The Climb Tasmania Selected Best Guide was launched on 10th December with a climbing meet/competition at Hillwood followed by a Bbq, slideshow by Nick Hancock and speech by Peter Jackson. About 50 people attended. The climbing day was a real success. The difficulty comp was jointly won by Jake Bresnehan and Gary Phillips who redpointed the Living End (28). The speed comp was won by Cameron - can't remember his surname, from Hobart, a young climber who raced up a grade 16 on the Chessboard in 22.73 seconds. The gear treasure hunt was enthusiastically pursued by all. Paddy pallin Launceston donated about $1000 worth of gear. Each climber had a list of 25 cryptic clues linked to the guidebook from which they had to deduce the name of the route which had the prize. They had to lead the route and claim a numbered tag on the anchors, which they handed in to redeem their prize.
Peter Jackson gave an inspiring speech reminding us of the reasons why we climb, and what a unique place Tasmania is for climbing which we need to preserve and treasure for future generations. The response to the selected best guide by locals and interstate visitors has been very positive.

from Gerry Narkowicz

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  1. Jon Nermut

    Thanks to Gerry for allowing the topos of Frenchmans Cap from the new guide to be added to this site. The new guide looks great.