2022-12-25 00:51
Mount Barney: 21 December 2022I had the great privilege of visiting Mt Barney with pioneering climber and adventurer Alan Frost. I doubt that anyone else has made the ascent of Logan's… Read More
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My version of the history of adventure climbing in Australia, unfolding in short bites...
2022-08-16 11:14
Rodney Frank Bolton 22 July 1943 - 20 July 2022Early in 1970, Rod Bolton accepted a commission from noted Queensland climber Rick White to produce a short silent Super 8mm movie of Rick… Read More
2022-05-14 02:20
Vale Cecily Fearnley 1925-2022The photograph (below) of local pioneering climber-bushwalker, Cecily Fearnley, was recently sent to me by a family friend and with permission, I'm posting it h… Read More
2022-03-09 03:57
Bryden Allen 28 February 1940 - 9 February 2022Bryden Allen climbing Toyland (25) in the Blue Mountains in 1998 at age 58 Photograph: Simon CarterBryden Allen was arguably the for… Read More
2022-01-17 06:02
Geologist Ian McLeod in Antarctica in 1958. Picture: Graham KnuckeyIan McLeod: Courage in the frozen wildernessBy Malcolm RobertsonChipping steps to traverse the icy slope of an Antarct… Read More
2022-01-17 05:20
Jon Stephenson revisiting Heard Island in 2002 (photograph: Grahame Budd)Jon Stephenson is a name that resounds throughout the postwar history of climbing in Queensland but his contribution… Read More
2021-12-22 06:35
Copies of The living rock (digital) will be available as a FREE DOWNLOAD from the Apple Bookstore for two months from Boxing Day 2021. I've decided to offer free copies initially as a thank… Read More
2021-11-01 22:20
At Home in The Steep PlacesThe feature-length documentary about artist-climber Bill Peascod, At home in steep places, is now available online at the website of the Mountain… Read More
2021-09-16 07:09
In 1955, pioneering Lakeland climber Bill Peascod visited Brisbane's Kangaroo Point and conducted an historic training session. It was the first time that local climbers and bushwalkers had… Read More
2021-09-05 01:58
Well, it's happened -- the last box of printed copies of The Living Rock has gone out the door and appropriately, to one of my strongest supporters: Emily and AJ at Pinnacle Sports, West End… Read More
2021-06-05 04:39
This is your last chance to have a hard copy of the book as I won’t be having another print run. Almost all of the 1100 copies I had printed are now gone and at the time of writing&hel&hell…Read More
2020-10-24 11:54
Geoffrey Bede Goadby16 January 1925 — 16 October 2020Geoff Goadby on the first ascent of the east face of Mount Warning, 1949 (Photograph: Raoul Mellish)A chance meeting at Mount… Read More
2020-07-06 00:59
Donn Graeme Groom 19 April 1937 — 23 June 2020 Donn Groom on the second ascent of the North West Face of Federation Peak 1969 (Photo: Paul Caffyn) &n&hell…Read More
2020-05-25 02:26
Title: Limits of the KnownAuthor: David RobertsPublished: 2018Publisher: W.W. Norton UKWebsite: www.wwnorton.comContents: 306 pp; no photos, 2 mapsCover: hardboundPrice: $36.46 Book De… Read More
2020-01-20 09:21
Rudolf Edward 'Ted' Cais12 November 1947 — 20 December 2019Ted in fine form at Frog Buttress in 1998 (Michael Meadows collection)From his first tentative steps on to the rock as a teen… Read More
2019-04-21 20:22
John Theodore CominoBorn: Brisbane, 2 June 1929Died: Brisbane, 16 January 2019John Comino (left) and Jon Stephenson on the summit of The Thumb, Hinchinbrook Island, following their first a… Read More
2018-03-24 04:40
Alan Frost with son Chris on the summit of Leaning Peak -- 16 September 2017. Photo: Chris FrostThis is the story of an extraordinary ascent of Leaning Peak's north face by Alan Frost and hi… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
--> Climbing wars — or Victoria versus the rest! Far be it for me to fan the flames of interstate rivalry on the rock but our rockclimbing history does include periods of char… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
--> Transport trauma From the very first time that climbers were lured onto the heights the issue of transport to and from crags has been a significant one. Before the widespread us… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Women with attitudeThe largest to climb Crookneck in The Glass House Mountains on 'Salmon's Leap', 1933 (Cliff and Lexie Wilson collection). Browsing through the plethora of multimedia… Read More
2015-10-11 08:16
The origins of Australian climbing There’s a lingering perception amongst many Australian climbers, young and old, that rockclimbing here is a recent phenomenon. And it is, when c… Read More
2015-10-11 08:16
Ghosts and The Glass Houses The 300 metre high peak, Crookneck, in the Glass House Mountains north of Brisbane was one of the last summits in Australia to be claimed by Europe… Read More
2015-10-11 08:13
The changing role of Queensland newspapers in imagining leisure and recreation Possibly the earliest newspaper images of climbing published in Australia: the first known women to climb Crook… Read More
2015-10-11 08:12
Close to the edge: imagining climbing in southeast QueenslandMichael Meadows, Robert Thomson and Wendy Stewart [Note: We wrote this article based on our first tentative exploration… Read More
2015-10-11 08:11
--> Defining moments: an ascent of the north face of Leaning PeakEvening shadows creep across Mount Maroon (in the distance) and Isolated Peak...from the summit of Leaning P… Read More
2015-10-11 08:05
The book arrived from the printer in mid-August and has been very well received. Thanks to all of you who have given me such positive feedback. It is gratifying to hear such comments from th… Read More
2010-09-09 04:18
A storm during an ascent of east Beerwah Read More
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