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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Saturday, May 14, 2022

TWO TRIBUTES TO WOMEN ON THE HEIGHTS

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Vale Cecily Fearnley 1925-2022 The photograph (below) of local pioneering climber-bushwalker, Cecily Fearnley, was recently sent to me by a ...
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Wednesday, March 09, 2022

Vale Bryden Allen

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Bryden Allen  28 February 1940 -  9 February 2022 Bryden Allen climbing Toyland (25) in the Blue Mountains in 1998 at age 58 Photograph: Sim...
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

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IAN RODERICK MCLEOD MBE 26 July 1931— 12 September 2020  QUIET ACHIEVER - GEOLOGIST AND PIONEER LEADER   Ian McLeod’s first exposure to g...