Blog from July, 2008

Dear david, could you please contact me (63301435) or email gerry.narkowicz@bigpond.com
thanks,
Gerry Narkowicz

Tragedy has struck. I guess I lost my shoe about a month ago at hillwood. If anyone found it or heard vague rumors to its whereabouts, please let me know. I cant promise a reward because I am broke. Only my undying gratitude and the satisfaction of knowing that you are helping out a fellow human being...(I guess I loosely fit in that category!) Thanks!

From Tony:

The Wellington Trust recently called a meeting of climbers to talk about parking issues and track clearance and maintenance, given a rapid increase in use of the area.

In a nutshell, they have come up with a plan to improve the parking, without going overboard, and have advised that they would prefer it if climbers would use as few tracks up to the cliffs as possible, to minimise bush cutting and erosion.

They are also willing to help with some track stabilisation where necessary. They are not talking about "improving" the tracks to a higher standard or encouraging non-climbers to use them.

The Trust would welcome comment and has asked climbers to discuss which tracks should be used and which need some remediation. Check out the suggestions and minutes (below) and share your thoughts so we can put forward a good cross-section of views at the next meeting - and any suggestions as to how we might celebrate 50 years of climbing on the Pipes... Cheers

Tony McKenny

Some time in the recent weeks up at Sphinx Rock some body has stolen the quickdraws out of some of the routes!
I ask Why?
These quickdraws are in for every bodies convenience. They are mine but they are there for every one to use.
I ask who ever has taken them could they please put them back!!!
thanks garry phillips

howdy all,

while climbing at rocky tom on sunday i found that the large block used in the first few moves of lancelot (next to the ever popular excalibur) is pretty loose and likely to come out. if anyone is more hardcore than me and can figure out a way to pull it out safely then go for it.

also if anyone knows how to pass this information on to the outdoor ed teachers go for it or let me know how and ill do it.

alex mcwhirter

The Stronghold is a new bouldering area just past Handsome Crag found by Jon Nermut and Dave Humphries. It has has about a dozen beautiful free standing boulders and some great rock. After 5 weekends there are now about 35 problems in a relatively small area, including several absolute classics. Come prepared with brushes - price of entry is hard labour brushing new problems!

Check out the guide: Handsome Crag bouldering

Here's a video of a couple of the new problems done today: (hi-res version is on the Videos page)

And some photos:

Straight Lines V2	Settting Sun V4	Settting Sun V4	Settting Sun V4
Daves Arete	Daves Arete	Settting Sun V4	Settting Sun V4
Settting Sun V4	Settting Sun V4	Settting Sun V4	Settting Sun V4
			Campbell's Crack - FA by Campbell Godfrey
Campbell's Crack - FA by Campbell Godfrey	Campbell's Crack - FA by Campbell Godfrey	Campbell's Crack - FA by Campbell Godfrey	Campbell's Crack - FA by Campbell Godfrey
Campbell's Crack - FA by Campbell Godfrey	Campbell's Crack - FA by Campbell Godfrey	Campbell's Crack - FA by Campbell Godfrey	Campbell's Crack - FA by Campbell Godfrey
Campbell's Crack - FA by Campbell Godfrey	Campbell's Crack - FA by Campbell Godfrey	Campbell's Crack - FA by Campbell Godfrey	Campbell's Crack - FA by Campbell Godfrey