Out for a sunday morning climb

mushymushy Registered Users Posts: 643 Major grins
edited September 13, 2005 in Sports
Five of us went to one of two local quarries that have closed and been turned into climbing areas (Perth is quite flat so this is where we climb!). The weather was spot on and the climbs were pretty good too.

Clipping the first bolt
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It just follows the crack all the way up!
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Shooting from the same vantage point
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Almost at the topout, unfortunately there is just too much of a contrast from shaded rock to bright sunny day to show the actual topout.
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A tricky boulder problem nearby
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another angle
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There are plenty more but i won't hold you up any longer, but to say it was a good day spent with good friends.
All comments and critque welcomed
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  • pseudonympseudonym Registered Users Posts: 49 Big grins
    edited September 12, 2005
    a bolted crack ??? eek7.gif tell me there's something I'm missing headscratch.gif

    cool shots of the boulder problem too, looks gnarly.

    Hooray for rock (and here's to making the most of it before it gets too cold ... Korean winter ETA 1.5 months :cry)

    :D
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited September 12, 2005
    Nice set Mushy thumb.gifthumb.gif

    I really like the 5th shot. He's dangling and all those helping hands reaching up from the lower right of the frame clap.gif I like the angle on this one too :D


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  • coldclimbcoldclimb Registered Users Posts: 1,169 Major grins
    edited September 12, 2005
    Haha, good stuff there. I just got back inside after being rained off some aid climbing on the worst crag in North America (so rated by Climbing Mag). Good times even though everything I have is soaked now. Gotta love it! And your season is going strong while ours here in AK is just about over. *sigh*
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  • mushymushy Registered Users Posts: 643 Major grins
    edited September 12, 2005
    pseudonym wrote:
    a bolted crack ??? eek7.gif tell me there's something I'm missing headscratch.gif

    cool shots of the boulder problem too, looks gnarly.

    Hooray for rock (and here's to making the most of it before it gets too cold ... Korean winter ETA 1.5 months :cry)

    :D
    Good point, but the fact that its an x-quarry and the reason it gets the crack lines etc is not from thousands of years of erosion but from being blasted which makes it some what unsafe to take falls from gear placements.
    Cheers for the comments though!
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,952 moderator
    edited September 12, 2005
    Nice series. Do put up a few more...
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  • mushymushy Registered Users Posts: 643 Major grins
    edited September 12, 2005
    ian408 wrote:
    Nice series. Do put up a few more...
    I have just put a few more shots up on 'other cools shots'

    Cheers again for the comments
    May I take your picture?
  • pseudonympseudonym Registered Users Posts: 49 Big grins
    edited September 13, 2005
    mushy wrote:
    Good point, but the fact that its an x-quarry and the reason it gets the crack lines etc is not from thousands of years of erosion but from being blasted which makes it some what unsafe to take falls from gear placements.
    Cheers for the comments though!
    hmm yeah our urban crag in Brisvegas (Kangaroo Point) is an old quarry, and if that crack is only a blast scar like most at KP ... bolts were definately a good idea :D.

    Personally I have no real problem with ridiculous bolting practices at manufactured crags (i.e. Quarries) - honestly what is being ruined for anyone ?

    still getting colder here.

    peace
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