General Climbing Discussion

Author	Havachatwithhexy...
The HEX 21-Oct-2005 1:59:11 PM	On 21/10/2005 Bourge wrote: >Maybe I need to brew up some more gold ... Hereyago ! First female ascent of Kalbarri Gold 2005-10-19 >On the West Australian front....Kate Swain completed the first female ascent of >Kalbarri Gold (26). Jamming and placing the gear through an 8m horizontal roof crack. >The route was originally climbed by HB about ten years ago. Perth is also holding >their first outdoor bouldering comp at the end of this month. There's over $2000 in >prizes from over half a dozen sponsors. Watch this space for more details... And even a plug for you, Edd&Splat;-) ---------------------------------------
Bourge 21-Oct-2005 2:06:37 PM	28/10 To 30/10/2005 The Nati Frinj Festival >For those Arapiles bound during Melbourne Cup weekend. Exhibitions, installations, music, films, puppets, performers, museums, side shows, Hay and Thespian mardi gras, markets, food and Cirque de Silo - the Saturday night spectacle on the Natimuk grain silos that will turn the Natimuk community into the most fantastic circus. See you there Hexy!
The HEX 21-Oct-2005 2:37:53 PM	... not if Piggy sees you first :P BoaredOfTheRings 13/10/2004 >The walls yawn with anticipation of your next post! Bourge 19/10/2004 >Ha! >Nothing like smoked pork, with rosemary and mustard, on the menu, eh piglet? >Ha! Allez! Wankers! BoaredOfTheRings 20/10/2004 >I rest my point. wombats 20/10/2004 >Exactly.!!!. I'm sorry and I dont mean to offend anyone, but gee they go on with a lot of >crap. I mean wots the story? Do they communicate secretly to others out there or are >they just so bored and need to be doing that which is most important...and, as we >ALL know ...that is...CLIMBING! Bourge 21/10/2004 >Wow, enter a couple of intrepid, swashbuckliing cats from up north, into the stew! Axel Griis 21/10/2004 >This is obviously the tossers thread then, or is that the 'Haveachatwithhexy' one, or is >it both? All the nati locals seem to want a private thread of their own!... :D ------------------------------
The HEX 21-Oct-2005 2:45:55 PM	------------------------------- >a 'flyless' portaledge... Very unlikely, after the smelly-old-addax has been camping on it for a few nights ... :P :D :P >>Hideous >Nah, ... >... Adventure !! ------------------------------------------
The HEX 21-Oct-2005 3:05:08 PM	---------------------- ... talking of bird flu ... “I spent six days in a tiny snow hole, soaked and unable to move, like a chicken in a fridge,” recalled Tomaz. “Prepared for a fast, light climb, I soon ran out of food and gas to melt snow for water. It was claustrophobic – there was nothing I could do except for fight despair and wait for a rescue.” Redefining ' Adventure !! ' ... -----------------------------------------------
The HEX 21-Oct-2005 3:17:32 PM	------------------- Neilo >Single pitch sport routes shouldn't be loose, powdery and just plain crap! 'ere-ah !!! --- don't say that ... the Hillwood Volcano boys might get offended :P ------------------
IdratherbeclimbingM9 21-Oct-2005 3:20:48 PM	>Very unlikely, after the smelly-old-addax has been camping on it for a few nights ... LOL. Very true! You tend to lose them after the 2nd pitch though. They mustn't like heights! -------------------------------------- On 21/10/2005 nmonteith wrote: >Single pitch sport routes shouldn't be loose, powdery and just plain crap! >One of the worst climbing >experiances of my life! Strangeness and Charm was very good however. So why are you going back? I personally find the place addictive as a natural adventure area, so why try to change its character to sport? Got lampooned a while back on CS for suggesting that Bungonia is not the place for single pitch stuff though, with so much rock left to complete any given line; either above or below ~ as in this case. I find it intrigueing also that you are admitting (by default?) that you have actually put up some 'crap' sport routes. One mans sport is anothers adventure ... Heh, heh, heh. :)
The HEX 21-Oct-2005 3:30:05 PM	On 21/10/2005 Mconfused/mesmerised wrote: >On 21/10/2005 nmonteith wrote: >>Single pitch sport routes shouldn't be loose, powdery and just plain >>crap! >>One of the worst climbing >>experiances of my life! Strangeness and Charm was very good however. >So why are you going back? >I personally find the place addictive... OBVIOUSLY !!! uv got ya threads in a tangle ... da da da da da ur addicted to hexyzluuuuv... ---------------------------------------
IdratherbeclimbingM9 21-Oct-2005 3:35:51 PM	On 21/10/2005 The HEX wrote: >On 21/10/2005 Mconfused/mesmerised wrote: >>I personally find the place addictive... > >OBVIOUSLY !!! uv got ya threads in a tangle ... da da da da da ur addicted >to hexyzluuuuv... 'Tis somewhat true. Thought discussion on the topic was better here rather than messing up the Bungonia Guide thread. If it offends The Hex I will correct it back to that thread.
nmonteith 21-Oct-2005 3:36:23 PM	Im confused... (again) Bungonia has some awesome routes, both sport and trad. That is why I am going back. The routes under that lookout near the top were totally CRAP however (not my routes). The fact they were sport routes had nothing to do with it - if they were trad they woudl still be crap.
