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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Climber	Date
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	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Peter Davis	Sun 2nd Apr 2006
Top day out, not chossy, scenic position! A great one for our first long multi-pitch.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Rod Smith	Sat 1st Oct 2005
Exciting neo-classic. Climbed last pitch in the dark.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Sarah-Jane Allen	Sat 22nd Apr 2006
Fun, except for the tricky start on the second pitch (it's not kind to short people).
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Mike Patterson	Sat 5th Mar 2005
nice alpine style positions
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	jenka	Tue 1st May 2007
Went back and lead it.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Sandra Parker	Sat 18th Feb 2006
Fantastic! hard to find bolts so be imaginative with gear. Some hardish moves but perfect for the grade. Hot climbign in warm weather.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Sandra Parker	Sat 18th Feb 2006
Fantastic! hard to fidnn bolts so be imaginative with gear. Some hardish moves but perfect for the grade. Hot climbign in warm weather.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Richard Fielding	Sat 8th Apr 2006
Nice easy climb with a few fun bits
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	guus davidson	Sat 1st Oct 2005
A great climb, even in the dark.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	Crap	Niall Doherty	Sat 28th Mar 2009
Dirty, dangerous and disgusting.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Peter Davis	Sun 2nd Apr 2006
Top day out, not too chossy, scenic position! A great one for our first long multi-pitch.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Mic	Wed 13th Apr 2005
nice virtually sport adventure, w- Ollie
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Jim Croft	Sat 10th Feb 2007
With David Eckstein, alternate pitches, I failed to start the second pitch in the right place and ended up doing a pitch to the left behind the belay and finished it at the top of the last rappel station. we then traversed right to the correct belay.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Dave Rigter	Sun 13th Apr 2008
really nice intro to multipitch climbing. Great views
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Jack	Wed 24th Nov 2010
Not so nice in the summer sun. Fun day out!
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	Average	Ryan Whelan	Sat 2nd Apr 2011
Could be called a sport route or a bushwalk. Might be better at night.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	John Drake	Sat 24th Nov 2012
An adventurous outing in a beautiful location, but the rock wasn't great and the climbing was average. We had fun, but won't be rushing back for a second ascent.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	James	Thu 3rd Jan 2013
Led all the pitches, sharing a rack with Sam in two groups of two. Climbed with Blair and Nick. Great day out. Not chossy. great belays, awesome views.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sam May	Wed 9th Jan 2013
How do people write off this route? Is 150m of blazing jugs not good enough for you?! 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th pitches all fantastic. Mostly clean and solid.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	Average	Gareth Llewellin	Tue 28th Jun 2011
Tom thumbs down. with Simey and Steve Moon
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Quentin Twigg, Adrian Batey	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Alex Rogers	Sat 11th May 2013
Led Pitches 2 & 4, Quentin led 1 & 3, then diverted onto Great Rum Beer Chimney as slower party was in front of us. Great climb, would happily do again to get the last two pitches in as well. Great easy all day climb.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains		Quentin Twigg	Wed 15th May 2013
Led P1 & P3 with Alex and Batey. Easy ramble, fun day out
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	John Thirlwell	Sun 11th Aug 2013
Pitch 5 easily the best - seemingly the only section of real climbing
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains		Jake Griffiths	Thu 13th Mar 2014
First Multipitch a while back, thought I logged it but apparently not. Last pitch in the dark with head torches haha
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Richard Pattison	Sun 14th Jul 2013
A nice day out with excellent views across the Grose Valley. The under-cut start to pitch 2 seems harder than a 13.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Sam May	Sat 7th Feb 2015
Less interesting the second time round. A good one to take your canyoner/bushwalker mate on though. Not getting the ropes stuck on the abseils and rope drag are the cruxes.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with alisha borglund, Alisha Borglund	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	William Borglund	Tue 14th Feb 2012
Great day out. Fun rap in and easy climbing out.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	James B	Sat 11th Apr 2015
