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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality
Fri 28th Jul 2023 - Col's Crag
	24	★★★ You'll never never know if you never never go - with Jenna Brady	Sport 25m, 8	★★ Very Good
TOok a little bit to remember the crux beta with no chalk. Pumped off the top on the 2nd shot. Unreal.
	22	★★★ So where the bloody hell are you? - with Jenna Brady	Sport 20m, 10	★★ Very Good
Awesome to be back here. As good as I remember, other than the bolts I put out right to far.
	20	★★ Cannibal Serpents - with Jenna Brady	Sport 25m, 10	★★ Very Good
Great to repeat 8yrs after I did the FA. I was pumped, great sustained route.
Thu 26th Jan 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Pierces Pass East Side
	23	★★★ Smegadeath - with Jenna Brady	Sport 220m	★★ Very Good
Mega classic for the 1st pitch, good for the rest. Last pitch was terrifying, if something broke I was convinced I would free fall to the valley with a chopped roped.
Sat 21st Jan 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Pierces Pass West Side
	24	★★ The Iron Throne - with Jenna Brady	Sport 110m	★★ Very Good
Repeat, leading oposite pitches than last time. Pitch 2 is still the crux pitch. Really enjoyed pitch 3 this time.
	23	★★ Bladderhozen - with Jenna Brady 1 Sport 2 Sport 3 Sport	Sport 110m	★★ Very Good
Great to finally tick this one off.
Thu 21st Apr 2022 - Arapiles
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Back Wall
	22	★★ The Second Coming	Trad 57m	★★★ Classic
Pitch 1 only. Great stuff, scary slippery start.
Thu 21st Apr 2022 - Arapiles
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Death Row Pinnacle
	18	★★★ Death Row	Trad 45m	★★★ Classic
Awesome, following jenna.
Thu 21st Apr 2022 - Arapiles
Pilot Error Cliffs Cobwebs Gully
	18	★★ Gilt Edged - with Jenna Brady 1 18 40m lead by Jason McCarthy 2 lead by Jenna Brady	Trad 40m	★★ Very Good
Great route. Had to work for it on the 1st pitch crux.
Tue 19th Apr 2022 - Arapiles
Voodoo Area Voodoo Buttress
	21	★★★ Chinese Algebra	Trad 48m	★★★ Classic
Slipped off the crux coz i'm a bluies climber who can't trust his feet. Came down and to the top. Super cool.
Tue 19th Apr 2022 - Arapiles
Voodoo Area New Image Wall
	22	★★ Continuum	Trad 25m	★★ Very Good
Very exciting pulling moves like that way above gear.
	22	★★ Hidden Secrets	Trad 25m	★★ Very Good
Great to clean this past dog up.
Mon 18th Apr 2022 - Arapiles
Mitre Rock North Mitre
	19	★★ Morgul Can't	Trad 40m	★★ Very Good
Quite exciting with some fiddly gear and suss flake.
	18	★★ Salem	Trad 40m	★★ Very Good
Great stuff.
Sun 17th Apr 2022 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes
	16	★★ Libretto	Trad 50m	★★ Very Good
Sun 17th Apr 2022 - Arapiles
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Uncle Charlie
	18	★★ Virginia	Trad 25m	★★ Very Good
This looked terrifying and nearly walked away. Climbed way better than it looked.
Sat 16th Apr 2022 - Arapiles
Colosseum Wall Area Colosseum Wall
	22	★ Blasphemy	Mixed trad 15m, 1	★★★ Classic
Inspected and placed gear when cleaning Christian Crack. Super exciting up the arete.
	20	★★ Christian Crack	Trad 13m	★★★ Classic
On jennas gear. Awesome.
	18	★★ The Rack	Trad 13m	★★★ Classic
Sat 16th Apr 2022 - Arapiles
King Rat Area Lizard Procrastination Pinnacle
	21	★★ Cruel Consistency	Trad 15m	★★★ Classic
	21	★★ English Ethics	Mixed trad 15m, 1	★★ Very Good
Sat 16th Apr 2022 - Arapiles
King Rat Area King Rat Gully Rye Wall
	17	★ Catcher	Trad 13m	★ Good
Fri 15th Apr 2022 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall
	17	★★ Dirge	Trad 85m	★★ Very Good
Repeat. Remembering how to climb trad.
