You’re known for your bouldering first ascents. How did that become your thing?
Bouldering first ascents are something I've been doing since I started climbing! I was 17 when I started climbing so I didn't have a license. The nearest gym was a while away and pretty tough to get to by public transport, so I just started wandering around the beaches near where I lived on the Mornington Peninsula and finding boulders.
I bought a pair of old climbing shoes from a friend at school, stole some couch cushions from mum’s house and I would go down to the beach and put up new problems after school. You can still find most of them on the crag—a lot of them are pretty rubbish, but there are a couple of gems in there. Seeing
