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Went up to Mt Field today, and there was about 40cm of fresh, soft snow over the whole area -up to a metre in the drifts. Was good to actually get a good tour in after a couple of crappy seasons in a row. I guess a fair bit will melt this week given the forecast, bu maybe some will survive till the next fall.

Mt Field 12/8/07	Mt Field 12/8/07	Mt Field 12/8/07	Mt Field 12/8/07 - rodway
Mt Field 12/8/07 - golden stairs	Mt Field 12/8/07 - Florentine Peak - anyone got a heli?	Mt Field 12/8/07 - Tyenna Peak

Hello

I've the below gear for sale. Pics can be viewed at http://rackforsale.blogspot.com/

Offers for the lot?

Cheers

Wade
Hobart
wadef@ozemail.com.au 0418 252954

Cams (biners replaced Nov 2006 as new)
Metolius #3
Metolius #3
Metolius #6
Wired Bliss 2.75cm
Wired Bliss 3.75cm
Wired Bliss 5.5cm
Wired Bliss 8cm
Camalot #1
Camalot #1
Camalot #2
Camalot #3

14 Quickdraws. Most with karbiners new replaced Nov 2006
Petzel. DMM and Black Diamond

24 Wild Coutnry Rocks (stoppers)
All sizes

2 Ropes
NEW still in wrapping 60 m x 9.4mm Edelrid Livewire Hyperdry
As New very little use 50 m x 9.4 mm Edelrid

Misc
Guide books. Climb Nothern Tas and Mt Wellington, plus other assorted mainland guides
RP Boltplates
Huge roll Leuko plaster tape to wrap hands for jamming
Cassin Helmet
Macpac Expedition Olympus tent. Double poled. Used on one trip (albeit a long one) only. Exclnt base camp tent.

Check out http://www.rockclimbing.com/videos/Detailed/386.html for a 5 minute video of an ascent of the Totem Pole -
"A Homemade Video Featuring 3 Climbing Bums".

The property at Bare Rock at Fingal now has a new landowner who is a rockclimber. Andrew Martin and his partner Alannah are the owners of the property and they are climbers who reside in Queensland. The house will be their holiday house. They have sent me the following email with their requests and conditions regarding access to Bare Rock which needs to be respected. posted by Gerry Narkowicz

Can you please indicate to the Tassie Climbing Crew that we are more than happy to have climbers access the land to climb at Bare Rock (Fingal), although we would prefer that people go up the side boundary fence (as opposed to the main drive) and then hook a right turn to the obvious parking area. We would also appreciate a quick call on 0418883418 telling us that you are heading up there... as we have neighbours looking out for the place and that way I can tell them of your intended arrival. The other number is not currently connected, but may well be by christmas. Either way the mobile is the way to go. Of PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE is the realization that the road up to Bare Rock is not council maintained, and in fact, is paid for and maintained by the 3 property owners (myself included). The other two have therefore asked that any climbers PLEASE DRIVE SLOWLY as this seems to really irritate them (the road gets chewed up very easily, as well as noise etc). I know this is a very small ask, but keeping the neighbours happy on this one would seem to be the wise option. Other than that I hope you all enjoy climbing there as much as I did. I will be down from Late November through to late January... so if you are around then... pop in, grab a beer (if there are any left) say hello etc... we would love to get to know the Tasmanian climbing crew!

Andy~

hello! i'll be visiting hobart from sydney from august 25-29, and i'm looking for someone to climb with if the weather warms up! (but not on august 26)
i trad lead up to about 14, and will have a crack at seconding anything (but start falling off around 20). i'll only have shoes and harness with me.
cheers,
julie.

The printed version of the new Mt Wellington Guide is now available.

It can be purchased online for $13 USD + postage at http://stores.lulu.com/thesarvo

The printed version comes out at 147 pages, in pocket-size format (slightly bigger than the last guide). B&W inside with color covers. Quite a few photos inside.

Hopefully it will be available in the shops in 3 weeks or so. Will let you know when it arrives.

As we are using publish-on-demand, the idea is that we will cut a new version of the printed guide every 6 months or so, or when the volume of new routes and content builds up.

