It's been a couple of weeks since Doug
and I scratched out a little cragging in the Cairns area. In the
meantime, I've been riding the bike around looking for more promising crags but, so far, have not found anything better. Given the
daytime temperatures and the somewhat sweltering humidity, there is
no sense driving up to the Tableland to look for climbing (there is
rumoured to be some good bouldering up near Mareeba, but it would be
insanely hot right now), as it is only possible to manage a couple of
hours in the early morning before you start slickly greasing off
routes.
Longer but low angle
Most people would probably just give up
on climbing in this area, but, I still find it fun to boulder and
top-rope a few pitches, so this morning we headed off at 6 am to put
in a couple of hours before the heat and humidity became
insufferable.
For a change, we climbed at the upper
crag, which is much longer than the lower crag, but is also fairly
low angle for almost all the extra height you get. We managed four
laps each before sun on the crag and our grumbling bellies made an
end to the day. Next time, I think we'll stick with the lower crag
as ambling for most of the route up 4th class to low 5th
class (Ewbank grade 8 or 10?) terrain with the odd harder move is not
as good a work-out as climbing shorter but harder routes.
Doug at one of the more interesting sections
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