These pics were taken on Carborundom Chimney, 11. It is a four pitch route of about 80 meters, which takes the most obvious direct line up the center of the seaward facing face. The crux pitch, ~30m and 2 pieces of pro is spectacular for those who dont get claustrophobia or care about 'losing a bit of bark' (Polkinhorne, R. 2002 ;) ). We then decided to be bold and do a variant finish to link Carborundom Chimney up with Trojan (72m 13) Rodney started leading on what looked to be virgin rock. After dodging the loose blocks and placing two pieces of gear he decided that going any further would put him in a position of no return. So he did the wise thing and retreated ever so carefully to our scrubby belay ledge. Meister Quick Oats took hold of all my caution and fears that I had been reared with when sport climbing. He then tossed all my sanity to the wind. I took the lead and headed up one piece of pro, a loose arete and mantle, a slung bush, a slabby traverse another piece of pro, a pillar of untold doom, lots of loose rock, shaking and cursing later I found myself at a cave almost 50 meters from Rodney. Typical of everything at Tibro, it took me a good ten minutes of floundering on loose gravel on the very sloping floor of the cave to find some pro to set up belay. When I eventually found the crack it looked more beautiful than any woman ever has, well..... almost. Now that I was safe it was time to admire the view. Rodneys lead was next. He traversed right out of the cave over a really beautiful vista. His lead was awesome, perfet pro(lol) and good grips, he led with style. He then disappeared round the corner and I just sat answering to the tug of the rope. Some time later I made my way across the traverse and found Rodney hiding in the bushes. It was the only place he could find pro. We then made our way back to the cave route and down.
After seconding my pitch.jpg
Carborundom Chimney.jpg
If you look carefully you can see Bribie and Moreton Islands
Looking down, way down from top of scary pitch.jpg