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Tue 14th Dec 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Hartley Hartley Vale Road | ||||||
17 | ★ Electrostatic Axila | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Tue 14th Dec 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Historic Wells | ||||||
14 | ★ Back to Back | 13m | Crap | |||
shit.maybe worthwhile if there were lower offs at about 8m!
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Tue 14th Dec 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Hartley Hartley Vale Road | ||||||
21 | ★★ Something with Spiders | 15m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
great climb
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Tue 14th Dec 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Historic Wells | ||||||
22 21 | ★★ Casper | 25m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
great climb. need to hang on at the end!
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Tue 14th Dec 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Rod's Ravine | ||||||
16 | ★★ The Friendly Jackal | 20m | ★ Good | |||
good stemming. would be veru consumer friendly to have lower offs at end of good stuff!
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Sat 11th Dec 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Helen Boulder | ||||||
19 | ★★ Zany | 23m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
classic Blueys face climb
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17 | ★ Hot Water | 15m | Don't Bother | |||
Wed 8th Dec 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall | ||||||
13 | ★★★ Honey Dip | 28m, 1 | ★★★ Classic | |||
1st pitch is one of the best in The Blueys. last did it in 97.
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21 | ★★ Geezer Pleaser | 30m | ★ Good | |||
still cleaning up
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15 | ★★ Just for Fun | 50m | ★ Good | |||
good but still cleaning up
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Thu 25th Nov 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Porters Pass Chasing Amy Wall | ||||||
18 19 | ★ 1800Traverse | 20m | ★ Good | |||
way harder than 18. Good to use two ropes if you can to avoid the rope drag, that's if your belayer knows how to belay with twin ropes!
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Thu 25th Nov 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Porters Pass Dogs, Cats & Apples Wall | ||||||
20 19 | ★★ Powerbra Rangers | 23m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
Good climbing. Needs another bolt between 1st and 2nd.
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Fri 19th Nov 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | ||||||
18 | ★★ Honey Rider | 60m | Average | |||
OK. Good moves on arete at top
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Fri 19th Nov 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | ||||||
21 | ★ Dr No | 10m | Average | |||
weird climb
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Fri 19th Nov 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | ||||||
20 | ★ Casino Royale | 15m | Average | |||
bit dirty but will clean up
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20 19 | ★★ Mr Big | 75m | ★ Good | |||
Good route but a bit loose thru shale at top
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Sun 7th Nov 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Sahara Point Beer Wall | ||||||
16 | Little Bitch | 8m | Average | |||
19 | ★ Xylazong | 17m | ★ Good | |||
easy 19. nice looking climb
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Sun 7th Nov 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Sahara Point Spirit Wall | ||||||
18 | ★ Connect The God Damn Dots | 12m | ★ Good | |||
good
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Sun 7th Nov 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Sahara Point Shit Face | ||||||
20 | ★★ Mr Self Destruct | 14m | ★★ Very Good | |||
deserves some stars
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Sun 7th Nov 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Sahara Point Beer Wall | ||||||
15 | ★ Message of Confusion | 18m | ★ Good | |||
nice cruisy climbing
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Sun 7th Nov 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Sahara Point Spirit Wall | ||||||
17 | ★ Enviro Vandal | 15m | Average | |||
one tricky move down low
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Sun 26th Sep 2004 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
Bayside Bluebeard Area | ||||||
19 | ★★★ Hungry Heart | 42m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Shame about the crap rock around the cave down low. Better to try and rap to DBB halfway down. Top pitch is brilliant.
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Sun 26th Sep 2004 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
Bayside The Deeps Area | ||||||
13 | ★ Banksia Corner | 40m | ★ Good | |||
some good moves
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Sun 26th Sep 2004 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
Bayside Bluebeard Area | ||||||
17 | ★ Bluebeard | 35m | ★ Good | |||
Good thrash up the crack with some good stemming at top
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Sun 26th Sep 2004 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
Bayside The Deeps Area | ||||||
16 | ★★ Rohanda | 40m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great position. Nice moves at top of climb with a little runout.
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Sun 19th Sep 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Mossy Wall | ||||||
19 | ★ Shadow the Goat | 15m, 5 | Don't Bother | |||
stay out of the moss!
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Sun 19th Sep 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Steep Wall | ||||||
19 | ★ Little Diego | 12m, 4 | Average | |||
Bolts in weird clipping positions. Good holds all the way
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19 22 | ★ Vasco Pyjama | 12m, 4 | Average | |||
Hard move halfway up, 20?
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Sun 19th Sep 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Mossy Wall | ||||||
19 | ★ B1 | 15m, 5 | Average | |||
ok
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20 | ★ Truancy Officer | 15m, 4 | Average | |||
more like 17
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18 | ★ Death of the Moss Monster | 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
nice and easy with one hard move, 16?
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Sun 19th Sep 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Creek Boulder | ||||||
14 19 | ★ Enviro Vandal | 12m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
weird. almost like climbing a granite dike
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Sat 18th Sep 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Lunch Ledge | ||||||
22 19 | ★★ The West Face of the Mirrorball | 120m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Classic for the great last pitch on upper wall. Led pitches 1, 3, 5 with Ari. Pretty easy to halfway ledge.
