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Grade Route Gear style Quality
Sat 2nd Sep 2023 - Nowra
Thompson's Point Sloth Area
20 Backtrack Sport 18m Good
Mon 7th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Janicepts Area
21 The Kraken Trad 40m Classic
Surprised you don’t hear more about this route. Really good layback with some very marginal stances to place gear. Pumpy.

 
Sun 2nd Jul 2023 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Blind Channel Crags The Zip
5.10a The Zip Trad 20m Classic
Tue 27th Jun 2023 - Squamish
Murrin Park Lakeside-in-the-Woods & Commonwealth
5.11b Fearless Fraser Sport 25m, 8
Tough crimping to first bolt then eases off

 
5.10c More Than Just a Pretty Face Sport 12m, 5
Wed 19th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Logan Brae Main Cliff
23 Wedding Bell Blues Sport 12m Very Good
Sun 14th Nov 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall
23 The Living Daylights Sport 12m Good
Short but interesting crux.

 
Sat 11th Sep 2021 - Narrabeen
Deep Creek
V3 Grin Reaper Boulder 5m Good
Fri 10th Sep 2021 - Narrabeen
Deep Creek
V0 Lizard Crawl Boulder 3m Good
V3 Bobby Short Socks Boulder 3m Good
V1 V1/2 Poppy Long Socks Boulder 3m Good
V1 Arête a go go Boulder 3m Good
Sun 29th Aug 2021 - Forestville
The Wall
V5 Between Bing & Elvis Boulder 4m Very Good
Good moves but dirty

 
Fri 27th Aug 2021 - Forestville
The Wall
V3 Thing Boulder 5m Good
Thu 26th Aug 2021 - The Saddle Club
Entry Boulder
V2 Dressage Boulder 7m Good
Tue 17th Aug 2021 - Black Cave
V1 Cave Party Boulder 2m Very Good
Fri 16th Jul 2021 - Forestville
Sissy Crag
V3 V1 Blinky Bill (Circuit Board) Boulder 5m Good
V3 Moustaffa Boulder 2m Good
V0 What Am I Doing Here? Boulder 4m Good
Sun 23rd Aug 2020 - Stanwell Tops
Stonehaven
19 Crazy In The Coconut Sport 12m, 7 Very Good
18 Bring Out The Chimp Sport 14m, 6 Good
Sun 19th Jul 2020 - Nowra
Thompson's Point Vine Wall
24 Chunk To Chunky Sport 25m Very Good
Fun route, with some tough moves. Major post-COVID pump at the end despite the jugs.

 
Sun 17th May 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag The Blowhole
24 Body Blow Sport 12m, 6 Very Good
Nice jugs out of the roof. Pump management other than the one crimp.

 
Wed 6th May 2020 - Black Cave
V2 Diving into Shallow Water Boulder 2m Average
Kinda hard for a v2

 
Sun 3rd May 2020 - Elanora Heights
Jungle wall
21 Prayer Of The Mantis Sport 10m, 6 Very Good
Sat 2nd May 2020 - Narrabeen
Slabs
23 Hampsters Sport 15m, 3 Very Good
Pretty fun for a dirty slab!

 
Sun 23rd Feb 2020 - Railay
Diamond Cave
6a+ Mosquito Coil Sport 20m, 7 Very Good
Fri 21st Feb 2020 - Ton Sai
The Nest & Wild Kingdom
7a Freedom Safari Sport 28m, 10 Classic
Came very close to dropping it at the anchor before finding a better clipping hold. Sustained long moves from jug to jug. Stoked to flash this!

 
Wed 13th Nov 2019 - The Balkans
The Frontline The Pee Boulder
V4 V4 R Battle of the Shirts Boulder 4m Very Good
Sun 20th Oct 2019 - The Balkans
The Frontline The Far Side
V5 Lichen or Not - with Hamish Shaw, Lorraine, Nick cooper Boulder 3m Very Good
Good warm up before Hollow Mountain Dreaming. Such a cool move squeezing into the top of the cave.

 
V4 The Bright Side Var - with Hamish Shaw, Lorraine, Nick cooper Boulder 2m Good
End of the day with bloody tips. Felt unlikely, not much easier than the V5 version... Good fun.

 
V1 The Upside - with Hamish Shaw, Lorraine, Nick cooper Boulder 3m Very Good
Super fun!

 
Sun 31st Mar 2019 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Porters Pass Dogs, Cats & Apples Wall
19 Powerbra Rangers Sport 23m, 8 Very Good
Pumpy warm up.

