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| Grade | Route | Gear style | Quality | Climber | |||
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| Tue 30th Oct 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
★ unknown
- with
Ben Vincent
| 3m | ★ Good |  | ||||
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The campus start and next few moves are great, then it gets very blank
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| V2 |
★ East Schism
- with
Ben Vincent
| 1m | ★ Good | | |||
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1 move wonder with a challenging jam
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| V3 |
★ West Schism
- with
Ben Vincent
| 2m | ★ Good | | |||
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The jam on this is hard to get right
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| V2 |
★ Cracked vessel
- with
Ben Vincent
| 2m | ★ Good | | |||
| V0 |
★ Ostrovsky
- with
Ben Vincent
| 2m | | ||||
| V0 |
★ Prayer note crack
- with
Ben Vincent
| 2m | | ||||
| VB |
★ Round rail
- with
Ben Vincent
| 2m | ★ Good | | |||
| Sun 18th Mar 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Scultpure garden | |||||||
| V2 V3 |
★★★ Open up and say
| 3m | ★★★ Mega Classic |  | |||
| Sun 11th Mar 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
| V0 |
★ Ostrovsky
- with
Bec Cowell, Chris Eather, Sasha Gerzha,
| 2m |  | ||||
| V1 |
★★ The western wall
- with
Bec Cowell, Chris Eather, Sasha Gerzha,
| 2m | | ||||
| V0 |
★ Prayer note crack
- with
Bec Cowell, Chris Eather, Sasha Gerzha,
| 2m | | ||||
| VB |
★ Round rail
- with
Bec Cowell, Chris Eather, Sasha Gerzha,
| 2m | | ||||
| Sun 11th Mar 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Scultpure garden | |||||||
| V1 |
★ Silent scream
- with
Bec Cowell, Chris Eather, Sasha Gerzha
| 2m | | ||||
| V2 V3 |
★★★ Open up and say
- with
Bec Cowell, Chris Eather, Sasha Gerzha
| 3m | ★★★ Classic | | |||
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Good moves on an unusual problem. A lot of fun.
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| Sun 11th Mar 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Below the bridge | |||||||
| V0 |
★ Stuart
- with
Colin Cowell
| 4m |  | ||||
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Good fun to finish the day on.
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| Sun 11th Mar 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
| V0 |
★ Prayer note crack
- with
Colin Cowell, Chris Eather, Sasha Gerzha
| 2m | | ||||
| VB |
★ Round rail
- with
Colin Cowell, Chris Eather, Sasha Gerzha
| 2m | | ||||
| V0 |
★ Ostrovsky
- with
Colin Cowell, Chris Eather, Sasha Gerzha
| 2m | | ||||
| V1 |
★★ The western wall
- with
Colin Cowell, Chris Eather, Sasha Gerzha
| 2m | | ||||
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Glad to get this today after my attempt last week.
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| Thu 1st Mar 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Below the bridge | |||||||
| V3 |
★★ Max Brenner
- with
Brendan Heywood, Bec Cowell, Alan Ezzy, James Graham-Higgs
| 3m | ★★ Very Good |  | |||
| V3 |
★ Botanic gardens
- with
Brendan Heywood, Bec Cowell, Alan Ezzy, James Graham-Higgs
| 4m | ★ Good | | |||
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The arguably more entertaining jamming, thrutching variant.
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| V5 |
★★★ Shawarma
- with
Brendan Heywood, Bec Cowell, Alan Ezzy, James Graham-Higgs
| 3m | ★★★ Classic | | |||
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Took a few goes to even begin contemplating the beta. A really cool problem.
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| V1 |
★★ Turbot St Exit
- with
Brendan Heywood, Bec Cowell, Alan Ezzy, James Graham-Higgs
| 4m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
| V2 |
★★ Hot crossed buns
- with
Brendan Heywood, Bec Cowell, Alan Ezzy, James Graham-Higgs
| 3m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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A couple of very cool funky moves in this one. A little tricky to spot though. Did the direct variant top out.
