Chockstone Forum

      Sponsored By
      ROCK
   HARDWARE

Chockstone Photography

Australian Landscape Prints

Chockstone Forum - Find Climbers

Find Climbers In Your Area

Author

Need partners for Melbourne indoor lead + outdoor

Dave_S

16-Oct-2012
6:29:00 PM

My primary climbing partner has packed up and moved interstate, so I'm now looking for others. I climb regularly at Hard Rock in the city on weeknights, but have a car and also head to to Altona and Nunawading occasionally.

I'm currently climbing up to about 18-19 on top-rope in the gyms (don't have a gym lead pass yet), and have trad led up to grade 14. Am very much keen to get both more trad experience and lead climbing passes for Cliffhanger and/or Hard rock. (I'm ready to take a gym lead assessment, but first need a belayer, and in the case of Hard Rock as few weeks of time on the waiting list.) Also happy to second or top-rope harder stuff outdoors.

I've got a rope, full trad rack and a car, and I'm a responsible belayer. What more could you want? A steak dinner after a climb? We'll talk about it. A rub and a tug after a climb? Sorry, I'll be too pumped. (Or will at least profess to being too pumped.)

Message me or post here.

shortman

16-Oct-2012
6:43:37 PM

Sorry bro. No rub and tug = no climb.

:-)

Miguel75

16-Oct-2012
8:53:21 PM

Yeah I'd have to agree with Dan...

The high standards some people have are, in a nutshell, disappointing;)

I'm up for a climb anytime...

shortman

16-Oct-2012
9:09:50 PM

On 16/10/2012 Miguel75 wrote:
>Yeah I'd have to agree with Dan...
>
>The high standards some people have are, in a nutshell, disappointing;)
>
>
>I'm up for a climb anytime...

Is that an intentional use of the word 'up'?

miguel75

16-Oct-2012
9:20:44 PM

On 16/10/2012 shortman wrote:
>On 16/10/2012 Miguel75 wrote:
>>Yeah I'd have to agree with Dan...
>>
>>The high standards some people have are, in a nutshell, disappointing;)
>>
>>
>>I'm up for a climb anytime...
>
>Is that an intentional use of the word 'up'?

Yup, climbing makes me happy! Real happy;)

I'm very happy today as I climbed at WG all day.... yay for me!

shortman

16-Oct-2012
10:00:09 PM

On 16/10/2012 miguel75 wrote:
>On 16/10/2012 shortman wrote:
>>On 16/10/2012 Miguel75 wrote:
>>>Yeah I'd have to agree with Dan...
>>>
>>>The high standards some people have are, in a nutshell, disappointing;)
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm up for a climb anytime...
>>
>>Is that an intentional use of the word 'up'?
>
>Yup, climbing makes me happy! Real happy;)
>
>I'm very happy today as I climbed at WG all day.... yay for me!

Good for you Miguel75. I had a wack day and then whilst contemplating my wack day I reversed into my housemates car. It then started raining at the precise moment I arrived at my training wall.

shortman

16-Oct-2012
10:01:43 PM

On 16/10/2012 Dave_S wrote:
>My primary climbing partner has packed up and moved interstate, so I'm
>now looking for others. I climb regularly at Hard Rock in the city on weeknights,
>but have a car and also head to to Altona and Nunawading occasionally.
>
>I'm currently climbing up to about 18-19 on top-rope in the gyms (don't
>have a gym lead pass yet), and have trad led up to grade 14. Am very much
>keen to get both more trad experience and lead climbing passes for Cliffhanger
>and/or Hard rock. (I'm ready to take a gym lead assessment, but first need
>a belayer, and in the case of Hard Rock as few weeks of time on the waiting
>list.) Also happy to second or top-rope harder stuff outdoors.
>
>I've got a rope, full trad rack and a car, and I'm a responsible belayer.
>What more could you want? A steak dinner after a climb? We'll talk about
>it. A rub and a tug after a climb? Sorry, I'll be too pumped. (Or will
>at least profess to being too pumped.)
>
>Message me or post here.

