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Sun 16th May 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Memory Lane
20 Mindblower - with Paul Frothy Thomson Mixed trad 20m, 3 Very Good
Felt pretty hard for 20, but i guess it's on par for this area. Great climbing. Flashed on pre-placed gear.

 
Sun 27th Dec 2020 - Arapiles
Mitre Rock South Mitre
19 Acapulco Gold - with lloyd wishart Trad 10m Very Good
Great fun but too short. Would make a great high ball boulder at about V2

 
10 Serpent - with lloyd wishart Trad 43m Classic
First pitch only. Lowered off the anchor here. What an amazing pitch at the grade. Brilliant features and quite steep and exposed near the top. Rad! Would solo it next time for sure but this time i put a couple of cams in just in case...😜

 
Sat 26th Dec 2020 - Arapiles
Atridae House of Atreus
8 Tantalus - with lloyd wishart Trad 35m Very Good
If only it was longer, I’d have said it’s classic. So steep at the grade. Great fun to solo.

 
Sat 26th Dec 2020 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes
9 Conifer Crack - with lloyd wishart Trad 80m Mega Classic
How does this route only have 2 stars? It was amazing! I dunno if it’s because we soloed it but the exposure on pitch 2 up the two blades was just awesome!

 
Thu 24th Dec 2020 - Arapiles
Voodoo Area Voodoo Buttress
21 Chinese Algebra - with lloyd wishart Trad 48m Mega Classic
This was awesome. I got a bit pumped amd scared placing gear and then seconded it as well. I will come back and red point it later.

 
Tue 22nd Dec 2020 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall
19 Tannin - with lloyd wishart Trad 35m Mega Classic
This thing was awesome! I was pretty gripped at a couple of spots but managed to get there!

 
Mon 21st Dec 2020 - Arapiles
Northern Group Henry Bolte Wall
26 The Fortress - with lloyd wishart Mixed trad 18m, 2 Very Good
Had a play on the crux. Leg wasn’t super happy.

 
25 Henry Bolte - with lloyd wishart Mixed trad 30m, 3 Very Good
Felt pretty hard but made harder by the fact that i slipped over on wet rock before trying it and hurting my bad knee pretty badly...

 
Mon 21st Dec 2020 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes
8 Diapason Trad 55m Mega Classic
Awesome fun! The downclimb off the back is the hardest part, especially with a bung knee.

 
Sun 20th Dec 2020 - Arapiles
Central Gully Upper Central Gully Mari Buttress
17 Mari - with lloyd wishart Trad 35m Classic
Will try to lead it next time.

 
20 Electric Warrior - with lloyd wishart Trad 30m Very Good
Couple of committing moves but really good. Not sure i could lead this thing! 😜

 
Sun 21st Jan 2018 - Point Perpendicular
Seaside Windjammer Wall
24 Sail the Nullabor - with Paul Frothy Thomson Trad 30m Very Good
Great climbing but loose rock lets it down. Looked tough on lead too. An epic way to finish the trip. Paul almost had a heart attack....

 
22 Turning Of The Tide - with Paul Frothy Thomson Mixed trad 30m, 8 Classic
The climb of the trip for sure! Great climbing in an waesome position, high on the arete! Not sure i can reach anything good enough at the high crux but flashed to there. FUN!

 
Sat 20th Jan 2018 - Point Perpendicular
Seaside Windjammer Wall
19 Jaws - with Rob Medlicott Trad 32m Good
It was pretty fun until the stupid fist jamming finale. I hate cracks

 
Sat 20th Jan 2018 - Point Perpendicular
Bayside The Deeps Area
19 The Deeps - with Paul Frothy Thomson Trad 25m Very Good
Great line, minus the chossy start. The position on the arete was amazing!

 
Sat 20th Jan 2018 - Point Perpendicular
Bayside Lemon Sorbet Area
19 Lemon Sorbet - with Paul Frothy Thomson Trad 20m Very Good
Good, fun way to start the weekend.

 
Fri 7th Jul 2017 - Arapiles
Northern Group Kachoong Area
18 Hurts - with lloyd wishart Trad 18m Very Good
Flashed on Lloyd's gear. Both of these routes are really good!

 
23 In Phase - with lloyd wishart Trad 20m Very Good
Flashed on Lloyd's gear. Both of these routes are really good! Came here to do Kachoong but being tired after doing this and running out of time, i decided to leave it for next time.

