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General Climbing Discussion

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Latest Training Literature 9-Aug-2010 At 11:31:40 AM simey
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Because One Day Hero is such a fan of the Rock Warrior I thought I better share my story of climbing with him at Arapiles...

I heard he was at Araps so I went out of my way to hook up with him for a climb. Given that you never quite know what to expect when you hook up with new climbing partners whilst travelling, I was keen to play the sort of dangerous weirdo that you would dread climbing with. He didn't know me from a bar of soap, so I rocked up with Whillans harness, elbow pads, a horrible rack of old weird gear with cams that had all seized up (I told him that I prefer to use them as passive protection), a pager (in case there were any rescue call-outs), binoculas (so I could scan the crag for any accidents), knife... you get the picture. On the way to our climb (D Minor) I continually told him how good I was. I led the first pitch and with every piece I placed I told him how bomber it was and then when I got above it I would flick the rope so the piece would fall out. Once all my gear had slid down the rope I threw a massive wobbler and clawed my way to the belay. I then told him how easy the pitch was. By this stage the Warrior looked concerned, but he was a good sport and led through to the top. I proceeded to fall off at every opportunity and when I topped out I told him that I thought the climb was too easy and that we should do something harder. We didn't climb together after that.

Here is a photo of us together on top of D Minor...



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