General Climbing Discussion

Author	The official stoked thread!
BoulderBaby 28-Jul-2009 8:24:30 AM	Stoked I'm going to snowdonia tomorrow! I'm also pretty stoked my Museli Honey Goji Penut Butter Bars turned out alright!
IdratherbeclimbingM9 28-Jul-2009 12:17:20 PM	On 27/07/2009 jay590 wrote: >Im stoked that i climbing my first 19 last week Good one. Inside? Outside? Toprope? Lead? Musique wrote >Museli Honey Goji Penut Butter Bars turned out alright! Do they go well (like scroggin does!) with port ?
jay590 28-Jul-2009 4:11:20 PM	On 28/07/2009 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote: >On 27/07/2009 jay590 wrote: >>Im stoked that i climbing my first 19 last week > >Good one. >Inside? Outside? Toprope? Lead? outside, toprope
IdratherbeclimbingM9 28-Jul-2009 5:06:20 PM	Good to see you are still progressing, and enjoying it.
MonkeyBoy 28-Jul-2009 5:30:59 PM	>outside, toprope Nice One ~!
wallwombat 29-Jul-2009 5:15:37 PM	Stoked that I went climbing with Mikl at The Gib today. I have been meaning to get back there for years. It's a weird kind of cliff. From the base it is very hard to work out what is above you. It seems to alternate between steep and slabby with strange angles everywhere. The rock is Trachyte. From a distance it looks like granite. Once on it, you realise it is a lot more fine grained and slippery than granite but has these little incut crimps that are really quite solid. Unfortunately, the jug that I grabbed near the top of the first pitch wasn't as solid as the little crimps and I took a slab splashing fall after it came off in my hand. The result was two very bruised ankles ( only, I hope! ). This made following the second pitch (which was excellent) a tad painful. The walk back to my van was painful too, as was the drive home. I am now walking around like a very pissed off little old man. Anyway, besides the ankles I had a pretty good day and, as I write this, the Nurofen Plus and Chivas Regal is beginning to kick in. Soon I'm going to be cruising .
Sarah Gara 29-Jul-2009 5:29:01 PM	going to the Grampians this weekend maybe a spot of bouldering... whoop! x
mikl law 29-Jul-2009 5:44:39 PM	On 29/07/2009 wallwombat wrote: >Stoked that I went climbing with Mikl at The Gib today. The result was two very bruised ankles I am now >walking around like a very pissed off little old man. The test will be staggering to the loo tomorrow morning, They looked very painful and you made many shouts of either climbing pleasure or ankle displeasure on the second pitch.
nmonteith 29-Jul-2009 5:50:34 PM	On 29/07/2009 Sarah Gara wrote: >going to the Grampians this weekend maybe a spot of bouldering... whoop! >x Enjoy! You'll finally see the positive side of why you moved to the far side of the world! Take a walk around Summer Day Valley (good beginner and intermediate trad) and up into Hollow Mtn cave ('ard bouldering), and take in the view of Taipan Wall!
wallwombat 29-Jul-2009 5:52:23 PM	On 29/07/2009 mikl law wrote: >The test will be staggering to the loo tomorrow morning, I think I might bivy in there tonight. >They looked very painful and you made many shouts of either climbing pleasure or ankle displeasure on the second pitch. It was a bit of both. How did you go pulling those old Yosemite rivets?
Sarah Gara 30-Jul-2009 12:05:17 AM	I've seen a Kangaroo! Whoop whoop -I was beginning to think they didn't exist and that I was more likely to see a drop bear! -did spent 2hrs driving around the bush looking for him though. He was cute -and yes he was defo a boy. On 29/07/2009 nmonteith wrote: >On 29/07/2009 Sarah Gara wrote: >>going to the Grampians this weekend maybe a spot of bouldering... whoop! >>x > >Enjoy! You'll finally see the positive side of why you moved to the far >side of the world! Take a walk around Summer Day Valley (good beginner >and intermediate trad) and up into Hollow Mtn cave ('ard bouldering), and >take in the view of Taipan Wall! yeah was looking at that bit on the guide on here. I'm not much of a boulderer but my stuff still not arrived from UK so only have the ultimate basics so gonna learn. also going with non climbers. Also looking at a walk -best in Grampians - through some caves? that is "almost worth roping up for" Just hope my boots dry out after my dunking canoeing last saturday... x
BoulderBaby 30-Jul-2009 8:10:31 AM	I'm stoked I got to the Summit of Snowdon, then scrambled "traversed" across it's many peaks. Yay!
