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| Grade | Route | Gear style | Quality | |||
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| Mon 3rd Jul 2023 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face The Ramparts | ||||||
| 19 ~20 |
★ Red-Belly Black Flake
| 25m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Not really harder than Eastern Brown with the weird middle move.
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| 21 Hard |
★ Eastern Brown
| 25m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
| 23 |
★★ Taipan Wall
— 2 attempts
| 25m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Finally got this monkey off my back.
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| 24 |
★★ Easy Meat
| 25m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Actually really good. some cool hard moves. And indeed the grade is not a sandbag for a change. Though I did blow the redpoint on the second go after a finger hold broke.
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| Sat 1st Jul 2023 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Middle Crag | ||||||
| 20 |
★★ Colour Card
| 16m, 2 | ||||
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Preplaced gear with ridiculously long sling as back up.
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| 14 |
★★ I'd Rather be Canoeing
| 18m | ||||
| 20 |
★ Double Blank
| 9m, 1 | ||||
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Easier than Visage
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| 17 ~20 |
★ Visage
| 9m, 2 | ||||
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+3 on the Gray Scale
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| 18 |
★ Mirror Mirror
| 12m, 5 | ||||
| 15 |
Brand X
| 13m | ||||
| Mon 10th Apr 2023 - Watagans | ||||||
| Gate Crag Central Buttress | ||||||
| 22 |
★★ A midsummers nightmare
| 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
| 19 |
★ Double vision
| 14m, 6 | ||||
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Second shot
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| Mon 20th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face The Ramparts | ||||||
| 19 ~20 |
★ Red-Belly Black Flake
| 25m, 4 | ||||
| Mon 20th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Turkey Walls | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Killer’eska
| 17m, 3 | ||||
| Mon 20th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Central Gully | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Centennial direct finish
| 9m | ||||
| 12 |
★ Chutney
| 13m | ★★★ Classic | |||
| Mon 6th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face The Ramparts | ||||||
| 19 |
★★ Garbage Blaster
| 26m | ||||
| 22 |
★ Waynes Route
| 25m, 4 | ||||
| 10 |
★ Vascolomys Wambach
| 20m | ||||
| 12 |
★ Buzzed Out
| 28m, 4 | ||||
| Mon 25th Oct 2021 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Middle Crag | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Davafly
| 10m, 3 | ||||
| 19 |
★ Crimson Tinge
| 15m, 1 | ||||
| 20 |
★ Jonas' arete
| 12m, 5 | ||||
| 20 |
★ Double Blank
| 9m, 1 | ||||
| 10 |
Marginal Existence
| 7m | ||||
| 19 |
★ Marmite
| 12m, 5 | ||||
| 10 |
★ Significance
| 7m | ||||
| 17 ~20 |
★ Visage
| 9m, 2 | ||||
| 18 |
★ Mirror Mirror
| 12m, 5 | ||||
| Sun 17th Oct 2021 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Smear Slabs | ||||||
| 17 |
★ Cadbury Flake
| 12m, 3 | ||||
| 14 |
★ Hang in there Baby
| 20m | ||||
| Sun 17th Oct 2021 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face The Ramparts | ||||||
| 21 |
★ Strapadictomy
| 25m, 3 | ||||
| 15 |
Adrenaline Wall
| 25m, 3 | ||||
| 19 ~20 |
★ Red-Belly Black Flake
| 25m, 4 | ||||
| Mon 10th May 2021 - Watagans | ||||||
| Gate Crag Walls of 2000 | ||||||
| 12 |
Snuggle Slave
| 10m | ||||
| 22 |
Avalanche
| 12m | ||||
| 23 |
★ Non reflective Friday
| 10m | ||||
| 13 |
★ Shanes 2
| 11m | ||||
| 15 |
★ Shanes 3
| 11m, 3 | Average | |||
| 19 |
★ Midway
| 12m | ||||
| 15 |
Pinch me I'm dreaming
| 12m, 4 | ||||
| 20 |
VB for me (Another unknown)
| 12m, 3 | ||||
| Fri 28th Aug 2020 - Watagans | ||||||
| Rope Rd Key Hole Right | ||||||
| 21 |
★ Music and Passion
| 18m, 9 | ||||
| 22 |
★ Copacobana
| 20m | ||||
| Fri 28th Aug 2020 - Watagans | ||||||
| Rope Rd The Main Line | ||||||
| 17 |
The Wide Open Lobe
| 20m | ||||
| Fri 28th Aug 2020 - Watagans | ||||||
| Rope Rd Key Hole Left | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Neanderthal Jive
| 22m, 3 | ||||
| Mon 5th Aug 2019 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face The Ridge | ||||||
| 22 |
★★ Reindeer mantlers
| 10m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Best route at the crag
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| 20 |
★ Elves on Shelves
| 12m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Hard onsight