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| V1 |
★★ Turbot St Exit
- with
Brendan Heywood, James, Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy
| 4m | | ||||
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Did this with a standing start. Was a good climb once I got my foot sequence worked out.
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| Thu 1st Mar 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
| VB |
★ Round rail
- with
Brendan Heywood, James
| 2m | | ||||
| V1 |
★★ The western wall
- with
Brendan Heywood, James
| 2m | | ||||
| V0 |
★ Prayer note crack
- with
Brendan Heywood, James
| 2m | | ||||
| V0 |
★ Ostrovsky
- with
Brendan Heywood, James
| 2m | | ||||
| Thu 1st Mar 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Below the bridge | |||||||
| V4 V5 |
★★★ Shawarma
- with
James, Bec Cowell, Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy
| 3m | ★★★ Classic | | |||
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Still love this route, it keeps alternating between feeling sharp and hard, and then easy and fun
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| V1 |
★★ Turbot St Exit
- with
James, Bec Cowell, Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy
| 4m | | ||||
| V2 |
★★ Hot crossed buns
- with
James, Bec Cowell, Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy
| 3m | | ||||
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Weird x move
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| V3 |
★ Botanic gardens
- with
James, Bec Cowell, Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy
| 4m | | ||||
| Thu 1st Mar 2018 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
| VB |
★ Round rail
- with
James Graham-Higgs, Bec Cowell
| 2m | ★ Good | | |||
| V2 |
★★ The groin transfer
- with
James Graham-Higgs, Bec Cowell
| 3m | | ||||
| V1 |
★★ The western wall
- with
James Graham-Higgs, Bec Cowell
| 2m | | ||||
| V0 |
★ Prayer note crack
- with
James Graham-Higgs, Bec Cowell
| 2m | | ||||
| V0 V2 |
★ Cracked vessel
- with
James Graham-Higgs, Bec Cowell
| 2m | ★ Good | | |||
| Thu 7th Dec 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Above the private sector | |||||||
| V2 |
★ Rail chaser
- with
Brendan Heywood, Alan Ezzy, Dr. Phil
| 5m | ★ Good | | |||
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A little dirtaay.
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| V4 |
★★ Dracula's scapula
- with
Brendan Heywood, Alan Ezzy, Dr. Phil
| 6m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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This one grew on me.
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| V2 |
★★ Misplaced car keys
- with
Brendan Heywood, Alan Ezzy, Dr. Phil
| 6m | ★ Good | | |||
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Gotta love a bit of jam.
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| Thu 7th Dec 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Evan Stone area | |||||||
| V3 |
★★ Warmup Sit Start
- with
Alan Ezzy, Brendan Heywood, Dr. Phil
| 4m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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A satisfying number indeed!
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| V1 V0 |
★ Rail
- with
Alan Ezzy, Brendan Heywood, Dr. Phil
| 3m | ★ Good | | |||
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Choose your own campus or heel hook adventure
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| V3 V2 |
★★ Sleight of hand
- with
Alan Ezzy, Brendan Heywood, Dr. Phil
| 4m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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balancy goodness.
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| V5 |
★★ Water birth project
- with
Alan Ezzy, Brendan Heywood, Dr. Phil
| 3m | ★★★ Classic | | |||
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Might even be a "Mega Classic".....best to do without much flow. Take plenty of pads and employ some artistic flare for placement.
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| V3 V1 |
★ Warmup traverse
- with
Alan Ezzy, Brendan Heywood, Dr. Phil
| 3m | ★ Good | | |||
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Watch out for the dab.
