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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality
Sat 27th Jun 2009 - Berowra
Pimple Buttress
	18	★ Look Blue Go Purple	Sport 10m, 3	★★ Very Good
Good warmup. With Niall.
	20	★ Pimple	Mixed trad 10m, 1	★★ Very Good
Sport bottom, trad top. With Niall.
Sat 6th Jun 2009 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall
	19	★ My Mate Matey	Sport 25m	Average
Wind, rain, frozen hands, shitty rock. Why did I do this again? Sport.
Sat 6th Jun 2009 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Walk-Down Gully
	14	★★ Gently Mine	Trad 50m	★★★ Mega Classic
Andrew led.
Sat 6th Jun 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Deep Freeze Area
	19	★★ Popular Opinion	Sport 15m	★★★ Classic
	20	★★ Deep Freeze	Sport 18m, 11	★★ Very Good
Still had frozen hands but wasn't gonna fall again. Sport. With Andrew.
	19 18	★★ Uncle Amy (Arete on ring bolts)	Sport 16m, 6	★★ Very Good
Sat 6th Jun 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Wentworths Gully
	20	★★ Unknown 6	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
Sat 6th Jun 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Deep Freeze Area
	18	★★ Last Call for Fame and Glory	Mixed trad 16m, 6	★★ Very Good
Sat 30th May 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Wentworths Gully
	20	★★ Unknown 6	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
Hands functioned on this one. Not too desperate. Sport. With Niall.
Sat 30th May 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Deep Freeze Area
	18	★★ Last Call for Fame and Glory	Mixed trad 16m, 6	★★ Very Good
Warm up on a cold day. Sport. WIth Niall.
Sat 30th May 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Mezzaluna Area
	16	★★ Mezzaluna	Sport 25m, 8	★★★ Mega Classic
A lap in the raid.
Sat 16th May 2009 - Barrenjoey
Southwest
	18	★★ Enterprise	Trad 25m	★★ Very Good
	16	★ Pan Pacific Wall	Trad 16m	★★ Very Good
With Gus. Sport-trad.
	18	★ Borcat Blues	Mixed trad 20m, 2	★★ Very Good
With Gus. Sport-trad. Surprsingly tough.
	20	★ I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	Trad 22m	★★ Very Good
With Gus. Sport-trad.
	20	★ I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	Trad 22m	★★ Very Good
Sport-trad. With Gus.
	19	★★ Central Pillar of Mordor	Mixed trad 20m, 3	★★★ Classic
With Gus. Sport-trad.
	19	★★ Not Your Average Cab Sav	Trad 20m	★★★ Classic
With Gus. Sport-trad.
Fri 15th May 2009 - Mount Alexandra
Sundeck
	20	★ Piccolo Luna	Sport 8m, 2	★ Good
Short and tough. Sport. With Jim.
Fri 15th May 2009 - Mount Alexandra
Central Area
	17	★ D	Mixed trad 15m, 2	Average
Bolted crack. It's "C" in the guide. Yellow corner. Trad/sport. With Jim.
Fri 15th May 2009 - Mount Alexandra
Between the First Cave and the Vox Populi wall
	19	★ Trollberg McDougall	Sport 16m	★★ Very Good
OK except for avoiding the crux that makes it a 21. Sport. With Jim.
	20	★ Surprise (Suprise)	Sport 15m, 4	★★ Very Good
Nice moves. Sport. With Jim.
Sat 2nd May 2009 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Grey Slab
	17	★ Stormy Monday	Sport 18m	★ Good
Sport. With Rick.
	19	★ Country Special	Sport 18m	★★★ Classic
Sport. With Rick.
	20	★ Nude Tuesday	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
Go straight up it for the grade 20 tick. Sport. With Rick.
	18 17	★ Burning Jowls	Sport 18m, 8	★ Good
Sport. With Rick.
	18	★ The Bandoline Grip	Sport 18m, 6	★★ Very Good
Sport. With Rick.