A fun big day out. Allow plenty of time for the hour and a bit walk in, 3 abseils, the climb and walk back out. Bring at least 10 bolt plates and set of cams from .3-3.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Hugh Ward 1 lead by Hugh Ward 2 lead by Brett Gilbert 4 lead by Hugh Ward 5 lead by Brett Gilbert 6 lead by Hugh Ward	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	BG	Sun 27th Sep 2015
Simulclimbed the first pitch then swung the lead to the top. Really fun adventure for the grade. Location Location Location.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Callum Cruickshank 1 lead by sandra 2 lead by sandra 3 lead by me 4 lead by me 5 lead by sandra 6 lead by me 7	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Jarred	Sun 27th Mar 2016
great fun, very enjoyable
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Kerrie Hammond	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Dave Carter	Sat 9th Apr 2016
Great day out! fun climbing in a beautiful location
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Trevor Kettlewell	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains		Jack Hinde	Tue 19th Apr 2016
Me: led pitches 1,2,6. Scott: led pitches: 3,4,5
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Jack Hinde, Scott	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains		Trevor Kettlewell	Tue 19th Apr 2016
My introduction to big-wall, multipitch climbing. The date was more characterised by fear than exhilaration: we didn't exchange numbers, and I don't know that we'll be seeing each other again...
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Angi Kim	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Stephen 'scuba' Ayling	Mon 25th Apr 2016
Injury = ticking some easy classics of the list. Completed in 3 pitches using little or none of the carrots (and without trad) P1/p2 - used 3 carrots (big rope drag) P3/p4 - soloed P5/p6 - used 4 carrots (big rope drag) Get a great view of the valley and the money climb 'The Wind Cries Mary GR20' (Next on the list)
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Steve Phillpott	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Alex Rogers	Sun 26th Jun 2016
Nice day out on a sunny winters day. First move on P2 a bit stiff, otherwise easy fun. Hard to avoid rope drag, and super sharp ironstone edges shreddded the sheath of my skinny rope - bring your beefy old beater.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Chris Bennetts-Cash	Sat 25th Jun 2016
With Denise and kate
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Patrick	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	James	Sat 30th Jul 2016
Awesome, adventurous day out! Beautiful location and jugs almost the whole way!
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Nick van der Kooi	Sun 9th Oct 2016
Finding the beginning of the climb is a touch difficult. There is a buttress out on which the anchors are--it helps to know exactly what this looks before setting off. Researching this and the walk in as much as possible helps--we did and still added 30 minutes due to getting lost. The abseils are good. I was thinking of a 150m vertical abseil, so looking out over the ledge each time was reassuring. It's more like a slope which is broken with dirt, rock/scrub horizontals, so that the one abseil pitch is like 15m, 25m and then 10m. It can be quite difficult to avoid vegetation and tree branches, and also knocking off rock. Helmets are required on those below, and they should be conscious of where they are standing and where the abseiler is. The climbing is easy. The major difficulty is route finding - and by route finding is to say finding the bolts. My friend lead this and then I'd find carrots that he missed and then the climber after me would also find missed carrots. It is so juggy, when you look up it's not a vertical wall that you can follow the bolts - some parts its just when you're right in front of it - not below it or above it or to the side. Gear - whether cams - does not place. For me as my first multi-pitch, as a seconder it was awesome. The climbing is good, no worries, i think even anxious climbers would be fine. My lead climber did not mind some mammoth run outs on due to missed carrots. Leading it for this reason does require a good head and a lot of people would not mind long run outs on grade 12 - but if you do, the exposure would make this unpleasant. The start of the 2nd pitch is not a grade 12. The climb starts 1.2m off the grade--the ledge is a cave, getting the feet onto this lip is a seriously hard move--on a single pitch climb there would be a pile of rocks at the bottom for this first move. Finding the bolts on the 4th pitch was extremely difficult. This is a grade 8. I wasn't leading, but the basically the guide said you start up to the right, then move left and straight up. The leader did, and then could not see a single bolt, anywhere, moving around. If there were markers of where the bolts were leading this would be jolly good fun. As my first multi-pitch, I have rated this as a mega classic for the grade (13). A sport 150m multi-pitch in a UNESCO Heritage Listed National Park, an abseil down into the Grose Valley, the stunning nature of the walk in--there would be nothing remotely like this for its grade elsewhere in Australia, and the fact that it is so good, I honestly don't know what more could be expected.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Patrick	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	James	Wed 28th Dec 2016
Fun day out with Pat and Nate. Beautiful views. Needed to take more water!
