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Classic Climbs of Australia 14-Jan-2013 At 9:56:18 AM Superstu

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I lot of people seem to bag Joe Friend's book but I kinda like it despite its failings. It's introduced me to lots of great climbing areas that maybe aren't fashionable these days and don't get the publicity, but they still have fun and interesting climbing and worth exploring. One hot summer's day I dragged a euro sport bumbly chick across Girraween to find and climb some "line" on Mt Norman using the book; it was a fun and memorable day out.

What I do get from the book is that way back in 1975, despite there being so few climbers about, lots of really interesting, epic, adventurous stuff was getting done. Compare now where there are many, many more climbers out and about, but it seems less really interesting, epic, ground-breaking adventurous stuff is getting done.