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Sun 16th Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Northern Group Harlequin Cracks Area | ||||||
9 | ★★ Beau Geste - with Angela Anchugova | 140m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sat 15th Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
8 | ★★ Diapason - with Angela Anchugova | 55m | ★★ Very Good | |||
9 | ★★ Conifer Crack - with Angela Anchugova | 80m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Tue 11th Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Area Below Tiptoe Ridge | ||||||
5 | ★★ Introductory Route - with Angela Anchugova | 140m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Tue 11th Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Wailing Wall | ||||||
9 | ★ Exploding Tomatoes - with Angela Anchugova | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Tue 11th Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Golden Fleece Wall | ||||||
11 | ★★ Pedro - with Angela Anchugova | 36m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Tue 11th Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Charity Buttress | ||||||
9 | ★ Hope - with Angela Anchugova | 16m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sun 9th Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Front Wall and West Face | ||||||
8 | ★★ Spiral Staircase - with Angela Anchugova | 100m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sun 9th Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
10 | ★★ D Major - with Angela Anchugova | 50m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Sat 5th Oct 2019 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Front Wall and West Face | ||||||
10 | ★★ The Shroud - with Giovanni Guccione | 120m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Very worthwhile!
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Fri 4th Oct 2019 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Right Dunes Buttress | ||||||
10 | ★★★ Eskimo Nell - with Giovanni Guccione | 130m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Fri 4th Oct 2019 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae Muldoon Area | ||||||
10 | ★ Clytemnaestra Buttress | 45m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Thu 3rd Oct 2019 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
10 | ★★ D Major - with Giovanni Guccione | 50m | ★★★ Classic | |||
11 | ★★ Piccolo | 33m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Always a favourite!
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Thu 3rd Oct 2019 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle | ||||||
14 | ★★ D Minor | 35m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Excellent. More than enough good pro to protect the overlaps.
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Thu 25th Apr 2019 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge Legoland North-west | ||||||
15 | ★★ Goose Step | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Thu 25th Apr 2019 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge Legoland Atrium | ||||||
16 | ★ California Dreaming | 10m | ★ Good | |||
15 | ★ Oleo | 10m | ★ Good | |||
Mon 22nd Apr 2019 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Abseil Gully | ||||||
12 | ★★ The Eyrie | 45m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Enjoyable climbing. Done as one pitch.
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Tue 11th Sep 2018 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae Agamemnon Area | ||||||
11 | ★★★ Agamemnon - with Karun | 40m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
A great end to a trip and a fine lead by Karun
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Tue 11th Sep 2018 - Arapiles | ||||||
Bard Buttress | ||||||
12 | ★★★ Bard - with Karun | 120m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Led all pitches. Absolutely awesome!
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Mon 10th Sep 2018 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Upper Central Gully Mari Buttress | ||||||
14 | ★★ Megalomaniac - with Chris | 28m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Good, fun climbing.
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17 | ★★★ Mari - with Chris | 35m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Hung around at the crux for a while but struggled through it. Superb climb!
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Mon 10th Sep 2018 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Back Wall | ||||||
14 | ★★★ Lamplighter - with Chris | 78m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Led pitch 3. All of it was amazing, the final pitch was hilarious!
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Sun 9th Sep 2018 - Arapiles | ||||||
Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Syrinx Area | ||||||
10 | ★★★ Syrinx - with Pat | 170m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Done in 4 pitches, led the 1,2 and 4,5 links. So fun. The final pitch is great!
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Sun 9th Sep 2018 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces The Watchtower | ||||||
9 | ★★★ Arachnus - with Pat | 110m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Done in two pitches, led the 3,4 link.
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Sat 8th Sep 2018 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae Muldoon Area | ||||||
13 | ★★★ Muldoon - with Karun | 42m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Led both pitches. So good!
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Sat 8th Sep 2018 - Arapiles | ||||||
Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Under Flinders Lane Wall | ||||||
15 | ★★ Kaiser - with Karun | 110m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Led all pitches. Unfortunately another party was on Resignation. Found pitch 3 to be excellent, but pitch 4 was a bit rubbish.
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Fri 7th Sep 2018 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
11 | ★★ Piccolo - with Karun | 33m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Always my first climb of an Arapiles trip. Bit of a tradition now
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8 | ★★ Diapason - with Karun | 55m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Night climb, done as one pitch.
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Sun 17th Dec 2017 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
The Horn Area The Horn | ||||||
16 | ★★★ The Pintle Left Hand Variant | 70m, 1 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Excellent! A hard start, committing middle, and a finish up victory-jugs!
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14 | ★★ The Pintle | 70m | ★★ Very Good | |||
The first pitch is okay, vegetated but still pleasant climbing, but the third pitch is great!
P1 and P3 only, P2 was done via the LHV. |
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Sat 16th Dec 2017 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
The Cathedral | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Maharajah | 42m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
So good! Packs in a lot of fun moves. Done via the flake start.