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Kenton Horsley	Mon 1st Feb 2016
Very pleasant day out, great belay ledges, somehow forgot bolt plates which made things a bit more interesting...
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Dad	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Will Vidler	Sat 6th May 2017
first outing with our new cams
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with James Waddell	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Match	Thu 1st Jun 2017
Really nice movements up the cliff, not the most exposed line. However a nice little outing that is quite remote. 10 draws is plenty. largest cam I used was a BD #3 P1 Mitch P2 Mitch P3 Mitch P4 Mitch P5 James P5 James
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Keith Davison 1 lead by myself 2 lead by keith 3 lead by myself 4 lead by keith 5 lead by myself 6 lead by keith	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Daniel D	Sat 2nd Sep 2017
nice little trad-venture. massive walk-in (1hr!). from the carpark, walk to gate and down onto the fortress ridge walking track (clear track; no bushbashing) for about 1hr. you'll reach a massive rock outcrop on your left, look for a cairn and turn left onto a track here. go down the obvious track and you'll eventually (~10min?) reach the abseil chains. 3 abseils. bring 2 ropes for this. gear used: 1 standard set of nuts, 1 set of cams from #0.3 through to #3 camalots (do not bring more gear), 8-10 bolt plates. beginning of the climb is clearly marked with large 'TT' in chalk. pitch 1: once you reach the top of the bulge and clip the first bolt plate, look very carefully to find the other carrot - it is ~50cm behind it (both are at ground level). belay from here. pitch 2: starts with a fun boulder move. easy if you are flexible enough to get a high right toe or heel. was able to place a #4 camalot but not worth the size/weight as there is a bolt nearby. once you move right after the bolt, i could not fit a size #0.3 in the horizontal crack so used a yellow(#5) bd nut instead. pitch 3: really short pitch. you'll reach 1 carrot bolt and need to build a trad belay to back it up. i used a #0.4 silver camalot and a yellow(#5) bd nut. pitch 4: basically all on carrot bolts so grab all the plates. pitch 5: basically all on carrot bolts so grab all the plates. i only found 1 placement (#1 red camalot). total sport pitch. pitch 6: few bolts here but lots of cam placements available if you prefer. walk back out the same way you came in. too much walking vs climbing time imo. but a good trad/mixed multi for a beginner. total climb time was ~3h45m
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Chris Bennetts-Cash	Sat 17th Feb 2018
Hot.
