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TR: The Obsidian Depression (Bare Rock Projecting) 27-Aug-2016 At 10:13:04 AM PThomson

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G'day all,

This TR might be a bit too self-indulgent and pretentious (feel free to tell me if it is) since it doesn't deal with anything particularly epic, adventurous or obscure...

...But I recently wrote an account of my multi-year siege of a route I bolted at Bare Rock in Tasmania on my blog, entitled "The Obsidian Depression". It deals with the challenges of red-pointing a route in a semi-extreme location (while living in a van, and battling wacky Tasmania weather), and trying to digest the subsequent ramifications of failure.

You can find it here if you're interested: http://theclimbingobscurist.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/the-obsidian-depression.html.

Be safe.

-Paul