Alex Ling, Shooting the Breeze (22), Windjammer Wall, Point Perpendicular, NSW. Back in June 2014.
Alex Ling (pictured above) fell from the top of Mount Piddington, a full 28 meters, to the ground. The impact would have killed most of us, but Alex was lucky, unbelievably lucky, and although beaten and bruised be survived the fall without a single broken bone! I spoke with Alex a few days after the accident; read his incredible story on my blog –> here.
OK, lot’s on! I’m currently on a photo shoot in Tasmania. It’s 20 years since the first free ascent of the Totem Pole and would you believe a new independent free route has just been established on the Totem Pole!? The new route looks amazing and I was able to get some totally new angles on it. I’m really psyched to share some of these new pics with you, be sure not to miss my next newsletter for the first glimpse!
TASMANIAN’S!!! I am presenting a show in HOBART on Monday 9th March. I’ve never presented in Hobart before and am really excited about this. Hope to see you there! Details below. Many thanks to Find Your Feet for kindly organising this.
The Pit is a newly developed hard sport crag in the Blue Mountains. We have started working on a new Blue Mountains Climbing guidebook and The Pit is one of the areas that we will be including but you don’t have to wait (this new guidebook is a big project). The route info for The Pit has just been publicly released online; get all the beta from The Crag now –> here.
Neil Monteith and I have been busy and have all but completed a new expanded Grampians Climbing guidebook. More on that soon!
Thanks for reading. Be safe.
~Simon
Read the story of Alex Ling’s 28 meter ground fall survival here.
Hobart presentation: 9th March, 6pm, Dechainaeux Theatre, Hunter Street, Tas Uni Arts Centre. Tickets $10 at the door. Discounted signed copies of Rock Climbing Down Under available on the night. Hope to see you there!
Emil Mandyczewsky, Problem Child (27) at The Pit. Get the beta for this new crag now –> here.
Nathan Hoette, Space Odyssey (pitch two, 27), The Lost World, The Grampians. New Grampians guidebook coming soon.
We found a few more copies! You can still get the 2015 calendar –> here.
Rock Climbing Down Under: Australia Exposed, preview, reviews, stockist list, order it –> here!
Deluxe Limited Editions available –> here.