	12	★★ Tom Thumb - with David Shapira	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	Don't Bother	Gavin	Sat 3rd Mar 2018
Long, isolated but boring. The climb follows no real line, just meanders up a generic piece of rock. Could be worth taking beginners to for their first long climb if it wasn't such a faff.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Harley Von	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Tim gayton	Fri 25th May 2018
Beautiful view and great exposure. The walk in and out is all part of the adventure. It’s a very easy climb but good to blow the cobwebs out if you haven’t climbed in a while. Would highly recommend if you were taking a beginner. It’s a mix of a scramble and a climb.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	SiGuy86	Sat 14th Jul 2018
Fun adventure, a great day out. Pitch 5 was the best. The first rap in was commiting.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Geoff Cooper	Sun 25th Nov 2018
Great climb in a really exposed environment. We got a little lost so directions are as follows: 700m take right fork onto fire trail 800m take left fork onto smaller track Follow track for 2km until you reach the top of the upper Fortress wall Take the right hand fork down to the back of this ridge (western side) for 200m Turn left at small cairn Follow path under upper cliff line for 80m then zig zag down for 40m to chains We took around 1:15 to walk the ~4km. My advice for attempting this climb: Avoid windy days. We were lucky to have no dramas on the 3 abseils, but the wind picked up whilst climbing. Bring a whistle to help with communication. Bring a headtorch and start early if climbing outside of daylight savings. I used 3 litres of water. Single rack of cams (#0.3 to #3) with no doubles. Single rack of wires and no hexes. Wear a helmet. The rock quality was reasonably good however there is a lot of ironstone that could break off. We used 2 beefy ropes and clipped alternatively to avoid rope drag. Pitch 1 - led by Geoff Pitch 2 - led by Ben Pitch 3 - led by Geoff Pitch 4 - led by Geoff Pitch 5 - led by Ben Pitch 6 - led by Ben
	12	★★ Tom Thumb - with Alie Repetto 1 12 150m 2 3 4 5 6	Mixed trad 150m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	aidan.io	Sat 13th Apr 2019
Fun day out, overall ok climbing. Can be climbed as runout sport if you're happy to belay off one carrot on the second pitch.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Joel Ovington	Sat 27th Apr 2019
Good day out and adventurous for the grade. Good mix of natural pro and carrots where needed (if you can find them)
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Geoff Cooper	Sat 1st Jun 2019
Another great day on this classic. Led all pitches, but accidentally linked P3 and P4. Just enough rope (60m) but quite tough rope drag. I thought winter would be a challenge with the shorter daylight, but it worked out perfectly. No wind (critical) and cloud cover which made for very pleasant climbing. Our timing with a party of 3 was as follows: 8:15 - 9:15 hike in 9:15 - 11:00 gear up and 3 abseils 11:00 - 2:30 climb up 2:30 - 3:00 late lunch and pack up 3:00 - 4:15 hike out. 8hrs car to car. The abseils soak up quite some time with all the flaking and rope tangling in trees (with Vanessa and Karen)
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Elliott Vercoe	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Mac Labine-Romain	Sat 15th Jun 2019
a lovely intro back into blueys climbing
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Hayden L	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Nicolas Di Campli	Sun 14th Jul 2019
Only lead pitch one before the cold and the wind got the better of us. Still a spectacular climb and great first multi!
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with James Manson 1 8 18m lead by Nathan Mas-Stephens 2 13 40m lead by James Manson 3 9 16m lead by Nathan Mas-Stephens 4 8 45m lead by Nathan Mas-Stephens 5 13 21m lead by Nathan Mas-Stephens 6 8 26m lead by James Manson	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Nathan Mas-Stephens	Mon 11th Nov 2019
A fun, easy climb. Lots of protection (some unnecessary). Saw a brown snake hanging around at the bottom of the first pitch. Guide book says the start is marked by a cairn. Didn’t find cairn but someone has marked the rock with a big ‘TT’ .
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Anne Weckert	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Chris Bennetts-Cash	Sat 21st Mar 2020
Swung pitches with Anne. She chose evens and got all the long pitches Access has had some impact in the fires but the route is untouched.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Geoff Cooper	Sun 3rd May 2020
Led P2, P4, P6. Great day and perfect weather. Just needed to get an early start at 8am at the carpark, returning at 5pm (with Slava)
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Jimmy O'Reilly	Fri 15th May 2020
A scramble more than anything but to be expected for the grade. The Abseil points were pretty clear. Ended up doing it in a 4 pitches with a bit of rope drag.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Greg 1 8 18m 2 13 40m 3 9 16m 4 8 45m 5 13 21m 6 8 26m	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	George Kenelm Kerswell	Sat 5th Jan 2019
Mega windy day so plans changed from Margarine Ridge to Tom Thumb. First abseil was tough in the wind, but the route felt relatively sheltered once we got on it. It presented a nice mix of easy climbing in a great location. Having a rack of a few cams and nuts meant I felt the climb was well protected on the first and second pitches where there were less bolts/carrots around.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Luke	Sat 9th Jun 2018
Everyone likes an easy trad epic
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	rickau	Sat 12th Sep 2020
Easy climbing, hardest part is route finding. Some of the carrots are hidden amongst chossy iron stone. Climb isn’t direct rather it wonders around the face.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Daniel Sun	Sat 28th Mar 2020
Lead pitch 1 3 & 5. 2nd time doing it and I still don't understand pitch 3
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Simon Sharples	Sat 7th Nov 2020
Pleasant climb with dave and Jarrah. The approach is amazing walking along fortress ridge. Climbing was very easy but route finding was difficult in sections with two of the pitches zig zagging a lot. Definitely would like to go back to this spot and climb the wind cries Mary!
