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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality
Tue 1st May 2007 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Mezzaluna Area
	18 19	★★ Public Pressure	Sport 30m, 8	★ Good
Not too bad
Sat 3rd Feb 2007 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Celebrity Crags Jimmy Cliff
	20	★★ Mr Christmas Poo	Sport 20m, 7	★★★ Classic
Great! Scaryish onsight I thought, first moves are big
	23	★★ Rudolf the Bloody Reindeer	Sport 15m, 6	★★ Very Good
Got up it, now to link
Thu 1st Feb 2007 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Boronia Point Ancient Mariner Buttress
	21	★ Cowboy Clip	Sport 10m	★★ Very Good
Quite fun. Had done it on second before
Thu 1st Feb 2007 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Katoomba Cliffs Echo Point Echo Point Walls
	22 22 R	★★ Ice	Trad 170m	★ Good
Crux pitch is beautiful, the rest has some really shitty rock in places. Great fun though. With John and Penny. Lead P3 and P5
Wed 31st Jan 2007 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Wet Feet Area
	17	★★ Wet Feet	Sport 14m	★★ Very Good
Hard for 17, heaps of fun. Good knee bar before 3rd(?) clip
Wed 31st Jan 2007 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Steep Wall
	19	★ Lonely Thursday	Sport 12m	★★ Very Good
Awesome. Ran out of time to lead
Tue 30th Jan 2007 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Mezzaluna Area
	16	★★ Mezzaluna	Sport 25m, 8	★★★ Classic
Drunk, lead, midnight, really fun (and stupid). How crap are carrots?
Wed 17th Jan 2007 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area The Freezer
	22	★★ SWALK	Sport 25m	★★★ Classic
Very nice climb, pumpier than it looks. Last climb of day
	23	★★ Warmenpumpen	Sport 20m	★★★ Classic
Awesome!
Sat 30th Dec 2006 - The Balkans
The Frontline Front and Centre
	V2	★★ Diplomatic Solution	Boulder 3m	★ Good
First o/door blder session 2nd shot, good fun, good toe/leg lock made the second part a snap
Mon 11th Dec 2006 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area The Freezer
	20	★ Old Blobby	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good
Dammit, all clean except for start, have to work on bouldering. The rest is pumpier than it looks!
	19	★ Terra Incognita	Sport 18m	★★ Very Good
Softish I think, great fun though
	19	★ Absolute Zero	Sport 23m, 5	★★ Very Good
Batman. Tad runout, but felt OK
	18	★★ Soul Sister	Sport 24m	★★★ Classic
Great climb!
Fri 1st Dec 2006 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Descent Gully Area
	11	★ The Bonatti Crack	Trad 8m	★ Good
Roped solo lead.. grigri sticking
Thu 30th Nov 2006 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall
	21	★★ Girly Germs	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Fell clipping 2nd bolt, shoe toe tore! Last climb, stuffed, come back to it
	19	★★ Jack High	Sport 20m	★★★ Classic
GREAT climb. Had done before I think. Fell on the start, but climbed it again
Fri 10th Nov 2006 - Nowra
Thompson's Point Descent Gully Walls
	16	★★ Barbie Twins	Sport 17m, 7	★ Good
Fun! Crack flares half way up, tricky gear, runout crux (didn't take much gear)
Fri 10th Nov 2006 - Nowra
Thompson's Point Gunbarrel Wall
	18	★★ Diddy Kong	Sport 24m, 8	★★ Very Good
Had done years ago, not realised what it was. Did again
	20	★★ Birdsville Track	Sport 23m, 9	★★ Very Good
Last climb of day, fingers stuffed
Wed 1st Nov 2006 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Walk-Down Gully
	14	★ Snoopy	Trad 64m	★★ Very Good
Keep some bigger gear for top of first pitch. With Mick the Fireman, swing
	21	★★ Pig Iron Slaughter	Sport 45m	★★ Very Good
One rest. Looks like more bolts now too?
Sun 15th Oct 2006 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zap Crag Lower Zap
	18	★ Buzz Off	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Not sure If this is the one on arete, but excellent climb
	18	★ Zaparazzi	Trad 40m	★★ Very Good
Yahoo! All trad. Loose rock up top, but enough solid to be safe. Would have liked a #3 camalot for start of crux, and a #1/#0.75 or sofor choss in second half of chimney. Ranout pretty much the whole chimney (20m)
	17	★ Just Warmin' Up (Just Warming Up)	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
Beautiful, slabby, fun
Fri 13th Oct 2006 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Abseil Gully
	10	★ Sweet Irish	Trad 49m	★★ Very Good
First roped solo lead. Grigri, station below, prussiks to stop rope sliding through grigri, worked pretty well. Dude suggested elastic bands, cool!
