Paynes Ford Dec 09
hi, i'm severin from germany and looking for someone to climb with this december around paynes ford.
i have my own gear (i'll buy a rope, quickdraws and a crash pad this friday), but no one yet to climb with.
i'm planning to spend some time there, exploring abel tasmen national park as well as the many crags (seem to be the best of the south island, according to my guidebook ;) ). unfortunately i don't have any outdoor climbing experience so far and our tiny gym in germany didn't have such features as graded for its routes ^^
here in nz i've only been bouldering twice on hot water beach so far but am definitely looking forward to extend my climbing experience here.
i'll probably arrive at takaka next monday the 7th.
if you want to txt me, my number is 021 0561444
cheers!
as cragrat said - go camp at hangdog. Talk to the dirtbags. You'll be fine. Especially if you're female

You will find most climbers will be staying at the Hangdog Camp 2 minutes up from the crag.
http://hangdogcamp.co.nz/index.htm
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