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About me
Started climbing in UK - mainly in Kent, then North Wales and the Peak District. Moved to Australia in '72. Now live 20k's out of Armidale, NSW. and climb mainly in Gara and Ebor Gorges and at Mount Kaputar. Also take occasional trips to Arapiles, Point Perpendicular and Nowra.
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Notable ascents
| By type | Diff. band | Ascents | Hardest ascent | |||
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| Tick | 181 | 24 | ★★ The Millionaire Touch | |||
| Clean | 20 | 22 | ★★ Supermouse | |||
| 22 | ★★ Savage Amusement | |||||
| Lead | 16 | 22 | ★★ Supermouse | |||
| 22 | ★★ Savage Amusement | |||||
| Onsight | 8 | E1 | ★★★ The Plum | |||
| Flash | 4 | 22 | ★★ Savage Amusement | |||
| Second | 7 | 22 | ★★★ Loose Composure 3 years ago | |||
| By style | Diff. band | Ascents | Hardest ascent | |||
| 181 | 24 | ★★ The Millionaire Touch | ||||
| By area | Diff. band | Ascents | Hardest ascent | |||
| Ebor Gorge | 51 | 23 | ★★★ Chewin Fat With The Paleo Brat about a year ago | |||
| 23 | ★★★ Pub Grubs And Bloody Greenies about a year ago | |||||
| 23 | ★★ Chocolate Barbarian | |||||
| The Governor | 38 | 24 | ★★ The Millionaire Touch | |||
| Eastern Gara Gorge | 21 | 23 | ★★★ Sundance | |||
| Western Gara Gorge | 15 | 21 | ★★ Trying Time 3 years ago | |||
| 21 | ★★ Unholy Trinity | |||||
| North Wales | 8 | E2 | ★★★ Pincushion | |||
Ascents by grade and route style
Ascents by grade and tick type
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Recent activity [all]
| Mon 12th Jun 2017 - Ebor Gorge | ||
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| Third Breakaway | ||
| 23
★★★ Pub Grubs And Bloody Greenies Seconded Ben with a few rests. The first strenuous fingery layback moves from the ground - and getting established immediately afterwards seemed harder than 22. Based on the principle that a climb shouldn't be given a grade easier than its hardest move, I'd take that into account. - with Ben Vincent |
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| 23
★★★ Chewin Fat With The Paleo Brat Seconded Carol on this with a few |
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| 1984 - Western Gara Gorge | ||
| Dome Wall The King Pin | ||
| 18
★ View from the Edge |
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| 1984 - Upper Gara Gorge | ||
| Central climbing areas Savage Amusement Buttress | ||
| 22
★★ Savage Amusement Did it when it was 20 |
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| Tue 15th Dec 2015 - Upper Gara Gorge | ||
| Downstream climbing areas The Bastille | ||
| 16
Geronim- Alternate Direct Finish - with J. Lattanzio |
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| 1978 - Upper Gara Gorge | ||
| Downstream climbing areas The Bastille | ||
| 20
★ Geronimo Had a lot of difficulty following Joe on the top pitch. - with FA: R. Curtis, B. Birchall, J. Friend |
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| 1975 - Upper Gara Gorge | ||
| Downstream climbing areas The Fortress | ||
| 15
★ Edge Good on a stinking hot day! - with Richard Curtis, L. Kavalieris |
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| 1974 - Orroral area | ||
| Booroomba Rocks Middle Rocks Hurricane Cracks Wall | ||
| 16
★ Cyclone Chimney The leader pulled off a huge flake while exiting the chimney but managed to hold it on his knee until the rest of us got out of the way. |
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| 1984 - Gara Gorge | ||
| Eastern Gara Gorge Yellow Wall Lower Main Wall | ||
| 21
★★ Enfant Terrible - with Kevin Lindorff, Mike Wust |
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| 1983 - Gara Gorge | ||
| Eastern Gara Gorge Yellow Wall Lower Main Wall | ||
| 23
★★★ Sundance The move past the bolt defeated me. - with Chris Dale, John Lattanzio |
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| 1985 - Ebor Gorge | ||
| Bondage Buttress | ||
| 21
★★ Grab the Snatch Led by Animal - with Paul Colyvan, B Birchall, S Gaye |
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| 18
★ Snatch and Grab - with Richard Curtis |
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| 1977 - Ebor Gorge | ||
| Bondage Buttress | ||
| 18
★ Navvy - with Richard Curtis |
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| Sixth Breakaway | ||
| 13
Coercion - with L Kavalieris, J Floyd |
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| 8
Arbor |
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| 1976 - Ebor Gorge | ||
| Fifth Breakaway | ||
| 18
★★ Capillary Direct - with Jill Kelman, Brian Birchall |
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| 1977 - Ebor Gorge | ||
| Fifth Breakaway | ||
| 18
★★ Inspiration Point Joe led this in his usual inimitable style. - with Joe Friend |
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| 1995 - Ebor Gorge | ||
| Fifth Breakaway | ||
| 8
Elbow Twister - with Vaughan Curtis, John Oddie |
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| 1983 - Ebor Gorge | ||
| Third Breakaway | ||
| 22
★★ It's My Party Developed falling off into an artform on this one. - with Mark Colyvan, P. Colyvan, P. Bayne, B. Birchall |
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| 1976 - Ebor Gorge | ||
| Second Breakaway | ||
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Nightmare Crack - with Jill Kelman |
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rests, I accept that I'm a bit long in the tooth for this sort of thing but but it seemed much harder than 21 to me. Possibly no individual moves harder than 22 but string them together (with nothing between which qualifies as a real rest) and take into account the technical nature of the moves... and you've got yourself a 23. OK that's my two bob's worth... Comments anyone? 