Tonight the crew gathered for their regular Monday night social climb at Kangaroo Point cliff, Brisbane. Some climbing highlights of the evening:

• Gilligan leads Pterodactyl. He cleans Chippas too.
• The Giggler climbs to the head wall of Pterodactyl. About 3/4 up on a grade 17!
  
• Red (Rambo went AWOL: no headband) works the crux of Chippas. Red will not be seen again til 2008 as he embarks on a European vacation. Have fun!
  
• The Teacher also works the crux of Chippas. Climbs Anonymous barefoot.
• Chock works the Chippa’s V3 boulder start.
• The Crane climbs to the top of Anonymous. His first outdoor climb. The indoor training came in handy.

Meanwhile Nicey, The Bruiser, Monny and the Grasshopper attend to the BBQ. Kangaroo Point barbeque’s are always set to low heat which makes for a very slow cooking process. Equipped with a torch (the park lamps are inadequate), they inspected the sausages and chicken pieces until it was well cooked – probably 3 gas button pushes later (about an hour).

The meat was served with bread rolls, potato salad, green salad and various condiments. To wash it down the crew had soft drinks, beers and a white wine. Everyone pitched in to provide for the BBQ and cooking process. It was very much appreciated, as proof there was only 2 snags left from a full tray of food.

This is probably the unofficial Urban Crag Xmas party to see 2007 out. But as usual the crew will keep climbing Monday night’s.