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What got you started? 6-Jul-2017 At 7:42:32 PM baz74

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In 1992 I found no surf at Mona Vale so started climbing rotten seacliffs. Stopped at a dirty road cutting on the way home and got trapped 5mts above the road. Finally made my way down and drove to Maccas. Enroute heard an ad on the radio saying all climbing gear half price at Paddy Pallin tomorrow only - it was destiny. Rallied two mates and spent every cent we had on gear.

My friends dad (a sailor) taught us how to tie a figure 8 and we set off to the crags (Wahroonga Rocks) and self taught. I hated it but stuck with it as I had spent every last dollar on gear.

In the end I got a heap of mates into climbing (and made a heap of new ones too), they were exciting years that took me to the USA, Nepal and Pakistan. Lots of near misses and epics but I still love climbing 24 years later and I hope my kids will enjoy it too. These days I surf mostly but as I sit between waves I scan the headlands for new lines, I guess I will always be a climber first.