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Riley Smith climbing in Australia
 
Photo by Lindsay Smith

Quite a view!

Jo Harford —

Riley Smith (Year 12) travelled to Australia in the holidays for the opportunity to train with members of the New Zealand Alpine Team in Australia. 

He made excellent progress, climbing grades well above anything he had done before and learnt a huge amount from the other five experienced climbers who made the trip. 

The photo shows Riley pulling through the roof section of Kachoong, nearly 200 metres above the plains below. This is one of the classic climbs at Arapiles.