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| Mon 8th Jun 2015 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Declaration Crag Area Declaration Crag | ||||||
| 19 |
★ The Ferrets Are Coming
- with
timmi
| 12m | ★ Good | |||
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Reachy
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| Sun 7th Jun 2015 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Under Flinders Lane Wall | ||||||
| 15 |
★★★ Resignation
- with
Ben Phillips, James Metcalfe
| 96m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Guiding. Scout climbing course.
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| Sat 6th Jun 2015 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Under Flinders Lane Wall | ||||||
| 15 |
★★★ Resignation
- with
Samantha Klose, Timmi
| 96m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Guiding, Scout climbing course. Very wet after rain. Linked 1+2 to save time but the rope drag was pretty bad.
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| Sun 8th Mar 2015 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Front Wall and West Face | ||||||
| 18 |
★★★ Oceanoid (Oceanoid P1)
- with
elisa Chaplin
1
lead by
Cameron
| 75m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Led p1 after Elisa bailed. Abseiled off. Doubles and a few long slings helped subdue any rope drag.
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| Sun 8th Mar 2015 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Pharos and Surrounds Pharos Gully Huey and Satellites | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ Huey
- with
Elisa Chaplin
| 16m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Man i love placing wires like this! Stellar route.
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| Fri 6th Mar 2015 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face | ||||||
| 16 16 R |
★★ The Confession
- with
Elisa Chaplin
| 45m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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A few moves above your gear
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| Wed 14th Jan 2015 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Bluffs Bluff Major Bluff Major West Face | ||||||
| 15 |
★★ Bulger
| 60m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Guiding. Great shady climb. High in the grade.
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| Tue 6th Jan 2015 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Front Wall and West Face | ||||||
| 9 8 |
★★ Spiral Staircase
| 100m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Guiding.
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| Mon 5th Jan 2015 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Under Flinders Lane Wall | ||||||
| 15 |
★★★ Resignation
| 96m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Guiding. Started early to avoid the heat, then went around and did Bulger.
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| Mon 5th Jan 2015 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Atridae Agamemnon Area | ||||||
| 11 |
★★★ Agamemnon
| 40m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Guiding. Did as 1 pitch.
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| Sun 4th Jan 2015 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Atridae Agamemnon Area | ||||||
| 11 |
★★★ Agamemnon
| 40m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Guiding
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| Sun 4th Jan 2015 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Atridae House of Atreus | ||||||
| 8 |
★★ Tantalus
| 35m | ★ Good | |||
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Guiding. 2nd pitch is always a winner.
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| Sun 30th Nov 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Uncle Charlie | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ Virginia
- with
Elisa Chaplin
| 25m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Awesome line. Very sustained. Gets steeper and steeper as you go. Great summer climb.
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| Sat 29th Nov 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Bluffs John's Pinnacle | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Shanghai
- with
Elisa Chaplin
| 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Crux leaving the ground with no gear. Really nice climb after that. Loose blocks on top
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| Sat 29th Nov 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Fang Buttress and Surrounds Major Mitchell Gully Morfydd Wall | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ Kinkaid (Kincaid)
- with
Elisa Chaplin
| 20m | ★ Good | |||
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Nice route despite appearances. Climbed past bolts and up to alis.
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| Fri 28th Nov 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| King Rat Area King Rat Gully Right Fork | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ King Rat
- with
Elisa Chaplin
| 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Required a bit of grunting to get up this. No time to hang around! Gear was pretty good but the rock is a bit average in places - i knocked a bit out while placing a cam.
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| Fri 28th Nov 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Pharos and Surrounds Pharos Gully Vanoise Area | ||||||
| 15 |
★ The Venus Trap
- with
Elisa Chaplin
| 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Cool climb. Not sure about putting gear behind some of the flakes on the traverse.
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| 12 |
★ Lights in the Sky
- with
Elisa Chaplin
| 15m | ★ Good | |||
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Didn't have to spend that much time inside the crack.
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| 13 |
★ Bites in the Pie
- with
Elisa Chaplin
| 10m | ★ Good | |||
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Deceptively jammy.
