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Grade Route Gear style Quality
Sun 13th Feb 2022 - Bangor West
15 ★★ Andrew's Bulge - with Andrew Stevenson Sport 8m, 3 ★★ Very Good
Another lap.

  
21 ★★ Tits and Bits - with Andrew Stevenson Sport 10m, 2 ★★ Very Good
Fun route, took a few attempts to work out the moves but once I got them it was ok.

  
21 ★ Mars Apple - with Andrew Stevenson Sport 8m, 3 ★★ Very Good
Fun moves at the start.

  
18 ★ NFM - with Andrew Stevenson Sport 8m, 3 ★ Good
Sun 6th Sep 2020 - Mount Alexandra
Between the First Cave and the Vox Populi wall
18 ★ Corner From Hell - with Paul Griffiths Sport 15m ★★ Very Good
Sun 6th Sep 2020 - Mount Alexandra
Vox Populi Wall
20 ★★ Iclimb - with Paul Griffiths Sport 15m, 6 ★★ Very Good
Sun 6th Sep 2020 - Mount Alexandra
Central Area
14 ★ Open to Public Scrutiny - with Paul Griffiths Sport 20m ★ Good
15 ★★ Alpine - with Paul Griffiths Sport 20m, 9 ★★★ Classic
18 ★★ Dora the Explorer (and the lost crack of gold.) Sport 30m, 10 ★★ Very Good
A shame the first move is much harder than the rest of the climb. Nice long climb though.

  
Sat 18th Jul 2020 - Berowra
Positive Ape Factor Area
18 ★ Boundary Rider Sport 10m, 5 ★ Good
A nice route with a few good moves.

  
Sat 18th Jul 2020 - Berowra
Blackboard Wall
19 17 ★★ Yesterday's Heroes Sport 12m, 4 ★★ Very Good
Feels like I have climbed this route a lot of times.

  
Sat 18th Jul 2020 - Berowra
Pimple Buttress
18 ★ Look Blue Go Purple Sport 10m, 3 ★ Good
15 ★ Taylor Made Sport 6m, 2 ★ Good
More jugs than you can see from the ground.

  
Sun 1st Sep 2019 - Mount Alexandra
Central Area
17 ★ First Born - with Simon Sport 20m, 8 ★★ Very Good
17 ★ Reborn - with Simon Sport 20m ★★ Very Good
15 ★★ Alpine - with Simon, Elly Sport 20m, 9 ★★★ Classic
15 ★★ The Gruffalo - with Simon, Elly Sport 24m, 9 ★★ Very Good
14 ★ Snooze and You Lose - with Simon, Elly Sport 24m, 9 ★★ Very Good
Sat 20th Jul 2019 - Berowra
Ladder of Gloom Area
19 ★★ Ladder of Gloom - with Andrew Stevenson Sport 12m, 4 ★★★ Classic
Sat 9th Mar 2019 - Mt Ku-ring-gai
Lost & Found Wall
18 ★★ Woken Furies Sport 10m ★★ Very Good
Still a nice climb

  
Sun 1st Jul 2018 - Nowra
Thompson's Point Vanderholics Wall
19 ★★★ Vanderholics - with Andrew Stevenson, Veronica Trainor Sport 25m, 8 ★★★ Classic
Always nice

  
Sun 1st Jul 2018 - Nowra
Thompson's Point Orca Area
18 ★★★ Orca - with Andrew Stevenson, Veronica Trainor Sport 25m, 8 ★★★ Classic
Love this climb however many times I repeat it.

  
17 ★ Slap & Tickle - with Andrew Stevenson, Veronica Trainor Sport 14m ★★ Very Good
Enjoyable warm up.

  
Wed 25th Apr 2018 - Mount Alexandra
Central Area
13 ★ In the Inn of the Sixth Happiness - with Paul Griffiths Sport 20m, 10 ★★ Very Good
Repeat

  
Sun 28th Jan 2018 - Vaucluse
Diamond Bay Diamond Bay Southside
18 ★ Honeycomb Arete - with Andrew Stevenson Sport 15m, 5 ★ Good
Fun top section.

  
Sun 22nd Oct 2017 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
18 ★★★ Bunny Bucket Buttress - with Michael Sport 270m ★★★ Mega Classic
Another lap, pitches 6 + 7 still amaze me.

