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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality
Mon 26th Feb 2024 - The Paradiso
	22	★★★ Too Tall Oxen - with Jayden Bennett, Mark, Brittany, Victoria, Adrian, Tim	Sport 32m	★★★ Classic
Fri 12th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Logan Brae Main Cliff
	22	★ Side Effect - with Jayden Bennett	Sport 15m	Average
Botched the onsight. Hard!
Sun 7th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Logan Brae Main Cliff
	22	★★ Room With a View - with Jayden Bennett	Sport 15m	★ Good
Once.
Sun 29th Oct 2023 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley Camp 4 Kor Boulder
	V3	★★★ Kor Problem - with Victoria	Boulder 5m	★★★ Classic
Thu 13th Apr 2023 - Arapiles
Voodoo Area New Image Wall
	22	★★ Hidden Secrets - with Christopher Glastonbury, Ashlee Hendy, Hilary, Chris, the children	Trad 25m	★★ Very Good
	22	★★ Continuum - with Christopher Glastonbury, Ashlee Hendy, Hilary, Chris, the children	Trad 25m	★★ Very Good
I top roped the easy first half on Ash’s gear after her valiant attempt and then quested onwards through the crux and beyond and got scared. Not jugs.
	22	★ Blackguard - with Christopher Glastonbury, Ashlee Hendy, Hilary, Chris, the children	Trad 25m	★★ Very Good
Sat 19th Nov 2022 - Tablelands
Happy Boulders East Rim Area Blood Simple Area Black Magic Boulder
	V3 R	★★★ Black Magic - with Adrian, Evan, Ronnie, Jamie	Boulder 6m	★★★ Mega Classic
Sublime.
Wed 1st Jun 2022 - The Balkans
The Frontline The Eastern Bloc
	V3	★★ Violent Crumble - with Aisling Young, Chloe Fu, Kia	Boulder 3m	★ Good
In the Duck Feet.
Sun 29th May 2022 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall
	22	★★ These People are Sandwiches - with Jack, Harry Kadi, Jayden	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Once to warm up.
Thu 19th May 2022 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall
	22	★★ These People are Sandwiches - with Mark McGivern, Liz Chong	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Warm up.
Wed 18th May 2022 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Binary Cave
	22	★★ Thai Virus - with Paul Frothy Thomson, Michael Moore	Sport 25m, 10	★★ Very Good
Maybe the best of the routes here. Stepped right at the crux as per FA.
Fri 13th May 2022 - Arapiles
Atridae Agamemnon Area
	22	★★ Collision Course - with lee cossey, Swena Zheng, benj	Trad 30m	★★ Very Good
Did something like this wondering over the face in the dark. The bees in the hole are well and active. I looked in and thought “hey that’s cool” and then heard the angriest scariest humming sound of my life and bolted out of there as fast as my fingers would carry me. No stings were sustained nor bees harmed.
Tue 3rd May 2022 - Arapiles
Bluffs Flinders Lane Area
	22	★★★ Scorpion Corner - with Swena Zheng, Chloe Fu	Trad 25m	★★★ Classic
Was on the 2018 trip list. Good to do!
Sun 24th Apr 2022 - Queanbeyan area
Black Range bouldering The Hill
	V3	★★ Power Up Stand - with Harry Kadi, Joe Faulkner, Chris	Boulder 3m	★★★ Classic
The lads didn't believe it was V3 so I had to show them.
Wed 30th Mar 2022 - Queanbeyan area
Black Range bouldering The Hill
	V3	★★ Power Up Stand - with Sausage, James	Boulder 3m	★★★ Classic
First go but I fell off the top move on my Percival flash attempt. Really good and tricky.
Thu 17th Feb 2022 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Sweet Dreams Walls
	22	★★ Saccharine Nightmare - with Patrick Evan 1 22 27m lead by Will Vidler 2 21 30m lead by Will Vidler 3 17 35m lead by Will Vidler 4 15 10m lead by Will Vidler	Sport 100m	★★ Very Good
Route number one today. Took about 35 minutes from the ground to the top simul climbing the whole thing as a giant pitch. I am trying to work out logistics for a 2200m day for my 22nd birthday and today was the first day of prep.
