Yes climbers, that thing you dragged out of the bottom of the cupboard this week is a jumper, and it is probably still smells like the crag from last season. This can only mean one thing, Nowra season is nigh!
The mozzies are feeling the chill and going back to their miserable haunts, the rock is feeling sticky and the routes stand ready, waiting.
Sharik Walker has already got the ball rolling with a new 26 to the right of F.I.I.K. at PC. It starts out of the tree apparently, we're looking forward to Sharik revisiting it with a saw.
Carlie LeBreton pulled off a powerhouse repeat of Sex Machine 26 at South Central and even I managed to find a route I hadn't done before and did Exploding Plastic Inevitable 29.
Unreported from late last year was Nathan Hoette's link up of a skyline traverse of PC which starts up Dude Food, goes into Vogue for a bit and then into Church of Christ before following the summit ridge along past the Turn Your Eyes anchors to join Hopelessly Devoted to You just before its crux for the journey upwards to the anchors. Dedicated to Dude isn't an easy tick at 31.
Bring on the chill!
1 comment:
the new route that Sharik climbed was an old project i bolted in 1998.
i was going to call it 'things of stone and wood'.
however i moved to victoria and then 8 years in sheffield hence i never got chance to go back and finish it.
i'm surprised it has taken this long for someone to do it.
it did have a hard start using a glue reinforced undercling. but i think that after 15 odd years the tree will of grown, making the first move easier. the rest of the route is great climbing by memory, about grade 23???
well done Sharik,
Gavin Portier
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