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25 | ★★ Irony - with Richard Flinn | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Mon 6th Feb 2023 | ||||
I was well chuffed to onsight this today, 4th day on and 4th 25 in as many days. Difficult to hang draws, but managed to pull it off.
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25 Easy | ★★ Irony | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Tue 7th Mar 2023 | ||||
Easy to read from the ground, maybe it is 24.
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24 | ★★ Dablam | 20m, 7 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Fri 19th Nov 2021 | ||||
Cool sequence, very different to the standard steep mt iron style.
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24 | ★ The Free Mantle | 20m, 8 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Thu 22nd Dec 2022 | ||||
Cheeky morning session during bub’s nap time. Quite a weird mantle, fun!
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24 23 | ★ Easily the Best Route on the Crag | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Sun 21st Oct 2018 | ||||
The sting is in the tail. The crux felt more like a 24.
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22 23 | Snooze You Loose | 15m, 4 | Mount Iron | Don't Bother | Fri 19th Nov 2021 | ||||
Scary 3rd clip, chossy rock. Would not recommend.
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23 | ★ Stool Pigeon - with Cato Todd, Dave Burt | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Sat 28th Jan 2023 | ||||
Not too bad a route
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23 | ★★ Steelworks - with Richard Flinn | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Mon 6th Feb 2023 | ||||
Pretty bloody stiff at 23, although perhaps I didn’t have the best beta. Taking the piss if it wasn’t upgraded after the mega jug was removed.
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23 | ★ Stool Pigeon | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | Wed 22nd Feb 2017 | |||||
Soft
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23 | ★★ Steelworks | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | Average | Wed 15th Feb 2023 | ||||
Mostly chill
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23 | ★★ Steelworks | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | Sun 14th May 2023 | |||||
Punchy!
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23 | ★ Stool Pigeon | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | Sat 15th Jul 2023 | |||||
Tricky!
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23 ~22 | ★ Stool Pigeon | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Tue 26th Dec 2023 | ||||
Soft for 23.
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23 ~22 | ★★ Sliced Bread | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | Sat 30th Dec 2023 | |||||
Soft for 23, more like a soft 22.
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23 | ★ Stool Pigeon | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | Average | Fri 2nd Feb 2024 | ||||
Short, but surprisingly steep.
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22 | ★★★ AP32 | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | Wed 12th Feb 2014 | |||||
Absolutely stunning jug haul with perma-draws through the steep stuff.
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22 | ★ Crossroads - with Will Spinelli | 15m, 4 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Sun 18th Feb 2018 | ||||
Pumpy moves all the way.
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22 | ★★★ AP32 - with Guy Barber | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Sun 20th Oct 2019 | ||||
Easier than it looks. Big jugs.
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22 | ★ Crossroads | 15m, 4 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Mon 9th Dec 2019 | ||||
Nice, keep right
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22 | ★★ I May Be Old But At Least I'm Crusty | 20m, 10 | Mount Iron | ★★★ Classic | Fri 13th Dec 2019 | ||||
Awesome, pumpy.
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22 | ★★ Badgers Will Rule The World | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Sat 21st Dec 2019 | ||||
Powerful but not hard
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22 | ★ Supersonique (Super Sonic) | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Mon 20th Jan 2020 | ||||
Powerful, reachy
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21 22 | ★★★ AP32 | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | ★★★ Classic | Fri 19th Nov 2021 | ||||
Fun jugs the entire way. Felt just like I was in a gym
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22 | ★★ Bush Lawyer | 20m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Thu 22nd Dec 2022 | ||||
Surprisingly excellent! Sustained and interesting the whole way.
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22 | ★ Supersonique | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Sun 1st Jan 2023 | ||||
drop my chalk on the first clip. Really hard onsight, was trying really hard
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22 | ★★★ AP32 - with Richard Flinn | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Sun 5th Feb 2023 | ||||
Felt pretty knackered on this one after the big day yesterday, but it was cruisy enough. Would be hard to find a steeper 22!
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22 | ★★ Iron Maiden - with Richard Flinn | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Mon 6th Feb 2023 | ||||
Pumpy for a warm up!
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22 | ★★ Iron Maiden | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Sat 4th Feb 2023 | ||||
Pumpy slopes.
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22 | ★★★ AP32 | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | Wed 12th Feb 2014 | |||||
Absolutely stunning jug haul with perma-draws through the steep stuff.
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22 | ★★ Badgers Will Rule The World | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Sun 16th Apr 2023 | ||||
Fun moves on this one.
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22 | ★ Crossroads | 15m, 4 | Mount Iron | Average | Sun 16th Apr 2023 | ||||
Like an easier version of Iron Maiden.
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22 | ★★ Iron Maiden | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | Sun 14th May 2023 | |||||
Felt very warm on the warm up.
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22 | ★★★ AP32 | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | Sun 14th May 2023 | |||||
So. Good!
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22 | ★ Crossroads | 15m, 4 | Mount Iron | Tue 16th May 2023 | |||||
Thought this was a 20
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22 | ★ Eden Mess | 15m | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Sat 30th Dec 2023 | ||||
The start is a bit weird, cannot find a good hold to clip the first bolt
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21 | ★ Chink in the Armour - with Will Spinelli | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Sun 18th Feb 2018 | ||||
Easy after the start. J
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21 | ★ Chink in the Armour | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★★★ Classic | Wed 27th Nov 2019 | ||||
Awesome
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21 | ★ Chink in the Armour | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Oct 2021 | ||||
rad
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21 | ★ Pump Iron - with gsmizz | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | Thu 9th Jun 2022 | |||||
Went to the higher anchor to the left, little bit of bird shit.
