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Welcome to Chockstone fellow climbers. Within this site you'll find our on-line guide provides supplemental information about most Victorian climbing destinations including the major areas of Arapiles, the Grampians and Mt Buffalo. The gallery is chock full of images & video from all over the state and our interviews with local climbers has been a welcome addition to the articles section. A few pearls of climbing wisdom can be found in the tech tips, along with detailed photos of useful knots.

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Gerd Deiter climbing Bambu (8a), Lazy Dragon Cave, Getu Valley, China. Photographer: Brad Williams

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NSW Bluies & Coast
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Coastal Victoria
03-Oct-2011:
Great Ocean Road

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21/01/2012 to 1/02/2012	Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Location: Mount Buffalo, Lake Catani Leader: Ben Wright Details: Intermediate level trip. Limited places. The club has booked 4 sites from Sat 21st to Sun 29th, and will stay on for some of the following week's non-booking period. We are on selling these at $7.50 per person per night, max 6 people per site. Email to register your interest, first come first served. Note: payment required to secure a place. [ More ]
3/02/2012	IMAX: Exteme Location: IMAX Melbourne Leader: http://www.imaxmelbourne.com.au/ Details: This breathtaking IMAX production is an in your face look at extreme sports, as it showcases on the giant screen the extraordinary feats of world class extreme athletes as they risk their lives for the thrill of adventure. Captured with IMAX cameras is big wave surfer Ross Clarke-Jones as he surfs some of the largest waves in the world, world Extreme Ski Champion Gordy Pfiefer as he is lured by a ferocious twenty day snow storm to rocket down Alaska's steepest mountainsides, rock climbing expert Lynn Hill as she scales the notoriously difficult rock formations of Utah and champion windsurfers Josh Stone and Robby Naish as they face off with waves born of El Nino strength winds. Trailer: http://www.imaxmelbourne.com.au/#/movie_328/synopsis/extreme/ [ More ]
8/02/2012	An evening in the You Yangs (4pm till late) Location: You Yangs Leader: Cameron Details: Meet at the Turntable car park or just head on along to the Flinders Slabs.Contact Cameron for details and to register your interest. [ More ]
15/02/2012	An evening in at Camels Hump (4pm till late) Location: Camels Hump Leader: Cameron Details: Meet at the car park or just head on along to the Omega Block area.Contact Cameron for details and to register your interest. [ More ]
25/02/2012 to 26/02/2012	Beginners trip to Mount Arapiles Location: Mount Arapiles Leader: Cameron Details: Beginners trip to Arapiles. Contact Cameron for details and to register your interest. [ More ]

Climbing News

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24/10/2011

Monique Forestier climbs 32 in Verdon Gorge
Monique Forestier had climbed the classic Tom et je Ris (8b+), a sustained and run-out 60-metre tufa route in Verdon Gorge, France. There is a few photos and more info on Simon Carter's web site here. ... [ More ]

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23-May-2006	Jacqui has put together a PDF guide to the new Burnley Wall in Melbourne. This is a free outdoor bouldering wall built by climbers for climbers.
17-Feb-2006	Paul Martin has contributed a guide to the Beechworth Bouldering Circuit. From a climber’s perspective, the Beechworth area is worth spending some time in as it is blessed with a large number of granite boulders upon which we may ply our trade. The bouldering in this guide covers only a small but popular area which lies within close proximity to the town centre.
15-Feb-2006	Dr Ron Farmer has contributed an article Protecting An Abseil: A Study Of Friction Knots. The aim of this study was to examine the suitability of various knots for protecting an abseil with a self-belay.
08-Dec-2005	At long last the Chockstone T-Shirts are finally happening! Belinda Rees of Makalu Mountain Equipment has kindly taken on the daunting task and financial cost of producing and selling them. Please support her efforts by placing an order via the fax details shown below. If you want to pick up a shirt before Christmas, you'll need to get your order in pronto.
17-Nov-2005	Neil has created a guide to Grahams Creek, Victoria Range, Grampians and well as another to Windjammer Wall, Mt Stapylton, Grampians. Both are also available in PDF.
08-Nov-2005	WIN THIS BOOK! To celebrate the launch of Simon Carter's fabulous new photo book - World Climbing, Chockstone is hosting a competition - the prizes being signed copies of the book! Check out this topic on the forum for details on how to win.
04-Aug-2005	Neil has added a guide to a new crag in the Northern Grampians, at Hollow Mountain: Bad Moon Rising Wall. The routes and rock quality resemble Wall Of Fools at Summer Day Valley. The right side is home to several nice sport routes and the left has some of the best easy jug fests in the Grampians.
17-Jul-2005	James has updated the Mt Difficult, Grampians guide as a revised PDF. Also reviewed Slack Jaw DVD's Blood Sweat and Bagels, and Stick It, both of which I really enjoyed.
27-May-2005	Added video of Jacqui Middleton leading The Invisible Fist of Professor Hiddich Smiddich (26) at the jewel of the Grampians, Taipan Wall. The scary traverse out right and back left to tag the finish is well above the last bolt. Video shot from two angles, including above and behind via an overhanging abseil.
18-Mar-2005	Neil has updated his Mt Stapylton Campground guide. Grab the PDF for the latest version. Includes 40 climbs within walking distance of the campsite. Areas: Mini Castle Crag, Warden Wall, Sentinel Cave & Wall, The Guardhouse, and Mt Pleasant.
01-Feb-2005	Completed the Interview with Simon Mentz. Local reader's will probably best know Simon's name as the co-author of those outstanding guide books Arapiles Selected Climbs, and Grampians Selected Climbs. Other's might have come across his name against numerous starred first ascents that are now considered classics in the Grampians, Mt Buffalo and deep in the heart of the Northern Territory. Simon's climbing life has taken him to more distance places like The Nose of El Capitan and the Matterhorn, but his nucleus remains the appealing country life of Natimuk.
25-Jan-2005	Completed the Interview with Dave Jones. The man with a quiet voice and supernatural shoulders has a reputation for bold, run out, trad horror shows, including one such ascent captured on film during the making of the well known climbing movie "Hard Grit". With first ascents that include the hardest route at Mt Arapiles, Punks Addition (32), some scary stuff on Taipan Wall and a wealth of bold FA's and repeats throughout the world, it's a wonder Dave has time to earn a living.
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