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| Sun 9th Nov 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Area Below Tiptoe Ridge | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Free Beer
- with
Elisa
| 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Pretty good. Funky move at the crux.
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| Sun 9th Nov 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Tiptoe Ridge Area | ||||||
| 14 |
★ The Green Singer
- with
Elisa Chaplin
1
lead by
Elisa
2
lead by
Cameron
3
lead by
Elisa
4
| 130m | ★ Good | |||
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Having another look at this route. Some cool bits on P1 and P2.
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| Sun 9th Nov 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Central Gully Central Gully Right Preludes Wall | ||||||
| 17 |
★★ Preludes
- with
Elisa Chaplin
| 35m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Jam on!
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| Sat 8th Nov 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Pilot Error Cliffs Lois Lane Wall | ||||||
| 17 |
★ Reunion
- with
Elisa Chaplin
| 25m | ★ Good | |||
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I'm 193cm tall. Placed a high cam at the start at full stretch to protect the crux rockover move.
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| Sat 8th Nov 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Pilot Error Cliffs Pilot Error Area | ||||||
| 14 |
★ Tarzan
- with
Elisa Chaplin
| 33m | Average | |||
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Really Hard off the ground. Mediocre thereafter and designed for maximum rope drag.
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| Mon 27th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall | ||||||
| 19 |
★★★ Tannin
- with
Elisa
| 35m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Alzheimers onsight - seconded this 3 years ago but didn't remember anything. Heaps of excellent protection available, I placed 18 pieces! Great climb for double ropes. A bit too much chalk for my liking.
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| Sun 26th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Atridae Agamemnon Area | ||||||
| 15 |
★★ Necrophilliac
- with
Elisa
| 25m | ★ Good | |||
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Pleasant route, nice looking line.
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| 17 |
★ Cruxless Knickers
- with
Elisa
| 25m | ||||
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Exciting route but it's only 2 moves long. Didn't see any loose blocks (as mentioned in the description.) There was one large flake though.
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| Sat 25th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Pharos and Surrounds Pharos Gully Cheops Buttress | ||||||
| 19 |
★★ Cheops
- with
Elisa
| 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Kind of hard to see where to go starting off the tree. Went up little depression between bulges heading towards leftmost crack. Seemed a bit dangerous so I'm feeling this is closer to 19 than 18.
The rest of the climb was great though. |
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| Sat 25th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Pharos and Surrounds Pharos Gully Spellbinder Area | ||||||
| 17 |
★★ Spellbinder
- with
Elisa
| 27m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Really nice line, well worthwhile.
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| Sat 25th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Central Gully Upper Central Gully Mari Buttress | ||||||
| 17 |
★★★ Mari
- with
Elisa
| 35m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
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Got a bit scared at the jam crack so built a belay and brought Elisa up. Got braver and headed up. Super awesome climb. Placed more gear than was necessary but that's what I do when I'm peaking...
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| Fri 24th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Gully Organ Pipes Gully Left Side Frenzy Pinnacle | ||||||
| 15 |
★ Viagra
- with
Elisa
| 35m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Cool climb. Nice boulder on top to tie a bowline around.
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| Fri 24th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Grotto Wall Area Pan Grove | ||||||
| 15 |
★ Celeste
- with
Elisa
| 25m | ★ Good | |||
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Exciting enough. 15 in the mentz and tempest guide.
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| Sun 19th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Fang Buttress and Surrounds Major Mitchell Gully Ali's Area | ||||||
| 10 |
★ Debut
- with
Anton
| 80m | Average | |||
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Ok, but nothing special.
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| Sun 19th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Pilot Error Cliffs Pilot Error Area | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ Daily Planet
- with
Anton
| 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Continually absorbing. Fiddly gear at the start, good thereafter.
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| Sat 18th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
| 9 |
★★ Conifer Crack
- with
Anton
| 80m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Nice enough
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| Sat 18th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall | ||||||
| 14 15 |
★★ Toccata
- with
Anton
| 50m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Smooth and slippery down low, a bit of a wake-up call. I wonder if it may be becoming more polished with traffic. Nice route though.