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Anton Korsun	Wed 15th Jul 2020
Date approximate, mid-July I think, led all pitches. Climbed as a cold and wet waterfall in the rain
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Geoff Cooper	Sat 16th Jan 2021
Led all pitches on a perfect sunny summers day (with Karen, Ev, Matt, Brendon & Phuong)
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Phuong Ho 1 8 18m lead by Phuong Ho 2 13 40m lead by Brendon Flanagan 3 9 16m lead by Phuong Ho 4 8 45m lead by Brendon Flanagan 5 13 21m lead by Phuong Ho 6 8 26m lead by Brendon Flanagan	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Brendon Flanagan	Sat 16th Jan 2021
Finally ticked it off! Very consistent for the grade. Started at 7 and took us 10 hours car to car but that was probably due to having a coffee while enjoying the view for 20 mins before we rapped in. Rope drag on 2nd and 4th pitch were tolerable. Carrots were difficult to locate so ran it out in a few places which wasn't anything to worry about considering how easy the climb is. Take a few short slings as cam and nut placements may not be available when you want them or may not appear to be of a trusting quality. Had a piece of iron stone ledge brake off in my hand while leading the final pitch. If you start this climb late ensure you bring sun protection.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains		Michael Garland	Sun 4th Feb 2018
Fun and adventurous
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Zi Hui Lie 1 8 18m lead by Anton Korsun 2 13 40m lead by Anton Korsun 3 9 16m lead by Anton Korsun 4 8 45m lead by Zi Hui Lie 5 13 21m lead by Zi Hui Lie 6 8 26m lead by Zi Hui Lie	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Anton Korsun	Wed 3rd Feb 2021
Much faster than last time. 7 hours C2C pitched out (not including sunset lunch).
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Jacinda 1 8 18m 2 13 40m 3 9 16m 4 8 45m 5 13 21m 6 8 26m	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Dave OS	Sat 24th Apr 2021
Hangdog. When you've gotta go, you've gotta go.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb 1 8 18m 2 13 40m 3 9 16m 4 8 45m 5 13 21m 6 8 26m	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Kalang Kedumba Jones	Sat 29th May 2021
We did our best to start late and make this a true epic (but also ignore the coordinates on the crag they are wrong!) Enjoyed the adventurous route-finding and the odd bomber placement. It was difficult to spot all the carrots in the dark and amongst the juggy ironstone, I can't imagine why... Used double ropes (50+70m worked fine), 9 bolt plates and a rack to #3. Do it in daylight to get more views!
	13	★★ Tom Thumb 1 8 18m lead by Patrick Sparks 2 13 40m 3 9 16m lead by Patrick Sparks 4 8 45m lead by Patrick Sparks 5 13 21m 6 8 26m	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Patrick Sparks	Sun 13th Jun 2021
Did it as a group of three. Carrots were super hard to find which led to some big runouts. If done again, wouldn't bring as much trad gear. Had multiple holds break off on us so be careful and definitely bring helmets
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	James	Sat 3rd Apr 2021
First time with Jesse and Bri. I led P1, 3, 4 and 6. Jesse led P2 and 5. Awesome adventure - spent 1.5hrs chilling in a cave so another party could pass. Walked out as the sun was setting!
