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Grade Route Gear style Quality
Thu 24th Dec 2015 - Mt Cooroora
North West Faces/ Dinosaur Wall
A2+ Luke Sky Hooker - with mason minto, zac Aid 100m, 12 Very Good
First ascent of pitch one yo-yoed with Zac Trembath. Lots of hook moves, a few beaks and thin pitons, a few 8 x 50mm coach bolts when it was too blank, and a few actual protection bolts. Pitch two was lead by Mason, lots of Hooks again, similar style.

 
Tue 6th Sep 2011 - Shaketown
Middle Wall
5.8 No Deal Sport 4 Good
W caroline

 
Thu 1st Oct 2009 - Skaha
The Fortress
5.10d The Plague Sport 22m, 5 Very Good
very sporty and quite cool. CE belayed

 
5.9 5.10a Plum Line (Plumbline) Sport 34m, 10 Very Good
a 35m journey. CE belayed

 
5.11b Winston's Choice Sport 22m, 10 Classic
Absolutely spanked me, only just made it. Very cool route. dont let the overhang intimidate you. CE belayed

 
Wed 30th Sep 2009 - Skaha
The Fortress
5.10b Genetic Mirror Sport 25m Very Good
nice. CEbelayed

 
5.10a 5.10b While the Crows Away Sport 25m Very Good
a fun climb, CE belayed then worked it

 
Wed 30th Sep 2009 - Skaha
Red Tail Lower
5.10b Sursum Corda Sport 32m, 6 Very Good
found it easy for a 10b, CE balayed

 
5.9 5.10a Preface Sport 22m, 7
CE belayed

 
5.7 Guilt Trip Sport 25m, 9 Average
a very sterile climb, nothing stand out at all.

 
Fri 4th Sep 2009 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Penny Lane
5.8 Quarryman Trad 25m Very Good
young mick led it. I seconded it

 
Fri 4th Sep 2009 - Squamish
The Chief The Apron North Apron
5.8 Calculus Crack Trad 150m Classic
lead caroline up every pitch. found a free cam and a small nut. mmm booty.

 
Thu 3rd Sep 2009 - Squamish
The Malamute Starr Wall
5.9 High Mountain Woody Trad 45m Classic
Awesome climb. w young mick. i would solo this climb. pro everywhere. You should rap in rather than walk in/down

 
Tue 1st Sep 2009 - Squamish
The Chief The Apron Lower Apron
5.9 The Bottom Line Trad 90m Average
did on way down from calculus crack. tricky or just slabby. enough protection if you look for it.

 
Tue 1st Sep 2009 - Squamish
The Chief The Apron North Apron
5.8 Calculus Crack Trad 150m Classic
Lead pitches 1,2,4,6. with young mick. rory was just behind us with old mick and vanessa. great trip.

 
Mon 31st Aug 2009 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Ronin's Corner Central
5.11b Dreams of Passion Sport 22m Very Good
hard slab. standing on one crystal. would be an impressive lead. Half was in shade, half sun. as i crossed into sun my shoes lost all grip.

 
5.10b Wobbler Trad 28m Good
fun bits. young mick belayed

 
Mon 31st Aug 2009 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Penny Lane
5.9 Penny Lane Trad 30m Good
not as fun as everyone made out. caroline seconded but left some gear in for me to remove

 
5.12b Girth Unknown 10m Very Good
very hard but very fun. young mick, shot for shot, but couldnt link anything. got all moves individualy

 
5.9 Witch Doctor's Apprentice Trad 25m Very Good
fun little moment around the bulge. caroline belayed

 
Mon 31st Aug 2009 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Burgers and Fries
5.9 5.10a Move it on Over Trad 25m Good
w caroline toproped

 
5.7 Wisecrack Trad 25m Very Good
w caroline second

 
Mon 20th Apr 2009 - Canmore
Heart Creek Bunny Hill
5.10b Heartless Sport 15m, 6 Good
with rory, caroline. nothing hard about the roof

 
Mon 20th Apr 2009 - Canmore
Heart Creek First Rock
5.8 Less Than Zero Sport 12m, 4 Good
with rory and caroline. linked to a dream of WS as one pitch

