Arapiles weekend of climbing debauchery

The june long weekend. normally associated with the onset of winter and sitting at home with a great book in front of a warm fire. not likely! this june weekend i and some fellow rock climbing enthusiasts, rob and simon, made our way to the climbing mecca of arapiles. arapiles has some 3000 climbs some of them over 100 metres! We had an amazing weekend of climbing with vacilli and jo driving up from melbourne and meeting in us for camping at the pines camping grounds! vacilli and i set up a top rope on saturday and cruised up a couple of 15s ... then as this was his first time climbing outdoors i set him on to a 20 ... he performed admirably, only getting stymied at the crux!


This is me pulling through a 20 crack climb

leading a 16 entitled crucifixion (where the guys who set these routes get the names from amazes me!) a very artistic shot from robs digital camera. the morning this was taken was incredibly cold as you can see!

So after 3 days of fun it was back to adelaide for a shower (3 days is a very long time to go without one!) and finally some decent sleep.