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Grade Route Gear style Quality
Sat 30th Dec 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge
Cascade boulders Evan Stone area
V2 ~V1 Mother's Milk - with Benji Dutaillis, Alec Eastwood Boulder 6m Very Good
I remember being freaked out watching Ben on this but this time it just seemed like no big deal looking up at it. You absolutely do not want to fall but it might even be a V0.

 
Sat 23rd Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge
Central climbing areas Savage Amusement Buttress
19 Springer - with Noah Craven Mixed trad 15m, 3 Very Good
The boulder start to this is really cool

 
17 Keystone corruption - with Noah Craven Mixed trad 15m, 3 Average
I was originally going to do the real easy far right zig zag but got a bit sketched by the levitating arch. It seems solid but I definitely won't be putting gear near it. The move onto the slab is interesting but it's over too quick and the grassy ledge section at the top out is not ideal.

 
Sun 10th Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge
Downstream climbing areas Gate Boy Boulder
V0 Gate Boy Crack - with Michael Moore Boulder 5m Very Good
Approach shoes with no pad. Great hands

 
Sun 3rd Sep 2023 - Kwiamble National Park
MacIntyre Falls Rock pool and the Beach Steps boulder
V2 Welcome mat - with Mark Boulder 5m Very Good
Last time I didn't actually climb this, and dismissed it but it is really great. I might have just been eyeing up more to the right and missed the two great holds further left

 
Sun 16th Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge
Downstream climbing areas The Bastille
15 Impunity - with Blue Mountains Orangutan Mixed trad 20m, 3 Classic
Fun and flowy, fairly consistent and a great warm up for Innocence in a similar style

 
Wed 12th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Mossy Wall
18 Death of the Moss Monster - with Mark, Alex, Denni Heywood Sport 15m, 5
Fri 31st Mar 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge
Powers creek junction The Runway Wall
17 Overhead compartment - with Alec Eastwood, Thor Sport 8m, 2 Very Good
Took a little bit to figure out the mantle but its not too bad

 
16 Transit lounge - with Alec Eastwood, Thor Sport 10m, 3 Very Good
Nice flow to this

 
Sun 29th Jan 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge
Central climbing areas Private sector
18 The Acolytes Cauldron - with Ben Vincent Sport 10m, 3 Very Good
Super stoked with how this route turned out! It's what gara has been missing: easy sport with good clip stances on great water worn rock, interesting features with a crux at the finish and with a clean top out and top rope access.

 
Sun 15th Jan 2023 - Glenrock Lagoon
Middle Earth
19 Gimli's Gripe - with Ben Vincent Sport 12m, 4
19 Kleptomania - with Ben Vincent Sport 10m, 3
The sun was just hitting the wall and we weren't originally too inspired so just decided to try and speed run as much as we could swinging leads

 
Fri 13th Jan 2023 - Point Perpendicular
The Lighthouse Rex Hunt's Area
18 Moving Targets - with Ben Vincent Trad 30m Very Good
Based on the dust and cobwebs this probably doesn't see much traffic but it's pretty neat. If we hadn't left some gear at the bottom we would have been done for the day but it was a really great little one to finish up with. Nice to have some jams for a change and switch up the muscle groups.

 
Fri 13th Jan 2023 - Point Perpendicular
The Lighthouse Red Riding Hood Area
21 Destructive Wombats - with Ben Vincent Mixed trad 20m, 2 Classic
Super fun! I think this might be my fav route of the day, the second half of pockety goodness is bouldery and very happy to pick my way through the swiss cheese

 
19 When the Levee Breaks - with Ben Vincent Mixed trad 20m, 4 Very Good
Thu 1st Sep 2022 - Upper Gara Gorge
Central climbing areas Hope Buttress
14 Zip wire Mixed trad 5m, 1
Really cool rock features

 
Sat 18th Jun 2022 - Stonehenge
North-East cluster Cliffhanger boulder
V1 The Benevolent Biscuit! - with Lani, Ben, Yen, Jack, Alex, April, Benji Dutaillis Boulder 6m
Sat 7th May 2022 - Upper Gara Gorge
Powers creek junction Humpty Dumpty area
V3 Inevitable web - with Ben Vincent, Michael Moore, Volodymyr K, Clive Boulder 5m Classic
I thought I was doing the Feeling of Presence but turns out to be a new problem, and yet another high quality problem on this ace little wall

 
Sun 13th Feb 2022 - Upper Gara Gorge
Cascade boulders Evan Stone area
V2 V1 The Hammer - with Ben Vincent, Benji Dutaillis Boulder 3m Good
More or less a nice extension

 
V2 Side pull - with Ben Vincent, Benji Dutaillis Boulder 3m Very Good
I thought this would be really spicy but the left side is too close. A wild hard sit start could be possible off a little crystal pocket

 
18 Death roof - with Ben Vincent, Benji Dutaillis Trad 6m Very Good
This cleaned up fairly nicely into a pure crack problem without the features to the left which we thought would be needed. Could be a couple variants. All over in 2-3 moves but still good fun. Still not sure I'd want to solo boulder it.

