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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality
Tue 27th Feb 2024 - Cathedral Rock
	19	★★★ With The Angels - with David Gray, jonty	Sport 43m, 17	★★ Very Good
Found the move off belay at start the hardest en route ( short arms). Second pitch just lovely. Led P2 and 3…..
Wed 21st Feb 2024 - Mount Wellington
The Organ Pipes Bulging Buttress
	20	★ Smokin'	Trad 15m	★ Good
Saw the anchors on way down and did a quick TR lap. Would feel stout placing gear, quite bouldery.
	22	★★★ Heat Pump 1 Sport Good climbing in its own right 2 Sport Spent ages in the middle shaking out and working out what to do. A few big reaches/ dead points in the first half sapped my energy	Sport 30m, 12	★★★ Classic
Sun 18th Feb 2024 - Mount Wellington
The Organ Pipes Flange Buttress
	21	★★ Influenza	Sport 28m, 12	★ Good
Some nice moves once in the stemming groove. The 9 th or 10th bolt’s nut was quite loose. I finger tightened it, worth bringing a spanner
Wed 24th Jan 2024 - Mount Wellington
The Organ Pipes Northern Buttress
	20	★ Pension Day	Sport 20m, 9	★ Good
Interesting enough, found it as tough as the other two, though may have been just reacquainting myself with the Pipes dolerite
	21	★ Game On	Sport 28m, 10	★ Good
Intricate crux at about third height for me that was quite enjoyable. A bit stop/ start from half height
Tue 23rd Jan 2024 - North West Bay River
Dog Leg Bend Main Cliff
	19	Black Lab	Sport	★ Good
Not too bad for a late addition, though top a bit contrived and friable
	21	★ Guide Dog	Sport	★ Good
Interesting lower section
Fri 19th Jan 2024 - The You Yangs
Great Circle Drive North Gravel Pit Tor Area
	17	★ Asylum for the Insane	Mixed trad 22m, 3	Average
A quick diversion while waiting for the ferry
Sun 7th Jan 2024 - Fingal Gym
	15	★ Wide Horizon	Trad 8m	★ Good
Original ascent solo, rpt today
	13	★ Ichi Knee	Sport 8m, 2	Average
Original ascent was solo, weirdly coming up as red point. Rpt today
Mon 11th Dec 2023 - Fingal Gym
	18 ~19	★ Hop	Sport 10m, 3	Average
Tricky start keeping left of arete. Stupid finish.
Thu 7th Dec 2023 - Berowra
Blackboard Wall
	20	★★ Tomorrow's Villians	Sport 12m, 4	Average
Thu 7th Dec 2023 - Berowra
Bullet Hole Wall
	19	★★ Boris	Sport 13m, 6	★ Good
It’s a squeeze but didn’t feel too contrived
Thu 7th Dec 2023 - Berowra
Pimple Buttress
	11	★ ThreeSandShoes	Sport 5m, 2
Surprised to see a standard solo for many years now with bolts
	17 ~19	★ Abe Simpson	Sport 10m, 5	★ Good
I have this ticked as a solo, but I think that was Plum Duff. This is almost a retrobolt of Pimple and of similar difficulty
	13 ~8	WallowWall	Sport 12m, 4	Don't Bother
Another questionable route
	3 ~1	★★ Abseil Slab	Sport 12m, 2	Crap
Seriously, I walked down this with no hands and the dog ran up it. Needs to disappear.
Sun 26th Nov 2023 - Chapman's Hill
The Towers
	10	Orchid arete	Trad 7m
Probably done off the top ropes a bit, it was fairly clean.
