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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Climber	Date
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	17 19	★★★ Taipan (Taipan pitch 1)	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		julian andersen	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	17 19	★★★ Taipan (Taipan pitch 1)	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Matthew Malone	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Mike Garben	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Scott Ruddock	Mon 10th Sep 2007
Fantastic
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Justin Clark	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Simon Wilson	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Ian ORourke	Sun 19th Dec 2004
with Dave Duke
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		James Hardy	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		julian andersen	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Tony Williams	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		troy daniel	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		holly	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Deidre Sun	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Rod Young	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Tue 3rd Jan 2012
Led Pitches 1 and 3, but Pitch 2 is the moneymaker. Pitch 3 has some awesome rooflet exposure, but is pretty easy.
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Jonathan Finch	Sat 30th May 2015
second
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Wendy Eden	Wed 15th Jun 2016
	19	★★★ Taipan 1 10 15m 2 19 20m 3 18 15m	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Andreas Knecht	Sun 4th Oct 2020
	19	★★★ Taipan 1 10 15m 2 19 20m	Trad 35m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	What.I.get.up.to	Sat 14th Nov 2020
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Jack Seawright	Sun 13th Feb 2022
What a climb!! Couldnt believe the movement up top that the description says is 'unpleasant'. Insane position. Will yim and i had rolled up to a sunny zig zag after overshooting the walk in and almost ending up in lithgow. Jumped on black bart and shakes and flakes. SF was fantastic through the middle section after which it is named but yim and i wasted no time aiding the diabolocal move at 7m. We are still nonethewiser as to how that gets done. Relatively happy with our little sport foray, johnny came and scooped will up for his first gear lead, leaving yim and i to multi it up! Despite the arvo sun gleaming on the orange face, Taipan had a certain allure, especially the top. I trucked up the chimney and brought yim up. He took little convincing to jump on his 1st gear 19 up the daunting p2 face climb. After some careful gear substitution, he pounced through the crimps and up to the ledge, an impressive onsight with gear safe as houses. I snapped a photo of him midcrux with my hand never leaving the rope, using the forehead phone stabilisation technique. Im not sure how impressed he was. Thankfully i didnt need to work too hard with the nut tool getting the wires out and got to enjoy what was a delightful pitch! I got to lead the romp through the roof. The secret hand jam above the boulder then cringe out left is mindblowing. Chimneyd the final move out just as the sun dipped below the hills. Will and johnny came past at the perfect time to grab our shoes so we bashed out the top. Steves leftover barra was cooked for dinner! Boys on tour day 1 ended up pretty good.
	19	★★★ Taipan - with James Hockey 1 10 15m Trad 2 19 20m Second 3 19 15m Second	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Cameron Duff	Tue 12th Mar 2024
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Chris Bentham	Sun 9th Oct 2005
maybe 1 star...
	17	★★★ Taipan pitch 1	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Steven Martin	Sat 4th Mar 2006
	17	★★★ Taipan pitch 1	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Iain Duggin	Sat 24th Jan 2004
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Michael Cook	Thu 5th Dec 2002
	17	★★★ Taipan pitch 1	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Emma Carroll	Mon 27th Nov 2006
Good fun
	17	★★★ Taipan pitch 1	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Jason Lammers	Sat 5th Jan 2008
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Tony Williams	Fri 10th Feb 2006
Did this in 97 also. Easier now, more like 18
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Peter Webster	Sat 8th Feb 2003
nice!
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Jason Lammers	Sat 5th Jan 2008
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		ness	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Andrew Ingles	Sun 11th Jan 2004
AI 2nded, Josh trad lead (very nicely!). Looks blank from below, but good pockets when you stick your fingers in them. Difficult placements in crack at bottom of face
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Tony Williams	Fri 1st Dec 2006
getting easier
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		lawrence	Wed 1st May 2013
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	z_swander	Sun 9th Feb 2014
So good, gonna come back and lead it with the extension. Such an awesome looking wall!
	19	★★★ Taipan - with Hugh Sutton	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Nat	Thu 28th Jan 2021
2020 - day after the accident, upon Hugh's insistence. Ensued the most redundant gear stitching I have ever witnessed in my life. Still very commendable.
