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Tue 16th Aug 2011 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Butterfly Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Butterfly Wall Direct | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Second shot. Super fun top.
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Tue 16th Aug 2011 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point The Very Nice Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★ Pale Yellow Underwear | 10m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Yay, second shot.
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Tue 16th Aug 2011 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Betty Blue Area | ||||||
21 | ★★ A Day at the Beach | 15m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Beautiful
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Sun 14th Aug 2011 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point The Very Nice Wall | ||||||
23 | ★★ Fattergram | 11m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Excellent! Little scary at the start, but it's all there.
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22 | ★★ Killer Boas | 10m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Super fun. Big moves on good holds.
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Sun 14th Aug 2011 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point The Pocketed Wall | ||||||
20 21 | ★★ Je Baise Ma Frangine (Je Baise Ma Fraigne) | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Slippery
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22 | ★★ Murdoch the Horse Fucker | 12m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Hard start, super fun finish.
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Sat 13th Aug 2011 - Nowra | ||||||
Bomaderry Creek South Central | ||||||
18 19 | ★★ Silver Hands | 9m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great warmup.
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23 | ★★ Crime Is Art | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Felt good, love the pocket. The top wasn't as hard as expected.
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Sun 31st Jul 2011 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★ Punks in the Gin | 17m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Cruisy.
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24 | ★★ Wages Of Fear | 18m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
laps
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24 | ★★ Wages Of Fear | 18m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
laps
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21 | ★ Pink Berets | 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
warm up
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24 | ★★ Nic Chips Diffs | 18m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Short and sharp, plenty of fun.
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Sun 17th Jul 2011 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★ Wages Of Fear | 18m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Not even pumpy anymore.
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24 | ★★ Honed And Buffed | 17m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Haven't tried this for years, forgot everything, took my time, but straight up first go.
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23 | ★★ Cucumber Castle | 18m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Beautiful climbing, did the top like a crack climb.
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Sat 16th Jul 2011 - Mt Coolum | ||||||
25 24 | ★ Crazy Horny | 10m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Warm up, did not trust my feet so fell. Got back on and made it through, kinda scrappy all the way.
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Sun 10th Jul 2011 - Mt Tibrogargan | ||||||
Slider Wall | ||||||
25 | ★★★ Madder | 15m, 5 | ||||
Training run, felt a bit tired.
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23 | ★★★ Squealer | 21m, 6 | ||||
Cleaning draws for Holly. Felt more solid on this than I have for a while.
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27 | ★★★ Hybrid Vigour | 24m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Stayed warm beforehand, good rest before crux, didn't feel very hard. Hooray, first 27. [17 shots, i think]
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Sat 9th Jul 2011 - Mt Ngungun | ||||||
Lower Cliffs The Lower Main Cliff | ||||||
17 | ★★ Absentia | 20m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great!
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17 | ★ AWOL | 18m, 4 | Average | |||
Rock felt fragile, but cool moves through the bulge.
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Sun 3rd Jul 2011 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
East of the access track | ||||||
18 | ★★★ Resurrection Corner | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Yay for jambing.
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21 | ★★★ Black Light | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Felt easy, should lead it again.
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Sat 2nd Jul 2011 - Mt Tibrogargan | ||||||
Slider Wall | ||||||
25 | ★★ The Final Piece | 17m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Putting gear on for trying Hybrid, Busy up there today.
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19 | ★ Something About Sandy | 13m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Tricky crux.
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17 | ★ Blowing Bubbles | 15m, 4 | Average | |||
With Wyn. Barefoot.
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Sun 26th Jun 2011 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
19 | ★★ Magical Mystery Tour | 34m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Mega fun! Awesome exposure! Real wanted another #4 C4.
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20 | ★★★ Short Order | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Cam bailed at the start, so I did it. Sustained, not a great warmup.
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Sat 25th Jun 2011 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
15 | ★ Bad Company | 20m | ||||
Easy fun.
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22 | ★★ Out on a Limb | 18m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Gotta focus, and trust the RPs. Great.
