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dalai

28-Oct-2017
5:55:42 PM

Impressed he stuck to the one colour!

TimP

4-Nov-2017
12:28:55 PM

Worlds best belayer

https://youtu.be/NJHVgkchcbw

Martym

5-Nov-2017
5:42:24 PM

Climbing to be banned on Uluru from 2019 by unanimous board decision.

How would a ban be enforced?

Under Commonwealth laws, there are steep fines for people who ride or walk in a Commonwealth reserve and go off track
The management board could have all walking tracks on the rock removed, making any climb illegal
In practical terms, a chain currently in place could be removed, which would make climbing Uluru physically difficult
Under NT legislation, sacred sites including Uluru have special protections, and a serious breach of the Sacred Sites Act can lead to penalties of more than $60,000 and two years' jail


Doug

6-Nov-2017
3:56:23 AM

On 5-Nov-2017 Martym wrote:
>Climbing to be banned on Uluru from 2019 by unanimous board
>decision.

+1
It's about time.


Rocksinmyhead

6-Nov-2017
12:26:24 PM

On 6-Nov-2017 Doug wrote:

>It's about time.

I disagree. I'm not arguing against the ban. It's owned by the Anangu, so it's their call. They've got their reasons.

http://theconversation.com/why-we-are-banning-tourists-from-climbing-uluru-86755

But I'm still sad. I've always wanted to climb Uluru by another way besides the tourist route. There's probably dozens of others easy ways that could be soloed. Being up high, alone, on all that red rock, with desert to the horizon would have been amazing.


ajfclark

6-Nov-2017
12:34:11 PM

On 6-Nov-2017 Rocksinmyhead wrote:
>http://theconversation.com/why-we-are-banning-tourists-from-climbing-uluru-86755

Chockstone doesn't get https links, only http. Fortunately most places forward from http to https for you.


Rocksinmyhead

6-Nov-2017
12:50:46 PM

Fixed! Thanks

Martym

6-Nov-2017
5:53:00 PM

On 6-Nov-2017 Rocksinmyhead wrote:
>http://theconversation.com/why-we-are-banning-tourists-from-climbing-uluru-86755

"The climb is a men’s sacred area. The men have closed it. It has cultural significance that includes certain restrictions and so this is as much as we can say"

What a strange thing to read in the current media atmosphere.

Olbert

7-Nov-2017
4:38:02 AM

On 6-Nov-2017 One Day Hero wrote:
>On 6-Nov-2017 Rocksinmyhead wrote:
>
>>There's probably dozens of others easy ways that could
>>be soloed.
>
>I disagree. Having walked around Uluru, playing a hypothetical game of
>"I wonder if I could climb that?", I think there would only be a handful
>of easy solo routes.
>
>It's difficult to grasp the scale of the place until you've been there.
>One tends to assume an easy, rounding slab, starting with a 5m vertical
>step to be casually bouldered. In reality, the base is guarded by a 20m
>high, gently overhanging wall most of the way around......except for the
>vast sections with multipitch vertical walls.

So what you're saying is: siiiiiiiick potential for sport climbing!

Dave J

17-Nov-2017
2:16:40 PM

thoughts?....keiran?, ajfclark?

I would tend to agree that bureaucracy has dulled/crippled was used to be a pretty effective system.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-17/mount-arapiles-rescue-methods-criticised/9158772?WT.ac=infocus_centralvic

patto

18-Nov-2017
3:03:46 AM

Probably could do with its own thread....

From the numerous rescues at Arapiles I've observed and heard about I would largely agree with the sentiments. Though I'm just a fly (climber) on the wall.

>current SES faithful Kieran Loughran said the rescue of his friend Keith, which he was
>involved in was both the best and worst of the ARG.

>"Both fast and effective but also operating with wafer-thin safety margins and no backup plan

Heroic and impressive rescues world wide often breech Standard Operating Procedures. The number one rule is not to place rescuers at risk. Yet extreme situations often call for exactly that if you want to save lives.


ajfclark

18-Nov-2017
5:51:16 AM

On 18-Nov-2017 patto wrote:
>Probably could do with its own thread....

It's got one: http://www.chockstone.org/Forum/Forum.asp?Action=DisplayTopic&ForumID=5&MessageID=13522&Replies=1#NewPost

kieranl

19-Nov-2017
6:37:18 PM

On 17-Nov-2017 Dave J wrote:
>thoughts?....keiran?, ajfclark?
>
>I would tend to agree that bureaucracy has dulled/crippled was used to
>be a pretty effective system.
>
>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-17/mount-arapiles-rescue-methods-criticised/9158772?WT
>ac=infocus_centralvic

Hi Dave,

I'm happy to talk to anyone about the issues, though I don't claim to have answers. But I have decided to not respond further on the web.

regards

Kieran

mikllaw

23-Nov-2017
7:29:55 PM

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-05/manned-moon-mission-nasa-esa-china-looking-to-return/8397068

A quarry near W Gong? Bombo perhaps?

martym

1-Feb-2018
6:22:18 PM

You won’t find them waving their greenie credentials about or blowing their collective trumpet, but this town of 500 people in Victoria’s wheat belt is hitting major goals in renewable energy.


jkane

16-Apr-2018
9:44:54 AM

In case you need to remotely access data from your home cloud storage while you are in the middle of a climb

https://www.mwave.com.au/product/wd-my-cloud-home-3tb-nas-14ghz-dualcore-1gb-ram-ac11618?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0_7089O92gIVEZW9Ch0-qwrLEAkYDyABEgIWhPD_BwE

BTW, any recommendations for a cheap RAID 1 NAS? Anything from 2TB should be plenty for me.

Dr Nick

16-Apr-2018
6:12:05 PM

Given the dog's breakfast of a sling attachment there, I suspect checking the latest copy of their will is backed up is a good idea.

baloydi

17-Apr-2018
5:26:40 PM

martym

19-Apr-2018
7:35:49 PM

I do love walking past Citibank on George St Sydney & seeing this:

from this campaign: https://www.citibank.com.au/brand-new-world/

dalai

20-Jun-2018
6:04:13 AM

Natimuk on ABC Back roads 8pm next Monday.

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