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WANTED - CLASSIC CLIMBS OF AUSTRALIA by Joe Friend


dino

17-Jul-2007
7:10:56 AM

Anybody with a copy they would like to sell?

Book must be in above average condition.

mikl law

17-Jul-2007
9:09:22 AM

Beleive me, you don't want this.


nmonteith

17-Jul-2007
9:26:02 AM

Have a look on a few online book auction sites.... i picked my copy up a few years ago. There is quite a
few copies of this book in public libraries.


oweng

17-Jul-2007
9:43:22 AM

On 17/07/2007 nmonteith wrote:
There is quite a
>few copies of this book in public libraries.

Launceston library had a copy a few years ago (havent been there for a while so dont know if its still there). The Hobart library has one too. If your local library doesnt have have a copy, im sure they could get one on interlibrary loan.

Or are you starting a collection Gary?

(by the way, im recently un-injured again touch wood. Are you still keen for some fridays climbing action? weather looks ok this Friday)


wallwombat

17-Jul-2007
10:39:07 AM

Think I have a copy somewhere. I'll have a look but I agree with mikl, it aint real good. Except maybe for his description of the first ascent of Mirrorman in the Wolgan and the photo at the back of Roland Pauligk climbing wıth a c--ky* on his shoulder.

*Big white parrot native to Australia.

rightarmbad

17-Jul-2007
10:51:37 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=007&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=170128302551&rd=1&rd=1

You just missed it

Benno

17-Jul-2007
11:12:53 AM

You did just miss out on one which was sold on ebay but there's another one up there now. Given what people have ben saying though it may not be worth the $60+ that you'll have to pay for it.

17-Jul-2007
11:16:55 AM

On 17/07/2007 wallwombat wrote:

>... and the photo at the back of Roland Pauligk
>climbing wıth a c--ky* on his shoulder.

Never did get the negative of that photo back from Joe, wonder if he's still got it.


dino

17-Jul-2007
2:02:07 PM

Owen,

Friday sounds good (at this stage) where did you have in mind?

Gary


oweng

17-Jul-2007
3:06:11 PM

On 17/07/2007 dino wrote:
>Owen,
>
>Friday sounds good (at this stage) where did you have in mind?
>
>Gary

Weather looks ideal in the north of the state (sunny, no wind, 10 degrees). I say ideal Fingal weather. We can check out the new access. Maybe try Finn Crisp or Cona McMora (or I'd be happy to do McDougnah again if you havent done it, or a day at Hillwood, or anywhere else you care to name...). Anyway, let me know by Thurs morning if possible so I can get the day off and contact Andrew re access.


dino

18-Jul-2007
7:22:40 PM

Owen,

sent you a pm.

Gary


dino

30-Jul-2007
11:52:12 AM

I am still looking for a copy.


pat

30-Jul-2007
12:28:33 PM

I have a copy I think. I will look tonight on the shelf.

widewetandslippery

30-Jul-2007
12:35:39 PM

Bloody good book. I have lost mine over the years but it is like a lighthouse on a foggy night as it beams out on friends bookshelves and I soak up the "there I was...."

Will P

30-Jul-2007
3:46:22 PM

Hey Dino. I've got a copy, perfect condition (though I just sneezed on it, but I cleaned it, promise!). Hmm, $16.95 in '83 (inherited from my stepdad), hard to find... what say you to $50?


IdratherbeclimbingM9

30-Jul-2007
5:36:22 PM

On 17/07/2007 BA wrote:
>Never did get the negative of that photo back from Joe, wonder if he's
>still got it.
The publisher has prolly still got it?

Will P wrote
>Hmm, $16.95 in '83 (inherited from my stepdad), hard to find... what say you to $50?

If I was you dino, I'd buy it at that price, as I ended up paying more than that for my copy from a second hand bookstore that got it in for me.


Eduardo Slabofvic

30-Jul-2007
5:47:55 PM

On 30/07/2007 Will P wrote:
>what say you to $50?

Dreaming

jiminy cricket

31-Jul-2007
1:55:16 PM

On 30/07/2007 Idratherbeclimbing wrote:
>I ended up paying more
>than that for my copy from a second hand bookstore that got it in for me.

More than $50? Maybe you should shop somewhere that DOESN'T have it in for you!


IdratherbeclimbingM9

1-Aug-2007
8:01:13 AM

LOL. Yeah !.
Heh, heh, heh.

I was surprised at the cost but went for the convenience.
By the way, I had a choice at the time of about a half dozen that could be 'got in for me', and went middle of the road re price (condition based), due to wanting it in good condition.

I notice that some don't recommend it as a good book ...
Imo it is a good book but only if read as what it was meant to be at the time. To my knowledge there had not been anything like it published for the Australian scene prior, and it filled a niche perfectly to inspire and present in coffee table fashion the variety of Australian climbing available.
These days I enjoy it as much for the historical perspective.

(... must get around to doing a book review for it, on Chocky).
:)


dino

5-Aug-2007
7:54:11 PM

Will P

Sneezed on it! Yuk!

$30.00 plus postage?

Pages arent stuck together are they?

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