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19 | ★★ Hollywood Rattlesnake | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
18 | ★★ Gladiator | 20m | ||||
Warm up
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Sat 18th Jun 2011 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Old Guard | 40m | ||||
Someone's abandoned stuck Cam made the crux a little tricker, grr.
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19 18 | ★★★ Plume | 25m | ||||
Past the second stuck cam of the day, seriously people!
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18 | ★★ Gladiator | 20m | ||||
Fun
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Mon 13th Jun 2011 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
East of the access track | ||||||
22 | ★★ Steel Fingers | 40m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Varied and slightly adventurous. Great! Two ropes and extenders were a must. Climbed in from the left, skipping the direct start.
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22 | ★★★ Erg Direct | 25m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Absolutely the better way to climb this. I felt solid the whole way.
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Sat 11th Jun 2011 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
East of the access track | ||||||
20 | ★★ Egotistical Pineapple (Egotistical Pinapple) | 14m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Love this climb, nice warm up.
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21 22 | ★★★ Black Light | 25m | ★ Good | |||
Decked placing my second piece, first piece ripped. Wasn't focused. Got back on and jittered my way cleanly to the top.
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Sat 4th Jun 2011 - Mt Tibrogargan | ||||||
Slider Wall | ||||||
25 | ★★★ Madder | 15m, 5 | ||||
Borrowed shoes, demonstrated no hands 'rest' at the 5th bolt.
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23 | ★★★ Squealer | 21m, 6 | ||||
Bare feet.
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22 | ★★ Slider | 16m, 7 | ||||
Led cleanly up and down in bare feet as a warm down.
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Mon 30th May 2011 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Lunch Ledge | ||||||
23 | ★★ Bionic Booger Boys (Bionic Bugga Boys) | 100m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Only the crux pitch. Loved it! Went up to rescue a stuck rope, didn't know what it was, but looked doable.
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Sat 28th May 2011 - Mt Tibrogargan | ||||||
Slider Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Howler | 16m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Warm down #2, almost fell at the top, just latched the lie away. Better sequence to the last clip.
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25 | ★★★ Madder | 15m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Warm down mileage, found a no hands rest at the 4th draw.
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Sun 15th May 2011 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
20 | ★★ Satyricon | 35m | ★★ Very Good | |||
I loves me some bridging!
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21 | ★★★ Cock Corner | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Waited for the sun to pass. Still tough, but I felt a lot more comfortable than last time.
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Mon 2nd May 2011 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Centennial Glen Junket Pumper Area | ||||||
24 | ★★ Junket Pumper | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sweet. Kneebarred at the crux.
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Sun 1st May 2011 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bowens Creek Main Wall Left | ||||||
22 | ★★ Shut the Gate | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Good warm up.
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Sat 30th Apr 2011 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Lunch Ledge | ||||||
19 | ★★ The West Face of the Mirrorball (The West Face of the Mirrorball (19 var.)) | 120m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Always good fun! with Cam, Neil and Megan, as the sun was setting. Walked in after midday.
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Thu 28th Apr 2011 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Porters Pass Chasing Amy Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ Chasing Amy (Chasing Ami) | 22m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Felt uncomfortable at the top. Very nice.
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Thu 28th Apr 2011 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Porters Pass La La Land Area | ||||||
22 23 | ★★★ Legoland | 25m, 9 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Always a good trip.
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Wed 27th Apr 2011 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall | ||||||
22 | ★★ Hot Flyer Direct Finish | 25m | ★ Good | |||
Didn't really mean to do the direct finish, but didn't really read the guidebook either. Fun.
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Sun 24th Apr 2011 - Beulah | ||||||
Eastern areas Swamp Boulders Chloes | ||||||
V4 | ★★ Un-Named Left | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Very thin, but great. Deserves a real name.
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Sun 24th Apr 2011 - Beulah | ||||||
Eastern areas Swamp Boulders Justice boulder | ||||||
V3 | ★★ Socially just fucker | 8m | ★ Good | |||
Fun. Bit dirty at the top.