  
Sun 20th Aug 2017 - Mount Alexandra
Central Area
14 ★ Snooze and You Lose - with Paul Griffiths Sport 24m, 9 ★★ Very Good
13 ★ In the Inn of the Sixth Happiness - with Paul Griffiths Sport 20m, 10 ★★ Very Good
Good Fun

  
Sun 16th Jul 2017 - Berowra
Bullet Hole Wall
18 ★★ Mental Fatigue - with Andrew Stevenson, Veronica Trainor Sport 13m ★★ Very Good
Repeat

  
Sun 16th Jul 2017 - Berowra
Blackboard Wall
21 ★★ Palm Sunday - with Andrew Stevenson, Veronica Trainor Sport 15m, 3 ★★ Very Good
Repeat

  
Sun 16th Jul 2017 - Berowra
Pimple Buttress
18 ★ Look Blue Go Purple - with Andrew Stevenson, Veronica Trainor Sport 10m, 3 ★ Good
Repeat

  
Sat 15th Jul 2017 - Mount Alexandra
Central Area
15 ★★ Alpine - with Elly Sport 20m, 9 ★★★ Classic
Still a fun route

  
Sat 15th Jul 2017 - Mount Alexandra
The First Cave
23 ★★★ Los Hermanos de la Denitente - with Andrew Stevenson Sport 10m, 4 ★★★ Classic
Glad to get this route clean finally. What a great climb.

  
Sat 1st Jul 2017 - Alfords Point
Alfords Point Main Area
21 ★★ Sister Moon - with Jack Sport 15m, 6 ★★ Very Good
Still very good

  
Mon 22nd May 2017 - Nowra
Thompson's Point Descent Gully Walls
15 ★★ Santa's Little Helper - with Elly Sport 15m, 6 ★★ Very Good
16 ★★ Barbie Twins - with Elly Sport 17m, 7 ★★ Very Good
Sun 29th Jan 2017 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area The Freezer
18 ★★ Soul Sister - with Andrew Stevenson Sport 24m ★★ Very Good
Sun 21st Aug 2016 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Sunnyside
22 ★★★ Seamstress - with Andrew Stevenson Sport 22m, 10 ★★★ Classic
Great route, had to fight to get to the anchors as my energy was quickly running out.

  
Sat 13th Aug 2016 - New Nowra - Braidwood Road
Tianjara Falls Huskinson Homo (Ricky) and the (Graeme) Hill Top hoods gully
16 ★ Roger Bourne Identity Sport 16m, 6 ★★ Very Good
16 ★ Roger Ramjet Sport 18m ★★ Very Good
16 ★ Roger the Meerkat Sport 18m ★★ Very Good
22 ★★★ Dodecahedron - with Blue Mountains Orangutan Sport 20m, 7 ★★★ Classic
Got this second attempt today. Very happy to get this one clean.

  
Sun 10th Jul 2016 - Berowra
Glamorpus Area
18 20 ★ Zooloft - with Adam Mujaj, Paul Griffiths, BG Sport 12m, 6 ★ Good
Warm up

  
Sun 10th Jul 2016 - Berowra
Positive Ape Factor Area
21 ★ 24' - with Adam Mujaj Sport 12m, 3 ★★ Very Good
Was quite reachy after the second bolt for me but once I worked out how to do it it was fine.

  
Sat 2nd Jul 2016 - Bonnet Bay
21 ★★ Kim - with Paul Griffiths Sport 10m, 3 ★★★ Classic
19 ★ Glorious Manglervision - with Paul Griffiths Sport 13m, 4 ★★ Very Good
Great climb, got it clean this time it was dry.

  
18 19 ★ Stopping Short - with Paul Griffiths Sport 7m, 2 ★ Good
18 ★ Overkilled - with Paul Griffiths Sport 8m, 3 ★ Good
Mon 13th Jun 2016 - Mount Keira
West Face
20 ★★ One Blank Wall and 3 Bloody Rooves - with Paul Griffiths, BG Sport 12m, 5 ★★ Very Good
Great Route, got it clean this time first try.

  
11 ★ Gum Tree Wall - with Elly Sport 10m, 4 ★ Good
Sun 12th Jun 2016 - New Nowra - Braidwood Road
Tianjara Falls Huskinson Homo (Ricky) and the (Graeme) Hill Top hoods gully
18 ★★ Mouche Pique - with Paul Griffiths, BG Sport 20m, 7 ★★ Very Good
The first clip is hard, after that it is good climbing.

