Grade | Route | Gear style | Quality | Climber | |||
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Fri 19th Apr 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
19 R | ★★ Wall of the Afternoon Sun | 140m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Had been on the hit list for 35 years.
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Tue 16th Apr 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
15 | ★★ Antigone | 120m | |||||
17 R | ★★ Oedipus Rex | 150m | ★ Good | ||||
Tricky first pitch but didnt feel too R rated. Decent route overall.
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Sat 13th Apr 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
14 |
★★ Hot Flap
- with
Michelle C
| 170m, 2 | |||||
Mon 8th Apr 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
14 R Hard | ★★ Hot Flap | 170m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
rpt, zoe did her first trad lead on the second pitch
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Sat 6th Apr 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
15 |
★★ Sundance
1
12
42m
2
15
22m
3
13
30m
4
14
48m
| 140m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Great day out with Markus and Shelly.
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Thu 4th Apr 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
- with
Louis Birkhead
2
8
17m
lead by
Louis Birkhead
3
12
31m
lead by
Louis Birkhead
| 110m, 1 | |||||
Definitely a classic. Super enjoyable climbing on the first pitch. Second is jsut a scramble but the third is an epic and super airy but pretty well protected chimney witha re-birth narrowing at the top. Well worth a climb
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Sun 31st Mar 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
15 |
★★ Sundance
- with
Elise
1
12
42m
2
15
22m
3
13
30m
4
14
48m
| 140m | |||||
Sat 30th Mar 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
1
12
45m
2
8
17m
3
12
31m
4
8
18m
| 110m, 1 | |||||
Fri 29th Mar 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney | 110m, 1 | |||||
12 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney - with matt | 110m, 1 | |||||
15 |
★★ Sundance
1
12
42m
2
15
22m
3
13
30m
4
14
48m
| 140m | |||||
Sat 24th Feb 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
14 | ★★ Driftwood/Antigone | 120m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Challenging slab section
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18 |
★★ Creon - Tales of Brave Ulysses
1
17
50m
2
18
50m
3
10m
| 110m | |||||
very fun climb, good pro all the way. did the 3rd pitch direct straight up the small crack rather than going for the ramp on the left. added a few more meters of fun climbing. that last bit felt around gr 20, couldnt find if it is an actual pitch of any of the other climbs
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Fri 23rd Feb 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
19 R | ★★ Wall of the Afternoon Sun - with Shane V | 140m | |||||
Sun 11th Feb 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
- with
amos j
1
12
45m
2
8
17m
3
12
31m
Linked 3 and 4 in the dark.
4
8
18m
| 110m, 1 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Sun 28th Jan 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
1
12
45m
2
8
17m
3
12
31m
4
8
18m
| 110m, 1 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fri 26th Jan 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
14 |
★★ Driftwood/Antigone
- with
Andrew Rogers, stephi
1
2
3
| 120m | |||||
Mon 22nd Jan 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
- with
Tom Jordan
1
12
45m
2
8
17m
3
12
31m
4
8
18m
| 110m, 1 | |||||
Sun 7th Jan 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
15 | ★★ Sundance | 140m | |||||
Wed 3rd Jan 2024 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
14 |
★★ Hot Flap
- with
Kate Ferguson
1
8
24m
2
13
30m
3
14
32m
4
13
50m
5
12
35m
| 170m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
14 |
★★ Hot Flap
- with
Phill Lengyel
| 170m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Enjoyable moves on all the top 4 pitches. Didn't find pitch 3 run out at all. Fun, delicate moves through the slab traverse
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Sat 30th Dec 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney | 93m, 1 | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
A quick run up to get to the main event
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Wed 20th Dec 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
20 | ★★ Sunset Strait - with Alex MacAdam | 60m, 1 | |||||
Very lovely slabbing! had a hoot until I got runout and spooked above the bolt, tried to place a nut, accidentally overbalanced backwards and took a 5m+ flipper whipper onto the slab. helmets are good!
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Sun 17th Dec 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
1
12
45
2
8
17
3
12
31
4
8
18
| 110m, 1 | |||||
Had to bail from pitch 3. Leader knocked large rock down Chimney and I got injured dodging.
Please be careful when topping out pitch 3, many large rocks near the edge. |
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Sat 2nd Dec 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney | 110m, 1 | ★ Good | ||||
14 | ★★ Driftwood/Antigone | 120m | |||||
Incredible!
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Sun 26th Nov 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
15 | ★★ Sundance - with adam currie | 140m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
went to try find the nut that i lost last weekend - dnf (did not find)
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Mon 20th Nov 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
15 |
★★ Sundance
- with
amy beanland
1
12
42m
2
15
22m
3
13
30m
4
12
48m
| 140m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
great climb!maybe better than hot flap and definitely less runout
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Sat 18th Nov 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney | 110m, 1 | |||||
First time back in over a year, the head game and strength just weren't there to push through pitch 3
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Fri 17th Nov 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 ~14 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney | 110m, 1 | |||||
Wed 15th Nov 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney - with Tommyjayhutch | 110m, 1 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Mon 6th Nov 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
- with
Sylvie
1
12
45
2
8
17
3
12
31
Shared lead and seconding of the chimney pitch. Struggle city baha.
