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Kangaroo Point Cliffs
Be at One with the Rock
We setup top ropes on Zoro (12), Street Ruffians (15) and Gilligan lead Standing Room Only (16) to setup another top rope. The Chad was the first person to tackle Zoro, making it to the top easily. The same was also true for SR. Super-climber The Bruiser, was the second person to attempt Zoro [...]
A Bridge over Tombstone Row
The Bruiser, The Giggler, Bigfoot, Gilligan, The Duke, Irish and I climbed at Kangaroo Point for our weekly training session. We set up on Bombadil (17), Tombstone Row (15), Idiot Wind (21) and The Stoats Stepped Out (21). I went up first to warm up on Bombadil. This moderate climb has a series of small [...]
Be A Robot For Jesus!
As planned we setup top ropes on Moonlight Fantasia (19) and By Ignorance (13). The usual suspects were at KP: Nice, The Chad, The Duke, Gilligan, The Repsol Scooter, The Bruiser and for moral support The Giggler and Gilligan’s family. Nice was eager and scampered up BI to the last ledge. Here, a headwall must [...]
Euthanised Pterodactyls
It was a very hot Autumn day with a temperatures rising to 38 degrees during the day. We setup top ropes over Euthanasia (21) and Pterodactyl Direct (17). Gilligan showed up and threw a rope over Anonymous (14), however it got stuck 10m off the ground. Well done Shame on you for blaming your handiwork [...]
Intelligent Gas from Uranus
Mr Gary Busey Sr and Mrs Busey Sr were in town and came to watch their son The Duke (of Busey’s) climb the cliffs of Kangaroo Point. Nice was also amongst the UC groupies. Gilligan, The Duke and I dropped ropes over Olos (14), Surrender (19) and Love Hurts (22). Eager to conquer LH, The [...]
Dust in the wind
I hooked up with Sparkle’s crew at the indoor gym in West End Instead of going hard on Blacks all night, I treated the climbing as what a weights gym junkie would: sets & repetitions. For sets, we moved from one climb to another and instead of repetitions, we would climb from the easiest grade [...]
Bigfoot stomps Anonymous!
Watch out, Bigfoot is on the loose! Despite many months of poor progress on various climbs, the crew witnessed the sasquatch clean Anonymous (14). Gone was the the hesitation, the usual long pause, the step up step down deja vu maneuver, and any sign an epic was in the making. Something had snapped within his [...]
The Black Slab
Met The Duke, Sparkle and his crew at the Urban Climb indoor gym. As usual, The Duke and I warmed up on the slab wall. Its been a few weeks since we climbed, and there are some new route additions, in particular the Black climbs. We systematically climbed each Black One route on the slab [...]
Standing with Gim’s Insomniacs
Nice, The Giggler, The Teacher, The Duke, Irish and I setup top ropes on Insomnia (15) and Gungle Gim (14). The Teacher lead Standing Room Only (16). Gungle Gim’s route follows a crack line at the start and then a zig zag traverse along the obvious line of weakness to the top. A good beginner [...]
Something new for everyone
Nice, The Giggler, The Bruiser, Gilligan, The Teacher, The Duke, Irish, Bigfoot and I had some new routes and nemesis’ to climb tonight: Lesbian Printshop Workers (22): Although The Teacher setup between this and another route. Chubba Chip Mods (19). Robbies Robust Runners (16). Nightfell (12) / Burning Fragment (21). I helped setup CCM for [...]
The Blue Martini
Tonight The Duke, Bruiser, Nice and I went indoors. It was a very busy night at the gym and also very muggy despite the brief rain cooling things down a notch or two. Bruiser went through the usual newbie induction course with The Duke supervising the proceedings. Meanwhile Nice and I warmed up on the [...]
The Pineapple Jar
Nice and I setup a top rope over Lost In Space (17) in the scorching sun around 5 o’clock. We found a picnic table and waited with Backside Bruiser (aka Purple) for the sun to set. While we waited, Bruiser pointed out that a free soloist was climbing in this scorching heat. It was Gollum. [...]