 
Sat 4th Sep 2021 - Upper Gara Gorge
Central Boulders Vulcanology area
V2 Extension start - with Benji Dutaillis Boulder 4m Very Good
So glad this link up worked after we un-buried it from the flood debris

 
Fri 18th Sep 2020 - Upper Gara Gorge
Powers creek junction Humpty Dumpty area
V0 left jug rail - with Ben Vincent, Benji Dutaillis Boulder 6m Classic
Didn't do the sit start, apparently I also went off route at the top (in a sea of jugs, jeez)

 
V1 huge rail - with Ben Vincent, Benji Dutaillis Boulder 5m Classic
Still nursing a hand injury from the fall at the bungles so didn't intend to climb. Worth putting my shoes on

 
Sun 31st May 2020 - Upper Gara Gorge
Cascade boulders Evan Stone area
V1 Crimp face - with Ben Vincent, Benji Dutaillis Boulder 4m Good
Apparently I didn't use the good hands, or the good feet, or any footers

 
V0 Offwidth arete - with Ben Vincent, Benji Dutaillis Boulder 4m Good
Mon 4th Nov 2019 - Upper Gara Gorge
Cascade boulders The holy land
V1 Drowned relic - with Andrew Woolley, carol lee, Phil, Sarah Tremont Boulder 3m Very Good
This is a great little find

 
Sat 6th Apr 2019 - Cathedral Rock National Park
Magic bean
V4 Underbelly: Razor - with Ben Vincent Boulder 3m Good
Was showing this to Ben as a warmup. In hindsite I now remember that Underbelly starts on the lowest part of the rail and I had worked this line but not sure if I'd actually done it before. I flashed it (thinking it was the V2) and was repeating it, and I think my right crimp was too aggressive, or too early in the morning, or all of the above. A pretty loud crack ended my day before it really started. A2 pulley on right ring finger, probably a grade II / partial tear, so not good but not too bad in the grand scheme of things

 
Thu 7th Mar 2019 - Mt Yarrowyck
Car Park Boulders Mike's crack boulders
V2 Fists of fury - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy Boulder 4m Good
Sun 11th Nov 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge
Cascade boulders Above the private sector
V2 No big deal - with Nathan H. Boulder 4m Classic
Scouted and cleaned it from the top for the first time and it looked so hard and scary from the top looking down. But it's a pure gem and quite easy

 
Sat 15th Apr 2017 - Beulah
Central Areas Shooting range ridge Fence corner cluster
V3 Face - with carol lee, Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Amber Rudge, Scott Camps, Mark Kawun, Lindsay Camps Boulder 4m Good
Looks harder than it is, sharp but not actually that sharp either

 
V2 Left arete - with carol lee, Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Amber Rudge, Scott Camps, Mark Kawun, Lindsay Camps Boulder 4m Good
Slopey campus

 
V1 V2 Rail - with carol lee, Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Amber Rudge, Scott Camps, Mark Kawun, Lindsay Camps Boulder 2m Good
Fri 14th Apr 2017 - Beulah
Eastern areas Rolled Quad Boulders Westside megaboulders
V3 Altas traverse sit start - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Todd Free, Amber Rudge, Benji Dutaillis Boulder 2m Very Good
V1 Altas traverse - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Todd Free, Amber Rudge, Benji Dutaillis Boulder 2m Very Good
Fri 14th Apr 2017 - Beulah
Eastern areas Rolled Quad Boulders River side sector The pit area
V2 Springer - with Ben Vincent, Amber Rudge, Benji Boulder 3m Good
V1 Keystone - with Ben Vincent, Amber Rudge, Benji Boulder 2m Good
V2 Spandrel - with Ben Vincent, Amber Rudge, Benji Boulder 4m Very Good
Sat 21st May 2016 - Upper Gara Gorge
Big boulder bend The big boulders
V2 Knob chasm - with Carol Lee, Alan Ezzy Boulder 5m Good
Climbs better than I thought - very happy to do the start static (Carol jumped past this first move)

