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ambitious goal needed 21-Sep-2011 At 11:32:32 AM ebenweb

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On 16/09/2011 Macciza wrote:
>Climbing's not 'all' about 'fun' . . . and anyway lots of the time it does
>not have to be fun to be fun . . . .
>
>Plus the person wants something 'ambitious' - I consider that 'challenging,
>with possibility of failure' or rather an initial 'unlikely to achieve'
>appraisal. . . . Not just some 'depic-fail-dog' circus . . .
>And I'm presuming that if he can't work one of those out within his current
>gym/fun climbing circle than perhaps he's looking for something more substantial
>. . .
>
>So SH may not be the best suggestion but it is certainly more 'ambitious'
>a goal than climbing most of the routes there in the style that they generally
>get climbed . . . . sorry . . .
>
>So here is a serious 'ambitious' recommendation - something larger than
>your usual outing, maybe Buffalo, the Bungles or better still Frenchmans
>Cap -
>I am sure most climbers would be able to find themselves an ambitious
>project at any of these cliffs . . .
>
>PS Most of those SH posts where probably me 'sand-bagging' Zac and myself
>onto the route anyway,- Why? Probably because I felt like an ambitious
>project that I knew I could at least give an honest attempt at regardless
>of whether I succeeded or not in line with my stated ethics of the time
>. . .
>M9 - I meant it more in the sense of 'offf'-Broadway - but yours works
>well . . .
>

SH looks pretty cool (http://routes.climb.org.au/index.php?page_id=10&action=route&route_id=15974) and certainly ambitous for where I am at the moment.

I had a great time with shortman over the weekend. I seconded him on a couple easy trads and top-roped a 17 a couple of times. Before we left a Canadian guy showed up looking for partners and he led a 22 using a double belay. I tried seconding it and got a little over halfway with one cheat (pulled on a draw). I was in awe of the guy. He fell three times and still completed it. Nice!

Outdoor was as fun as I anticipated--which was very fun. I'm organizing another weekend with two more of my gym buddies and we'll put a kit together between the three of us so we can start going out on our own.

Ultimately, I'd like to climb something high. Not sure if 80m+ exists in Vic but I've got a while to skill up and shop around before I decide what to fix in my sites for 18 months down the track. In the meantime I'm going to love browsing the cliffs of Victoria :)