Ascents as various tick types as trad or sport by Matt Short

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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Date
	24	★★ Unity (Rat$ Direct) - with Paul Griffiths	Sport 25m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sun 22nd Jan 2017
My first 24 and managed to get it onsight as well! Hauled myself onto the start and then made my way up the wall. I struggled just before the big ledge but managed to stay on. After a long rest on the ledge I made my way up the tecnical part of the wall just above the ledge and finished with a bit of a dynamic move to what luckly turned out to be a good hold. I was very happy to get to the top of this on very pumped.
	23	★★ Show Us Your Form - with Jack	Sport 15m, 4	Alfords Point	★★ Very Good	Sat 1st Jul 2017
Glad to get this one clean, the move out from the roof to the jug is fun.
	22	★★ Sister Rosa - with Stuart	Sport 18m, 8	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sun 22nd Sep 2013
I really liked this climb. Bouldery moves up to the first bolt then and interesting mantle and through the roof and carry on up.
	22	★★ It Goes! - with Junko	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sat 13th Dec 2014
I was happy to get this route as I have looked at it a couple of times and thought I could get it. It may be a touch easy for the grade but I was still very pumped after the roof.
	22	★★ Murdoch the Horse Fucker - with Blue Mountains Orangutan	Sport 12m, 5	Nowra	★★★ Classic	Sun 14th Aug 2016
Very happy to get this first attempt and suprised that I still had energy left at the top.
	22	★★ SWALK - with Paul Griffiths	Sport 25m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sun 22nd Jan 2017
This was a really nice climb with a few rests to stop you getting mega pumped.
	22	★★ Bunker Bolster - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 18m	New Nowra - Braidwood Road	★★ Very Good	Sat 30th Jun 2018
Maybe a little easy for the grade but I will take it. Fun climbing all the way up.
	21	★★ Kim - with Elly	Sport 10m, 3	Bonnet Bay	★★★ Classic	Sun 21st Apr 2013
	21	★ Tingles - with Andrew	Sport 16m	Mt Ku-ring-gai	★ Good	Sat 11th May 2013
A little hard to work out where the climb was meant to go but when we found it, it was OK.
	21	★★ Septic Penguins - with Shawn	Sport 12m, 5	Narrabeen	★★★ Classic	Sun 4th Aug 2013
Great climbing on huge holds. I found it easier than it looked from the ground.
	21	★★ Palm Sunday - with Paul	Sport 15m, 3	Berowra	★★ Very Good	Sat 7th Sep 2013
Great climb, had fun all the way up. The first bolt wasn't as hard to clip as I thought.
	21	★ Friendly Fire - with Stuart	Sport 12m, 4	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 22nd Sep 2013
Really good climbing up crimps.
	21	★★ Looks Poxable - with Paul	Sport 15m, 4	Berowra	★★ Very Good	Sun 27th Apr 2014
Great climb with nice flowing moves, probably my favourite at Berowra
	21	★★★ Exhibition Wall - with Paul	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sun 18th May 2014
Great Climb, hard start followed by nice sustained climbing to a rest and then up to the top. The last moves were pretty tricky too.
	20 21	★★ Sister Moon - with Andrew	Sport 15m, 6	Alfords Point	★★ Very Good	Sun 15th Jun 2014
Great route.
	21	★★ Broken And Barbed - with Andrew	Sport 18m, 6	Nowra	★★ Very Good	Sat 5th Jul 2014
Great route to finish the day with. I found the bottom part harder than the top part.
	20 21	★★ Flash Flood - with Roger Austin	Sport 18m, 7	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sat 7th Feb 2015
Nice climbing with a campus start. I found the move to the undercling the hardest.
	21	★★ Mr Orange - with Paul Griffiths	Sport 38m, 17	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sat 27th Aug 2016
This is an awesome climb with lots of interesting varied moves. Going through the roof was probably the best bit. Did as one long pitch.
