Tuesday 2 December 2008

Boulderin in New Zealand No.2

I have managed to get on another pc...Yesterday me and Brandon went bouldering at The Airstrip, south of Hamilton on the North island.The rock is Limestone but has pretty good friction still, the rock has some weird formations and is mostly pinches. We warmed up on some easy boulders and then moved to Grot View Cave, which is a massive limestone cave, where most of the problems start at the back fo the roof and work out and up, i liked this style of climbing because it requires alot fo body tension. Me and Brandon flashed 'Du Hast' (V5/Font 6c+) which is a total pump fest around the inside roof of the cave, in a sort of circular motion. Me and Brandon then did 'Franks Better Half' (V6 Font7a). I gave it one go and found that our initial sequence was wrong, then Brandon tried it another way and got close, then on my 3rd go i sent it (Brandon got it on his second go). We tried the V7 link-up to this but didn't have enough time to do that, i got very close on that as well but time beat us..oh well. I might be going to the bouldering wall today in Routaroua, if not, then i will tomorrow. We are going to the hot mud baths in a minute so goodbye people...i'll blog again when i can :)

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