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Sun 5th Sep 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall | ||||||
20 | ★★ Light My Fire | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Took the left finish, quite exciting for 2 moves through steep bit. Great position above Firebug and below absquealers.
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Wed 1st Sep 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bowens Creek Main Wall Left | ||||||
20 | ★★ Kraut Pleaser | 15m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
some good moves
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22 | ★★ Shut the Gate | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Cool last move. easy till then.
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Sun 29th Aug 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall | ||||||
15 | ★★ Wild is the Wind | 80m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Very enjoyable. 3 good pitches.
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20 | ★★ Say Cheese for High n Wild | 36m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
good to do on double ropes so you can wander around getting some worthwhile pro. It rained on me for the last half. Not reccommended in the rain! Our 60m rope reached the deck with a stretch.
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Sat 28th Aug 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Ikara, Victorialand, Odin Head, Thor Head Ikara Head | ||||||
20 | ★★★ Caladan (Kaladan) | 32m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
One of the best hand cracks in the world! Better than Supercrack!
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Mon 9th Aug 2004 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point The Very Nice Wall | ||||||
18 | ★ A Nice Offering | 10m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
easy tick for crack climbers. watch out for loose stuff at top
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Mon 9th Aug 2004 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Descent Gully Walls | ||||||
18 | ★ Hard Knee | 7m | Average | |||
14 | ★ Pete's Two Bob | 6m | Average | |||
Mon 9th Aug 2004 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Orca Area | ||||||
18 | ★★ Korca | 24m, 7 | ★ Good | |||
nice positions
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Mon 9th Aug 2004 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Descent Gully Walls | ||||||
16 | ★ Puppy | 7m | ★ Good | |||
Mon 9th Aug 2004 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Gunbarrel Wall | ||||||
18 | ★★ Diddy Kong | 24m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
easy tick for 18
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19 | ★★ Gun Barrel Highway | 25m, 10 | ★★★ Classic | |||
took a little while to suss the crux move
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Sun 8th Aug 2004 - Nowra | ||||||
Bomaderry Creek Mortein Wall | ||||||
16 | ★ Kims | 10m, 4 | Average | |||
OK
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18 | ★ Fribble | 12m, 5 | Average | |||
20 | ★ Motorcycles In Heat (Motorcycle Sluts In Heat) | 8m, 2 | Average | |||
was on my knees at the top! hung on so I didn't have to test out them bolts!
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18 | ★ Flood | 11m, 4 | Average | |||
17 | ★ Psycho Hose Beast | 10m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
cruisy climb, runout isn't a problem
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Sat 31st Jul 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County The 39 Steps | ||||||
16 18 | ★ High Plains Drifter | 35m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Just as good as I'd Rather Be Sailing
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20 20 R | ★★ Clutching at Straws | 40m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Tricky in places.
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Sat 31st Jul 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Memory Lane | ||||||
19 | ★ Gentlemen, Start Your Engines | 40m, 9 | ★ Good | |||
nice brackets!
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Sat 31st Jul 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County The 39 Steps | ||||||
19 | ★★ I'd Rather Be Sailing | 28m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
hard start, but cruisy after half way even though it's run out a bit. Nice lower offs!
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Thu 29th Jul 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Mezzaluna Area | ||||||
18 | ★ High Society | 25m, 7 | ★ Good | |||
16 17 | ★ Dalek Staircase | 12m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
18 | ★ Salubrious | 18m, 4 | Average | |||
Thin start
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15 | ★ Shabby Doll | 16m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
exciting with marginal pro at bottom
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15 | ★ Community Service | 20m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
17 15 | ★ My Grandmother's Dinky | 20m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Good lead and well bolted for beginners. More like 14.
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17 | ★ I Know Boats | 18m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
17 | ★ Unethical | 15m, 5 | Average | |||
15 16 | ★ Stinkeye | 12m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Thu 1st Jul 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area The Bunker | ||||||
22 | ★ Amal Nitrate | 8m | ★ Good | |||
Hope the ironstone lasts!
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Tue 29th Jun 2004 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Betty Blue Area | ||||||
21 | ★★ A Day at the Beach | 15m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
pretty easy to last couple of moves. Nice rock.
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Tue 29th Jun 2004 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Sloth Area | ||||||
20 | ★ Three Bloody Roofs | 10m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
easier than it looks whilst under the last roof. Don't get led astray by all the chalk!
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20 | ★★ Sidetrack | 18m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
makes you think 2/3 way up. You appreciate the rock friction up there!
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Mon 28th Jun 2004 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Betty Blue Area | ||||||
20 21 | ★★ Broken And Barbed | 18m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
felt tough down low at start. cruised the rest
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Mon 28th Jun 2004 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Grotto Proper | ||||||
19 | ★ Fizzbomb | 13m | ★★ Very Good | |||
doesn't look much but is exciting over bulge!