Sun 9th Jan 2022 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Boronia Point Main Wall (Ferris Cave)
	22	★★ Eucalyptus (Link-up) - with Chloe Fu, Joe Faulkner, Lydia, Gen, Chris	Sport 20m, 7	★★ Very Good
Warm up. Chloe fell off where you aren't supposed to fall off and it was all very exciting.
Wed 17th Nov 2021 - The Balkans
The Frontline Frontline Left Hand Side
	V3 V3 R	★★ Revelations - with Joe Faulkner	Boulder 4m	★★ Very Good
Maybe V0? Quite good.
Tue 16th Nov 2021 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Catch the Wind Area
	22	★★★ Passing Wind - with Liz Chong	Sport 30m	★★★ Mega Classic
Once more to escape in the evening. Climbed fast and got quite pumped.
	22	★★★ Passing Wind - with Liz Chong	Sport 30m	★★★ Mega Classic
Utterly delightful. Up there with the Mt Boyce Girl in the Mirror link-up thing for best 22 in the mountains. Could happily climb it all day honestly.
Sun 31st Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Catch the Wind Area
	22	★★★ Focal Point - with Harry Kadi 1 22 30 lead by Will Vidler 2 17 15	Trad 45m	★★ Very Good
Classic in the genre! Burly, reachy, steep crack climbing on generally good rock. Definitely needs to be added to the Bluies quality cracks circuit. I found it very intimidating at times but rarely actually hard. Would round out an absolutely mega trad day at Engineers doing this, Static, and CTW. Took the advice of rapping in on a fixed line and rope soloing to get out. Harry and I both thought the pitch lengths were fairly generous.
Sun 26th Sep 2021 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Boronia Point Main Wall (Ferris Cave)
	22	★★ Eucalyptus (Link-up) - with Liz Chong	Sport 20m, 7	★★ Very Good
Definitely the best warm up here, if not as classic as the original routes. It was bloody arctic and Liz is way more tough than I am so I belayed her on some big kids climbs and just did this one myself. First go but I've done the two originals.
Tue 7th Sep 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall
	22	★★ These People are Sandwiches - with Jack	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Warm up number one.
Mon 6th Sep 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Boycetown
	22	★★ La Nina - with Ben Sanford 1 22 18 lead by Will Vidler 2 17 25 lead by Ben Sanford 3 21 15 lead by Will Vidler	Mixed trad 58m, 1	★★★ Classic
A brilliant and very worthy mini tradventure. I fell off straight away at the start of pitch one, came down from the first piece of gear, ditched most of the rack because it weighed so much, and fired it off. Such a classic and quite feisty pitch, felt quite 23 honestly. Second pitch was a fun ramble, I broke off an enormous footer though and went for an unexpected and exciting one arm dangle. Pitch three is also great; a novel roof crack to start and pleasant layback to finish. Doubles (or triples!!) to 0.5 and singles above that seemed like a good rack. Wires were helpful too. Barely need any quickdraws, maybe four regular ones and two extenders for the roof on pitch three. You can also take one bolt bracket for the belay at the end of pitch two, but it probably isn't necessary. The bush bash off the top also wasn't too bad, definitely faster than trying to rap and walk out normally.
Tue 31st Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall
	22	★★ These People are Sandwiches - with Jack	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Two warm ups. Getting good at this one.
Sat 28th Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall
	22	★★ These People are Sandwiches - with Jack	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Two warm ups, same old same old. New and improved beta though!
Thu 26th Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall
	22	★★ These People are Sandwiches - with Jack, Liz Chong, Rhys, Andrea, Lou	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Two warm ups.