	19	★★★ Taipan - with Abi Prakash	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Tad Karapetian	Sat 18th Feb 2023
Seconded P2 of taipan. Rested to hammer out a nut. Face climbing with strenuous gear placing positions
	19	★★★ Taipan - with Tm Carroll	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Scott Ruddock	Thu 10th Apr 2003
	17 19	★★★ Taipan (Taipan pitch 1)	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Stuart McElroy	Sat 20th May 2000
with Cate
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		russ	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Matthew Malone	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Stuart McElroy	Sat 20th May 2000
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Lee Cujes	Tue 30th Dec 2008
One of the best trad moderates in the Mtns. Linked all in 1.
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		duanne white	Sat 21st Mar 2009
	17 19	★★★ Taipan (Taipan pitch 1)	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Adam Bramwell	2002
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	shaunm	2004
	17 19	★★★ Taipan (Taipan pitch 1)	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Tony Williams	Tue 29th Apr 1997
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Chris Yeomans	Sat 31st Mar 2001
	17 19	★★★ Taipan (Taipan pitch 1)	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		russ	Wed 1st May 2002
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Fri 16th Mar 2007
Just what I like- a crack that face climbs.
	17 19	★★★ Taipan (Taipan pitch 1)	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Nick Kaczorowski	Fri 1st Dec 2006
as part of taipan i guess...
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Nick Clow	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Adam Bramwell	Mon 3rd Oct 2005
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Rod Smith	Sat 18th Feb 2012
With George. Nice enough but not sustained. More like an 18.
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Adrian Kladnig	Fri 12th Mar 1993
	19	★★★ Taipan (Taipan pitch 1)	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Simon Ellis	Sun 6th Apr 2014
committing moves round the arete, followed by superb face climbing up a crack!
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Jake Griffiths	Sat 5th Sep 2015
aww yes what a solid pocket, lets just shove my fingers deep in there..a little run out but this pocket is solid..ok lets put a stopper in this pocket..oh hello mrs.funnel web.
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	John Drake	Sat 3rd Oct 2015
Bring extra small nuts.
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Simon	Sat 22nd Aug 2015
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Ro-boat	Wed 17th Feb 2016
Seconded p1 and OS p2. Probably the most fun I've had on a single pitch of trad. Not to hardest or the best, but super fun. Reminds me of climbing in Pembroke - exciting face climbing protected (well) by small cams and wires. I found it relatively crimpy, but not cruxy?
	19	★★★ Taipan - with Andrew Stevenson	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Matt Short	Sun 13th Nov 2016
Awesome climb, the second pitch is really good. I didn't like the sling to start with but there were bomber bits of gear on the way up.
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Grechy	Sat 29th Jul 2017
Done on just nuts. A beautiful face climb with great protection I thoroughly enjoyed it
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Mike croker	Tue 3rd Apr 2018
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Lawrence Curran	Mon 13th Jan 2020
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Gavin	Thu 20th May 2021
Not a lot to say really, a nice enough warm up. Fer de Lance is by far the better line
	19	★★★ Taipan - with Jeh C, Ben Taylor	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	james ritchie	Sat 30th Oct 2021
	19	★★★ Taipan - with Jayden	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Patrick Chambers	Fri 20th Oct 2023
	19 Easy	★★★ Taipan - with Aurora Pandora	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Peter Melouney	Sun 21st Jan 2024
A tad heady on P2 but nice climbing and enough good gear. P3 variant was great exposure on jugs...definitely worth it!
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Achi	Sat 27th Jan 2024
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		James Hockey	Tue 2nd Apr 2024
	17 19	★★★ Taipan (Taipan pitch 1)	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	David Barnes	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	David Barnes	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan - with debh tipple, Debh Tipple	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Ben Taylor	Sat 30th Oct 2021
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Sunny G	Tue 16th Apr 2024
Would be scary to lead. Small fiddly gear.
	17 19	★★★ Taipan (Taipan pitch 1)	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Sat 5th Jan 2008
Ask Bundy about this one. I had done it before.
	19	★★★ Taipan - with mira 1 10 15m 2 19 20m	Trad 35m	Blue Mountains		Mac Labine-Romain	Mon 17th May 2021
spicy and nicey
	19	★★★ Taipan - with Peter Melouney 1 10 15 Second 2 19 20 Second 3 19 15 Trad P2 some finicky gear but good holds on basically a face climb. P3 did the left hand variant, super fun slightly overhanging exposed finale.	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Aurora Pandora	Sun 21st Jan 2024
	19 Easy	★★★ Taipan 1 10 15m Trad lead by Peter Melouney 2 19 20m Trad lead by Peter Melouney	Trad 35m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Peter Melouney	Sat 10th Feb 2024
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Lynton Auld	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Taipan	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Keith Davison	Sun 13th Aug 2017

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