and I tend to cramContinue reading “The Mechanic”

Saturday morning just gone I woke up before the alarm, mind you it was only set for 4:45 and I’m usually stirring by then.  It could have been earlier but for the first time that Rongy could remember I chose a later start.  My excuse being that it had been a big couple of weeksContinue reading “Belated happy birthday Steve!”

The bushfire warnings were all out with a hot weekend in the south west of Western Australia forecast.  With our coastal climbing spots threatening to get up to the mid-thirties it was time to be sensible and have a proper early start to get out and back before the heat really hit.  With that inContinue reading “Depeche Mode”

Steve’s sister Jules and her husband Michael have come over from ole Blighty to look after him for a bit on his road to recovery.  So seeing Jules has dabbled in bit of climbing herself Howsie and took the them out to Moses Rocks yesterday.  As suspected Steve tried to smuggle in an extra ropeContinue reading “Camera shy”

After bagging a few too many lines at Welly Dam last weekend my shoulder gave me the tell-tale signs that I had been pushing things a bit too far with recent trips out.  So I put the call out for anyone interested in a more relaxed session this weekend.  Mario was keen and we headedContinue reading “Two out of two”

I canned a Saturday trip to Wilyabrup on what promised to be a perfect spring day just minutes after organising it, due to my daughter asking if we could head to Perth to go to the aquarium.  A place where we used to go on a regular basis when she was younger and haven’t beenContinue reading “Happy birthday Frank!”

Today was the first trip out that felt like a big group, there seems to be a growing keenness to get onto rock by the local south west group.  It was supposed to be a cold start after a clear sky night, followed by blue skies and light winds.  So Rongy and I were aContinue reading “A Packed Crag”

You may recall that last weekend I was not at my best, but that said Rongy and I still had a great session at the Northern Blocks with me following up every route.  This week I’ve been a bit up and down, Lisa suggested I may be experiencing a dose of manapause or possibly worseContinue reading “Getting over it”

Rongy and I headed out on Sunday for a bit of fun at Wilyabrup.  We decided to get there early, so as we were driving west on Metricup Road five minutes from our destination I could see, in the rear view mirror, the sun starting to inch it’s way above the horizon.  The sky seemedContinue reading “Off the beaten track”

Saturday 24th August was Global Climbing Day so it was only right to get out for a climb.  However, despite the best endeavours from quite a few of the local crew the numerous plans that were hatched eventually ended with only one option.  I had hoped to manage two trips out, one in the morningContinue reading “BB”