Category Archives: Climbing day trips

Lou has had her head in the books for a while now and was itching to break free and get out on some rock for a change of scenery. The weekend had started stormy on the Friday night and it continued right through on and off. So by mid-afternoon on the Sunday we made aContinue reading “Just for the sake of it”

Inspired by responses to my last email I took my camera along with us on the end of the working week before work climb. Bit of a mouthful, but as both Chris and I do not have as much potential to get out on weekends, as we may like, we have been going to WellyContinue reading “Not so early starts”

It has been a long while since I have written a bit of an outdoor climbing email, so I thought it was about time I did and the only way to do that is to get out and climb. My last weekend climb was six weeks back and on that fateful trip I hit aContinue reading “To go or not to go out that was the question……”

On Saturday I headed with Kym to Whaleback Boulders. I’d been there many years back with Craig and the wave washed shelf on which the boulders sat was wet, as was the rock. So we didn’t enjoy the place too much and I never really thought to go back. On this trip we parked awayContinue reading “Whaleback Boulders”

3:45 seemed a wee bit early to leave home, but I picked up Gav and Monica and we were off on the road to Wilyabrup. Passing Busselton at just after 4am and the police had pulled someone over, a timely reminder to stick to the limit. Then driving into Willyabrup on a gravel road toContinue reading “Mikey’s Challenge”

Craig’s wife Oyukha is from Mongolia and while her dad, Nyamdagva, is over she wanted Craig to take him out for a climb. It was a chance for him to see what all the fuss was about and why Craig and I get so excited at the thought of playing on rock. So I pickedContinue reading “Nyamdagva first climb”

Way back in March 2013 when we were still discovering the delights Lost Buttress had to offer, Kym did a couple of solo laps on what we called Scarred for Life (12). It looked so much fun that I followed up in the same style and promptly pulled off the hold that he has hisContinue reading “No longer scarred for life”

Today I headed out with Steve and Leanne to Moses Rocks for a relaxed climb. It’s the place that I first climbed in WA and has a gritstone feel to it, which I like. The routes are plentiful but many are short, so we headed to Hands Up wall which provide some of the longerContinue reading “Day of the Tricams”

Today we had a great sunny day forecast after some wet cold days so a few of us headed out to Bob’s Hollow for a bit of a climb. It’s a steep limestone cliff with some hard lines, but today we were not feeling that way inclined so headed for the very southern end toContinue reading “Bobs Hollow”

Today we decided to try a spot we hadn’t been to before so we left the taller cliffs of the main crags of Willyabrup and headed north: Not too far north and then a quick abseil into Beginners Wall, a short wall with lower grade climbs and a sea washed platform. This morning was highContinue reading “Beginners Wall”