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Mon 28th Jun 2004 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Iceman Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★★ Worm On A Razor | 30m | ★ Good | |||
Very varied climbing, almost Blueys like. Bit of a piss around getting off. My 60m rope didn't reach the ground? Maybe 30m plus.
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Mon 28th Jun 2004 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Descent Gully Walls | ||||||
18 | ★★ Samurai Pizza Catz | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
12th tick of my first day back at Nowra for 10 years! I'll be shagged tommorrow!
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Mon 28th Jun 2004 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Grotto Proper | ||||||
20 | ★★ Throbbing Pole Of Love | 15m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
first climb at nowra. Bit stiff for a warm up but hung in there for the onsight..just! Looks easy from the ground!
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Mon 28th Jun 2004 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Iceman Wall | ||||||
19 | ★ Jester | 20m | Average | |||
soft and boring compared to others in area
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Mon 28th Jun 2004 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Vanderholics Wall | ||||||
18 | ★ Gina Hardface | 15m, 6 | Average | |||
Wed 23rd Jun 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
18 | ★ Joslab | 23m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
I presume this finishes up Joseph for the last 2 metres to the rings, otherwise it's desperate!
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Wed 23rd Jun 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Helen Boulder | ||||||
18 | ★ Spastic Octopus | 10m | Don't Bother | |||
Wed 23rd Jun 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Descent Gully Area | ||||||
9 | ★ Great Unwashed | 20m | ★ Good | |||
Sat 19th Jun 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bowens Creek Bum Crag | ||||||
19 | ★ Lard Arse | 15m | ★ Good | |||
cruisy after getting pumped out and flying on other things!
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Sat 19th Jun 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bowens Creek Shopping Wall | ||||||
20 | ★ Half Yearly Clearance | 11m | ★ Good | |||
Sat 19th Jun 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bowens Creek The Dog Pound | ||||||
18 | ★ Nasty When Cornered | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice climb. Hard for 18 though.
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Sun 6th Jun 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Browntown | ||||||
19 | ★ Sorcerers Apprentice | 20m | ★ Good | |||
needs a few dozen more ascents(a few with a hammer and a brush) and will be ace! Broke off 5 holds on the way! Get your belayer to wear a helmet!
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Fri 4th Jun 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Grey Slab | ||||||
13 | ★ Trinity | 18m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fri 4th Jun 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ Girly Germs | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
tough down low.
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Fri 4th Jun 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Grey Slab | ||||||
17 | ★ Good Fortune | 18m | Average | |||
OK
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Thu 27th May 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Atlantis | ||||||
20 | ★ Driving the Fat Farang | 15m | Average | |||
ok. easy after first few moves.
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22 | ★ Bullshit Iceman | 15m | ★ Good | |||
awkward start but straight forward from there
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21 | ★ Wingman Anytime | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
don't hang around at the last move!
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19 | Subwoofer | 15m | Average | |||
desperate start then easy.
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Thu 6th May 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Browntown | ||||||
19 | Blinded by the Light | 8m | Don't Bother | |||
harder than 19 start. Why didn't it go further? did you run out out of bolts?
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Wed 5th May 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | ||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Brilliant. Top 2 are awesome pitches. Good idea the rap rings at the top to get off! Nice one son! Must have been exciting in the 60's!
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Sun 25th Apr 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area New York East (Right) Side Upper Tier | ||||||
21 | ★ Route Rustler | 15m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great start, cool moves around wave at halfway but spoilt by the fact that there's only 1 lower off. Had to fuck around threading the rings on Nudity and Tower to get down. Needs double rings at top or at 25m if you are bothered about running out of rope.
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Sun 25th Apr 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area New York East (Right) Side | ||||||
20 | ★★ Tombei the Mist | 20m | ★ Good | |||
Enjoyable and exciting climb thru the orange stuff to the great finish on jugs, don't forget cams for the finish!
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19 | ★ Silence of the Cams | 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
good warm up for the 22
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19 | ★ Exploding Budgies | 15m | ★ Good | |||
much harder than its neighbour 'silence of the cams'.
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Sun 25th Apr 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area New York East (Right) Side Upper Tier | ||||||
19 | ★★ The Big Corner | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Very enjoyable on good rock. More like 17. Went left at top to rings on Bela Lugosi.
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Sun 18th Apr 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Hartley Kangaroo Corner | ||||||
14 | ★★ Ivory Tower | 55m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Did it in 1 long pitch - not really recommended! Great positions traverse under the roof. Belay bolts would be handy?
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18 | ★★ Balance of Power | 48m | ★★ Very Good | |||
After the first 2m it is a classic climb. 2nd on first pitch/led top pitch. The start will eventually clean up OK. The direct start option looks way hard!
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Fri 9th Apr 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Hartley Kangaroo Corner | ||||||
18 | ★ Sandstone Cowboys | 45m | ★ Good | |||
Wanders a bit but fun climbing. Good litle overhang at end on crusty rock! Definately do it in 2 pitches.
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