Sun 22nd Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Afghan/Girl in the Mirror wall
	22	★★★ Girl in the Mirror - Mean Streak Linkup - with Ben Sanford 1 22 20 lead by Will Vidler 2 22 25 lead by Will Vidler	Sport 45m, 13	★★★ Mega Classic
Has to be one of the best outings at the grade in the Bluies. An absolute must do. I just followed the bolts with the pink epoxy on them, not sure exactly what it means by going into The End of the Affair at the top but I was very pleased with what I climbed either way. An uber classic sport route!
Tue 17th Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall
	22	★★ These People are Sandwiches - with Jack, Liz Chong	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Warm up x2
Sun 15th Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zap Crag Upper Zap
	22	★★ Jug Buzz - with Liz Chong	Sport 15m, 6	★ Good
Warm up. I dunno about this route. Probably a good start to the day though.
Tue 27th Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall
	22	★★ These People are Sandwiches - with Jack, Liz Chong	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Warm up.
Thu 22nd Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall
	22	★★ These People are Sandwiches - with Jack, Liz Chong	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Warm up.
Tue 13th Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall
	22	★★ These People are Sandwiches - with Jack, Liz Chong	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Warm up.
Mon 12th Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall
	22	★★ These People are Sandwiches - with Jack	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Almost classic. Roman reckons its the best warm up for Pooferator and I reckon he's right,.
Tue 27th Apr 2021 - Bare Rock
Main Face
	22	FA ★★ The Nameless King - with Match 1 22 25 lead by Match 2 16 20 lead by Will Vidler 3 21 35 lead by Will Vidler 4 18 20 lead by Will Vidler	Mixed trad 100m, 5	★★ Very Good
A wonderful end of trip gift from Ingvar. Named in honour of our camp ground Dark Souls extravaganza the night before. Psyched to have added something to this very special cliff.
	22	★★ Underestimated - with Match	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good
A very worthwhile route! Mitch and i both thought it was more 23 though.
Sun 4th Apr 2021 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Right Reaper Buttress
	22	★★★ Reaper - with Liz Chong, Jack 1 21 15 lead by Will Vidler 2 22 25 lead by Will Vidler	Trad 40m	★★★ Mega Classic
A ten star grovel. In a single pitch.
Fri 15th Jan 2021 - Point Perpendicular
The Lighthouse Rex Hunt's Area
	22	★★★ Northern Exposure - with Harry Kadi	Mixed trad 30m, 6	★★★ Mega Classic
Mega! Those pockets at the top man oh man. Dreamy.
Fri 15th Jan 2021 - Point Perpendicular
The Lighthouse Liquid Insanity Area
	22	★★ Just Technical - with Harry Kadi	Sport 15m	★ Good
Real reachy.
Wed 23rd Dec 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Steep Wall
	22	★ Vasco Pyjama - with School folk, Charlotte, Zoe	Sport 12m, 4
James flashed this on TR which was cool.
Sun 15th Nov 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Duck Wall
	22	★★ Daffy - with James, Alice, Ollie, Ben	Sport 20m	★★★ Classic
Still great.
Thu 15th Oct 2020 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Sweet Dreams Walls
	22	★★ Saccharine Nightmare - with Lewis 1 22 27m lead by Lewis 2 21 30m lead by Will Vidler 3 17 35m lead by Lewis 4 15 10m lead by Will Vidler	Sport 100m	★★ Very Good
Hard with a heavy bag and in the sun, but Lewis hadn’t done it before. A bit chossier than i remember but the key stuff is reinforced.
Sun 13th Sep 2020 - Bungonia Gorge
South Wall - Main
	22	★★★ Iron Curtain - with Dave Cook 1 21 35m lead by Will Vidler 2 22 30m lead by Dave Cook 3 22 30m lead by Will Vidler 4 18 30m lead by Will Vidler	Trad 130m	★★ Very Good
Some fairly severe slabbing to start the day, and I found the beginning of pitch 1 nails!! Fairly pleasant after that and linking pitch 3 and 4 was fun.
Thu 3rd Sep 2020 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Logan Brae Main Cliff
	22	★ Dead Man Walking - with Liz Chong, Matt Springall, Sam	Sport 18m, 7	★ Good
Funky moves and maybe not too hard if you know where you’re going. Thanks Liz for the draws and beta!
Mon 20th Jul 2020 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall
	22	★★ These People are Sandwiches - with Brooke	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Pulling the gear back down
	22	★★ These People are Sandwiches - with Brooke	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Hanging the draws for Brooke
Sun 12th Jul 2020 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall
	22	★★ These People are Sandwiches - with Brooke	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Aid to get the gear back in the rain.
Sat 11th Jul 2020 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Porters Pass Dogs, Cats & Apples Wall
	22	★★ Nylon Happy - with Brooke	Sport 20m, 8	★★ Very Good
Still a tricky little number.
Sat 6th Jun 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Mount Banks Banks Gully Amphitheater
	22	★★★ Pebble Pundits - with Harry Kadi, Jared Anderson, Paul Frothy Thomson 1 20 20m lead by Will Vidler 2 22 30m lead by Harry Kadi 3 20 20m lead by Will Vidler	Trad 70m	★★★ Classic
Snagging the second ascent (I think) well over a year after the first. Classic adventure outing with its fair share of choss and fear. Wild 3D climbing pretty much the whole way with a fairly shite first pitch, an absurd and out there second, and delightful and easy third. Would maybe recommend having a bit of a squiz at Lulu as you rap over it on the way down to suss some of the holds, lest you punt it like I did Maybe some of Jared's photos will finally serve as the marketing campaign this route deserves. As always, thanks to Paul and Emil for just another classic multi.
Fri 8th May 2020 - Blue Mountains
Medlow Bath DG's
	22	FA ★★ Play With Madness - with Heath Black 1 21 18m lead by Will Vidler 2 21 13m lead by Will Vidler 3 22 25m lead by Heath Black	Mixed trad 56m, 5	★★ Very Good
A quality addition to the Medlow Bath trad obscurity collection. Nice rock and fairly airy with some pretty spectacular moves above gear. Worth a lap for sure.
Mon 16th Mar 2020 - Stanage
Plantation Boulders Crescent Arete Area
	6A 5C	★★★ Crescent Arete - with Bolt the Grit folk	Boulder 7m	★★★ Mega Classic
One of the better boulders I’ve done. Tall, technical, committing, an iffy landing; absolutely superb.
Fri 6th Mar 2020 - Stanage
Plantation Boulders The Pebble
	6A	★★★ Pebble Arete - with Morgan, Dylan, Ciara, Tom	Boulder 4m	★★★ Mega Classic
Doesn’t get much better
Sat 29th Feb 2020 - Burbage Valley
Burbage South Burbage South Bouldering Burbage South Valley Boulders The Brick
	6A	★ Alaska - with Dylan, Elliot	Boulder 3m	★ Good
Managed to touch the grit before the month ended thank god. Stuff was damp and it was snowing but the itch needed to be scratched.
Fri 17th Jan 2020 - Joshua Tree National Park
Geology Tour Road Slash Face Boulder
	V3	★★★ Slash Face - with Fann, Ronnie, Kat	Boulder 9m	★★★ Mega Classic
TR to warm up for Equinox. Still totally magnificent but I was glad to not have to risk the fall again!
Wed 15th Jan 2020 - Joshua Tree National Park
Geology Tour Road Slash Face Boulder
	V3	★★★ Slash Face - with Clay	Boulder 9m	★★★ Mega Classic
Beyond stoked with this. Just another perfect boulder problem in Joshua Tree.
Tue 31st Dec 2019 - Joshua Tree National Park
Roadside Rocks Dihedral Rock
	5.11b	★★★ Coarse and Buggy - with Zac, Zack, Dylan, Jack, Luon	Trad 25m	★★★ Classic
Marvellous stemming corner but oh my was it chilly. I ended up taking my shoe off half way up to massage my foot back to life. Very surprised I managed to not fall off.
Fri 13th Dec 2019 - Red River Gorge
Southern Region Bald Rock Recreational Preserve (BRRP) The Motherlode
	5.11b	★★ Trust in Jesus - with Paul Frothy Thomson	Sport 15m, 5	★★ Very Good
Steep stuff is hard!
Fri 29th Nov 2019 - Red River Gorge
Gray's Branch Region Left Flank
	5.11b	★★ Hen-ry! - with Art, Christopher Glastonbury, Ashlee Hendy	Sport 15m, 5	★ Good
Hard and really quite scary. I was kind of gripped. Worthwhile though.
Sat 26th Oct 2019 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Heathcliff
	22	★★★ Thing 2 (Thing 2 P1) - with Stephen Hawkshaw 1 22 17m lead by Will Vidler	Sport 17m	★★ Very Good
I thought the good climbing was going to be over after the flake at the start but cool flowstone rock and unique holds follow. Very fun.
	22	★★★ Ricardo Lagos - with Stephen Hawkshaw	Sport 20m, 9	★★ Very Good
Really worthwhile long excursion. Not particularly hard for the grade, I think I found the access pitch harder. From the ground.
Thu 17th Oct 2019 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Little Triggers Wall
	22	★★ Hang onto Yourself - with Mary Grace Stocker, Lewis, Lawrence Curran	Sport 20m	★ Good
Soft if you're short.
Fri 11th Oct 2019 - Arapiles
The Pharos and Surrounds Yesterday Gully Lower Gully
	22	★★★ In Lemon Butter - with Mary Grace Stocker	Trad 15m	★★ Very Good
Everything that I thought would be the crux turned out to not be the crux and vice versa. Silly boy. If only it were longer. The trip endeth.
Tue 8th Oct 2019 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Left Brick Wall
	22	★★★ Squeakeasy - with Mary Grace Stocker	Trad 30m	★★★ Classic
Henry Barber continues to deliver the goods.
Mon 23rd Sep 2019 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Little Triggers Wall
	22	★★ Low - with Harry Kadi, Kat	Sport 20m	★ Good
Very soft.
	22	★★ Hunky Dory - with Harry Kadi, Kat	Sport 20m	★ Good
Worthwhile. Pretty good for 7m of real climbing.
Tue 23rd Jul 2019 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	22	★★★ Yankee Go Home - with Harry Kadi	Trad 26m	★★★ Classic
Really brilliant and a bit easier than the other 22s. I was however slightly disappointed to find that everything about this that was hard was on flaring hand jams and that all the finger locks are mega jugs. Super interesting and varied crack movement for a short climb.
Sat 13th Jul 2019 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
	22	★★★ Black Light - with Harry Kadi, Simmo, Julie Pon, Meef	Trad 25m	★★★ Classic
I was in a very odd head space when i climbed this and it became quite a surreal experience where I would drop out of the moment, only to come back to reality and notice that I was in fact still climbing. Had barely any gear for the first half which added to the strangeness of it all.
Thu 11th Jul 2019 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
	22	★★★ Child in Time - with Harry Kadi, Adam, Jules	Trad 25m	★★★ Mega Classic
One of the best crack routes I've ever done. Brilliant from the techy start to the very end.
Thu 20th Jun 2019 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Duck Wall
	22	★★ Daffy - with Mychal McCormick	Sport 20m	★★★ Classic
Genuinely excellent! Better than Seamstress I reckon.
Thu 20th Jun 2019 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Sunnyside
	22	★★★ Seamstress - with Mychal McCormick	Sport 22m, 10	★★ Very Good
Warm up. V fun.
Fri 24th May 2019 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Ben Sanford 1 22 45 lead by Will Vidler 2 20 30 lead by Will Vidler 3 17 40 lead by Will Vidler 4 10 35 lead by Ben Sanford 5 17 30 lead by Will Vidler 6 19 50 lead by Will Vidler 7 20 30 lead by Will Vidler 8 18 25 lead by Will Vidler 9 40 lead by Will Vidler 10 16 20 lead by Will Vidler	Sport 350m	★★ Very Good
An attempt at the big link up but for a variety of reasons we moved too slowly and bailed after two routes. Hotel is a pretty fun adventure but something like Yak Banquet is a way more classic offering at the grade in my opinion. We were overtaken by Adam and Cillian which was pretty awesome, they are absolute crushers. We linked most pitches into at least one other pitch for some semblance of efficiency. I reckon the traverse pitch is the money and the first pitch really isn't that bad at 22, you just get a healthy dose of flash pump.
Wed 1st May 2019 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall
	22	★ Sexy When Slippery - with Heath Black	Sport 15m	★ Good
Pretty good. A deserving warm up.
Tue 5th Feb 2019 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Katoomba Cliffs Echo Point Echo Point Walls
	22	★★ Genghis Khan - with Heath Black 1 14 25 lead by Will Vidler 2 17 55 lead by Heath Black 3 35 lead by Will Vidler 4 25 lead by Heath Black 5 22 30 lead by Will Vidler	Mixed trad 170m, 5	★★ Very Good
Fear with Neil. Fantastic trad multi with no bolts until the end of pitch four and only a few after that. Pitch one was way less offensive than it looked from the ground with pretty good rock and gear. Pitch two was a wild adventure up a weird, vegetated ramp feature but also with pretty good rock and gear. Had one fairly solid move at the grade. Pitch three was fairly terrifying, especially getting established on the wall with no real gear for 5m or so. After that it's a really interesting corner. I ran out of gear at the top and ended up building a weird belay after climbing too high and having to retreat because the stance I'd hoped to belay from had very limited gear options. I'm not sure where this pitch is actually supposed to finish so I guess its a bit of choose your own adventure. Pitch four has some cool tricky moves up the continuation of the corner that eats wires and then the traverse is fairly straight forward but on pretty rad frictionless rock. The bolts here appear to be pretty good too. You can belay a fair way left and up around the arete off of a single carrot and some gear. The final pitch was definitely the highlight and featured some memorable sequences above memorable runouts with memorably shit gear. The pitons that protect the hardest moves really don't inspire confidence. It is a super fun shallow, fused corner though with a handful of technical and powerful moves that are really great. After you leave that corner and step left it gets nice and juggy for the top out. All up a great day out with plenty of shade and a surprisingly small amount of crying.
Sun 20th Jan 2019 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Oronga Crags Bottom Floor
	22	FA ★★ The Block - with Heath Black 1 17 20m lead by Will Vidler 2 20 20m lead by Heath Black 3 22 25m lead by Heath Black 4 21 30m lead by Will Vidler	Trad 95m	★★ Very Good
Fantastic new four pitch trad route with Neil in the rain. Everyone should go do it. The two middle pitches especially are pretty awesome for a novelty Bluies crack multi. I broke a hold off of the first pitch and decked, Neil slipped and crashed into me on the second pitch and after that we stopped falling off. Gear is bomber everywhere and the whole thing is just generally fun. Get amongst it.
Fri 18th Jan 2019 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Logan Brae Main Cliff
	22	★★ Room With a View - with Harry Kadi	Sport 15m	★ Good
Warm down.
Wed 2nd Jan 2019 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Railway Cliff
	22	★★ The Belles, The Belles - with Jason McCarthy	Sport 30m	★★ Very Good
A very atmospheric experience with the storm rolling in and eventually the rain hitting. Really excellent but a bit of a black slab.
Thu 6th Dec 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Logan Brae Main Cliff
	22	★★ Room With a View - with Dave Cook	Sport 15m	★ Good
Warm up. Much nicer and easier than i remembered.
Mon 15th Oct 2018 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre
Spurt Wall
	22	★ Spurting Mildly - with Paul Frothy Thomson	Sport 12m, 3	★ Good
Warm up. So nails!
