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Rosea (Grampians) 27/28 March 29-Mar-2004 At 8:36:06 PM adamk

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Hey there,
i was one quarter of the Geelong group and Jane and i did mixed climb while crack head and remdan did Debutant direct. Jane lead the first pitch of mixed climb with her usual finess and style. Much humour was given by the can of leg ham wedged in a crack with some cord around it as though some crazy person had rapped off it, what was the story there? anyone outhere in chockstone world know?. After the first pitch things slowed dramatically as i took the sharp end and went everyway but the 'take your life into your own hands' right way traverse. After climbing up and down climbing the wrong way several times i eventually spotted some jugs hiding around the corner and hit the belay ledge an eternity after starting the lead. Jane and i began to worry about the time and hit the afterburners to the top. For a three star route Mixed climb seems very dirty and the route quite tricky to follow. Relising that it was about ten minutes till dark we bolted to the base of the crag where we found everyones torches. We yelled up to remdan who was about to start seconding the last pitch in the dark that we would meet them at the top with torches. Walking up the giants staircase in the dark after a day of climbing was a bit of a gut buster but fun in an adventurous kind of way. Miracally i found remdan and crackhead wandering around in the dark with bare feet and they were very pleased to recieve torches and a packet of snakes. My Aboriginal tracking senses kicked in and before you could say cascade beer and tuna wraps we were back at camp chilling out. Despite all four of us being a whisker away from spending a whole night out we all agreed that Rosea is an awesome location and we will be there again next weekend with an earlier start...