Sally and Aaron: June 2009

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Tony's photos of Equinox

Sally on the top of Crux pitch Equinox. Half on rock half on Ice with a big old burn from the Bridging

Aaron leading the crux pitch. For a rock pitch heaps of ice was coming down off the little ledges and cracks!

A nice couple shot for the family back on the Queens drive!

Mixed climbing:Saturday Morning Special/ Equinox telecom tower, Remarks

Saturday Morning Special was the first climb of the season, 3 friends climbing, One pitch to lead each. A really positive and fun start to the season.
Equinox so named as it was the shortest day! My zone from the week before abandoned me and I just followed the boys on top rope. Quite scary and with changing between using your hands and the ice axe all the time it was a bit of a logistical nightmare..But I learnt alot and will be better organised next time I wear a pack and full rack and tools!

Saturday Morning Special M3 or 4, 170m Tony Burnell, Aaron Ford and Sally Ford 06/09
Gully at left end of Telecom tower( 100m left of MC gully)
Snow gully with Mixed steps. 3 pitches
Easy access and descent to shadow basin chairlift, makes this a great introduction to remarks mixed climbing.

Aaron heading off on Pitch 1

Tony just above the first step pitch 2

Glad to be on top Aaron celebrating as he see's it's the last belay

Our happy team

Equinox M5+, 165m , Tony Burnell, Aaron ford, Sally Ford. 06/09
Goes up the obvious and Awesome rock corner right of the Notch route between T Tower and double cone.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

7 Mile race

I went in a race fundaising for the local Bike club. We had a girls team with anna Spanna, gina, Lynette. and I doing a 7.6 km loop I tried really hard to get under 30 mins but only got 30.45...Bother!
It was a really fun day. our team was last or $ th women's which sounds a bit better.

At the finish line you could do a long loop or ride the log but if you fell off the log you had to go back and try again
Lynette, was excellent and determined