I led P1, Pat got the excellent top-out on P2. |
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Sat 16th Dec 2017 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
The Hump Area The Hump | ||||||
18 | ★★★ The Initiation | 90m, 1 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Has a bit of everything and is excellent all the way!
Done in three pitches, Pat led P1 and I got P2 and P3. Had a bit of fun going off-route at the beginning of P2 by following the flake towards the rings, checking the guide on lead, and carefully down-climbing to get on track again. |
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Sat 10th Dec 2016 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
19 | ★★ Electronic Flag DS | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fri 9th Dec 2016 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
13 | ★★ Clockwork Orange Corner | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great climbing. Manages to be both technical and juggy.
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14 | ★ Orchid Alley | 20m | ||||
Better than the description suggests. Good climbing with only a spot of offwidth. A small cam (Metolius 0, I think) shortens the runout.
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Sat 26th Nov 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge Tower Rocks | ||||||
19 | ★★ Darkling | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Yo-yo ascent. Took a stuck knee before I figured it out but it was actually pretty straightforward on the second run. Good feet.
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Sun 6th Nov 2016 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Billy Billy Sarah's Cracks | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Nice Day for a White Wedding | 15m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Just can't pass up a lap when I'm at Billy Billy.
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Sun 6th Nov 2016 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Billy Billy Innocence | ||||||
17 | ★★ Why Does It Always Rain On Me | 8m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Third time lucky; nice to finally send it.
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16 | ★ End of Innocence | 15m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
Fell off the first meter and blew the onsight! Found it hard to get established in the groove.
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17 | ★★ Oops I Did It Again! | 8m | ★ Good | |||
"Interesting finish." The offwidth I was expecting, the stinging nettles were a surprise.
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3 | ★ Yayco | 6m | Average | |||
Usual warm-up.
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Sat 29th Oct 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge Legoland Atrium | ||||||
10 | ★ Ace High | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Becoming my usual warm-up.
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Sat 29th Oct 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge Halfway Hotel | ||||||
14 | ★ Cul-de-Sac Crack | 8m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Down-climb to escape Scaramouche.
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Sun 23rd Oct 2016 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Gibraltar Peak Shady side | ||||||
21 | ★★★ Overnight Sensation | 18m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
One of best cracks in the ACT. Happy with a tope-rope onsight and excited to go back and lead it!
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Sun 23rd Oct 2016 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Gibraltar Peak Safari Boulders | ||||||
17 | Mario and the Blue Angels | 15m | Average | |||
Really earns its no-star status.
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Sun 9th Oct 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Booroomba Rocks South Buttress Possum area | ||||||
17 | ★★ Vomit | 30m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Nice to come back and get the send.
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Sun 9th Oct 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Booroomba Rocks South Buttress Integral face | ||||||
20 | ★ Euryproctus | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
A top-rope lap to stay warm on a windy day.
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20 | ★ The Eiger Direct | 15m | ||||
Great climbing. Would be a committing lead.
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12 | ★ Running Crack | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
11 |
★ Marmalade P1
1
| 44m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Solo of the first pitch.
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Sat 24th Sep 2016 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Hornes Point | ||||||
14 | ★ Yellow Crack | 25m | ★ Good | |||
Great jungle-gym climbing but the rock quality gets worse near the top. Traversed left after the crack to avoid climbing the thin, chossy flakes at the top.
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Sat 24th Sep 2016 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Descent Gully Area | ||||||
11 | ★ The Bonatti Crack | 8m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Almost worth unpacking the rope for it!
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Sat 24th Sep 2016 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
14 | ★★ Joseph | 46m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Good fun!
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18 | ★★★ The Eternity | 22m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Excellent!
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15 | ★★ The Pharaoh | 33m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really good. Super fun moves between the breaks.
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Sun 12th Jun 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Booroomba Rocks North Buttress Northern Slabs | ||||||
11 |
★ Ephemeros
1
11
2
3
4
| 75m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Easy and fun. P1 only.
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11 |
★ Melmoth
1
11
2
| 80m | ★★ Very Good | |||
P1 only, linked into Drunken Delight
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8 |
★★ Drunken Delight
1
2
8
| 85m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Good fun for the grade, enough gear to be a good beginner climb. P2 only.
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14 |
★★ Sleepwalker
1
14
| 110m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
P1 only.
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Sat 21st May 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge Halfway Hotel | ||||||
14 | ★ Cul-de-Sac Crack | 8m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great, but short.
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Sat 21st May 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge Legoland Atrium | ||||||
10 | ★ Ace High | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Another quick warm up lap on the walk to Mushroom Rock.
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Sat 7th May 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge Mushroom Rock | ||||||
13 | ★ False Sun | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Delightfully mossy.
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Sat 7th May 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge Legoland North-west | ||||||
15 | ★★ Goose Step | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Pretty good. Arguably worth the walk.
