Rock Climbing Instruction 14-16th July

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ROCK CLIMBING INSTRUCTION 14-16th JULY Leader Alan Higgins About twenty turned up for both days; One eight, five, two and one one foot a good turnout considering the doubt- to go. And we're there, all three standful weather. The first day was at Titahi ing on the top! The "direttissima" of Bay, the second, at Baring Head. If you the Slab had been achieved! Elation fell at the latter you landed on sand. If showed in eyes as we descended the you fell at the former you landed on easy route. birdshit. Dare we of our achievement? No. One climb scarcely typified the week- I just out it's been done 92,867 end's found climbing-"I now stood at the foot times before!" of the near vertical wall. It stretched Out at the for at least forty feet, smooth and off by teaching Bay each on Saturday other how we to started offering few holds and even less belay belay. points. I led off, well belayed from the By taking our lives in our own hands, foot of the wall with legs and arms we practiced falling off (in anticipation quaking with fear as I hung to the of later inevitable events, judging by the minute holds. Upwards, one foot, two way most people climbed) and being feet. Time dragged like by nervous body stopped by the belayer. But we mustn't until finally, fifteen feet up, a tiny belay be too pessimistic despite that, out at point-the only one, allowed the other the Heads, a dozen "bods" were unable two to ascend. Now came the crux of to do an eight foot overhang and that the whole climb. For the next twenty- one had to be rescued from the top of five feet there were precious little holds, a bottleneck. However most people but slowly, belayed from below the showed that, given a year or three, they crux, we made our way up, one by one. might improve to greater heights. Thirty feet now, a loose hold! A foot slips, but, the hand holds! "ANON"