Tue 14th Nov 2023 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Little Triggers Wall
	15	★ The Arrow and the Song	Sport 26m, 9	★ Good
The one I hadn’t done. Finished up Karinya by mistake. Found going direct at 3rd bolt quite tough for grade
Tue 14th Nov 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Mossy Wall
	19	★★ Matador	Sport 15m	Don't Bother
Crap rock, only good move is the starting mantle ( if you don’t chimney)
Fri 3rd Nov 2023 - Foster Falls
Dihedrals
	5.9	★★ Twist and Shout	Sport 15m, 6	★★ Very Good
Fun and interesting arete, now off to the airport
	5.11a	★★ Pillsbury	Sport 15m, 5	★★★ Classic
Lovely technical finger seam
Fri 3rd Nov 2023 - Foster Falls
First Wall
	5.10a	★ Tea and Strumpets	Sport 4	★ Good
Tough crux for shorter people
Wed 1st Nov 2023 - Tennessee Wall
T Wall East
	5.9	★★★ Golden Locks	Trad 30m	★★★ Classic
5.9 on MP and in guidebook that seems fair, hardest start of the day. Stellar route once above the slippery start
	5.9	★★ Razor Worm	Trad 32m	★★★ Classic
The most enjoyable route of the day
Tue 31st Oct 2023 - Tennessee Wall
T Wall East
	5.8	★★ Passages	Trad 30m	★★★ Classic
Really nice climbing and protects well
	5.10a	★★ The Sweep	Trad	★★ Very Good
A bit manky in the middle ( with minimal pro) but fun start up V groove
Sun 29th Oct 2023 - Obed National Park
Lilly Bluff Left Side
	5.9	★★ Rocking Chair	Sport 18m, 6	★ Good
Quite a steep little number. Good into to the blocky rock.
Fri 27th Oct 2023 - Red River Gorge
Gray's Branch Region Military Wall
	5.10c ~5.10d	★★ In the Light	Sport 17m	★ Good
Not much easier than the 11c I Onsighted at the Gallery
	5.9 ~5.10a	★ Sunshine	Sport 15m	★ Good
A feisty warm up.
Wed 25th Oct 2023 - Red River Gorge
Southern Region Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve (PMRP) Sore Heel Hollow The Gallery
	5.10b	★★★ A Brief History of Climbing	Sport 23m, 9	★★★ Classic
Insane steep plates and a good move near the start.
	5.11c	★★ Different Strokes	Sport 18m	★★ Very Good
Shortish but nice movement and a hand jam
	5.10c ~5.10c	★★ DaVinci's Left Ear	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
Harder than some 11as I have been on here. But really liked it , technical and hard
Sun 22nd Oct 2023 - Red River Gorge
Southern Region Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve (PMRP) Sore Heel Hollow Bronaugh Wall
	5.9	★★ 5.10 Until Lee and Jeff Do It	Sport 15m	★ Good
Just another steep pocket pulling adventure.
Sat 21st Oct 2023 - Red River Gorge
Southern Region Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve (PMRP) Sore Heel Hollow The Gallery
	5.10b ~5.10c	★ No Brain, No Pain	Sport 12m, 5	★ Good
The start was about the hardest moves I did all day. Definitely deserves grade 20 Australian
Thu 19th Oct 2023 - Red River Gorge
Southern Region Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve (PMRP) Drive-By Crag
	5.11c	★★ Spirit Fingers	Sport 21m, 7	★★ Very Good
The crux was definitely the thin seam, felt grade 23, the rest was just pump management and plain fun.
	5.10b	★ Make a Wish	Sport 23m, 8	★ Good
The start felt like one of the harder moves all day. Got here early to beat crowds but didn’t really work.
Wed 18th Oct 2023 - Red River Gorge
Southern Region Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve (PMRP) Drive-By Crag
	5.10b	★ Slick and the 9mm	Sport 18m, 9	★ Good
Quite enjoyed this as a warm up
Tue 17th Oct 2023 - Red River Gorge
Southern Region Bald Rock Recreational Preserve (BRRP) The Chocolate Factory Grandpa Joe's Wall
	5.10a	★★ Wonkaholic	Sport 11m	★★ Very Good
Again came down looking like a snow storm had hit me blowing off the ridiculous excess of chalk. Nice arete otherwise.
	5.10b	★ Grandma Josephine	Sport 14m, 6	★ Good
10 b on MP and that feels fair ( Aust 19). Must have cleaned up, only a bit sandy right at the top
Sun 15th Oct 2023 - Red River Gorge
Gray's Branch Region Left Flank
	5.8	★ Mr. Bungle	Sport 18m, 6	★ Good
Nice enough for grade, reasonably graded and bolted
	5.10a ~5.10b	★★ To Defy the Laws of Tradition	Sport 18m, 7	★ Good
Ok, but feet at start polished worse than limestone crags, plus too much chalk. Crux hard for shorter people.
