Thanks for posting the video. It bought back some memories when I climbed it a few times back in the 90s. It looks like the summit area has succumbed to a bit of fire and drought over the years as it used to be thicker rainforest. I remember having to walk down a bit to the south-west to get a good view of Ernest & Barney as there were no views from the summit at that time. It's a special mountain. I hope to do it again one day.
Thanks for your comments. It is a special place alright and I hope to get up there again in a few months' time to see how the vegetation is recovering. I hope you manage to get up there again as well...
I'm obsessed with Jalgumbun. I read in Allan Cunningham's Journal that on the way to finding 'Cunninghams Gap' in July-Aug 1828, Cunningham, Captain Logan, and George Fraser came across Mount Hooker (renamed Lindsey) and Mount Barney (originally called Lindsey). Cunningham wrote he saw Captain Logan climb Mt Hooker(Lindsey) aswell as running into local aboriginals who spoke of climbing the mountain semi-regulary.
Thanks for your comments. We started at the end of the Old Mount Lindesay Highway which turns off the current highway several kms before you reach the border tick gate. We went up the steep SE ridge to the base of the cliffs. The route starts from there.
Great video, thanks. What a mountain (I'm not a rockclimber). Do you guys know if anyone has ever been up onto Mount Glennie which lies to the east of Lindsay? I haven't been able to find any posts of any kind on the whole net, let alone RU-vid. I even messaged the Northern Rivers Bushwalkers and they haven't been there. It remains a mystery mountain that no one ever goes to.
Hi Joshua…no stings to report but several of us had tiny, needlelike thorns from the many small prickly shrubs embedded in our hands…it took me weeks to eventually dig them out with a needle! 🤣
Thanks for your comments. Regarding Mt Glennie and the pinnacle, Glennies Chair: the pinnacle was first climbed way back in 1928 but has very few ascents that I am aware of. It's difficult to access which might be one reason but because it's hidden on the side of Mt Glennie, it perhaps doesn't attract quite so much attention. As I understand it, there is a network of old forestry tracks that wind up through that area which might be worth looking at if you are considering visiting the peak.
Michael, your name is instantly recognizable to climbers of a certain vintage, I read everything I could get hold of. as the community was so tiny and fragmented back then. Rob Rankin covers those days in his superb little book Secrets of the Scenic Rim. Do you have a biographical site where I could find out more about your career. We never used rope, and the view was nonexistent, so once was enough. I found it weird watching your belaying technique, we used a figure of 8.
Thanks for your comments. It was a special era we realise now but at the time, we were just doing what seemed interesting. I haven’t set up any biographical site as I don’t think my life is all that interesting 🤣. I have alluded to my early bushwalking and climbing activities in the Introduction in my climbing history book, The Living Rock, but that’s about it.
@@hugoonair I am still in shock after watching your 87 yr mate climbing Logan's. He reminded me of a D9 and has enough willpower to power a small town. I was not surprised to see his bleeding hands, means he's mortal. I did photos for Rock, Legends of Queensland Climbing,by Hillary Jones who later married Kevin Pearl who you would have known, he died inconveniently shortly after they got hitched. I will steal a copy of your book.😇
@@hamlltonhope8123 thanks for that. Kevin was a lovely bloke and his early demise was tragic. The first few times I climbed Lindsay we used no rope as well. It’s become a lot more challenging after the 2019 fires which destroyed much of the vegetation on the cliffs…
@@Yuhanpeng3005 I've been up Campbell's Folly a couple of times and Ivory's Rock several times but not Pages Pinnacle. The Pinnacle is a sport climbing destination these days so there's a good track into it apparently. I don't know where it starts though...
@@Yuhanpeng3005 yes it is but it is very exposed in places and the unstable rock you climb on is often loose. Without a safety rope it is a dangerous exercise.