	21	★★ Hullaballoo	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sat 24th Sep 2016
Nice thin section through the middle. Felt right for the grade
	21	★★ Oblivious	Mixed trad 20m, 4	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sat 24th Sep 2016
I have always overlooked this climb but it turns out it is well worth doing.
	21	★★ Sound and Vision - with Elly	Sport 20m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 16th Oct 2016
Great climb, the crux was pretty reachy for me but I made it stick.
	17 21	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag (Dress Rehearsal Rag - 1st Pitch) - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 35m, 4	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sun 13th Nov 2016
Not sure about the statement about it being desperate for 17. I found this fairly straight forward, just enough holds to make a great route.
	21	★★★ Shakes and Flakes - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sun 13th Nov 2016
Best route of the day, it has some great climbing and some thin sections but not where I thought they would be.
	21	★★ Pig Iron Slaughter - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 45m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sat 3rd Dec 2016
What an amazing arete to climb. I was glade to get this clean given how warm it was. It has some great moves at the crux on the arete.
	21	★★ Bulls Head - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 35m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sun 29th Jan 2017
Great fun adventure route for a sport route. A nice traverse with some harder moves at the end of it.
	21	★★ Vulgar Direct - with Jack, Amanda	Sport 32m, 13	Joll's Bridge	★★★ Mega Classic	Sat 5th Aug 2017
Simply one of the best 21s I have done in Sydney. This route had all kinds of different climbing and a really decent height to it. The first moves up the short face took me a while to commit to as it was a really long reach for me to the good hold. The airy traverse and corner pedastal thing was great. Then there is the move off the pedastal which was hard for the grade and kept you honest. And just as you think it is finished someone decide to put in a couple more bolts meaning you have to escape from the cave. If you go to Jol's Bridge do this climb!
	21	★★ Dr Do Little - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 10th Feb 2019
Good climb, the crux move is hard especially for the short. I did it more dynamically than I should but managed to hold onto it.
	21	★★ Starman - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 25m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 10th Feb 2019
Mostly easy for a 21 but there was 1 hard sidepull move down low.
	21	★ Stuck in the City - with Paul Griffiths	Sport 8m, 3	Bonnet Bay	Average	Sat 15th Jun 2019
Ok but nothing special.
	21	★★ Tree Beard - with Michael Law	Sport 10m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sat 2nd Nov 2019
Really enjoyed the whole climb. The crux move was quite strong.
	21	★ Movin' On Up - with Michael Law	Sport 25m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sat 2nd Nov 2019
Great climb, would be pretty hard if there wasn't a rest half way. The top section gets a bit thin in places, everything is just not quite as big as you would like it.
	21	★★ The Fixer - with Demetrius	Sport 13m, 7	Mount Keira	★★ Very Good	Sun 15th Dec 2019
Great route, really glad to get the onsight. There was a bit of luck involved getting the right holds and sequence above the roof. Best climb of the day.
	21	★ Crimp da buttock - with Jack	Sport 20m, 5	Mount Alexandra	★★ Very Good	Sat 5th Nov 2022
Nice variant, pulling over the bulge on crimps felt hard for the short.
	19 20	★ Aarvark - with Elly	Sport 9m, 3	Bonnet Bay	★★★ Classic	Sun 21st Apr 2013
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.
	20	★★ Go Lotto - with David	Sport 22m, 7	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Thu 25th Apr 2013
A good climb to get you pumped but plenty of places to rest and shake out.
	20	★★ Retro Crack - with Elly	Sport 25m, 8	The Cathedral	★★★ Classic	Sat 4th May 2013
Great line with good but sharp jamming to start followed by solid laybacking.
	20	★★ Bummagedon - with Andrew	Sport 15m	Mt Ku-ring-gai	★★ Very Good	Sat 11th May 2013
Nice climb with a committing climb pulling out of the cave.
	20 20 R	★★ STW - with Andrew	Sport 6m	Mt Ku-ring-gai	★★ Very Good	Sat 11th May 2013
This is fun jug hauling with some interesting moves at the top.
