Tag Archives: Rock Climbing

Girls are weird

Posted on October 13, 2011 | 2 Comments

I sit here and scratch the last bit of scab off my elbow; it’s irritating me as it rubs on my Great Auntie Joan’s antique writing desk. It was quite a substantial roastie actually; a nice deep burgundy rose colour and I acquired it when clobbering my elbow climbing ‘Xena’ (19) during the night climbing session at the Roc Rally in Waterval Boven a couple weeks back. Crikey it was eina, but I tried not to moan about it lest I sounded like a…girl? Continue reading →

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I need to start hanging off ropes…

Posted on June 19, 2011 | Leave a comment

11.06.2011

This time it wasn’t a Thursday, it was a Saturday, so I finally was able to start taking some climbing pics as other people were at the crag! It was a really good day all round with Faye Brouard and Andrew Scott working on their projects at the new sector. Continue reading →

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All he needed was like, snow

Posted on June 9, 2011 | 1 Comment

Today Roger Nattrass and I headed off to Umgeni with snow all over the peaks of the lower midlands. I must say it always feel pretty surreal to live in Africa and have snow just a wee drive away! It boggles my mind, but I like it. Surprisingly it wasn’t that cold at Umgeni, and we had a really good day.

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Thursday Climbing with Roger

Posted on June 6, 2011 | 5 Comments

Last week my computer crashed just as I was beginning to upload this blog, so sorry it’s a wee bit late. On Thursdays I go climbing with Roger Nattrass, he’s scheduled his work and life so that he can climb every Thursday, and for people like me who work from home (and late at night) it’s a brilliant option for getting some quality time on the rock! Continue reading →

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