Showing all 52 ascents.
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22 | ★★ Out on a Limb | 18m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 16th May 2004 | |||
Very delicate. Stitched it up with 16 pieces of gear! (3.5.04: Toprope, clean. Wow. Delicate face moves with a bit of fingerlocking. Questionable gear.)
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20 | ★ Yokomo | 15m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sat 6th May 2006 | |||
Again with Phil.
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20 | ★★ Footloose and Falling Free | 11m | Frog Buttress | ★★★ Classic | Sat 15th May 2004 | |||
First trad 20. Yippee! (26.7.03: Second, clean. Lovely acrobatic climb. Very enjoyable.)
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20 | ★★ Famous Cosmetics | 40m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 27th Aug 2006 | |||
Great climb when you know to finish at the Sabrasucker chain! With Lisa.
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19 | ★★ Hollywood Rattlesnake | 18m | Frog Buttress | Average | Sat 11th Jun 2005 | |||
Finally got it clean. 4.6.05:A head challenge with small gear and insecure jams. 9.11.03 2nd clean.
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19 | ★★ Monty Python's Flying Circus | 25m | Frog Buttress | ★★★ Classic | Sat 6th May 2006 | |||
Horrid V-groove start (thank goodness for #1 RPs!). Fantastic crack system with bridging and great gear. With Phil.
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19 | ★ Phantom Cockroaches | 8m, 1 | Coffs Harbour | ★ Good | Sat 7th Aug 2004 | |||
Nice delicate climb. 12.8.03. Dog: Crimpy! One-move wonder.
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18 | ★★★ Iron Mandible | 24m | Frog Buttress | ★★★ Classic | Mon 1st May 2006 | |||
Finally got the redpoint. :-D Pumpy climb. Hard offwidth at the top.
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18 | ★ Witches Covert | 12m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sat 4th Jun 2005 | |||
Got it this time. Dangerously loose top section. Belayer helmet mandatory. 4.7.04. Dog. Fun, pumpy overhanging hand crack. Nice jams if you can hold them.
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19 18 | ★★★ Plume | 25m | Frog Buttress | ★★★ Classic | Sun 21st May 2006 | |||
Superb climbing with great moves around the diagonal. :-D
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17 18 | ★★ Chocolate Watch Band | 17m | Frog Buttress | Average | Sun 21st May 2006 | |||
Much less style than my first ascent. A bit awkward but a fun topout!
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18 | ★ Bay Play | 10m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sun 13th Aug 2006 | |||
Alzheimers onsight. Nice climb but wouldn't want to fall on any of that tiny gear!
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18 | ★ Saffron Crack | 40m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sat 29th Apr 2006 | |||
Finally got it! Exhausing but fun wide hands / offwidth crack. Finish at the tree to avoid the chimney.
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18 | ★ Digit Crucifixion | 10m, 1 | Brooyar | ★★ Very Good | Sat 15th Nov 2003 | |||
Short, balancy crimp-fest. (7.6.03 Flashed with Pre-placed gear)
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18 | ★ Dave Mank's Electric Gorilla | 20m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 19th Sep 2004 | |||
Spooky trying to get off the pillar into the crack. 27.6.04: (2nd) A rewarding climb with a scary bit in the middle. Awesome hand jams :-D
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18 | ★★ Gladiator | 20m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sun 14th Dec 2003 | |||
Just cleaned this one by the skin of my teeth. Not easy jamming on a muggy, sweaty day!
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18 | ★★ Fluid / Epic Link Up (Fluid-Epic Connection) | 30m | Frog Buttress | ★★★ Classic | Sat 27th May 2006 | |||
Lovely combination of face and crack climbing, with a traverse in the middle. Quite sustained and pumpy. With LM.
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17 | ★★★ Flake Crack | 53m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Fri 2nd Jan 2004 | |||
A fun adventure with a layback flake, interesting diagonal crack, and nice overhang to finish.
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17 | ★ If | 30m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Mon 12th Jun 2006 | |||
A "character-building" start of interesting moves over questionable gear. Beautiful after that, although the gear is not always obvious. With Laurie.
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17 | ★ Erectile Kingpin | 16m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 30th May 2004 | |||
Just commit to the crack! Lovely climb. A hidden gem (2.5.04 Dog. Ignore the description in the guide. Really nice climb with great hand jams.)
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16 | ★★ Materialistic Prostitution | 20m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sat 16th Jun 2007 | |||
Fantastic fun. With Warren.
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16 | ★ Horse-drawn Zeppelin | 12m | Frog Buttress | Sat 6th Sep 2003 | ||||
Quite an effort for me! Difficult gear, pumpy. Maybe should have waited till I had more experience with trad...
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16 | ★ Son Of A Beach | 8m | Coffs Harbour | ★ Good | Sat 7th Aug 2004 | |||
Chased the dog away. 10.8.03. Dog: Overhang + crack + pumpy + my highest natural so far! No wonder!
