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Fri 3rd Apr 2015 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters Simple Simon Slabs | ||||||
9 | ★ Smooth Dancer | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fri 3rd Apr 2015 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters The Hello Boulder | ||||||
18 | ★★ Sasha Cracka | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
A very nice layback problem with a bit of slab to finish.
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19 | ★★ Absent Friends | 7m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sun 15th Mar 2015 - Orroral area | ||||||
Booroomba Rocks South Buttress Integral face | ||||||
12 | ★ Running Crack | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
11 | ★ Marmalade | 44m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Such a great beginner climb.
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Sat 13th Dec 2014 - Blue Lake | ||||||
Elephant Buttress | ||||||
9 | ★ Pete's Corner | 37m | ★ Good | |||
Some enjoyable climbing. The greenery along the way was nice.
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13 | ★★★ Dihedral Corner | 32m | ★★★ Classic | |||
One of my all-time favourites!
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19 | ★★★ Mindbender | 35m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Superb. Technical and well-protected with two excellent cruxes!
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16 | ★★ Reprieve | 35m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great line with some exposure.
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Sat 22nd Nov 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters The Hello Boulder | ||||||
12 | ★ Cocolossal | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Great if you're into that sort of thing.
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16 | ★ Roots | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great line!
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Sat 22nd Nov 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters Equinox Wall | ||||||
14 | ★★ Sweetwater Wine | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Very nice.
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Sat 22nd Nov 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters The Cereals Buttress | ||||||
18 | ★ Sugar Frosty | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Don't be thrown off by the worthless start, the short section of crack is gold and the traverse at the end is nice.
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Thu 13th Nov 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge Tower Rocks | ||||||
8 | ★ Dinero | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
15 | ★★ Lincoln's Lament | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Straightforward enough. Solid gear to half-height, thins out after that.
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Sun 9th Nov 2014 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Gibraltar Peak Frenchies | ||||||
17 | ★★ Heckmondwike Twist | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Some good variety and an interesting top-out.
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Sun 9th Nov 2014 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Gibraltar Peak Safari Boulders | ||||||
14 | ★ Professor Longhair and the Shuffling Hungarians | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Took the rightmost crack to start just in case it's an FA (somehow I doubt it). Climbs well, probably about grade 15.
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Wed 29th Oct 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge Legoland Elephant special | ||||||
14 | ★ Shag Alley | 12m | ★ Good | |||
Fun! Steep for the grade.
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15 | ★ The Elephant Special | 16m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Pleasant climbing. Takes small gear.
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Sat 25th Oct 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge Tower Rocks | ||||||
8 | ★ Dinero | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
A solid line with good gear throughout.
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7 | ★ Penny | 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Excellent for the grade with a touch of unexpected exposure near the top.
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Sun 12th Oct 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge Legoland Atrium | ||||||
16 | ★ California Dreaming | 10m | ★ Good | |||
Not bad.
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10 | ★ Ace High | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Just right to be heady but not dangerous. Great view from the top.
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15 | ★ Oleo | 10m | ★ Good | |||
Fun. Only a taste of thrutch near the top. Be wary of the loose chockstone.
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Thu 18th Sep 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Sweet Dreams Walls | ||||||
17 | ★★ Sweet Dreams Left Variant (Sweet Dreams Variant) | 120m, 12 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Very good. Not quite living up to the hype but the last pitch came close.
Led p1, p3 and p5. |
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Wed 17th Sep 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
14 | ★★ Joseph | 46m | ★ Good | |||
Good warm-up.
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14 | ★★ S.S.C.C.1 | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fun! Nice arete and wide crack.
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15 | ★★ The Carthaginian | 33m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Awesome climbing. Every move is great, plenty of pro.
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Wed 17th Sep 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Flake Crack | 53m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Excellent, classic line. Onsight p1, clean second p2.
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13 | ★ Charity | 14m | ★ Good | |||
Good. Stemming and offwidth.
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Tue 16th Sep 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Atomic Punk Area | ||||||
14 | ★★ The Obituary | 30m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great climb! Lots of fun moves.
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Sat 13th Sep 2014 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Billy Billy Innocence | ||||||
3 | ★ Yayco | 6m | Average | |||
Would be okay as an introductory lead. The simul-rap lands one person in a nest of dead branches. Easier to just down-climb it.
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3 | ★ Yayco | 6m | Average | |||
Sat 13th Sep 2014 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Billy Billy Sarah's Cracks | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Nice Day for a White Wedding | 15m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Couldn't resist doing another lap on it!
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Sun 7th Sep 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters Simple Simon Slabs | ||||||
9 | ★ Smooth Dancer | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sun 7th Sep 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters The Hello Boulder | ||||||
12 | ★ Cocolossal | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Ran up it after Roots since the rope was there anyway. Tricky through the chockstones but fun to grunt through it.
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Sat 30th Aug 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters Simple Simon Slabs | ||||||
9 | ★ Smooth Dancer | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really enjoyable.
