Finding rests while climbing trad is all relative.... here Kachoong settles into the comfort of hammock ready to drink a glass of beer.... or is it a jug!?

....of wires, cams and hexes should be practised by every health-conscious climber.

Dave cranks hard through the jams, facing the consequence of a four week break from trad climbing. Despite the short length of this climb, its superb quality makes up for it.

Focused on the job, Dave blasts a move or two before he can continue thinking of more pleasant things in life other than hand jamming.

The landscape surrounding Frog Buttress is enough to distract even the most attentive belayer.

This pic is for testing the sizing of photos to check if the photos database is forcing all the preferred size submission photos to become a standard size such as 800x600 when in fact the pic was submitted smaller.

Here is a bum shot of John starting up the amazing line that is Conquistador, 40 m 21. to the right of Conquistador is Devils Dihedral, probably the best 20 at Frog. To the right of that is the double crack corner capped by a thin roof move that is the 23 test piece, Deliverance. All these routes were freed by Henry Barber in '75.

A close up of the colourful nature of a section of rock at Frog Buttress, Queensland. The rock is rhyolite, in some places being fairly rough and completely smooth in others. It forms perfect splitter cracks of all sizes, dihedrals, corners, chimneys and almost blank crimpy faces.

....it's exactly what was going through Hugh's mind as he blasted up the direct start to this Frog Buttress climb, Dave Manks Electric Gorilla (21, 5.10d). Then he said it aloud for all to hear just before his 20 foot whipper on the orange alien he is placing here. He landed 4 feet off the ground, upside down and was captured on film by Philbox.

Hugh finds the upper half of the Electric Gorilla a little less unnerving than the first desperate 30 feet.

Grant Edser leading the second hardest climb at Frog Buttress, SE Queensland, Australia. Pokamoko And The Valley Girls goes at 5.13d or Oz grade 30/31. There are two very distinct and hard cruxes combined with very thin edging and lots of smears to make this remarkable climb something for the hard men/women to aspire to.

Duncan showing what it takes to pull the move on the first crux of Pokamoko And The Valley Girls 5.13d. Duncan hasn`t sent the climb yet but Grant did last weekend.

Satans Smokestack is a four sided chimney for about 20 metres of its 40 metre length. This climb is sooo unusual that it should be on the tick list of any Frog Buttress visitor. You`ll either love it or hate it, hopefully you`ll love it.

On the arete above the yawning depths of Satans Smokestack. S.S. is a four sided chimney for about 20 metres of its 40 metre length. Stepping across to gain the stance to climb the arete is breathtaking to say the least. Satans Smokestack is located at Frog Buttress in SE Queensland Australia.

Dave (kachoong) stepping up on Piranha 45m 20 *** at Frog Buttress, SE Queensland, Australia. Canon 300D 10 to 22mm lense.

Dave showing quite the style on Piranha 45m 20 *** at Frog Buttress, SE Queensland, Australia. Canon 300D 10 to 22mm lense.

Dave captured during one of his calm moments on this classic, sustained Frog Buttress 5.10c climb. Photo by Andy Fellows.

Andy getting through the crux jamming on Theory. The flake is a large leaning block wedged in with a big cavity behind it large enough to almost sit behind.

Dave (kachoong) fist jambing his way up past the Theory flake. Theory is a classic Frog Buttress route at Mt. French in SE Queensland Australia. The Theory flake looks like it is suspended in air but in reality it is bomber, totally locked into position and keyed there.

Dave (kachoong) jambing his way whilst placing gear on lead. Dave is climbing a classic Frog Buttress route called Theory which is a grade 14. Frog is in SE Queensland Australia. Frog is the premier crack climbing destination in Oz.

With his sights on the crux moves, Andy fires a wire in to settle himself.

Duncan Steel bridging at the start of the crux moves on Brown Corduroy Trousers *** 25 metre Oz grade 28 or 5.12d/13a. BCT is at Frog Buttress, SE Queensland Australia. Duncan and Grant both got the tick on first of May 2005. 6 hard moves bust through this thin steep face seam before easing to better feet and hands before the anchors. This is a unique test piece that all the hard men have to try themselves on. Climb was put up by Kim Carrigan.

Duncan Steel setting himself before launching into the start of the crux moves on Brown Corduroy Trousers *** 25 metre Oz grade 28 (5.12d/13a). BCT is at Frog Buttress in SE Queensland Australia. I rigged up a tyrolean traverse from the top of the cliff to the base of a tree way out and down the scree slope to position myself to take this pic.

Dave in the middle of jam city, but there are always opportunities to bridge on the classic grade 20/5.10c Frog Buttress climb "The Great Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine". Photo by Andy Fellows.

Andy scratches around for some comforting gear at the start of "The Stars Look Down" (21/5.10d) at Frog Buttress.