Climbers on Ruby of India Saturday 13th June

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feeds@yuku.com (phil box) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:09:38 GMT

And don't mess with the Rohan.

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feeds@yuku.com (jjobrien) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:19:40 GMT

And a nice break from washing cats.

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feeds@yuku.com (pumpensmear) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:30:23 GMT

Rohan and I did Ruby yesterday, glorious day and an awesome route. It was good to not be straining my arse off on hard sport routes.

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feeds@yuku.com (davereeve) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:49:48 GMT

And this is how I believe that Girraween routes should be approached.......
Just wait for the moment, there's no hurry, the rock is patient........

No problem there.... I think we both want the same thing for this magical place. Any disagreement is purely over how we go about it.

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feeds@yuku.com (rightarmbad) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:18:16 GMT

and having a family now sort of takes it out of the equation...!

Gotta agree with that.

Actually had thoughts of doing it again this weekend, but decided it would be for all the wrong reasons.

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feeds@yuku.com (rightarmbad) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:09:34 GMT

Yep, I agree with Zell. That was very nicely put, Daryl. Sometimes the clarity is there and the moment is perfect.....a moment that is as far removed from blind as it is from chest-thumping bold, just quiet and perfect.

And this is how I believe that Girraween routes should be approached.......
Just wait for the moment, there's no hurry, the rock is patient........

edited to remove my edit

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feeds@yuku.com (davereeve) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:47:58 GMT

Yep, I agree with Zell. That was very nicely put, Daryl. Sometimes the clarity is there and the moment is perfect.....a moment that is as far removed from blind as it is from chest-thumping bold, just quiet and perfect.

Soloing Ruby I can see has the potential to be transcedental, but soloing the Beerwah bolt route.... that has to be excruciating. Whatever possessed you to do that Steve?

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feeds@yuku.com (Pt Zell) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:46:07 GMT

Rab.. Sorry for the delayed reply..

That is a VERY nice piece of thinking and prose..

Thanks for answering

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feeds@yuku.com (Epic Steve) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:42:24 GMT

Rightarmbad

Quite understandable that a route such as Ruby would occaisionally be soloed...the rock is solid, the grade is low, the route gets lots of traffic and has little suspect rock to worry about and there is really no technical reason that it cannot be safely soloed. I sometimes wonder if running it out long distances whilst carrying 4 - 5kg of rack as well as a Camelbak of water, would be more risky. In the event of a fall, the outcome would pretty much be the same...just be...

Re: Climbers on Ruby of India Saturday 13th June

feeds@yuku.com (rightarmbad) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:45:53 GMT

Not silly, but may be viewed by others as such.
Depends on your state of mind at the time. My climbing partner had canceled late, so I went out Maroon to explore, and took some shoes with me to have a bit of a boulder around, just to touch rock.
Was always interested in that sickle thing to the left of Ruby so I wandered up the first pitch of ruby to have a look at the top section. Then decided that I'd get a better look from further up and went over and peered over the edge of...

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feeds@yuku.com (phil box) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:51:41 GMT

Enquiring minds want to know whether Darryl decided if he is a silly boy or not. I hate being left hanging like this. One of lifes great unanswered questions.

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feeds@yuku.com (Pt Zell) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:13:25 GMT

didn't answer the question though..

What was the decision?

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feeds@yuku.com (manacubus) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:35:30 GMT

He's here ain't he?

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feeds@yuku.com (Pt Zell) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:06:38 GMT

rightarmbad wrote:
I once went up in a bit over an hour by myself, but I spent a lot of time sitting on the rock at the top of pitch 3 wondering whether or not I may be a silly boy.

WELL ????

What was the outcome??

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feeds@yuku.com (luke) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:08:33 GMT

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feeds@yuku.com (rightarmbad) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:37:23 GMT

I once went up in a bit over an hour by myself, but I spent a lot of time sitting on the rock at the top of pitch 3 wondering whether or not I may be a silly boy.

Re: Climbers on Ruby of India Saturday 13th June

feeds@yuku.com (Epic Steve) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:41:52 GMT

Roped ascent or solo effort???

From what I have heard about this demi-God called Rob, it would have been butt naked and by the light of a full moon...! Ha!!! Now I have something to work towards...!

Steve

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feeds@yuku.com (wombby) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:12:19 GMT

Let me know when you get it in under 38min Steve & I'll let Rob know.

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feeds@yuku.com (Epic Steve) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:53:22 GMT

Hey Oskar

We arrived at the base of Mt Maroon Sat night and knew the climbers that you saw up on Ruby. They did get down OK all be it a long one. We blasted up Ruby the next morning in 4 hours, rapped back down via 2 x 50m raps on Phaedra (the overhanging black wave of rock 100m left of Ruby) then proceeded up again in an even faster 2.5 hours...pretty sure we can get it safely under 2 hours now...we saw quite a few walkers on the Sunday as well...I'll pass the message on to...

Climbers on Ruby of India Saturday 13th June

feeds@yuku.com (Oskar) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:09:05 GMT

Hi there,
We hiked up Mt Maroon on Saturday and saw a couple of climbers heading up Ruby of India. Was great to be able to sus out the route while someone was on it. We took some pictures, so if you'd like some copies, just pm us. How did you go? Did you make it up before dark? We were a bit worried when we passed you on the way down.