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Thu 22nd Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Little Triggers Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ Dr Do Little - with dave | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
19 | ★★ Mike and Lorna go to Town - with dave | 25m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
First time out climbing in months good to shake off some cobwebs
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Tue 6th Jun 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Cottage Boulder | ||||||
23 | ★★ Flaming Youth — 2 attempts - with Ryan L | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Tue 17th Jan 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Jack High | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
19 | ★ Original Hot Flyer | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sat 17th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Birdsnest Area | ||||||
17 | ★ Currawongs & Chocolate Cakes | 18m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Had never been on this before. Nice features and and interesting crux. Didn’t have cams today so just did it on the bolts. possible ledge fall as you move to the top bolt.
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Wed 7th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Celebrity Crags Jimmy Cliff | ||||||
18 | ★★ Johnny's Jalopies - with dave | 20m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
20 | ★★ Mr Christmas Poo - with dave | 20m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Wed 30th Nov 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Celebrity Crags Sharon Stone | ||||||
23 | ★★★ Sensory Overload - with sammy | 20m, 12 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great climbing. Pretty pumpy as the crag warm up. I definitely made use of the tight jams for a rest near the top. Stoked I got it first shot but no way I would have read the top sequence if I hadn’t seen Sam on it first.
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Wed 12th Oct 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Ben Trovato Wall | ||||||
23 | ★★ Reigning Steel - with dave | 17m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Cruised it once I had reacquainted myself with crux holds
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Fri 16th Sep 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Tiptoe Ridge Area | ||||||
5 | ★★★ Tiptoe Ridge - with dave, Ryan L, shaun, Matt Hurley | 120m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Classic party ramble up beautiful jugs. Got a little off route so felt sort of engaging at times. Finishing in the dark with a thunderstorm out over the plains was atmospheric. Delightful end to a whirlwind trip.
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Fri 16th Sep 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Mitre Rock North Mitre | ||||||
18 | ★★ Morgul Khan - with dave, shaun | 40m | ★★ Very Good | |||
A really lovely surprise as we chased arvo sun. Felt dicey on insecure feet. Stoked.
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Fri 16th Sep 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★★ Tannin - with dave, ryan | 35m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
So very very good! Awesome climbing and bomber gear. Favourite route of the trip.
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Fri 16th Sep 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Dog Face | ||||||
18 | ★★ Howling Wolf - with dave | 28m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Spicy insecure moves on this one. Stoked to get away with it onsight. Nested a bunch of gear before upper crux
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Fri 16th Sep 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Wailing Wall | ||||||
14 | ★★ Strife on the Gravy Train - with dave | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fun varied climbing. Pretty engaging in high winds
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Fri 16th Sep 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
11 | ★★ Piccolo - with dave | 33m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Linked pitches. Fun first araps climb
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16 | ★★ Libretto - with dave | 50m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fun. Lead both pitches. Crag booty nut on p2
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Wed 24th Aug 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Theory of Negativity Wall | ||||||
23 | ★★ The Cramps - with dave | 22m, 10 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Stoked I sorted out the low crux sequence first shot. Quite engaging climbing all the way. Will definitely come back for some laps in future
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Wed 10th Aug 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
18 | ★★★ The Eternity - with dave | 22m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Repeat. Always a great experience. Dunno why but I placed so many wires today.
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Fri 1st Jul 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Duck Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ Duck Tits - with Ryan L, shauno | 16m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really nice face moves down low then fun jugging to the top. What’s not to like?!?
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17 | ★ How Much Is A Duck Worth - with Ryan L, shauno | 15m | ★ Good | |||
18 | ★ Gosling - with Ryan L, shauno | 12m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Wed 15th Jun 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Choc Chip Chai Sector | ||||||
20 | ★★ Choc Chip Chai - with dave | 15m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Repeat. Always a lovely warm up
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21 | ★★ Little Jug of Happiness - with dave | 65m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really fun second pitch. Can’t believe it’s taken me so long to get on the upper pitches. Airy moves at the top of p2!
