Category Archives: Climbing history, newsletters and other musings

I think we first met at a busy bee at Child Side School. I had not long moved to Bunbury and not long left the SES (State Emergency Services) where I developed my passion for rope work and playing in the vertical environment on cliffs. When you found out that I was keen to tryContinue reading “Andrew’s thoughts about me”

If you are keen click on this link to find out what Craig said about me.  While not essential reading to find out about Craig, there may be some cross referencing in my words about him. I met Craig by chance.  For my first outdoor climb in the South West with someone else I hadContinue reading “Craig – the teasmade”

When I first met Krish back in January 2006 the climbing scene in the South West was pretty dismal. There were only a few climbers and even less were regular. I had resorted to solo lead climbing. It was on one of these occasions, I had just got set up on Hitching a few metersContinue reading “Craig’s thoughts about me”

If you are keen click on this link to find out what Dan said about me.  While not essential reading to find out about Dan, there may be some cross referencing in my words about him. I recall Dan coming down to the PCYC with his dad, they would both climb and got along reallyContinue reading “Dan – the occasional”

I met Krish down at the PCYC, right after I’d come back from some travels overseas. I was very new to trad, I think I owned half a rack of cams that I’d bought at a flea market. Actually I was pretty new to life itself, I was only 22. Luckily for me Krish andContinue reading “Dan’s thoughts about me”

If you are keen click on this link to find out what Denis said about me.  While not essential reading to find out about Denis, there may be some cross referencing in my words about him. Lou introduced the Frenchies, as she called them, to our climbing community.  Denis and his brother Pierric, were bothContinue reading “Denis – the missing man”

It was during the cold winter months of 2014 that I got the chance to meet the climbing crew in the South West and more particularly, as he is the subject of this story, how I got to meet Krish. I use to live in a van back then, working on vineyards during the day,Continue reading “Denis’s thoughts about me”

If you are keen click on this link to find out what Eric said about me.  While not essential reading to find out about Eric, there may be some cross referencing in my words about him. I have a feeling that I have climbed with Eric far more than my images indicate.  My earliest memoryContinue reading “Eric – the quiet one”

My memory is a bit skittish… my first memories of climbing Western Australia, after migrating over in 2011 was texting a guy from the motel in Bunbury where I lived for the first month. I got in touch with Rhys via a forum on the Climbing Association of Western Australia website, and he invited me to joinContinue reading “Eric’s thoughts about me”

If you are keen click on this link to find out what Glen said about me.  While not essential reading to find out about Glen, there may be some cross referencing in my words about him. Glen is another one that came from the State Emergency Services fold, I’m not sure how he came uponContinue reading “Glen – the casualty”