  
19 ★★ The Horse Has Bolted - with Paul Griffiths, BG Sport 25m, 8 ★★ Very Good
Great sport/trad climb with hard moves towards the top.

  
17 ★ God save the Queen - with BG Sport 15m, 5 ★★ Very Good
Nice climbing on good rock.

  
19 ★ Fascist Regime - with BG Sport 15m, 6 ★★ Very Good
Was a bit dirty higher up but a good climb

  
Sat 11th Jun 2016 - New Nowra - Braidwood Road
Tianjara Falls Huskinson Homo (Ricky) and the (Graeme) Hill Top hoods gully
11 ★ Little Miss Sunshine - with Elly Sport 14m, 8 ★★ Very Good
Good easier climb with a crux that may be a little harder than 11.

  
16 ★ Roger the Meerkat - with Elly Sport 18m ★★ Very Good
Nice warm up route with interesting climbing.

  
14 ★ Bingo Wings - with Elly Sport 15m ★★ Very Good
Nice warm up route with interesting climbing.

  
Sun 5th Jun 2016 - New Nowra - Braidwood Road
Tianjara Falls Huskinson Homo (Ricky) and the (Graeme) Hill Top hoods gully
16 ★ Roger Bourne Identity - with BG Sport 16m, 6 ★★ Very Good
Nice warm up route with interesting climbing.

  
16 ★ Roger Ramjet - with BG Sport 18m ★★ Very Good
Nice warm up route with interesting climbing.

  
Sun 21st Feb 2016 - Mount Alexandra
Central Area
20 ★ Everything Audrey - with Blue Mountains Orangutan Sport 12m, 4 ★★ Very Good
Tricky reachy moves after the slab.

  
Sun 30th Aug 2015 - Mt Ku-ring-gai
Lost & Found Wall
18 ★★ Woken Furies - with Ranger Dave, Brendon Flanagan Sport 10m ★★ Very Good
As good as I remember.

  
20 20 R ★★ STW - with Ranger Dave, Brendon Flanagan Sport 6m ★★ Very Good
As good as I remember, glad to get it clean.

  
20 ★★ Bummagedon - with Brendon Flanagan, Ranger Dave Sport 15m ★★ Very Good
The crux was as tricky as I remember it but managed to get it clean again.

  
Sun 5th Jul 2015 - Berowra
Ladder of Gloom Area
19 ★★ Ladder of Gloom - with Andrew Stevenson Sport 12m, 4 ★★★ Classic
Sat 7th Feb 2015 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Choc Chip Chai Sector
19 20 ★★ Choc Chip Chai - with Roger Austin Sport 15m, 7 ★★ Very Good
Great line, more overhanging than it looks

  
Sun 4th Jan 2015 - Narrabeen
Slabs
18 ★★ Manic - with Brendon, Dave Sport 17m, 4 ★★ Very Good
A nice climb

  
18 ★★ Lunatic - with Brendon, Dave Sport 19m, 5 ★★ Very Good
I like the two contrasting parts of this climb.

  
18 ★ Born Under Lunges - with Brendon, Dave Sport 12m, 2 ★ Good
Nice short climb with a good heel hook clip.

  
21 ★ Frantic - with Brendon, Dave Sport 15m, 5 ★★ Very Good
This felt easy for a 21, nice moves.

  
Sun 7th Dec 2014 - Mt Ku-ring-gai
Moto Cross wall
19 ★ Dinosaurs must die - with Elly Sport 12m, 4 ★★ Very Good
Enjoyed the crux when you get onto the face.

  
Sun 9th Nov 2014 - Bangor West
16 15 ★★ Andrew's Bulge - with Andrew Sport 8m, 3 ★★ Very Good
Repeat

Did it with bare feet as I had forgotten my shoes

  
Sun 11th May 2014 - Joll's Bridge
Lower cliffline
20 ★★ Woodface Direct - with Andrew Sport 35m ★★★ Classic
Great climb, a lot better than it looks from the ground.

  
Sat 23rd Nov 2013 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Slape Area
19 ★ Cartwheeling Sport 30m ★ Good
Second pitch was actually very good, worth doing.

  

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