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| 21 |
★ Sandy Claws
| 13m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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thin as
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| 21 |
★ Crackaphonic Cack
| 7m | ||||
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Who needs to jam when you can dyno
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| Mon 12th Nov 2018 - Watagans | ||||||
| Black Stump Western End | ||||||
| 21 |
★ Bankstown Boys
| 12m | ||||
| 22 |
★ Banana Republic
| 13m, 6 | ||||
| 19 |
★ Latte
| 12m, 4 | ||||
| 17 |
★ Graft and Corruption
| 16m, 6 | ||||
| Mon 14th May 2018 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Middle Crag | ||||||
| 15 |
★ Vengeance
| 12m | ||||
| 18 19 |
★ Vengemite
| 12m, 6 | ||||
| 20 |
Unknown wall with carrots
| 10m, 3 | ||||
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Direct without using the right hand wall or crack.
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| 9 |
Commin' at Ya
| 12m | ||||
| Mon 14th May 2018 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Space Ape Area | ||||||
| 22 |
★★ Space Ape
| 6m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | |||
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24 year Project - more than half my life!!! Best not not attempted at the end of the days was usual.
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| 23 |
★ Lacolite Onion
| 9m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
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Outrageoulsy thin but fun enough, if you ignore the pain.
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| 23 |
★ Tabouli
| 9m | ||||
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Climbed in from the "shallot" crack. Thin as up the top.
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| Tue 8th May 2018 - Watagans | ||||||
| Gate Crag Central Buttress | ||||||
| 20 |
★★ Titania
| 18m, 9 | ||||
| 22 |
★★ A midsummers nightmare
| 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Thin desperate side pulls. Elvia almost sent me flying.
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| Tue 13th Feb 2018 - Watagans | ||||||
| Gate Crag Central Buttress | ||||||
| 21 |
★ Gang Gang has Boobies
| 12m, 6 | ||||
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Super hard start, gradually easier.
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| 19 |
★ Double vision
| 14m, 6 | ||||
| 20 |
★★ Titania
| 18m, 9 | ||||
| Mon 28th Nov 2016 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Stopper Walls | ||||||
| 13 |
★ Stopper
| 35m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Taking some friends on a multi pitch! Had the interesting experience of seeing 2 tumbling goannas fall 15 m off the top of Weena into the trees below.
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| Mon 28th Nov 2016 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Central Gully | ||||||
| 12 |
★ Chutney
| 13m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Leading up for Soy Latte and Gangham Style
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| Mon 28th Nov 2016 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Big Banana Buttress & The Extremes | ||||||
| 13 |
★ Shick
| 18m | ||||
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Bumbly session
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| Wed 23rd Nov 2016 - Watagans | ||||||
| Gate Crag Central Buttress | ||||||
| 21 |
★ Fat lipped
| 15m, 3 | ||||
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Crips to blank rock over to jugs. Nice variety.
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| 19 |
★ Double vision
| 14m, 6 | ||||
| 20 |
★★ Titania
| 18m, 9 | ||||
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Slow going with lots of unobvious crimps to work through. Nice but.
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| Tue 23rd Jun 2015 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Turkey Walls | ||||||
| 19 |
★★ Bereska
| 18m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | |||
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years since i've been on this. classic Watagans.
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| 21 |
★★ Profanity
| 14m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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took 3 goes. hard for poor crack climbers.
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| Mon 1st Dec 2014 - Watagans | ||||||
| Gate Crag Walls of 2000 | ||||||
| 16 17 |
★ Shanes 4
| 6m | ||||
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a finish to ponder for a while
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| 18 |
★ Shanes 1
| 10m | Average | |||
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One techy easy move.
