Friday 30 January 2009, 10.45am.
Posted link to climbing shots at "Fotki.com" click on the slide show button, upper right or just view each photo, some of them are slides taken back in the 1960 to 1974 with a camera that had a bad light meter built in. I will add more photos when I get enthused enough. Have to start concentrating on the side car & house/yard/fence when it cools down again.
Hugh on Fuddy Duddy Direct
The late Hugh Ward leading Fuddy Duddy Direct (14) at Narrow neck Katoomba in the late sixty's or early seventy's.
1971 Alpine Rally
Wednesday 28 January 2009, just a short story from days past, hope you enjoy the read.
ALPINE RALLY 1971
Pete Jenkins and Paul (Dogs) Macarthy
Macquarie Fields, south of Liverpool Friday night
Paul, on a BSA 650 twin & on 'P' plates, restricted to 50 MPH (80 KPH), left home about 3 pm on Friday afternoon.
Myself, on a BMW R60/5 short wheel base, left after work from home at 6 pm.
No dual highways then, just the 2 lanes and bottle necks all the way to Yass, our meeting place.
I caught and passed Paul about 38 miles (60 kay) east of Yass.
Paul found me in a cafe with coffee warming myself in front of the wood fire at 10pm.
We left Yass at 1030 pm and headed south on the road to Wee Jasper sealed to the intersection
at the bridge where you head over the bridge to Wee Jasper (about 20K), we headed on the dirt straight ahead sign posted to Canberra. After a few miles (about 10K) we turned left for a short while (about 20K) then turned right on to the road to Piccadilly Circus, over the hill and down into the Brindebella valley turning left (south) before the bridge and camped at the side of the road a mile or so along, about 2 am in the morning.
Saturday morning found us with a nice coating of ice over everything. The BSA started first kick, not so the BMW, had to cut a piece of wire out of the fence to use as a tow rope.
We then proceeded down the road to the end, as the map showed the might be a way over the river, no such luck, dead end.
We then proceeded back to the road over the bridge, then turn south again on to the road to Rules point, no gate and unknown territory for both of us.
A good ride down to rules point where there were road works everywhere on the Alpine Way, turned left up to the Kiandra hotel for a well earned beer, feed and to refuel. Meet other BMWTCNSW members who had come down via Cooma.
We then drifted down to the camp site under the bridge at Yarangabilly. There were large piles of fire wood there then from the road works, large campfires every where burning all night.
In the morning I did not start the BM until it was in the sun and I had boiled up 4 billies of water to throw over the motor, it then started first push of the button.
Myself and another 2 members on a R75/5 decided that Sunday night dance at the Wee Jasper hall was the go. Paul headed back home via Cooma with a couple of members.
Up over Talbingo mountain (dirt) where Dave Thompson had came to grief on his R60/2, no injuries except to the bike, we headed on to the dirt after Tumut just as the sun went down, quite a hairy ride keeping up to the 750 in the dark dodging wombats, he knew the road I didn't!
Made it to Wee Jasper for a late tea, set up camp in a caravan behind the shop then around to the dance in the hall
Entrance fee 1 shilling and 6 pence (15 cents), 6 people, 1 record player and 4 rock & roll 45's
We had had enough after 30 minutes, back to the caravan and a few beers.
The next day an uneventful ride back up the Hume to Picton, thence via the back road to Campbelltown and home.
PJ alies Grandad
Presentation of badges, yes that is Paul Evens of the BMWTCNSW to the right & my R60/5 & Paul Giles the Alpine rally starter in the middle.
ALPINE RALLY 1971
Pete Jenkins and Paul (Dogs) Macarthy
Macquarie Fields, south of Liverpool Friday night
Paul, on a BSA 650 twin & on 'P' plates, restricted to 50 MPH (80 KPH), left home about 3 pm on Friday afternoon.
Myself, on a BMW R60/5 short wheel base, left after work from home at 6 pm.
No dual highways then, just the 2 lanes and bottle necks all the way to Yass, our meeting place.
I caught and passed Paul about 38 miles (60 kay) east of Yass.
Paul found me in a cafe with coffee warming myself in front of the wood fire at 10pm.
We left Yass at 1030 pm and headed south on the road to Wee Jasper sealed to the intersection
at the bridge where you head over the bridge to Wee Jasper (about 20K), we headed on the dirt straight ahead sign posted to Canberra. After a few miles (about 10K) we turned left for a short while (about 20K) then turned right on to the road to Piccadilly Circus, over the hill and down into the Brindebella valley turning left (south) before the bridge and camped at the side of the road a mile or so along, about 2 am in the morning.
Saturday morning found us with a nice coating of ice over everything. The BSA started first kick, not so the BMW, had to cut a piece of wire out of the fence to use as a tow rope.
We then proceeded down the road to the end, as the map showed the might be a way over the river, no such luck, dead end.
We then proceeded back to the road over the bridge, then turn south again on to the road to Rules point, no gate and unknown territory for both of us.
A good ride down to rules point where there were road works everywhere on the Alpine Way, turned left up to the Kiandra hotel for a well earned beer, feed and to refuel. Meet other BMWTCNSW members who had come down via Cooma.
We then drifted down to the camp site under the bridge at Yarangabilly. There were large piles of fire wood there then from the road works, large campfires every where burning all night.
In the morning I did not start the BM until it was in the sun and I had boiled up 4 billies of water to throw over the motor, it then started first push of the button.
Myself and another 2 members on a R75/5 decided that Sunday night dance at the Wee Jasper hall was the go. Paul headed back home via Cooma with a couple of members.
Up over Talbingo mountain (dirt) where Dave Thompson had came to grief on his R60/2, no injuries except to the bike, we headed on to the dirt after Tumut just as the sun went down, quite a hairy ride keeping up to the 750 in the dark dodging wombats, he knew the road I didn't!
Made it to Wee Jasper for a late tea, set up camp in a caravan behind the shop then around to the dance in the hall
Entrance fee 1 shilling and 6 pence (15 cents), 6 people, 1 record player and 4 rock & roll 45's
We had had enough after 30 minutes, back to the caravan and a few beers.
The next day an uneventful ride back up the Hume to Picton, thence via the back road to Campbelltown and home.
PJ alies Grandad
Presentation of badges, yes that is Paul Evens of the BMWTCNSW to the right & my R60/5 & Paul Giles the Alpine rally starter in the middle.
Monday 26 January 2009, 9.40pm
This is a test to see how I can add notes with photos, so lets see what happens.
I will try and add some photos from my climbing days with info.
This is called "Tombstone Wall" a grade 15 at Mt Pidington in the Blue mountains at Mt Victoria, a climb I have done plenty of times, even in Kastinger Mountain boots, this shot was with climbing shoes, ie; like racing slick tyres. This shot I am about 6mts. off the ground heading diagonally up to the right on very small foot holds.
I would now head up towards the sky line, to a belay (rest point) just out of sight directly above me about another 6mts. or so.
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