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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber
Fri 27th Jan 2023 - South Sister
Absent Friends Buttress
	23	★★ The Great Unknown - with the troopers	Trad 15m	★★ Very Good	Chris Speer
Ice cream grade for an onsight. Technical, sustained and dirty. Nice little route.
	20	★★ The Loner - with the troopers	Trad 16m	★★ Very Good	Chris Speer
Interesting offwidthing using a variety of techniques. Good stuff.
Sun 28th Aug 2022 - South Sister
Absent Friends Buttress
	20	★ Good Friends - with Cameron, Faser, Fraser, Fletcher, Aaron	Trad 12m	★★ Very Good	Chris Speer
Short, hard, excellent finger crack.
	20	★★ Three Ancient Treasures - with Cameron, Faser, Fraser, Fletcher, Aaron	Trad 13m	★★ Very Good	Chris Speer
Easier than the one to the left with a harder finish. Great thin hand jams.
	20	★★ Absent Ascensionist - with Cameron, Faser, Fraser, Fletcher, Aaron	Trad 16m	★★ Very Good	Chris Speer
Another excellent widening crack from hands, fists, off-width.
	18	★★ Absent Friends - with Cameron, Faser, Fraser, Fletcher, Aaron	Trad 16m	★★ Very Good	Chris Speer
Nice hand jamming. Easy for the grade.
Thu 30th Dec 2021 - South Sister
Absent Friends Buttress
	20	★★ Absent Ascensionist - with Zach	Trad 16m	★★ Very Good	Tiburonny
probably the easiest of the lot
Fri 3rd Sep 2021 - South Sister
Absent Friends Buttress
	16	★ Knerd Knowledge - with Will Grant	Trad 7m	Don't Bother	Ewan Barry
Licheny and short
	18	★★ Absent Friends - with Will Grant	Trad 16m	★ Good	Ewan Barry
Top half makes it worth while, straight jamming to the top
	20	★ Good Friends - with Will Grant	Trad 12m	★ Good	Ewan Barry
Short and sharp, hardest part is working out which way to top out. Good of you want a bit more of a boulders route
Sun 30th May 2021 - South Sister
Absent Friends Buttress
	20	★★ Absent Ascensionist	Trad 16m		Sami
	17	Adjacent Friend. - with Henry Garratt	Trad 18m		Fraser
	20	★★ Absent Ascensionist	Trad 16m		Fraser
pretty damn good
	20	★ Good Friends	Trad 12m		Fraser
	20	★★ Three Ancient Treasures	Trad 13m		Fraser
classic finger licking crack
	20	★★ The Loner	Trad 16m	★ Good	Sami
Mon 1st Mar 2021 - South Sister
Absent Friends Buttress
	20	★★ The Loner - with Stevie	Trad 16m		Fraser
Plugged in a #4 at just over half height then ran it out to the top, slowly while contemplating the monster whipper as my rope was running over a nice sharp edge.
	18	★★ Absent Friends - with Stevie	Trad 16m		Fraser
classic, splitter #2s the whole way.
	18	Couple of Lost boys - with Stevie	Trad 15m		Fraser
nice and thrutchy very slow climbing
Sun 8th Nov 2020 - South Sister
Absent Friends Buttress
	20	★ Good Friends - with Martin	Trad 12m	★ Good	Cameron Semple
Short and tough
	20	★★ The Loner - with Martin	Trad 16m	★★ Very Good	Cameron Semple
Bit easier than it looked. Made use of some flexible holds though.
	18	★★ Absent Friends - with Martin	Trad 16m	★★★ Classic	Cameron Semple
Another classic hand crack.

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