Alright I feel bad for hijacking your thread. I'll climb with ya.

ajfclark

17-Oct-2012
7:34:34 AM

On 16/10/2012 Dave_S wrote:
>My primary climbing partner has packed up and moved interstate, so I'm now looking for others. I climb regularly at Hard Rock in the city on weeknights, but have a car and also head to to Altona and Nunawading occasionally.

These guys do a regular Monday night at Hardrock CBD: http://www.meetup.com/rockclimbing-115/

They also do other nights at Nunawading, though less regularly. Good way to meet more keen people.

Dave_S

19-Oct-2012
12:53:00 PM

On 16/10/2012 shortman wrote:
>Alright I feel bad for hijacking your thread. I'll climb with ya.

I think I'll need you to clarify your rub+tub expectations first. ;-)

On 17/10/2012 ajfclark wrote:
>These guys do a regular Monday night at Hardrock CBD:
>http://www.meetup.com/rockclimbing-115/
>
>They also do other nights at Nunawading, though less regularly. Good
>way to meet more keen people.

Thanks. I'd seen them before but assumed they were more top-rope/beginner focussed. On closer inspection it seems my assumption may not have been entirely accurate...

dawyndham

22-Oct-2012
9:49:43 AM

On 19/10/2012 Dave_S wrote:
>On 16/10/2012 shortman wrote:
>>Alright I feel bad for hijacking your thread. I'll climb with ya.
>
>I think I'll need you to clarify your rub+tub expectations first. ;-)
>
>
>On 17/10/2012 ajfclark wrote:
>>These guys do a regular Monday night at Hardrock CBD:
>>http://www.meetup.com/rockclimbing-115/
>>
>>They also do other nights at Nunawading, though less regularly. Good
>>way to meet more keen people.
>
>Thanks. I'd seen them before but assumed they were more top-rope/beginner
>focussed. On closer inspection it seems my assumption may not have been
>entirely accurate...

The meetup group is a mix. There are a lot of beginners looking for other climbers to climb with instead of friends who were happy to try it once, but not into climbing as a regular thing.
There are also a lot of people who have moved to Melbourne from overseas with previous climbing experience, moved back to Melbourne after being away for a while (I fit into that group), or have had their regular climbing partners move away / get injured or otherwise stopped climbing.

dalai

22-Oct-2012
3:18:29 PM

Do you get a commission ajfclark? ;-)

shortman

22-Oct-2012
3:23:01 PM

On 22/10/2012 dalai wrote:
>Do you get a commission ajfclark? ;-)

Apparently it is how he paid for his new place.

ajfclark

22-Oct-2012
7:24:41 PM

On 22/10/2012 dalai wrote:
>Do you get a commission ajfclark? ;-)

No. The VCC noticed that Chris was doing a useful thing for the climbing community and sponsored his group, covering his costs to run it. Some of them join the club in future so the club might gain a few members, but I don't personally get anything from it.

nick r

4-Jan-2013
10:48:28 AM

hey dave,
hopefully your still looking for a partner or an extra one.
i climb pretty regularly in the city too. unfortunately for me my main climbing mate is injured for a while. iv got a lead pass and have been leading for the past 4 months quite regularly. i get outdoors occasionally and would keen for that as well. iv got heeps of free time and am trying to climb as much as i can the next couple of weeks. my numbers 0432 188 758.

cheers, nick

dr box

4-Jan-2013
11:25:41 AM

Hay dave

Im keen for anything outdoors, expect werribee.
Have car and heaps.of gear. Im in preston. And like steak.
Shall we?
Cheers

Miguel75

4-Jan-2013
3:02:18 PM

On 4/01/2013 dr box wrote:
>Hay dave
>
>Im keen for anything outdoors, expect werribee... SNIP...

BLASPHEMY! Mods, this post is discriminatory and should be removed...

No Werribee? Sheesh, next you'll be saying no Staughton Vale either...

;)

Edited for clarity once my rage and blood pressure subsided;)

E. Wells

4-Jan-2013
6:30:58 PM

Hey , I too am looking to gain lead permission tags and I love meat in my mouth and getting totally pumped. Pumped stupid. PM me. P.s, whats your shoe size? I may have some brand new shoes for you, they dont fit me. Please call.

There are 17 messages in this topic.