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Fri 31st Dec 2010 - Frenchmans Cap Area | ||||||
Frenchmans Cap Tahune Face | ||||||
16 | ★★ Tierry le Fronde | 150m | ★ Good | |||
3pm start, evening summit, lovely NY eve. Shame about my upset guts....
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Wed 29th Dec 2010 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Yesterday's Groove Area | ||||||
25 | ★★ Slackbladder - with Neil | 230m | ★★ Very Good | |||
HAd 2 plays on this helping Neilo on FA attempts. Top 4 pitches excellent. First 3 pitches, had to bail and climb out Mirrorball
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Mon 20th Dec 2010 - Bulahdelah | ||||||
The Delah Wall Bumble Buttress | ||||||
17 16 | Baby Pinnacle | 10m, 4 | Average | |||
Climbs a nice feature and great acrobatics by John to put anchors in!
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Fri 3rd Dec 2010 - Mount Iron | ||||||
Ironside | ||||||
22 | ★★ Bush Lawyer (Bush Lawyer (C)) | 20m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
grade 22 in guidebook
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22 | ★★ Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden(j)) | 15m, 5 | Average | |||
19 20 | ★ Out There on the Edge (Out there on the Edge (k)) | 15m, 5 | Average | |||
22 23 | ★★ Steelworks (Steelworks(i)) | 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Mon 22nd Nov 2010 - Bulahdelah | ||||||
Perfect Area Perfect Wall | ||||||
19 | Johns trad route | 16m | Average | |||
TR'd this a few years ago with John
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Sat 20th Nov 2010 - Du Faur walls | ||||||
Suffragette wall | ||||||
18 | Freda Soul | 10m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
Felt a bit taller today.
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Sat 20th Nov 2010 - Du Faur walls | ||||||
Emancipation wall | ||||||
17 | FA ★ Annie Lindon | 10m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Harder than it looked. Rap rather than lower through anchors
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Sun 14th Nov 2010 - Du Faur walls | ||||||
Emancipation wall | ||||||
17 | FA ★ Marie Byles | 10m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
Good moves, shame theres not another 10 m of it
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19 | FA ★★ Brede | 12m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
nice varied climbing and headwall easier than it looks
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Sat 13th Nov 2010 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Zap Crag Lower Zap | ||||||
20 | ★ Resistor | 20m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
climbed up and down the crux a few times til I could get enough reach
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18 | ★ Mr McGlue | 20m | ★ Good | |||
straightforward and nice
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Sun 7th Nov 2010 - Umina | ||||||
Lake View | ||||||
20 | ★★ Chain anchor | 13m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
more interesting than it looks,some nice moves
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16 | ★ Quick links ahoy | 11m, 4 | Average | |||
mossy, well featured rock
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18 | ★ Step across gap | 13m, 5 | Average | |||
Well bolted
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21 | ★ Broken drill bit | 12m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Its not the name,but if people arent going to publicize.... Better than it looks
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Wed 3rd Nov 2010 - Joll's Bridge | ||||||
Lower cliffline | ||||||
23 | ★★ Big Black Box | 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Finally did this clean. Interesting to see how a taller person did it
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Sun 17th Oct 2010 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Janicepts Area | ||||||
18 | ★★★ Amen Corner | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Seconded this 7 years ago on learn to climb weekend. Alz OS, Classic corner
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Sun 17th Oct 2010 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Solomon Area | ||||||
17 | ★ Cardiac Arete | 38m | ★★ Very Good | |||
NIce rebolt- still heady. Some rap bolts would be useful. Had a long walk to above Angular crack to get down
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16 | ★★ Genesis | 58m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Rather tricky, especialy without many big cams
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21 | ★★ Skinless Chicken | 27m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Flight line for chickens? Classic arete climbing
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19 | ★★★ Gemini | 51m | ★★ Very Good | |||
fist jamb- yeah right, its an off width for me and it made me want to vomit.
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Sun 10th Oct 2010 - Du Faur walls | ||||||
Emancipation wall | ||||||
19 20 | ★ Marie Paradis | 12m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Mels first legitimate FA! tr'ed it before bolting
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21 | FA ★ Petticoat Brigade | 12m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Interesting pockets low down
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Sun 10th Oct 2010 - Du Faur walls | ||||||
Suffragette wall | ||||||
22 | FA Blanche | 12m, 4 | Average | |||
could be 18 on the Rod scale.
