On the weekend of the 8th of June a group of Queensland climbers used the long weekend to celebrate Kenny and Mons Birthday, both turning 60 ;) . That weekend lead to a great weekend of camping, delicious cheese and chocolate fondue, Kenny blowing up his birthday candles and even some climbing.
Here I am in 2013 with a huge rack of cams sticky rubber strapped to my feet and gym honed climbing skills, thrutching my way up some of the most beautiful crack lines in Queensland. When most of these lines where sent as early as 1968. By hard men such as
Rick White, Chris Meadows, Henry Barber, Kim Carrigan and Rob Straszewski. Just to name a few of the bad ass first assentionists of the area. A good portion of these routes where done before sticky rubber shoes and spring loading caming devices and still stand as test pieces today.
Even still I can never wipe the stupid grin of my face after climbing these routes, and look forward to attacking the cracks more and more this season!
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