The HEX 21-Oct-2005 3:44:41 PM	> if they were trad they woudl still be crap... & if they were chipped they would a >mega classic... hehehe ... ------------------------------------
IdratherbeclimbingM9 21-Oct-2005 3:49:38 PM	Don't be confused nm. Its my fault (birdflu mentioned above is contageous?), because I assumed incorrectly from your post >I did some god awful ringbolted sport 'rap in climb out' routes near Cooee Lookout. that you 'put' them up (ie new lines). I now understand that you didn't and I reckon I now know where the ones you mean are located. They are quite a bit further around North; (ie looking towards Badgeries Cliffs over in Tallong direction), with the mine on your left, from the old Cooee Pt lookout. The climbs you refer to are located in very close proximity to the new lookout that kind of replaces the original one, which is about 200 m (a guess from dimming memory) away. The original one is no longer accessible to general public without getting off the new paths and bushbashing. All that remains is some cable and spikes and chicken wire. In fact there are two lookouts no longer used there. The upper Cooee Pt one looks North also. The lower original one which faces across the gorge (WNW instead of true North) you could almost lob a stone across leftwards towards Strangeness and Charm, or Base jump from it as the highest most vertical part of the Gorge, effectively down Big Red Supergiant. I think it was the base jumpers that caused this lookout to be closed ... The new lookout is a platform with welded railings etc.and is not attractive to base jumpers due to reduced height/exposure directly beneath it. If you reckon those 'abseil in' routes were loose then DO NOT attempt BRS upper pitches or SGID as they are at least an order of magnitude more so!
The HEX 21-Oct-2005 3:52:41 PM	ADDAX-FLU BUFFER ZONE -------------------------------- climbingjac 20/10/2005 >Good evening Australia :-) >Cheers for your messages of support. I'm on my way now - writing to you from the >convenience of the free internet terminals in Singapore airport. I am on a dream flight - >it is virtually empty. I have a whole row to myself. Woo hoo! Lots of space to spread >out and relax... "... this is ur captain speaking ... would the young lady, down the back of the plane, please refrain from *ah-hem* 'spreading' quite like that ...people are eating..." ------------------------------------ ADDAX-FLU BUFFER ZONE
The HEX 22-Oct-2005 1:42:55 PM	wha?...imalive!...itworked!!... *arrhhh................choooo !!!*...fck... -------------------- Sick of Stickmen >"what's the point of ticking 31 at Nowra if you can't defend your victory pizza from the local >teenage bogans?!!" Well 'Heavy...hehehe...D' --- what's the point of >missing out< of ticking 31 @ Nowra ? ...Walk-out of the pizza shop wearing an Essendon-beanie ... a black-t-shirt-with-ciggy-packet-in-the-sleave... and ugg-boots reekin' of sump-oil ... & you will get RESPECT ... whatevayasize ... -----------------------------
The HEX 22-Oct-2005 1:52:36 PM	----------------------------- >Furthermore Simons willingness to contribute to chockstone and field our questions is >something we are very lucky ... Absolutely:-)) ......................andwherethefarksMikl??... >So basically Blah, keep your smarmy bullshit sarcasm to yourself >(Mods :.... is that a bit too far ) >tel Tel --- now that Blah-TROLL has got you posting thoughtfully, again...bringiton! ... -------------------- LESTWELOSEDAPLOT ... >Posts containing extremely offensive language, blatant racism, sexual harassment, or out >right personal attacks on other forum members are unacceptable. On the other hand, light >hearted banter, general cursing & expletives, and heated, confrontational debate is fine... yeeeaaahhhh!!!...sogoingitfarquedthelotovyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaz!!! ...............hehehe...
