Posts Tagged ‘ Swinburne ’

I can’t brain today, I have the dumb

I can’t brain today, I have the dumb

So there I am, Wednesday morning at work, daydreaming about a climbing trip to Swinburne. My previous route guide for Swinburne was a mess of 75 unbound A4 pages, so I decide to do it properly this time around. Operation route guide print is a go go go! - Test the guide readability on the screen at A5 size: check...

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Looking forward

Looking forward

Hmmmm. Let’s see summertime is here, time to start dreaming again. Coming up: Half price bungee at Orlando Towers. Sounds like fun, not sure if my nerves will hold. No big plans for the weekend (yet). Maybe start working on that long planned bouldering wall….. yesss, my precious, that sounds like a brilliant idea. Got...

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News roundup: 2009-08-20

News roundup: 2009-08-20

I took out some first time climbers to Bobbjeaans Berg ( a.k.a. Mutango Lodge ) this past weekend. It's not the greatest spot ever, but it's close by, and it's got the "Fairy tale" section with a bunch of realy easy / beginner climbs right next to each other. Actually it's quite...

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Swing by Swinburne

The past weekend I went to Swinburne, a small town about 15km past Harrismith towards Durban. As far as I can tell, it’s more like a large service station & bus stop with a handful of houses nearby than a real town. We stayed at Appin House about 5 km out of “town” which...

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