	17	★★ Discord Direct	Mixed trad 25m, 2	★★★ Classic
Awesome. Sketchy start and then continuous absorbing climbing
Sun 17th Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Celebrity Crags Sharon Stone
	26 27	★★ Fucked on Cocaine	Sport 16m, 8	★★ Very Good
Started with the 2nd bolt clipped and my LH on the upper side pull (spent 2 days working the start a day couldn't touch it). After clipping the chains I finished up year of the gun for and awesome finish.
Mon 20th Sep 2021 - Blue Mountains
Medlow Bath The Sunbath
	25	★★ Atoms in Action	Sport 12m, 5	★ Good
Stoked to get the OS. Just one mini moonboard v3 benchmark
Sun 19th Sep 2021 - Blue Mountains
Medlow Bath The Sunbath
	20	★★ Radioactive Man	Sport 12m	★ Good
	23	★★ The Incredible Hulk	Sport 11m	★ Good
Sun 19th Sep 2021 - Blue Mountains
Medlow Bath Reservoir Dogs
	21 22	★★ Wake Up and Apologise	Sport 38m, 16	★★ Very Good
Super fun but SOFT
	20	★★ Bohemiath	Sport 37m, 14	★★ Very Good
In the rain = nails
	21	★★★ My Way or the Highway	Sport 39m, 11	★★ Very Good
	21	★★ Mr Orange	Sport 38m, 17	★★ Very Good
	21	★★ Flex Time	Sport 40m, 16	★★ Very Good
	21	★★ Danger Freak	Sport 38m, 13	★★ Very Good
Sun 15th Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	23	★★★ Leif Ericsson	Sport 93m	★★★ Mega Classic
Repeat.Probably the best multi in the bluies. Fell off the start on 2nd and fell back to the tree, pulled back on and went to the anchors. One of the hardest, sustained grade 23 pitches around. The rest of the pitches went without any problems but still needed to put in a lot of effort. Brilliant!
	22	Western Ring Road - with Jenna Brady 1 22 70m lead by Jason McCarthy 2 lead by Jenna Brady 3	Sport 70m	★ Good
Only pitch 1 and 2 and then rapped off. Worth the effort on mostly good rock.
	13	★★★ Cave Climb - with Jenna Brady 1 13 18m lead by Jason McCarthy 2 20m lead by Jason McCarthy 3 30m lead by Jenna Brady	Trad 68m	★★★ Classic
Pretty bloody awesome!
Sun 1st Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Shakes and Flakes Wall
	21	★★★ Shakes and Flakes	Sport 30m	★★ Very Good
Climbs heaps better than it looks from the ground. Might of been more memorable in the past if it had less bolts?
Sun 1st Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	21	★★ The Mighty Quinn	Sport 15m	★ Good
Some terrible binary breaker bolt placements, threaded one with a sling. Didn't climb as good as it looks.
	21	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag 1 17 15m 2 21 20m	Sport 35m, 4	★★★ Classic
Super cool. Pity its not longer.
Sat 31st Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains
Medlow Bath Pole 28
	22	★★ Hooyah !	Sport 18m, 8	★★ Very Good
Popped off the crux. Super techy bit of slab.
	21	★ Brother to another mother	Sport 20m	★ Good
Probably doesn't climb as good as it looks.
	22	★★ Wave Priority	Sport 18m, 8	★★ Very Good
Tricky putting the draw on at the lip. Good fun.
	23	★★ Heat Wave	Sport 18m	★★ Very Good
Really fun climbing but a few of the bolt positions are junk.
	21	★★ Path to Paradise	Sport 15m, 10	★★★ Classic
Super cool at the grade. Great rock.
	23	★ Beavermart	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Only slightly less cool than the 21. More great rock.
Fri 30th Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains
Medlow Bath Valley Farm
	22	★★ Pyrocumulus	Sport 27m, 10	★★ Very Good
Little bit crunchy down low but once you've past that it's great.
Fri 30th Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains
Medlow Bath Colosseum
	23	★★ Ant Acid - with Jenna Brady	Sport 30m	★★ Very Good
Froze off the first move. Came down and then too the top linking pitches. Really fun.
Mon 5th Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains
Medlow Bath Sooty Crag
	20	★ Filed Away	Sport 20m	★ Good
Fun. Worth a lap.
	24	FA ★ Vulcan Extension	Sport	★ Good
FFA. Possibly FFA? Was listed as a open project in the guide. Tricky crux, maybe 25?