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Sun 24th Apr 2011 - Beulah | ||||||
Eastern areas Swamp Boulders Swamp Thing | ||||||
V3 | ★★★ Swamp Thing | 5m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Fantastic
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Sun 17th Apr 2011 - Mt Coolum | ||||||
24 | ★★ Has It Got a Chevy Motor? | 12m, 7 | ||||
Nice warm-up
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26 | ★★ Three Men and A Ladder | 10m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Yay, third shot today, fourth shot ever. Fun, but really hard on the poor knees.
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Sun 10th Apr 2011 - Mt Tibrogargan | ||||||
Slider Wall | ||||||
21 | ★ A Shadow So Huge | 8m, 3 | ||||
Date Approx. With Wyn and Cam and Neil
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22 | ★ Outrageous Coincidences | 8m, 3 | ||||
Date Approx. With Wyn and Cam and Neil
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Sat 26th Mar 2011 - Mt Tibrogargan | ||||||
Celestial Wall | ||||||
22 | ★★ Aphelion p4 / Rubicon p3 | 87m | ||||
following Jess, with backpack. Trailing rope got stuck on trees of pitch one, finished fighting the stretch, lowered to release the rope.
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22 | ★★ Aphelion p3 | 87m | ||||
following Jess, with backpack and trailing rope
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16 23 | ★ Voyager (Aphelion p1 / Voyager p1) | 95m | ||||
with backpack
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21 | ★★ Aphelion p2 | 87m | ||||
following Jess, with backpack and trailing rope
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Sat 26th Mar 2011 - Mt Tibrogargan | ||||||
Halfway House | ||||||
24 23 | ★★★ The Elite Republican Guard | 15m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Pretty comfortable. Nice climbing.
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Sat 26th Mar 2011 - Mt Tibrogargan | ||||||
Clemency Wall | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Caritas | 18m, 7 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Awesome climb, awesome moves, awesome position. Climbed on the way down from Halfway House.
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Sat 19th Mar 2011 - Mt Coolum | ||||||
26 | ★★★ Screaming Insanity | 15m, 9 | ||||
Hooray! First time. 2nd shot of the day. Felt solid.
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Sun 27th Feb 2011 - Mt Tibrogargan | ||||||
Slider Wall | ||||||
25 | ★★ The Final Piece | 17m, 6 | ||||
Hooray! Finally putting this one to bed. 2nd shot of the day. Longest time working a 25 for a while.
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24 | ★★★ Howler | 16m, 5 | ||||
6th climb of the day, remembered everything and flowed. Easier not placing draws.
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25 | ★★ Wailer | 18m, 5 | ||||
First shot in over a year, watched everyone else for beta first, then did similar but different.
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25 | ★★★ Madder | 15m, 5 | ||||
7th climb of the day, tired, but know it sooo well now.
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22 | ★★ Slider | 16m, 7 | ||||
Warm up
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Sun 23rd Jan 2011 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
18 | ★★ Angel Rider | 50m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Cool climbing, steep and juggy as others have said. Unfortunately it's not as obvious a line as most stuff at frog, so I felt a little lost, and there's a few rather loose bits of rock.
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Wed 5th Jan 2011 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae The Flight Deck | ||||||
24 23 | ★★★ Orestes | 40m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Equal hardest trad onsight. Felt like 23, not 24 to me. Almost ran out the entire hand traverse, but better judgement shouted up from the ground convinced me otherwise.
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Wed 5th Jan 2011 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Uncle Charlie | ||||||
25 | ★★★ Spasm in a Chasm | 25m, 3 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Having the right sized nut helps a lot, as does beta from the locals. Still a hard move, but felt so good to finally get it. Mega fun climbing.
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Tue 4th Jan 2011 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★★ Tannin - with Jess | 35m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Still fun.
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Sat 1st Jan 2011 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae Muldoon Area | ||||||
12 | ★ Clytemnaestra | 45m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Not sure on the year, was sometime around christmas though.