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Sun 20th Feb 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall | ||||||
17 21 | ★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag - with shaun | 35m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
P1 only. Feels tricky for 17. Two laps, one to lead and one to clean. Balancy techy fun
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Sun 20th Feb 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall | ||||||
18 | ★★ Fer De Lance - with shaun | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Lovely corner crack with good rests to place gear. Traverse felt a little spicy. I don’t think Shaun appreciated my novelty tricam placement
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Sun 20th Feb 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Corroboree Walls Disneyland | ||||||
15 | ★ Long John Silver - with shaun | 20m, 14 | Average | |||
17 | ★ Glabrate - with shaun | 20m | ★ Good | |||
15 | ★ Bacon - with shaun | 25m, 9 | ★ Good | |||
18 | ★ Nappy Action - with shaun | 22m | ★ Good | |||
Thu 13th Jan 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Binary Cave | ||||||
25 | ★★ Swinging In The Rain - with dave | 20m, 13 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fired it second shot. Felt pretty good once I worked out the move at the lip
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21 | ★★ Flash Flood - with dave | 18m, 7 | ★ Good | |||
Started up a nice day for a disco, got a little lost trying the crux without the missing hold. Traversed a little left for a move at the prow. Felt more like 22 that way
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Fri 17th Dec 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Medlow Bath Reservoir Dogs | ||||||
15 | ★ I Don't Tip - with Ryan L | 36m, 13 | Average | |||
Two laps with not enough carrots.
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18 | ★ Let's Get a Taco - with Ryan L | 36m, 12 | ★ Good | |||
20 |
★★ Mr Orange (Mr Orange P1)
- with
Ryan L
2
18m
| 38m, 17 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Pitch one only this time. Lovely climbing.
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Sat 9th Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Centennial Glen Main Wall | ||||||
25 | ★★ Apraxia - with dave | 14m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Got it second shot today. Felt ok once the sequence got figured out. Fun climbing
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Wed 22nd Sep 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Centennial Glen Main Wall | ||||||
26 | ★★★ Trix Roughly - with dave | 12m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
First shot today. Played on this 4 sessions to figure out the beta that works for my tweaky shoulder. Stoked to tick off this classic.
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Wed 1st Sep 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Centennial Glen Main Wall | ||||||
23 | ★ Acceptably Cosmic - with dave | 10m | ★ Good | |||
Fun little romp. Some nice moves down low.
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Sun 18th Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Lower Blue Mountains Birdwood Gully The Cave | ||||||
23 | ★ The Surfboard Route - with dave | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
COVID lockdown project close to home. Ticked this off today without using the eponymous surfboard. Fun playing around on good holds through a disorienting roof. Keen to get back on the long traverse finish soon.
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21 | B 1 - with dave | 10m | ★ Good | |||
Pretty filthy at this end but cleaned up ok. Not terrible warm up routes.
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22 | B 2 - with dave | 10m | ★ Good | |||
Thu 8th Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper War Babies Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★ No U-Turn - with ange | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Went pretty smoothly second shot. Some pretty thin stuff up high.
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Thu 8th Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Grand Junction Wall | ||||||
23 | ★★★ Weak as I am - with ange | 22m, 13 | ★★★ Classic | |||
First climb of the day. A bit harder and longer than my usual warm up. Lovely climbing
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Tue 6th Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Jack High - with Mac Yraelo | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Retrieving a stuck rope for my new mates at the end of the day.
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21 | ★★ Girly Germs - with Mac Yraelo | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Lovely sunshiny climbing. Bit of a sting in the tail
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23 | ★★ Sexy Mexi - with Mac Yraelo | 15m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Delightful thought provoking climbing with some techy moves up high.
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Tue 6th Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall | ||||||
21 | ★ These Dogs are Whippets - with Mac Yraelo | 15m, 5 | Average | |||
Misread the opening Boulder problem and slipped off. Glad I had the first bolt clipped. Tried again and cruised it, definitely some tricky balancy moves between first and second bolt.
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Sat 3rd Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall | ||||||
23 | ★★ A Streaker Named Desire - with Mac Yraelo | 25m, 13 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Awesome sustained climbing. Stoked to get this first shot. Got pretty pumped at about 2 thirds height. Glad I pushed through it.
