Photos

Me at the base of Taipan wall

Invisable Fist 26 – Crux move

Invisable Fist 26 – No hands rest as good as they come

Invisable Fist 26 – About to clip last bolt

Invisable Fist 26 – Last move, about to throw for the last jug

Me warmng up on the boulder traverse at the base of taipan wall

Crux of The Invisible Fist 26 (Some girl onsighting it)

The Invisible Fist 26 (Some girl onsighting it)

Taipan Wall Grampians

Me and the “Invisable Fist” 26

“Invisable Fist” 26

Neils sitting on the “Invisable Fist” 26

Phil sending “Mr J” 25

Phil working on “Serpentine” 29

The Totem pole in is awesomeness

Me on the crux of the totem pole pitch 2

Me on the crux of the totem pole pitch 2

Me on the crux of the totem pole pitch 2

Me on the totem pole pitch 2

Me on the totem pole pitch 2

Me on the totem pole pitch 2

Me on the final traverse on the totem pole pitch 2

Send pulling onto the belay ledge on the totem pole pitch 2

Climb to glory the last few meters on the totem pole

Summit glory on the totem pole

Me on the first pitch of the tote, trip before last

Me falling off the second pitch of the tote

Roger on the second pitch of the Totem pole, near the top

Roger on the second pitch of the Totem pole, near the top

Roger on the tyrolean back the the main land from the Totem pole

Nick on the second pitch of the Totem pole, at the crux

Nick on the second pitch of the Totem pole, just above the crux

Nick on the second pitch of the Totem pole, near the top

John

Simon

Grug

Grug

Charlie, Anna & John

Deano

Ben

Maggie and Duncan

Helen, Zach & Andrea

Charlie

Cliare, Simon & Kirke

John

Simon & Helen

A little dancing

The Moai

Claire on Blunt Instrument 20m 20

Ben on Burning Spear 35m 22

Me with a mohawk

Dave after swimming over to the candle stick bring Deano’s and Rosie’s gear accross

Me all nervous @ the base of the totem pole

Me on the first pitch of the totem pole 24

Zach having the time of his life on the first pitch of the totem pole

Smiles, Zach Me and Claire at the top of the first pitch of the totem pole

Me on the 2nd pitch on the Totem Pole 24

Me admitting defeat and making my way back to the main land from the Totem Pole

Zachs shoe that went walk about at the Totem Pole

Alex & Wills project so close to being complete Tyndals

Zach trundling & the tyndals i think he might have knocked a bolt off garry’s project ;)

Topher on slabby conglomerate Tyndals

Oli waking up after a nap @ the tyndals

Zach soloing his new ve boulder problems at the tyndals ;)

Claire on the slab just after the 22 pitch of “Big City Life” Tyndals

Zach on “Rain Dancer” 22 Tyndals

Zach on “Rain Dancer” 22 Tyndals

Zach on “Rain Dancer” 22 Tyndals

Zach in the bivy cave @ the tyndals

Bivy cave @ the tyndals

Oli in the bivy cave @ the tyndals

Tyndals – Rain Dance & Big City Life TOPO

Rocky Cape

Me on “Rhythm Rude Girl” 22 Sisters Beach

Me on “The Butchers Dog” 25 Sisters Beach

Stuffing around on “The Butchers Dog” 25 Sisters Beach

My Nephew on Zachs back

Simon on “Rysavy Ridge” 12 Mt Roland

Simon on “Rysavy Ridge” 12 Mt Roland

Me near last pitch of “Rysavy Ridge” 12 Mt Roland

Topher & Zach soloing last pitch of “Rysavy Ridge” 12 Mt Roland

Simon & Zach looking back at sunset on “Rysavy Ridge” 12 Mt Roland

Oli’s impresination of a puffer fish on “Dr Pepper” 23 Hillwood

Topher on “Dr Pepper” 23 Hillwood

Me on the boldery crux on “Bozon” 25 Hillwood

Me resting on the biggest jug on “Bozon” 25 Hillwood

Me on the middle of “Bozon” 25 Hillwood

Me on the last hard move of “Bozon” 25 Hillwood

Oli and Topher @ Swimming hole near North Esk Launceston

Me sunset Egg Island Hillwood

Me on the beginning of “Sacred Stone” 24 Hillwood

Me on the crux of “Sacred Stone” 24 Hillwood

Me in the rain cleaning the draws off “Sacred Stone” 24 Hillwood

Claire just before Lake Cygnus

Claire at Lake Cygnus

Me with Lake Cygnus in background

Claire with Lake Oberon in background

Claire in a little cave

Me at Junction Creek

XMas day surfing

1st pitch “I’d rather be picking goat balls” new route “Mother Cummings”

