| Summits_Mountain_Guiding Guided mountaineering trips, private guiding, alpine instruction and ice climbing courses. (Queenstown, New Zealand) |
| Swiss_Rock_Guides Offering ski mountaineering and rock climbing guiding and instruction in Park City, Utah, and throughout Europe as well as Avalanche Education and Glacier Trekking. Information about choosing a climbi |
| Venture_Forth_Mountain_Guides_and_Instructors Mountaineering adventures, ropes course construction, and mountaineering skills courses in Southern Africa, North America, and Thailand. (Cape Town, South Africa) |
| Vertical_Resources Offers guided climbing and mountaineering ascents in New Zealand and other detinations. Instruction and expedition planning available. (South Island, New Zealand) |
| Wee\'s_Rock_Climbing_School Rock climbing instruction and local information. (Railae, Thailand) |
| AABW Information on collecting and dating old bottles in Australia. |
| Antique_Bottle_&_Glass_Collector_Magazine Features information and articles for collectors including classified advertisements and details of their auctions. |
| Antique_Bottle_Collector UK magazine dedicated to antique bottles, pot lids, ceramics, advertising and enamels. |
| Antique_Bottle_Collectors_Haven Information for collectors on clubs, shows, books, magazines, newsletters, newsgroups, items for sale, and auctions. |
| Antique_Bottles South African collectors scene with sections on digging, history and featured collections. |
| Antique_Bottles_of_Baltimore Site dedicated to collecting and digging antique bottles from Baltimore, Maryland. Photos of old bottles. |
| Antique_Bottles_Price_Guides Digger Odell Publications specializing in price guides and books for the antique bottle collector. Site also features stories and articles. |
| Antique_Wine_and_Black_Glass Photo gallery of 17th and 18th century antique black glass wine and other utility bottles and jugs. |
| Antique-Bottles_Net A forum that serves antique bottle collectors and includes sections on the identification, cleaning, digging, finding and photographing of antique bottles. |
| The_Aussie_Bottle_Digger Information about Australian Antique Bottle collecting. Site lists clubs, for sale and swap sites, bottle company histories. |
| Bottle_Bills_Antique_Bottle_Dump Site for bottle diggers and collectors. Contains information on antique bottles and bottling equipment used in the days of ginger beers. |
| The_Bottle_Den Specializes in American pontiled soda and mineral water bottles with photographs of rare or unlisted examples. |
| BottleDiggers_UK Digging and collecting antique bottles in the UK. Resource for learning more about specific types of bottles. |
| The_Canadian_Bottle_Lovers_Page A gallery of images of early Canadian bottles. |
| Cape_May_County_Bottle_Collectors Features a database with images of all known milk, soda, medicine and other bottles from Cape May County, New Jersey, USA. |
| Clive\'s_Ginger_Beer_Bottles_ A collector displays his bottles from West Dorset in the UK. |
| Cobalt_Blue An antique glass bottle source and links page containing information on buying, selling, cleaning, finding, classifying, and collecting bottles. |
| The_Cohen_Collection Chinese snuffbottles, pendants and jade carvings.Reference work available on CD-ROM. |
| Eyebaths_com Extensive list with pictures of hundreds of different vintage and unusual types of eye related bottles. Membership is required, but it is free to join. |
| High_Desert_Antique_Bottle_&_Medicinal_Tonic A collector provides information and photographs of medicinal tonic bottles. |
| Historic_Glasshouse Bottles from the 17th to the 19th century for sale also purchases similar items and performs appraisals. |
| Ian_and_Grahames_Bottle_Page Offers a variety of bottles for sale. |
| Lachrymatory_com Learn about the history and collecting of tear bottles. |
| Mike_and_Lila\'s_Old_Bottles Collector's list of bottles in personal collection and want list. Very interested in Indian bottles. |
| No_Deposit_No_Return_Soda_Bottles Discusses Paper Labels to ACL to Embossed bottles. Also links to other bottle sites on the web! |
| Phil_Murphy\'s_Fruit_Jar_Collector_Site Site discusses fruit jars as collectibles and offers pictures of lightning jars. |
| Rob_and_Kath\'s_Bottle_Page Dealer offers a variety of bottles including poisons, advertising, gin, inks, and perfumes. |
| Rob\'s_Poisons_Page Collector shows images with description of old poison bottles. |
| Seltzer_Bottles_Collection Site shows a collection of seltzer bottles from various countries: Europe, South America, US. |
| Sheppey_Bottles An online museum of old bottles originating from the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England. Old Kent beer bottles also listed. |
| Terry\'s_Torpedo_Bottles Site owner collects and displays old colored, pontiled, or stoneware torpedo bottles from any place in the world. |
| Tino\'s_Bottle_Page Collection of bottles. |
| Unique Specializes in antique bottles, pots, pot lids, ginger beers, and kitchenalia from the UK. |
| Victorian_Bottles_&_Pot_Lids UK site of collecting Victorian bottles, pot lids, pipes and ginger beers. |
| Wayne\'s_Bottle_World Site owner collects, displays and sells antique soda,ink, medicine, and other bottles. |
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Ice and Snow Climbing Conditions and Reports 2008
Report 7
The following reports are based on climbers recent experiences and Gavin Raubenhiemer’s knowledge of the area and recent weather conditions.
This will be the last report for 2008. Most areas have had good season, but as from now will start to deteriorate. Places like Sani Pass and Giant's Castle should still be ok till late August.
Giant’s Castle (updated 5 Aug 08)
Most routes are in good condition.
Makaza- pitches.
Main Lotheni Coulior – all pitches
If Pigs could Fly
Cold Hands Tight Screws
Walky Talkies
A new but minor route has been climbed up the right wall of the Walky Talkies gullyand is called Tip Toe. It starts at the same point as Walky Talkies and climbs the right hand side of the gully for 50m at WI 2 grade.
Note the following:
She's a Man Eater is very thin on the last pitch.
Faber Castell and Main Event are formed well but have not been climbed this season
Future X is semi formed.
Sani Pass and Black Mountain area. (updated 5 Aug 08)
Cool Bananas, French Wench and Wailing Wall are all in condition.
A new minor route has been climbed up the left fork of the Cool Bananas gully called Banana Daiquiri. If consists of steps of WI 3. Climbed by Greg Borman and Dominique Dix-Peek.
The Wailing Wall was openned by Greg Borman and Dominique Dix-Peek on Saturday the 2nd. Lead with pre placed protection from the rock ledge at one third of the way up the face.
Other Drakensberg Winter Routes (updated 5 Aug 08)
No report has been received for Giant's Castle Eastern Gully. It is probably non existent.
Mlambonja Coulior south of Rhino is non existent.
Mashai South Gully is non existent.
North east Lesotho (updated 5 Aug 08)
Oxbow: Probable ice in places.
Bokong Falls: Only semi formed. The gullies nearby are iced.
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