 
Thu 6th Jul 2017 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes
11 Piccolo - with lloyd wishart Trad 33m Classic
Another classic easy route. Would be pretty cool to solo

 
Thu 6th Jul 2017 - Arapiles
Atridae Muldoon Area
25 Fail Safe - with lloyd wishart Mixed trad 18m, 3 Very Good
Read Tom Reid's ascent comments, as it almost exactly describes my experience on this. Except my flash attempt was one move lower. Great fun, shoulda sent on the secobd easily.

 
13 Muldoon - with lloyd wishart
1 lead by Lloyd
2 lead by Ne
Trad 42m Mega Classic
Insanely good at the grade. So steep and exposed and awesome the whole way!

 
Wed 5th Jul 2017 - Arapiles
Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Under Flinders Lane Wall
15 Resignation - with lloyd wishart
1 lead by Me
2 lead by Lloyd
3 lead by Me
4 lead by Lloyd
Trad 96m Mega Classic
Just awesome! This route has been on my ticklist since i started climbing. As an old friend soloed it years before i started climbing and my sister showed me the video from down on the road. Would take some huge nuts to solo this thing! (Especially with all the wetness up there from the last couple days rain)

 
Tue 4th Jul 2017 - Arapiles
Fang Buttress and Surrounds Fang Buttress
14 Mantis - with lloyd wishart Trad 33m Very Good
Another great low grade route. If we spent as much time climbing as dodging rain, we might get our gear back off Resignation.

 
Tue 4th Jul 2017 - Arapiles
Pilot Error Cliffs Pilot Error Area
21 20 Pilot Error - with lloyd wishart Mixed trad 12m, 1 Very Good
Almost went the wrong way at the lip and put my hand in a bucket of water but i got there in the end

 
Tue 4th Jul 2017 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle
14 D Minor - with lloyd wishart
1 lead by Rob
2 lead by Lloyd
Trad 35m Very Good
Mon 3rd Jul 2017 - Arapiles
Grotto Wall Area Grotto Wall
11 Bastress - with lloyd wishart Trad 36m Classic
Really awesome position and great fun at the grade.

 
Mon 3rd Jul 2017 - Arapiles
Castle Crag
17 Swinging - with lloyd wishart Mixed trad 20m, 2 Very Good
Really quite good and as usual, hard at the grade. Flashed on Chris' gear.

 
Mon 3rd Jul 2017 - Arapiles
Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Under Flinders Lane Wall
15 Resignation - with lloyd wishart Trad 96m
First pitch only, rained off!

 
Sat 1st Jul 2017 - The Rock
The Towers
23 Chaos - with Matt Brooks Mixed trad 20m, 4 Very Good
My anti-style. Scary, off balance but good fun!

 
Sat 1st Apr 2017 - Mount Alexandra
Central Area
17 D - with Vanessa Mixed trad 15m, 2 Good
Sat 17th Sep 2016 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Memory Lane
23 Walking Wounded - with Vanessa Mixed trad 20m, 4 Classic
Just awesome! Should've onsighted but i kept reaching up and not finding the crucial hold at the lip. Campused the next move, as i couldn't get my feet high enough

 
Mon 29th Aug 2016 - Mt Tibrogargan
Caves Route Sector
4 Caves Route Trad 520m Mega Classic
Down climb from cave 2, after coming up BO.

 
Mon 29th Aug 2016 - Mt Tibrogargan
Desperation Wall
10 Black Orpheus Trad 140m Very Good
Second time soloing this, first time on my own. Pretty exciting!

 
Sun 28th Aug 2016 - Mt Beerwah
North-east face
1 Hiker's Route - with Brock Trad 360m Very Good
Taking Brock up for a run. Love that view!

 
Sat 27th Aug 2016 - Mt Tibrogargan
Caves Route Sector
4 Caves Route - with Brock Trad 520m Mega Classic
Only halfway with my nephew, as we had to down climb, with the tourist track closed.

 
Sun 10th Jul 2016 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Spoilt Brats Wall
21 Spoilt Brats and Gash Attacks - with Vanessa Mixed trad 57m, 10 Mega Classic
Jumped straight on this after Ritalin but it also felt 22, although probably easier than the other one. Can't think of much better than this at the grade, stellar!