	20	★★★ Devils Dihedral - with Paul, Heather	Trad 45m	Frog Buttress	★★★ Mega Classic	Thu 6th Jun 2013
The one route that I wanted to get done and what a route it was. Amazing climbing all the way up.
	18 20	★ Z - with Elly	Trad 10m	Middle Cove	★★ Very Good	Sat 31st Aug 2013
Great climb with loads of good gear.
	20	★★ Radioactive Man - with Marc	Sport 12m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sun 1st Sep 2013
Good fun moves all the way up.
	20	★★ Strange Karma - with Marc	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 1st Sep 2013
Great climb, very sustained.
	20	★ Eccles - with Paul	Sport 12m, 2	Berowra	★★ Very Good	Sat 7th Sep 2013
Very crimpy climbing.
	20	★★ Lucky's Roof	Sport 5m, 5	Bangor West	★★ Very Good	Sun 15th Sep 2013
Good fun, Wish it was longer.
	20	★ Bundy's been bolting	Sport 15m, 6	The Cathedral	★ Good	Sat 1st Feb 2014
Nice short Climb
	20	★ Bluntman - with Andrew	Sport 8m	The Stables	★★ Very Good	Sun 6th Apr 2014
No balance move at the start and then good holds to the top.
	18 20	★ Zooloft - with Paul	Sport 12m, 6	Berowra	★ Good	Sun 27th Apr 2014
Nice climb, shame about the rubbish start.
	20	★★ Brother Sun - with Andrew	Sport 15m, 6	Alfords Point	★★ Very Good	Sun 15th Jun 2014
Great route with 2 distinct crux's.
	20	★★ Beavis - with Andrew	Sport 15m, 6	Nowra	★★ Very Good	Sat 5th Jul 2014
Great balancy climbing.
	20	★★ Spinning Blades of Steel - with Andrew	Sport 9m	Nowra	★★★ Classic	Sun 6th Jul 2014
Fun jug hauling, pumped all the way up.
	20	★★★ Clockwork Orange - with Paul	Trad 61m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Sun 31st Aug 2014
Great climb, amazing second pitch, glad to get it without a fall.
	18 20	★★ Corner from Heaven (Courner From Heaven) - with Robert	Sport 20m, 7	Mount Alexandra	★★ Very Good	Sun 21st Feb 2016
Great Climb, interesting all the way to the top.
	20	★★ Bruised and Scratched - with Paul Griffiths	Sport 15m, 6	Bonnet Bay	★★ Very Good	Sat 2nd Jul 2016
Great climb, basically a trad climb with bolts.
	19 20	★★ Gushing Shins - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 13m, 4	Alfords Point		Sun 3rd Jul 2016
The start was tricky but after that it was ok.
	20	★★ Clockwise Rimjob - with Matt Short	Sport 8m	Koorabar	★★ Very Good	Sun 24th Jul 2016
Best route I did here. Solid start.
	20	★ IsoFix	Sport 8m, 3	Koorabar	★★ Very Good	Sun 24th Jul 2016
A nice slab climb
	20	★★ Birdsville Track - with Matt Short	Sport 23m, 9	Nowra	★★★ Classic	Sun 14th Aug 2016
Great route, well worth doing.
	20	★★ La Femme Flic - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 30m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sun 21st Aug 2016
Great climb with a bit of variety, this is much more my kind of climbing, less steep
	20	★ Grand Slam 2008 - with Jack	Sport 20m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 11th Sep 2016
The start was easy then you pull onto the slab where you pull up on small crimps always hoping that the next on will be a good one. This doesn't end until the last bolt. If you told me it was 21 I wouldn't argue with you.
	20	★★ Tex Arcana	Trad 15m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sat 24th Sep 2016
Great fun climb, I took a #4 cam and placed it. Felt about right for the grade.
	20	★★★ The Wars of the Roses - with Andrew Stevenson	Trad 72m	Wolgan Valley	★★★ Classic	Sat 15th Oct 2016
Such a great climb with a lot of variety. P1 in a great corner crack and a good route in its own right. P2 is good climbing with some interesting moves, pulling onto the hanging block and then belaying on it is a bit disconcerting but I am sure it won't budge. P3 is great moves under a roof that felt fairly strong but the gear was good. P4 is fun easy climbing all the way to the top.
