The living rock: the origins of climbing in Australia

This site is an archive of documents, images, interviews and other information relevant to the origins of climbing in Australia. Comments are welcome (meadowsmh@gmail.com). Text copyright 2024 M.Meadows. Copyright to photographs is held by named photographers. Please request permission to reproduce.

Monday, September 01, 2025

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Peter Barnes, 86, at the launch of The Living Rock in 2015 Growing old disgracefully...  Peter Barnes 13.7.1929 — 4.8.2025 We didn’t regard...
Monday, December 02, 2024

Another perspective on the Dyurrite/Mount Arapiles debate

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 I’m sharing this commentary by climber Keith Bell who arguably has more credibility than most who have been involved in the current hysteri...
Friday, June 28, 2024

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From the vault... July, 1960 Jon Stephenson the 1st Australian to climb to 7000 metres without supplementary oxygen Jon Stephenson began hi...

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About  The Living Rock...  The Dugandan -- 1998 (from left) Bryden Cais, Greg Sheard, Ian Thomas, Paula McCall (partly obscured), unk...
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

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 Two Tassie summits and a classic climb One for the surgeon: Ian 'Humzoo' Thomas testing out his recently-reconstructed knee  on the...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

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Vale Will Steffen 1947-2023 Climate scientist, climber and climbing historian Will Steffen (Photo courtesy Climate Council) I didn't eve...
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Sunday, December 25, 2022

Climbing Logan's Ridge with a legend...

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 Mount Barney: 21 December 2022 I had the great privilege of visiting Mt Barney with pioneering climber and adventurer Alan Frost. I doubt t...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Vale Rod Bolton: adventurer, photographer, climber

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Rodney Frank Bolton  22 July 1943 - 20 July 2022 Early in 1970, Rod Bolton accepted a commission from noted Queensland climber Rick White to...
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