We finished our time in the Blue Mountains with some nice last climbs up to 27. I was able to Flash „Wrong Movement“, 27 while Jochen had big success on his longterm project „Alpa Leather“, 32. He had tried it a lot on his last trip to the Blue Mountains about seven years ago, and now it took him another 4 days to complete. This day ended with a delicious dinner at the Blackheath Tai Restaurant.
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| Jochen in „Alpha Leather“, 32 – Blue Mountains |
After those last days we went back to Sydney to check out the southern bouldering areas around Sutherland. We wanted to see The Wing Cave and The Villas and we wanted to meet up with our friends Manu and Marie from Germany. Both happened and Katinka was able to climb „Weak Ape Test Zone“, V7 the only boulder she had seen on a photo before and she really wanted to climb. Great job! We had a fun day out there with James and even though it was really hot, i could climb most the boulders up to V8 in both areas.
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| James in „Weak Ape Test Zone“, V7 – The Wing Cave, Sydney |
Then it was time to hit the road. We went to Wollongong, where Manu and Marie had spent their first week in Australia. A nice little town just next to the ocean. We went to a junk yard where we found another pair of roof racks which makes it way faster and safer to store our crashpads on the vans roof for longer drives. We spent a few days driving down the coast in slow motion. Dinner at the beach, breakfast at the beach. We saw Kangaroos and Dolphins and enjoyed the salty water.
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| Dolphins |
Around Canberra we stopped for a day to climb at the Black Range Bouldering Area. It’s nice granit and you have to drive 10km on a rough dirt road to get to the area. Now we are on our way towards the Grampian Nationalpark. A big bush fire happened here in January, so most of the northern Grampians are shut down. Nobody is allowed to walk in there or even climb…
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| Axel in a nameless V9 – Black Range Bouldering, Canberra |
So now it’s time to grab a brush and help developing the southern areas, which are way younger and less developed then the world famous northern Grampians with Taipan Wall and Hollow Mountain Cave.