	17	★ Good Fortune	Sport 18m	★ Good
Sport. With Rick.
	19 18	★ The Answer is Obvious	Sport 20m	★★★ Classic
Touchy to second bolt. Sport. With Rick.
	13	★ Trinity	Sport 18m, 5	Average
Hadn't done it before. Sport. With Rick.
Sat 2nd May 2009 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper War Babies Wall
	17	★ A Good Day to be a Duck	Mixed trad 24m, 4	Don't Bother
Sport, sort of if you like 8m run outs after the ledge. With Rick.
Fri 1st May 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
	20	★★ Neil Diamond Syndrome	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good
Tough start. I used a cam between 1st and 2nd bolts. Sport. With Niall.
Fri 1st May 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area
	17	★★★ Flake Crack	Trad 53m	★★★ Mega Classic
With Niall.
	15	★★★ Tombstone Wall	Mixed trad 30m, 3	★★ Very Good
With Niall.
Tue 28th Apr 2009 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle
	18	★★ Aardvark	Trad 18m	★★★ Classic
	14	★★ D Minor	Trad 35m	★★ Very Good
Mon 27th Apr 2009 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Left Golden Fleece Wall
	18	★★ The Golden Fleece	Trad 35m
	18	★★ The Golden Fleece	Trad 35m	★★ Very Good
Tough for the grade. Trad. With Niall.
	16	★ Jason	Trad 30m
	15	★★ Beautiful Possibilities	Trad 30m	★★★ Classic
Delicate. Brilliant. Virtually all wires. Trad. With Niall.
	15	★★ Beautiful Possibilities	Trad 30m	★★★ Classic
Virtually all wires. Safe. Well-protected, delicate. Trad. With Niall.
	16	★ Jason	Trad 30m	★★ Very Good
Fun, well-protected corner crack. Trad.
Sun 26th Apr 2009 - Arapiles
Atridae Muldoon Area
	13	★★★ Muldoon	Trad 42m	★★ Very Good
Trad. Led both pitches. With Niall. Intro to Arapiles.
Sun 26th Apr 2009 - Arapiles
Atridae House of Atreus
	17	★★ Surface To Air	Trad 30m	★★ Very Good
Seconded Niall. Trad. Tough on the headwall.
Sat 18th Apr 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Janicepts Area
	18	★★★ Amen Corner	Trad 30m	★★★ Mega Classic
Wow. Another longed-for classic. Awesome. Sustained. Trad. With Rick.
Sat 18th Apr 2009 - Arapiles
Atridae House of Atreus
	17	★★ Surface To Air	Trad 30m	★★ Very Good
Sat 18th Apr 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Hocus Pocus Area
	18	★★ Curtain Call	Trad 49m	★★ Very Good
Excellent route. Seconded Rick.
	10 8	★★ Hocus Pocus	Mixed trad 49m, 15	★ Good
Exit. Seconded Rick,
Sat 11th Apr 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Deep Freeze Area
	18	★★ Last Call for Fame and Glory	Mixed trad 16m, 6	★★ Very Good
Nice. Take some cams if you don't like runouts. Sporty. With Niall.
	19	★★ Popular Opinion	Sport 15m	★★★ Classic
Lovely update of old route. Sport. With Niall.
	19 18	★★ Uncle Amy (Arete on ring bolts)	Sport 16m, 6	★★ Very Good
Maybe 18. Great arete. Sport. With Niall.
	20	★ Hurly Burly	Sport 22m	★★ Very Good
Like trad but on fixed hangers. Burly at the start. Sport. With Niall.
Sat 4th Apr 2009 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall
	19	★ My Mate Matey	Sport 25m	Average
Hard for the grade. Several sections of bad rock. Sport. With Si.
Sat 4th Apr 2009 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Walk-Down Gully
	14	★★ Gently Mine	Trad 50m	★★★ Mega Classic
With Si.
Sat 4th Apr 2009 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall
	19	★ My Mate Matey	Sport 25m	Average
Hard for the grade. Poor rock in several places. Sport. WIth Si.
