Chockstone Forum

      Sponsored By
      ROCK
   HARDWARE

Chockstone Photography

Australian Landscape Prints

Chockstone Forum - Find Climbers

Find Climbers In Your Area

Author

Climbers in/around Albury


Icarus

15-Sep-2008
1:55:20 PM

On 15/09/2008 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>Users paulie and gordoste would know more about it's current website status
>than me, but the site is not very active at the moment?

The link was to a Facebook group of the same name. But your right about the dedicated website. I think
it's still floating around in the intrawebs like a digital Marie Celeste. Occasionally I get an update email
about the latest spam-bot joining up, but thats it.


Paulie

15-Sep-2008
4:55:49 PM

On 14/09/2008 fish boy wrote:
>Any of you clowns do the mixed certIV/Outdoor Ed or whatever it is? I was
>looking at a couple of years back but went to Bendigo instead...any good?

Ha ha, yeah I used to Coordinate that course! It's a good one for sure.


Paulie

15-Sep-2008
4:59:28 PM

On 10/09/2008 timothy wrote:
>I'm relatively new to climbing and i'm just wondering if there's anyone
>in the area who is looking for people to climb with? I dont have a lot
>of gear but i've got a rope and a harness and a few biners. Just looking
>to put them to use.
>
>Cheers, Tim

Deffo chat to Gordo, he'll hook you up with some of the region's finest. There are actually quite a few climbers in the region, tho most are now inactive! I get back up now and then, tho we usually head to Felltimber to flail around on some old unsent projects!

timothy

15-Sep-2008
5:24:14 PM

Thanks to all who have posted. Have got a few names now so hopefully i'll see some of you out there sometime.


Mr Ticks

15-Sep-2008
6:39:55 PM

On 14/09/2008 superstu wrote:
>On 14/09/2008 mr ticks wrote:
>>hey tim my girlfriend and myself live up at falls creek. There is a little
>>bit of climbing around here more bouldering if u like exploring
>
>
>have you found any areas on the bogong high plains ?
>
>... some potential can be seen from the peak behind Tawonga Huts.. aparrently
>mumc had a climbing trip out there sometime in the 60's - no idea where,
>also there is a crag visible from the aquaduct near the SEC Hut - across
>the other side of the valley probably approached from a track off the high
>plains road
>

that is a definate yes!!!! dont want to give away many details at the moment but ive been sussing this area out now for 4 years. I work at falls all year round so its a good base for scopeing things out in the area and areas include fainter,cope, yit ma thangs,strawberry saddle, as you can see there is heaps of exploreing to be DONE!!!!
As to the crag visible from the aqueduct its a part of the strawberry saddle/rasberry hill area. Theres a few little crags lurking in the bush up high above that crag, but the little crags are fun so no need to explore that face yet. if you get up this way PM me and i will be happy to so you some of the potential of the area and maybe put up a few routes/probs aswell....


Superstu

16-Sep-2008
9:44:50 AM

sounds great, i'll be south of the border in october/november so i'll PM you then


gordoste

16-Sep-2008
9:21:27 PM

I will make sure to post in this thread the next couple of times we head out, it's usually on Sundays. Starting to warm up now, I would say there's a really good chance we'll be heading out on October 5th.

Stephen

fish boy

30-Sep-2008
3:06:14 PM

Anyone here checked out the Pinnicles near Rosewhite? I walked up there yesterday...plenty of granite, potential for a couple of 40m slab routes, a bunch of 15-25 metre ones and inconsistant quality gnarly cracks, plus a sweet 10m 75 degree roof crack housed in a beautiful room with two flaring walls...

I make it sound better than it is though, particulary when Buff if so close....

Thinking of Holden Caulfield wednesday week. Will need a partener if mine bails.


Superstu

30-Sep-2008
3:44:55 PM

If the pinnacles are those granite spires you can see driving along Happy Valley between Ovens & Kiewa Valleys... then I've wandered around there once. (The farms below have been used for mountain biking enduro events)

Yes a bit of potential up there... a bit of work required.

fish boy

30-Sep-2008
4:20:59 PM

Yeah, the gravity 12 hour has been run there for 8 years or so now...

The flake you mentioned, does it finish 3 quarts of the way up with nothing but a slab finish? Looks really hard that slab...I'd hate to fall off that route too, the results would be nasty...


Superstu

30-Sep-2008
4:36:50 PM

I can't remember much about the flake.. other than it was huge and needed cleaning. Did read something in the East Vic guidebook about a flake up at the pinnacles being climbed way back when, but I can't recall the details and I don't have my guidebook accessible right now.

I thought the most promising section was a big wall at the northern end of the largest pinnacle, where the ridge goes back to being a ridge again before the next set of pinnacles. The wall as slightly concave higher up - a sort of high rise slab like Coming Up For Air at Buffalo. Figure out a way onto that slab and then some bolting up the middle and you might have a multi-pitch classic worth the hike up!


skegly

26-Dec-2015
5:31:49 PM

Hiya all.
Any one keen for a climb tomorrow ? I'm only up here for a few days so didn't bring my rack or rope but did bring my harness and shoes just in case.
Pm me if u can
cheers

There are 32 messages in this topic.