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14 | ★ High Diddle | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Good climb, probably won't try leading it.
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Sat 30th Aug 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters The Cereals Buttress | ||||||
15 14 | ★ Cosmic Connection | 12m | ★ Good | |||
A nice hand-crack.
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Sat 30th Aug 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters The Hello Boulder | ||||||
18 | ★★ Sasha Cracka | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great line! Top-roped it to see how hollow the flake sounds: about as hollow as it looks.
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9 | ★★ Breakaway | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Warm-up.
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Sat 23rd Aug 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Booroomba Rocks South Buttress Integral face | ||||||
11 | ★ Marmalade | 44m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Good fun, although a bit damp in the winter.
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12 | ★ Running Crack | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
A good variety of jams and solid gear.
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Sun 3rd Aug 2014 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Billy Billy Picnic | ||||||
15 | ★ Lichenstein | 15m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
A short section of good climbing to be had in the middle. Certainly better than the name suggests (no doubt thanks to a good scrubbing).
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Sun 3rd Aug 2014 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Billy Billy Sarah's Cracks | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Nice Day for a White Wedding | 15m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Excellent!
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Sun 27th Jul 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters The Cereals Buttress | ||||||
11 | ★ Snap | 10m | ★ Good | |||
Rapped off the tree to avoid the unprotected offwidth/squeeze chimney top-out. Okay climbing up to there.
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Sun 27th Jul 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters The Hello Boulder | ||||||
9 | ★★ Breakaway | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Good climbing, good pro. 9 is a definite sandbag.
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Sun 27th Jul 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Orroral Ridge The Cloisters Astral Wall | ||||||
15 | ★★ Silk Degrees | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
A perfect line. Classic!
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Sun 20th Jul 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Booroomba Rocks South Buttress Possum area | ||||||
14 | ★ Matrix | 40m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice climb, quite varied.
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Sun 13th Jul 2014 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
The Fortress | ||||||
15 | ★★ Sentry Duty | 10m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Another quick lap to break up the walk-out from Mt. Gib.
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Sun 13th Jul 2014 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Gibraltar Peak Safari Boulders | ||||||
16 | ★ Low Hydrogen | 13m | ★ Good | |||
Good climbing but the rock is a bit loose.
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Sun 13th Jul 2014 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Gibraltar Peak Summit Boulders | ||||||
12 | ★ Get Your Motors Running | 20m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really nice climbing with excellent jams and pro. Some moss made the top slab more exciting!
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Sun 13th Jul 2014 - Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||||||
Gibraltar Peak Trackside | ||||||
10 | ★ Lengthways Chinaman | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Not bad. Interesting through the traverse left.
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Sun 22nd Jun 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Rhum Dhu | ||||||
8 14 | ★★ Shandy | 99m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Would be classic if not for the tour groups throwing down rocks. Great first pitch, just the right amount of run-out to be fun but very sane. Not sure if we found the fourth pitch; ended up on a bolted scramble left of the first abseil that the tour groups take. The original trad line looks great but overrun by the commercial tours.
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Sun 25th May 2014 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Sloth Area | ||||||
17 | ★★ The Handcrack | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Solid jams once you get into it. I'll come back for the lead after some more jamming practice.
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Mon 21st Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Upper Central Gully Mari Buttress | ||||||
14 | ★★ Megalomaniac | 28m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Mon 21st Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
9 | ★ Keyboard | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Access to Tannin.
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Mon 21st Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ The Wraith | 35m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great climb. Some day I'll come back to lead it.
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Sun 20th Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
Fang Buttress and Surrounds Plaque | ||||||
14 | ★ Minimus | 12m | Average | |||
It's close to camp...
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10 | ★ Camelot | 13m | ★ Good | |||
Sun 20th Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae House of Atreus | ||||||
7 8 | ★★ Tantalus | 35m | ★ Good | |||
Some anchor practice for my partner. It might get a classic rating anywhere else but it's surrounded by too many climbs that are just amazing.
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Sat 19th Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Charity Buttress | ||||||
7 | ★ Charity | 14m | ★ Good | |||
Seconding my partner's practice lead while surrounded by 30 top-roping uni kids dropping things on me. Easter at Arapiles.
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Sat 19th Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
9 | ★ Keyboard | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Good fun. Didn't find that I needed any big gear.
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Sat 19th Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae Agamemnon Area | ||||||
15 | ★★ Necrophilliac | 25m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Such great jamming!
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Fri 18th Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face | ||||||
16 | ★★★ Watchtower Crack | 95m, 3 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Thanks Waz!
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Thu 17th Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Siren Area | ||||||
8 9 | ★★★ Siren | 150m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Led all the pitches, all were excellent!
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Wed 16th Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
11 | ★★ Piccolo | 33m | ★★ Very Good | |||
A great warm up.
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9 | ★★ Conifer Crack | 80m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Consistently good climbing.