Sarah Gara 30-Jul-2009 8:54:06 AM	Well done... how many times did you get - "there's a train you know"? did you go into the pass? -actually -i think what you did.. that's enough for one weekend. x
BoulderBaby 30-Jul-2009 9:15:35 AM	It's brilliant! Haha, I didn't, but one of our group caught the train down. Stupidly expensive. Traversing across Crib Goch was pretty amazing. Crazy Ridge. all in the name of product testing!
nmonteith 30-Jul-2009 9:44:58 AM	On 30/07/2009 Sarah Gara wrote: > Also looking at >a walk -best in Grampians - through some caves? that is "almost worth roping >up for" Just hope my boots dry out after my dunking canoeing last saturday... A good half day walk (with a bit of scrambling) to get your bearings on all the good climbing is to start at the Flat Rock carpark and follow tourist track up flat rock, down the other side and scramble up to the base of Taipan Wall, walk right along this past Spurt Wall and keep going right (past Between the Sheeps bouldering cave) and join up to the summit tourist track to Mt Stapylton. Scramble to the summit then head north along the top of Mt Stapylton to tricky scramble down to Hollow Mtn area (cool caves) then reconnect back to tourist which goes back to Hollow Mtn Carpark. Just before the car is Summerday valley which is a good side trip.
nmonteith 30-Jul-2009 9:55:03 AM	I just realized my location for Taipan Wall is wrong - its directly left of Stapylton Summit tag. (south of the marked position). Let me know if you are interested and i'll do up a proper map.
Organ Pipe 30-Jul-2009 3:12:54 PM	I'm stoked cause climbing is f**king rad!
Sarah Gara 30-Jul-2009 5:12:49 PM	On 30/07/2009 nmonteith wrote: >I just realized my location for Taipan Wall is wrong - its directly left >of Stapylton Summit tag. (south of the marked position). Let me know if >you are interested and i'll do up a proper map. yep yep defo interested. thank you so much. Only if you have time though... I've got the park notes and i think Stephan has been there loads so don't worry if you are busy - but yes I'm certainly interested. thanks. x
wallwombat 30-Jul-2009 10:29:49 PM	Had x-rays this afternoon and I'm STOKED that my ankles are not broken, although there may be a small fracture on the top of my right foot. The hospital are going to get back to be on that one. It seems they are both badly sprained. I have had a broken ankle before, so I was pretty sure they weren't busted this time. The doctor wants me on crutches for a few days and I'm NOT particularly stoked about that but there is no point complaining - it could have been worse. Also kind of STOKED that I managed to go back up and complete the pitch after the fall and then follow Mikl up the second pitch . Although, the only other option would have been to slog up the hill back to the car. F#ck it was painful, though.
Sarah Gara 30-Jul-2009 10:53:14 PM	On 30/07/2009 wallwombat wrote: >Had x-rays this afternoon and I'm STOKED that my ankles are not broken, >although there may be a small fracture on the top of my right foot. The >hospital are going to get back to be on that one. > any ideas which bone? >It seems they are both badly sprained. I have had a broken ankle before, >so I was pretty sure they weren't busted this time. The doctor wants me >on crutches for a few days and I'm NOT particularly stoked about that but >there is no point complaining - it could have been worse. cOUld have been a hell of a lot worse >Also kind of STOKED that I managed to go back up and complete the pitch >after the fall and then follow Mikl up the second pitch without pulling >on any draws or the rope. yeah that is impressive did you whine like a girl though? When i hurt my ankle ice climbing I moaned all the way up and down. took us 2hours to do a 30min walk out. I hung on the rope and went off route and climbed grass too...not hard like you see... hope it feels better. rest and ice won't do it any harm either... see if you can con a loved one into waiting on you hand and foot -I always find that helps when you're injured. Although I wouldn't tell them you finished the route! x >F#ck it was painful, though.

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