Medlow All Abilities Sport Climbing Day

EDIT: We post-poned to Wed 28th Jan due to ~220mm in 72hrs to allow the rock to properly dry. Spots may reopen as people cancel. We may also need to adapt the crag to the weather conditions (>30deg) and crowd ability closer to the date.

Hey gang!

Oscar and I (Raine) are keen to take some people out to Sunbath – Medlow (with some potential wet weather backup options). There will also be plenty of easy top ropes and fun options, but I’m also happy to put up/clean Incredible Hulk (23) and even potentially Atoms in Action (25), which are both perfect boulder bro climbs depending on who comes. I want to encourage people who are relatively self sufficient but enjoy the group atmosphere and someone happy to rescue their gear to tag along. No experience doing anything is required, just a basic level of physical fitness. If you have any questions, just message Oscar or myself.

Depending on wet weather there may be a long (by climbing standards) hike to get in and out of the crag, experience scrambling and physical fitness is a must have. It takes 40min to get in and out of many of the dry crags, with a fair bit of elevation.

If you come on this trip you are committing to trying every climb that is set up until you run out of energy!!! This is not a trip just for socialising, obviously there will be plenty of socialising, but more than that people will climb. This is meant to be a distraction from the fact I’m starting full time work soon, any time off the wall is time being inadequately distracted! To make sure you have read the description, please let me know your expected climbs per hour in the comment.

Ideally I will also be able to climb stuff aside from setting up climbs so there will be less of an emphasis on learning and more of an emphasis on losing skin and popping pulleys.

What you Need (Gear Cupboard Closed, So Please Let me Know):

• Harness *
• Helmet *
• Climbing Shoes *
• ATC *
• Locking Carabiner *
• Enclosed shoes for the approach
• A backpack for your stuff and whatever gear we make you carry
• Lunch and snacks
• Minimum 2L water
• Any medications you need
• Any extra gear you want

Items with a * can be borrowed from the gear cupboard but it is not open, so please put it in your comment and we will borrow it on your behalf. If you don’t include a comment about what gear you own/need, I will not accept you on the trip.

We will organise carpooling and go over more details in a messenger group chat, so if you get accepted on the trip please check your message requests. If your Facebook profile is not already on your account please put it in your comment.

In your comment please let us know what climbing experience you have, what hiking/scrambling experience you have and anything else you feel is important.

Signups open 11am Wednesday