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Wed 16th Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae Agamemnon Area | ||||||
11 | ★★★ Agamemnon | 40m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Great climb right from the start, lives up to the hype! Linked the pitches without much rope drag.
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Sat 8th Feb 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Descent Gully Area | ||||||
11 | ★ The Bonatti Crack | 8m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great little climb, much better than it looks. Worth stopping for a warm-up on the way by.
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Sat 8th Feb 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area | ||||||
15 | ★★ Hope | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great climbing but it's over too soon.
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11 | ★ Angular Crack | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fun warm-up, easy to protect.
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Sat 8th Feb 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
19 | ★★★ The Eternity | 22m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Great climb. Looking forward to coming back to lead it.
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Sun 2nd Feb 2014 - Mount Alexandra | ||||||
Central Area | ||||||
15 | ★ B | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
P1 is dirty but better than it looks, P2 would be great if it were longer.
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Sun 2nd Feb 2014 - Mount Alexandra | ||||||
Vox Populi Wall | ||||||
12 | ★ Digit Dave | 15m | Average | |||
Good climbing but probably not the best variant off the crack.
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Sun 19th Jan 2014 - Blue Lake | ||||||
Elephant Buttress | ||||||
13 | ★★★ Dihedral Corner | 32m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great stemming climb. Very consistent with excellent protection.
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8 | ★★ Turdus | 37m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Better than it looks. Good climbing for the grade and well protected.
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Sat 11th Jan 2014 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
The Lighthouse Liquid Insanity Area | ||||||
16 | ★ Grey | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Short, but good moves throughout.
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17 | ★★ Neptune | 15m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | |||
15 | ★ Test | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Came back with some trad gear to lead it. Very well protected.
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Sat 11th Jan 2014 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
Bayside Bluebeard Area | ||||||
7 | ★ Lobster Legs | 6m | Average | |||
Sun 5th Jan 2014 - Orroral area | ||||||
Booroomba Rocks North Buttress Northern Slabs | ||||||
9 | ★★ Sunstroke | 120m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great climb. Doing it in three pitches (P1/2, 3, 4) seemed to work well on a 60m rope. Less drag for P3 and 4 and it got us to an easy tree belay to top out at with not much to spare. Chris led P1/2 and P4; I took P3.
Found the gear fiddly on the crux of P3 but it could be run-out more than I did. The placements are solid just past it as well. |
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Sat 28th Dec 2013 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
The Lighthouse Liquid Insanity Area | ||||||
17 | ★★ Neptune | 15m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | |||
First climb after injuring a finger and it was a good choice. Got into the chimney straight away and hardly used my fingers at all!
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15 | ★ Test | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Pleasant. Some good jamming if you avoid the jugs.
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Sat 5th Oct 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
Fang Buttress and Surrounds Major Mitchell Gully Ali's Area | ||||||
3 | ★ Ali's | 60m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Sat 5th Oct 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | ||||||
18 | ★★ Creon - Tales of Brave Ulysses | 110m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sat 5th Oct 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
Bard Buttress | ||||||
20 | ★★ The Desired | 60m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Fri 4th Oct 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
Northern Group Kachoong Area | ||||||
21 | ★★★ Kachoong | 25m, 1 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Fri 4th Oct 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Upper Central Gully Mari Buttress | ||||||
14 | ★★ Megalomaniac | 28m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Thu 3rd Oct 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | ||||||
14 14 R | ★★ Hot Flap | 170m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Lead for P2 and P5. Plenty of rope drag on pitch 5, best to bring doubles.
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Thu 3rd Oct 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Kitten Wall Area Kitten Wall | ||||||
15 | ★★ Siamese Crack | 25m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Happy to get the flash, had to work for it though.
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Wed 2nd Oct 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
Bushranger Bluff Main Wall | ||||||
6 | ★ Revolver Crack | 20m | Average | |||
15 | ★ The Ghost of Melville | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Tue 1st Oct 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces The Watchtower | ||||||
9 | ★★★ Arachnus | 110m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Like many others, we launched up the left crack instead of the right. Had to do an unexpectedly thin move (probably around a grade 17) to get up over the bulge at the top of the crack before I could traverse left to the rest of the (excellent) climb.
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Tue 1st Oct 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
8 | ★★ Diapason | 55m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Mon 30th Sep 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae Agamemnon Area | ||||||
15 | ★★ Necrophilliac | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Mon 30th Sep 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae Muldoon Area | ||||||
13 | ★★★ Muldoon | 42m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Sun 29th Sep 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Right Dunes Buttress | ||||||
10 | ★★★ Eskimo Nell | 130m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Loved every move! Bring double ropes for the rap. We did it on a single and got stranded on a ledge 10 meters off the gully floor. Did a fun traverse pitch over a chockstone boulder over the gully to get out!
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Sat 28th Sep 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
Fang Buttress and Surrounds Plaque | ||||||
14 | ★ Minimus | 12m | Average | |||
10 | ★ Camelot | 13m | ★ Good |