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| Thu 9th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Fang Buttress and Surrounds Fang Buttress | ||||||
| 18 18 R |
★★ XI
- with
Philippe Brodeur
| 30m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Great route, more gear than I expected. Continually exciting. Excellent way to finish the trip.
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| Wed 8th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Far North Hum Terrace | ||||||
| 16 |
★ Hum
- with
Philippe Brodeur
| 30m | ★ Good | |||
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High 1st piece.
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| Wed 8th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Far North Lower Curtain Wall | ||||||
| 18 |
★★★ Entertainer
- with
Philippe Brodeur
| 20m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
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Stellar route. Good protection. Very sustained after the low crux, strenuous to place gear there, then continuously absorbing before the final climax through the roof.
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| Wed 8th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Death Row Pinnacle | ||||||
| 18 |
★★★ Death Row
- with
Philippe Brodeur
| 45m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Thought I might have been condemned in that cell for life. Eventually worked out how to escape (there is chalk everywhere and most of it is no use.) The second crux at 2/3 height is also pretty nice.
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| Wed 8th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Voodoo Area Voodoo Buttress | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ Voodoo P1
- with
Philippe Brodeur
1
lead by
Phil
| 65m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rapped from the bolts.
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| Tue 7th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle | ||||||
| 14 |
★★ D Minor
- with
Philippe Brodeur
| 35m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Pleasant enough.
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| Tue 7th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Bluffs Bluff Major Bluff Major North Face | ||||||
| 17 |
★★★ Missing Link
- with
Philippe Brodeur
| 30m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
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Good to second this after leading it a couple of months ago. Thought provoking but not as dangerous as its reputation.
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| Tue 7th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Bard Buttress | ||||||
| 18 |
★★★ Eurydice
- with
Philippe Brodeur
1
18
lead by
Cameron
2
18
lead by
Philippe Brodeur
| 65m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Move onto the belay ledge was spicy! It rained while we were on the ledge so I got scared and Phil did the 2nd pitch.
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| Tue 7th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Gully Organ Pipes Gully Left Side Frenzy Pinnacle | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Dude Boobs
- with
Philippe Brodeur
| 15m, 2 | ||||
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I felt the 2nd bolt wasn't required. It could be 17 with 2 bolts or 18 with just the 1st bolt.
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| Tue 7th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ Aardvark
- with
Philippe Brodeur
| 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Made me work a bit.
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| Mon 6th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Atridae House of Atreus | ||||||
| 13 |
★★ Hell For Leather
- with
Dickon and Ryan
| 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Pleasant jug haul.
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| Sun 5th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Under Flinders Lane Wall | ||||||
| 21 |
★★ No Future
- with
BJ
| 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Hard moves at the traverse. Not sure if you're supposed to move back left and through rooflet or just continue straight up on jugs.
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| 18 |
★★ Falcon
- with
Peter and BJ
| 30m | ★ Good | |||
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Pity about the big ledge in the middle.
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| Sun 5th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | ||||||
| 14 14 R |
★★ Hot Flap
- with
Daniel Heritage and Mark Corbett
| 170m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Linked P2 and P3, but belayed just short of the siren belay. Then tried to climb through P4 - had double 60m ropes but only one of them reached the next belay. Not recommended.
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| Sat 4th Oct 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Bushranger Bluff Back Wall | ||||||
| 15 |
★ Rubbery Under Arms
- with
Pat and Morgan
| 12m | ★ Good | |||
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Not much to it.
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| Tue 2nd Sep 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face | ||||||
| 18 |
★★★ Skink
- with
Nick Chappell
| 110m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
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Yeah baby! Superb line, awesome climb.
Got a couple of wires stuck in the belay so had to abseil down with a rock. |
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| Mon 1st Sep 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Kitten Wall Area Kitten Wall | ||||||
| 15 |
★★ Siamese Crack
- with
Nick
| 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Full on! I think I'm still on my jamming L plates.
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| Mon 1st Sep 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Pilot Error Cliffs Baby Buttress | ||||||
| 17 |
★ Mexican Madness
- with
Nick
| 10m | ★ Good | |||
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Pretty goey moving up to the flake! Placing gear was strenuous.
