This is a bit of a news update as a few things have gone down since Whipper's roundup a little while back...
The Factory has seen the majority of the action. Doug McConnell who is in fine form, and was fresh from sending Punks in the Gym (32), made a flying visit to Tassie and finished off his old project, which is now Maxwell's Demon (28). Following an immaculate white water streak, this was route was destined to be popular, and has proved so with two quick ascents by Jake Bresnehan and Garry Phillips.
Simon Young shifted into top gear, sending Entree (29), after being spat off in the top groove after the crux dyno at least once, but came back and sent - an awesome effort, nice one! Read Simon's first-hand thoughts here. The man himself on the starting section of Entree (29):
Alex Lewis, who has built himself a bouldering wall and been training hard, has developed some mutant strength with which he has proceded to tear various things apart - the first were his fingers' tendons, the second was Decafe (27), and the most impressive was the third, the classic Power of the Percolator (28). Well done dude!
Mark Polinski, Tassie's newest arrival from the U.S of A, is crushing, also climbing Power of the Percolator (28), and commenting on his 8a profile that it was the
"Best route I've done on the Island so far along with Antimatter"
He also continued ripping Northern Tasmania apart, sending Insh Allah (28), the link-up Choose Light (27) at Hillwood, and also at Hillwood one of Kim Robinson's climbs, of which I don't have the name for, but is graded 29.
Last but not by any means least, Gerry Narkowicz has made the FA of Whiskey Jim Crack (25) at the relatively new and undeveloped crag, Whiskey Jim Hill in the Liffey Valley. It is a 6m horizontal hands-sized crack, of which the crux is turning the lip. The second ascent is up for grabs!
That's about it for now. Final exams are coming up fast, then I've got a few plans for the summer here in Tassie. Other than that, the Paradiso is quickly coming into season, and Alex and myself spent a rad day down there last weekend, both doing the cliff classic Offender of the Faith (24). Good times! Take it easy and have a good one!
Happy having an awesome day at Factory:
