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19 | ★★★ Fishing With Dynamite | 24m, 6 | Wilyabrup | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 24th Oct 2021 | |||
great flow. very fun.
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19 | ★★ I'd Rather Be Sailing | 28m, 6 | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Sun 17th Apr 2022 | |||
18 | ★ Cassandra - with Heidixe | 40m, 5 | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sat 2nd May 2015 | |||
nice slab! good warmup for flight deck climbs
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16 | ★ Hoi Polloi - with Chris Harper | 18m, 4 | Mount Buffalo | ★★ Very Good | Sun 15th Mar 2015 | |||
good easy warm up. soft for the grade. probably more like a 14.
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18 | ★★★ The 80 Minute Hour | 30m, 4 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Apr 2022 | |||
start is sketchy. ran out of bolt plates...
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14 14 R | ★★ Hot Flap | 170m, 3 | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sat 2nd Nov 2013 | |||
15 | ★★★ Tombstone Wall - with Tom | 30m, 3 | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Sun 20th Apr 2014 | |||
run-out traverse to the bolt..
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16 | ★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Tom | 95m, 3 | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Sun 17th Aug 2014 | |||
i was very scared.
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21 | ★ Constrictor | 18m, 3 | Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre | ★★ Very Good | Sun 20th Sep 2015 | |||
my first route on taipan!! wooh, heady lead!!
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20 | ★★ Scratch and Sniff | 22m, 3 | Black Hill | ★ Good | Sun 11th May 2014 | |||
tried it without clipping the first bolt and fell while clipping. got someone else to clip the first bolt, then led it clean.
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20 | ★ State of Shock - with Chris | 25m, 3 | Camels Hump | ★★ Very Good | Sun 12th Oct 2014 | |||
first time doing this route on lead! very exciting start and end!
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20 | ★ Work the Meat - with Chris and Thara | 22m, 2 | Black Hill | ★ Good | Sun 23rd Nov 2014 | |||
desperate start indeed. two rests at first bolt. bold!! be prepared for a groundfall getting to the flake! i would recommend cleaning the route before jumping on..
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17 | ★★ Swinging | 20m, 2 | Arapiles | ★ Good | Sun 3rd Nov 2013 | |||
Pretty much a sport climb. Only need to place one nut at the start, then just use the bolts. Balancy - slab.
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18 16 | ★ Split Images | 20m, 2 | Camels Hump | ★ Good | Sun 2nd Feb 2014 | |||
on pre-placed gear
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16 | ★★ Knight's Mare - with Tom | 130m, 2 | Blue Mountains | Average | Mon 21st Apr 2014 | |||
traverse is pretty good - great exposure and views.. but shit rock! holds breaking off all over the place! and last pitch poor pro and sandy, slippery rock.
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18 | ★★★ Eurydice - with Heidixe | 65m, 2 | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Fri 3rd Apr 2015 | |||
cool jamming on 2nd pitch!
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17 | ★★ Discord Direct - with Heidixe, thara | 25m, 2 | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Fri 3rd Apr 2015 | |||
nice roof section! hand jam!!
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12 | ★★ Scarab | 59m, 1 | Bundaleer Area | Average | Sat 28th Sep 2013 | |||
confusing route - difficult to know where you're supposed to be going.
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16 | ★★ Wishful Thinking | 21m, 1 | Camels Hump | ★ Good | Sat 8th Feb 2014 | |||
witch is still way better. rock was pretty slippery today.
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11 | ★ Transylvania | 60m, 1 | Arapiles | ★ Good | Mon 10th Mar 2014 | |||
climbed on a hot day without chalk. quite hard at the start and at the bolt. long second pitch - used up all of my gear..around 10 pieces.
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20 | ★★★ Quo Vadis - with Chris | 33m, 1 | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Sun 2nd Nov 2014 | |||
toughest 19 onsight yet! very cool climb. great exposure.
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19 | ★★★ Judgement Day - with Chris | 67m, 1 | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Mon 3rd Nov 2014 | |||
soft for the grade?
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18 18 R | ★★ Preservative Added - with Chris | 30m, 1 | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sun 14th Dec 2014 | |||
whoa…BOLD. may require an R rating!!
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20 | ★★★ Blimp | 25m, 1 | Bundaleer Area | ★★★ Classic | Sun 2nd Oct 2016 | |||
like orestes
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17 | ★★ Witch | 21m | Camels Hump | ★★★ Classic | Sun 2nd Feb 2014 | |||
one rest and one fall? first fall on trad!