Sat 14th Oct 2023 - Red River Gorge
Gray's Branch Region Military Wall
	5.10a	★ Stay Left	Sport 15m, 4	Average
It was ok, all other warmups occupied. Spaced bolts
Thu 12th Oct 2023 - New River Gorge
Bubba City Tattoo Wall
	5.11a	★★ G-String	Sport 24m, 8	★★ Very Good
Nice climb. I wore my thongs to belay Dave and had to explain joke
	5.10b	★★ Badass Tattoo	Sport 26m, 10	★ Good
Much easier than all the 5.9 trad classics at NRG, could also be led on trad safely.
Wed 11th Oct 2023 - New River Gorge
Endless Wall Fern Point Party Buttress
	5.10c	★★ Exoduster	Sport 14m	★ Good
Fora short route it packed a punch. A gnarly warm up for me
	5.10b	★★★ Party In My Mind	Trad 27m	★★ Very Good
Some amazing holds and a long journey on mostly TCUs and some finger/ thin hand pieces. Gear sometimes spaced.
Sun 8th Oct 2023 - New River Gorge
Endless Wall Kaymoor Slabs
	5.8	★ Totally-clipse	Sport 23m, 5
Thought a move on this was harder than either of the 5.9s to the left
	5.10b	★★ ...With A Little Help From My Friends	Sport 23m	★★ Very Good
Really liked this one despite the easy middle
	5.9	★★ The Upheaval	Sport 26m	★★ Very Good
Nice route, not as good as brolga etc though
Fri 6th Oct 2023 - New River Gorge
Beauty Mountain Burning Buttress
	5.10b	★★★ Burning Calves	Trad 23m	★★ Very Good
Nice route, found near the start hardest, but probably height related due to steeper feet. The “ crux” was ok.
Wed 4th Oct 2023 - New River Gorge
Beauty Mountain The Brain
	5.10c	★★ Brain Tweezers	Sport 20m, 5	★★ Very Good
Great route, 5.10 c in guidebook. Cool mono and lots of good moves
Tue 3rd Oct 2023 - New River Gorge
Junkyard Junkyard Wall
	5.9	★★ New Yosemite	Trad 18m	★★ Very Good
Overhanging hand jams. My gloves both lost wrist strap but I hung in there
Mon 2nd Oct 2023 - New River Gorge
Kaymoor Butcher's Branch
	5.9	★ Jumpin' Ring Snakes	Trad 20m	★ Good
Fun trad climb. #5 handy.
	5.10b	★ Low Voltage	Sport 21m	★ Good
Liked this better than route to left, though used shorter person traverse in for the start. First route at NRG
	5.10b	★★ The Green Piece	Sport 21m, 6	★ Good
Generally fun, like many of the routes here way overchalked. I spent the climb blowing the excess chalk off the holds.
Sun 1st Oct 2023 - Smoke Hole Canyon
Guide Wall Ninja Wall
	5.10a	★ Native Suns - with David Gray	Sport 12m	★ Good
Spaced bolts, no stopper moves
	5.8	★ Can't Pray The Gray Away - with David Gray	Sport 17m	★ Good
Had to do it for the name. Was actually quite good.
Sat 30th Sep 2023 - Reed's Creek
	5.10a	★ Block Magic	Sport 18m, 8	Average
Split personality route. Probably would have climbed better as a mixed trad route with better bolt placements. Not a fan.
Sat 30th Sep 2023 - Reed's Creek
Gypsies Wall
	5.9	★ Gypsies	Sport 15m, 6	★ Good
Nice route, good warm up
	5.9	★ Shaved Scamper	Sport 15m, 5	★ Good
Nice wall with interesting climbing due to the diagonal nature of the bedding plane
Wed 27th Sep 2023 - Discoteca
	6b	★★ Disc jockey	Sport 27m	★ Good
Tricky slab crux
	6a+	★★ Il buttafuori (variante d'ingresso di dx)	Sport 26m	★ Good
Nice juggy route
Tue 26th Sep 2023 - Acquafraggia
La Mezzera
	6a	★★ La Capanna del Blondi	Sport 12m	★ Good
A v1 mantle start then spaced bolts, generally ok to get to except the one that protects the crux
Mon 25th Sep 2023 - Albigna
Spazzacaldeira
	5c	★★★ Lasciamili 1 5a 30 Second 2 5c 20 Second	Mixed trad 50m, 10
This is the route we intended to do but did only first two pitches. Should have headed left of second dihedral after this, but went up between dihedrals. Dave linked both pitches.
