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Sat 10th Aug 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area | ||||||
15 | ★★★ Tombstone Wall | 30m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great climbing with a tricky little mantle at the start.
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Sat 10th Aug 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Janicepts Area | ||||||
19 | ★★ The Minotaur | 49m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great climbing but a little scary to the first bolt, easy to miss the bolts at the belay.
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18 | ★★★ Amen Corner | 30m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Amazing climbing up the corner. Just when you think it is going to let up it comes tight back at you.
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Sat 10th Aug 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
14 | ★★ Joseph - with Matt | 46m | ★★ Very Good | |||
A nice warm up climb
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17 | ★★★ Psychopath | 28m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great climb with lots of solid jamming.
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Sun 4th Aug 2013 - Narrabeen | ||||||
Wakehurst Parkway Steep Side | ||||||
19 | ★★ Areeba - with Shawn | 7m | ★ Good | |||
Nice little climb
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21 | ★★ Septic Penguins - with Shawn | 12m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great climbing on huge holds. I found it easier than it looked from the ground.
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Sat 27th Jul 2013 - Narrabeen | ||||||
Slabs | ||||||
18 | ★★ Lunatic - with Elly | 19m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
18 | ★★ Muscoviet Mosquito - with Elly | 15m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
18 | ★★ C - with Elly | 8m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Good fun overhang with huge jugs.
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16 18 | ★ Common Origin - with Elly | 15m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
18 | ★ A - with Elly | 10m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
16 | ★ Ag Science - with Elly | 18m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
20 19 | ★ Kicks - with Elly | 12m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
16 | ★ Mum's the Word - with Elly | 10m | ★ Good | |||
Sun 21st Jul 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York First Year Uni Area | ||||||
16 | ★ Young Dudes - with Elly | 20m | Average | |||
I didn't like the gear behind the hollow sounding flake
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19 | ★★ First Year Uni - with Elly | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great climb with some fun jamming.
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Sun 21st Jul 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Ferro Pro Wall | ||||||
14 | Russell's Wander - with Elly | 25m | ★ Good | |||
Ok with an interesting middle section
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Sun 21st Jul 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Noodle Wall | ||||||
19 20 | ★ Muriels Wedding and Russells Divorce - with Shawn | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice Climb
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Sat 6th Jul 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area | ||||||
18 | ★★★ Bunny Bucket Buttress - with Paul | 270m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Great route especially pitches 6 and 7. The wind did make it a bit cold at times but well worth doing. I will be back when it is warmer to lead the other pitches.
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Fri 7th Jun 2013 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
18 | ★★ Elastic RURP - with Paul, Heather | 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great Route with varied climbing.
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18 | ★★ Gladiator - with Paul, Heather | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Last route of the week and managed to jam up it fairly easily. Great rout for practicing jamming.
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14 | ★★ Electronic Flag - with Heather | 40m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Climbed this due to my partner backing off. I don't blame her as it felt a bit stiff but still a fun climb especially pulling over the chokestones,
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16 | ★★★ Satan's Smokestack - with Paul, Heather | 40m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
I loved this climb but then I am into this kind of stuff. Great to see the gnome in the bottom of the chimney. A great adventure and very unique climb.
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Thu 6th Jun 2013 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
20 | ★★★ Devils Dihedral - with Paul, Heather | 45m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
The one route that I wanted to get done and what a route it was. Amazing climbing all the way up.
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17 16 | ★★ Micron - with Paul, Heather | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Good warm up climb.
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19 | ★★★ Infinity - with Paul, Heather | 40m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Probably on of the best climbs I have ever done. Amazing jamming all the way up which all flowed very well together and got me into all kinds of odd positions. Just thinking about it makes me want to go back and climb it again.
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Thu 6th Jun 2013 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
East of the access track | ||||||
11 | ★ Parsons Pleasure - with Paul, Heather | 10m | ★ Good | |||
A good beginner route with loads of gear.
