A good news round up over on Whipper by Jake:

http://whipper.com.au/2010/08/pic-of-the-week-020810/


And now for a bit of news from the Apple Isle:
Well, some might think that winter is Tasmania is a right off. Think again. Lately Tasmania has been experiencing some crazy good weather and with a small psyched crew things have been going down. So far this winter, Simon Young stopped talking the talk and managed to send his 2nd 28, Power of the Peculator (his first was the trad rotue Animal Instincts Direct). Will Bartlett, in between getting drunk off 1 sip of beer and updating his status on Facebook, pulled the top rope down and sent Ferret on a Leash (27). Alex Lewis, back from his first trip to Yosemite with ascents of the Nose and Lurking Fear also sent Ferret on a Leash (27) but was thirsty for more. He cleaned up a super trad line at the Star Factory, tried by many, but never put to rest. It’s a pity he gave such a strong performance on a strong line and gave it such a pussy name: Total Eclipse of the Heart (28). Jonathan ‘JC’ Clearwater made a quick visit for a job interview from New Zealand and managed to sneak a quick ascent of Power of the Peculator (28) onto his CV.
Tassie has also received a new import all the way from America, Mark Polinski. Unfortunately Mark is based in Launceston doing a PhD in aquatic things. From the look at Mark’s 8a.nu score card he is no stranger to pulling down hard, with numerous 8c routes under his belt. He was last seen working right to left at the Star Factory. So far he has already managed to send Street Fighter (28), Soft Option (28), Street Fighter 2 (29) in a couple of weekends. And at his local crag Hillwood he has already dispatched the hardest climb, The Living End (28) and pulled a few holds off around the place. It will be interesting to see if he busts a drill out and develops some more hard routes.
Jake Bresnehan managed to escape from the terminal inside his computer to repeat some more Star Factory classics. Back Yard Surgery (29) and Simply The Best (28). Closer to Hobart, Callum Hylander decided to put on a rope to get fit for a up coming competition and in the process dispatched Blade Runner 28, at Neika.
On the bouldering front, James Scarbrough continues to dig out new boulders after new boulders, in between giving detentions to his students. His best addition of late was Eco-Terrorist Assis V11 at Handsome’s Crag near Hobart. Upon hearing of the quality of some of blocs up at Handsome’s, Callum Hylander was seen fleeing the grandmas on the croquet pitch and made quick repeats of Nilaavu V12 and Uprising V11. Jake Bresnehan and Sam Edwards managed to send one of Hobart’s new classic boulders, The Book Thief V10. Sam also made a quick trip to the Grampians to try his next amazing project, but quickly jumped on a plane home and hopped straight back on the Rocket Wall after realising that he has a bit of training to do if he wants to actually pull some moves instead of just brushing holds.
In other news Doug McConnell, probably the 2nd weakest guy alive (after Deano) managed to repeat the classic of classics: Punks in the Gym (32) at Arapiles. This was an awesome effort for Doug who has had a pretty bloody good year out on the rock. Go Doug! After the ascent, Doug was seen selling all his climbing gear in the pines campground (“I can retire happily now”) and walking to Natimuk with a carton of beer on his shoulder… He obviously got so drunk that night that the next morning he forgot he had quit climbing, and promptly waltzed up Ethipoia (30) with a ‘bit’ of a hangover.
Not a bad effort at all.

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