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| 15 |
★ Shanes 3
| 11m, 3 | Average | |||
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nothing broke!
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| Mon 1st Dec 2014 - Watagans | ||||||
| Gate Crag Little Cobbler | ||||||
| 18 |
★ The Great Dividing Flake
| 4m | ★ Good | |||
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Easy as. Harder to get down.
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| 22 |
★ Volcano
| 8m | ★ Good | |||
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Pretty good moves, just ignore the moss.
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| 20 |
★ Lava
| 7m | ★ Good | |||
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Technically harder than Volcano due to a balancey finish and middle dead point. Had to remove a bit more thick moss but fun fun fun
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| Fri 28th Nov 2014 - Watagans | ||||||
| Secret Area | ||||||
| 24 |
★ Cicada Chorus
| 10m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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Traffic is firming it up as difficult as footers go.
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| Tue 11th Nov 2014 - Watagans | ||||||
| Secret Area | ||||||
| 16 |
★★ Upper Right
| 10m | ★ Good | |||
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Fun features.
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| 21 |
★ Upper Right 2
| 12m | ★ Good | |||
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Thought it was 16 to start with. Nice link of large pockets and arete.
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| 14 |
Hex-n-arete
| 10m | ★ Good | |||
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Feels bold and runout. Trusting feet with no hand holds on dodgy pebbles.
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| Mon 9th Sep 2013 - Watagans | ||||||
| Rope Rd The Midlands | ||||||
| 18 |
★★★ Honey Comb
| 25m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Couple of rests on this awesome crack. Good pro. Double rings look dodgy and the fixed hangers may be expandables, so don't fully trust them.
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| Mon 9th Sep 2013 - Watagans | ||||||
| Rope Rd The Main Line | ||||||
| 21 |
★ Go Figure
| 20m | ★ Good | |||
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Laid back and thought of Norway, which is easy enough on toprope but avoids the jams.
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| 19 |
Crumpet Crack
| 20m | ★ Good | |||
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Still a bit dirty but nice enough. Good pro with some pure jamming in the middle.
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| Tue 23rd Jul 2013 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Big Banana Buttress & The Extremes | ||||||
| 14 |
★ Five Finger Exercise
| 14m, 1 | Average | |||
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The classic old warm up. Hard for 14, and obviously not as trafficked as it used to be.
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| Tue 23rd Jul 2013 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Space Ape Area | ||||||
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★★ Space Ape
| 6m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Finally sunk the move. Only taken 15 years. Ready to lead next time. NO KNEE BAR!
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| Tue 23rd Jul 2013 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Stopper Walls | ||||||
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★★★ Weena
| 30m, 2 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
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Finally. This would be the best climb at Monkey Face, I reckon. Preplaced gear on ab and a nice fluent clean ascent.
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| Tue 30th Oct 2012 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Middle Crag | ||||||
| 14 14 to 15 |
Pickle's Retreat
| 10m | Average | |||
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a little goey...
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| 17 |
★★ 316
| 15m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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classic warmup.
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★ Follow the Leader
| 15m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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Long slings for the dangerous bits. Dont fall onto the branch!
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| Tue 30th Oct 2012 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Lower Crag | ||||||
| 25 |
★★ Thieving Pommie Bastard
| 10m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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An overgraded Watagans climb - excellent. Thin smears to finish.
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★ So
| 12m, 1 | ★ Good | |||
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So - the first bolt is more than half way!
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| Mon 28th Feb 2011 - Watagans | ||||||
| Ancient Remnants Main Wall | ||||||
| 22 |
★★ Sugar Man
| 14m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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★★ Star Dust Bubble Gum
| 15m | ★ Good | |||
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dyno to mantle without using arete probably a couple of grades easier.
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| Mon 14th Feb 2011 - Watagans | ||||||
| Ancient Remnants Orchid Pinnacle | ||||||
| 20 |
★ Bullet
| 12m, 3 | Average | |||
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dont miss the nice anchors high up
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| 23 22 |
★ Sweet Lips
| 14m | Don't Bother | |||
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easier than the 20 next door
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| Mon 14th Feb 2011 - Watagans | ||||||
| Ancient Remnants Main Wall | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Nads
| 25m | ★ Good | |||