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Wed 5th Jun 2013 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
18 | ★★★ Iron Mandible - with Paul, Heather | 24m | ★★★ Classic | |||
A great route with some strenuous jamming
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15 | ★★ Devil's Wart - with Paul, Heather | 27m | ★★ Very Good | |||
A very nice easier climb
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17 | ★★★ Smoked Banana - with Paul, Heather | 40m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great route, looks harder than it actually is. I thought the route would be over after the chockstones but it had a very interesting end.
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Tue 4th Jun 2013 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
East of the access track | ||||||
17 | ★ Liquid Laughter Layback - with Paul, Heather | 38m | ★★ Very Good | |||
An interesting climb with varied sections. The chimney felt pretty hard with some interesting contortions to get to the top.
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17 | ★★ Wizards Back - with Paul, Heather | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
After mistaking Yeah, Yeah, Yeah for this climb and failing it was good to jump on this climb and get it clean. Thought provoking moves off the ledge to good technical climbing above.
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10 | ★ Sunday Afternoon Walk - with Paul, Heather | 12m | ★ Good | |||
Nice easy climb up the corner.
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16 | ★★ Materialistic Prostitution - with Paul, Heather | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great route, good jamming practice.
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Mon 3rd Jun 2013 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
12 | ★ Witches Cauldron Pitch 1 - with Paul, Heather | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Very good beginners climb.
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17 18 | ★★ Chocolate Watch Band - with My first lead at frog | 17m | ★★ Very Good | |||
My first lead at frog. I found it pretty difficult especially were the crack wides right at the top. After climbing this I thought my hopes of climbing Devil's Dihedral later in the week were gone.
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13 | ★★ Clockwork Orange Corner - with Paul, Heather | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
First route we climbed at Frog. Good fun Trad climbing.
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Sat 11th May 2013 - Mt Ku-ring-gai | ||||||
Lost & Found Wall | ||||||
17 | ★★ Foundlings - with Andrew | 15m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Good first climb of the day.
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19 18 | ★★ Woken Furies - with Andrew | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fun climbing probably easy for the grade with good view.
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20 20 R | ★★ STW - with Andrew | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
This is fun jug hauling with some interesting moves at the top.
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20 | ★★ Bummagedon - with Andrew | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice climb with a committing climb pulling out of the cave.
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21 | ★ Tingles - with Andrew | 16m | ★ Good | |||
A little hard to work out where the climb was meant to go but when we found it, it was OK.
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18 | ★ Lichen A virgin Dog - with Andrew | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Nice climb, not too hard.
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Sat 4th May 2013 - The Cathedral | ||||||
Main Crag | ||||||
16 | ★ Neuron Nerd - with Elly | 8m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
Good climbing up the slab, the start felt a bit hard.
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14 | ★ Jack and the Beanstalk - with Elly | 8m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Very interesting climb up the tree, it gets a bit wobbly at the top
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18 | ★ Vitez Right Finish (Vitez) - with Elly | 25m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great climb with plenty of jamming at the start and then good crack climbing to follow.
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19 17 | ★★★ Wacky Tabacci - with Elly | 25m, 8 | ★★★ Classic | |||
I loved this climb. Very interesting chimneying most of the way up.
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20 | ★★ Retro Crack - with Elly | 25m, 8 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great line with good but sharp jamming to start followed by solid laybacking.
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16 | ★ Cosmic Cruncher - with Elly | 8m | ★ Good | |||
Good thin climbing up the slab.
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Thu 25th Apr 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Electric Blue Area | ||||||
19 | ★★★ Electric Blue - with Andrew | 35m, 7 | ★★★ Classic | |||
An interesting climb up some easy trad to start and then it got interesting and a little scary on the carrots.
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Thu 25th Apr 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Little Triggers Wall | ||||||
18 | ★★ Jolly Good Fellow (Happy New Year) - with David | 25m, 9 | ★ Good | |||
A good variation worthwhile as a route on its own.