Sun 23rd Sep 2018 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Oronga Crags Capricorn
	22	★★ Gary the Goat - with Heath Black	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
Fun route but you'd want to read it right. Makes an excellent shorter warm up.
Sat 22nd Sep 2018 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area
	22	★★★ On Edge - with Harry Kadi, Julie Pon, Rene Provis	Mixed trad 28m, 5	★★★ Classic
Didn't feel too hard but I was definitely gripped! Rad climb.
Sun 12th Aug 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Bald Head Serendipitous Walls
	22	★★ Super Commuter - with Heath Black, Harry Kadi	Sport 33m, 14	★★ Very Good
Would be a classic at so many other crags but it's just not quite as mega as it's neighbours. Wild and improbable climbing up a super rad feature with a little bit of everything to keep it interesting. A great route!
	22	★★★ Thickening Agent - with Heath Black, Harry Kadi	Sport 32m, 14	★★★ Classic
Awesome climbing, awesome feature, awesome rock! Absolute classic linking the scoops on this glorious orange wall. The must do warm up at the crag!
Wed 8th Aug 2018 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County The 39 Steps
	22	★★ Building a Better Mousetrap - with Paul Frothy Thomson	Sport 25m, 9	★★ Very Good
Borderline classic! A nails onsight that certainly had me working. Ultra cool face climb at the grade. Has a hilarious number of bolts though?
Wed 8th Aug 2018 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Greenhouse Gully
	22	★ Prussic Acid - with Paul Frothy Thomson	Sport 25m, 9	★★ Very Good
Way better than expected, it climbs so well! Probably a bit of a softy but with the new rings it should be on everyone's list!
Wed 1st Aug 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Hat Hill Crag
	22	FA ★★ Crackadoo! - with Heath Black	Mixed trad 18m, 8	★★ Very Good
Glorious grade 16 trad corner into rad stemming, laybacking and a punchy upper bit. An awesome climb. Worth bringing the three or four hand sized cams down to do it for sure!
	22	★★ Fedora - with Heath Black	Sport 18m, 8	★★ Very Good
This was really super cool. Very glad I did it. Has some awesome rock and holds the whole way. Great!
Sun 29th Jul 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Porters Pass Dogs, Cats & Apples Wall
	22	★★ Nylon Happy - with Paul Frothy Thomson	Sport 20m, 8	★★ Very Good
Also really great. Pretty cryptic and totally worthwhile!
Sun 29th Jul 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Porters Pass The Birdcage Area
	22	★ Twisted Reality (Twisted Reality P1) - with Paul Frothy Thomson 1 22 35m lead by Will Vidler	Sport 35m	★ Good
Good enough and certainly a long pitch but probably not worth the unexpectedly long walk to get there. Rock quality is suspect the whole way. Some of the upper tier routes look properly rad though!!
Sat 30th Jun 2018 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Sweet Dreams Walls
	22	★★ Saccharine Nightmare - with Harry Kadi 1 22 27m lead by Harry Kadi 2 21 30m lead by Will Vidler 3 17 35m lead by Harry Kadi 4 15 10m lead by Will Vidler	Sport 100m	★★ Very Good
Awesome to sneak out for a super early morning multi; we were home by 10. Hilariously arctic conditions though, it's not often that i climb in a thermal, flanny, polar fleece and down jacket! Really great route that follows a nice line on good rock and that third pitch is still awesome and still nails, possibly the best bit of easy bolted climbing in the mountains! Love your work Neil.
Sat 2nd Jun 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Logan Brae Main Cliff
	22	★★ Room With a View - with Paul Frothy Thomson	Sport 15m	★ Good
This still felt very hard as a warm up.
