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Canberra Climbers 16-Sep-2009 At 10:40:43 AM evanbb

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I reckon you'd get very close to Booroomba in 3 hours from your place Neil; Slightly south of Sydney proper. If you take the correct roads through the capital, should only be half an hour-40 mins to Booroomba

Saturday we got scared off Outer LImits (180m 18) on the first pitch. Took for ever to find it and we weren't 100% sure in either case. First pitch wandered up a broken flake and some blocks, then a bolt and 5m of hard climbing up a bulging slab. Falls would have been very nasty, classic stance bolting. Then Steve ran up Hermes, while I stood in the sun and had a minor stroke. Was blaring in the sun.

Sunday we hid in the shade of The Cloisters, right out the end of the Orroral Ridge. Did a bunch of mid grade cracks and flakes. Steve got shut down (not surprisingly!) by the 20 down the hill; a crack that runs fingers/hands/cupped hands then 4m layback to the top of a flake. Once on the flake, dive into the bottomless offwidth for 5 metres of pain! Apart from that, some of the other cracks were brilliant. There's a classic 15, very pure jamming.

Monday was a 'Climbing Is Fun' day, so we did Possum into Carrezzissima and were finished by 3. Good weekend. Consolidated some skills, shredded my hands and learnt how to jam a bit more properly.