Grade | Route | Gear style | Quality | Climber | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fri 3rd May 2019 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Moonscape area | |||||||
V4 | ★★ Sloper rail | 1m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
This thing is nails. Not sure about V4 but I wouldn't know because I never saw the top. Winter maybe
|
|||||||
V5 | ★★★ In plain sight SDS | 4m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Very cool. Initially I couldn't get established on the R hand as I was too low. Then I found a hidden undercling much lower which worked. Yep, feet are marginal but they work. Cool find Tim!
|
|||||||
V1 V3 | ★★ Erudite coprolite | 3m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Noice!
|
|||||||
V4 V3 | ★★ Gravitational lock | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
Got it on the first shot but yep, marginal holds. Winter might make things seem larger
|
|||||||
VB | Cracktacular | 3m | Average | ||||
Only just worth clearing out all the debris (and probably not dry at the base too often).
|
|||||||
V0 | ★ Reverso | 3m | ★ Good | ||||
Quite liked this one.
|
|||||||
V3 | ★ Half Moon | 3m | ★ Good | ||||
It's all there, another enjoyable find.
|
|||||||
V3 | ★ Moonrise | 3m | ★ Good | ||||
Harder than it initially seems and quite a good line.
|
|||||||
V5 | ★★ The Landing Zone | 3m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Quality! A shame there aren't a few more moves (maybe someone will spy a sit start...).
|
|||||||
V3 V2 | ★★ Unlatched Lockout Leg | 3m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
The Landing Zone keeps on delivering. The move up & R gets the heart going but it's all there.
|
|||||||
V3 | ★ Gollum Pit Layback | ★ Good | |||||
May be a little easier if you bring in the mid-height sloper on the adjacent boulder. Nice layback though.
|
|||||||
Fri 3rd May 2019 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Scultpure garden | |||||||
V4 | ★★ OUAS Direct | 2m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
10 attempts later....
|
|||||||
V2 V3 | ★★★ Open up and say | 3m | |||||
I think OUAS Direct cost me here
|
|||||||
Mon 22nd Apr 2019 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Moonscape area | |||||||
V5 | ★★★ In plain sight SDS | 4m | |||||
I've listed the sit separately as I think the stand is a more logical line. I appreciate the grade of the sit will vary depending how many pads you start off. I went two folded pads, which allowed me to just reach the right hand sloper. Any lower and I had no right hand at all. Ground level is probs 40cm below the bottom of the boulder, so really it's like starting off one unfolded pad. It all seemed to come down to getting the right toe to stay on. Not sure about the grade, it was my fourth day on today, so it could be V0 for all I know.
Vid here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8ENdr7dOHQ&feature=youtu.be |
|||||||
Mon 22nd Apr 2019 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Below the bridge | |||||||
V0 | ★ Stuart | 4m | ★ Good | ||||
V1 | ★★ Turbot St Exit | 4m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
What the HELL! That felt hard. Cool though
|
|||||||
Mon 22nd Apr 2019 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
V2 | ★★ The groin transfer | 3m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Excellent!
|
|||||||
VB | ★ Round rail | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
V0 | ★ Prayer note crack | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
V1 | ★★ The western wall | 2m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
This one's very good
|
|||||||
V0 | ★ Jug rail | 3m | ★ Good | ||||
Super fun
|
|||||||
V3 | Sacrificial grain | 3m | Average | ||||
Ouch. This one was a little too much like Yarrowyck for my decimated finger skin
|
|||||||
Sun 21st Apr 2019 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Moonscape area | |||||||
V4 | FA ★★ In plain sight | 4m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Surely someone's done this before? It's awesome, such good moves. Really not sure how to grade this one so V4 may be off. The feet are pretty poo and the mantle feels like hugging a pool table while trying to climb onto it. Love it!
|
|||||||
V4 V3 | ★★ Gravitational lock | 2m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
2nd try. Felt like I was at Castle Hill for a minute there. Fun prob with a couple of delicate foot moves. If it was a metre higher it would be an absolute classic
|
|||||||
Wed 13th Feb 2019 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Evan Stone area | |||||||
V5 | ★★★ Evan Stone - with Brendan Heywood, Dr.Phil | 4m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Got there!
|
|||||||
V5 | ★★★ Evan Stone - with Brendan Heywood, Dr.Phil | 4m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Got there again much cleaner
|
|||||||
V5 | ★★★ Evan Stone - with Brendan Heywood, Dr.Phil | 4m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
A few warm up attempts helped to relearn the moves
|
|||||||
Jessica Drake - with Phil, Ben Vincent | 4m | Average | |||||
Not great, but not totally bad either, kept trying it
|
|||||||
V5 | ★★★ Evan Stone - with Phil, Ben Vincent | 4m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Did a couple laps
|
|||||||
Thu 6th Dec 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Above the private sector | |||||||
V3 | ★★ Chock blocks - with Brendan Heywood, Thor Burey, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil | 3m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Another memorable jamming number.