 
Fri 15th Mar 2019 - Killara
The Big Pump
V1 Warm Up Traverse Boulder 7m Good
In thongs.

 
Fri 28th Dec 2018 - Alfords Point
Alfords Point Main Area
19 Brown Hornet Sport 15m, 6 Good
21 Sister Moon Sport 15m, 6 Very Good
Another tough route at the grade. Seems to be the theme here. Crux was the first move but it goes fairly easily once you figure it out...

 
Sun 9th Sep 2018 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Boronia Point Ancient Mariner Buttress
19 Ancient Mariner Sport 12m, 5 Good
Fri 24th Aug 2018 - Elanora Heights
Heist Wall
19 Everything But The Kitchen Sink! Sport 12m, 7 Good
18 Entrapment Sport 12m, 7 Good
Wed 15th Aug 2018 - Earlwood
18 Red Rattler Sport 9m, 3 Good
Mon 13th Aug 2018 - Elanora Heights
Feather Wall
19 18 Parrots Of The Caribbean Sport 18m, 9 Good
19 18 Bird On A Wire Sport 20m, 9 Good
Probably soft for 20

 
Sun 12th Aug 2018 - Joll's Bridge
Lower cliffline
17 Natie Head Sport 8m Good
21 The Climb that was Sport 18m, 7 Very Good
Fri 6th Jul 2018 - Nowra
The Grotto Cliffline Donutland Leftside
19 Apple Related Tragedy Sport 22m, 6 Very Good
Interesting and weird.

 
13 Blade Flake Sport 22m, 6 Classic
Good fun and suprisingly exposed.

 
16 Beans On Toast Sport 18m, 5 Average
Super runout...

 
Thu 5th Jul 2018 - Nowra
Thompson's Point Lizard Block
15 Gecko Sport 16m, 4 Good
Hard for 15

 
Fri 15th Jun 2018 - The Balkans
The Frontline The Eastern Bloc
V1 Crewcut Boulder 3m Very Good
Brief but fun.

 
Sat 16th Dec 2017 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area The Freezer
20 Old Blobby Sport 25m Very Good
Sun 12th Nov 2017 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Arrivals (Lower)
23 Truffle Shuffle Sport 15m, 12 Very Good
Sat 8th Jul 2017 - Wingello
Gulp Road Noli Ne Tangere Wall
15 The God Delusion - with Lorraine Sport 18m, 6 Good
18 Honey Pot - with Lorraine Sport 18m, 7 Good
15 Slip & Slide - with Mathew Hutchins-Read Sport 18m, 7 Good
Sun 4th Jun 2017 - Nowra
Thompson's Point Betty Blue Area
17 Kicking Dogs Balls Sport 8m, 3 Good
Sun 4th Jun 2017 - Nowra
Thompson's Point The Pocketed Wall
24 The Hustler Sport 28m Very Good
Great running beta from steve.

 
Sat 6th May 2017 - Blue Mountains
Medlow Bath The Sporting Complex
23 Smoko - with Lorraine Sport 35m, 16 Very Good
Sun 12th Feb 2017 - Canberra
Murrumbidgee River Red Rocks
19 The Little Unknown - with Lorraine Sport 30m, 10 Very Good
Strenno but nice move out of the roof

 
Fri 16th Dec 2016 - Gibraltar and Corin Road
Snake Rock The Ampitheatre
16 Slithering Sideways Sport 12m Good
Poorly placed second bolt makes the next moves quite delicate

 
Fri 16th Dec 2016 - Mount Alexandra
Central Area
17 First Born - with Lorraine Sport 20m, 8 Good
Tue 23rd Aug 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Corroboree Walls Disneyland
15 Bacon - with Lorraine Sport 25m, 9 Very Good
Wed 3rd Aug 2016 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Binary Cave
12 Constipation Chimney Variant Start Trad 19m Good
Wed 22nd Jun 2016 - Nowra
Thompson's Point The Pocketed Wall
22 Meaty Mesmo Sport 10m Very Good
Felt harder than Murdoch.

 
Thu 16th Jun 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zap Crag Lower Zap
17 Just Warmin' Up (Just Warming Up) Sport 20m Very Good
Broke a nice knob off while kneebarring...