Fri 11th May 2018 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Ikara, Victorialand, Odin Head, Thor Head Ikara Head
	22	★★★ Aladinsane - with Jason McCarthy	Trad 32m	★★★ Classic
Really rad thin crack but definitely quite easy for the grade. It only really has one move on it and in typical trad fashion i tried to rest in the middle of this singular move and thus got a bit bogged down and stressed. I then remembered that I know how to rock climb however and all was right with the world as I cruised to the top. A fair bit of thin gear on this one but there are opportunities to place bigger stuff too. Enjoy it for sure!!
Wed 2nd May 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Gateway, Doomsday & Fort Rock Fort Rock Crag
	22	★ Company C - with Heath Black, Jason Nguyen	Sport 16m	★ Good
Really just one sequence.
	22	★★ F Troop - with Heath Black, Jason Nguyen	Sport 16m, 4	★ Good
Another one sequence wonder with a hard move or two in the middle. Fairly nice.
Tue 1st May 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Perry's Lookdown
	22	★★★ Yak Banquet (The Easy Link-up) (Yak Banquet (The Easy Link-up) Linkup Fat Yak) - with Jason Nguyen 1 22 170m lead by Will Vidler 2 22 lead by Jason Nguyen 3 22 lead by Jason Nguyen 4 20 linkup Fat Yak , lead by Will Vidler 5 21 linkup Fat Yak , lead by Will Vidler	Sport 170m, 16	★★ Very Good
An excellent afternoon and evening out! Started pretty late after much faffing and me getting too psyched looking at Orange Jam/This is Your Brain on Crack which saw us amusingly getting caught in the dark. The first pitch was great but felt super hard as a warm up and i certainly had to fight hard for it and then the second pitch was even better and I'm pretty jealous it was Jason's lead. We did however almost accidentally quest up Upstaged, with Jason literally racked up at the belay ready to go, in an event that would have been my best ever sandbag. After dispatching the correct pitch though, we climbed Fat Yak to the top as it was starting to get dark and it seemed easier, if less inspiring. These three pitches were fairly unremarkable but linking the last two as a mega 50m+ pitch was memorable, especially doing some thin grey slab pulling in the dark. Good stuff!!
Sun 18th Mar 2018 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Nest Main Area
	22	★ Super Shine - with Heath Black, Jenna Brady	Sport 15m, 5	★★ Very Good
Harder than i remember.
Mon 5th Mar 2018 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Binary Cave
	22	★★ La Niña - with Jason Nguyen	Sport 25m, 10	★★ Very Good
A good warm up and probably fairly easy at the grade.
Thu 1st Mar 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall
	22	★★ Lardy Lady's Lats - with Harry Kadi	Sport 25m, 13	★★ Very Good
A very soft morning at Shipley before bailing as the sun hit. Was too smashed to be bothered climbing anything else afterwards. Great route though and one i was happy to get the retroflash of.
Wed 14th Feb 2018 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Pindari
	22	★★ Much of a Muchness - with Simmo	Sport 30m	★★ Very Good
Onsighted this as a mega pitch from the ground as the warm up thinking I was climbing This Sporting Life. Consistently varied and interesting moves to the point of being substantially better than TSL I think, especially in its #megapitch form. With the infinite bolts it has, this route is an awesome consumer classic but could do with and deserves some more traffic to clean it up as the top was slightly dirty.
Fri 19th Jan 2018 - Cape Raoul
	22	★★★ Pole Dancer - with Harry Kadi, Dave Cook	Mixed trad 40m, 12	★★★ Mega Classic
An absolutely unbelievable pitch. So much fun in such a wild location. Basically soloed up the first pitch (one piece of gear in case I fell and pulled Harry off) and then belayed Harry on the money in crazy wind. I was a bit nervous sitting at the base of such a classic route and watching Harry fly up it but as soon as my turn came and I pulled on it was so mind-blowingly good that I just felt like I was pulling grade 16 up there. The arête is an ever present jug that just doesn't want you to fall off and all the other flakes and foot holds are so perfectly positioned as to propel you up the wall. An unreal experience cruising easy moves up a pillar of that size. Get on it!!

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