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After stuffing about for ages, I have published the Tasmanian Bouldering Guide again. It got to the point where I was never going to get around to printing it myself again, so I've gone down the publish-on-demand route.

You can buy the guide at http://www.lulu.com/content/484088 for $USD11.00 , plus postage. All profits go to the maintenance of this site.

For anybody contemplating publishing small scale guidebooks, lulu.com is definitely worth a look. You just upload a pdf and the front and back cover, set your price, and they do the rest. Copies are printed only when orders come in, and they come out quite good. There is no setup cost, or any other fees. The unit price ends up being a bit more expensive, but there is much less overhead in getting something out there than conventional publishing.

Hi Guys,

Just wondering if anyone has infor like grades etc on the routes put up at the Nut in stanley?

Maybe buying property there and wanted to know what the climbing was like

rgs

chris

What sort of condition is your harness in?  A friend of mine in Canada forwarded me a news article of the tragic death of Todd Skinner, who has died due to the belay loop on his harness failing while abseiling from Leaning Tower in Yosemite.

Here's the article: Todd Skinner dies due to harness failure

It's scary to think that

• such an experienced climber could go this way
• the strain on a harness is so much less when abseiling than from taking a winger

Please replace your harness if it shows signs of wear or, at the very least, replace your belay/abseil loop.

Regards,

Doug 

Hi Garry,

couldn't send you an e-mail to the old adress "hangdogging@hotmail.com". Wanna tell you some news from germany, so just send me an e-mail to

joern.hube@arcor.de 

your old buddy, climbing partner and "cab driver" in Europe/ Germany

Jörn 

From http://www.tahunemtbmarathon.com.au/ Set in the beautiful region of the Huon Valley, the Tahnue Forest Airwalk Mtb Marathon is a one lap 90km loop, that will encompass many elements that make mountain biking one of the most rewarding sports in the country. There is also a half distance challenge for those wishing to experience the pleasures of mountain biking on an inspiring course, without punishing themselves by riding the full race distance.

The Marathon starts and finishes at the Tahune Forest AirWalk, a 597m walk amongst the trees which is 20m above the ground. The highlight of the walk is the cantilever that sits 48m above the river level, providing fantastic views of the forests and the junction of the Picton and Huon Rivers.

The course travels through some of the most stunning sections of the Southern Forests. As well as crossing the historic Arve River the course follows the sweeping lines of the majestic Huon River , providing a true wilderness experience. The course is very unforgiving and in the true nature of mountain biking, sealed road sections are virtually non-existent.

Included in the marathon are some of the best sections of the Tasmanian Trail - a trail for Bushwalkers, Mountain Bike and Horse Riders. This adventurous trail stretches from Devonport in the North to Dover in the South.

For the organizers of Wildside, comes Quiet Little Ride, from http://www.wildsidemtb.com/qlr/index.html :

 Meanwhile lmbc have a 6 hour race on this Sunday: http://www.lmbc.com.au/winterevents06.html

The Quiet Little Ride

Tasmania's first Endurance MTB event on the East Coast!

Saturday November 4th 2006

Course Description
The course starts at Meetus Falls (approx 650m) then winds up through the Snow Hill Forest Reserve on forestry roads reaching an altitude of near 950m before the track turns towards the coast and begins to descend. Exciting 4WD tracks , river crossings, sheep tracks , sharp climbs on tight ridgelines and long rolling descents in spectacular country lead to the finish near sea level at the historic "Glen Gala" farmhouse in Cranbrook. (More details below the course profile)

Download the Entry Form.doc

Start: Meetus Falls Carpark (near Lake Leake)
Finish: Historic Glen Gala at Cranbrook

Late Entry: At Meetus Falls Car Par from 8:00 am to 9:45am)
(PLEASE help by entering prior to the day)

Briefing: 10:20am (at start)
Start time: 10:30am
Presentations: 5:30pm (at finish)

Highlights
* 65 km point to point!
* 1300 metres of total vertical descent! Start the event with new brake pads or else!
* Social get-together / music / BBQ on the Sat night at the finish.
* Low cost camping beside the Swan River available at the finish.($10 per person)
* Shuttle bus available from Cranbrook to race start. Cost will be
$10 - $20 per person pending on numbers that use the service. To help us
plan and ensure you have a spot on the bus, please phone Pete or Nic to
reserve your spot
* Lots of prizes and giveaways.
* A fun yet challenging event brought to you by the organisers of WILDSIDE MTB.

Entry
Entry costs $88 (MTBA members) or $95 (non-MTBA members).

See the Entry Form.doc for full details on categories, rules, shuttle bus, camping and end of event BBQ.

For queries please contact either of the Race Directors:
Pete 0408 395 076 or Nic 0400 424 300 or email wildsidemtb@bigpond.com

Doctors Rocks is located near Wynyard on the north west coast and has numerous obvious small and large boulders and would contain some excellent problems. My question is this: due to the obvious location of this area surely some problems have been done, does anyone have any information on this area and it,s history?  I am looking at compiling an on-line guide (to contribute to this site) to the area and do not wish to tread on anyones toes! 

Gary 

Hello eveyone. I've finished a new guide book for Thailand deep water soloing. You can directly download it at www.mattmaddaloni.com
enjoy

matt maddaloni

also check out www.DWSWORLD.com

Round 2 of the 2006 MTB nationals will again be held at the Glenorchy Bike Park, November 24-26th

 For more details see the Dirt Devils web site: http://dirtdevilsmtb.com/

Can anyone please help with good photos of any of the pinnacles of Tasmanian climbing for an article for the new Crux magazine. These include: The Totem Pole, Candlestick, Moai, The Foresight on Mt Geryon, Alberts Tomb, Pillars at Cape Raoul.
 thanks,
 Gerry Narkowicz

I have just added a new Sheffield bouldering guide, thanks to Gary Burgess. It describes 35 mostly moderate problems on the Badgers Range. There has been other bouldering done around Sheffield, on Mt Claude, by Aubrey etc, but I don't have any details yet.

I already have a climbing partner but they live in Hobart and I live near Burnie. Travel for either of us means that we cannot climb together as much as we would like. I would like to find someone a bit closer to me to climb at some of the more local crags (and further afield). I am leading around 17 on gear and few grades harder on the other.I have been climbing on and off for about six years and have all my own gear and transport. Due to my work I am available some weekends and some weekdays.

Gary

Climbed two boulder problems on the western side of Gracelands which have obviously been done at some point.
Question is does anybody know what grade they are and name? They are on the prominent detached block to the right of the bolted routes on the upper terrace,first starts on left edge of the block and second in the middle at a prominent rounded pocket.

Thanks,
Gary

Due to the amount of spam comments that seem to be arriving, mostly from some bastards at online casinos, I have turned off anonymous comments on forum/news posts.
This means that you have to sign up for a username and login before you can post anything.

Cheers,

Jon

Word around the campfire is that Gnarly Spider is off limits because of an angry farmer, is this true? I knew Elderslie and Richmond were out of bounds but I didnt even think Gnarly Spider was on private land?