The best trad rock climbing in the world has to be in Arapiles, Australia. I am just back from my second visit to "Raps" where I spent a week climbing the easy grades. It's the rock quality and natural lines that make Arapiles so exceptional. From the distance Arapiles doesn't look like much more than a pile of slag, But up close, I mean really up close, you'll find nearly every square millimeter of this pile to be beautiful, at least to the eyes of a rock climber. This time around I spent the non-climbing moments in the morning and evenings wandering around the place, exploring the crags and photographing good looking rock. Yep, I was wishing I could climb grade 25 (5.12) so I could power-up up some of Arapilies finer climbing lines. Maybe on my next visit.
A bird pauses under the north face of Death Row Pinnacle
The rock up in King Rat Gully and the start of some desperate looking climb.
First light on the 20 ft. high steep south face of the boulder Good Morning Arapiles.
Sunrise looking past the South face of the Pharos.
Evening climbing on the Organ Pipes wall, the red speck on
the lower right of the photo is the climber.
The steep walls in the Beelzebub area at Mitre Rock.
Sunrise on Tiger Wall and the Bard Butress
Climbers returning from getting bouted on the Flight Deck Wall.
All photos are with a Nikon D-300s with a 35mm 1.8 lens talk about traditional.
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