Blog from October, 2015

Organ Pipes Parking

Sunday morning at the Organ Pipes car park.  If the cars parked here had parked "snugly" there would have been space for two more cars to park comfortably.  This does mean a bit more effort parking the car, and more care when opening doors, but it will be greatly appreciated by your fellow climbers.  Here's how seven, and probably eight cars can park here easily:
1) Park 90 degrees unless you otherwise really can't fit.  It is OK, and legal, for your car to be partially over the seal.
2) If you are the first car, and hence have some choice of location, use the shortest space you can tolerate (most cars can go 90 degrees even when not in the middle).  
3) Park as close as you can to cars already parked.
4) If it is full it is possible to park on the other side of the road (Owen G, tells me this is legal, but it does mean your car is largely on the roadway so it isn't a great option).   

Thank you to everyone who puts the effort in to park considerately here - generally most climbers already do.  

 

Found

At top of Carpe Diem/Chancellor Direct, on Sunday. New, shiny, bolt bracket  - if it is of great personal importance to you, let me know how to return it to you, else i will keep it (smile).

Quick draws found

Quick draws found at Waterworks this afternoon. If yours let me know.

Camera found on Japhlion

We climbed Japhlion on the Hazards yesterday and found a camera dangling from a bush just above the belay at the top of the first pitch. The camera is in a pretty bad state, but the card is ok and I couldn't resist the temptation to have a look at the photos. The shots on the card are from the 29th and 30th of December 2014, and the last one looks like it was taken from the top of the third pitch of Japhlion, which is presumably where the camera was dropped from.

If you are the owner of the camera, send me a PM and I'll find a way to get it back to you. I doubt it will work anymore, but at least you can get your photos back.

Cheers,

Scott

Hi, I'm in Hobart now.  Looking for keen climbing partners.  Climb around 24. Got all the gear and a rope.   My email dmit.litvak@gmail.com, cell 0478 071 586.  Will work for belays! :)