So, yesterday, I went to Castle Hill, and I just wanted to post some pictures of this wonderful place! And tell you all about it, of course.Castle hill is about a one hour drive from Christchurch and it is located in the shadow of Arthur's Pass. Arthur's pass is an area that Linnea has been telling me for ages that I MUST visit, and although I didn't actually make it to the pass itself, I have a great reason to go now! This is because of taking a look at Castle Hill.
Castle Hill is a HUGE boulder field. It has boulders the size of my head to the size where you'd need a full 60 meter rope to reach the top. Most of the climbing we did this day didn't warrant having to rope up though. We only climbed generally about 3 meters above the ground. Plus we were able to borrow a crash pad, so if we fell, we wouldn't get hurt. (Just putting that in there for you worry warts out there. ;) )
On this day we just climbed and climbed and climbed. We got there about 11 in the morning and climbed straight till 8 at night! It was a grand time! The best climb by far was this one pictured on the bottom left that we had to rope up for. As you can see, it is the most beautiful crack climb one could lay eyes on. (Actually this isn't entirely true, because there are better crack climbs in Indian Creek, in the States, but it IS the best crack climb I've personally done) To get into the crack one had to get what is called a mattevator. This tricky move is when Matt (the redhead) kneeled down on all fours. The climber would then carefully place his foot on Matt's hip. From there matt would slowly lift up so that the climber could actually reach the first hold! It was a riot!
Besides that, nothing spectacular has happened over here lately. I did a quick post yesterday to tell you all that I am flying out tomorrow. I fly out at 10 in the morning, and have found someone to take care of Larry for me while I am gone. So, I assume, that the next post will be from Africa! I'm looking forward to telling you all about it!
And Finally, for Eric, a picture of me "playing." You know what I'm talking about, right?
2 comments:
Keep "Playin" man! :-D Tomorow we head out from Krabi to go climbing. So excited. It's been way too long.
Have a safe flight!
Glad to hear you got your africa issues resolved. Sounds like they were a hassle to say the least. Just got your postcard! Thanks a ton. Have fun in Africa!
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