14 November, 2006 

As The Duke, Irish and The Crazy German girl arrived, Irish looks at what The Teacher and I had setup on: Gangbang Wall (23) and Brisbane Bitter (24). "Thats a glass wall!", exclaims Irish in his thick accent. He reminds me of Brad Pitt’s character from Snatch. His words sound like gibberish even though he claims to be speaking English.

I jumped straight onto Brisbane Bitter and cleaned it. Did Gangbang next and cleaned this also. My last climb was back on Brisbane Bitter. Had an unexpected fall on one of the laybacks and at the crux. Still pushed through and it was refreshing to do some hard climbing for a change

The Duke attempted Brisbane Bitter and improved from his last visit. He reached the start of the head wall where you need to use small holds and stay balanced to reach far left for a thank god hold. The Duke then attempted Gangbang and reached the crux. Almost forget to mention, that The Duke got the giggles after a fall and was talking to himself a lot.

The Chad also attempted both climbs and mirrored The Duke’s performance. He nailed the start of Brisbane Bitter but the moves after the layback took its toll on his endurance.

The Teacher’s attempt on Brisbane Bitter was just short of reaching the crux on the headwall. The crux of Gangbang could not be conquered. Actually, he was on it and reached a point where a small hold must accommodate both hands – not an easy feat.

Despite Irish’s earlier remarks he gave both climbs a go. His enthusiasm got him to the ledge below Gangbang’s crux. Brisbane Bitter’s start and then the crimpers to overcome the corner proved beyond his ability at this time.

The Crazy German girl who was not expecting to climb, gave Gangbang a go. There was lots of trash talking from Irish. But she gave as good as she got, "F*cking Irish!" was repeated many times.

Afterwards we had some beers on my verandah where Irish and Crazy German girl were excited at seeing a possum, a gecko, a golden orb spider and a "giant f*cking" bat. Irish proceeded to tell about how big a spider he saw at The Duke’s place. During the night the size of the spider grew to the size of a Frisbee.

We warned them about Drop Bears, but luckily none were about tonight. "There are no bears in Australia!". "Yes there are, a Koala is a bear. The Drop Bear is related", both The Duke and I retorted. Irish not entirely sure, asked me in confidence as he was leaving, "Is it true?".