Sun 4th Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains
Medlow Bath Sooty Crag
	22	★★ Vulcan	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
Awesome with the tree start.
Sat 19th Jun 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County The 39 Steps
	27	★★★ Hollow Men Direct	Mixed trad 28m, 7	★★★ Mega Classic
Punted from above the crux again before getting my shit together! What an amazing line and love the continuously engaging climbing and bolting.
Sun 6th Jun 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Sunnyside
	25	★★★ The Reality Dysfunction	Sport 20m, 12	★★★ Classic
End of day repeat to clean Will's draws. So good.
Sat 22nd May 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Grand Junction Wall
	24	★ Krusty the Climb	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
3rd shot. Cruisy fun climbing up to a tricky boulder. Worth getting on.
Sun 16th May 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Grand Junction Wall
	25	★★ Silently Flying By	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good
Draws up and sent 2nd shot. Pretty tricky crux but sticky conditions helped.
	26	★★★ Grand Junction	Sport 25m	★★★ Classic
Finally! One of the best at Shipley. Best conditions eva.
Mon 5th Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Porters Pass Self Portrait Wall
	26	★★ Chook Raffle	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good
4th shot. Quite the bouldery route with awesome moves and pretty exciting with some average bolts.
Mon 25th Jan 2021 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Ikara, Victorialand, Odin Head, Thor Head Victoria Falls Left Side Upper
	19	★ Inter-continental Breakfast Missile	Sport 20m, 10	★ Good
Pretty good for a warmup. Tricky start with no chalk on it
	22 21	★★ Spasmo's on Acid	Sport 24m, 9	★★ Very Good
Great but a bit of a sandbag.
	23	★★ Spasmo's on Acid Direct	Sport 30m	★★ Very Good
Pinged off at the end of the crux. Sent next shot. Some sick moves through the crux.
	21	★★ Optimum Beer Level	Sport 30m	★★ Very Good
Old school and a little bit mossy at the bottom but really cool techy climbing.
Mon 25th Jan 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Gateway, Doomsday & Fort Rock Doomsday Wall
	24	★★ Submission	Sport 25m	★ Good
Tunnel vision on the onsight and headed left at the top to one of the 22's traverse bolts. Lowered off and sent. Pretty much a one move wonder.
	22	★★ Minority of Fun	Sport 33m, 13	★ Good
Cool climbing with a few tricky bits.
Fri 11th Dec 2020 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Jean Genie Area
	24	★★ Jean Genie	Sport 18m	★★ Very Good
2nd shot. Pretty solid and plenty of interesting moves. Can't beleive I haven't been on it.
	22	★ Who Killed Bambi?	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
Interesting and exciting climbing, well worth a lap.
Sun 29th Nov 2020 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Logan Brae Main Cliff
	23	★★ The Never Believers	Sport 15m, 8	★★ Very Good
Repeat.
	22 23	★★ Creep Show	Sport 18m	★★ Very Good
Repeat. Best warmup here.
Sun 29th Nov 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Oronga Crags Banksy Wall
	23	★★ Trigger Warning	Sport 30m, 15	★★ Very Good
Super cool. Had fallen off this once before but remembered nothing.
Sun 15th Nov 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Gulf War Wall
	24	★★ Voice of America	Sport 20m, 6	★★ Very Good
Might of been on this years ago. So pumped! Cool moves and a bit spicy with the boulder behind you.
Sun 8th Nov 2020 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Logan Brae Main Cliff
	23	★ Shaggy D.A.	Sport 15m, 6	★★ Very Good
Repeat
	23	★★ Elastic Analysis	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
Repeat
	23	★★ The Never Believers	Sport 15m, 8	★★ Very Good
Repeat
	23	★★ Alien Signature	Sport 19m	★★★ Classic
Repeat
	23	★★ Creep Show	Sport 18m	★★ Very Good
Repeat
	23	★★ Wedding Bell Blues	Sport 12m	★★ Very Good
Repeat. 2nd shot
Sat 10th Oct 2020 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Celebrity Crags Rock Hudson
	28	★★ Low Earth Orbit	Sport 17m, 12	★★ Very Good
Super cool roof bouldering. 3 days.
Sun 4th Oct 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Departures (Upper)
	23	★★ Destined for Grayness	Sport 12m, 5	★★ Very Good
Pretty damn awesome at the crag. Tricky and pumpy.
