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Rock is Australia's climbing magazine. Rock is published four times a year (in January, April, July and October). Since 1978 Rock has been the voice of Australia's climbers and continues to be the benchmark and reference point for the climbing community.

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Issue 74 Out Now!

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Rock we have prepared an extra special bumper autumn 2008 issue for our readers. The highlights include:

  • A photo essay on the three major destinations on New Zealand's South Island - Paynes Ford, Castle Hill and the Darrans
  • A report on big repeats at Mt Buffalo
  • Some of Australia's top female climbers talking to Helen Day about their relationship to the sport
  • Frog Buttress's devilish crack climb, Satan's Smokestack, tackled by Aaron Favell
  • The painful experience of putting up a new route at Narrow Neck in the Blue Mountains, with Michael Law
  • Advice on shooting digital images, by master of photography Simon Sirotti
  • A profile of Rock's founder and former Managing Editor Chris Baxter OAM, by Peter Jackson
  • Falling: dangerous but doable. Arno Ilgner explains
  • A six page Flash section... and much, much more.

Note: subscriber copies were mailed on 27 March; the official on-sale date is 2 April.

For the full table of contents for this issue, go to the Wild and Rock Index.

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Packing out poo

On multiday climbing or river trips when you have to pack out your poo, carry snap-lock bags and 1.25 litre PET bottles. Pack your food into the snap-lock bags and carry water in the PET bottles. As you eat the food, put your poo and paper in the empty snap-lock bags. When you finish a water bottle, cut the top one-third off the PET bottle and put your poo-filled snap-lock bags inside, then tape the top back on. This gives a well-sealed canister for your packed out poo. Use really good duct tape!

From: Karen Fry, Lonely Planet. Published: 11 Jul 2006.

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