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Welcome to Chockstone fellow climbers. Within this site you'll find our on-line guide provides supplemental information about most Victorian climbing destinations including the major areas of Arapiles, the Grampians and Mt Buffalo. The gallery is chock full of images & video from all over the state and our interviews with local climbers has been a welcome addition to the articles section. A few pearls of climbing wisdom can be found in the tech tips, along with detailed photos of useful knots.

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19-9	The Irish Solution to The Ben Lomond Problem >\|
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17-9	OT Les Southwell missing on Mt Bogong
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14-9	Access down Mt Banks to Original Route
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13-9	Inner City Apartment in Natimuk
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11-9	Grampians Re-bolting >\|
10-9	Found - climbing shoe, Megalong Valley Blackheath

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Stew Donn sussing out the next sandy sloper on Little Desert, 14, Bundaleer. Photographer: Steve Toal

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Adventures High & Low
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More Hills, More Huts
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Over the Hills & Far Away

Upcoming Events

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Upcoming VCC Events

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21/09/2017-7:30pm	VCC Annual General Meeting and Dinner Location: Gemmological Association of Australia (GAA) Building, Leader: Philipp Hammes Details: Where and When: Dinner from 6:00pm at the Hotel Spencer Bar and Grill. 475 Spencer St, Melbourne. Annual General Meeting: Starting at 7:30pm at the Gemmological Association of Australia (GAA) Building. 382 Spencer Street, West Melbourne. What: The usual AGM Reports, Voting for the new Committee, Speeches and the fun parts: The Golden Hex & Corroded Cam Awards for Climbing Photography Each year, all those present at the AGM vote in the VCC's annual climbing photography competition, The Golden Hex and Corroded Cam Awards, awarding titles for first place (The Golden Hex) and runner up (The Corroded Cam). Entry in the competition is open to all club members, and any climbing-related photos taken since the previous AGM (15/09/2016), whether taken on a club trip or other trip, will be accepted for entry. Each entrant may submit a maximum of six photos in the competition, so be sure to select your very best. Entries may be submitted at any time up to the day before the AGM (20/09/2017) by emailing photo attachments or links to Philipp Hammes - phammes@vicclimb.org.au Alternatively, you can bring your photos to the AGM on a USB drive. The Trip Leaders Rewards Raffle This year we're also going into another round of the BIG Raffle for the Trip Leaders Rewards Program. Basically there are a bunch of amazing prizes our generous supporters provided and this is just a little thank you to all the effort our trip leaders have put in over the past year. Cheers to you legends! Here are the rules for the VCC Trip Leaders Raffle: 1. There will be a raffle of all eligible trip leaders at each VCC AGM. To qualify they need to lead one or more trips (day or overnight) since the previous AGM. 2. Leading more trips means the trip leaders name goes in the raffle more times. One raffle ticket entry per day of climbing organised, up to a maximum of four days per trip. 3. Up to two Trip Leaders can receive credit in the raffle as trip leaders for the same trip. 4. If more than one prize, then draw the raffle for the prizes in order from the most valuable first. 5. Order of prizes draw to be determined prior to the AGM by the Committee. 6. Each Trip Leader can only win one prize. 7. A Trip Leaders next 12 months of VCC membership will be one prize. This year Bogong Equipment has again donated the major prize in the raffle: - Grivel Symetrical Oval TWIN gate carabiner $26 - Grivel k6G HMS TWIN gate carabiner $28 - Sterling Chain Reactor $50 - DMM Phantom Pack of 5 multi coloured carabiners $90 Total Value $194 This major prize, and the other prizes, will be sought after by all of our Trip Leaders. We look forward to seeing you and your photos at the AGM. Photo: Current President Ben Wright enjoying cooler temperatures on rock. [ More ]
