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governor stable 2005 roundup

Governor Stable bouldering comp photos are up here, here, here, and here. Final results are up here.

And argh! Trying to do some cooking tonight – spent forever trying to track down beef stock, pastry sheets and mixed herbs (I gave up on the mixed herbs and got something called Italian seasoning in the end – it looked right at least). Plain flour is ‘all-purpose flour’. Cooking choc bits are called ‘semi-sweet morsels’. Castor sugar is ‘fine granulated sugar’. Argh, the culture shock.

Edit – And the pastry I got (the only stuff they actually had) was those thin sheets instead of normal pastry. So my meat pies are looking fully gourmet (pronounced ‘gormett’).

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governor stable – was awesome :)

Exhausted. Bouldering at Governor Stable was very much fun. Everyone bouldered like champions. A couple of photos… of the first bunch of climbers walking in. I love the look of a herd of walking bouldering mats.

Walking in to GS

And of still life with chalk bucket. Which I won… for coming second in the intermediate female division, woo. It came with the bear, as well as some chalk, and an M-16 bouldering brush. I was wondering why there was a package with a picture of a rifle on it. “Originally designed to clean the internals of an M-16 rifle, the M-16 Bouldering Brush is the perfect tool for rock climbers.” Excellent.

The leopard skin chalk bucket
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climbing moose

tis me, wandering up the first of the heat climbs the other weekend (for the comp thingo, yes). damned overhanging walls. the next heat was the blue climb, and then the final was the yellow – all in shot. and one after the other, i was much pumped by the end of things.

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uni climbing championships

hoorah! it looks like we’re going to be hosting the australian uni rockclimbing championships down here in melbourne. now we just have to arrange a budget… and organise everything… and get sponsors… and blah, lots of work to do. but yay.

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uni rockclimbing championships 2003 – sydney

Setting up camp in the backyard.

 
Jackie on the first climb in the heats.