Sat 26th Sep 2020 - South Pacific
Descent Gully - Left Side
	24	★★ Have I Told You Lately	Sport 20m, 13	★ Good
Shame it doesn't have a grade 18 start.
	23	★★★ It Began In Afrika	Sport 12m, 7	★★★ Classic
Another classic. Super tricky and great rock.
	25	★★★ Bee’s Knees	Sport 25m, 13	★★★ Classic
Classic. Bit like the hard routes at sharon stone, boulder, rest, boulder.
Sat 26th Sep 2020 - South Pacific
Underworld
	23	★★ Born Slippy	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
Only a couple of meters of good climbing but that climbing is super cool. Gets the stars for the top. Blew the flash and then cruised 2nd shot.
	22	★★★ 8 Ball	Sport 18m, 8	★★★ Classic
Awesome! Great rock and moves.
Sun 6th Sep 2020 - Point Perpendicular
Thunder Head Thunderbird Wall
	22	★★★ Thunderbirds Are Bogged	Mixed trad 25m, 5	★★★ Classic
Rapped down and chalked some holds as it was quite damp. Placed some draws and a few bits of gear. Amazing route and quite exciting in the dampness, keen to check out the neighbours.
Sun 6th Sep 2020 - Point Perpendicular
Thunder Head Roy's Wall
	19	★★ East Coast Choppers	Mixed trad 15m, 4	Average
Sat 5th Sep 2020 - Point Perpendicular
Seaside Windjammer Wall
	23 22	★★ Hot to Trot	Sport 23m, 11	★★★ Classic
Hardest route I did all day. Super sustained and reachy. Rad.
	23	★★ Last Man Standing	Mixed trad 25m, 5	★★ Very Good
	22	★★ SS Minnow (SS Minow)	Mixed trad 25m, 4	★★ Very Good
	16	★★ Man Overboard	Trad 26m	★★ Very Good
Quite exciting with a single rack to #3
	22	★★ Rock the Clock	Mixed trad 30m, 3	★★★ Classic
Super cool route. Peaking at the top.
Sat 11th Jul 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bowens Creek Main Wall Left
	21	★★ Mr Pink	Sport 15m, 5	★★ Very Good
Always awesome. Tricky today with the dampness
Sat 11th Jul 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bowens Creek Main Wall Centre
	25 24	★★ Itinerate Immigrants	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good
No go at the start on the 1st shot, draws on. Sorted out the start which is not too bad with the right beta but more like 25 and then clean to the top. Awesome long pumper.
Sat 11th Jul 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bowens Creek Main Wall Right
	26	★★ Chimp Chowder	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
2nd Shit. No trouble on the gatekeeper start but nearly pumped off the damp jugs. Awesome.
Sun 5th Jul 2020 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Celebrity Crags Sharon Stone
	25	★★ Year of the Gun	Sport 20m, 9	★★ Very Good
Froze off on the flash. Crux is pretty goey if your shorter and cant use the right holds. Bit dirty, needed a bit of brushing.
Sun 7th Jun 2020 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Celebrity Crags Oliver Stone
	20	FA ★ Second Wave	Sport 14m	★ Good
FFA. Fun linkup on pockets with a bit of a runout.
Sun 7th Jun 2020 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Celebrity Crags Sharon Stone
	27	★★ There's a Wasp on My Banana	Sport 23m, 12	★★ Very Good
2nd shot today after falling off the last move on Friday. Another cool route for this wall.
Fri 5th Jun 2020 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Celebrity Crags Oliver Stone
	19	★ COVID	Sport 10m	★ Good
Fri 22nd May 2020 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Celebrity Crags Oliver Stone
	23	★ From The Depths	Sport 15m	★ Good
Missed the jump on the onsight. 2nd shot
	25 24	★★ A Shot In The Dark	Sport 17m
5th Shot. Very bouldery start, awesome moves.
Sat 16th May 2020 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Gateway, Doomsday & Fort Rock Doomsday Wall
	25	★★★ Lockdown	Sport 36m, 17	★★ Very Good
Super cool long route on great rock. So many tricky sections, has at least 5 cruxes. Pretty happy to onsight this with near zero chalk and only placed a couple of random draws on rap, taking no notice of the the route.
	23	★★ Cockorona	Sport 25m, 9	★ Good
Slab climbing that's right it's a slap in the face, much complaining and whimpering . Needs a brush to make it nicer.

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