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Anne
I have previously found the CAWA guide a bit ambiguious in its descriptions of where to find certain crags, whilst i appreciate the fact that such a guide even exists, i cant help but feel that the information in it should at least be accurate. i refer particularly to the Wungong Valley slabs. The main path actually diverts to the right before you get close to any bridge or concrete dam. I very much enjoyed the slab climbing of the area once i got there, as it was a beautiful afternoon, i thought though that any climbers preparing to go there should know about the discrepancy. thankyou.
Ross
Anne
I will look into the accuracy of the description next time I go that way.
Thanks for your feedback. If anybody else has similar comments please let me know.
Ross Weiter
Guidebook Editor
Dodgy Dave
yeh, the pages are always falling out of the friggin thing too! try using some good binding material!!
Ross
Dodgy Dave – there is a reason for that: book glue is not designed to be left sitting in the sun on a rock or on a car dashboard. In fact it does not like heat at all; the book making glue softens in the heat and the sawn sections can then disintegrate. If the book is not subject to high tenmperatures, it will last. This is reasonable considering that 99% of normal books never see the sun. Yes, climbing guidebooks are different but the glue is still the same, tough luck. The Perth guidebook is section sawn. The sections are then glued into the spine.
The more expensive option would be to get the book fully sawn – you may have seen this on high volume publications such as the Arapiles guides. However this is not practical for a low volume publication such as the Perth guide, doing so would increase the cost by some $10-15. So basically this is a compromise between cost and durability, and the book must be treated well.
Having said all this, I will check if anything can be done cost effectively for the next edition.
Cheers
Diane
Nah, leave it as it is- when bits fall out it’s easier to staple them into the sections you need- you can just carry around the pages for the crag you’re going to!! Infinitely less weight in your pack!!
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Domhnall
Mine fell apart before it even left the house. The solution is to bore a hole about 3/4 inch from the top left corner of the book, and but a bit of 3 or 4 mm cord through it, then you can clip it to things and it stays together…
Richard
It seems the new guides are running out? MD in Hay St was back to selling the old SR Perth Guide last week. I guess the new one was a limited edition. Probably valuable even with bad binding.
Ben
I was at Wungong on the weekend and wanted to clarify a few things about the way there… The Regional Park sign is no longer green, it’s been replaced with an orange sign. Where Anne says it diverts right is a Y fork (I assume that’s the place). It looks like the left fork is relatively recent.
Oh and so no one makes the mistake, there is a sort of big culvert which could be mistaken for a bridge about 5 minutes before the actual bridge. It’s just there to stop the run off washing out the track, I think. Not only that but it’s dry, the real bridge usually has water under it.
Umm, the track to the left 100m after the bridge is the first left and it’s only about 25m from the bridge. And don’t climb up the side of the cairn. The ‘hidden’ track is pretty much immediately after crossing the brook. Climb over the rock to the right and follow the “path” down into the reeds along the brook for a few metres and it will then curve up and left and bring you to the base of the rock chute. It does require a bit of bush bashing. And be careful of the spikey bush, OOWWW!
Hope this helps.
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