|
|||||||
V2 | ★★ Wreath - with Brendan Heywood, Thor Burey, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil | 2m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
V1 | ★★ Remembrance - with Brendan Heywood, Thor Burey, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
V2 | ★★ No big deal - with Brendan Heywood, Thor Burey, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil | 4m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
All the holds are just where you want them!
|
|||||||
V3 V5 | ★★★ 50 calories in 50 seconds - with Brendan Heywood, Thor Burey, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil | 3m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Nails from the off-width sit start....
|
|||||||
V4 | ★★ Tufa fatu - with Brendan Heywood, Thor Burey, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil | 3m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Got there eventually...
|
|||||||
V3 | ★★ Tufa tuu far - with Brendan Heywood, Thor Burey, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil | 3m | ★ Good | ||||
V1 | FA ★★ A bridge too far - with Brendan Heywood, Thor Burey, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil | 6m | ★ Good | ||||
Obviously not as good as it would be sending it from the ground up.
|
|||||||
Thu 6th Dec 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
V0 | ★ Prayer note crack - with Brendan Heywood, Thor Burey, Alan Ezzy, Dr. Phil | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
V1 | ★★ The western wall - with Brendan Heywood, Thor Burey, Alan Ezzy, Dr. Phil | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
V0 | ★ Ostrovsky - with Brendan Heywood, Thor Burey, Alan Ezzy, Dr. Phil | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
V0 | ★ Jug rail - with Brendan Heywood, Thor Burey, Alan Ezzy, Dr. Phil | 3m | |||||
V2 | ★ Cracked vessel - with Brendan Heywood, Thor Burey, Alan Ezzy, Dr. Phil | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
Doesn't count if you don't jam it
|
|||||||
VB | ★ Round rail - with Brendan Heywood, Thor Burey, Alan Ezzy, Dr. Phil | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
V2 | ★★ The groin transfer - with Brendan Heywood, Thor Burey, Alan Ezzy, Dr. Phil | 3m | |||||
Thu 6th Dec 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Above the private sector | |||||||
V1 V1 R | ★★ A bridge too far - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Thor, Phil | 6m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Spicy! Totally surprised and stoked this went
|
|||||||
V1 | ★★ Remembrance - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Thor, Phil | 2m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
V2 | ★★ Remembrance Traverse - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Thor, Phil | 3m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Fun and meaty
|
|||||||
V4 | ★★ Tufa fatu - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Thor, Phil | 3m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
V3 | ★★ Chock blocks - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Thor, Phil | 3m | |||||
Took a couple goes, quite juggy then smooth jams
|
|||||||
V2 | ★★ Wreath - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Thor, Phil | 2m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Only crack
|
|||||||
Thu 6th Dec 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
V0 | ★ Ostrovsky - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Thor, Phil | 2m | |||||
V0 | ★ Jug rail - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Thor, Phil | 3m | ★ Good | ||||
V2 | ★ Cracked vessel - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Thor, Phil | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
V2 | ★★ The groin transfer - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Thor, Phil | 3m | |||||
VB | ★ Round rail - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Thor, Phil | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
V0 | ★ Prayer note crack - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Thor, Phil | 2m | |||||
V1 | ★★ The western wall - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Thor, Phil | 2m | |||||
Sun 2nd Dec 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
V0 | ★ Prayer note crack - with Colin Cowell | 2m | |||||
A quick last tick before deciding it was too hot and opting to swim instead.
|
|||||||
Thu 29th Nov 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Above the private sector | |||||||
V4 | ★★ Tufa fatu - with Thor | 3m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
2 goes to redo it
|
|||||||
V3 | ★★ Tufa tuu far - with Thor | 3m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Powerful. A few tries. Felt a little sore in my shoulder after and probably wouldn't have tried it again if I hadn't got it.