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| 15 |
★ ScarIet Sage
- with
Nick
| 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Great gear. Good to get back on the sharp end after a slightly sore shoulder over the past few days. A few tough moves at the top.
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| 18 |
★ Wascal
- with
Nick
| 10m | ★ Good | |||
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Reachy. An excellent wire at the crux helped a lot.
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| Sun 31st Aug 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
| 12 |
★★ Didgeridoo
- with
nick
| 35m | ★ Good | |||
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I've now climbed all the 12s with stars in the guidebook
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| Thu 14th Aug 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Central Gully Central Gully Left Golden Fleece Wall | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ Golden Fleece
- with
Elisa
| 35m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Great route, good gear. Small footers through the crux.
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| Wed 13th Aug 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| King Rat Area King Rat Gully Left Fork | ||||||
| 15 |
★ Scylla
- with
Elisa
| 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Exciting, great route.
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| 18 |
★★ I'm A Little Dinosaur
- with
Elisa
| 25m | ★ Good | |||
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I found the crux a little harder than asteroid, but I thought asteroid was more sustained and enjoyable. Missed the dinosaur but Elisa pointed it out while seconding.
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| 18 |
★★ I'm A Little Asteroid
- with
Elisa
| 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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More sustained and enjoyable than dinosaur.
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| Tue 12th Aug 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Pharos and Surrounds Pharos Gully Heckle and Jeckle Area | ||||||
| 15 |
★★ Mr Hyde
- with
Elisa
| 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Get your limbs inside the crack! Take a bd 4. A 5 is handy too.
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| 13 13 R |
★★ Rush of Blood
- with
Elisa
| 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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As much as I love double ropes, this seemed fine on a single. Nice climb, good name.
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| Tue 12th Aug 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall | ||||||
| 17 |
★★ Dirge
- with
Elisa
| 85m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Didn't remember much from last time, quite pleasant.
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| Mon 9th Jun 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Bluffs Bluff Major Bluff Major North Face | ||||||
| 17 17 R |
★★★ Missing Link
- with
Nick Chappell
| 30m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
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Gear much better than expected. Placed a couple of tiny wires but also lots of bomber big wires too. Crux for me was at 3m. Then arrange good wires before an easy traverse and some more gear. After that it was consistently thought provoking but not scary.
Great route! Looks like I toproped this 5 years ago so it's a mere redpoint, but I didn't really remember anything useful. |
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| Sun 8th Jun 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos The French Crack Area | ||||||
| 17 |
★★ French Crack
- with
Nick Chappell
| 11m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Finally able to get up this today. Took a fall on my first attempt but then worked out a sequence
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| Sat 7th Jun 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Bard Buttress | ||||||
| 17 17 R |
★★ Checkmate
- with
Nick Chappell
| 85m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Redpoint, but 3 years since I seconded it so I didn't really remember anything. That block below the crux freaked me out big time. Then some very hard moves, but the gear was better than I was expecting.
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| Fri 6th Jun 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Atridae Agamemnon Area | ||||||
| 15 |
★★ Necrophilliac
- with
Nick Chappell
| 25m | ★ Good | |||
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Jams are not my strong point, but I got through it. There was only really one section that didn't have any face holds.
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| Fri 9th May 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Death Row Pinnacle | ||||||
| 17 |
★★ Garden Gnome
- with
Nick Chappell
| 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Was a little worried after seeing it was previously rated 18 here on thecrag, but it felt like an easy 17 to me. My reach might have helped.
Takes great pro, I laced it up waiting for the crux that never came. |
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| Thu 8th May 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall | ||||||
| 17 |
★★ Discord Direct
- with
Nick Chappell
| 25m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Loved it. Gear was sufficient. Didn't see the old carrot mentioned in the guide.
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| Thu 8th May 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Syrinx Area | ||||||
| 10 |
★★★ Syrinx
- with
Nick Chappell
1
lead by
Cameron
2
lead by
Cameron
3
lead by
Nick
4
lead by
Cameron
5
lead by
Nick
6
lead by
Nick
7
lead by
Nick
| 170m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Led the variant on P4 - quite exciting. A good route.