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Sat 7th May 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge Legoland Atrium | ||||||
16 | ★ California Dreaming | 10m | ★ Good | |||
10 | ★ Ace High | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sun 24th Apr 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge Tower Rocks | ||||||
7 | ★ Penny | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sun 24th Apr 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge Sentinel Rocks | ||||||
12 | ★ Cat Scratch | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Very nice. The gear is a bit too fiddly to make a great beginner lead.
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17 | ★★ Power Cat | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Excellent and sustained for a short climb.
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Sun 3rd Apr 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Booroomba Rocks South Buttress Integral face | ||||||
20 | ★ Euryproctus | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Such a fun crux!
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12 | ★ Big Flake | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
More climbing in it than I was expecting and quite varied.
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12 | ★ Running Crack | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sun 3rd Apr 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Booroomba Rocks South Buttress Possum area | ||||||
14 | ★ Overhang Corner | 32m | ★ Good | |||
Easy after the start but quite enjoyable. (P1 only)
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Sun 27th Mar 2016 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
18 | ★★★ The Eternity | 22m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Awesome. Happy to get the send.
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17 | ★★★ Psychopath | 28m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Quite fun all the way!
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Sun 27th Mar 2016 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area | ||||||
15 | ★ Addendum | 60m | ★ Good | |||
P1 only.
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15 | ★★★ Tombstone Wall | 30m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Balancy and excellent.
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8 | ★ Faith | 52m | ★ Good | |||
Sat 27th Feb 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters The Hello Boulder | ||||||
16 | ★ Roots | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sat 27th Feb 2016 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters Astral Wall | ||||||
15 | ★★ Silk Degrees | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Sun 18th Oct 2015 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Billy Billy Innocence | ||||||
11 | ★★ Agent Orange Victim | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Enjoyable.
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3 | ★ Yayco | 6m | Average | |||
Two solo laps for a warm up.
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Sun 18th Oct 2015 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Billy Billy Sarah's Cracks | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Nice Day for a White Wedding | 15m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
I could happily do laps on this all day.
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Sun 4th Oct 2015 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
Bayside The Yardarm | ||||||
16 | ★★ Sympatico | 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Excellent climbing with awesome position. (Done on pre-placed pro to help retrieve gear after a rope-pulling mishap).
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14 | ★★ Over the Yardarm | 30m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Superb and consistent.
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Mon 28th Sep 2015 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters Astral Wall | ||||||
15 | ★★ Silk Degrees | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Still awesome!
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Mon 28th Sep 2015 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters The Hello Boulder | ||||||
9 | ★★ Breakaway | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Found a fixed wire on the top half but didn't put the time in to freeing it. Booty gear for anyone with 10 minutes and a nut tool!
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16 | ★ Roots | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Two more laps. A sloppy lead then a cruisy top rope to vindicate myself.
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Sun 13th Sep 2015 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Gibraltar Peak Southern Tablelands | ||||||
19 | ★ Revolution - with Christopher Lean | 8m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
Good but short.
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Sun 13th Sep 2015 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Gibraltar Peak Nailbiter Spike | ||||||
16 | ★★ Nail Biter - with Christopher Lean | 10m | ★ Good | |||
Not bad, probably a bit hard for a 16.
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Sun 13th Sep 2015 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Gibraltar Peak Trackside | ||||||
10 | ★ Lengthways Chinaman - with Christopher Lean | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Warm-up.
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Sat 29th Aug 2015 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
The Fortress | ||||||
18 | ★★ Postern | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice and sustained for the height.
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15 | ★★ Sentry Duty | 10m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Putting up a rope to give jamming lessons to some friends.
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Sun 19th Jul 2015 - Orroral area | ||||||
Booroomba Rocks North Buttress Northern Slabs | ||||||
9 | ★★ Sunstroke | 120m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Easy winter's day in the sun after finding the road to Orroral Ridge closed. The walk-out is far, far nicer now that a path has been hacked through the dense scrub.
Led P1/2 with Giovanni taking P3 and Ollie P4. |
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Sun 14th Jun 2015 - Orroral area | ||||||
Booroomba Rocks South Buttress Possum area | ||||||
13 | ★★ Possum | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Awesome Possum! Combined with the Carezzissima Finish, it's a great route. Led the traverse pitch.
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15 | ★★ Carezzissima Finish | 22m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great climbing and an awesome exposed top-out.
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Sun 17th May 2015 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Billy Billy Sarah's Cracks | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Nice Day for a White Wedding | 15m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Could climb this all day.
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Sun 17th May 2015 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Billy Billy Picnic | ||||||
17 | ★ Caribbean Queen | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Follows an excellent line that offers interesting climbing all the way. Bring plenty of fist-sized cams.
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Fri 3rd Apr 2015 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters Simple Simon Slabs | ||||||
10 | ★ Tarantella | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Very nice.
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