WELCOME TO OUR LOCAL LORE COLUMN, WHERE WE DROP A PIN ON THE CLIMBING MAP AND ASK LOCALS TO GIVE US THE BETA. FROM LOCAL CLIMBING LEGENDS AND LORE TO MUST-DO-ROUTES AND HISTORICAL DEEP DIVES, WE’RE LETTING OUR FAVOURITE LOCALS LOOSE ON THESE PAGES TO TELL US HOW WE SHOULD BE SPENDING OUR TIME IN THEIR BACKYARDS.
QUEENSLANDER KYLE ADDY TAKES US DEEP INTO THE CRACK CLIMBER’S PARADISE, FROG BUTTRESS, JUST IN TIME TO START PLANNING YOUR WINTER ROAD TRIP.
“WHERE A HAND IN A CRACK IS LIKE A CRACK IN THE HEAD… YOU’LL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN!”
—STUART CAMPS
My heartbeat is deafening. I question the decisions that have led me to my current position. I am perched high on the flank of an open corner, frozen in a precarious stance, a row of small RPs connecting my lifeline to the cliff. The sun has
