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30-Aug-2007 12:08:15 PM
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I was just wondering if anyone knew of any members of the defence force that are part of climbing clubs in the NT. I have been in Darwin for months and need a someone to go climbing with cheers
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30-Aug-2007 12:23:29 PM
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If you're happy to climb with people who aren't in the defence course then you may meet someone to head out with if you head to the gym at Doctors Gully on either a Tuesday or Thursday night. Otherwise check out the bouldering section of the Top End Climbing guide linked to this site. Oh and if you have access to a Mog/APC to carry all the water necessary for a weekends climbing in the Territory that'd be handy.
Cheers,
Benno
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30-Aug-2007 11:06:26 PM
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didn't the army try and ban their personel from climbing after that accident up your way a few years
back?
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31-Aug-2007 11:27:36 AM
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They have made it hard to use the climbing wall that is located on base, as there is a course that has to be acheived first in order to climb. It is an awsome climbing wall that has some awesome sections, and problems.
As for the story, I'm fairly sure that a guy fell to his death, but that is not a comfirmed story.
All that we are allowed to do is boulder on said wall, oh well.
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31-Aug-2007 11:31:49 AM
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On 31/08/2007 Peacey wrote:
>As for the story, I'm fairly sure that a guy fell to his death, but that
>is not a comfirmed story.
Correct. Can confirm.
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31-Aug-2007 11:33:05 AM
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Do you think the army could scope out crags in Afganistan and Iraq?
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31-Aug-2007 11:40:14 AM
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On rc.com are were sometimes photos posted by troops (US I think) of some of the rock in those countries...
I haven't gone anymore to that site after they redesigned it a while ago, so can't say if they are still being posted there.
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31-Aug-2007 11:41:26 AM
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On 31/08/2007 Eduardo Slabofvic wrote:
>Do you think the army could scope out crags in Afganistan and Iraq?
I expect they do all the time, 'cept their scopes have cross-hairs in them, heh. heh.
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31-Aug-2007 6:04:47 PM
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the army certainly hasn't banned climbing / mountaineering etc, they have an active alpine association and have climbing as a major part of their adventurous training. But there is, or at least was a ban on major trips overseas after deaths during a trip to the himalayas.
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5-Sep-2007 10:20:26 AM
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That is true, there are limitations on what we can do outside of army training these days. I now have to get written permission to go climbing off base, it is not that bad but it is still a strange thing to do.
Adventure training in the army is one of the hardest courses to get on, these days I think you have to have two hooks min to be paneled on such a expensive course.
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5-Sep-2007 2:08:50 PM
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Re Shamus's post, I can see the headlines now: "Army bans overseas trips after deaths". Oh the irony.
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5-Sep-2007 3:18:16 PM
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On 5/09/2007 Will P wrote:
>Re Shamus's post, I can see the headlines now: "Army bans overseas trips
>after deaths". Oh the irony.
On the topic of irony, how about the username 'Peacey' being used by someone in our defence forces. If it was deliberate Peacey - nice work.......
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5-Sep-2007 3:20:08 PM
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On 5/09/2007 GravityHound wrote:
>On 5/09/2007 Will P wrote:
>>Re Shamus's post, I can see the headlines now: "Army bans overseas trips
>>after deaths". Oh the irony.
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>On the topic of irony, how about the username 'Peacey' being used by someone
>in our defence forces. If it was deliberate Peacey - nice work.......
Just looked at profile and it all makes sense now...no humour in it whatsoever....*sigh*
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7-Sep-2007 10:46:18 PM
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Good thing it's not Warren Peace...he he
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10-Sep-2007 2:32:30 PM
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On 31/08/2007 shamus wrote:
>the army certainly hasn't banned climbing / mountaineering etc, they have
>an active alpine association and have climbing as a major part of their
>adventurous training. But there is, or at least was a ban on major trips
>overseas after deaths during a trip to the himalayas.
Speaking from experience, 'climbing' and adventurous training in the defence force is not quite the same as a weekend at Frog with mates. Two vastly different activities in my opinion.
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