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LAND OF THE GIANTS

In December ’23, I realised a long term wish of onsighting the very inspiring line Sacred Ground (23), Gardens of Stone National Park, in a single 63m pitch. I had taken visiting Queenslander Lee Prescott with me that day, and showed him the track to nearby trad climb Supercrack (24) so he could get ready to climb it whilst I was packing up. On his way, he stumbled across a monster 15m offwidth roof crack.

He was frothing propulsively like a puppy

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