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Mount Buffalo NP - Big wall/Aid Fest Nov 2019 ? 25-Oct-2019 At 12:11:00 PM PeterW

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On 25-Oct-2019 davedave wrote:
>Though getting on ozy direct with no/minimal experience seems to be a
>right of passage for aspiring australian wall climbers I don't think it's
>the ideal introduction to aid/wall climbing;

I don't know that I'd class it as an "introduction" in my case. I've done four other North Wall aid routes as well as a bunch of smaller stuff. (Aid climbing was more common back in the day.)

It's more like a "conclusion" to aid climbing for me. Ozy was an iconic route that somehow never happened, and I'm grateful for the chance to experience the legend. However I am most definitely out of practice (by several decades), so M9's "refinery" (LOL!) is obviously a good idea before launching onto something big.

>M9, TimP, PeterW - best of luck on your Ozy trip; are you going to use Tims ledge ?

I had visions of using my old Chouinard peapod hammock. (If it was good enough for the Gleddies...) However a ledge would clearly be A Good Thing if possible. I guess that's one of the things to be "refined"!