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#872956 - 10/10/08 03:25 AM Re: Any Rock Climbers out there?? [Re: Rouge Dragon]
Durbs Classically British Registered: 23/09/01 Loc: Guildford, Surrey, England	Why go indoors in Oz when you have so much gorgeous rock? (Aside from the risk of sticking your hand into a funnel-webs home...does this affect the grading?) _________________________ Obey this man and thou shalt suffer no wrath.
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#872957 - 10/10/08 03:43 AM Re: Any Rock Climbers out there?? [Re: Durbs]
willworkforfoodjnr Hunting robot foxes Registered: 08/08/07 Loc: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire	This thread really makes me want to head up to Ilkley quarry. Beautiful gritstone climbs, loads of nice boulder problems, and a good pub less than 2 minutes walk from the climbs. Perfect weather for it at the moment too. _________________________ Working hard to be a wandering hippie layabout My creative stuffs: http://chrissurfleet.blogspot.com/ Travel Blog (pretty empty right now): http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/willworkforfoodjnr/
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#872958 - 10/10/08 03:51 AM Re: Any Rock Climbers out there?? [Re: willworkforfoodjnr]
Durbs Classically British Registered: 23/09/01 Loc: Guildford, Surrey, England	shakes fist Curse you and your good quality local rocks! The best i have is a sideways sandpit 45 minutes drive away. Edited by Durbs (10/10/08 03:52 AM) _________________________ Obey this man and thou shalt suffer no wrath.
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#872961 - 10/10/08 04:24 AM Re: Any Rock Climbers out there?? [Re: Durbs]
willworkforfoodjnr Hunting robot foxes Registered: 08/08/07 Loc: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire	Sandstone is some of the most awful stuff ever. Had a couple of nuts rip out on me doing trad on a sandstone climb - it was the first and last time I've climbed the stuff. Shouldn't you have a fair bit of limestone down there? _________________________ Working hard to be a wandering hippie layabout My creative stuffs: http://chrissurfleet.blogspot.com/ Travel Blog (pretty empty right now): http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/willworkforfoodjnr/
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#872963 - 10/10/08 04:35 AM Re: Any Rock Climbers out there?? [Re: willworkforfoodjnr]
Durbs Classically British Registered: 23/09/01 Loc: Guildford, Surrey, England	Only on the Dorset coast which is a good 2 hours drive away, 2.5 for sport climbing. You're not allowed to trad climb on Sandstone anymore - top-rope or solo only... It's odd. There's always the option of chalk - if you're a mentalist. _________________________ Obey this man and thou shalt suffer no wrath.
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#872990 - 10/10/08 10:02 AM Re: Any Rock Climbers out there?? [Re: Durbs]
Rouge Dragon Insert Champagne Here Registered: 21/07/03 Loc: without class distinction	Originally Posted By: Durbs Why go indoors in Oz when you have so much gorgeous rock? (Aside from the risk of sticking your hand into a funnel-webs home...does this affect the grading?) Because as a 16year old highschool students it's largely impossible to get to those places after school for practise and then for the day trip for the competition. Even as a 22 year old uni student juggling a part-time job with no drivers license it's largely impossible to get to those places even for a weekend trip away. _________________________ i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey I saw a car run a red light today. Therefore all drivers are bad Motorist logic in reverse
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#873038 - 10/10/08 07:12 PM Re: Any Rock Climbers out there?? [Re: Rouge Dragon]
aston Lord High Poobah of Over-inflated Titles Registered: 02/12/07 Loc: South Africa	Tasmanian Seastacks. I really want to be let loose on those babies.... _________________________ 'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.] "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here." - Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
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#873055 - 10/10/08 11:12 PM Re: Any Rock Climbers out there?? [Re: aston]
Durbs Classically British Registered: 23/09/01 Loc: Guildford, Surrey, England	Rougie - i hear you Time is a rare commodity... I did some climbing at Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, and some exciting soloing/scrambling at the Glasshouse mountains near Brizzy. Bouldering Wave Rock would be a challenge _________________________ Obey this man and thou shalt suffer no wrath.
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#873279 - 13/10/08 11:41 PM Re: Any Rock Climbers out there?? [Re: Rouge Dragon]
natasqi enthusiast Registered: 04/07/07 Loc: Perth	Originally Posted By: Rouge Dragon Originally Posted By: Durbs Why go indoors in Oz when you have so much gorgeous rock? (Aside from the risk of sticking your hand into a funnel-webs home...does this affect the grading?) Because as a 16year old highschool students it's largely impossible to get to those places after school for practise and then for the day trip for the competition. Even as a 22 year old uni student juggling a part-time job with no drivers license it's largely impossible to get to those places even for a weekend trip away. nods nods* I find a big thing is, if I went outside I would have to have my own rope and harness (which I do) and shoes (which I have) and all the other little pieces that go with it (which I don't have) and you also have to have someone comfortable with lead climbing... It's just easier going indoor. And I only know of one place near Perth where you can go outdoor... Other places would be hours away... we're pretty flat down here.
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#873406 - 15/10/08 01:57 AM Re: Any Rock Climbers out there?? [Re: natasqi]
aston Lord High Poobah of Over-inflated Titles Registered: 02/12/07 Loc: South Africa	I do not have rope, but have a harness, shoes and helmet. I also have some quickdraws. A good friend of mine has some draws as well as a rope and the basics. Together we can do pretty much any climb we want to, unless it needs a stupidly long rope.... _________________________ 'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.] "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here." - Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
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