Go back to Tasmania.
Go back to Moai.
Tasmania.
The forecast for the following day looked marginal and so we headed for the nearby Mount Wellington and its Organ Pipes Wall which overlooks Hobart. We picked a line called Battle Cruiser (18) on the Central Buttress (the highest aspect of the cliff). The lines look a bit chossy and flakey from the base but our route turned out to have solid rock and very fun climbing. The conditions were pretty alpine and we were shivering at belays. For a suburban crag, the rap descent was a touch pain in the ass and we felt done after the route’s two pitches.
Photos
Mount Wellington (Dec. 2014).
Shirley on the short hike-up to The Columns wall on Mount Wellington (Dec. 2014).
Leading pitch 1 of Battle Cruiser route (19) on The Central Buttress of Mount Wellington (Dec. 2014).
Shirley on pitch 1 of Battle Cruiser (Dec. 2014).
Views of Hobart from near the top of Mount Wellington (Dec. 2014).
Freezing on pitch 1 of Battle Cruiser route (Dec. 2014).
Starting up pitch 2 of Battle Cruiser – cold and damp conditions were worsened by wind (Dec. 2014).
Views of Hobart from Battle Cruiser route (Dec. 2014).
More pitch 2 (cold!) action (Dec. 2014).
Looking back at Shirley from low on (the long!) pitch 2 of Battle Cruiser (Dec. 2014).
Shirley on the finishing arete of pitch 2 of Battle Cruiser (Dec. 2014).
Happy to be done with climbing on this cold and windy day (Dec. 2014).
Summit flora on Mount Wellington (Dec. 2014).
Tasmania.
Tasmania.
Tasmania.
The devil!
A face that only a mother could love (Dec. 2015).
A wallaby (Dec. 2015).
Go to Bruny Island.
Go back to Tasmania.