Winter Wonderland

The awesome winter weather we've been having here in Tassie has meant I've been able to do a little bit of climbing in between exams! Which is a wicked change to last year's rain. So a few people have been getting out and sending...there's a really good roundup of Tassie news of late on Whipper: http://whipper.com.au/2010/08/pic-of-the-week-020810/

Cheers to Jake and Deano at Whipper for setting up a rad site which heaps of people are enjoying!

So anyway, my winter season started with a trip up to the cool cliffs at Nekia with Alex to do a route we bolted on the first tier, quite far right of Bladerunner Buttress. Freshly Baked 23 punches through a short roof to the crux slab above and isn't too bad.

Since then a few things have happened including:
- Ferret on a Leash 27 - sent it packing on my second redpoint, after working it for a few days last year. A rad route on sweet rock.
- Sleep, Eat, Bolt, Climb, Repeat 26. Alex's new route at Neika. A powerful crux leads to a pumpy finish
-Suck Ethics 25 at Fruehauf
-Gung Ho 26 at Fruehauf with a very psyched Gaz-man

Since I don't really have any interesting photos of late, here's one at Sphinx from last year. I'm on Ignition Sequence Start 24:



Photo: Alex Lewis

Next up is a trip to Araps in the September holidays with Alex and Dee. Until then a fair bit of training is on the cards as there are a few local things I would like to get done. Oh, and goodluck to everyone competing in the Nationals in Hobart tomorrow...Catchya later!