The HEX 22-Oct-2005 1:58:43 PM	patto 22/10/2005 1:11:44 AM >That is crazy![typed Patto,at 1AM+ , on a night-club-internet-kiosk-while-pisst'n'dancin'likeSteadyEddy ...] >But surely he must have rehearsed that many many times to be able to do it that quicky, >sort of takes some of the adventure out of it all. Still absolutely awesome work, must be >damn fit. I'd be bloody tired if I jogged up a 130m height in 4:00. >Here is a direct link: >http://media.ebaumsworld.com/wmv/fastrockclimb.wmv Why can't ... >sort of takes some of the adventure out of it all... ...'adventure'... be KNOWN FUN ? ... nevamind, Patto ... if one of those ... >rehearsed that many many times... ...holds breaks, then he will get plenty of 'adventure '... HOWEVA !!! --- bloody impressive ! --- much more exciting than the usual slow-paced-chatting-with the-camera(wo)man-climbing-footage-cliched-thingy ... Howz the Hobbes-the-tiger / HB body-dyno :-(WOW) Another worthy addition to Dalaiz 'the future of climbing' ... >I'd be bloody tired if I jogged up a 130m height in 4:00. '...The sale of pharmaceutical amphetamines peaked in the late 1960s at around 10 billion tablets worldwide, and then rapidly declined, helped in no small part by the Controlled Substances Act, which all but eliminated legal use and turned the entire ballgame over to the outlaws. Biker groups, notably the Hells Angels and the Gypsy Jokers, and white supremacists like the Aryan Brotherhood and the Nazi Low Riders took control of the meth trade. The word "crank" came into common use, and speed took on the trailer-park, tattooed-white-trash image that it still enjoys today -- the "all-American high," as HBO dubbed it while promoting a heartland speed documentary titled (with originality) Crank...' Ooooodearyme ... Qurank?... we are always garenteed a cyber-white-knuckle-ride when we take a trip...hehehe... down the information-super-high...hehehe...way... in the mankybus ... ---------------------------- ...breathe deepLee... buffer zone ... ----------------------------
The HEX 22-Oct-2005 2:06:37 PM	On 22/10/2005 The HEX wrote: >...andwherethefarksMikl??... ...probably still here ... >I'm in San Diego, greasing off sweaty crimps in a 30C increase from where I was >bouldering in Pennsylvania on Sunday. Even 3 Mile nuclear Power plant couldn't unthaw the >water bottle... &ynot... '...Life's still a beach By Darrell Giles October 19, 2005 AUSTRALIANS think they own the expression "life's a beach" but San Diego's magnificent shores are every bit the match of the sand and surf we love. The Jewel ... La Jolla is one of the most popular attractions. Picture: Andrew Hudson / San Diego Convention-Visitors Bureau The southern California city has more than 100km of coastline and there is something for everyone from the white sandy shores of Coronado Beach to the dramatic sandstone cliffs of Torrey Pines State Park. San Diego, about two hours' drive south of Los Angeles, is fast becoming the destination of choice for American tourists tired of the sleaze of South Beach, Miami. It should also be top of the to-go list for international travellers heading to the US. Forget the crowds at Santa Monica and Venice beaches in LA, and hire a car and head down Freeway 5. It won't take long for San Diego visitors to fall in love with the city's oceanfront paradise. The Pacific Ocean is colder than waters of the Tasman Sea, but the high-20Cs of summer make San Diego's beaches a sought-after spot. The majority offer professional lifeguards and few sharks. But watch out for surfers if you invade their patch of blue water . . . they bite...' >I still think I'm wallowing around and doing most of the ings I want to do, does the fact that I >have my first real job disqualify me from being a drop out? >When I sort out what I want to do for the rest of my life I'll get serious and try and fit in. I >know I am not a "real" climber (neither hard nor full time) and never was, but I get as much >climbing in now as when I was unemployable. >The worst thing that you can do when you are a climbing bum or an ex-Gen-X-er like >myself, is waste time, because, no matter how many years and days we each have left, we >are all chewing through them at an incrreasing rate. Where did '04 go anyway?... SNAPOUTOFITMIKL ... ---------------------------------------
The HEX 22-Oct-2005 3:11:41 PM	------------------------ dave 21/10/2005 >Steer clear of the Subway in Horsham! Last time I ate there I got a dose of food >poisoning with my sub; not a pleasant experiance in the middle of a trip. >I'm not sure if they've heard of food hygiene there! :-(~) :I :-) thats better... thanx ... oops...thx...thx Simey#1;-) ... for sharing that with us , dave ... much better to 'eat in the aisles' at the supermarket at the far-end of town...cheaper too;-) ....awwwsh#t ! ... is there REALLY a camera inside that black-dome-screwed-to-the-ceiling?... *tap-on-the-shoulder* " errrr, excuse me miss/ter... about the teeth marks in the leg-ham ... and we 'noticed' someone has opened a packet of edible-condomz ..." ---------------------
The HEX 22-Oct-2005 3:32:59 PM	--------------------------- gfdonc 20/10/2005 >Are you able to start a "dining tips for Euro trips" thread now? Good idea, stevo ... Eduardo's got some sav-vy ideaz for the appa-ty-za:-) Eduardo >Also Switzerland is not that expensive if you follow some simple principles. Wages are >relatively high in Switzerland, so if you partake of somthing that involves many people >working, like going to a restaurant, then you are going to pay through the nose. If you go to >a supermarket food is generally the same price as everywhere else... ---------------------
The HEX 22-Oct-2005 3:51:07 PM	-------------------- >Action Directe repeated-twice! 2005-10-18 >In the last week, both Richard Simpson (UK) and Dai Koyamada (JP) have repeated >Wolfgang Gullich's Action Directe(5.14d) in Frankenjura, Germany. This route only had 5 >ascents in 14 years; now it has been climbed 2 more times in 2 days! Topic Date User To Chalk or not to Chalk Saturday, 2 April 2005, alrob >i always try to clean up my boulder problems, especially big tick marks... 3cybercheers4alrobbo!!! ... hopefully Rich did the same thing ... ... before >JP got to C ... -------------------

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