It's awesome to actually get a version 1.0 out the door. A big thanks go to everyone involved in the project:

Tony McKenny: Editor and chief mover and shaker.
Al Adams: Editor and author of colourful descriptions.
Dave Humphries: Editor and topo tweak master.
Jon Nermut: Editor and boss of printed layout and web trickery .
Phil Robinson: Detail review officer and author of the 1981 guidebook.
Peter Jackson: Artmaster responsible for crafting the crag topos.
Ivan Riley: Site topos and maps.
Thanks to Max Banks, Al Beech, Doug Bruce, Josh Caples, Simon Carter, Lyle Closs, Nic Deka, Campbell Godfrey, Dave Gray, Stefan Karpiniec, Doug McConnell, Gerry Narkowicz, Roger Parkyn, Simon Parsons, Garry Phillips, Kim Robinson, Ian Snape, Pete Steane, The Wellington Park Management Trust, Al Williams, Alex Wilson, Simon Young, wives and partners of the editors and many others for their contributions, updates, comments and photos. Thanks everybody.

It's been frickin' cold in the last couple of weeks. There was a few days where it was -5 on the top of Mt Wellington for 3 days straight.
Anyone found any ice to play on?

This photo is up at the Ben Lomond ski area 19/6:

Small bit of ice on Ben Lomond 19/6/2007

I've moved thesarvo.com to a new host, because of I was sick of the reliability problems and the lack of service at the old one.
Hopefully I've got everything set up again ok, but if there are any issues with the site, please let me know.

Cheers,

Jon Nermut

This is from a little while ago, but it somehow went missing...

Roger Parkyn has done a nice new detailed topo of the Geryon Traverse.
Check it out: Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair.

Jake has whipped up a guide and topos for the star factory.
Check it out: The Star Factory.

Gerry Narkowicz and Nick Hancock have begun work on a new Freycinet guide. We have the info from the CCT guide from 1995, plus Nick's new routes in recent years. Any other route information would be gladly received. Email your contributions and suggestions to gerry.narkowicz@bigpond.com A realistic time frame is 18 months to 2 years in the making. But before then, Bob and I have got to get the Ben Lomond guide out....

The contents of the current draft of the new Mt Wellington guide are now available on this site, see
Kunanyi - Mt Wellington Guide .
The online guide contains the full content of the printed version of the guide, in terms of climb descriptions and topos. The printed version will be generated from this content. You are free to print out the online version for your own uses, however the more convenient hardcopy printed version is not too far away.

The current state of the guide is the product of many months of work by Tony McKenny, Al Adams, Dave Humphries, Jon Nermut, and a host of other contributors. Many thanks to all involved in the project so far, it is great that we are starting to see the products of our labour.

The current status of the guide is draft. We are working towards version 1.0 of the printed guide being available around August. At this stage we are seeking objective feedback and comments, and any new routes that are missing. Subjective comments on grading and stars will be taken on board, but not necessarily acted on, at the discretion of the editors. We are also still taking photo submissions for the printed guide. See the Feedback page for how to get information to the editors, or add a comment to this post.

I've been having a play on Google Maps, adding tasmanian climbing and bouldering locations.
Check it out: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&msa=0&hl=en&msid=115102596344199739296.00000111c43697ba392d0

In some cases it is quite useful, in others not.

BEN LOMOND RAP STATIONS REMOVED

Just letting climbers know that the bolted rap stations at Frews Flutes and the Pavilion on Ben Lomond have been removed. Ben Lomond is now a completely bolt free zone and will remain that way. This includes every cliff on the massif, including Stacks Bluff, Africa, Pavement Bluff, Ragged jack and the Northern escarpment. The bolted abseil anchors were a compromise to the traditional ethic that has prevailed on the mountain since 1971. This was done in consulation with national Parks and wildlife whose policy declares the bolts to be illegal structures. Descent from Frews Flutes can easily be made via the broad gully about 100m east of Robins Buttress.

by Gerry Narkowicz

Mother Cummings Peak (Western Tiers)

Anyone  know of any routes done here? Any details much appreciated.

Gary