	13	★★ Tom Thumb 1 8 18m 2 13 40m 3 9 16m 4 8 45m 5 13 21m 6 8 26m	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	James Hockey	Tue 22nd Jun 2021
Classic ramble
	13	★★ Tom Thumb 1 8 18m 2 13 40m 3 9 16m 4 8 45m 5 13 21m 6 8 26m	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Jarrah Turner	Tue 22nd Jun 2021
Great day out.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Katie Bowers	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Nathan Murdoch	Sun 4th Jul 2021
The raps sucked a fair bit of time. I led every pitch and it took a few to get our systems dialled after having some time off trad/ multis. Beautiful winters day, low winds yet cool. Had to hustle to finish the last pitch by sunset, hiked out in the dark. 10.5 hrs car to car.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Brendan Davies	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Greg M	Sun 26th Sep 2021
A great outing with a bit of everything. Probably best done on a cool day with early start. Well protected with seemingly new bolts although still need gear to protect when starting off from some belays. Use twin/double ropes if you intend falling or swinging around as there are lots of edges. I love a good hex placement...
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Geoff Cooper	Sat 16th Oct 2021
Extremely windy day. Brought static for first abseil to avoid pulling ropes and getting them stuck. Retreived the abseil rope at the end of the day. Led P1,2,3,4,6
	13	★★ Tom Thumb 1 8 18m 2 13 40m 3 9 16m 4 8 45m 5 13 21m 6 8 26m	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Andrew	Sat 16th Oct 2021
A very good climb. Extremely windy on the day. Spent plenty of of time on abseil untying the ropes. The climb itself its a solid alpine adventure.
	11	★★ Tom Thumb - with Alex Mantaut 1 8 18m lead by Alex Mantaut 2 10 40m lead by Jay 3 9 16m lead by Alex Mantaut 4 8 45m lead by Jay 5 11 21m lead by Alex Mantaut 6 8 26m lead by Jay	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Jay	Wed 26th Jan 2022
Pretty much a run out sport climb - didn’t need much gear. Pitch 5 is by far the best pitch!
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Brandon	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Anton Korsun	Sun 26th Jun 2022
Third lap! 5.5 hours car to car, which is cool considering we pitched everything out and climbed at a pretty relaxed rate of speed.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Ryan Cooper 1 8 18m lead by Ryan Cooper 2 13 40m lead by Jacob Henwood 3 9 16m lead by Ryan Cooper 4 8 45m lead by Jacob Henwood 5 13 21m lead by Ryan Cooper 6 8 26m lead by Jacob Henwood	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Jacob Henwood	Sat 30th Jul 2022
Take snacks. I can't climb 170m without snacks. I can't do much without snacks. I'm weak like that.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Geoff Cooper	Wed 10th Aug 2022
8hrs car to car this time with 3 people. 3.5hrs actual climbing
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Greg Nagy, Geoff Cooper	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sonja B	Wed 10th Aug 2022
Wonderful day out at a cool climb.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Geoff Cooper	Sat 15th Oct 2022
Rope got stuck on a ledge on first abseil. Walked across to belay and did pitch 5 and 6 only. Good to know this is possible without being stranded on the ledge
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Taylor Cassady 1 8 18m lead by Saxon 2 13 40m lead by Saxon 3 9 16m lead by Saxon 4 8 45m lead by Saxon 5 13 21m lead by Taylor Cassady 6 8 26m lead by Taylor Cassady	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains		Saxon	Sat 5th Nov 2022
Good adventure, very comfortable cruisy climbing. Should've trimmed the rack a bit for the sake of the approach, only needed 4 pieces (mid sized cams and a nut).
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Tony Kelshaw 1 8 18m 2 13 40m 3 9 16m 4 8 45m 5 13 47m	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	John	Sat 12th Nov 2022
Super fun, epic location. Stunning. Had a spa down the canyon track afterwards.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Anthony Larbalestier 3 9 16m Trad 4 8 45m Trad 5 13 21m Second 6 8 26m Trad	Mixed trad 110m, 10	Blue Mountains		root	Sat 26th Nov 2022
Bit on a epic on this one, ended up rapping to the wrong ledge and spending 2 hours trying to find the climb 🙃 Ended up finding the climb somewhere on pitch three and climbed from there
	13 Hard	★★ Tom Thumb - with root	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	Average	Anthony Larbalestier	Tue 29th Nov 2022
Made the rookie mistake of not rapping far enough on the 3rd abseil. Had an adventure trying to find the climb Quite a bit of suspect rock to watch out for. 90 degree bolt plates work better on the larger carrots
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Nick Jacob	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	John	Wed 30th Nov 2022
Such a good day out!
