Vertical Life

Coz Fleming / Joanne Lee / Sule McCraies team@verticallifemag.com Jo Jamieson //jo@adventureentertainment.com Charles Werb //charles@adventureentertainment.com Araminta McLennan, Ab Yamani, Laurie Carter, Chiara Messina, Pavel Wojtech, Donna Huynh, M

Is it worth celebrating if you’ve just sent your first V1? Are you really even a climber if you can only climb grades V5 and under? There’s been much discussion about who’s considered a “real climber” and who isn’t, the more important question is - w

Maybe, you got your first carabiner at a social climbing competition, as a door prize. Now you’re thinking of getting a belay device. You ask around, and someone recommends a store called ‘Bogong Equipment’ on Little Bourke Street. Bogong owner Neil