Sun 1st Oct 2006 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Pindari
	18	Lord Jim	Trad 45m	Average
Needs cleaning and the couple of bolts replaced
Sun 1st Oct 2006 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Mezzaluna Area
	17	★ I Know Boats	Sport 18m, 4	★ Good
Done years ago too. Not a bad climb, worth a slap
Wed 27th Sep 2006 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Heathcliff
	19	★★ The Rift	Sport 55m	★★★ Classic
Really nice. Swing lead with Yohan, did 1 & 3
Sun 17th Sep 2006 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Steep Wall
	18	★ A Tale of Two Cities	Sport 12m, 7	★★ Very Good
Great fun, and sustained enough
	18	★ Stormin Norman (Stormin Normin)	Sport 12m, 4	★★ Very Good
Only one move in it really, but fun
	16	★★ The Sisters of Fatima	Sport 12m, 5	★★ Very Good
Fri 1st Sep 2006 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Heathcliff
	19 22	★★ Bad Blood (Bad Blood P1)	Sport 45m, 17	★★ Very Good
Can't really remember, was good, well protected, maybe pumpy?
	18	★★ Fake Blood	Sport 20m, 10	★★ Very Good
Great climb, almost over-protected, but great fun. With yohan
Fri 1st Sep 2006 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area
	15	★ Addendum	Trad 60m	★ Good
With Sandra/SJ etc
Tue 1st Aug 2006 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Auntie Jack Area
	10	★ Lishenbak	Trad 30m	★★ Very Good
Cute rooflette First run on solo toprope/lead gear to figure it out. Lead for Steve first
	17	★★ Viparete	Trad 30m	★★ Very Good
Solo toprope testing. Gear down low just adequate for leading with my fat arse
Sat 17th Jun 2006 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area New York East (Right) Side
	19	★ The Reprieve	Sport 15m, 5	★★ Very Good
With Jonas et al. Don't remember much about this, but all the 19s there were nice
Sat 17th Jun 2006 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area New York East (Right) Side Upper Tier
	19	★★ The Big Corner	Trad 25m	★★ Very Good
With Jonas et al. Seemed like would have been commiting lead, but good pro from memory
	19	★ Bela Lugosi	Mixed trad 25m, 4	Average
Dodgiest thread I have ever seen! Crap rock in parts, shame, could be great
Sat 17th Jun 2006 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area New York East (Right) Side
	22	★★ Moan Groan Dial Tone	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Great fun, doable on lead
	19	★ Silence of the Cams	Sport 15m, 5	★★ Very Good
With Jonas et al.
	19	★ Exploding Budgies	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
With Jonas et al.
Mon 1st May 2006 - Mount Keira
South Face
	13 16	★★ Travail	Sport 20m, 11	★★ Very Good
13 my arse Great fun though
Sat 1st Apr 2006 - Arapiles
Atridae House of Atreus
	17	★★ Surface To Air	Trad 30m	★★ Very Good
I fell on this a couple years back so can't call it a redpoint.. plus I think I went straight up by mistake. Next year
Sat 1st Apr 2006 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall
	19	★★★ Tannin	Trad 35m	★★★ Classic
Great climb, not as hard as it looks. Will lead next time. Came off near roof from "ROOOOCK!" call above
Sat 1st Apr 2006 - Arapiles
Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Under Flinders Lane Wall
	13	★★ Kestrel	Trad 50m	★★ Very Good
Ripper! Like a little amusement park, thought-provoking for a 13
Sat 1st Apr 2006 - Arapiles
Colosseum Wall Area Colosseum Wall
	18	★★ The Rack	Trad 13m	★ Good
Bastard! Fungers FAR too big for crack, kicked me!