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18 | ★★ Jolly Good Fellow - with David | 25m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Good fun climb.
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19 | ★★ Mike and Lorna go to Town - with David | 25m, 6 | ||||
Really enjoyed this climb, Hard start followed by good interesting climbing.
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19 | ★★ Little Triggers | 25m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great climb, an interesting hard start leading to steep jug hauling.
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20 | ★★ Go Lotto - with David | 22m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
A good climb to get you pumped but plenty of places to rest and shake out.
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16 | ★ Karinya - with David | 25m, 7 | ★ Good | |||
Nice climb on good holds.
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Sun 21st Apr 2013 - Bonnet Bay | ||||||
18 | ★★ Offalwidth - with Elly | 16m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice climb up the crack. Felt ok clipping the bolts on A1.
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19 20 | ★ Aarvark - with Elly | 9m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
I loved this route. Great moves through the overhang on huge holds involving a heel hook. Then a nice face with good holds just where you want them. Felt a lot easier than it looked.
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17 | ★ Lumberjack | 12m, 4 | ||||
Very interesting working out how to get around the roof. Eases up after the first section.
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18 | ★ Overkilled - with Elly | 8m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
A good climb and not too hard. The lower off is a bit of a reach.
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18 19 | ★ Stopping Short - with Elly | 7m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
A couple of harder moves at the top but OK.
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17 | ★ Mildly Bent - with Elly | 8m, 3 | Average | |||
Not too interesting.
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15 | ★ The Chimney - with Elly | 12m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Interesting moves to get up the chimney but overall a good climb.
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21 | ★★ Kim - with Elly | 10m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Sun 14th Apr 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
14 | ★★ S.S.C.C.1 - with Paul | 25m | ★ Good | |||
Good climb, I found it quite reachy at the start being short. Looked at the 22 which I may give a go next time.
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17 | ★★★ Psychopath - with Paul | 28m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great jamming would be really hard if you couldn't jam. Will have to lead it next time.
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14 | ★★ The Phantom - with Paul | 31m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great climb with a fun traverse to make things interesting.
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Sun 14th Apr 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Flake Crack - with Paul | 53m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great climb with contrasting sections. First a lovely layback flake, then a crack, then pulling through a small roof and finally a face.
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Sun 14th Apr 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
19 18 | ★★★ The Eternity - with Paul | 22m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Jammed all the way up the crack. This is a style of climbing that I really enjoy.
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Sat 6th Apr 2013 - Barrenjoey | ||||||
Southwest | ||||||
9 | ★ Jezebel - with Hazel | 11m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
Nice positive holds
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15 | ★★ Crack of Dawn - with Hazel | 20m | ||||
Provides some good jamming practice.
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15 | ★★ Cosmic Ecology - with Hazel | 12m | ★ Good | |||
Interesting moves around the overhang
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Thu 27th Dec 2012 - Hospital Flat | ||||||
The Bakehouse | ||||||
14 | ★ Curiously Sheepish | 15m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
17 | ★ Generic Betrayal | 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Thu 27th Dec 2012 - Hospital Flat | ||||||
Tombstone Boulders The Tombstone | ||||||
17 | ★★ The Crack | 15m | ||||
Wed 26th Dec 2012 - Motatapu Valley | ||||||
Roadside Area Roadside Attraction | ||||||
15 | ★ Strawberry | 16m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
16 | ★ Ara Tuatahi | 16m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
18 | ★ Nasal Excavations | 14m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Sat 22nd Dec 2012 - Hospital Flat | ||||||
The Main Cliff | ||||||
14 | ★★ The Big Corner | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
17 | ★★ Headbangers Arete | 20m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
13 | ★ Do I Have To? | 20m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Thu 23rd Jan 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | ||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Andrew | 50m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great climb, i love climbs through caves.
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