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well, i’ve not done anything with this site for absolutely ages! i think i got frustrated with the issue of trying to find the best way to include comments and archives, so i can stop doing everything manually. which is alright for a while, but once the random postings start to build up, it becomes a bit much. the issue hasn’t been solved (grrr), but this site was looking so lonely, i had to take pity on it.

anyway, there’s been a lot of climbing going on – nowra trips, and that sort of thing. and organising of the uni rockclimbing and bouldering championships – which came off pretty well yes, thank you. oh, and i was going to go to the grampians for a climb this weekend – but it’s going to be snowing – and really, i have to draw the line somewhere.

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wee cow beasties

visited parents on the weekend. photos from then…

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vale stalagasaurus!

stalagasaurs - the climb that was

news just in: stalagasaurus, that well loved beach warm-up climb at ton sai beach, thailand, is now no more… *sniff* the enormous stal pictured in the images above decided it was no longer happy where it was, and fell to the beach (as someone was climbing).

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the hired goons

in a small mall thing in the city, there are a group of young security guards (they all seem to be in their 20s). i call them the goons. but when they were buying outfits for them, it was obviously decided that big black trenchcoats would be a good look. nice for intimidation etc. so you have this group of three young goons, all wearing enormous jackets. the thing is, i don’t think they checked the sizes before giving them the jackets, as they all seem at least a size too big – you see the goons walking around, and you can just see their fingers poking out the bottom of the sleeves. this is combined with the fact their trousers are all too big – nice and bunched up around their shoes. i think it’s hard for them to look like they’re in a position of authority when they’re walking around looking like little kids dressed in their dads clothes. and they all have nice big walky talkies, that they like to use for gesturing at things, and generally waving around so they can show how important they are.

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shiny tenty goodness

so, i now have a new tent…
shiny tented goodness

a macpac olympus – second hand, but good as new, except for an odd smell i’m trying to get rid of at the moment, as the tent hangs to air outside. and i’m staying home to guard it from the rain, because we all know that regardless of what the weather looks like in the morning, in melbourne it’s always quite likely to start raining. or hailing. or having torrential downpours or unexpected sun or galeforce winds. so i’m home guarding the tent against adverse weather conditions (silly really, given that it’s supposed to be a tough 4 season tent that i’m going to be taking to the snow).

meanwhile, i’m going to eat some pie.