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| Thu 7th Dec 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Above the private sector | |||||||
| V2 |
★★ Misplaced car keys
- with
Alan Ezzy, Ben Vincent, Phil
| 6m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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Warm down lap and then a swim in the water tunnel
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| Thu 7th Dec 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Evan Stone area | |||||||
| V1 |
★ Warmup traverse
- with
Alan Ezzy, Ben Vincent, Phil
| 3m | ★ Good | | |||
| V3 |
★★ Warmup Sit Start
- with
Alan Ezzy, Ben Vincent, Phil
| 4m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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Great little dyno
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| V0 |
★ Rail
- with
Alan Ezzy, Ben Vincent, Phil
| 3m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
| V2 |
★★ Sleight of hand
- with
Alan Ezzy, Ben Vincent, Phil
| 4m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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Strong possibility I did this a decade ago with Bruce, but seems lots in time. Really great problem with delicate feet
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| V5 |
★★ Water birth project
- with
Alan Ezzy, Ben Vincent, Phil
| 3m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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Stoked to find this gem and scrub it up, and more stoked as it was tantalizingly close to getting sent. Probably half a dozen cracks, defeated by the beastly rock over finish.
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| Tue 21st Nov 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
| V2 V1 |
★★ The western wall
- with
Brendan Heywood, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil
| 2m | ★ Good | | |||
| Mon 20th Nov 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Yoda's cave | |||||||
| V2 |
★★ Extension start
- with
Brendan Heywood, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil
| 3m | ★★★ Classic | | |||
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Great for endurance!
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| V5 |
★★★ Swingers Club (barn door project)
- with
Brendan Heywood, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil
| 5m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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Pretty close. Pretty scary. Pretty good so far.
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| V3 |
★★ Pan sweater
- with
Brendan Heywood, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil
| 5m | ★★★ Classic | | |||
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Best experienced without obvious meat-hook jug feature to the left. Crimpers all the way!
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| Mon 20th Nov 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Tradies area | |||||||
| V3 |
★★ Sakata Fusion
- with
Brendan Heywood, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil
| 2m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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A burly start indeed!
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| Mon 20th Nov 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
| V3 |
★★ Weird one
- with
Brendan Heywood, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil
| 2m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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Really liked this. Of course there's a knee bar....
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| V0 V2 |
★ Cracked vessel
- with
Brendan Heywood, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil
| 2m | ★ Good | | |||
| V0 |
★ Ostrovsky
- with
Brendan Heywood, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil
| 2m | ★ Good | | |||
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Pure jamming for the challenge.
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| V2 V0 |
★ Prayer note crack
- with
Brendan Heywood, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil
| 2m | ★ Good | | |||
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My little finger hurts, but it was worth it.
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| VB |
★ Round rail
- with
Brendan Heywood, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil
| 2m | ★ Good | | |||
| Mon 20th Nov 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Scultpure garden | |||||||
| V4 |
★★ OUAS Direct
- with
Ben Vincent, Brendan Heywood, Dr.Phil
| 2m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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Tradesque. Lots of fun, awkward landing. I would've called this route Spider Lover.....
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| Mon 20th Nov 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Moonscape area | |||||||
| V1 V3 |
★★ Erudite coprolite
- with
Brendan Heywood, Alan Ezzy, Dr.Phil
| 3m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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A nice boulder problem on it's own island...
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| Mon 20th Nov 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Yoda's cave | |||||||
| V5 |
★★★ Swingers Club (barn door project)
- with
Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Phil
| 5m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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This thing is sick! Didn't really seem possible at first but it will go. You can't have too many pads, 5 was ok but I think 8 would be ideal as you aren't quite sure in which direction you'll ping off
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| V3 |
★★ Pan sweater
- with
Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Phil
| 5m | ★★★ Classic | | |||
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Another lap on this great problem
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| Mon 20th Nov 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
| V3 |
★★ Weird one
- with
Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Phil
| 2m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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Fun little burly beasty, better than it appears
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| V0 |
★ Prayer note crack
- with
Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Phil
| 2m | | ||||
| VB |
★ Round rail
- with
Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Phil
| 2m | ★ Good | | |||
| V0 |
★ Jug rail
- with
Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Phil
| 3m | ★ Good | | |||
| V0 |
★ Ostrovsky
- with
Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Phil
| 2m | | ||||
| V1 |
★★ The western wall
- with
Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Phil
| 2m | | ||||
| Mon 20th Nov 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Scultpure garden | |||||||
| V2 V3 |
★★★ Open up and say
- with
Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Phil
| 3m | ★★★ Classic | | |||
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Took a while to re-figure this out, and we send it by going directly up instead of out to the corner.