 
V1 Luscious tips - with Carol Lee, Alan Ezzy Boulder 3m Very Good
Fun fun fun

 
Sun 10th Apr 2016 - Wallaby Rocks
V0 Along the crack like an aristocrat - with Ben Vincent, Will Goyen, George Plunkett, Carol Lee Boulder 4m Good
Easy fun

 
V1 Down low like a hobo - with Ben Vincent, Will Goyen, George Plunkett, Carol Lee Boulder 5m Very Good
Slighty pumpy fun crux

 
V1 Poise, Elegance & Grace - with Ben Vincent, Will Goyen, George Plunkett, Carol Lee Boulder 5m Classic
Had a couple laps trying to not get completely tangled at the top

 
Sat 26th Mar 2016 - Beulah
Eastern areas Rolled Quad Boulders Northern contour Crank Shaft Boulders
V3 Giraffe - with Stephen Hawkshaw Boulder 5m Good
Nice high step mantle

 
Fri 25th Mar 2016 - Beulah
Eastern areas Swamp Boulders Stank Boulder
V2 Stankopolous - with Deon Heemskerk, Alan Ezzy Boulder 4m
Nice, how come I've never done this?

 
Sun 7th Feb 2016 - Valla beach headland
V1 Low traverse Boulder 4m
V1 Right side Boulder 2m
Sun 4th Oct 2015 - Upper Gara Gorge
Cascade boulders Below the bridge
V2 River side expressway - with Alan Ezzy, Amy O'Toole, Julie, Nicolas Boulder 8m Classic
Super fun, with just the right amount of difficulty over the water

 
V1 Nepalese Peace Pagoda - with Alan Ezzy, Amy O'Toole, Julie, Nicolas Boulder 4m Good
Cruisy, a longer sequence than much of gara. Should be a few other problems just around the arete too

 
V1 Bob - with Alan Ezzy, Amy O'Toole Boulder 4m Good
Thought it would be more on the arete and very sketchy fall, ended up quite sane straight forward

 
V0 Stuart - with Alan Ezzy, Amy O'Toole Boulder 4m Good
Juicy

 
V1 Turbot St Exit - with Alan Ezzy, Amy O'Toole Boulder 4m
Great warmup

 
Sun 23rd Aug 2015 - Cathedral Rock National Park
Boon Docks The Maze Big V and Big groove Blocs
V2 Big V - with Carol, Alex Boulder 4m Good
Sun 23rd Aug 2015 - Cathedral Rock National Park
Boon Docks The Maze Trigrams Cluster
V2 Mini - with Alex, Carol, Yanna Boulder 2m Good
Sun 23rd Aug 2015 - Cathedral Rock National Park
Boon Docks Main Docks Bouldering Salubrious Boulder
V3 Salubrious Backside Boulder 3m Good
Super stoked to flash this, moved onto some desperate imaginary mono while everyone screamed to use the jug just above but was too committed and just pulled through it

 
V2 Aza's Problem Boulder 3m Good
Dig the moves on this

 
V2 Back Side Traverse Boulder 3m
Sun 23rd Aug 2015 - Cathedral Rock National Park
Boon Docks Road Boulders Green Sheep Boulder
V1 The Green Sheep - with Alex, Carol Boulder 5m Classic
Classic! Cruisy, scary, high, don't fall

 
Sun 23rd Jun 2013 - Waverly Park Bouldering
Rosny Rocks
V4 2nd V4 Boulder 3m
Super happy to flash this. My kinda problem with power jugs. Found a sneaky knee bar in the roof. A very easy V4 to Sanguine.

 
Sun 29th Jul 2012 - Mt Yarrowyck
Lost world Above the cave
V3 Whitegoods with a view Boulder 5m Classic
Sun 29th Jul 2012 - Mt Yarrowyck
Sharpest Mono area Sharpest mono boulder
V2 Layback Boulder 3m
Sun 12th Nov 2006 - Upper Gara Gorge
Central Boulders Little Ayers
V3 The jaws of death - with Mark, Alex, Liam Jackson, Leon Boulder 4m Good
The most scary send I have had in ages - WOOHOO!!

Step up on rocks that you don't want to fall on, jump to the nice jug (if you are a short arse like me), a little left crimp, then match your right foot to your hand and rock over and up.

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