Cool in Katoomba
Saturday, March 21st, 2009
After a hectic few days in Sydney we headed for the hills and stayed put there for 5 days. After sleeping in only sheets for the past 6 weeks we were shocked to find that we were cold at night. So we stopped at Blaxland, a little town in the Blue Mountains and bought sleeping bags in the local op shop.
We set up camp in the caravan park in Katoomba, where Tim spent hours with his nose in the Blue Mountain rock-climbing guide planning our adventures. He investigated all the possibilities, including him finding a climbing partner and going off for the day, which would have been great. He inquired at one of the climbing shops about finding someone to climb a 7 pitch classic climb with in the area. It was very amusing when he was given “Nadia’s” phone number. He joked about how he was going off to climb with this exotic European climbing chick. He phoned her and she was just a regular old Aussie Sheila who couldn’t fit in a climb while we were there. Never mind, as it worked out he took Michaella on a big climb and she was fantastic. It’s so nice to have these adventurous girls up for anything. Already they are far more gutsy than I ever was!We spent a couple of days all together at Mt York, a popular climbing crag. The girls loved climbing on real rock and did so well. Charlotte fossicked around the bottom and did her own little climbing of the little boulders around the place. It was awesome to be at the stage where we can all go out on a day’s adventure. Even though I’ve never been a serious rock-climber I did attempt to crawl up a climb(well half of it anyway) but I’m loving seeing the girl’s develop their skills. There’s nothing like reliving your youth through your children!
kim