The Araps trip was definitely a climbing trip, but when you put four blokes together with a big bag of coffee, jaffles and goon, things tend to take a while.

The down side - less climbing than you'd expect; the upside - millions of genius ways to pass the time around the campsite.

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By general consensus, mornings were the best part of the day at our campsite - coffee, jaffles and talking shit in the sun, and things generally took a while to get going.

Climbing before midday was a definite no-go, and anything before 2pm was generally frowned upon.

But there was plenty to do - get a car to tow you on a bike to the top of the mountain (an arm-pumping 5k journey to the top) and rip down at 60k+ an hour; juggle on the slackline or try and catch a knife mid-turn; put a fake rubber snake on the path and watch as countless climbers shit themselves.

Here's a bunch of my favourite pics from around the campsite:

Danny bolting down the road to the summit





This shot kinda sums up our campsite - we had shit eeeeverywhere





Steve, a dude from the campsite, trying to slackline with a busted umbrella on a windy day





Sammy launching the rubber snake at the camera





And, finally, American dude Sam squeezing out an egg - because that's what happens at Araps. Check out the relief on his face