Less than one week before departing on her maiden voyage, Andrea 'the Pleb' Hah has jumped upon the rapidly filling send-train that is Serpentine. This iconic route, graded 29 on the old scale, breeches the center of Taipan wall and is one the majority of climbers dare to attempt. Perhaps due to a rich, colourful yet intimidating history or maybe because it is a mixed gear multipitch. Eh, whatever....this route is a shitload of fun and people should get on it. Andrea showed great dedication to the cause, enduring several days hanging out with Gay Dave and the Tassie 'Tards. How she managed not to laugh herself off that belay ledge I will never know. In true A-Team style, Pleb post-send, smashed several Dark and Stormies (her favourite drink boys ;-) ) and proceeded to destroy everything within an arm's reach using a bloody mallet; this is the done thing nowadays. So what does this all mean? Have we found a rock-star in the making? Perhaps. Time will tell. Until then Pleb will be writing a travel journal from her 6month+ trip to Europe, so stayed tuned for it....exclusive to COC.
PS: Doug 'Dougal' McConnell has sent Rage 29 and Sidewinder 27 in the past week. He can now retire from the Taipan ledge. Nice one ballbagger!
- Grosey
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