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14 | ★★★ Lamplighter | 78m | Arapiles | ★★★ Mega Classic | Mon 10th Mar 2014 | |||
lead pitch 3 for the first time. awesome fun!
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18 | ★★★ Entertainer - with Tom | 20m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sun 18th May 2014 | |||
hard and sustained! rested at the last move up through the roof pumped and scared.
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13 | ★ Jack of Hearts | 12m | The You Yangs | ★ Good | Sat 14th Sep 2013 | |||
nice warm-up climb.
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14 | ★★★ Lamplighter | 78m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Tue 5th Nov 2013 | |||
great pro everywhere. also a piton on 2nd pitch. very exposed. fun cave on the last pitch!
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14 | ★★ Mantle - with Tom | 90m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Aug 2014 | |||
good run-out fun.
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18 | ★★ Voodoo - with Tom | 65m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Sun 17th Aug 2014 | |||
two tricky sections broken up by easy climbing.
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VS 4c VS 4c | ★★ Freedom - with Steve | 30m | Wintour's Leap | ★ Good | Sun 28th Sep 2014 | |||
HVS 5a HVS 5a | ★★ Pickpocket - with Steve | 23m | Other Avon Crags | ★★ Very Good | Sat 27th Sep 2014 | |||
HVS 5a HVS 5a | ★★★ Hell Gates - with Steve | 71m | Avon Gorge | ★★★ Classic | Sat 27th Sep 2014 | |||
19 20 | ★★ Kindling Crack | 18m | Wharewerawera / Long Beach | ★★★ Classic | Thu 6th May 2021 | |||
First Trad lead in years. Good crack!
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17 | ★★ Witch - with Heidixe | 21m | Camels Hump | ★★★ Classic | Tue 10th Mar 2015 | |||
woot!!! FINALLY ticked this!! it's really hard...
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10 7 | ★ Hawker | 15m | Camels Hump | Average | Sun 15th Dec 2013 | |||
'rockclimbs around melbourne' guidebook grades this route as a 13.. but it's probably more like a 10. Short route, pretty easy climbing and good pro.
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10 | ★★ Grey Arete | 32m | Camels Hump | ★ Good | Sun 15th Dec 2013 | |||
fantastic beginner trad route. bomber pro everywhere.
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17 | ★★★ Mari | 35m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Mon 27th Jan 2014 | |||
first 17 lead. two rests. awesome climb in hindsight.. was pretty scared going up! the scramble to get to the handcrack is a bit dodgy without gear.
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11 7 | ★ Hawker | 15m | Camels Hump | Average | Sun 9th Feb 2014 | |||
18 | ★★ King Rat | 20m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Sun 16th Feb 2014 | |||
rested twice at the crux. solid hand jam.
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16 | ★★ Yo Yo | 90m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sat 15th Feb 2014 | |||
lead the two grade 16 pitches clean.. they weren't long enough! only 13m each. then long grade 13 pitches.
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13 | ★★★ Muldoon | 42m | Arapiles | ★★★ Mega Classic | Mon 10th Mar 2014 | |||
much easier second time round.
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5.8 | ★★ Pixie Corner (Pixie's Corner) | 15m | Squamish | ★★ Very Good | Wed 19th Jun 2013 | |||
20 | ★★ Wasp - with Tom | 30m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Sun 17th Aug 2014 | |||
team effort with tom - he lead the first half, i lead the second half. phew...scary stuff!
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18 | ★★ Gilt Edged - with Chris and Jules | 40m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Fri 3rd Oct 2014 | |||
second trad whip... on tiny cam
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20 | ★★ Bam Bam - with Heidi | 12m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sat 1st Nov 2014 | |||
fell near the top!! grrr!!!
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21 20 | ★★★ Sultan - with Chris Harper | 65m | Mount Buffalo | ★★★ Mega Classic | Mon 16th Mar 2015 | |||
p1 is tough..glad to see it gets 21 on the crag! so glad to have had tape gloves! lead p2 up the tiny-hand crack - awesome! bloody painful, but glad i got it! and what a location for a traverse! loved it!!
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19 | ★★ Quisling - with Heidixe | 30m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sun 3rd May 2015 | |||
tough crux! fell once. don't be fooled into going for the jugs at the right of the bulge!
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21 | ★★★ Chinese Algebra - with Heidixe | 48m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Sat 16th May 2015 | |||
fell once at the crux. glad to not have fallen a second time! pretty insecure bump and layback/smear for me at the crux!
