Photos by philbox

Ergophobe sitting in the cave on the second pitch belay on a route called Trojan on the upper overhangs, Mt. Tibrogargan, Glasshouse Mts. South East Queensland, Australia. Ergophobe (aka Tom Lambert) and Theresa Ho are currently in Australia on an extended roady. They have just completed their diving on the Great Barrier Reef and are now into the climbing leg of the trip. Pic taken by Phil Box on Toms Sony digy stills cam. ...Phil...

Theresa Phil and Tom posing here whilst doing a rock scramble down Teviot creek towards Teviot Falls. Teviot Falls is located at the head of the Condamine River in South East Queensland, Australia. This would have to be one of the prettiest rock scrambles going as even in the harshest drought there is always water flowing down this creek and over the falls. You`ll notice the tree ferns in the background on the left and on the right there is a bank of ferns growing out of the rocks. I love this place and it`s high on my list of places I take people.

Lee Skidmore (Manacubus) indulging in the extreme sport of book reading. This sport is normally indulged in when competing in the much more mundane occupation of belaying on anA3+ horror show called Cuddles on the upper overhangs on Mt. Beerwah, Glasshouse Mountains, South East Queensland, Australia. Pic was taken by Phil Box using the stills capture card of his Panasonic digy cam.

This is a pic of an aid hook placement on Brown Corduroy Trousers 30 metre Oz grade 28 at Frog Buttress, South East Queensland Oz. Lotsa scary thin placements on this climb and I even get to place my weeniest RP above this hook placement. Hear that wire sing on those RP`s eh, ooh scary eh. ...Phil...

Russian Aid System. Pic shows leg cuffs and aidtriers. The Russian Aid system is the bomb for aiding. Reach is much higher, reports of at least 18 inches to 2 feet higher reach is gained for those hard to get to placements. There`s talk of the Fish Russ Walling making these in the future, go Russ. I`ve used these on several occassions now and highly recommend them. ...Phil...

This is a pic I took at Frog Buttress of the correct way to set up a Silent Partner. This was set up using the directions to the letter. I ahve even used clove hitch back up knots although only one is pictured here. The SP is a cinch to use and I used it with a 9.1mm rope which saw the SP glide effortlessly up the rope. These things are the bomb for long aid pitches which would otherwise put your partner to sleep.

Ballnuts rule, especially for aiding. Even the weenie ones will hold a pretty decent fall as Grant my climbing partner will attest. The only thing is that you have to seat them in otherwise they will pull. Cleaning them is a cinch with a tug upwards to release the bond with the rock and then release the trigger and they`ll slide right out. I love my ballnuts.

This is where Grant and I try to pump ourselves silly. The wall is six metres high and 9 metres overhung giving about 13.2 metres climbing, almost all of which is near horizontal. The timber bits you see are flakes with undercut edges, we haven`t yet had anyone get to the end on this route. There`s one route up through the middle that Matt and I have done 8 times in a row each, so that equates to about a hundred metres of roof climbing. ...Phil...

Cameron Fairbairn pulling through on the first moves off the aproach slabs on escension A2+17 260 metres Mt.Warning Northern New South Wales. Funny when the crux is the first move on a 260 metre climb. The move entails mantling on to a 45 degree ledge via a sideways pull on a small arete off to the right. Feet are almost nonexistant as you pull wildly and work those hands up the small arete whilst heel hooking the sloper ledge.

Grant Edser onsighting the 3 and a half metre roof of Pendulus 20 metre Oz grade 23. PP starts off from a ledge 60 metres off the ground and the roof is wildly exposed another 10 metres above that. PP is on a cliff called Redcliffs near Murphys Creek, 100 k`s west of Brisbane South East Queensland Australia. Photo by Phil Box, I think from memory this is a slide which I scanned into my computer. You`ll notice how dirty Grants legs are, he came straight from work.