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| Wed 7th May 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | ||||||
| 17 17 R |
★★ Oedipus Rex
- with
Nick Chappell
| 150m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Unprotected boulder problem off ground, took me a few attempts. I suggest anchoring your belayer/spotter. After that it was a fairly pleasant route. Traverse on P1 exciting. Some nearby climbers made some suggestions for pulling around the roof on P4.
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| Sun 27th Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Northern Group Harlequin Cracks Area | ||||||
| 10 9 |
★★ Beau Geste
- with
Sam Moffat
| 140m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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An absolute ripper at the grade.
Sam led P1, I had the rest.
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| Sat 26th Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Uncle Charlie | ||||||
| 16 |
★★ Coming on Chris
- with
Sam Moffat
| 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Felt tough, but well protected so all good. Quite sequency traversing left.
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| Sat 26th Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Atridae Muldoon Area | ||||||
| 17 |
★★ lphigenia
- with
Sam Moffat
| 45m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Felt really strong on this, or maybe it's soft at the grade? Bit of farting around to get off the top.
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| Fri 25th Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Atridae Muldoon Area | ||||||
| 12 |
★ Clytemnaestra
- with
Sam Moffat
| 45m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Led the 2nd pitch as Sam didn't want to commit to the slick initial moves of the chimney. I quite enjoyed it, reminded me of the great chimney at Moonarie.
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| Fri 25th Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Central Gully Central Gully Right Dunes Buttress | ||||||
| 16 |
★★ Arab
- with
Sam Moffat
| 110m | ★ Good | |||
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Started in wrong R facing corner (closer to eskimo nell.)
Linked P1+2 (horrible rope drag)
Crux felt very hard at 15. A solid 16 I would say!! I went across and back about 7 or 8 times before committing to a very awkward sequence.
Sam led the final 2 pitches.
Ropes got stuck on top part of abseil
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| Thu 24th Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Gully Organ Pipes Gully Right Side | ||||||
| 16 |
★ Stentor 3rd Pitch
- with
Sam Moffat
| 12m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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A little gem.
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| Thu 24th Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle | ||||||
| 17 |
★ Crescendo
- with
Sam Moffat
| 35m | ★ Good | |||
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Easy since I knew the moves.
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| Wed 2nd Apr 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle | ||||||
| 17 |
★ Crescendo
- with
jay
| 35m | ★ Good | |||
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Finish seemed like it would be hard if you were short.
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| Wed 8th Jan 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Syrinx Area | ||||||
| 16 |
★ Deathwatch Beetle (Deathwatch Beetle Linkup The Lute Direct)
- with
Anton Steketee
1
13
linkup The Lute Direct
, lead by
Anton
3
16
lead by
Cameron
4
10
lead by
Anton
| 130m, 1 | ★ Good | |||
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Climbed Menz + Tempest version. Crux pitch very nice - very thin face moves followed very closely by steep jugs - contrasting. The rest of the route was a bit mediocre though.
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| Tue 7th Jan 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Atridae Agamemnon Area | ||||||
| 15 |
★ Smooth Journey
- with
Anton
| 44m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Great climb. Surely worth two stars if it wasn't for the bees.
We finished at the Gay Olympics anchor. |
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| Mon 6th Jan 2014 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Under Flinders Lane Wall | ||||||
| 16 |
★★ Skylark
- with
Anton Steketee
1
16
lead by
Cameron
| 85m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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One definite crux - very pleasant though.
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| Thu 25th Jul 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Mitre Rock South Mitre | ||||||
| 13 |
★ The Baptism
- with
Sam Moffat
| 30m | ★ Good | |||
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Got a serious wake up call on this. Apparently I'm a bit of a non-jamming bumbly and thus had to try and layback the crux, which got the blood pumping. It's quite steep for a 13.
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| Wed 24th Jul 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face | ||||||
| 13 14 |
★ Chameleon Connection
- with
Sam, Craig
| 110m | ★ Good | |||
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Linked 1+2. Low crux was quite strenuous. Got a bit lost on P2 and went too far right, it worked out eventually though.