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Sat 9th Oct 2010 - Bulahdelah | ||||||
Hoppy's Cave | ||||||
23 | ★ Young and dumb (Young, dumb and full of Hoppy's cum) | 12m | ||||
The cave warm up!
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Mon 4th Oct 2010 - Wolgan Valley | ||||||
Coke Ovens Cliff | ||||||
18 | ★★★ Sizzler | 81m | ★★ Very Good | |||
THe randomized trial showed taping does help me to fist jamb
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14 | ★ Death-bed Confession | 60m, 10 | ★ Good | |||
OK for thegrade. Nice and long
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18 | ★★★ Cactus | 78m | ★★ Very Good | |||
LEd P1. Raining. Rope didnt reach tree. Left booty biner and bolt plate behind
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Sun 19th Sep 2010 - Du Faur walls | ||||||
Suffragette wall | ||||||
23 | FA ★ Pibrac | 12m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Hard start, mantle not as awkward at top as other routes
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23 | FA ★ Flowton | 12m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
long reaches low to tricky top out mantle
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21 | FA Eccleston | 8m, 3 | Average | |||
still needs a good clean
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Sun 12th Sep 2010 - Du Faur walls | ||||||
Suffragette wall | ||||||
22 | FA ★ Oh Muriel | 14m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great sequences
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20 | FA Aunt Emmeline | 10m, 4 | Average | |||
UNfortunately the easiest way to the anchors is the offwidth at the top
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20 | FA Dupain Institute | 10m | Average | |||
As much fun as physical jerks. No idea how to grade an offwidth
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Mon 6th Sep 2010 - Watagans | ||||||
Monkey Face Lower Crag | ||||||
23 | ★ Chook's Reach | 12m, 2 | Average | |||
Probably McDougalled the top
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Sat 4th Sep 2010 - Bulahdelah | ||||||
Hoppy's Cave The Terrace | ||||||
24 | ★ upper tier, crack over carrots | 20m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Doing the old- I'll clean it on TR trick. Pumpy.
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Sun 29th Aug 2010 - Du Faur walls | ||||||
Suffragette wall | ||||||
18 | FA ★ Faur Out | 10m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
18 | FA ★ Du It | 10m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
16 | FA ★ Freda Mind | 10m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Sat 28th Aug 2010 - Joll's Bridge | ||||||
Lower cliffline | ||||||
21 | ★★ One Sick Puppy | 12m, 4 | Average | |||
overrated and chipped
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18 | Mega Luv Jugs | 15m, 2 | Average | |||
overrated. Horrible slab at top
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22 | ★ Fellin Kinda Sporty | 15m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
needs anchors to make it worth while, good moves
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21 | ★ Fully Loaded Man | 20m | ★ Good | |||
a few interesting sections, well bolted
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Sun 22nd Aug 2010 - Watagans | ||||||
Ancient Remnants Main Wall | ||||||
17 | ★ Corner crack | 15m | Average | |||
Pretty clean and would be safe to lead to anchors of Unknown 1
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17 | Unknown 1 | 16m | Average | |||
Numerous carrots and lots of moss and vines to 3 RB anchor
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Sat 21st Aug 2010 - Berowra | ||||||
Bullet Hole Wall | ||||||
22 23 | ★ Torque Is Cheap | 10m, 3 | Average | |||
whats with the stars?? Painful crimping
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20 22 | ★ Broken Candy | 13m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
goodmoves between well spaced holds. thanks to whoever retrobolted it
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Sat 21st Aug 2010 - Berowra | ||||||
Glamorpus Area | ||||||
24 | ★★ Glamorpus | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
if Liberal get in this climb will have been the highlight of my day
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Mon 16th Aug 2010 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point The Grease Cave | ||||||
23 | ★★ Pulling On the Porcelain | 12m | ★ Good | |||
Fun enough. COuld do with new bolts.
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Mon 16th Aug 2010 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Orca Area | ||||||
15 | ★ Left-hand Lichen (Mossy Climb LHV) | 22m | Don't Bother | |||
Just killing time while Ryan replaced cleaning biners on Orca. Maybe good for beginners
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Mon 16th Aug 2010 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Descent Gully Walls | ||||||
17 | ★ New Nowra is Old News | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Felt hard for a warm up!
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Mon 16th Aug 2010 - New Nowra - Braidwood Road | ||||||
Hylands Lookout South-Western side Busted Arse Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ Busted-arse Ol' Coot | 18m, 10 | ★ Good | |||
Footer broke first go. Very Nowra start. Should clean up well.