|
|||||||
Thu 29th Nov 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Yoda's cave | |||||||
V2 | ★★ Extension start - with Thor | 3m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Did a lap in my sneakers. Pumpy! Happy after it shut me down a few weeks ago
|
|||||||
Thu 29th Nov 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
VB | ★ Round rail - with Thor | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
V0 | ★ Prayer note crack - with Thor | 2m | |||||
V1 | ★★ The western wall - with Thor | 2m | |||||
V0 | ★ Ostrovsky - with Thor | 2m | |||||
V0 | ★ Jug rail - with Thor | 3m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
This is so fun and burly
|
|||||||
V2 | ★ Cracked vessel - with Thor | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
V3 | ★ West Schism - with Thor | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
Found it very awkward to get the jam right, didn't try much
|
|||||||
Thu 29th Nov 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Hydrological drought area | |||||||
V1 | ★ Right traverse - with Thor | 5m | ★ Good | ||||
I've waited ages for the water to be low enough, was easier than expected, second go
|
|||||||
V2 | ★ Periscope (Wet arete) - with Thor | 3m | |||||
Too much water under this, but also had a go without a pad anyway and then bailed. Needs more cleaning. Looks like a single move
|
|||||||
Thu 29th Nov 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Scultpure garden | |||||||
V2 V3 | ★★★ Open up and say - with Thor | 3m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Drought project - with Thor | 3m | ||||||
It felt doable after a couple tries but quite scary
|
|||||||
V0 | Cheeky - with Thor | 2m | |||||
Sun 11th Nov 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Above the private sector | |||||||
V5 | ★★★ 50 calories in 50 seconds - with Nathan H. | 3m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Almost gave up after a few goes. Arm bars and like a cup jam / cam from my finger tips to my wrist and much wrestling. Took it out of me
|
|||||||
V2 | ★★ No big deal - with Nathan H. | 4m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Scouted and cleaned it from the top for the first time and it looked so hard and scary from the top looking down. But it's a pure gem and quite easy
|
|||||||
V2 | ★★ Wreath - with Nathan H. | 2m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Took 2 shots, a surprisingly nice problem, very castle hill-esque
|
|||||||
V1 | ★★ Remembrance - with Nathan H. | 2m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Ballsed up my first attempt in my sneakers so had to shoe up, got it first proper go.
|
|||||||
Sun 11th Nov 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Evan Stone area | |||||||
V5 | ★★★ Evan Stone - with Nathan H., Todd Free | 4m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Only 2 shots this time
|
|||||||
Sun 11th Nov 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
V1 | ★★ The western wall - with Nathan H., Todd Free | 2m | |||||
V0 | ★ Ostrovsky - with Nathan H., Todd Free | 2m | |||||
V2 | ★ Cracked vessel - with Nathan H., Todd Free | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
V0 | ★ Prayer note crack - with Nathan H., Todd Free | 2m | |||||
VB | ★ Round rail - with Nathan H., Todd Free | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
Wed 31st Oct 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Above the private sector | |||||||
V4 | ★★ Tufa fatu | 3m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Awesome new problem on a block I've walked past so many times. Spent probably 10 minutes collecting rocks and logs to nest under the pads. Second proper go I pulled off what I thought would be a critical crimp, but another few goes unlocked a new sequence.
|
|||||||
Wed 31st Oct 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Evan Stone area | |||||||
V5 | ★★★ Evan Stone | 4m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Weird that I haven't logged this, done it a whole bunch of times. Got back there today to see how bad the flood debris was. Took about half an hour to move all of the sticks out and flatten it into a nest for the pads. It's probably a better and softer fall zone now than before. And then re-sent it just to make sure. Took maybe 5 shots
|
|||||||
Tue 30th Oct 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Water tunnel area | |||||||
V2 | ★ Bens wet route - with Brendan Heywood | 3m | ★ Good | ||||
Fun and committing.
|
|||||||
V1 | ★ French perineum - with Brendan Heywood | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
V5 | ★★★ Tilted - with Brendan Heywood | 3m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Last attempt of the day and I was on the send train. A slightly airy adventure!
|
|||||||
Tue 30th Oct 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
★ unknown - with Brendan Heywood | 3m | ||||||
sharp and hard....
|
|||||||
V0 | ★ Prayer note crack - with Brendan Heywood | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
V0 | ★ Ostrovsky - with Brendan Heywood | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
V2 | ★ Cracked vessel - with Brendan Heywood | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
V2 | ★ East Schism - with Brendan Heywood | 1m | |||||
V3 | ★ West Schism - with Brendan Heywood | 2m | |||||
V3 | Sacrificial grain - with Brendan Heywood | 3m | |||||
VB | ★ Round rail - with Brendan Heywood | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
Tue 30th Oct 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Water tunnel area | |||||||
V1 | ★ French perineum - with Ben Vincent | 2m | |||||
So coarse for my delicate keyboard fingers
If anyone wants to know the name history, year ago when this first got done I was with a french couple. I went through the water tunnel head first and come out just as the dude was there bending over putting his swimmers on. |
|||||||
V5 | ★★★ Tilted - with Ben Vincent | 3m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
This thing is fantastic, so glad I finally got on this after looking at it so many times. The fall potential is scary but not that bad, spotter is critical. Previously I'd thought it was way hard but it was just perfectly nicely hard. Had maybe a dozen shot. Did the stand start maybe 2nd or 3rd go, and then got the sit start first try but just couldn't link it all for ages.
|
|||||||
V2 | ★ Bens wet route - with Ben Vincent | 3m | |||||
Ben did this a much more difficult way, sketchy moves over the water. I just pulled on then pounced for the top.
|
|||||||
Tue 30th Oct 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
V3 | Sacrificial grain - with Ben Vincent | 3m | Average | ||||
Good little problem, but a little coarse
|