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16 | ★ Mainliner | 20m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sat 6th May 2006 | |||
With Marissa. A bit unpleasantly facey & awkward. Enjoyable challenge though.
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16 | ★ Winston Alley | 10m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sat 19th Nov 2005 | |||
Followed Dave. 5.10.03 Fun bridging. Nice one.
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16 | ★★ Materialistic Prostitution | 20m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 18th Jan 2004 | |||
Great hand jams if you look for them. | (5.10.03) Lovely crack climb. Took my first natural lead fall! Whoosh! Over before I knew it.
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16 | ★ Sabrasucker | 25m | Frog Buttress | Average | Wed 16th Aug 2006 | |||
Finally lead this clean. It has been a bit of a nemesis for me. Quite facey and off-balance. With Jenny.
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17 16 | ★★ Micron | 20m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Mon 3rd May 2004 | |||
15 | Hanging Tree | 20m | Frog Buttress | Average | Sat 5th Jun 2004 | |||
Kind of offwidth. Interesting climb. (25.5.03 Second clean.)
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15 | ★ Bad Blues | 22m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 13th Aug 2006 | |||
With Jenny. Lovely warmup.
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15 | ★ Mechanical Prune | 18m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 2nd Nov 2003 | |||
Still my favourite climb. Fun moves - like doing a dance! Gear a bit dodgy for a beginner though. Eeek! | (25.5.03, 2nd clean) Excellent climb. I want to do it again!!
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15 | ★ Bad Company | 20m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sat 26th Jul 2003 | |||
Easy climb so good for practising gear placement!
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14 | ★★ D Minor | 35m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Fri 30th Sep 2005 | |||
Great overhangs. Did in one pitch but lots of rope drag. 19.4.04. 2nd clean. Nice overhangs with good jugs.
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14 | ★ Shit Heap | 10m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sat 16th Jun 2007 | |||
Trying to remember how to jamb. With Warren.
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14 | ★★ Faki | 13m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sat 29th Sep 2007 | |||
Nice now that I can jamb. Wish Tash.
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14 | ★★ Electronic Flag | 40m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sat 29th Jul 2006 | |||
Did the "17" start which required a finger stack. Did I miss a face hold? Great adventure climb. With Marissa.
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14 | Baby's Bottom | 8m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 13th Jul 2003 | |||
My third natural lead. Pumpy in places. Challenging but good gear.
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14 | ★ Shit Heap | 10m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sat 6th Sep 2003 | |||
My first crack climb. Painful but awesome. (16 Mar 03). Nice lead for jamming practice.
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14 | ★ Electric Lead | 26m | Frog Buttress | Average | Sun 1st Feb 2004 | |||
13 | ★ Electric Mud | 10m | Frog Buttress | Sat 6th Sep 2003 | ||||
My first second! (16 Mar 03).
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12 13 | First Layback | 12m | Frog Buttress | Average | Sat 16th Jun 2007 | |||
Odd, awkward climb. Finished up IB. With Warren.
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13 | ★★ Horn Piece | 33m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Wed 18th Oct 2006 | |||
Nice climb. With Lynley.
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13 | ★★ Clockwork Orange Corner | 15m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sun 13th Jul 2003 | |||
My first natural lead! 27 pieces of gear. Hahaha!
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12 | ★★★ Bard | 120m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Mon 23rd Oct 2006 | |||
A fun adventure. With Michael.
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12 | ★ Witches Cauldron Pitch 2 (Witches Cauldron) | 18m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sat 29th Sep 2007 | |||
With Tash. Nice climb with quite hexcellent gear.
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11 | ★ Parson's Pleasure | 10m | Frog Buttress | Sun 13th Jul 2003 | ||||
My second go at natural leading. Easy with nice gear - wires & hexes only.
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10 | ★ Sunday Afternoon Walk | 12m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sat 10th Dec 2005 | |||
A nice cool warmup in hot weather. 12.3.05. (2nd) Tentative return after nearly 4 months off. Hard for a 10!... or is it just me?
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7 8 | ★★ Tantalus | 35m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Sat 14th Oct 2006 | |||
Lead p2. With Lisa. Excellent climb with exhilerating exposure.
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6 | ★ Saturday Afternoon Walk | 15m | Frog Buttress | Average | Sat 29th Sep 2007 | |||
With Tash.
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4 5 | ★★★ Tiptoe Ridge | 120m | Arapiles | ★★★ Mega Classic | Thu 12th Oct 2006 | |||
Great adventure but very hot and windy. With Lillie, Lysanne, & Jennie.
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5 | Left Right Out | 23m | Mt Ngungun | Average | Sun 24th Sep 2006 | |||
Getting back on the horse...
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1 | ★★ West Track | 340m | Mt Tibrogargan | ★★★ Classic | Sat 25th Jun 2005 | |||
First 'climb' on Tibro.
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Showing all 52 ascents.