Last Climbing Trip For 2018 – CAWA GREAT SOUTHERN Climbing

Registrations are now OPEN for this year’s Christmas/New Year trip to WA’s Great Southern!

Please contact Anthony (anthonyb@climberswa.asn.au) to register your interest.

The dates this year will be  Wednesday, 26 December 2018 to Wednesday, 2 January 2019.

Accommodation sites are available at Kalgan River Caravan Park – this year’s chosen base. Being in Kalgan puts you nice and central to all the available climbing areas. Bookings are available on a first-come first-serve basis, and you are also welcome to register & organise your own accommodations.

Day climbing possibilities are endless: Porongurups, Peak Head, Blowholes, The Gap, West Cape Howe, and the Stirlings if you really need a multi-pitch adventure.

This is a social trip, and as such beginners should join groups where an appropriately experienced person is present. This particular region is spread out over different areas, and the nature of some of the climbing and the skills required to access certain areas can be quite challenging. If you are interested in attending, but not sure of what you need, feel free to email Anthony. I will coordinate groups where possible and if ride-sharing is available.

 NEW YEAR’s EVE Celebrations are earmarked for Three Anchors in Middleton Beach – a great way to establish a belay for the 2019 year 

Important accommodation info:

 If members want to be sure of getting a spot, then they need to let me know by Wednesday, 12 December 2018. Prices per night will be no more than $14.50 per person, with up to 4 people per site.

Please note that CAWA trips are open to current members. Not a member but keen to come along? Join online via this link: Become a CAWA member.

To register for the trip, please email me at: anthonyb@climberswa.asn.au. Please include: how many are in your group and their names, number of tents and roughly what size they are (i.e. 2, 3, 4 person tent). If you want to stay on outside of trip dates, let me know and I’ll see what I can do. Each person will need to complete a trip registration form (link forwarded once registered)

Anthony Brandis

CAWA Committee Member

Due to legal and liability issues, CAWA does not provide training on trips. All climbers must be independent participants who are completely responsible for themselves. If you are an inexperienced climber, then have a chat to some of the more experienced members you know and see if they are planning to attend.