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Havachatwithhexy... 15-Mar-2005 At 2:12:47 PM HEX

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On 8/01/2005 HEX wrote:
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>" OOOOiiiiii !!!!! --- don't scoff all of it !! --- I'm gunna need most
>of that to help me sleep at night, cos some of those bratz on Chockstone
>keep questioning my authority --- that pesky fly is pushing his luck...
>; and if that BLOODY HEX tells me to include, in the Autumn edition of
>Rock : the passing of Rick White ; the outcome of the great-frog-de-bolting-debate
>(Shit ! --- Hexys influence is spreading around the country faster than
>bleedin' cane-toads !!) ; and Lee Cosey's magnificent send of OzyDirect...
>I'll...I'll ! ...I swear I'll !! ... AAAARRRGGGHHH !!! "
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EDITORIAL
Vale Rick White
ROCKFALL
Letters to the Editor
ROCK NEWS
Including the first *continuous* free ascent of Ozymandias Direct, round-ups of Victorian and Tasmanian summer action and eye-witness reports of the tsunami hitting Thailand’s Ton Sai
NEW CLIMBS
In Kaputar, the Blue Mountains and the Grampians
ROCK DIARY
What's on, and when
THE SHARP END
Mike Law on old age and climbing...
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hehehe ! ...

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Lord Gumtree - Newsflash
climbingjac
22/03/2004
>Afternoon, all.
>I'd like to report that last week, Steve Monks freed the last of the remaining aid pitches >on "Lord Gumtree" at Mt Buffalo. He has now officially proven it is possible to get from the >ground to the summit of that thing - without using aid.
>For those of you not familiar with the route, it's a stupidly hard multipitch... at Mt Buffalo. >Land of the hard routes. Steve has been toiling away with freeing the various pitches... >spanning a 5 year era! He is now most pleased that he never has to the bottom of the gorge >(where it starts) again!!
>Well done Steve!
>Jacqui

JCP
22/03/2004
>bloody nice work Steve- i salute you
>is there a FFA planned for the future, or is that up to someone else?

nmonteith
22/03/2004
>I think that IS the FFA. Might have to wait for the first *continuous* free ascent though...

Onsight Frillypantz will be there to keep us accurately informed:P
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