Blog from October, 2017

Lose any gear near the top of White Water Wall recently? We vultured some last week, describe it and it can be returned to the rightful owner! Or it goes on my rack....

Ciao

Tony

I'm a climber up in the NT, keen to come and check out the Crags in Tassie - just need someone at the other end of the rope.

Ideally three or four days of camping/climbing at a classic mountain crag, tick off as many multi-pitch routes as possible and fly back to Darwin with no fuel left in the tank.

If you're keen can go for a longer trip, I've got heaps of leave saved up.

I'm climbing 20/21 just now, happy to second harder. Can rent a car and also happy to climb as a 3 if that helps.

Fire me an email if you're keen - jamesrossparker@gmail.com

James

The climbing community is facing possible closure of Hillwood, unless the landowner can be appeased regarding his fears of litigation. `It's getting out of hand', was his words when I visited him last week. Twelve carloads a weekend, busloads of schoolkids on excursions during the week and commercial groups, plus blocking his gate, and fukwits bringing dogs in there....has him very worried about litigation and generally pissing him off. He suggested the easiest way would be to shut it down and rip the anchors out. Pretty popular for a place that Damo reckons half the routes suck donkey dicks.

I have built a good relationship of trust with the landowners over the past 20 years, and I am doing all I can to ensure access to the cliff. Because of this, please do not try to contact him and complicate matters. I think we'll get there but he needs to consult his solicitor first.

I have sent him a copy of the civil liability act of 2002, which makes it virtually impossible for anyone doing dangerous `at own risk' activities on private property, to sue a landowner. In addition, I have suggested his solicitor draw up a legal waiver, which every single climber would have to sign to gain access to Hillwood. Hopefully a one-off signing would be sufficient, and could be downloadable from my website and I could collect them for him. I have suggested that without the waiver there would be no admittance and they would officially be trespassers..a sign would be posted on the gate to that effect. It might not come to that, but be prepared for the possibiity of signing a waiver, and donating some cash to pay the farmer's legal fees. 

In the mean-time, don't block the gate, don't bring dogs, don't fall off and axe yourself, be on your best behaviour, don't fuk it up for everyone, and if your visiting for the first time, it is still a requirement to ring me on 0490 830 922. Any suggestions on how to deal with this matter? Thankyou

Was up the pipes yesterday (18th oct) and two vans were broken into at the climbers car park in the afternoon. One van had two windows smashed in and the other that was left open was totally ransacked. The thieves got off with wallets and a camera. Just thought to put this up on the site as a bit of a warning not to leave valuable belongings out in the open as these crim types might be back for more. 

Cheers and frothy climbing.

Hey rock goblins.
A few of us attempted to climb at Township creek near Avoca on the weekend gone (30 sep -01 oct). The Mt Foster rd from Avoca wass down due to forestry work. There was heaps of debris and logs strewn across the road a couple k's in from the gate and we couldn't get the car in. There was an active bit of forest being logged at this time and we chatted to a couple of forestry workers about the situation and they said the road would be closed for a couple of weeks. They were not very helpful (they seemed suspicious of us) and I cant say if the info about the road was legit. Not sure if anyones planning a climbing trip out there but just thought I'd put this up as a heads up so no one gets sandbagged like we did. 

Cheers, happy climbing.

Hey Tasmanian climbers,

My name is Dave, I'm 28 and in my final year of medical school at the University of Queensland. My climbing partner is Jorge, a 35 year-old Spanish carpenter from Grenada with the youthful exuberance of someone half his age. We're planning a road trip down to Tasmania in Jorge's 4x4 van from December 20 until about January 5th.

We are going to climb Pole Dancer at Cape Raoul, and thought it would be a bit safer and more fun if we could join a team of local climbers for the adventure. Jorge is an excellent climber who can lead up to grade 27-28 in several styles of climbing, and I have a decent amount of medical knowledge and experience, so this will be a safe, memorable, and enjoyable time for all involved. 

Please email me at dbr58@cornell.edu if you would like to join us to climb Pole Dancer between 20/12/17 and 5/1/18. I look forward to hearing from you.

All the best,

David Rosenberg