I was gobsmacked to witness the number of climbers up the Pipes on Sunday (22/6). For mid-winter, the air temperature was certainly mild and the rock warm... well at least while the sun was out!  I counted no less than seven parties on various Northern Buttress trad routes and another rope on Third Bird (Central Buttress). The climbers' carpark was chocker and there was even a queue waiting to climb Centaur.... An unbelievable mid-winter phenomenon!