4
8
18
| 110m, 1 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Sun 5th Nov 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
20 R | ★★★ Take Five | 130m | ★ Good | ||||
The first pitch certainly woke me up! There is no second try if you come off early.
For my friends: grab a mate, load them up with small great including double cams up to and including DMM red and send them up the first pitch. You'll have a lovely morning seconding this. People I don't like, in particular those who leave their indicators on for large sections of the highway: first pitch is excellent! Give it a go. |
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Sun 15th Oct 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney | 110m, 1 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sat 14th Oct 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
- with
Jack Leerson
| 110m, 1 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
12 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
- with
Robert Varno
2
8
17m
lead by
Robert Varno
4
8
18m
lead by
Robert Varno
| 110m, 1 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
First pitch was nice climbing (poorly managed the rope drag though) and third pitch was an awesome introduction to stemming. Second and last pitch were very so-so (poor Rob led these).
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10 | ★★ Chicken Express - with Melissa | 75m | |||||
wanted to do mr chicken without repeating the watchtower chimney. ended up enjoying this way more than the regular watchtower chimney
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Sat 7th Oct 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
1
12
45m
2
8
17m
3
12
31m
4
8
18m
| 110m, 1 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
14 | ★★ Driftwood/Antigone | 120m | |||||
14 R | ★★ Hot Flap | 170m, 2 | |||||
Tue 3rd Oct 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
19 R | ★★ Wall of the Afternoon Sun | 140m | |||||
Sun 1st Oct 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
15 |
★★ Sundance
- with
Sam
1
12
42
2
15
22
lead by
Sam
3
13
30
4
14
48
lead by
Sam
| 140m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
14 R | ★★ Hot Flap - with Chris Rule | 170m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Excellent! I led p1,3,5.
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14 |
★★ Hot Flap
- with
j wiz
| 170m, 2 | |||||
Long sweeping run across the face of the wall. Hard to determine where the end goal was, but we made it there eventually. Trad Adventuring
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14 | ★★ Driftwood/Antigone - with shree | 120m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Fri 29th Sep 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
14 R Hard | ★★ Hot Flap - with amy beanland, Meike Pummer | 170m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
ended up on the wrong climb for a few moves, didn't realise at the time and thought it was stiff and spooky for the grade but makes more sense now I looked at the guide book
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Thu 28th Sep 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
1
12
45
2
8
17
3
12
31
4
8
18
| 110m, 1 | |||||
Tue 26th Sep 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 ~14 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney - with Jim schreenan | 110m, 1 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
This climb should be avoided for beginners because of the traverse in the first pitch
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12 ~13 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
1
12
45m
2
8
17m
3
12
31m
4
8
18m
| 110m, 1 | |||||
Sat 23rd Sep 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney - with Tommathy swift | 110m, 1 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
rpt. leading chimneys will always be scary
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14 R | ★★ Hot Flap - with Tommathy swift | 170m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
rpt
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12 Hard | ★★ Watchtower Chimney | 110m, 1 | ★ Good | ||||
K in a day quest
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14 R | ★★ Hot Flap | 170m, 2 | ★ Good | ||||
K in a day quest... Simuled most of it,
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Tue 19th Sep 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
15 | ★★ Sundance | 140m | |||||
Mon 18th Sep 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
1
12
45
2
8
17
3
12
31
4
8
18
| 110m, 1 | |||||
A great climb. Pitch 1 and pitch 3 were obvious highlights. I'd seen pictures of pitch 3 before climbing and read comments on the crag which made it sound exposed and terrifying, but I actually felt super solid in it the whole time and didn't really notice the height or exposure too much. Maybe it depends how comfortable you feel with chimneys, but if you've climbed a few before I think you'll feel solid and good about it. The protection in the chimney was surprisingly good too, a classic.
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Sat 16th Sep 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney | 110m, 1 | |||||
12 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney | 110m, 1 | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Deserves more stars
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Tue 12th Sep 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
14 |
★★ Hot Flap
- with
jasper
1
8
24m
lead by
jasper
3
14
32m
lead by
jasper
5
12
35m
lead by
jasper
| 170m, 2 | |||||
Sat 9th Sep 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 ~13 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
1
12
45m
2
8
17m
3
12
31m
4
8
18m
| 110m, 1 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Fri 8th Sep 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
14 R | ★★ Hot Flap | 170m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Traded leads with Dan
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14 R | ★★ Hot Flap | 170m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Swing leads with Phil for his first climb at araps
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Tue 5th Sep 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
- with
Daniel G, Margot
1
12
45m
2
8
17m
| 62m, 1 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Yeah we don't need to talk about this one. Very grateful to have friends who can put up with my impulsive bullshit sometimes.
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12 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney - with Margot | 110m, 1 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
14 |
★★ Hot Flap
- with
ScoFlo
1
8
24
2
13
30
3
14
32
4
13
50
5
12
35
| 170m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
14 |
★★ Hot Flap
- with
Tyler Morgan
1
8
24
2
13
30
3
14
32
4
13
50
5
12
35
| 170m, 2 | ★ Good | ||||
Mon 4th Sep 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney - with Jess C | 110m, 1 | |||||
Much grunting up P3. Made the anchor on the right of the big chockstone (#1,#2,#3) which seemed consistent with the guidebook but was a pretty awkward stance.
