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Cold weather climbing in Canberra 5-Jul-2009 At 3:57:07 PM evanbb

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Ended up climbing at Gibraltar, which was beautiful in the sun, but diabolical in the shade.

Traipsed around the hill for an hour or more looking for something manageable and in the sun. Failed miserably. Decided to man up and lead Nailbiter instead; it was miserably cold, my hands cramped closed, I fell 5 times, and generally bought shame to my family. It was incredible the difference the shade made, and my not warming up properly. Toproped it again later and cruised it. Big part of the problem is my layback technique, which I never tested much in the Blueys, but I seem to need every time I climb something in Canberra.

Had a play on the 21/23 to the left of The Groove, learnt a few things about slab climbing, and identified a few more holes in my technique. At least I did a few slab moves, which is progress. The temptation is to make big foot moves, but I found much more success taking small steps and padding along. Might pop some photos up later.