 
Mon 20th Apr 2009 - Canmore
Heart Creek Bunny Hill
5.9 You Oughtta’ Know Sport 22m, 9 Good
with rory and caroline. fun till the end

 
5.4 Simple Sport 11m, 4 Average
with rory and Caroline. average. wandering short. not inpiring

 
Mon 20th Apr 2009 - Canmore
Heart Creek First Rock
5.9 Cavebird Sport 7 Very Good
with rory and Caroline. very fun over flake

 
Mon 20th Apr 2009 - Canmore
Heart Creek Bunny Hill
5.10a Rat in a Cage Sport 11m, 4 Good
with rory and caroline. watched rory do it on top rope. slopey start but simple

 
Mon 20th Apr 2009 - Canmore
Heart Creek First Rock
5.6 A Dream of White Schnauzers Sport 10 Good
with rory and caroline. linked to less than zero as one pitch

 
Mon 20th Apr 2009 - Canmore
Heart Creek Bunny Hill
5.9 Rough But Well Groomed Sport 19m, 7 Very Good
with rory and caroline. fun till the end. good amount of underclings on a slab route

 
Sun 19th Apr 2009 - Canmore
Heart Creek Bunny Hill
5.9 You Oughtta’ Know Sport 22m, 9 Very Good
with rory and caroline. fun till the end

 
5.10a Rat in a Cage Sport 11m, 4 Average
with rory and caroline. watched rory do it on top rope. slopey start but simple

 
5.10b Heartless Sport 15m, 6 Good
with rory, caroline. nothing hard about the roof

 
5.4 Simple Sport 11m, 4 Average
with rory and Caroline. average. wandering short. not inpiring

 
Sun 19th Apr 2009 - Canmore
Heart Creek First Rock
5.9 Cavebird Sport 7 Classic
with rory and Caroline. very fun over flake

 
5.6 A Dream of White Schnauzers Sport 10 Good
with rory and caroline. linked to less than zero as one pitch

 
Sun 19th Apr 2009 - Canmore
Heart Creek Bunny Hill
5.9 Rough But Well Groomed Sport 19m, 7 Very Good
with rory and caroline. fun till the end. good amount of underclings on a slab route

 
Sun 19th Apr 2009 - Canmore
Heart Creek First Rock
5.8 Less Than Zero Sport 12m, 4 Good
with rory and caroline. linked to a dream of WS as one pitch

 
Sun 5th Apr 2009 - Canmore
Grassi Lakes Meathooks Area
5.11a 5.10d Buckets from Hell (Choss Toss) Sport 10m Very Good
with caroline, was cold, will get it next time with a bit more endurance

 
Wed 12th Nov 2008 - Canmore
Grassi Lakes The Golf Course
5.5 Tiger Sport 14m, 6 Good
with rory, vanessa, and caroline

 
5.5 Elk Don't Golf Sport 15m, 6 Very Good
with r,v,c

 
5.7 Hole in One Sport 22m, 9 Good
with r,v,c

 
5.6 Chip Shot Sport 8 Good
with r,v,c

 
Wed 12th Nov 2008 - Canmore
Grassi Lakes Gardener's Wall
5.10b Bucket City Sport 14m, 6
with rory, vanessa, and caroline. Includeing the rodeo clip start

 
Wed 12th Nov 2008 - Canmore
Grassi Lakes The Golf Course
5.5 I'd Rather Be Golfing Sport 17m, 6 Very Good
with r,v,c

 
Sun 30th Dec 2007 - Robin Falls
Main area
19 Gold Hangers Sport 8m, 3 Very Good
fun but short, belayed by rory

 
11 School Teacher (AKA Quartz Flake) (Quartz Flake (AKA Schoolteacher)) Sport 20m, 6 Good
hardest 11 ive ever been on, footwork of a 20. belayed by caroline

 
14 Social Worker (Right Bolted (AKA Social Worker)) Sport 25m, 6 Good
first of day, bit wandering, hard footwork for 14, w caroline

