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.

Saturday, June 05, 2021

The living rock hard copies almost gone!

This is your last chance to have a hard copy of the book as I won’t be having another print run. Almost all of the 1100 copies I had printed...

Saturday, October 24, 2020

A tribute to trailblazing Queensland adventurer

Geoffrey Bede Goadby 16 January 1925 — 16 October 2020 Geoff Goadby on the first ascent of the east face of Mount Warning, 1949 (Photogra...

Monday, July 06, 2020

Farewell to a pioneering Australian climbing icon

Donn Graeme Groom 19 April 1937 — 23 June 2020 Donn Groom on the second ascent of the North West Face of Federation Peak 196...

Monday, May 25, 2020

Limits of the known -- book review by Paul Caffyn

Title: Limits of the Known Author: David Roberts Published: 2018 Publisher: W.W. Norton UK Website: www.wwnorton.com Contents: 306 pp; no ...

Monday, January 20, 2020

Farewell to a quiet achiever...

Rudolf Edmund 'Ted' Cais 12 November 1947 — 20 December 2019 Ted in fine form at Frog Buttress in 1998 (Michael Meadows coll...

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