The plan was to leave Brisbane by 8am. However, Nice was hungover and resisted all persuasion from the Giggler and I to come on the trip. Just before leaving I said goodbye and suddenly Nice was up on her feet and scrambling around the house stuffing shit in her day pack. Finally we were off and soon after picked up the Bruiser on our way north to Mt Beerwah, Glasshouse Mountains.

We arrived at the Mt Beerwah car park around 10am after a small detour (we got lost on the way). Due to the Anzac Day public holiday the park was very busy.

The walk in to the base of the mountain was slow (I had a full pack on). Reaching the rock apron that marks the start of the tourist track ascent, we gathered ourselves together and proceeded around to the right towards Mosquito Wall. Within 40 metres, we encountered a rocky slope that drops to a 3m cliff. I advised the climbateers to saddle up while I prepared a safety line along the slope. One by one the climbateers made it across successfully. Climbing had already begun in their minds.

Arriving at Mosquito Wall, the morning crew was already climbing (they had left Brisbane by 6am). Gilligan was leading, Red was belaying and Mr Erotica watching on. Gilligan cleaned it and let Red lead next. By then, the morning crew were craving for pancakes and took off on an unknown path.

I lead up the easiest climb, Aeroguard (11) to setup a top rope. Nice went up next and cleaned the climb successfully. She celebrated her ascent by taking a 10 minute kip on the forest floor.

The Bruiser and the Giggler also cleaned Aeroguard with very little difficulty.

I then moved the climb over to Ava Good Weekend (15). Despite a few attempts, The Bruiser started well with the high foot hold and balancy start. The rest of the climb taught her how to use weight to shift from one limb to another, just like a gecko climbing a wall. Holds that were out of reach soon became so as weight was shifted to her opposing foot and a pull and lift gained her the necessary height.

The Giggler also had a few false starts on AGW but managed to nail the crux and proceed directly to the chains.

We woke Nice up and she soon attempted AGW. She could not shake off her sleepiness and thus the hard start crux of AGW remained her nemesis.

The day was already getting on, so we decided to make tracks and took the unknown path out of here instead of doing the rocky slope traverse of death. The Bruiser successfully lead us out of the forest and we soon found our way back to the car.

We celebrated our climbing day at the Tibro fruit shop where we all shared a banana and icecream pancake.

Photo gallery of Mozzie wall: Picasaweb: MosquitoWall