Sunny Week Ends...

Kingston...New Zealand... The legend says that Bob Marley used to climb around the area a few decades ago and left behind some choice climbs...'I shot the Sheriff' and 'Get up Stand up'. This is where a group of six of us headed Saturday 13th November to retrace Bob Marley's life...on the rock! Jess, Keith, Manisha, Dave & Dave, and Guillaume had a social time on the Kingston schist and finished with a cold (sandfly free) proper beer at the train station pub. For Big Dave it was his first top roping climb outside on the real stuff and for Manisha her first multi-pitch on Get up Stand up. Keith on-sighted I shot the Sheriff which is a 3 pitch climb with a cruxy overhang on the second pitch graded 20.

Next Friday do not forget to turn up at Revolver (NOT at the High School anymore) to check what Niall and Rupert have been up to overseas: Big Wall Climbing and Base Jumping. Cool Pictures and videos and some social times. Meet at Revolver at the back room in between 7 and 7:30 Friday 19th November  and if we are enough members we may get a deal on drinks too.

November's Events!!! lots to do!

In November the club will have a few meetings and gatherings:- Kingston Beginners Day: Friday 12 Saturday 13 November. Leaving Friday evening 12th November 6:30pm and camping in Kingston. (Camping at Anna an LP's place: $5 per person for the night.) Climbing Saturday on Kingston Crag. Let us know if you are keen to join asap and if you have your own gear and transport and your level of climbing.

- Niall Muller and Rupert Gardiner Talk/Slideshow: Friday 19 November/7:30pm Room D14 Wakatipu High School. Niall and Rupert just came back from their overseas trips, Niall went basejumping and sport climbing in Europe while Rupert went climbing big walls in Yosemite (El Cap and Half Dome). Come along to be amazed by their performances through pictures and short movies.

- Bouldering Gathering at Kelvin Heights : End of November: time and location unknow yet...we are working on it...

- Leading workshop: End of November / start of December: time and location unknow yet... we are working on it...

Otherwise it looks like Jardines is getting quite busy thanks to the summery weather. Please let people know: not to drive on the grass and keep to the rutted tracks and park in the designated areas.

See you and happy climbing.

Long days on the rock...

Sally and Aaron Ford were busy re-bolting classic climbs in need around Queenstown. Therefore the pair spent some time in Wye Creek and thanks to the club's re-bolting fund replaced all the bolts on The Mission while making sure that the old bolts would remain near invisible...you really have to look for the old bolts if you want find them!

Aaron also changed old top anchors that used to use chains to ring hangers making it safer and less intrusive.

During the second week of October Danny Murphy and Anna Ruotsi sent the Clearances Direct: a steep mixed line on the West Face of the Remarkables.

Thomas Van Den Berg was able to climb the Eye of Sauron a near grade 30 on Rastus Burn boulders.

Guillaume and Estelle did some track work on the Hawk Wall track.

Note Jardines Boulders remain close until the 21st October....just a few days away.

Happy merry climbing.

Missions in the snow! from Henrique.

A few words from Henrique: Hello crazy members, locals, climbers anp people who have the mountain as its favorite enviroment! I colected a few best pics from our trips this winter and would like to share with all some of the coooooolll moments we had up there!   The focus of these expeditions was to explore the back country and it happened mainly at the Remarkables, Dulans Valley and Wye Creeck. If you have been up the moutain where there is no one around, most of the terrain is untouched and mysterious you have your idea of what its like! The freedom, the fear, the challenge and the climax after every trip are the elements that make these trips so especial to me. It is my first season and its been such an awesome time! New friendships and older friendships getting stronger! The outdoors has a lot to offer when it comes to friendship. One rely its life on the hands of its mates and the respect for each other is mutual and grows in every deep step on the white sttuf! Grand Couloir, East Face of Single Cone, Faulty Towers and many others became our targets and on our days off we went on mission to conquer these beautifull lines! The back country has so many natural features like the ones man trys to "create" with its massive machines leaving polution on the moutain!!! good quality beautifull snow is more often present in the back country, so if you are tired of waiting on queues for lifts, ugly jumps and hard snow and have started thinking of whats around the corner I hope this material will inspire you to have a go over the ridges next season.   A valuable reminder: The back country is Gods enviroment, no snowpatrol goes up there to make any avalanches for you! GET TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO BEFORE YOU DO IT. People in the back country have take care of themselves!

Kia ora climbers!

A new website for the Queenstown Climbing Club is being done.Good things take time so it may take a few weeks to get it working and we'll keep you up to date! in the mean time, climb hard and see ya on the rock!

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Email us your pictures to the Club email address and stories about your latest climbing mission around Queenstown and we will put it in the website: queenstownclimbing (at) gmail.com Cheers, Guillaume