Sat 1st Apr 2006 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall
	17	★★ Dirge	Trad 85m	★★ Very Good
Great fun, really nice, just technical and scary enough. Good pro except for the bottom bit (RP and a 0.2 camalot)
Sat 1st Apr 2006 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Right Dunes Buttress
	10	★★★ Eskimo Nell	Trad 130m	Average
Warmup. Jim lead the variant We got rained off, rapped off after watching dudes working final departure
Sat 1st Apr 2006 - Arapiles
Atridae House of Atreus
	16 13	★★ Hell For Leather	Trad 30m	★★ Very Good
Soft at 15 probably, but GREAT warmup, good fun, and good gear
Sat 1st Apr 2006 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle
	18	★★ Aardvark	Trad 18m	★★ Very Good
Should have not wussed and ran the start out. Pumped out trying to place something after 45 deg crack. Pulled jim 3 feet off the ground and into the wall when I fell though, so probably a good thing
Sun 5th Feb 2006 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Boronia Point Ancient Mariner Buttress
	17	★ Creature Without a Brain	Sport 15m	★ Good
Not too bad, a bit boring, and a strange runout after about 3rd bolt
	19	★ Ancient Mariner	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
Awesome! Sustained, varied, brilliant!
	14	★ Squashed Parrot	Sport 18m	★ Good
Hard start, a bit boring thereafter
	18 17	★ Mr. Curly	Sport 10m, 3	★★★ Classic
Fantastic, quite cute, and pumpy for 17/18
	18 17	★ Mr. Curly	Sport 10m, 3	★★★ Classic
Fantastic, quite cute, and pumpy for 17/18
	17	★ Creature Without a Brain	Sport 15m	★ Good
Not too bad, a bit boring, and a strange runout after about 3rd bolt
Wed 1st Feb 2006 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall
	18	★★★ Gold Star	Trad 58m	★★★ Classic
Decent fall, great fun. Only did first pitch (ring bolts at belay to rap), will do again soon
Wed 1st Feb 2006 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
	19	★★ Judas	Trad 32m	★★ Very Good
Found the thin crack REALLY hard.. only small gear below it too, but decent climb
Wed 1st Feb 2006 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Pindari
	20	★★★ This Sporting Life	Sport 43m, 15	★★★ Classic
Brilliant! Lead soon, well protected
Wed 1st Feb 2006 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
	22	★★ S.S.C.C.3	Sport 33m	★★ Very Good
Nearly clean, one fall (well, downward slide). Nice climb. With Jonas
Sat 28th Jan 2006 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Andy Wigley's Wall
	19	★ Bound to Eternity	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Good fun, nice. Take a medium nut or tiny cam to get to first bolt. THIS IS NOT THE TRAD CRACK, that's called "Thunderfart" and is 14. Did it behind Jonas and Ang
2006 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Celebrity Crags Jimmy Cliff
	18	★ Mr Scumbag	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
Great fun, nice little climb
	20	★★ Hark! The ..	Sport 15m, 6	★★ Very Good
With Stu. Rested several times, but should get it clean next
	18	★★ Johnny's Jalopies	Sport 20m, 7	★★ Very Good
Great fun, nice little climb
	19	★ Anal Leakage	Sport 15m, 6	★★ Very Good
Great fun, nice little climb
2006 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Katoomba Cliffs Echo Point Echo Point Walls
	22	★★★ Wally World	Sport 75m	★★★ Classic
With Nimrod. Had to dog through one bit.. Pumped out of my mind. Great climb
Sat 31st Dec 2005 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area
	17	★★★ Flake Crack	Trad 53m	★★★ Classic
Great fun First time I'd lead the second pitch, so hadn't ticked it til now. Warwick on second
Thu 22nd Dec 2005 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Sweet Dreams Walls
	17	★★ Sweet Dreams Left Variant (Sweet Dreams Variant)	Mixed trad 120m, 12	★★ Very Good
Great fun, pretty cute. Missed the fact that there were 2 bloody ring bolts on the last belay!
Mon 19th Dec 2005 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Sweet Dreams Walls
	14	★★★ Sweet Dreams	Mixed trad 130m, 20	★ Good
Description was wrong... Rock/pro on last last pitch is fairly crap, and that manky, bent bolt needs removing or replacing. Other than that, not a bad little outing. Will link pitches 1 and 2 next time, and possibly 4 and 5 (Route desc said 6!)
Sat 17th Dec 2005 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area
	15	★★★ Tombstone Wall	Mixed trad 30m, 3	★★★ Classic
Finally got around to it Was a bit more nervous than I expected
Sat 17th Dec 2005 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Hocus Pocus Area
	15	★ El Dingle	Mixed trad 54m, 3	★ Good
Needs to be rebolted, and no pro on top section at all?
