Mount Sommers – Climbing

March 10, 2006 3:44 am General

Had a great weekend climbing up at Mount Sommers with Patrick, Steve, Mark and Blair the other week. Mount Sommers is one of those crags that few Kiwi’s go to on account of the spectacularly shitty walk in. The walk in was about 3 hours, but with heavy packs, whinging Irishmen and darkness it wasn’t much fun for anyone. Fortunately the climbing made up for it. It’s the first time that I’ve trad climbed for about 2 and a half years – it’s just like riding a bicycle, you never really forget how to place gear. It’s more like riding a bicycle without a helmet, you’re just a little bit more cautious.

We did some pretty fantastic routes up the columned faces – mostly lower grade 16’s and 17’s. Steve joined us later on that afternoon, and did a couple of sport routes on the lower pinnacles. Patrick has a few more pictures on his blog. Check out those parallel lines!

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