23/09/2017 to 24/09/2017	Mountain Weekend Location: Victorian High Country Leader: Philipp Hammes Details: Join Matt and Philipp in this endeavour to find the little pockets of mountaineering adventures in Australia. We'll try to tackle some steep snow and ice in the beautiful Victorian backcountry. Since this trip will be at the tail-end of winter, the conditions are pretty much unpredictable at the moment. Snow can vary between the whopping 135cm of 2004 or the sad 0cm of 2013. There are a few locations where we might end up: Bogong South Face The Bluff North Face Mt Buller West Ridge Mt Feathertop Avalanche Ridge. The general schedule will be the same regardless of the location: Camping at the base of the mountain on Friday night. Walk, climb and play on Saturday. Establish camp on Saturday night. More playtime and return to Melbourne on Sunday. This trip is only suitable for advanced climbers. This means you own anice-axe or preferably ice-tools, some crampons and a climbing helmet and know how to use them. On top of that you have to be known to the trip leaders and have adequate skill and fitness levels. This is a Club requirement. We kindly ask everyone who signs up to commit 100% since places are very limited. Trip Leaders: Matt Scattergood and Philipp Hammes Please contact Philipp to secure your place on this backcountry adventure. Note: The trip will still go ahead if there're bone dry conditions, but obviously we'll leave the sharps at home. [ More ]
27/09/2017-7:00p	:30pm - VCC Club Nights @ Gravity Worx (September) Location: Gravity Worx Indoor Climbing Gym Leader: Mark Rippingale Details: The VCC are holding regular Club Nights at Gravity Worx Indoor Climbing Gym. Initially these will be held fortnightly on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. For SEPT, the nights will be Wed 13th and 27th September. These Club Nights will be relaxed and informal. The idea is that you can come along without a climbing partner and join in with other VCC members. It gives you the opportunity to meet other VCC members and find regular climbing partners. Or you could climb without a partner using one of the 16 auto-belays available. Perfect for those wanting to do some endurance training. Continuous climbing on these tall walls will certainly do the trick. Mark Rippingale will be the official 'Trip Leader' on these Wednesday Nights. So find Mark when you arrive and have signed in. There is no need to contact Mark prior to these nights - just turn up ready to climb. For these VCC Nights, the cost of entry for VCC members is $15, plus gear if needed. This is a heavily discounted entry for VCC members. Beginners are most welcome. Photos: Trip Leader Mark Rippingale Michael O'Reilly using some fancy footwork on the Green 25. Gravity Worx Climbing Gym: Phone:03 9350 1789 http://www.gravityworx.com.au/ [ More ]
29/09/2017 to 08/10/2017	Moonarie - Flinders Ranges Location: Moonarie, Flinders Ranges, South Australia Leader: Dave Scarlett Details: Moonarie, situated in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park of South Australia, is one of Australia's premier climbing destinations, offering brilliant single and multi-pitch trad climbing in a spectacular and remote desert setting. Photo: Wilpena Pound The climbing is mostly in the intermediate to hard range, on excellent quality, Arapiles-like rock, with classics starting around grade 15. Aside from the fantastic climbing, the Wilpena Pound area, of which Moonarie makes up a small corner, also offers superb hiking and sightseeing for your rest days. Photo: Outside Chance (16) This trip is suitable for advanced and reasonably experienced intermediate climbers only. The trip will run for 10 days, including the Grand Final public holiday, and Moonarie's location makes it possible to break up the long drive with an optional stopover at Arapiles along the way. Photo: Hanging out at the belay anchors. Photo: Hywel and Liz on Downwind of Angels (19) For more information, or to register your interest, contact the trip leader David Scarlett. All Photos: VCC Smugmug Gallery from previous Club Trips. [ More ]
30/09/2017 to 01/10/2017-9.00am	End of Month @ Arapiles (Sept) CANCELLED Location: Pines - Arapiles Leader: Hywel Rowlands Details: The September EOM@Araps trip has been CANCELLED. You can blame one or all of the following: Hywel's slow house renovations in Britain, the AFL Grand Final or the VCC Club Trip to Moonarie. Either way we don't have an available trip leader for this trip to go ahead unfortunately. With winter in or memories, it's time to warm things up for summer.Join us for another end of month instalment at Arapiles. Hywel Rowlands will be back from climbing in Britain to run this trip and I'm sure he will be delighted to touch the rock at Arapiles after quite some time. Please feel free to email Hywel for the trip details. [ More ]