Climberteers Club
Red was back in town over the weekend and sent a call out for a Sunday morning climb. This time the weather was perfect for climbing: overcast skies, temperature mild with a slight breeze. Sunday mornings seem to be very busy – as busy as any weekday night. We managed to setup on Lost In [...]
Climb with Style
A big turn out last night: Nice, Purple, The Giggler, Gilligan, The Chad, Bigfoot, The Duke and Irish. We setup on similar climbs to last week: Date Anatomy (12), Pre Menstrual Tendons (23) and Froth (22). Also setup on The Bee’s Knees (16) after climbing was finished on DA. Sporting my new stylish Testarossa shoes [...]
Children of the Crag
Nice, The Giggler, Gilligan, Mr Erotica, The Chad and his flatmate Jimbo, The Duke and I climbed the great outdoors Urban Crag called Kangaroo Point for the first time for year 2007. Coming along for the show was Sherrie, Rod & Vic with two young kids they were babysitting for the day. We dropped ropes [...]
Sunday Muggy Sunday
15 January, 2007 A call went out to all the brave & stoopid for a Sunday climb. Only one responded: the Duke. Despite the cloud cover, we were baking out there. We were the only stoopid people climbing at that time (noon). Call us Stupid and Stoopid. We setup on Brisbane Bitter (24). I cleaned [...]
The Year of the Climber
The Year of Climbing has begun with an unscheduled visit to the indoor gym as rain threatened the outdoor theatre. A small contingent of Urban Craggers (Bigfoot, The Duke, Irish and I) worked the walls of Urban Climb. We jumped straight on a Black One (slab wall) as our warm up. Bigfoot warmed up on [...]
betrachten Sie die Ansicht
19 December, 2006 Two ropes and too many climbers! Despite 5 of the crew owning top rope gear, it seems we still need more rope. A flood of backpackers (3 crazy German girls and 1 Dutch lad) escaped from Tom’s House of Perversion. Irish, The Duke, Mr Erotica, Big Foot, The Giggler and Gilligan took [...]
The Madonna Manoeuvre
A quiet one, after the Inversion: The Teacher & Gilligan set up on GBW & BB and were soon joined by The Duke, Irish and Bigfoot. Gilligan tried to explain the "Madonna manoeuvre" to get past the crux of BB, but The Teacher proved somewhat resistant to being taught. Irish went a little off-course, bypassing [...]
Gollum the free soloist
5 December, 2006 Another good turn out by the crew: Red, The Chad, The Duke, Irish, Crazy German Girl, The Teacher, The Giggler, Bigfoot, Gilligan and myself. I lead Love Hurts (23) to setup a TR. Then followed this up with another lead on Surrender (19). Cruised up both with ease. Red was encouraged to [...]
Toy Climbers
The Velcro Incident. We finally received our new toys from Canada. Thanks Rachie & Dave! Red is sporting 7 shiny Black Diamond Quicksilver draws. The Giggler bought a Black Diamond Primrose harness package (incl. biner, chalk & bag and a belay device). I told the Giggler on Friday that she must wear in the harness [...]
To lead or not to lead…
21 November, 2006 …that is the question. The answer was not to lead, despite tonight’s objective. Another full house tonight: Red, The Giggler, The Duke, Gilligan, Mr Erotica, The Chad, The Teacher, Irish, Crazy German Girl and Nice. We setup on Surrender (19), Love Hurts (23), Wrath of Grapes (17/19VF), G&M’s Climb (22) and Samson’s [...]
Fours Pairs beat a Full House
Had a good turn out: The Duke, Irish, Crazy German girl, Gilligan, The Freak, Nice (pronounced like the French Riveria town) and myself. We paired up (Crazy found a stray newbie) and began working various routes. Gilligan, Nice and Crazy had their induction which seems to be different every time. Remember your ABCs "A for [...]
Brisbane Bitter
21 August, 2006 For those that missed last Saturday or can’t remember, here’s a diary of events: As planned, I lead Brisbane Bitter. Decided to solo up to the 1st 4m bolt. And as predicted I fell on the crux, three times! The first was a 4m whipper and the others were uneventful. All I [...]