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| Mon 20th Nov 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Moonscape area | |||||||
| V1 V3 |
★★ Erudite coprolite
- with
Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Phil
| 3m | ★★★ Classic | | |||
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Lap in blundies, love this little weird problem
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| Sun 13th Aug 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Above the private sector | |||||||
| V2 |
★ Diagon Alley
- with
carol lee
| 5m | ★ Good | | |||
| V2 |
★★ Misplaced car keys
- with
carol lee
| 6m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
| V2 |
★ Rail chaser
- with
carol lee
| 5m | ★ Good | | |||
| V4 |
★★ Dracula's scapula
- with
carol lee
| 6m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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Took a bunch of attempts. Desperate feet, opposing gastons, and the top isn't trivial once you get there. Would be significantly easier if you had 3 more inches of ape than I do
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| Sat 27th May 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Yoda's cave | |||||||
| V3 |
★★ Dyno or do not dyno
- with
carol lee
| 2m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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Yus!
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| V2 |
★★ Yoda Traverse
- with
carol lee
| 9m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
| V3 |
★★ Dagobah
- with
carol lee
| 10m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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I like this harder line further down
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| V2 |
★★ Extension start
- with
carol lee
| 3m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
| V1 |
★★ Yoda's mantle
- with
carol lee
| 3m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
| V3 |
★★ Pan sweater
- with
carol lee
| 5m | ★★★ Classic | | |||
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Super pleased to finally get back to this, and happy it wasn't hard as we only had 2 pads. Def got the heart beating, Carol got a bit daunted but got it second go
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| Sat 27th May 2017 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Tradies area | |||||||
| V4 |
★★ Compression cycle
- with
carol lee
| 2m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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Thought this would be impossible, but then Carol started scrubbing it, who then gave it a crack and thought it was impossible but then I got psyched. Maybe 6 attempts, it's only really 1 move off a slopey layback hold, holding the barn door as you scream
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| V3 |
★★ Asian squat
- with
carol lee
| 2m | ★★ Very Good | | |||
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Hand jams, took a while to figure out what we were even trying to do
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| V3 |
★★ Sakata Fusion
- with
carol lee
| 2m | | ||||
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Thought this would be mega compression problem, got it second go. A much harder line across the low crimps may be possible
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| V2 |
Slab of VB
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carol lee
| 2m | | ||||
| V1 |
★ Jug of VB
- with
carol lee
| 2m | | ||||
| V3 |
★ Cold slab
- with
carol lee
| 3m | | ||||
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Thought this would be a lot harder
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| V1 |
Spark plug
- with
carol lee
| 2m | | ||||
| V2 |
★★ Mid strength
- with
carol lee
| 10m | | ||||
| V2 |
★ Lie down on the job
- with
carol lee
| 2m | | ||||
| V0 |
Tradies crack
- with
carol lee
| 2m | | ||||
| V1 |
Tradies get the ladies
- with
carol lee
| 2m | | ||||
| Sun 31st Jul 2016 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Evan Stone area | |||||||
| V3 |
★ Hock it
| 1m |  | ||||
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A bit reachy for shorties.
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| V5 |
★★★ Evan Stone
- with
Steve Karma
| 4m | ★★★ Mega Classic | | |||
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Line of the area. Just beautiful.
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| Sat 16th Jan 2016 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
| Cascade boulders Evan Stone area | |||||||
| V0 |
L.A.S Elevator
- with
Alan Ezzy, Phil
| 4m | Average | | |||
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There was a crack there so we climbed it. The SS adds something....
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| V0 |
L.A.S Staircase
- with
Alan Ezzy, Phil
| 4m | Average | | |||
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A two move wonder
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| V3 |
★ Al, Ben & Phil's Excellent Slabby Adventure
- with
Alan Ezzy, Phil
| 4m | ★ Good | | |||
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The SS is all in the knobble. Getting established on the slab requires some crystal faith and delicate foot transitioning.
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