 
Wed 13th May 2015 - Arapiles
Atridae Cassandra Area
23 Pain Street - with Paul Frothy Thomson Mixed trad 15m, 7 Good
Easy with the beta from Paul.

 
Tue 12th May 2015 - Arapiles
Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Syrinx Area
10 Syrinx - with Paul Frothy Thomson Trad 170m Mega Classic
WOW! If I never do anything else after soloing this, i will die happy...

This was possibly my most memorable climb to date. There were three distinct points of wicked exposure that absolutely made my day but would be much less exciting with a rope. Cheers Paul!

 
Mon 11th May 2015 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face
21 Auto Da Fe - with Paul Frothy Thomson Trad 90m Very Good
Seconded first putch only. Might go back to do the top later.

 
16 Brolga - with Paul Frothy Thomson
1 lead by Paul
2 lead by Me
3 lead by Paul
Trad 90m Mega Classic
Real quality slabbing. So much fun and Paul managed to second pitch 2 with wet holds, after rain

 
16 Watchtower Crack - with Paul Frothy Thomson
1 lead by Paul
2 lead by Paul
3 lead by Me
4 lead by Paul
Mixed trad 95m, 3 Mega Classic
Awesomeness!! Lived up to its name.

 
Fri 8th May 2015 - Arapiles
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Uncle Charlie
24 Nose Job - with lloyd wishart, Mitch Perkins Trad 30m Very Good
Gear was on this so we had a go. 2 shot.

 
Tue 5th May 2015 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Tiptoe Ridge Area
5 Tiptoe Ridge - with lloyd wishart Trad 120m Mega Classic
So good to get over to Araps on our rest day to solo this. The rock here is insane and the little down climb off the pillar is well exciting! We just made it to the top, before the rain hit

 
Sun 23rd Nov 2014 - Point Perpendicular
Seaside Windjammer Wall
17 Grey Mist - with Vanessa and Brooksy Trad 30m Classic
Yep, this was the perect way to finish up ourfirst PP trip. Followed Matt up this and it was the standout pitch of the day (relative to its grade, although i think its a sandbag). Great climbing up a really nice face, in great position. Couple of finger locks, handjams, laybacks and some funky pockets to finish. The cool change had arrived and the wind almost pushed me onto the ledge at the top

 
Sun 23rd Nov 2014 - Point Perpendicular
Bayside Hello Dolly Wall
22 Cast Adrift - with Vanessa and Brooksy Trad 30m Very Good
Heaps fun route on a great wall, fell off the second last move (slippery, wet holds). It was a pity about the layer of spooge on the rock today, would've made things a little better but still an awesome day!

 
Thu 3rd Apr 2014 - Coffs Harbour
Glenreagh Wonderland Warped Wall
23 Subliminal Erotica Mixed trad 8m, 2
Rapped in, placed gear, broke a hold at the start, sun came over, dogged up and bailed

 
Mon 30th Dec 2013 - Kangaroo Point
Right Main Wall
22 Dare to Dream Mixed trad 18m, 4 Average
Tricky at the start, that is if you're worried about climbing off route. Bolts are very close together on these routes. Didn't like it, bailed

 
Wed 4th Sep 2013 - Mt Tibrogargan
NE Buttress Sector
20 The Chris Mann Route - with Nick Mixed trad 99m, 23 Very Good
OOOOOOPS!!!! Supposed to be on El Scorcho but took the wrong path.... Didn't have a second rope to rap off the last pitch of this but would've been nice to finish it. Next time!

 
Sat 15th Jun 2013 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
16 Drop-out Direct Finish - with Julian Trad 7m Very Good
Great finish to a great route!

 
19 Drop Out - with Julian Trad 24m Very Good
Best climb so far, at frog. So fun, bit of jambing practice.

 
18 Iron Mandible - with Julian Trad 24m Very Good
Awesome fun. Plenty of face climbing, with a few jambs of different varieties. First frog 18 yew!

