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Welcome to Chockstone fellow climbers. Within this site you'll find our on-line guide provides supplemental information about most Victorian climbing destinations including the major areas of Arapiles, the Grampians and Mt Buffalo. The gallery is chock full of images & video from all over the state and our interviews with local climbers has been a welcome addition to the articles section. A few pearls of climbing wisdom can be found in the tech tips, along with detailed photos of useful knots.

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Terry Harch leading and Julz McMahon belaying on the Summit Rocks of Mount Cook, NZ. We reached the summit via the Linda Glacier route in January. Photographer: Andrew Stagg

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Upcoming VCC Events

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8/03/2014 to 10/03/2014	Labour Day Pilgrimage to Arapiles Location: Mount Arapiles Leader: Hywel Rowlands Details: The almost traditional VCC Labour day pilgrimage to Arapiles along with every other kangaroo, stumpy lizard and climbing dirt bag. Please email Hywel for the trip spreadsheet to indicate interest, experience and consider car sharing opportunities. The trip is suitable for beginners, intermediates and advanced climbers. [ More ]
16/03/2014	Training Day Brunswick Location: Wilson Avenue, Brunswick (near Jewell station) Leader: Stuart Beekmeyer Details: The purpose of this day is to gain community support for the Brunswick Boulder. Training day will also be a fun day and you will have an opportunity to discover new ways of cross training and places to train. We are asking climbers to come down and participate, as your presence will be a vote towards determining how much space we are allocated to create the Brunswick boulder. This is one of the last hurdles in getting this space built with the best possible outcome so come down and help us get the best possible wall. Wilson Avenue 3 - 7 pm. Allow yourself an hour to complete the circuit. Further info here: http://www.vicclimb.org.au/index.php#292 [ More ]
30/03/2014	Stone the Camels Hump Location: Camels Hump, Mount Macedon Leader: Hywel Rowlands Details: With tickets a bit rich for most, come and hang out at Camels Hump with the Rolling Stones playing their gig in the valley below (at Hanging Rock). It?s sure to be a different and somewhat surreal climbing trip to the Hump. Please email Hywel for the trip spreadsheet to indicate interest, experience and consider car sharing opportunities. The trip is suitable for beginners, intermediates and advanced climbers. [ More ]
18/04/2014 to 27/04/2014	Moonarie: Easter to Anzac Location: Moonarie, Flinders Ranges, SA Leader: Ben Wright Details: The stars (and public holidays) have aligned, time for a bit of adventure! Only a days drive past Arapiles, Moonarie is SAs premier cliff. Isolated, with basic camping, it has a good range of intermediate to hard, quality trad routes on good rock. Contact Ben to register your interest. Level: Advanced and reasonably experienced intermediate climbers only. [ More ]

Climbing News

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7/12/2013

The passing of John Ewbank.
The Australian climbing community has been shocked to learn of the passing away of John Ewbank on December 2, in New York as a result of tragic complications following emergency abdominal surgery earlier in the year.

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23-May-2006	Jacqui has put together a PDF guide to the new Burnley Wall in Melbourne. This is a free outdoor bouldering wall built by climbers for climbers.
17-Feb-2006	Paul Martin has contributed a guide to the Beechworth Bouldering Circuit. From a climber’s perspective, the Beechworth area is worth spending some time in as it is blessed with a large number of granite boulders upon which we may ply our trade. The bouldering in this guide covers only a small but popular area which lies within close proximity to the town centre.
15-Feb-2006	Dr Ron Farmer has contributed an article Protecting An Abseil: A Study Of Friction Knots. The aim of this study was to examine the suitability of various knots for protecting an abseil with a self-belay.
08-Dec-2005	At long last the Chockstone T-Shirts are finally happening! Belinda Rees of Makalu Mountain Equipment has kindly taken on the daunting task and financial cost of producing and selling them. Please support her efforts by placing an order via the fax details shown below. If you want to pick up a shirt before Christmas, you'll need to get your order in pronto.
17-Nov-2005	Neil has created a guide to Grahams Creek, Victoria Range, Grampians and well as another to Windjammer Wall, Mt Stapylton, Grampians. Both are also available in PDF.
08-Nov-2005	WIN THIS BOOK! To celebrate the launch of Simon Carter's fabulous new photo book - World Climbing, Chockstone is hosting a competition - the prizes being signed copies of the book! Check out this topic on the forum for details on how to win.
04-Aug-2005	Neil has added a guide to a new crag in the Northern Grampians, at Hollow Mountain: Bad Moon Rising Wall. The routes and rock quality resemble Wall Of Fools at Summer Day Valley. The right side is home to several nice sport routes and the left has some of the best easy jug fests in the Grampians.
17-Jul-2005	James has updated the Mt Difficult, Grampians guide as a revised PDF. Also reviewed Slack Jaw DVD's Blood Sweat and Bagels, and Stick It, both of which I really enjoyed.
27-May-2005	Added video of Jacqui Middleton leading The Invisible Fist of Professor Hiddich Smiddich (26) at the jewel of the Grampians, Taipan Wall. The scary traverse out right and back left to tag the finish is well above the last bolt. Video shot from two angles, including above and behind via an overhanging abseil.
18-Mar-2005	Neil has updated his Mt Stapylton Campground guide. Grab the PDF for the latest version. Includes 40 climbs within walking distance of the campsite. Areas: Mini Castle Crag, Warden Wall, Sentinel Cave & Wall, The Guardhouse, and Mt Pleasant.
01-Feb-2005	Completed the Interview with Simon Mentz. Local reader's will probably best know Simon's name as the co-author of those outstanding guide books Arapiles Selected Climbs, and Grampians Selected Climbs. Other's might have come across his name against numerous starred first ascents that are now considered classics in the Grampians, Mt Buffalo and deep in the heart of the Northern Territory. Simon's climbing life has taken him to more distance places like The Nose of El Capitan and the Matterhorn, but his nucleus remains the appealing country life of Natimuk.
25-Jan-2005	Completed the Interview with Dave Jones. The man with a quiet voice and supernatural shoulders has a reputation for bold, run out, trad horror shows, including one such ascent captured on film during the making of the well known climbing movie "Hard Grit". With first ascents that include the hardest route at Mt Arapiles, Punks Addition (32), some scary stuff on Taipan Wall and a wealth of bold FA's and repeats throughout the world, it's a wonder Dave has time to earn a living.
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