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Sun 3rd Sep 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney | 110m, 1 | |||||
Thu 31st Aug 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
15 | ★★ Sundance - with Stu | 140m | |||||
18 | ★ Watchtower Days - with Stu | 35m, 1 | |||||
Wed 30th Aug 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney - with Patrick Chambers, margot | 110m, 1 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Led up this barefoot to rescue Pat off a rainy Mr Chicken. Cool climb and a funny photo!
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Sun 27th Aug 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
14 |
★★ Hot Flap
- with
Leandro Scholz
1
8
24m
2
13
30m
3
14
32m
4
13
50m
5
12
35m
| 170m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
14 |
★★ Hot Flap
- with
Chris Baker
1
8
24m
2
13
30m
Linked 2 and 3. Amazing climbing. Loved it so much!
3
14
32m
4
13
50m
5
12
35m
The only bit o did not like that much. Still a good finish for an amazing route. | 170m, 2 | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Thu 24th Aug 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
19 | ★ Argonauts - with Rachel Aistrope | 40m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Cool spooky slabbing with wacky gear. Got my foot too high in the crux and had to deadpoint to a crimp providing an excellent adrenaline boost to the back half of the route. Great harder end to siren
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Mon 14th Aug 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 ~14 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney | 110m, 1 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
This was the first climb I ever seconded at araps, and after watching my friend lead it I was terrified to ever come back.
Finally got on and had an amazing time. High quality first pitch with a nice sketchy traverse into slick slabbing.
The chimney was good fun and got to say high to the rubber chicken.
Definitely a sandbag
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Sun 6th Aug 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
14 | ★★ Driftwood/Antigone | 120m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Loved this! The first two pitches are long and interesting, with the final pitch still offering a couple of worthwhile moves. Protected really well throughout!
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Sat 5th Aug 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
14 R | ★★ Hot Flap | 170m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Wed 2nd Aug 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney | 110m, 1 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Wed 26th Jul 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
15 |
★★ Sundance
1
12
42m
2
15
22m
3
13
30m
4
14
48m
| 140m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Start of Watchtower session
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14 |
★★ Driftwood/Antigone
1
2
3
| 120m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Route 3 of the day.
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Tue 25th Jul 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
14 |
★★ Hot Flap
1
8
24m
2
13
30m
3
14
32m
4
13
50m
5
12
35m
| 170m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Route 7
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Sun 16th Jul 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
14 | ★★ Driftwood/Antigone - with work | 120m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Wed 5th Jul 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
15 |
★★ Antigone
- with
Martin
1
13
60
2
15
48
lead by
Martin
| 110m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Finished as for Oedipus Rex
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16 |
★★ Oedipus Rex P4
4
16
30
| 30m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
14 | ★★ Driftwood/Antigone - with martin oliver | 120m | ★ Good | ||||
Sat 17th Jun 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
15 | ★★ Sundance | 140m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
A great addition to my black list.
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Fri 16th Jun 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
15 | ★★ Sundance | 140m | |||||
Great line.
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Sat 10th Jun 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
14 R | ★★ Hot Flap - with Chen Wang | 170m, 2 | |||||
12 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
- with
Tristan Walker, papawalker
1
12
45m
Nice technical end on wet slabby face
2
8
17m
3
12
31m
Kinda fun kinda annoying. Body jammed first half then stemmed second half. Found the stemming easier
4
8
18m
| 110m, 1 | |||||
12 | ★★ Watchtower Chimney - with VL | 110m, 1 | |||||
First pitch was interesting as it was soaking but still fun
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12 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
2
8
17
3
12
31
Scary crux, fun scary though
4
8
18
| 110m, 1 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
14 R | ★★ Hot Flap | 170m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Thu 8th Jun 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
14 R | ★★ Hot Flap | 170m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
With Kiwi KC.
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Sat 3rd Jun 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
15 |
★★ Sundance
1
12
42m
2
15
22m
3
13
30m
4
14
48m
| 140m | ★ Good | ||||
Last pitch was actually really fun , just runout to gain the break at the start
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Sat 27th May 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
14 |
★★ Sundance
3
13
30
Fun... After slipping scary face but
4
14
48
Fun finish to a short day. | 78m | |||||
13 |
★★ Antigone P1
1
13
60m
First pitch to link up with Sundance. | 60m | |||||
14 |
★★ Hot Flap
1
8
24m
2
13
30m
3
14
32m
4
13
50m
5
12
35m
| 170m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Still spooky bits
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Mon 22nd May 2023 - Arapiles | |||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | |||||||
12 |
★★ Watchtower Chimney
- with
Adrian
3
12
31
4
8
18
| 49m, 1 | ★ Good | ||||
From Mr Chicken to the top.
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14 R | ★★ Hot Flap - with Adrian | 170m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
15 | ★★ Sundance - with Adrian | 140m | ★★★ Classic |