Thu 1st Dec 2005 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Atomic Punk Area
	20	★★ Atomic Punk	Mixed trad 25m, 5	★★ Very Good
Quite neat. As mentioned by others, nut or two down low and maybe cam
Thu 1st Dec 2005 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Walk-Down Gully
	14	★★ Gently Mine	Trad 50m	★★★ Classic
With Bram, Kyle etc. Great climb!
Sat 26th Nov 2005 - Point Perpendicular
The Lighthouse Liquid Insanity Area
	21	★★ Just Technical	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Very thin/stiff up top, Bram lead, great climb
Sat 26th Nov 2005 - Point Perpendicular
The Lighthouse Red Riding Hood Area
	17	★★★ Little Red Riding Hood	Mixed trad 25m, 1	★ Good
Rock is really shoddy down low! I did this years ago with geoff (see photo) and don't remember it being that crap! Impending storm hurried me along a little, rained on the arete
Sat 26th Nov 2005 - Point Perpendicular
The Lighthouse Liquid Insanity Area
	16	★ Grey	Trad 15m	★ Good
Harder than it looks, kinda fun
	15	★ Test	Trad 15m	★ Good
2nd for Bram, warmup in bare feet
Sun 13th Nov 2005 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
	15	★★ The Carthaginian	Trad 33m	★★★ Classic
Beautiful little climb, quite cute in places for a 15
	19	★★★ The Eternity	Trad 22m	★★★ Mega Classic
Learning to jam, much better!
	17	★★★ Psychopath	Trad 28m	★★★ Classic
Learning to jam, much better!
Tue 1st Nov 2005 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Exhibition Wall
	16	Vulgate	Trad 10m	Don't Bother
Yuck! Nothing < 4 camalot, bit slimy, gardening to be done to create belay. still, made beer taste good
Tue 1st Nov 2005 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Andy Wigley's Wall
	19	Pommy Filth	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
Great climb! Couple of bits of dodgey/chossy rock, but easy enough to avoid, and really well protected
Mon 1st Aug 2005 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area
	10 13	★ Charity	Trad 14m	Average
Need more than 1 big cam for bottom! Missed top, to manky sling at roof.. Back-lead, traversed to top of FC
Sat 14th May 2005 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Hocus Pocus Area
	18	★★ Curtain Call	Trad 49m	★★★ Classic
Committing and a little strenuous in couple of crux parts (excellent!), but slabby and fun in others, and great gear (gear better than it looks from ground)
Sat 7th May 2005 - Nowra
Thompson's Point Descent Gully Walls
	20	★★ Beavis	Sport 15m, 6	★★★ Classic
Awesome climb! Two tricky slab section, one when you think the climb is done, well bolted
Sat 7th May 2005 - Nowra
Thompson's Point Orca Area
	18	★★★ Orca	Sport 25m, 8	★★ Very Good
Pretty cool, though not much gear at the start (starting up orange wall)
Fri 1st Apr 2005 - Arapiles
Castle Crag
	17	★★ Swinging	Mixed trad 20m, 2	★★ Very Good
Can't remember much, but goey couple of moves and slightly runout? Great though
	11	★★ Trapeze	Trad 20m	★★ Very Good
Spooky traverse for an 11 Fun
Tue 1st Mar 2005 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Mezzaluna Area
	17	★ Unethical	Sport 15m, 5	★★ Very Good
2005 - Nowra
Thompson's Point Descent Gully Walls
	15	★ Big Dreams	Sport 15m	★ Good
Cute little roof traverse thing at start
	11	★ Lucifer	Sport 15m	★ Good
2005 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Hocus Pocus Area
	10 8	★★ Hocus Pocus	Mixed trad 49m, 15
Thu 1st Apr 2004 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes
	17 16	★★ Libretto	Trad 50m	★★ Very Good
Swing lead with Bram, he led second pitch. Great climb, gear mostly good, although a bit of suspect rock on the first pitch, maybe just me not being used to it
Thu 1st Apr 2004 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle
	20	★★ Cadenza	Trad 20m	★★ Very Good
Great fun, should have led it before I left
	14	★★ D Minor	Trad 35m	★ Good
Pretty cool. Last roof is fun
Thu 1st Apr 2004 - Arapiles
Atridae Muldoon Area
	13	★★★ Muldoon	Trad 42m	★★ Very Good
Nice
2004 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
	19 18	★★★ The Eternity	Trad 22m	★★★ Mega Classic
Lead as first climb in the morning, should have warmed up first. Was climbing OK by the time I got to the crux, then cruised it

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