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Thu 30th Dec 2010 - Ben Lomond | ||||||
Northern Escarpment Robin's Buttress | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Barbe Di Vendetta | 90m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Fun outing.
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Thu 30th Dec 2010 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area The Freezer | ||||||
24 | ★★ Good Big Dog | 22m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
No crux? I kept expecting it to get hard, and it never really did. Must be a lot better at shaking/resting than I used to be.
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Tue 28th Dec 2010 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Porters Pass Dogs, Cats & Apples Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ So, Said The King | 20m, 9 | ★★★ Classic | |||
A bit spooky for the grade, always good fun.
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Tue 28th Dec 2010 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Porters Pass La La Land Area | ||||||
22 23 | ★★★ Legoland | 25m, 9 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Pretty easy, but loved it.
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Mon 27th Dec 2010 - Ben Lomond | ||||||
Northern Escarpment Local Loser | ||||||
20 | ★★★ Hidden Secrets | 40m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Super fun and awesome. Much easier than Ramadan.
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Sat 20th Nov 2010 - Girraween | ||||||
Sphinx Rock | ||||||
23 | ★★★ Alex in Wonderland | 15m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Mooj fell off the top and ended up at his belayer. Didn't want another shot. I went up to finish and clean. Had seconded Michael earlier in the day.
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22 | ★★ The Queen of Spades | 15m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great
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Sat 30th Oct 2010 - Brooyar | ||||||
Point Pure | ||||||
25 | ★ Pebbles | 22m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really enjoyable climbing, despite the crumbly rock. Power underclings and intimidating slab, got really scared at the top the first time up when I went the wrong way.
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Wed 22nd Sep 2010 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★★ Tannin - with Cam | 35m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Awesome.
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Tue 21st Sep 2010 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre | ||||||
Central Buttress | ||||||
18 | ★★★ Simpleton - with Cam | 85m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Brilliant and exciting. Led every pitch.
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Fri 17th Sep 2010 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre | ||||||
Taipan Wall - North | ||||||
23 | ★★ The Seventh Banana Pitch 1 | 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Second climb on Taipain. Lovely.
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21 | ★★ Sirocco Pitch 1 | 20m, 1 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Date approx. First climb on Taipain.
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Thu 16th Sep 2010 - Summerday Valley | ||||||
Wall of Fools | ||||||
24 | ★★ Arch Enema - with Cam S | 17m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Super super fun. Couldn't stop laughing through the top cave. Must do.
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15 | ★ Steph In Soweto - with Cam S | 31m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Followed Cam up. Fun
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Sat 21st Aug 2010 - Mt Coolum | ||||||
24 | ★ Beer, Boobs and Jerky | 10m | ★ Good | |||
Not sure on exact date. Sneaky feet and body position makes the crux easy.
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24 | ★★ Has It Got a Chevy Motor? | 12m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Two shots. Fun. Not sure on exact date.
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Fri 23rd Jul 2010 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
23 | ★ Baby Staysharp | 7m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
Thin, so thin. Not sure on the date...
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Thu 1st Jul 2010 - Mt Tibrogargan | ||||||
Halfway House | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Voluptuous | 11m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sneaky crux.
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Sat 26th Jun 2010 - Mt Tibrogargan | ||||||
NE Buttress Sector | ||||||
20 | ★★ Sideshow Bob | 250m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | |||
With Dave. Led the loose pitch 3 and the crux pitch. Great climbing and position.
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Sat 19th Jun 2010 - Mt Tibrogargan | ||||||
Summit Caves | ||||||
22 | ★★ Four Seasons | 28m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Good fun. Must get back and do more up there.
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Mon 14th Jun 2010 - Coffs Harbour | ||||||
Glenreagh Fort Knox The Motherlode | ||||||
26 | ★★★ Overshadowed | 25m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Spectacular climb. Best by far at Fort Knox. Bouldery start, tricky crux, steep finish. Loved it.
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