	14 12	★★ Air2Spare	Mixed trad 35m, 10	★★ Very Good
Nice. Rap in. Hanging belay. Sport. With Simon.
	18	★★★ Gold Star	Trad 58m	★★★ Mega Classic
Awesome. 18 NOT 20 as per 2007 guide. Si (p1, 16) Me (p2, crux). TRAD
Sun 29th Mar 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Mezzaluna Area
	9	★ Frolic	Trad 13m	Average
Couldn't resist this little trad offwidth. With Rick.
	18	★ High Society	Sport 25m, 7	★★ Very Good
Go-ey. Friends at the start. With Rick.
	17 15	★ My Grandmother's Dinky	Sport 20m, 5	★★ Very Good
Quite good. Plenty of bolts. Sport. With Rick.
Sun 29th Mar 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Noodle Wall
	18	★★ Lexical Density	Sport 25m	★★★ Classic
Pumpy as ever. Sport. With Rick
Sun 29th Mar 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Mezzaluna Area
	18 19	★★ Public Pressure	Sport 30m, 8	★★ Very Good
Low crux. Cruisey after that. Sport. With Rick.
	18	★ Salubrious	Sport 18m, 4	Average
Thin as hell start. Right of unknown line of U bolts. Sport.
Tue 17th Mar 2009 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall
	17	★★★ Fire Bug	Trad 63m	★★★ Mega Classic
Led P1-2 (combined) and P4. Jimbo onsighted P3 (crux). Damn fine. Should be on everyone's list.
Tue 17th Mar 2009 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce One of the Best Area
	19	★★ Cat's in the Cradle	Sport 53m	★★ Very Good
I led P2 (crux) excellent, delicate crux near top. Jim lead p1 and p3. Sport.
Sun 15th Mar 2009 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Pulpit Rock Bellbird Wall area
	18	★★ Bellbird Wall	Sport 100m, 16	Average
I led P1 (17) P3 (exposed 15). Niall led P2 (I dunno it feels harder than 18 but that may have been due to the hold breaking on the crux.
Sun 15th Mar 2009 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Rhum Dhu
	19	★★ Dirty Rotten Pig	Sport 130m	★★★ Classic
Niall led P1 (19), Me P2(19), Niall P3 (15). Great climb. Committing crux move on P2.
Sun 1st Mar 2009 - Mount Alexandra
Vox Populi Wall
	19	★ Hugh Town	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
	20	★★ Silver Fox	Sport 16m	★ Good
WOrthy addition to this wall. Starts on virgin territory but then traverses familiar ground (Vox Populi). Sport.
Tue 10th Feb 2009 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge
The Shady Side Six Agile Men Area
	17	★ Six Agile Men	Mixed trad 15m, 3	★★ Very Good
Nice balancy arete.
	19	★ Fighting the Authorities	Sport 8m, 2	★★ Very Good
2nd shot.
Tue 10th Feb 2009 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge
The Sunny Side Tea Room Cliffs
	15	Peacock Walk	Trad 9m	★ Good
Rick led. I followed. Trad. Last climb of our 4-day road trip.
Mon 9th Feb 2009 - Hillwood (private land)
Matto Grosso The Chessboard
	15	★ The Butterfly Climb	Sport 8m	★★ Very Good
	16	★ Enviromental Decay	Sport 6m, 5	★★ Very Good
	18	★ Arse About Face	Sport 15m	★ Good
Run out at top.
	16	★ Revelation Six Sixteen (Revalation Six Sixteen)	Sport 15m, 5	★★ Very Good
	14	★ Like Nectar for Butterflies	Sport 12m, 5	★★ Very Good
	18	★ Ligament Laxity	Sport 15m	★ Good
Run out at top.
Sun 8th Feb 2009 - Lost Falls
	15	★★ Ride The Dragon	Unknown 96m	★★ Very Good
Rick P2 (crux). Me P1 and 3.