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Christian Pilarcik 1 8 18 Second 2 13 40 Trad 3 9 16 Second 4 8 45 Trad 5 13 21 Second 6 8 26 Trad	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	John	Wed 7th Dec 2022
Christian leading like a boss after Monday (first trad lead). Such a glorious position - surrounded by Evans LO, Govett’s Leap, Pulpit Rock and Mt Banks.
	13 Hard	★★ Tom Thumb 1 8 18 Trad 2 13 40 Second 3 9 16 Second 4 8 45 Trad 5 13 21 Second 6 8 26 Trad	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Simon	Sat 21st Jan 2023
32 inch tv sized block came off on pitch 6
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Noah Klugman, Liam Milne	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	John	Thu 6th Apr 2023
Introducing Noah to the Blue Mountains and to outdoor climbing. Left my bolt plates in the car, thankfully I bought nuts.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Adam Cufer, Jack Ferguson 1 8 18 Trad 2 13 40 Trad 3 9 16 Second lead by Adam Cufer 4 8 45 Second lead by Adam Cufer 5 13 21 Trad 6 8 26 Second lead by Adam Cufer	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Jason Nguyen	Sat 22nd Apr 2023
Nice easy multi with Adam and Jack. Didn’t use much of the trad rack; think I only used a #2, #0.5 (but a 0.4# also fits) and a Bd 7 stopper. A few big run outs, take looong draws and alpine draws. 7hr 20mins party of 3; first time for all
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with erin, ashton	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Dylan Glavas	Sat 13th May 2023
Nice and cruisy for Erin and Ashton's first multi, teaching them a few things
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Dylan Glavas	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Erin Pearce	Sat 13th May 2023
First multi pitch climb, unreal views!
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Laurie Bristow 1 8 18m Second 2 13 40m Trad 3 9 16m Second 4 8 45m Trad 5 13 21m Second 6 8 26m Trad	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Aaron Wong	Sat 23rd Sep 2023
Views from the Fortress are always great! The climbing is alright. Not much gear needed. Although you could insist on climbing it more traditionally and eschew some of the carrots... which I ended up doing just to make it more interesting.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Aaron Wong 1 8 18m Trad 2 13 40m Second 3 9 16m Trad 4 8 45m Second 5 13 21m Trad 6 8 26m Second	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains		Laurie Bristow	Mon 25th Sep 2023
Fun day out. Super easy cruisy but sparse gear leads to long runouts which could make for a scary time if you were less experienced on lead. Hard to fall tho! First abseil was fun, bit of exposure.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains		Greg Nagy	Sun 24th Sep 2023
Broad-headed snake on pitch 2, under the roof, sitting comfortably in a handhold.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb 1 8 18m Trad 2 13 40m Trad 3 9 16m Trad 4 8 45m Trad 5 13 21m Trad 6 8 26m Trad	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains		Sean Ealey	Sun 15th Oct 2023
Bolts are more for guidance than protection. Definitely felt like I was soloing for most of this climb as falling would have been a bad idea. probably only placed 4-5 pieces of gear on the whole climb as there aren't many options. rock is super choss so test everything before you commit
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Mitch Baker 1 8 18m Second 2 13 152m Trad	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	John	Mon 23rd Oct 2023
Seconded pitch one, simul'd the rest, five hours car to car at a casual pace. Would love to run in and out and go for speed.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - with Zack	Mixed trad 170m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	James Harrington	Sun 19th Nov 2023
A fun scramble in an awesome location, can easily be done on majority trad gear. Jogged in and out.

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