	6b+	★★ Buttamigiu 2 5c+ 35 Sport Kind of did half of this in our confusion 3 6a+ 30 Sport Hard moves getting to belay well above bolt. 4 6b+ 50 Second Used a nice kneebar low, and found the hardest move up stepping off a small pinnacle. 5 4a 45 Sport A route takes off directly above where you top out that would make a good link up	Sport 160m	★★ Very Good
Apart from route confusion which seems to afflict many people who start on Lascimili and end up on this, Pitches 3 and 4 were great. The bolting is weird, near good trad placements then run out. Route deserves more traffic. Best to walk off. The connecting cord at anchors is very tatty and needs replacing-Especially getting to top of pitch 3 where it appears some people aid on the long bit of rope hanging down. A single set of cams 0.3 to #2 helpful.
Sat 23rd Sep 2023 - Cranna
Lower Sector
	6b+	★★ Passaggio Chiave P1 1 6b+ 20 Sport Nice climbing. We came to the crag because its rain sheltered, but it was a Saturday and half of chiavenna seemed to join us, then the sun came out and the temps went up 10 degrees. It was time to leave.	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
	6a	★★★ Pergola	Sport 10m	★★ Very Good
Nice route, anchors at full stretch though.
Wed 20th Sep 2023 - Vho
Superleo
	6b+	★★ Cappuccino	Sport 30m	★ Good
On of the drier routes today ( first pitch) , and unlike the 10m boulder climb, Fipanza we found this one pretty easy
Tue 19th Sep 2023 - Arrampicodromo Di Mese
Parking
	6a+	★ Assessore	Sport 25m	★ Good
Probably my favourite. A couple of tricky spots.
Sun 17th Sep 2023 - Sottosassa
	6a	★ Diedro Gabrielli	Sport 20m	★ Good
The bottom half was quite good, then a few mantles.
	6a+	I bocce del paes	Sport 17m
Ok, but not sure what was “ in” so did bridge into crack on opposite wall
Fri 15th Sep 2023 - Höhlensteintal
Landro Settore 4
	6a ~6a	★ Gamaze	Sport 15m	★ Good
Quite easier, and far easier than route to left.
	6a+ ~6b	★★ Baum	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Way harder than the 6 a+ to the right, which I have take liberty of down grading while upgrading this- took me about 10 minutes to commit to standing up off the ledge.
	6b ~6b+	★★ Sandmännchen	Sport 32m	★ Good
I thought I was on the 6c, and it didn’t feel that far off.
	6b	★★ Hexentanz P1 1 6b 8m Sport Too close to route to left making it escapable at crux (contrived direct, and hard for 6 b) but I did it both ways to cover the bases.	Sport 8m
	6a	★★ Kinderspiel 1 5b 8m Sport 2 6a 9m Sport Unfortunately the bolt matrix on this wall detracts from the climbing, I followed this middle pitch	Sport 17m
Fri 15th Sep 2023 - Höhlensteintal
Landro Settore 3
	5b	★★ Nigge-Riss	Sport 24m	★ Good
Ok, but always sad to see a bolted crack.
	6b+ ~6b	★★ Nigge-Kante	Sport 24m	★ Good
I think it’s even soft for 6b, compared to other routes here.
Tue 12th Sep 2023 - Sass Dlacia
A
	6b	★★ Placca motoria	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
Our start to Chernobyl. A good warm up due to some nice rest stances between the pocket pulling.
	6b+	★★ Chernobyl 1 5c 28 Sport Did PM instead then continued up past final bolt of this to belay 2 6a+ 30 Second Go straight up to roof past 2 bolts then hand traverse right under roof ( rock fax topo quite poor for route) 3 6a+ 29 Sport After exiting the short chimney at the second bolt I missed the next 2 bolts which were off to the right and got back to one above them, exciting! Thought this pitch was also 6 b 4 6b 30 Second More nice climbing on some old bolts 5 6b+ 23 Sport Fantastic steep finale.	Sport 140m	★★★ Classic
Started on PM as first pitch. Liked all the pitches. Would have done more routes here but sun had hit has by the time we abseiled. 60 m rope needed minimum.