 
18 Deputy Head (Left Bolted (AKA Deputy Head)) Sport 25m, 6 Very Good
fun but dissapointing at the end when you cant go straight up the headwall, w caroline

 
Thu 27th Dec 2007 - The Apostles
South Apostles
14 16 Tri Square (AKA ?) (Carpet Python) Trad 10m Average
wanders a lot, hardish pro, w caroline

 
Thu 27th Dec 2007 - The Apostles
South Apostles FREEBIRD PINNACLE
18 Death Adder Sport 11m, 2 Very Good
allright, one move wonder, seconded rory

 
18 18 - 22 Freebird (AntiVenom) Sport 11m, 2 Classic
Fun but balancy, w rory

 
Wed 28th Nov 2007 - Kangaroo Point
Right Main Wall
24 Wages of Fear Sport 18m, 5 Classic
at the start of the session, belayed by julie ward

 
Mon 29th Oct 2007 - Nowra
Thompson's Point Descent Gully Walls
11 Lucifer Sport 15m Very Good
first climb at nowra, belayed by caroline

 
Mon 29th Oct 2007 - Nowra
Thompson's Point Gunbarrel Wall
18 Diddy Kong Sport 24m, 8 Good
not the classic the guide book makes out. too much traversing/wandering. Still fun. belayed by Susan birtles

 
Mon 29th Oct 2007 - Nowra
Thompson's Point Descent Gully Walls
17 Hang On Sport 15m, 6 Very Good
great climb, varied and interesting, w susan

 
18 Samurai Pizza Catz Sport 15m Very Good
funny little bowl at the bottom, belayed by susan birtles

 
15 Santa's Little Helper Sport 15m, 6 Good
second climb, w caroline

 
Mon 29th Oct 2007 - Nowra
Thompson's Point Vanderholics Wall
19 Vanderholics Sport 25m, 8 Very Good
fun, belayed by susan birtles

 
Wed 12th Sep 2007 - The You Yangs
Big Rock Eastern Bloc
17 Bouldering on the Berlin Wall Sport 13m, 2 Good
belayed by caroline, hollow at top very thin for a you yangs apprentice

 
15 East Meets West Sport 13m, 1 Good
first climb in you yangs, belayed by susan.

 
Mon 11th Jun 2007 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
20 Erg Trad 25m Very Good
did direct start, hard. Got a bit emotional once the crack started to open up, several great jambs on route, i need to work on my foot work. caroline belayed

 
15 Iron Butterfly Trad 28m Good
warm up, had to go to wizards back tree to rap off. caroline belayed

 
20 Yokomo Trad 15m Good
very hard start. ended up straddling the crack just to get 2 rps into it. rap off DMEG's tree. caroline belayed

 
22 Erg Direct Trad 25m Good
very hard as i thought it was a finger crack and my fat sausage fingers dont fit into it at all. lots of small face holds and not much feet. caroline belayed

 
Wed 30th May 2007 - Kangaroo Point
Right Main Wall
25 Bufo Marinus DF Sport 9m, 1 Very Good
got it on top rope with none of the trouble of last time, easy in fact. too short. glenn belayed

 
Sat 26th May 2007 - Urbenville
Battery Hill
20 Yellow Brick Road Sport 25m, 5 Very Good
fun, very nice top. w caro

 
Sat 26th May 2007 - Kangaroo Point
Right Main Wall
25 Bufo Marinus DF Sport 9m, 1 Very Good
hopped on on shaws MF toprope. got to bolt through crimps, but got sequence wrong, came off. Straight back on and had to make a couple of moves back up to the bolt then straight past it. too short to be a classic

 
Sat 26th May 2007 - Urbenville
Battery Hill
19 Ginger and Treacle Sport 23m, 5 Very Good
not too bad, bit run out. w caro

 
17 Batteries Not Included Sport 23m, 7 Very Good
more fun than G and T w caro

 
19 Copper Top Sport 22m, 5 Very Good
first of day, w caro nice moves

 
14 Heated Exchange Sport 20m, 4 Good
reasonable, lead for caroline

 
21 Amped Up Sport 24m, 7 Very Good
thought it was matt the energizerman, sandbagged. got through it clean. w caro

 
Mon 7th May 2007 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
18 Iron Mandible Trad 24m Classic
not too much trouble, used too many face holds, w caroline