Climbing News

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9/3/2017

Adam Ondra climbs World's first 9c?
Information from UKClimbing.com
NEWSFLASH: Adam Ondra climbs World's first 9c? - Project Hard
An excerpt -

The three existing 9b+'s in the world, Change , La Dura dura and Vasil, vasil, were all put up by Adam, and only one, La Dura Dura, has been repeated ... [ More ]

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23-May-2006	Jacqui has put together a PDF guide to the new Burnley Wall in Melbourne. This is a free outdoor bouldering wall built by climbers for climbers.
17-Feb-2006	Paul Martin has contributed a guide to the Beechworth Bouldering Circuit. From a climber’s perspective, the Beechworth area is worth spending some time in as it is blessed with a large number of granite boulders upon which we may ply our trade. The bouldering in this guide covers only a small but popular area which lies within close proximity to the town centre.
15-Feb-2006	Dr Ron Farmer has contributed an article Protecting An Abseil: A Study Of Friction Knots. The aim of this study was to examine the suitability of various knots for protecting an abseil with a self-belay.
08-Dec-2005	At long last the Chockstone T-Shirts are finally happening! Belinda Rees of Makalu Mountain Equipment has kindly taken on the daunting task and financial cost of producing and selling them. Please support her efforts by placing an order via the fax details shown below. If you want to pick up a shirt before Christmas, you'll need to get your order in pronto.
17-Nov-2005	Neil has created a guide to Grahams Creek, Victoria Range, Grampians and well as another to Windjammer Wall, Mt Stapylton, Grampians. Both are also available in PDF.
08-Nov-2005	WIN THIS BOOK! To celebrate the launch of Simon Carter's fabulous new photo book - World Climbing, Chockstone is hosting a competition - the prizes being signed copies of the book! Check out this topic on the forum for details on how to win.
04-Aug-2005	Neil has added a guide to a new crag in the Northern Grampians, at Hollow Mountain: Bad Moon Rising Wall. The routes and rock quality resemble Wall Of Fools at Summer Day Valley. The right side is home to several nice sport routes and the left has some of the best easy jug fests in the Grampians.
17-Jul-2005	James has updated the Mt Difficult, Grampians guide as a revised PDF. Also reviewed Slack Jaw DVD's Blood Sweat and Bagels, and Stick It, both of which I really enjoyed.
27-May-2005	Added video of Jacqui Middleton leading The Invisible Fist of Professor Hiddich Smiddich (26) at the jewel of the Grampians, Taipan Wall. The scary traverse out right and back left to tag the finish is well above the last bolt. Video shot from two angles, including above and behind via an overhanging abseil.
18-Mar-2005	Neil has updated his Mt Stapylton Campground guide. Grab the PDF for the latest version. Includes 40 climbs within walking distance of the campsite. Areas: Mini Castle Crag, Warden Wall, Sentinel Cave & Wall, The Guardhouse, and Mt Pleasant.
01-Feb-2005	Completed the Interview with Simon Mentz. Local reader's will probably best know Simon's name as the co-author of those outstanding guide books Arapiles Selected Climbs, and Grampians Selected Climbs. Other's might have come across his name against numerous starred first ascents that are now considered classics in the Grampians, Mt Buffalo and deep in the heart of the Northern Territory. Simon's climbing life has taken him to more distance places like The Nose of El Capitan and the Matterhorn, but his nucleus remains the appealing country life of Natimuk.
25-Jan-2005	Completed the Interview with Dave Jones. The man with a quiet voice and supernatural shoulders has a reputation for bold, run out, trad horror shows, including one such ascent captured on film during the making of the well known climbing movie "Hard Grit". With first ascents that include the hardest route at Mt Arapiles, Punks Addition (32), some scary stuff on Taipan Wall and a wealth of bold FA's and repeats throughout the world, it's a wonder Dave has time to earn a living.
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