Sun 10th Sep 2023 - Parte Oscura della Luna
	6a+	★★ Indian Summer 1 6a 40m Second We started on first bolt of Legoland then joined Indian summer. Quite cold at the start. 2 6a 40m Sport 3 6a 30m Second I liked this pitch the best, straight up on amazing pockets 4 5c 30m Sport Didn’t feel any easier than the rest of the route. 5 6a+ 20m Second You traverse right off the belay for about 4m, topo implied otherwise 6 6a+ 20m Sport Quite a steep crack, some good moves. 7 6a 20m Second The corner crack	Sport 200m	★★ Very Good
Pretty nice route, especially for a hot day. Seems like Rockfax digital is out of date for access and descent. The descent to the left has a washed away gully after a downclimb to contend with, but I guess we got to go canyoning as well as climb.
Fri 8th Sep 2023 - Palla del Guide
	6a+	★★ Via Gino Bellumat 1 Second 2 Sport 3 Sport 4 Second 5 Second 6 Sport	Sport 200m
Pleasant and fairly low stress outing on a hot day getting used to altitude and embracing life whilst Preserving knees. Well conceived route, reasonably bolted. Linked 2 and 3 and 4 and 5.
Thu 7th Sep 2023 - Comano Terme
	6a+ ~6b	★ Dritdreiciodi	Sport 16m	★ Good
Grade 20 I reckon, unless you Mc Dougall right badly. A bit polished
	6a	★★ Gigliola	Sport 18m
Good warm up as advertised
Wed 6th Sep 2023 - Valle del Sarca
Sarche Piccolo Dain Parete del Centrale
	6	★★ Moon bears - with dave 1 5- Second lead by dave Slightly off route but got there in the end 2 3 Second 3 4 Sport 4 5 Sport 5 6 Second 6 6 Sport A nice pitch that traverses leftwards via tufa features 7 4 Sport 8 6- Second Reachy crux 9 5- Sport Finished our 2.5 L water by the top	Sport 250m	★★ Very Good
Very hot, we tried to create a breeze by climbing fast, about 3 hours. Linked 1+2, 3+4, 6+7. May the memory of the FA live on.
Tue 5th Sep 2023 - La Falesia Dimenticata
	5c	★★ Pestacolo	Sport 20m, 11	★ Good
Nice enough, getting used to the rock. 3 pm too early for shade, improved at 4.
Mon 4th Sep 2023 - Brenta Alta
Crag Raffael and Natalie Vidi
	6b	★★ Brigot	Sport 26m	★★ Very Good
The rock is a bit ordinary down low, but excellent movement, varied climb, technical in places and pumpy start. Generally overhanging.
Sat 2nd Sep 2023 - Val d'Algone
	6c	★★ Lo scorpione	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
Nice varied and technical route, no real sting in the tail, but a few of cruxy sequences below
	6b+	★ Il nido de ragno	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good
Nice varied route, a little bit of dodgy rock up top
Thu 31st Aug 2023 - Breguzzo
	6a+	★ Prenzip	Sport 18m	★ Good
Some nice pockets, but just too many ways to go
	6c	★★ Bagoi	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good
The Sandinista of Breguzzo, about 5m overhanging. My crack glove tried to reject doing a sports route, I got spiders down my t shirt and there was some type of poo in some of the pockets. Great journey!
Wed 30th Aug 2023 - Croz de le Niere
Formica
	5b	★★ Il pigro	Sport 20m	★ Good
Pleasant, about grade 17
Sun 27th Aug 2023 - Bohuslän
Bärfendal Välseröd Villskuddväggen
	7-	★★ Vildvin	Trad 40m	★★ Very Good
Thought this was great, but confused by the topos. There is a shorter direct crack which we bypassed and went right along arch, so thinking it was this. Certainly felt quite challenging, great balance moves and some burly underclings. Could feel a bit sketchy placing gear on the traverse
	6-	★★★ Villskudd	Trad 40m	★★★ Classic
One part was still wet, but it climbed fine. I found the crux to be different to Dave- the upper traverse had the feet too far away from the flake so it was quite tricky. Again more like 19
	6- R	★ Ingemars Kamin	Trad 30m	★ Good
The unprotectable ( without a #12) bit isn’t trivial. 27 crags converts as 19 which is probably fair
	4	★★ Jungfrun	Trad 40m	★ Good
It was dry at least after torrential rain the previous day. Quite pleasant
Fri 25th Aug 2023 - Ishoel
Litjhælvet
	6- ~6	★★ Trollfeit	Sport 12m	★★ Very Good
Fun route out over the water, felt like 19, so may just be a conversion factor issue with thecrag
	6+	★★ Nådeløs som Cola	Sport 12m

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