James Pfrunder finding the going a little tough on Pendulus, Oz grade 23 roof. Pendulus is a 20 metre climb which starts off about 60 metres off the deck on a sloper ledge and goes up through a bulgy crimper face and then into a 3.5 metre roof and then on up past jugs to top out after working hard. This route is at Redcliffs, South East Queensland, Australia. Notice the hole through the lip, this hole can be used to pull the lip and is an unusual feture inasmuch as it can be used from the inside as well as the outside. ...Phil...

Pete might take his portaledge up a wall but how is this for a great natural belay ledge. Comes complete with a comfy sofa. This is the fourth pitch belay on Escension 260 metres A2+ Oz grade 17 Mt. Warning. Northern New South Wales Australia. Cameron Fairbairn is lounging around in the spear lilly whilst I am about to tackle the blank short traverse which is usually climbed with a bathook move but I will cheat with of all things a cheat stick and miss out on the excitement of hanging in a bathook. We are about 60 metres off the top of the aproach slabs

A rare glimpse of Mt. Warnings Wollumbin Shield through the almost impenetrable rainforest. The walk in which takes aprox 4 hours is a mere 2 miles or so. the forest is festooned with waiterwhile vine and Giant Stinging trees will catch the unwary leaving a sting that will last for up to 6 months. The wall is about 4 to 5 hundred metres high and is about a thousand metres wide. Only two routes are currently documented for this wall. There was a failed attempt to bring a climb down from the top by a party who rapped in and free climbed each pitch before rapping to do the next pitch. Their attempt was thwarted by a 16 metre roof.

Don`t jump it aint worth it. I work up on a roof a lot and I`d like a dollar for every time I`ve ever heard that sentence shouted up from down below. Anyway this pic was taken at The Hole In The Wall, Mt. Castle, South East Queensland, Australia. I was up there guiding a group of 40 kids across the knifeblade ridge.

Lee Cujes standing in front of the largest cairn we saw on our trip to the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.

Testing the strength of a double headed figure of eight with one ear not attached. Conclusive evidence states that this is just as secure as though it had both ears attached. The load strand fails, the ear doesn NOT pull through.

Matt Eaton getting all scrunched up in his route called A Kneebar Too Far 15 metre Oz grade 29. He is only a smidge away from ticking the FFA on this project. He has been working it now for about 6 months. He is putting every effort into ticking it with single minded determination. It is all consuming. Every day he trots up the hill to the huge cave on the front face of Mt. Coolum on Queenslands Sunshine coast and he puts in 3 laps working it. Luckily he lives only two minutes away from the cliff.

JJ O'Brien climbing Black Leather Dungarees 30 metre grade 26 in The Cave at Mt. Coolum, Sunshine Coast, S.E. Queensland, Australia.

The great portaledge party in the upperoverhangs under the great roof of the Beerwah Bolt Route, Mt. Beerwah, SE Queensland Australia. There were 8 of us camped up there in either portaledges or hammocks on Saturday night.

Fran about to kiss the rock during her ascent of Erg at Frog Buttress, SE Queensland, Australia.

Pic from Steve Turners perspective using my camera of the cozy little vegemites all tucked in against a cool winters morning last Sunday morning after the the great portaledge party. There were 8 of us camped up on the wall that night. We were up in underneath the upper overhangs on the Beerwah Bolt Route, Mt. Beerwah, SE Queensland Australia.

Duncan Steel on one of his early attempts to climb Whistling Kite 30m 32 (5.14a/b) at Frog Buttress, SE Queensland Australia. He is pictured here on the bottom crux of the route. This shows how thin and delicate the foot work and hands are on this monster of a route.

Shem Barnes deep water soloing at the Pindari Dam in northern New South Wales. Pindari Dam is located near Macintyre Gorge and Ashford. During recent rains the waterfall started gushing so we all went to check it out and a couple of brave souls jumped in to the large pool below the falls necissitating a climb out to take another jump. Good times.

Cam Fairbairn on his new route, Terminus of Desire, 20metres, grade 25, The Secret Cave, Flinders Peak, SE Queensland, Australia.

Phil Box rope soloing a possible new route on Indian Head which is located on Fraser Island, the largest sand island in the world. Fraser Island is located off the SE Queensland coast.