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| Mon 10th Jun 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
| 14 |
★★ C.S. Concerto
- with
Callum Hue, Simon Barnett
| 50m | ★ Good | |||
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I have a dim memory of climbing this before, but I can't be sure. Good climb anyway.
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| Thu 23rd May 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Front Wall and West Face | ||||||
| 17 |
★★★ Oceanoid
- with
Viv Hughan
| 75m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Hard hard hard! Pushed me to my limit. I was stoked when I was through the crux on P1, but there was plenty more to come. Used all draws and cams on P1, used all draws on P2. Messed up double ropes on P2 twisting them around each other. Step across scary and hard. Bottomless chimney challenging! Led all the way up to French Crack - the last overhang isn't easy either.
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| Thu 23rd May 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Far North Vandal Area | ||||||
| 17 |
★★ Vandal
- with
Viv Hughan
| 45m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Linked P1+2. Start fairly strenuous. Second pitch nice. Third pitch superb.
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| Wed 22nd May 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Fang Buttress and Surrounds Plaque | ||||||
| 10 |
★ Camelot
- with
Viv Hughan
| 13m | ★ Good | |||
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Damp and slippery in the walking shoes. Viv remembering what trad is all about.
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| Wed 22nd May 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face | ||||||
| 16 |
★★★ Watchtower Crack
- with
Viv Hughan
| 95m, 3 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
|
Linked 1+2 again. Had a BD 5 cam, would be easier with a 5 and a 6.
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| Tue 21st May 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Central Gully Central Gully Left Golden Fleece Wall | ||||||
| 16 |
★ Jason
- with
Viv Hughan
| 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
|
some slick moves through the initial corner.
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| 16 |
★ Jason
- with
Viv Hughan
| 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
|
some slick moves through the initial corner.
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| Tue 21st May 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
| 15 |
★★ Ejaculation
- with
Viv Hughan
| 50m | ★★ Very Good | |||
|
first pitch quite nice, stellar curving sickle layback on second pitch, then mediocre
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| Tue 21st May 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Under Flinders Lane Wall | ||||||
| 15 |
★★★ Kaiser - Resignation
- with
Viv Hughan
| 99m | ★★★ Classic | |||
|
first pitch had one awkward bit, second pitch through overhang felt good, third pitch super awesome, 4th pitch mediocre.
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| Tue 29th Jan 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
| 16 |
★ Decibel
- with
Toby
1
lead by
me
2
| 50m | ★ Good | |||
|
Climbed P1 only. Ambling until the quite pronounced but well protected crux.
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| 9 |
★ Keyboard
- with
Toby
| 25m | Average | |||
| Mon 28th Jan 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Bluffs John's Pinnacle | ||||||
| 14 |
★ Shoadee
- with
Toby Phillips
| 24m | ★★ Very Good | |||
|
Was quite nervous about the first few moves, then saw the gear, placed it from the ground, swung on and cruised across without any issues at all. Great fun climb.
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| Mon 28th Jan 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Under Flinders Lane Wall | ||||||
| 11 |
★ Eagle Cleft
- with
Toby Phillips
1
2
lead by
Walk
2
11
lead by
Me
3
11
lead by
Toby
4
10
lead by
Toby
| 120m | ★★ Very Good | |||
|
P1 Walk, P2 slick, P3 exposed and cool, P4 required some route finding, which is uncommon on grade 10.
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| Mon 28th Jan 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Tiptoe Ridge Area | ||||||
| 5 |
★★★ Tiptoe Ridge
- with
Toby Phillips, Heather Browett
1
lead by
Cameron
2
lead by
Cameron
3
lead by
Toby
4
lead by
Toby
| 120m | ★★★ Classic | |||
|
Easy rambling, except for one tough move up onto the pinnacle. The abseil off isn't trivial either.
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| Sun 27th Jan 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Bushranger Bluff Main Wall | ||||||
| 6 |
★ Revolver Crack
- with
Toby Phillips
| 20m | ★ Good | |||