	20	★★ Silver Fox - with Brendon Flanagan	Sport 16m	Mount Alexandra	★★ Very Good	Sat 26th Nov 2016
Very good route with some balancy moves and a nice little rooflet to finish.
	20	★ The Shire Republic - with Paul Griffiths	Sport 12m, 3	Bangor West	★★ Very Good	Sat 14th Jan 2017
Nice and delicate up the slab.
	20	★ Old Blobby - with Alice	Sport 25m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 22nd Jan 2017
Hard start, more like 21. Then some nice jug hauling up the arete. Very fun.
	20	★★★ Caladan - with Andrew Stevenson	Trad 32m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Sat 8th Apr 2017
What an awesome route, easily up there with the best cracks that I have climbed in the Blue Mountains. The start was intimidating but the climbing was easier than expected. When I got up to the hand crack proper it was fairly smooth sailing until about the last 5m where the climb seemed to take every opportunity to try and spit me off, luckly I was up for the fight and mad it all they way to the top. Very happy to have ticked this one.
	20	★ Necropolis Kidney - with Jack	Sport 15m	Alfords Point	★★ Very Good	Sat 1st Jul 2017
Good fun all the way up
	20	★★ Galvanise - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 10m, 5	Mount Alexandra	★★ Very Good	Sat 15th Jul 2017
Nice end of day burn. Nothing too tricky with this route.
	20	★ Piccolo Luna - with Matt Short	Sport 8m, 2	Mount Alexandra	★★ Very Good	Sat 15th Jul 2017
An interesting route although short. Quite stiff for a 20.
	20	★ Pimple - with Andrew Stevenson, Veronica Trainor	Mixed trad 10m, 1	Berowra	★★ Very Good	Sat 15th Jul 2017
Been meaning to do this one for a while.
	20	★★ Compassion Overboard - with Jack	Mixed trad 45m, 8	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sat 21st Apr 2018
I really enjoyed this climb up with some gear and then hangers at the hard bits.
	20	★★ Wench in a Trench - with Jack	Mixed trad 18m, 2	The Cathedral	★★ Very Good	Sat 5th May 2018
What was I thinking picking an offwidth as a warm up climb before 9am and before I had coffee. I wanted a fight today and this climb gave it to me. 3 very distinct sections, the first 2 are offwidth using various techniques to make progress and the 3rd is a really nice hand crack. More people should get on this, I love watching others on Offwidths.
	20	★★★ Barton's Effort - with Andrew Stevenson	Mixed trad 35m, 8	Wolgan Valley	★★★ Classic	Mon 25th Jun 2018
I didn't like the start but the rest of the route was amazing. very interesting varied moves all the way up. I felt that the bolts were quite sportingly spaced and it was probably a little hard for the grade but then this is the Wolgan.
	20	★★ Trad Dads Can't Campus - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 20m, 8	New Nowra - Braidwood Road	★★ Very Good	Sat 30th Jun 2018
As a recently turned trad dad I had to prove that I can still campus.
	20	★★ Manchester United - with Simon	Sport 15m	Mount Alexandra	★★ Very Good	Sun 1st Sep 2019
I have been meaning to jump on this climb for ages. It has plenty of interesting moves and the crux wasn't where I thought it would be.
	20	★★ Iclimb - with Simon	Sport 15m, 6	Mount Alexandra	★★ Very Good	Sun 1st Sep 2019
Surprised that I haven't done this one before. Very good climbing on hidden holds.
	20	★★ Fling The Merciless - with Paul Griffiths	Sport 12m, 8	Stanwell Tops	★★★ Classic	Sat 23rd Nov 2019
Really good climb. Standing on tiptoes I could only just get the pads of my fingers on the holds.
	20	★ Iron Man - with Jack	Sport 22m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sat 18th Dec 2021
I would put this as harder than 20, especially down the bottom. Good moves otherwise and a fun climb.