2nd pitch “I’d rather be picking goat balls” new route “Mother Cummings”

Tophers 2nd new route at mother cummings

New Years Eve – Lightning on Mt Wellington summit

New Years Eve – Lightning on Mt Wellington summit

New Years Eve – Lightning on Mt Wellington summit

Anna red pointing “Bad Habits” 15m 23 her first 23?

Sunset Mt Araps

My Office

Claire @ Sleepy Bay – Sea Kelp Traverse

Claire near the Underworld – Sea Kelp Traverse

Claire near the Underworld – Sea Kelp Traverse

Claire just after the Horizontal Chimney – Sea Kelp Traverse

Claire down climbing when we went the wrong way – Sea Kelp Traverse

Claire traversing under the Hazards Main Wall – Sea Kelp Traverse

Claire traversing under the Star Factory – Sea Kelp Traverse

Claire traversing under the Star Factory – Sea Kelp Traverse

Claire traversing under the Star Factory – Sea Kelp Traverse

Claire traversing under the Star Factory – Sea Kelp Traverse

Claire heading back down to sea level under the Star Factory – Sea Kelp Traverse

Claire on the last of the slabs before we decided to swim under the Star Factory – Sea Kelp Traverse

Looking accross at Flowstone wall – Sea Kelp Traverse

Looking back at the Gonk – Sea Kelp Traverse

Claire when we finally finished swimming after flowstone wall – Sea Kelp Traverse

Me nearing Wineglass Bay – Sea Kelp Traverse

Cool seawead nearing Wineglass Bay – Sea Kelp Traverse

Finished, Wineglass Bay & Bombay Gin – Sea Kelp Traverse

Anna onsighting Harlequin

Claire chilling

Helens Guns and bruise after a biner bite

Helen leading “Hyperbola” 17

Me leading “Kachoong” 21

Me getting some air on “Kachoong” 21

Helen on “Kachoong” 21

Deano leading “The Protege” 12

Me on “The Tree Traverse” Problem

Deano on “The Tree Traverse” Problem

Deano on “The Tree Traverse” Problem

Deano soloing “TipToe Ridge” 5

Helen on “Judgement Day” 19

1 “A Taste of Honey” 21

2 “A Taste of Honey” 21

3 “A Taste of Honey” 21

4 “A Taste of Honey” 21

5 “A Taste of Honey” 21

6 “A Taste of Honey” 21

7 “A Taste of Honey” 21

8 “A Taste of Honey” 21

9 “A Taste of Honey” 21

Flys the pain of our existence at araps =/

Oli soloing “The Shroud” 10

Oli near the beginning of the travese that is “Trinity Wall” 21

Oli after taking a whipper off the travese that is “Trinity Wall” 21, time to prusic..

Me all happy after onsighting “Second Coming” 22

Oli takes on the task of cleaning ALL the dishes, epic… Anna helping ;)

Our little cockroach friend we found while cleaning out the food tent…

Finally after much talk we managed to make a back gammon set out of beer bottle caps.

Oli on the slackline, apparently having a slackline in camp means we sell weed =/

Deano giving birth, good news it lived, bad news it was a vegetable…

Oli on the first pitch of “Wall of the afternoon sun” 19 (17?)