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18 | ★★★ Death Row | 45m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Sun 26th Jun 2016 | |||
alzheimers onsight... if i hadn't broken a hold and fallen off...
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17 | ★★★ Mari | 35m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Sun 18th Mar 2018 | |||
Alzheimer's onsight! So much easier now that I know how to jam. Umm owl's nest in the roof?
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10 | ★ Queen of Diamonds | 12m | The You Yangs | ★ Good | Sat 14th Sep 2013 | |||
16 | ★ Opossum | 13m | The You Yangs | ★★ Very Good | Sat 14th Sep 2013 | |||
Bold start with first pro pretty high up! There really is a possum in the corner!
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14 | ★ Tree in a Crack | 15m | The You Yangs | Don't Bother | Sat 14th Sep 2013 | |||
Very short climb. Half of it is Lara's Knockers - might as well do that instead.
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5.7 | ★★ Banana Peel | 250m | Squamish | ★★ Very Good | Tue 4th Jun 2013 | |||
Pretty easy climbing. Not much pro though.
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9 | ★ Return of the Fush | 20m | Camels Hump | ★ Good | Sun 17th Feb 2013 | |||
first lead ever!
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8 9 | ★★★ Siren | 150m | Arapiles | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 31st Mar 2013 | |||
terrifying step-over!
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13 | ★★ Horn Piece | 33m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Sat 2nd Nov 2013 | |||
Great climbing. Good pro. Harder than it looks - slightly overhung.
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12 | ★★★ Bard | 120m | Arapiles | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 3rd Nov 2013 | |||
Exciting 3rd pitch! Awkward final pitch?
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15 | ★★★ Kaiser - Resignation | 99m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Mon 4th Nov 2013 | |||
Exciting crux! Not as difficult as I thought it would be. Good small wires just before the crux.
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13 | ★ Ivan | 14m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Mon 4th Nov 2013 | |||
short climb to get to block buster ledge. a bit awkward in the corner.
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13 7 | ★ Hawker | 15m | Camels Hump | Average | Sat 12th Oct 2013 | |||
13 | ★ Cozy Corner | 15m | Mount Beckworth | ★ Good | Sun 17th Nov 2013 | |||
need big cams, black diamond size 3 and above.
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14 | ★ Stegophilist | 18m | Mount Beckworth | ★ Good | Sun 17th Nov 2013 | |||
awkward small chimney to get up to the piton. then good finger crack under the roof. a loooot of moss up to the finish.
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14 | ★★ The Pintle | 70m | Mount Buffalo | ★★ Very Good | Sat 18th Jan 2014 | |||
nice first and last pitches. first pitch has excellent pro. pro on the last pitch is a little bit trickier. second pitch up the wide crack was not fun... perhaps better to do the left crack 16 variant...
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11 | ★★ Piccolo | 33m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Sat 25th Jan 2014 | |||
fine to do it in one pitch
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11 | ★★ Didgeridoo | 35m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Sat 25th Jan 2014 | |||
raced up this climb to get to tannin and the wraith. only put in 6 pieces of pro!
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13 | ★★★ Muldoon | 42m | Arapiles | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 26th Jan 2014 | |||
exciting to get around the corner on the first pitch! just go for it! second pitch is not so exciting. can rap off a 60m rope, but will have to down climb ~3m. swing yourself into the comfy corner to down climb.
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10 | ★★ Mesa | 33m | Arapiles | Average | Sun 26th Jan 2014 | |||
got a bit lost near the top.. ended up with awful rope drag. aim to top out at the left which is where the rap chains are.
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11 | ★★★ Agamemnon | 40m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Mon 27th Jan 2014 | |||
might have gone offroute near the top.. only bridged for one move then moved to the other side of the wall.
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12 | ★ One Hump or Two | 75m | Camels Hump | ★ Good | Sun 2nd Feb 2014 | |||
P1 only.. solo-able..
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18 | ★★ Falcon | 30m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Sat 15th Feb 2014 | |||
first grade 18 lead!!! did in one pitch with doubles. a bit of a one move wonder. good gear. crux has little ledge - had three goes at it before i got it. indeed a "provocative" exit.
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15 | ★★ Kaiser | 110m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Sat 15th Feb 2014 | |||
speed climbed this! lead P2 and P4 (two pieces of gear). P1 - scary traverse over slab. P3 - easy traverse with awesome exposure. P4 - bush bash. doesn't seem like many people do P3 and P4.
