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"Everybody has their own Ventoux"

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Re: "Everybody has their own Ventoux"

Postby Ripley451 » Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:28 pm

The rock is...interesting :shock: You need to be climbing the mid E numbers to get the most out of it as there are not all that many bolts in the national park.
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Re: "Everybody has their own Ventoux"

Postby dalai » Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:32 pm

Nothing like a long runout or fiddly gear placements to get you focussed... :shock: :lol:
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Re: "Everybody has their own Ventoux"

Postby Ripley451 » Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:36 pm

And abbing from worn sandstone threads...
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Re: "Everybody has their own Ventoux"

Postby dalai » Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:55 pm

So when are you coming downunder and climbing at Mt Arapiles and the Grampians? Stellar climbing on superb rock... :wink:
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Re: "Everybody has their own Ventoux"

Postby Ripley451 » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:40 am

When I can persuade my friends (not the Wild Country variety :lol: ) to go :) although I could easily get distracted by the vineyards...
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Re: "Everybody has their own Ventoux"

Postby dalai » Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:28 am

Mt Arapiles is only ~5 hours drive from Adelaide; gateway to the South Australian vineyards. 8)
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