Claire on Lamplighter 14, pitch 4, bottomless chimney 1 out of the cave

Claire on Oceanoid 17, pitch 2, bottomless chimney 2 awkward

Claire on Scorpion 18, bottomless chimney 3 very airy

Happy 18th Hannah

John caught a Magpie

Claire on “The Bard” 12

Me on “Gollumn” 19

Me on “Gollumn” 19

Me on “Gollumn” 19

Me on “Gollumn” 19

Me on “Gollumn” 19, finally a JUG :)

Deano all smiles, why, free meet :)

Oli on “Huey” 18

John on his solo day

Oli on “Spell Binder” 17

Oli quickly sides back in to the climbing bum life.

Deano playing guitar at Simon’s (Menz) soon to be opening cafe

Me onsighting “Morfydd” 19

Home for the next month – tee-pee @ the gums

Happy Movember

Charlie on Vitriol V2

Adam on Vitriol V2

Mikey on the crux footer of the no hands boulder problem

Kirsten no hands bouldering

They caught the boat over Lake St Claire.

They walked over some bridges.

They walked through some pretty forests.

They decided to climb the Acropolis.

They had awesome weather.

They hugged some trees.

They hugged each other.

They found snow.

They sank dead into the snow.

They got scared aproaching the summit through the cornice.

They made it to the summit.

They had some more hugs.

They made it back down to Pine Valley and slept on the heli pad.

They drank some wine.

They drove home and found an echidna.

Syncronised climbing – Claire and Simon on “Hotel California” pitch 6, grade 20

Clair on “Hotel California” pitch 5, grade 18

Me on “Hotel California” pitch 6, grade 19 traverse

Me on “Hotel California” pitch 6, grade 19 at the end of the traverse

Claire and Simon keeping warm on belay “Hotel California” top of pitch 7

Claire near top of “Bunny Bucket Buttress” pitch 7ish grade 17

Claire chilling under a mini arch at the top of Mirror Ball wall

Merry with Johns awesome breakfast cooking skills

Anna climbing “The Rift” 55m grade 19

Claire on some “Carrot Gold” a chossy grade 17

Claire on “Fake Blood” grade 18

Me at Logan Brae

Me on “Wedding Bell Blues” 23 at Logan Brae

Me on “Wedding Bell Blues” 23 at Logan Brae

Me being a tourist – The 3 Sisters in the Blueys

Anna bulidering :)

Claire on the 1st pitch of the west face of Mirrorball

Claire on the 3rd pitch of the west face of Mirrorball with her new WingeStopper dummy :)

Liz on belay and Deano climbing the Dark Side

Claire on Mirrorball

Deano, Anna, John and I in the Canoe

John on Mosquito Slap

Bird on my tent

Merry on Mega Mac

The Third Pillar of Dana

Garry on Pitch 5 of The Third Pillar of Dana

Garry with The Third Pillar of Dana in background

The Fucking Bear…

Garry at the base of The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk

Lots of Mosquitoes at The Incredible Hulk

Me at The Incredible Hulk

Garry pitch 4 of Red dihedral – The Incredible Hulk

Garry pitch 5 of Red dihedral – The Incredible Hulk

Garry pitch 6 of Red dihedral – The Incredible Hulk

Garry last pitch of Red dihedral – The Incredible Hulk

Me on summit of The Incredible Hulk

Sunset Whitney Portal

Cardinal Pinnacle

Approach to Ice Berg Lake – Mt Russell & Mt Whitney

Garry at the top of Pitch 3 of the Fishhook Arete

Me on Pitch 4 of the Fishhook Arete

Garry Pitch 6 of the Fishhook Arete

Me and Garry on summit of Mt Russell

Looking back at Iceberg lake and Mt Whitney from summit of Mt Russell

Mt Russell

Garry at the base of Mithral Dihedral

Garry on Pitch 4 of Mithral Dihedral

Garry on pitch 5 of Mithral Dihedral

Mt Russell

Me in tent infront of Mt Whitney

Me chilling at Iceberg lake

Garry on pitch 9 of East Buttress of Mt Whitney

Garry and I on summit of Mt Whitney

Me racking up for my first climb at the Needles

The Needles – The Sorcerer

The Needles

The Needles – Fancy Free, 5.10b

The Needles – Ice Pirates, 5.11b

Garry & the gear

Approach to Washington column

Decent from Washington column