	18 19	★ Stopping Short - with Elly	Sport 7m, 2	Bonnet Bay	★ Good	Sun 21st Apr 2013
A couple of harder moves at the top but OK.
	19	★★ Mike and Lorna go to Town - with David	Sport 25m, 6	Blue Mountains		Thu 25th Apr 2013
Really enjoyed this climb, Hard start followed by good interesting climbing.
	19	★★ Little Triggers	Sport 25m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Thu 25th Apr 2013
Great climb, an interesting hard start leading to steep jug hauling.
	19	★★★ Electric Blue - with Andrew	Sport 35m, 7	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Thu 25th Apr 2013
An interesting climb up some easy trad to start and then it got interesting and a little scary on the carrots.
	19	★★★ Infinity - with Paul, Heather	Trad 40m	Frog Buttress	★★★ Mega Classic	Thu 6th Jun 2013
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.
	20 19	★ Kicks - with Elly	Sport 12m, 4	Narrabeen	★ Good	Sat 27th Jul 2013
	19	★★ Areeba - with Shawn	Sport 7m	Narrabeen	★ Good	Sun 4th Aug 2013
Nice little climb
	19	★★ The Minotaur	Trad 49m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sat 10th Aug 2013
Great climbing but a little scary to the first bolt, easy to miss the bolts at the belay.
	19	★★ Enemy of Love - with Elly	Sport 10m, 3	Middle Cove	★★ Very Good	Sat 31st Aug 2013
This was a good climb with a difficult move through the roof.
	19	★★ Ladder of Gloom - with Paul	Sport 12m, 4	Berowra	★★★ Classic	Sat 7th Sep 2013
Very good balance traverse to start followed by some fun jug hauling.
	20 19	★★ The Count	Sport 9m, 3	Earlwood	★★ Very Good	Sun 29th Sep 2013
Really good fun climbing up the arete
	19	★★ Mufasta - with Andrew	Sport 10m	The Stables	★★ Very Good	Sun 6th Apr 2014
A nice over hanging jug haul. You can get into some weird positions at the 3rd bolt.
	19	★★★ Tannin - with Andrew	Trad 35m	Arapiles	★★★ Mega Classic	Wed 23rd Apr 2014
Amazing route, great flowing moves.
	19	★★★ Vanderholics	Sport 25m, 8	Nowra	★★★ Classic	Sun 8th Jun 2014
Great route.
	18 19	★ Suburbanitis - with Andrew	Sport 15m, 6	Alfords Point	★★ Very Good	Sun 15th Jun 2014
Nice route.
	19	★★ Viva La Papa - with Andrew	Sport 15m, 5	Alfords Point	★ Good	Sun 15th Jun 2014
Nice climbing but a bit dirty
	19	★★ Alien Space Monsters - with Andrew	Sport 25m, 9	Nowra	★★★ Classic	Sun 6th Jul 2014
A great adventure.
	19	★★★ Worm On A Razor - with Andrew	Sport 30m	Nowra	★★★ Mega Classic	Sun 6th Jul 2014
Awesome climb, probably the best at Nowra but then I am mainly a trad climber.
	19	★★★ Telstar - with Paul	Trad 80m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Sun 5th Oct 2014
Amazing Climb, I led all pitches.
	19	★ Empty Chairs - with Junko	Sport 10m, 3	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sat 13th Dec 2014
Fun route with a long reach in the middle.
	19	★★ Black Bart - with Paul	Mixed trad 25m, 7	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 14th Dec 2014
Great climbing up the arete. I slung something due to the lack of second bolt which seemed ok, it at least gave me enough confidence to carry on.
	19	★★ Mescalito	Trad 12m	Barrenjoey	★★ Very Good	Sat 21st Feb 2015
Great climb, glad I went straight on and led it.
	19	★★ Lardy Lady's Lats pitch 1 - with Roger Austin	Sport 18m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sat 4th Jul 2015
Unfortunately I was not strong enough to do the second part.

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