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Mon 16th Aug 2010 - New Nowra - Braidwood Road | ||||||
Hylands Lookout South-Western side Black Mamba Wall | ||||||
22 | Coffee Powered Shit Box | 15m, 8 | Crap | |||
About 4 metres of nice climbing,the rest is summed up by the name. I should have known better than to get on a HIll sandbag
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Mon 16th Aug 2010 - New Nowra - Braidwood Road | ||||||
Hylands Lookout South-Western side Liquidity Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Wait till Winter | 20m, 9 | ★ Good | |||
stars and grade may be slightly overinflated. Nice though.
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22 | ★★★ Birds Over Burnouts | 25m, 10 | ★ Good | |||
one or two moves maybe make it 22?
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Mon 16th Aug 2010 - New Nowra - Braidwood Road | ||||||
Hylands Lookout Middle Ground | ||||||
16 | ★ Rubics Cube | 15m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
excellent fun for the grade
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21 | ★ Bloodsport For All | 15m, 9 | ★ Good | |||
a bolted crack! gone to the darkside
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Mon 9th Aug 2010 - Bulahdelah | ||||||
Lookout Area The Middle East | ||||||
18 | ★ Good One Jono (POcketed crack) | 14m | ★ Good | |||
Not bad, but not araps
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20 | Jane (superthin crack) | 10m | Average | |||
scary,bring RPs and C3s
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16 | ★ Kuwait (Wide trad crack) | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Mon 9th Aug 2010 - Wingello | ||||||
Gulp Road Candy & Supa Fun Happy Walls | ||||||
19 18 | ★ Elektrobank | 12m | Average | |||
glad there was some chalk on this fingery warmup
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Sun 8th Aug 2010 - Wingello | ||||||
Gulp Road La Paz | ||||||
23 | FA ★★ Old dogs, new tricks | 17m | ★★ Very Good | |||
keep heading up the ramp to find it. Needed a good brush but then really interesting
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Sun 8th Aug 2010 - Wingello | ||||||
Gulp Road Rave Cave | ||||||
21 | ★★ Howling at the Moon | 25m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
after the awful start this route is gold
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Wed 4th Aug 2010 - Bulahdelah | ||||||
Billy Woods wall | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Billy Woods | 22m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Doesnt get any easier with time.
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Sun 1st Aug 2010 - Wingello | ||||||
Gulp Road Candy & Supa Fun Happy Walls | ||||||
24 | ★★ Happy Days | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Had done Cal sun before but no memory of it. Ran out of draws which made the route really pumpy...
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Sat 31st Jul 2010 - Wingello | ||||||
Gulp Road San Pedro Wall | ||||||
20 | ★★ Pinger | 12m | ★ Good | |||
I guess I hadnt done this one? Wall ould be nicer without the gridbolting
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Sat 31st Jul 2010 - Wingello | ||||||
Gulp Road La Sancta Wall | ||||||
23 | FA ★ Python arete | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Bolted it 3 years ago and finally got around to doing it. Would be good with traffic and tick marks! Tricky and delicate
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Sun 25th Jul 2010 - Bulahdelah | ||||||
Perfect Area Perfect Buttress | ||||||
20 | ★★ Double Trouble (Overhanging arete) | 22m | Average | |||
great position and some good moves but the offwidth bit sucks
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Sun 25th Jul 2010 - Bulahdelah | ||||||
Perfect Area Perfect Wall | ||||||
20 | ★★ perfect 6 | 17m | ★ Good | |||
start is the crux
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19 | ★★ Perfect 7 | 17m | ★ Good | |||
felt harder than the other one
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Sat 24th Jul 2010 - Popran | ||||||
17 | FA ★ Ethel the aardvark | 15m | ★ Good | |||
TRed it a few times and decided worth bolting
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23 | FA ★ The knights of Ni | 20m | ★ Good | |||
ended up veering left at crux though straight up possible at harder grade
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Wed 21st Jul 2010 - Bouddi National Park | ||||||
Wagstaffe - Lobster Cave | ||||||
22 | FA Cast Off | 10m | Average | |||
A DOD style link up- no extra bolts required. Linking ledge detracts
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Sun 18th Jul 2010 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bowens Creek Shopping Wall | ||||||
23 | ★★ Express Checkout | 13m | ★ Good | |||
