I received a phone call from Peter Watling that Mike Stone died on Wednesday. Those of a certain age will have used the Green Arapiles guide that he co-authored with Ian Speedie. Talking with him one day after Noddy's guide was published he stated; "All the good routes are in the green guide, I know because I did them." Routes like Agamemnon, Panzer, Yo-Yo and in the Grampians the climbs he did are many and varied. Another pioneer of Victorian climbing has gone. |