 
Wed 15th Jun 2016 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bowens Creek Main Wall Left
22 Shut the Gate Sport 15m Good
Felt like I was hugging a fridge at the end

 
Wed 11th May 2016 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Sunnyside
22 Seamstress Sport 22m, 10 Classic
Fri 15th Apr 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Mezzaluna Area
15 My Grandmother's Dinky - with Lorraine, Paul Meo Sport 20m, 5 Very Good
Thu 14th Apr 2016 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Grey Slab
17 Good Fortune Sport 18m Very Good
19 Country Special Sport 18m Very Good
Some nice moves but very runout

 
Thu 14th Apr 2016 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper War Babies Wall
17 Pluck the Duck Sport 12m Good
Tue 5th Apr 2016 - Barrenjoey
Southwest
20 Cranky - with Lorraine Sport 7m Classic
Would get a Mega Classic I it was longer.

 
Thu 31st Mar 2016 - Barrenjoey
Southwest
9 Jezebel - with Lorraine Mixed trad 11m, 2 Classic
Thu 24th Mar 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Masterplan Area
22 The Go Between - with Lorraine Sport 15m Very Good
Thanks for the beta Lorraine.

 
Thu 10th Mar 2016 - Barrenjoey
Southwest
16 Mode - with Lorraine Sport 14m, 3 Good
Lorraine made this look much easier than it was. The small edges are good when you find them...

 
Tue 9th Feb 2016 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall
19 Hot Flyer pitch 1 Sport 18m Classic
Tue 9th Feb 2016 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall
21 These Dogs are Whippets Sport 15m, 5 Average
Glad this wasnt on lead

 
Wed 13th Jan 2016 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Lunch Ledge
17 Hypothermia Sport 25m Very Good
Warm up before Mirrorball. Nice climbing up the scoops

 
Mon 28th Dec 2015 - Lindfield Rocks
Pipeline Wall
V1 Layback Crack Boulder 4m Classic
Mon 28th Dec 2015 - Lindfield Rocks
Black Wall/Wide Crack Area
V4 8 Boulder 5m Very Good
Wed 23rd Sep 2015 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Duck Wall
20 Duckling Sport 12m, 4 Very Good
Sun 6th Sep 2015 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Theory of Negativity Wall
20 Theory of Negativity Sport 22m, 9 Very Good
Sun 6th Sep 2015 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Choc Chip Chai Sector
19 20 Choc Chip Chai Sport 15m, 7 Very Good
Tue 25th Aug 2015 - Bangor West
17 The Whorl Sport 10m, 3 Very Good
20 The Shire Republic Sport 12m, 3 Very Good
Tue 18th Aug 2015 - Koorabar
21 20 Clockwise Rimjob Sport 8m Good
16 Spaghetti Hotdog Sport 7m Good
Tue 11th Aug 2015 - The Balkans
The Frontline The Eastern Bloc
V3 Violent Crumble Boulder 3m Very Good
Fri 12th Jun 2015 - Ton Sai
Dum's Kitchen
6a 6b Schlingel Max (Schlingal Moritz) Sport 15m, 6 Very Good
Polished, especially down low. Interesting crux.

 
Thu 11th Jun 2015 - Ton Sai
Fire Wall
6a+ Up in Smoke Sport 17m, 9 Very Good
6a+ For Helga Sport 30m, 11 Very Good
Sat 6th Jun 2015 - Cat Ba Island
Butterfly Valley
5b Vu Duyen Sport 8m, 7 Good
6b You Enjoy Myself Sport 20m, 11 Classic
Tue 2nd Jun 2015 - Vịnh Lan Hạ
Moody's Beach
6a+ Routine Heaven - with Lorraine Sport 23m, 9 Very Good
Mon 1st Jun 2015 - Cat Ba Island
Butterfly Valley
15 5c Bread and Butter Sport 23m, 10 Very Good
16 6a Rome to Hanoi express Sport 19m, 9 Very Good
18 6a+ Mother Butterfly Sport 29m, 13 Classic
14 5c Reggae Rocks (Roots Reggae) Sport 27m, 13 Good
On the tree roots. Extend draws above and below the roof or drag is terrible. Also there are two anchors, we stopped at the lower ones.

 
Wed 13th May 2015 - 安顺市
格凸 Getu White Crag
6a San (Three) Sport Classic
Tue 12th May 2015 - 安顺市
格凸 Getu White Crag
6a+ Shi (Ten) Sport Very Good
Mon 11th May 2015 - 安顺市
格凸 Getu Great Arch Left Side
6a+ Business in China 中国业务 Sport 18m, 7 Very Good

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