Back at the infamous Kangaroo Point - this is a convenient place to try to catch a pump after doing things in 'the Big City'. Even with the early nightfall the lights make for some good entertainment in the evening. It is really interesting to try and thread an anchor with these big honkin' lights shining up from between your toes.
We got another good dose of the local ratings - there are at least 3 different guides for this little crag - by and large they disagree about the ratings. That, combined with the complete disagreement about converting a 19 to US decimal (is it 5.10 a , 5.10 b or 5.10d - depends on the website!) makes for some interesting flailing.
We ran into a US climber - now living in Shanghai. He mentioned a particular route about 10 meters down the crag that had pumped him out. "They told me it was only 5.9 but it was like a Valley .10b - every move!"
I am looking at this 17 meter, scruffy, edgy, blocky bit of quarried cliff, presently throwing nasty shadows at the dark, and thinking "Dude, do tell. Are we in the same place?"
But the city lights are quite pretty, there are some interesting art works about, chockers with kids of all ages (we have never *seen so* many "mums w/ prams" -- maybe its just coming
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from the odd demographic of Boulder but this place seems just awash with kids!)
people out puttering in spud-boat kayaks in the twilight (and dodging the "RiverCat" ferry boats that cruise by.) There are evening rock climbing classes (they don't even start until the sun goes down), and lots of folks throwing various foodstuffs on the park provided gas barbies. Quite the urban atmosphere.
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Looks like we'll have to put Kangaroo Point on our five star area hit list! :-)
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