So, Friday, I'm perusing a secondhand bookstore as is my habit. Come across a lovely title in my fav genre (outdoor aussie old style):
Rope and Rucksack, ed John Davis, with chapters by John Davis, Rick Higgins, Ted Hartley, Paddy Pallin and others. 1969. Sterling stuff. Some great pics of rather svelte mid-late 1960's lasses undertaking a variety of classic rappels.
And a georgeous synergy as the editor's daughter is a good friend, who still climbs, and to whose wedding I went to last year, married to a climber in the Blueys.
I'm really glad the 'glove belay' has gone the way of the dodo. |