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10 | ★★★ Syrinx | 170m | Arapiles | Average | Mon 10th Mar 2014 | |||
don't climb this when sunny! climbed in a 3 and 1 got heat stroke :S got to the end of the 5th pitch, had lunch in a shady spot, then walked off.
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14 | ★★ Tremulo | 25m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Mon 10th Mar 2014 | |||
nice climb! fun chimney up. a few hand jams at the crux, then move right to easier ground.
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13 | ★★ Stalagmite | 36m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Mon 10th Mar 2014 | |||
awesome exposure near the top overhanging bits.
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10 | ★ Camelot | 13m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Mon 10th Mar 2014 | |||
first try at night climbing! started 1m left of what the book suggested to put in early piece of pro. good pro once you get to the crack.
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14 | ★ Minimus | 12m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Mon 10th Mar 2014 | |||
second night climb! difficult crux. hooked my left leg into the crack to place high piece of pro before I attempted the crux. dyno!
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15 | Flanked | 25m | Victoria Range | Average | Sat 29th Mar 2014 | |||
15 | ★★ Sundance - with Heidi | 140m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sat 5th Apr 2014 | |||
Lovely crux pitch.. bit soft for 15? First pitch is actually less than 35m (as specified in guidebook).. look out for the carrot.. which can be hard to spot. Final pitch is pretty run-out.
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14 | ★★ Mantis - with Heidi | 33m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Sat 5th Apr 2014 | |||
really really good!
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15 | ★★ Hope - with Tom | 15m | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sun 20th Apr 2014 | |||
lovely finger layback
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18 | ★★★ Skink - with Steve and Tom | 110m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sat 26th Apr 2014 | |||
soft for the grade? quite nice nevertheless.
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16 16 R | ★★★ Brolga - with Steve and Tom | 90m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Fri 25th Apr 2014 | |||
slippery!
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18 | ★★ Golden Fleece - with Steve and Tom | 35m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Sat 26th Apr 2014 | |||
alzheimer's onsight! a lot harder than i remember! slipped at the first crux :S
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14 13 | ★ Bostok - with Tom | 40m | Arapiles | Average | Sun 27th Apr 2014 | |||
felt lost most of the way..
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17 | ★★ Edgell Gerber Memorial Flake Climb - with Tom | 30m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sun 27th Apr 2014 | |||
18 | ★★ Salem - with Tom | 40m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sun 27th Apr 2014 | |||
scary!! delicate move away from the flake.
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17 17 R | ★★ Checkmate - with Andrew and Tom | 85m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sat 17th May 2014 | |||
ahhh loose rocks!!!! can get in fiddly, but good small wire before you step left at the crux. pretty darned scary.
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18 | ★ Turquoise - with Tom | 25m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Sun 1st Jun 2014 | |||
some committing moves through the thin crack, then slab...no pro and possible deck on the ledge!
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19 19 R | ★ Green Shirt - with Tom | 25m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sun 1st Jun 2014 | |||
first trad 19! onsight! nice start and finish. good jamming up the top!
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18 | ★★ The Stoat Steps Out - with Nick | 8m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sun 1st Jun 2014 | |||
thought this was a 17 when i went up... never thought i'd onsight an 18 for the first climb of the day! found it pretty easy. had two pieces pre-placed tho.
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20 21 R | ★ Nightlinger - with Liv | 18m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Sun 1st Jun 2014 | |||
had first two pieces preplaced and clipped.... otherwise would be pretty darned sketchy.
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14 | Cuniculum - with Tom | 12m | Werribee Gorge | Don't Bother | Sun 20th Jul 2014 | |||
hard for 14? tricky pro.
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17 | ★ Conscientious Pontius - with Tom | 13m | Werribee Gorge | ★ Good | Sun 20th Jul 2014 | |||
painful jamming.
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16 | ★★ Menage a Trois - with Tom | 23m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Aug 2014 | |||
sustained and thought-provoking
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19 | ★ One Little Piggy - with Heidi | 25m | Summerday Valley | Average | Sun 24th Aug 2014 | |||
scary start, not much pro. committing middle section..
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VS 4b VS 4b | ★★ Zelda - with Steve | 60m | Wintour's Leap | ★ Good | Fri 26th Sep 2014 | |||
VS 4c VS 4c | ★★ African Killer Bee - with Steve | Wintour's Leap | ★ Good | Sun 28th Sep 2014 |