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Ben Lomond - Northern Escarpment
generations to come." name="Ben Lomond - Northern Escarpment" rock="Alpine dolerite (varying from precise columns to blocky faces), from 50m to 200m" sun="Sun from mid-morning" walk="20-60 min" id="1" camping="" autonumber="true"/> <text id="414" class="heading2">Crag Steward</text> <text id="415" class="text">RockRe: Peter Jackson 21/10/1943 to 10/10/2025 obituary
. Something I remain eternally grateful for. There were shared interests in landscape photography, bush walking and rock climbing – sometimes in remote and obscureTeardrop Gully
Gully" rock="Single pitch dolerite buttresses, quite a few sport routes" sun="Not much sun" walk="15 min down from the summit" id="1" camping="" autonumber … on good rock up the nose of the buttress, staying left at the top. Rap station (12m).<br/></climb> <climb id="62" stars="" extra="↓ " number="2." nameMad Monkeys
for the steep and steamy cranking to follow. For dolerite the rock is uncharacteristically steep - often gently overhanging. Hours of patient hand drilling … as “Possum Rock” or “Monkey’s Noggin” in the past. Stefan reckons “Mad Monkeys” has a better ring to it and since he and Vera did all the development work, that’s coolRe: U bolts at Sphinx Rock
HI garry, Dave and I placed them, and used 10mm instead of our normal 8mm Us as the rock is quite soft, and certainly the bigger the leg distance the stronger the bolt in soft sandstone. Wouldn't use them in hard rock. by the way Garry do you know what all the projects are on that stretch of rock - one leftRe: new climbing E-ZINE?? would you help?
All good points Jon and valid questions, the idea came up in a few forums around teh place and people who have tried to submit stuff to rock over the years.....we are exploring the possibility...I dont think content wil be a problem as there is plenty off stuff knocked back by rock as they dont meet there "criteriaRe: Hillwood Bolts Warning
to the rock? Are the bolts cheap/substandard? Are the bolts short? Is the rock too soft for expansions? Are the hangers 10mm hole and (too small for) the bolts 12mm overall diam (with a 10mm set screw)? Are the holes in the rock elongated/enlarged after the failure? If it's just a matter of the nuts being loose (due to usingHinsby Beach
<guide> <header name="Hinsby Beach" id="1" walk="5 min" sun="Morning sun" rock="Siltstone/Mudstone sea cliff" acknowledgement="By Paul Pritchard" intro … of the rock here is very friable and loose-rock is abundant. A helmet is strongly recommended to be worn at all times." history="" access="From the right endLowdina
" rock="Dolerite" name="Lowdina" intro="IMPORTANT: <br/>- You need to be back at your car before dark (landowner request)<br/>- Clean and disinfect your footwear before climbing here (farm biosecurity).<br/><br/>Only a short drive from Hobart, Lowdina is an excellent winter trad crag in the South. The rock qualityRe: Eldon Bluff.
‘We who climb, draw, paint, study and photograph rock, peer through the rock window into the great age of the earth and the processes of its making… Cliff faces, buttresses, needles, towers, stacks, zawns, crags and ultimately the biggest rock walls on earth were made into theatres of action, knowledge, reflection