 
16 Electric Banana Trad 40m Good
w caroline, first climb of the day. went all the way right in the chimney to get some pro

 
16 Drop-out Direct Finish Trad 7m Very Good
nice finish, however i didnt layback i reached around the corner to the right. linked with dropout for 1 pitch

 
19 Drop Out Trad 24m Good
a bit desperate for me, linked with dropout for 1 pitch. w caroline

 
Sun 22nd Apr 2007 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
13 Electric Mud Trad 10m Good
Not bad, plenty of techniques, did the direct start, grade 20 odd, w caroline

 
14 Shit Heap Trad 10m Very Good
nice climb to practice a few jams w caroline

 
20 Egotistical Pineapple (Egotistical Pinapple) Trad 14m Very Good
loved it, bit reachy but powerful, only one or two sketchy moves, caorline belayed

 
16 Horse-drawn Zeppelin Trad 12m Good
seconded rory

 
Fri 13th Apr 2007 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
14 The Phantom Trad 31m Classic
awesome, got it all. scary hand traverse is actually great. w caroline

 
19 18 The Eternity Trad 22m Mega Classic
awesome, some hard moves but plenty of rests, w caroline

 
Thu 12th Apr 2007 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Descent Gully Area
9 Great Unwashed Trad 20m
first crack climb at the blueys, w caroline

 
Tue 10th Apr 2007 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Sweet Dreams Walls
14 Sweet Dreams Mixed trad 130m, 20 Classic
lead all pitches, did the link up finish. what fun, shame about the queueing. caroline seconded(cleanly)

 
Sun 1st Apr 2007 - Kangaroo Point
Right Main Wall
23 23 R Bird Dance For Shiva Sport 13m, 1 Very Good
hopped on to retreive someones bail gear. belayed by rory. felt like i was too far left but some very hard moves.

 
Mon 8th Jan 2007 - Mt Cooroora
Main Wall
21 Surface Complexity Sport 36m, 15 Very Good
very nice. used to get to the ledge, JJ belayed, my style of climbing long, thin, fun

 
20 Every Creeping Thing Sport 35m, 15 Good
nice with little patch of average in the middle. with JJ

 
23 Bolt From The Blue Sport 29m, 11 Very Good
nice but blew my arms away. with JJ. led it up to the big horn, then JJ led it and i seconded/dogged all of it

 
Sun 7th Jan 2007 - Mt Tinbeerwah
Main Wall
24 Stone-age Elevator Sport 43m, 11 Classic
seconded JJ cleanly but He showed me where the good holds were. Very thin/fine after you get past the crux

 
Sun 7th Jan 2007 - Mt Tinbeerwah
Lower Wall
16 Soup Kitchen Sport 25m, 7 Good
caroline belayed, so i could rig it as toprope

 
Tue 21st Nov 2006 - Mt Tinbeerwah
Main Wall
22 The Opposability Project Sport 45m, 12 Very Good
W mal. blew onsight when rock exploded out from underfoot at second bolt (deck out), got the second run clean

 
Sun 17th Sep 2006 - Brooyar
Eagle's Nest
22 Johnny Gun Sport 15m, 4 Classic
16 Chicken Wings Sport 15m, 5 Average
22 Prima Donna Sport 8m, 3 Very Good
16 The Pioneer Sport 40m, 11 Very Good
Sat 16th Sep 2006 - Brooyar
Point Pure
22 The Great Devoid Sport 15m, 4 Classic
awesome, all in the footwork. belayed by caroline

 
20 Your Hovercraft Is Full Of Potatoes Sport 20m Good
skinned both knees but got it clean. w caroline

 
13 The Great Barrier Reef Sport 20m Very Good
did it 5 times with the WW crew

 
Mon 11th Sep 2006 - Kangaroo Point
Left Main Wall
19 Nut Sport 20m, 6 Very Good
led it a few times now. belayed by shaw

 

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