Category: Trad Climbing

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Vid: Ben and Lee on Zodiac

Video of the Week 19/08/10.
2brothers1route, from the bottom to the top, sounds pretty simple doesn’t it? Lee and Ben Cossey on a free attempt of Zodiac 31/5.13d or A3, Yosemite.

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Ben Lomond Guidebook Modifications

Some handy information about modifying the rather heavy Ben Lomond guide book, to optimise the number of routes you get to read about per gram you have to carry around.

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Video of the Week 30/07/10

Falling to Fly – Inspiring video of Dean Potter taking it to another level. A video that will make your stomach drop.

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The Safety Man

An anonymous Australian climber has just started his guiding career and Whipper has just compiled a collection of photos of the said climber (whom we shall call Mr Attentive) as a cautionary tale… due to our concern for the public’s safety.

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Pic of the Week 26/07/10

Doug McConnell on another Arapiles classic, this time India (28), a route that tends to dish out more than its fair share of epic seiges.

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Pic of the Week 19/07/10

Andrew ‘Bisso’ Bissett show us how to impress the women with five of his all time top tips.

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Lama, Red Bull, Cerro Torre

Last summer, David Lama headed to Patagonia to make a free attempt on Cerro Torre with a Red Bull film crew. After they returned, unsuccessful, reports spread out onto the internet about fixed ropes left behind and lots of bolts added to the route. Some of it is true and some of it isn’t. Now the time has come to separate fact from fiction…

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Revelations

Burning Up The Putting Green: A Review of Revelations by Jerry Moffatt

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Video of the Week 09/07/10

Jake Bresnehan and Lee Cossey climbing the iconic Patagonian test piece Riders on the Storm, 27/A2. They visited Patagonia in the summer of 2008/2009.

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Don’t Worry

Sometimes when you are climbing, things can get a little worrisome. To ease the stress, here is a comforting little poem found hidden away in an old Climbers’ Club of Tasmania newsletters from days gone by…

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