Sun 8th Feb 2009 - Freycinet National Park
Coastal Cliffs Whitewater Wall
	16	★★ Slaughterhouse Five	Trad 55m	★★★ Classic
Rick p1. Me p2 (crux). Trad.
Sun 8th Feb 2009 - Lost Falls
	19	★★ Black Dawg	Unknown 96m	★★★ Classic
Me P2 (crux). Rick P3.
Sat 7th Feb 2009 - Ben Lomond
Northern Escarpment The Pavillion
	16	★ Fierce Archer of the Downward Years	Trad 35m	★★ Very Good
P1 may be 35m but to get off it is another 40m pitch of roped scrambling. Tough. Trad. With Rick.
	16	★★ Parson's Climb	Trad 35m	★★ Very Good
Nice corner crack. Now sports a jammed No.2 Friend in the top part. Happy retrieving. Trad with Rick.
Sat 31st Jan 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Pindari
	20	★★★ This Sporting Life	Sport 43m, 15	★★ Very Good
First pitch only which is a reachy grade 19. Sport with Rick. Sheltered from the blazing sun.
Sat 31st Jan 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
	15	★★ The Pharaoh	Trad 33m	★★ Very Good
Doesn't need big gear but big gear is nice. Trad, with Rick.
Sat 31st Jan 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Pindari
	20	★★★ This Sporting Life	Sport 43m, 15	★★ Very Good
Pitch 1 only which is a reach grade 19. Sport with Rick. Shaded from the sun.
Sun 11th Jan 2009 - Mount Keira
South Face
	15	★★ Jaunt	Trad 45m	★★ Very Good
Led p2, p3 (crux). Rick led p1. Trad.
Sun 11th Jan 2009 - Mount Keira
West Face
	13	★ Zatidee	Mixed trad 12m, 1	★★★ Classic
Rick led. Trad.
	19	★ Malignant Falcon	Sport 12m, 3	★★ Very Good
Needs cams first and last. Sport-trad.
Tue 30th Dec 2008 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall
	17	★★★ Fire Bug	Trad 63m	★★★ Mega Classic
Not really a crack climb but a mega classic nevertheless. Led p2,3-4. Rick led p1. Trad man...
Tue 23rd Dec 2008 - Berowra
Blackboard Wall
	17	★★ Yesterday's Heroes	Sport 12m, 4	★★ Very Good
Always fun. WIth Jim.
Tue 23rd Dec 2008 - Berowra
Positive Ape Factor Area
	18	★ Boundary Rider	Sport 10m, 5	★★ Very Good
Tough bottom. Easier top. With Jim.
Tue 23rd Dec 2008 - Berowra
Ladder of Gloom Area
	19	★★ Ladder of Gloom	Sport 12m, 4	★★★ Classic
Finally led it, twice. With Jim.
Sun 21st Dec 2008 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Hocus Pocus Area
	10 8	★★ Hocus Pocus	Mixed trad 49m, 15	★ Good
Used to escape crag. With Rick. Sport.
Sun 21st Dec 2008 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
	17	★★★ Psychopath	Trad 28m	★★★ Classic
Sun 21st Dec 2008 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Solomon Area
	16	★★ Genesis	Trad 58m	★★★ Classic
Diagonol offwidth first pitch. 5 and 6 Friends were very handy. With RIck
	16	★★ Genesis	Trad 58m	★★ Very Good
Rick led. Off-width diagonl crack. No. 5 and 6 Friends were VERY handy. Trad.
Sun 21st Dec 2008 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Hocus Pocus Area
	18	★★ Curtain Call	Trad 49m	★★ Very Good
An excellent route. Plenty of gear. The second pitch is gear-free after the first piece. With Rick.
Sun 21st Dec 2008 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Solomon Area
	17	★ Cardiac Arete	Trad 38m	★★ Very Good
Nice, clean arete. Rebolted with four rings. No belay bolts/cracks/trees at top. With Rick

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