I thought the easiest of the 23s on this wall- with a decent rest
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Sat 17th Jul 2010 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bowens Creek Main Wall Centre | ||||||
23 23 A0 | ★ Broken Blonde Gift | 25m | ||||
Still an OK climb, a good warm up
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Fri 25th Jun 2010 - Glenrock Lagoon | ||||||
The Fish Bowl | ||||||
20 | ★ Trents Flake | 14m, 5 | Average | |||
the rock is a bit dodgy, v hard to clip anchors if short
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22 | ★ Trents Flake- direct start | 12m | ★ Good | |||
the bottom moves are interesting
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Sun 20th Jun 2010 - Bulahdelah | ||||||
Lookout Area Lookout wall | ||||||
19 20 | ★ Powderpuff Girls (Trent and Robs route) | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
17 | My Boyfriend Is A Draw Monkey (Ferny route) | 15m | Average | |||
Sun 20th Jun 2010 - Bulahdelah | ||||||
The Pinnacles Dog Leg Pinnacle | ||||||
20 | ★ Stepping Out (Layback crack from atop pinnacle) | 12m | ★ Good | |||
rather burly ofthe block
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23 21 | ★ Green Corduroy Trousers (Dans R arete) | 20m | ★ Good | |||
will be god when footers stop breaking
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Sat 19th Jun 2010 - Watagans | ||||||
Rope Rd Key Hole Left | ||||||
17 | ★ Violet Crumble | 21m | Don't Bother | |||
crumbly rock and awful anchors
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19 | ★ Neanderthal Jive (Neanderthol Jive) | 22m, 3 | Average | |||
despite the moss and the rusty carrots it was quite good
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Sat 19th Jun 2010 - Watagans | ||||||
Rope Rd The Midlands | ||||||
22 | Chipped route to left of honeycomb | 20m | Average | |||
the finger crack was OK. The chips are not. The bolts???
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18 | ★★★ Honey Comb | 25m | ★ Good | |||
A bit like Fer de Lance
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Sat 19th Jun 2010 - Watagans | ||||||
Rope Rd Funnel Web Walls | ||||||
18 | ★★ Funnel Web Crack | 20m | ★ Good | |||
Nice crack, but the conglomerate hurts
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Mon 14th Jun 2010 - Wingello | ||||||
Gulp Road Candy & Supa Fun Happy Walls | ||||||
22 | ★ Opium | 26m | ★★★ Classic | |||
the crux of Euphoria then 3 more hard bits then the crux of Pura Vida. 23. Rad.
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Sun 13th Jun 2010 - Wingello | ||||||
Frosty Hollow Red Wall | ||||||
18 | ★ I love the smell of Victory in the morning (The smell of Victory in the morning) | 10m | ★ Good | |||
shame it isnt longer
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Sun 13th Jun 2010 - Wingello | ||||||
Frosty Hollow Dudes wall | ||||||
15 | ★ The Pillar of Gulp | 15m | ★ Good | |||
for the grade its fun
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Sun 13th Jun 2010 - Wingello | ||||||
Frosty Hollow Crack Wall | ||||||
24 | FA ★★ Barracuda Blues | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
very technical and maybe hard to onsight
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Sat 12th Jun 2010 - Bungonia Gorge | ||||||
South Wall - Main | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Evolution | 220m, 55 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Pitches 4,5,and 6 are stellar and worth the icky bits below
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Mon 7th Jun 2010 - Bulahdelah | ||||||
Engineers Arete | ||||||
23 | ★★ The Black Pearl (Hard slab route) | 20m | ★ Good | |||
tricky for a 23, use a great thumb catch and throw to an undercling
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18 | ★ Room with a View | 40m, 14 | ★★ Very Good | |||
harsh rock at first, then nice slab to great belay
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Sun 6th Jun 2010 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bowens Creek The Dog Pound | ||||||
21 | ★ Chastity Bolt | 12m | ★ Good | |||
Crimpy and fortunately easier the higher you go
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Sun 6th Jun 2010 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bowens Creek Shopping Wall | ||||||
21 | ★ Line of Credit | 12m | Average | |||
Take away the stars and give them to the 23s.
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23 | ★★ Shopping Spree | 13m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Slightly easier than the one to its left, but the sideways lunge is hard with short arms
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Sun 30th May 2010 - Woy Woy | ||||||
Phegans Bay | ||||||
22 | ★ Left wing (large U bolts left of CN) | 12m | Average | |||
very weird and spaced U bolts
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