We were hoping Mikl Law and Vanessa were going to come up and spend a few days in the Hunter Valley sampling some of our finest wines, and we might have even been able to drag them out for a good old fashioned sandbagging, but the lure of Nowra was all too easy *sigh* next time Mikl!!
The day wasn't shaping up so well, we were delayed with the State elections, so no early start at the crag for us (this turned out to be a blessing). The season is definitely coming to an end, as the higher temperatures were thwarting our warm ups.
Most of the guys stopped at the Bee Hive wall for a warm up, while JRW young Mick, AJ and myself headed down the hill a little to a shady Buladelah style 18 that JRW put up. It was certainly a very thought provoking warmup, the style would be described as technical window cleaning lol.
The sun was just about off the Terrace, so we headed around to the Cave and hit the Terrace. We warmed up on an unknown JRW climb that has a very high 1st bolt two climbs right of Just Kick It 21.
Nick Kaz decided to join us on the Terrace, I tipped JRW a wink, and recommended that Kaz should hop on my 4 bolt 21, called Flat White. If you have been climbing at Buladelah for a while and your eye is in, then you will have no trouble with this feisty little number, but unfortunately for Kaz, this was not to be the case. Kaz eventually got the 1st bolt clipped then proceeded to fall all over the start, then fell all the way to the second bolt and then all the way to the 3rd bolt. To Kaz's credit he didn't give up, just kept on fighting and cursing the 'girly man' who put the line up. There was plenty of sniggering from the two old fellas on the ground as the big fella cursed and fell all the way to the top.
Meanwhile Dan was keen to sink some new bolts into a line that he had been spying in the Fieg wall area. It is a line of pockets left of the Fieg 29 abandoned Project. It climbs some very steep and rounded territory, can't wait to get a picture of this!!
Meanwhile back at the Cave, JRW was working my line called Karma Gettin 26, it's an 8 bolt extension to Toast 25, pure resistance to the diabolical crux finish. JRW has made some great progress with the line and has put large chunks of it together.
On the Terrace young Jason was top roping the Wayne's 16/18 and then did his 1st ever lead on it shortly after, with evil Uncle Mick saying that "he wouldn't tell his mother".
Kate joined the line up for Phelan feeling and took a whip on the way to the 2nd bolt ouch that's a scary little fall!
Dan and I headed round to the Fieg wall and had a lap up the un-named 27/8 that George did 3rd shot a few years ago, which I recently re-bolted. On the 2nd shot (of the day) I clipped the old anchors and fell 2 holds from the new anchors, doh!
Dan saved the day and waltzed up it for a team ascent and in the process gained the 2nd ascent of George's line. We have called it Fog Horn Leg Horn and given it a grade of 27. It's a very exciting finish, especially when you are pumped, so get on it.
Dan Wilde on Fog Horn Leg Horn 27, Image © Julian Hurrell 2008
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