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Still in Nowra.....

So we are still in NOwra and getting fit on edges and trying to get fit on
roof climbing, though that goal is proving to be a painful one on the skin
and on our backs...sure looks cool though when you can get double no hands
knee bars and heel hooks with both feet ot toe hooks to clip!






The routes here are short but stellar and the longer ones are awesome as you
generally leave edges behind and move into huge rough sandstone formations
that beg to be held...The weather has warmed up a bit and after one warm up
day of rain, the sun is out again...
Incedentally, the new Harry Potter makes for a great start to the morning
and on a rest day, I hope to finish the last 200 pages today!!
Take care out there...
Ta, NIcola

ps...the picture is of Rabbit Trap 25/12b....footage of this climb coming soon!!!!

Nowra Week Two

Week Two

Well due to popular demand I have decided to actually go to an internet cafe to upload more pictures instead of poaching free wireless.....cheaper but it sure takes a while to up load.....Here is a picture of our daily commute to the crag......at first Nicola was a bit unsure but she has come around.....

Below is Nicola cruising the moves of A nice piece of Cake......25/12b......she put on a foot work clinic for the Aussies this day as there seems to always be a group of them trying to redpoint this climb. Several boys went home with sore ego's!!!




Amazing variety.........right around the corner!!!!! Me on Cowboy Junkies 25/12b!!!! Soooo Cool!

And here is Nicola enjoying camp life in the morning. It is too cold to get out climbing before about 10:30am so we spend a lazy morning making breakfast, playing hackey sack and reading (she is of course engrosed in the latest harry Potter!!!)


Cheers,

Nick

NOWRA

We have been in Nowra for 4 days now and we are loving it. 2 hours south of sydney (or three for our van 'millie'). As you can see from this camp pic it is rather cold here but good friction for climbing. We have had 3 great days in a row, and now our skin has forced us into a rest day. Nicola took this picture during breakfast......note the cliffs tucked in behind the forest in the background!!!!!

Our second day here millie gave us a bit of a scare as she decided not to start in the morning. We have since discovered she is not a fan of the cold and likes to sit in the sun before going anywhere (a bit like nicola). Millie not starting however did not impede our climbing because from our campground on the river it is a short paddle across to the main crag. Slightly unnerving in the wind but a cool way to start and end our climbing days.

We have done nothing but three stars routes and they have all been great. The climbing here features a wide variety of styles from technical face climbing to straight horizontal roofs (check this out Inflatey Katey 26/12c).


Cheers,
Nick

Sydney and on.........

So we landed in Sydney thank the gods that Alek came and picked us up at the airport, and oh what hospitality we received!!
Sydney is nuts, we managed to find a sweet ride at the Kings Cross car market from a great Irish couple and check out the picture of "Milli" just to see what we mean...a whole 25 years of sweetness!! Just like me!
After spending too much money figuring logistics out and a couple long blacks later we were happy to leave the beautiful, busy city and head for the hills, or cliffs if I may!
Anyway, Milli managed to get us to Nowra and that is where we are Now.......

cheers,
Nicola

That silly granite climbing...

Countdown...6 days!!
But in the mean time we have made the best of a couple beauty days in Squish with great company, hanging out with my bro, drinking brew pub Rail Ale, sweating on granite, grunting up Flight of the Challenger(12c,gear) on top rope, feeling the fear on those silly smears and slopers at Murrin and thinking over and over, how the hell can I trust that!! Even with all that I managed to send Flingus Cling (12b) second go.
The bugs didn't quite carry us away as they were too busy eating Jeremy and Nick...to my advantage and I found out where I get my beta talent as both the Blumels fired it at Nick on various routes the past couple days (which culminated in an end of the day beta flash of Face the Music(12a) at Check).


Ahhhhh, just getting into the rest part of the holiday and on the powerful Fleeing Heffer(12c) at Check Canyon!
Have I mentioned how much I love knee bars!?

Peace out ( I can say that now that I have Bling...see Big News)
Cheers,
Nicola

June 30th-Big News

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