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Sat 3rd Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper War Babies Wall | ||||||
21 | ★ Do Androids Care - with Mac Yraelo | 15m | ★ Good | |||
End of day before it started raining. Tricky moves down low.
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Sat 3rd Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Grey Slab | ||||||
19 | ★ Country Special - with Mac Yraelo | 18m | ★ Good | |||
17 | ★ Stormy Monday - with Mac Yraelo | 18m | ★ Good | |||
Ticking off some of the less popular lines
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17 | ★ Burning Jowls - with Mac Yraelo | 18m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
17 | ★ Good Fortune - with Mac Yraelo | 18m | ★ Good | |||
Thu 1st Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Masterplan Area | ||||||
22 | ★★ The Go Between - with Mac Yraelo | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice movement.
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20 | ★ Marooned - with Mac Yraelo | 12m | ||||
Fun, felt kind of stout for the grade but maybe I missed the sequence. Not the best warm up but it did the job.
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23 | ★★ Master Plan - with Mac Yraelo | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Lovely thought provoking climbing
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Tue 22nd Jun 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Zap Crag Upper Zap | ||||||
22 | ★★ Jug Buzz - with cam, Justine Jenkins | 15m, 6 | ||||
Fun punchy climbing on big holds
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Tue 22nd Jun 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Noodle Wall | ||||||
15 | ★★ Noodle - with cam, Justine Jenkins | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
18 | ★★ Lexical Density - with cam, Justine Jenkins | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Interesting movement.
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Tue 22nd Jun 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Mezzaluna Area | ||||||
16 | ★★ Mezzaluna - with cam, Justine Jenkins | 25m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fun warm ups
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Tue 15th Jun 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Medlow Bath The Sunbath | ||||||
25 | ★★ Atoms in Action - with dave | 12m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Repeat. First shot today and felt pretty cruisy. Dave sent it straight after too! Team sends!
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Sun 6th Jun 2021 - Bluebell | ||||||
23 | ★★★ Ruthless Babe - with Ryan L | 12m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Nice to tidy this up. Went super easy today.
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25 | ★★ Darling Buds of Mayhem - with Ryan L | 15m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
First shot sussing out the beta. Then 3 more goes to get it done. Ended up using the undercling on the send but honestly don’t think it makes much of a difference to the difficulty. It’s the move off the sloper that felt marginal for me. Nice climbing either way.
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23 | ★★ Gatekeeper (Link-up) - with Ryan L | 15m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fun warm up. Nearly dropped the crux move when my feet cut.
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Wed 2nd Jun 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall | ||||||
22 | ★★ Lardy Lady's Lats - with dave | 25m, 13 | ★★★ Classic | |||
So much easier as a dead point. Fun climbing in the sunshine
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Wed 19th May 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Jack High | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Lovely warm up. If you like it thin straight off the ground.
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Tue 27th Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★ Pallets of Pies - with cam | 12m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Cam had all the beta so it went super smoothly.
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22 | ★★ Pallets of Pies (Variant) - with cam | 10m | ★ Good | |||
Just add more jugs by going right. Sweet.
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18 | ★ Hold on to Your Hats - with cam | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Warm up
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22 | ★★ These People are Sandwiches - with cam | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Stoked to finally get on this. Nice movement through the lower section.
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22 | ★★ These People are Sandwiches - with cam | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
One more to lap just cos
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Sun 25th Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Centennial Glen Main Wall | ||||||
23 | ★★ Nev Herrod - with duncanhandel | 12m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Cruisey once you figure out the low mantle move
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Thu 15th Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Centennial Glen Junket Pumper Area | ||||||
18 | Stephen Grunter - with rob | 10m, 5 | Average | |||
19 | ★ Billy Bunter - with rob | 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
24 | ★★ Junket Pumper - with rob | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Stuck it comfortably second shot.
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Sat 3rd Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Centennial Glen Wave Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★ Jaqueline Hyde - with Carlie LeBreton | 15m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great fun! Balancy slab part is definitely the crux then fun jugs to the top.
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23 | ★★ Split Wave - with Carlie LeBreton | 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Nice to warm up on this today.
