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20th anniversary of Serpentine February 23/24 Feb 27-Feb-2008 At 9:20:54 AM hipster

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Firstly, thanks to everyone who showed up for the weekend and on the Saturday, awesome effort. A crew of 9 from the NSW down for 4 days shows the esteem in which both Taipan Wall and Serpentine are held. A big crew from Melbourne and Nati also showed up..top stuff. When Malcolm was on the second pitch there were people scattered at any vantage point down the bottom to catch a glimpse of the action, and it was well worth the trip.
The sight of Macca perched on a chossy ledge, squatting down and chanting to himself, fists clenched,eyes closed, with his weird "Death in the Kitchen"music in the background, prior to launching into the overhung crux on Shai-Halud...absolutely legendary!!
I'd be calling Ben Cossey's ground up on Serpentine an onsight too. I watched the entire ascent...in fact it would have been quicker to watch the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy!! It was awesome. It was also clear right from the start he had no knowledge of any of the moves..or Lee stitched him up with the worst beta ever!!
So what next, you ask?? Guess which route has it's 20th anniversary next summer?? That's right, Ozymandias Original (Free version). So the plan at this stage is to commemorate it with a North Wall festival in February, 2009. Clean up and repeat some of the North Wall classics that haven't seen much attention lately. El Supremo, Lebensraum, Rough Justice, Fuehrer Direct..the list is endless!! Plus watch Steve repeat Ozy!! Surely Crux will come up with some cash for a new free route ground up or the freeing of an old aid line??

Ado