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Grade Route Gear style Quality
Fri 29th Mar 2024 - Lone star
5.6 Easy Right Arete Top rope 12m Average
Sat 4th Nov 2023 - Calabogie
Main Cliff (Summer - Rock) 2nd Easy Way Down Sector
5.4 Black Book Top rope 15m
same, TR before bolting. Pretty consistent at 5.4, and everyone loves having a 5.4 sport route around, right?

 
5.7 In The Black Top rope 15m
Thinking of throwing some bolts in here, wanted to TR it again to see what I thought.

 
Sat 28th May 2022 - Calabogie
Main Cliff (Summer - Rock) 2nd Easy Way Down Sector
5.8 Refreshing Yet Troubled Top rope 17m Good
Sun 24th Oct 2021 - Mont Rigaud
Gully Area
5.9 No More Mr Nice Guy [another varation] Top rope Good
Sun 24th Sep 2017 - Lac Sam
5.SuperFunWall
5.7 Right Climb Top rope 12m Good
Sun 25th Sep 2016 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Glacier Point Glacier Point Apron Center
5.8 The Goblet TR-Slab Top rope 24m Average
Sun 28th Aug 2016 - Lac Sam
5.SuperFunWall
5.7 Right Climb Top rope 12m Good
Fri 2nd Oct 2015 - Joshua Tree National Park
Indian Cove Center Crags Varnished Wall
5.10b (fun top rope) Top rope 25m Good
Mon 28th Sep 2015 - Joshua Tree National Park
Quail Springs Trashcan Rock West Face
5.10a Bimbo Top rope 12m Good
Sun 16th Aug 2015 - Lac Sam
5.SuperFunWall
5.7 Right Climb Top rope 12m
Sat 9th May 2015 - Mont Rigaud
Hidden Wall
5.2 Via Serrata Top rope 6m
Looked like fun, so I hiked up to drop a TR off the big tree at the top. It ended up going easier than I expected looking at it.

With cleaning, there is a crack in the left face that might take gear; so could end up being an easy trad route.

 
Mon 6th Oct 2014 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Glacier Point Glacier Point Apron Center
5.8 Monday Morning Slab (TR) Top rope 58m Average
Granite slab.

 
Mon 1st Sep 2014 - Calabogie
Main Cliff (Summer - Rock) 2nd Easy Way Down Sector
5.6 (unkown 11) Top rope 17m Average
Not sure if it is leadable... not a lot of gear lower down. Will have to look again higher up... but might be slinging trees for a couple of the protection points.

 
Sat 5th Oct 2013 - Lake Tahoe, California Side
Phantom Spires Twin Owls
5.8 Unnamed 5.8 TR Top rope 11m Very Good
After a couple false-starts on the opening thin moves, I managed to get them. Then the rest went clean first try.

 
Sun 22nd Sep 2013 - Mont Rigaud
Gully Area
5.9 No More Mr Nice Guy [another varation] Top rope Good
Mon 2nd Sep 2013 - Kingston Mills
Main Wall
5.7 Dilemna Top rope 25m Very Good
Setup a top-rope after leading Kiddie-Corned, with a redirect at the 2nd overhang to keep the rope out of the crack. Some interesting slab work.

 
Mon 22nd Jul 2013 - Kent
Tunbridge Wells Harrison's Rocks Slab Area
Slab Top rope 8m Average
Mon 22nd Jul 2013 - Kent
Tunbridge Wells Harrison's Rocks Hell Wall
Hell Wall Top rope Good
A fun, short, climb.

 
Mon 22nd Jul 2013 - Kent
Tunbridge Wells Harrison's Rocks Isolated Walls
Sunshine Crack Top rope 9m Very Good
Maybe I'm a sick man, but I kind of like the grunting, awkward, make-progress-by-inches climbing that off-widths entail. My friends definitely think I'm sick.

But, if you have this sickness, then this is a fun climb. Otherwise, maybe you're best avoiding it.

 
Mon 22nd Jul 2013 - Kent
Tunbridge Wells Harrison's Rocks Long Layback Area
5b Long Layback Top rope 8m Classic
Lots of wonderful lay-back action on this one. Definitely polished, especially at the start, but still very climbable.

 
Sun 21st Jul 2013 - Kent
Tunbridge Wells Harrison's Rocks Squat Tower
Deadwood Cack Top rope 6m Good
Easy Variant Top rope 6m
Sun 21st Jul 2013 - Kent
Tunbridge Wells Harrison's Rocks Long Layback Area
2a Dark Chimney Top rope 10m
First experience on the very-slick sandstone of Harrison's Rocks. It was an eye opener, feeling quite a bit harder than a 5.0.

 
Sun 21st Jul 2013 - Kent
Tunbridge Wells Harrison's Rocks Squat Tower
The Vice Top rope 8m Good
Fun TR. Apparently often wet, but we found it dry.

 
Wed 22nd Aug 2012 - Thunder Bay
Pass Lake Overhang Wall/No Man's Land
5.6 A Question of Balance Top rope 9m
A fun top-rope, though some of the flakes felt... fragile.

 
Sun 17th Jun 2012 - Montagne d'Argent
Grand Canyon
5.5 Les Sorcieres du Bureau Ovale Top rope 12m Average
Sat 26th May 2012 - Montagne d'Argent
Chateau de Pierre
5.10a Le donjon Top rope 10m Average
Took two tries to get the beta right, but once I had it, it went very smoothly on the 2nd run up it.

 
Sun 6th Nov 2011 - Calabogie
Main Cliff (Summer - Rock) 2nd Easy Way Down Sector
5.4 Black Book Top rope 15m
Some fun moves in the dihedral.

 
5.7 In The Black Top rope 15m
Sun 18th Sep 2011 - Lac Sam
Historical
5.5 Escapism Top rope 17m Average
Climbed it with my pack on, as our way out from this local bit of cliff.

 
Sun 11th Sep 2011 - Lac Sam
Historical
5.7 Right Hand of Darkness Top rope 18m Good
And Bertrand lowered another clump of trees rightward for the re-direct, cause he spotted a good line, with some closer to vertical climbing. It had some nice vertical stuff on it.

 
5.5 One Tree Over Top rope 35m Good
Looked like a nicer face from the first climb... lowered rightwards, then climbed it. Some quite good climbing.

 
5.4 Scintille Top rope 36m Average
First climb of the day, where we rappelled in. Nothing super-special, though it has a few nice moves here and there.

 
Tue 6th Sep 2011 - Lac Sam
Historical
5.5 Tits 'n' Ass Top rope 27m Average
Some work with an off-width type feel to it going through the cleavage, but otherwise easy pleasant climbing.

 
Sun 15th May 2011 - Montagne d'Argent
Grand Canyon
5.4 Planete Halloween Top rope 12m
Fun but easy, even when damp.

 
Sun 8th May 2011 - Montagne d'Argent
Chateau de Pierre
5.7 La tourelle Top rope 10m Average
A bit wet and dirty. More tiring than expected cause many of the holds are slopers -- hard to rest.

 
5.7 La guillotine Top rope 10m Good
5.6 Le pont levis Top rope 10m Average
Blocky, but very slopy.

 
Wed 15th Jul 2009 - Lac Sam
5.SuperFunWall
5.7 Right Climb Top rope 12m
Mon 1st Jun 2009 - Kingston Mills
Main Wall
5.8 Odeum Top rope 25m

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