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24 | ★★ The Tube - with Carlie LeBreton | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Unusual climbing on good holds. Eases off after the lip
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Sun 31st Jan 2021 - The Woolwash | ||||||
The Junkyard Cave | ||||||
19 | ★ Grand Theft Auto - with Ryan L, shauno | 15m, 7 | ★ Good | |||
Fun little warm up.
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Mon 18th Jan 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Jean Genie Area | ||||||
23 | ★★ Major Tom - with Carlie LeBreton | 12m | ★ Good | |||
Fun. Pretty straight forward if you are tall.
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Mon 18th Jan 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Little Triggers Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ Starman - with Carlie LeBreton | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fun warm up. Maybe a little soft for 21
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Thu 14th Jan 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Centennial Glen Hip Shake Jerk Area | ||||||
24 24 M0 | ★ Wank Wank Spurt - with Carlie LeBreton, rob | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Warm up and putting the draws up.
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26 | ★★ Wank Wank Spurt Direct - with Carlie LeBreton, rob | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Stuck the dyno 3rd shot then cruised to the top. First 26! Stoked!
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Wed 13th Jan 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Adults Only Cave | ||||||
25 | ★★ George, King of the Jungle - with Mac Yraelo | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Got it first shot today putting draws on. Lovely varied climbing with a spicy finish.
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Wed 13th Jan 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Little Triggers Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Quirrell's Quarrell - with Mac Yraelo | 25m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | |||
19 | ★★ Mike and Lorna go to Town - with Mac Yraelo | 25m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Some thought provoking moves. Nice
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21 | ★★ Lady Stardust - with Mac Yraelo | 21m, 6 | ||||
Nice. Some engaging moves around the bulge. Maybe a bit solid at the grade.
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Mon 11th Jan 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Centennial Glen Main Wall | ||||||
25 | ★★★ Madge McDonald - with rob, Carlie LeBreton | 12m, 7 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Took me four shots today but I finally bloody kept it together and got it done. Lovely climbing, I can’t believe it took me so long.
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Thu 7th Jan 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Little Triggers Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Little Triggers - with Mac Yraelo, dave | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
20 | ★★ Go Lotto - with Mac Yraelo, dave | 22m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Mon 4th Jan 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Binary Cave | ||||||
22 | ★★ Thai Virus - with Ryan L, ChrisO, shaun, cam | 25m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | |||
End of the day lap. Felt hard but maybe it was just the spoogey conditions.
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24 | ★ Survival Day - with Ryan L, ChrisO, shaun, cam | 20m, 10 | ★ Good | |||
Putting the draws up for Ry and Chris. Moves above the lip definitely still feel thin.
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21 | ★ Whimsical - with Ryan L, ChrisO, shaun, cam | 12m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Always lovely quirky movement on this one.
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Sun 27th Dec 2020 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Medlow Bath The Sunbath | ||||||
23 | ★★ The Incredible Hulk - with Matt Hurley, belle, cam | 11m | ★ Good | |||
Nice funky arete climbing. I May have wandered a little after the crux but it was still pretty enjoyable.
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20 | ★★ Strange Karma - with Matt Hurley, belle, cam | 15m | ★ Good | |||
12 | ★★ Until Death Do Us Part - with Matt Hurley, belle, cam | 25m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
First time up to the higher anchors. Maybe adds a grade or two. Watch for loose rock.
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11 | ★ Kedumba Sisters - with Matt Hurley, belle, cam | 12m, 7 | ★ Good | |||
25 | ★★ Atoms in Action - with Matt Hurley, belle, cam | 12m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Finally got this done. Felt nails after a few goes. Pretty stoked to get the dog off it.
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Wed 23rd Dec 2020 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Binary Cave | ||||||
25 | ★★ Swinging In The Rain - with dave, cam | 20m, 13 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Went pretty smoothly second shot. Still hard over the lip but Dave’s beta worked well. Lovely climbing up the head wall Stoked on my first 25 right before Christmas!
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25 | ★★ Swinging In The Rain - with dave, cam | 20m, 13 | ★★ Very Good | |||
One more lap to clean the draws. Went even easier, only had one lay down rest!
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