Blog from May, 2008

The photos below are from Stu Bowling from a trip up to Mt Wright. Pretty amazing.

According to Stu:

"This was fully sick, bomber quartzite rock & about 50m long, 15-20m above the ground. Quartzite. Cross the Gordon River & up a big hill for 4 hours its all yours! it of a slog to get there tho. There is also a few other cool boulders etc. on the summit ridge."

"Its on the Mt Wright summit plateau; cross the Gordon as if heading to Lake Rhona then head west up Mt Wright, a long, long slog uphill. Theres lots of cool rock out there - just a major mission to get to most of it.

Big arch 2	View from Mt Wright looking to the SW	Big arch 1	Smaller arch
Big arch 3

Might be of some interest?
May 22: http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=602082&tn=0
May 23: http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=602666&tn=0
May 24: http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=602899

Hi, I was planning on making a stop at the Lost Falls on a roadtrip.
I wanted to know if anyone has any beta? Such as if there are bolts missing, gear needed or if it is a pile of slimy choss that is DEFINITELY worth the trip?
Any info would be great
Thanks
MIKE

Hi-

Wondering if there'd be any interest in Bachar's new shoes here:

http://www.acopausa.com/products.jsp?navigation=3

These are nice shoes, great toe-box design, super sticky rubber. John Bachar has been designing shoes for 30 years, he designed much of the Boreal line before starting his own company, Acopa.

I'm putting together a wholesale order to get a pair for Paul Pritchard (a model with Velcro straps), and could bring a few more pair back to Hobart from the USA this summer. Pricing would be wholesale (generally 45% less than retail), see https://www.acopausa.com:2443/orders.jsp?navigation=25 for retail prices.

See the sizing page for info about sizing.

cheers
John Middendorf

Finally got around to recording the direct version of De Gaulles Nose that Gareth And I did a few months back. I've added a description to the guide plus edited the original route description as the details were pretty hazy. Definitely goes down as one of the best routes either of us have done anywhere in the world! It's a pretty serious place and a pretty serious route but the direct is not death defying and hopefully will receive more attention than the original has. Enjoy !

Adam Donoghue

A few references to thesarvo.com have been popping up as the word gets out.

Roger's note about Craglets going online is in the latest Rock, and the Mt Brown topo by Garry and me made it into the new Crux.

Expect more poms after a write up of Freycinet: http://blog.rockrun.com/2008/05/x-file-2-tasmania-freycinet-peninsula.html

And a small mention in Action Asia: http://www.actionasia.com/actionasia/Articles/index.jsp?aid=3368