 
15 Devil's Wart - with Julian Trad 27m Very Good
Really nice! First time using hexes and they're awesome!

 
Sun 26th May 2013 - Redcliffs
Mythologica
18 I'd Rather Go Climbing - with Julian Trad 20m Good
Fun warm up to gain the Pendulus ledge

 
Sat 25th May 2013 - Redcliffs
Send in the Clowns
15 Send In The Clowns - with Julian Trad 20m Very Good
Great fun! Particularly the traverse, nice exposure

 
Sun 5th May 2013 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
15 Bad Company - with Nigel Trad 20m Good
Yay! First frog onsight! Haha

 
Sun 5th May 2013 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
18 Resurrection Corner - with Nigel n Vincent Trad 25m Very Good
Foot slipped, oh well

 
16 Materialistic Prostitution - with Nigel and Vincent Trad 20m Very Good
Coupla rests, i'll practice on this one

 
Fri 19th Apr 2013 - Mt Tibrogargan
Caves Route Sector
4 Caves Route - with Honey Trad 520m Mega Classic
Never logged it before so i thought i'd do it this time. Never gets boring

 
Mon 1st Apr 2013 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
17 16 Micron - with Nigel Trad 20m Very Good
First lead ascent at frog, i seconded it last winter on my first time at frog.

 
Sun 31st Mar 2013 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
14 Shit Heap - with Nigel Trad 10m Good
First lead at frog, rested nut probably shouldn't have

 
Tue 19th Mar 2013 - Kangaroo Point
Left Main Wall
16 Slime Fresh - with Nigel Trad 18m Good
Fun in the dark

 
Wed 26th Dec 2012 - Mt Tibrogargan
Desperation Wall
10 Black Orpheus - with Dan Heffey Trad 140m Good
Just coming up past the steeper chimney section when it started to rain. 60secs later and we would've been in some trouble. Rapped down Caves Route.

 
Sun 16th Dec 2012 - Mt Ngungun
Upper Cliffs Nursery Cliff
15 Tree Line - with Lewis Trad 20m Average
I lead this but wandered a little to find pro so may not have been on route the whole time??

 
9 Side Line - with Lewis Trad 20m Average
8 Walk The Line - with Lewis Trad 20m Good
Practicing some easy trad leading today, i had fun.

 
Wed 12th Dec 2012 - Mt Tibrogargan
Shadow Glen
18 Flame 'n' Sparks - with Tom Mixed trad 25m, 4 Very Good
Done this 3 times now without any protection at the bottom each time, makes it more exciting.

 
Sun 9th Dec 2012 - Mt Ngungun
Lower Cliffs Owl Pillar
4 Easy Solo - with Anthony Trad 13m Don't Bother
Does this actually count as a route? What if you only down climbed it after topping out? Haha!

 
Sat 1st Dec 2012 - Mt Tibrogargan
Desperation Wall
10 Black Orpheus - with Dan Heffey Trad 140m Good
Nice easy day out. Definitely going back to solo next time and link it with The Caves Route to finish.

 
Sat 3rd Nov 2012 - Kangaroo Point
Right Main Wall
16 Humungousaur - with Anthony Ashton Mixed trad 14m, 3 Average
Thought it was a 13 when i decided to solo it. Maybe that put me in the right mindset to have no fear. The crack was pretty cool but very easy after that.

 
Sun 17th Jun 2012 - Mt Tibrogargan
Carborundum Wall
17 Remains Of The Day - with PattyD Mixed trad 140m, 22 Very Good
Sometime in 2012, I think... Patty?

 
Thu 7th Jun 2012 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
17 Smoked Banana - with Ian Trad 40m
Haha! I remember getting kinda stuck in the chimney and bailed

 
18 Elastic RURP - with Ian Trad 20m
Thu 7th Jun 2012 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
17 Liquid Laughter Layback - with Ian Trad 38m Good
First ever route at frog.

 
18 Borderline 29 - with Ian Trad 15m Very Good
14 Electric Lead Trad 26m Good
2012 sometime

 
17 Wizards Back Trad 10m Very Good
First time at Frog, good fun from memory

 
Wed 1st Jun 2011 - Mt Tibrogargan
NE Buttress Sector
16 Blabbermouth - with Dan Heffey Mixed trad 200m, 6 Very Good
Sometime in 2011, when i was a noob.

 
Fri 7th Jan 2011 - Mt Beerwah
North-east face
1 Hiker's Route - with Dan Heffey Trad 360m Very Good
2011, a good fun walk, with an awesome view at the top.

 
Sat 1st Jan 2011 - Mt Ngungun
Lower Cliffs The Lower Main Cliff
15 Get Into The Groove - with Dan Heffey Mixed trad 50m, 7
2011 Sometime

 

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