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21 | ★ Chink in the Armour | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Sun 23rd Oct 2022 | ||||
Pretty fierce start. I love a route that’s got both hand jams and knee bars!
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21 | ★ Chink in the Armour | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Sun 1st Jan 2023 | ||||
U can a half body jam on the horizontal crack for a big rest
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21 | ★ Pump Iron | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | Average | Sun 16th Apr 2023 | ||||
Staunch pulls
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21 | ★ Pania of the Reef | 20m, 7 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Wed 17th Jan 2024 | ||||
Balancy move. The top is a bit dirty
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20 | A Steep Introduction | 15m, 6 | Mount Iron | Average | Fri 14th Sep 2012 | ||||
A bit escapable
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20 | Waking up the Missus - with Diego | 20m, 7 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Tue 4th Aug 2015 | ||||
I really enjoyed he moves despite the poor quality rock...Diego hated it lol.
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21 20 | ★★ The Prickly Lawyer (Prickly Lawyer) - with Mike De Marco, Kyle, Reiner, Olivia | 20m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Wed 28th Feb 2018 | ||||
Hard
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20 | ★ Sonique (Sonic) | 20m, 7 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Fri 13th Apr 2018 | ||||
Beware the mantle is hard and once you pull above it you may get stuck and panic (or maybe thats just me) haha
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20 | ★★ The Prickly Lawyer | 20m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Mon 20th Jan 2020 | ||||
Weird but interesting
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20 | ★ Out There on the Edge | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Mon 20th Jan 2020 | ||||
Great climb
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20 | ★ Hoover | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Fri 19th Nov 2021 | ||||
Holds felt polished. Needs a decent brush
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21 20 | ★ Hoover | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | Tue 11th Jan 2022 | |||||
Bottom crux is hard is you are short.
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20 | Waking up the Missus - with gsmizz | 20m, 7 | Mount Iron | Fri 30th Sep 2022 | |||||
Slightly warmer but more scared than before, some of the rock at the top looks like it's going blow off soon
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20 | ★ Hoover - with gsmizz, Stanislav Likane | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | Tue 25th Oct 2022 | |||||
Reachy. Say no more
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20 | ★ Sonique | 20m, 7 | Mount Iron | Sat 17th Dec 2022 | |||||
Fun little warmup
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20 | ★★ The Prickly Lawyer | 20m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Thu 22nd Dec 2022 | ||||
Some interesting techy moves on the lower face.
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20 | ★ Sonique | 20m, 7 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Thu 22nd Dec 2022 | ||||
Nice and steep for the grade.
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20 | ★ Out There on the Edge | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Thu 22nd Dec 2022 | ||||
Déjà vu, cheeky arvo session following the cheeky morning session. Steepest 20 around.
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20 | ★ Hoover - with Richard Flinn | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Sun 5th Feb 2023 | ||||
Warm up, climbed twice to link into the 25.
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20 | ★ Out There on the Edge | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | Average | Wed 15th Feb 2023 | ||||
Slippery
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20 Hard | ★★ The Prickly Lawyer | 20m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Tue 7th Mar 2023 | ||||
They call him Mr Prickles.
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20 Hard | Russ Boy | 20m, 7 | Mount Iron | Average | Wed 17th Jan 2024 | ||||
Seems like a hold was broken make it harder to start
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20 Hard | ★ Hoover | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Wed 17th Jan 2024 | ||||
Good to be tall
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19 | ★ Pitchin' & Moanin' - with Diego | 15m, 6 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Tue 4th Aug 2015 | ||||
I definitely made this harder than a 19. Haha.
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19 | ★ Toe the Line | 20m, 8 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Mon 9th Nov 2015 | ||||
Steep start to cruisy mid section then interesting finish.
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19 | Sidewinder - with Guy Barber | 15m, 3 | Mount Iron | Average | Sun 20th Oct 2019 | ||||
Top short
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19 | ★ Pitchin' & Moanin' | 15m, 6 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Fri 13th Dec 2019 | ||||
Grat warmup
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19 | ★ Toe the Line | 20m, 8 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Sat 21st Dec 2019 | ||||
Nice
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19 | ★ Toe the Line - with Alexei Drummond, cinthy lorena jimenez silva | 20m, 8 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Sat 16th Jan 2021 | ||||
Warming up again after a chill afternoon and a large burrito 🌯 😬 Nice jug haul with a ledge to chill on in the middle. Karearea (falcon) soared over us while Alexei was setting up to rappel! 😲 ❤
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19 | ★ Pitchin' & Moanin' - with Ryan Instone | 15m, 6 | Mount Iron | Mon 14th Jun 2021 | |||||
fun flowy climb good amount of pump decent holds
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19 | ★ Toe the Line | 20m, 8 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Tue 2nd Nov 2021 | ||||
Good fun
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19 | Sidewinder - with Alexei Drummond | 15m, 3 | Mount Iron | Average | Tue 4th Jan 2022 | ||||
Should have just jumped on the 20 for a warm up instead 😑 the traverse from 1st to past 2nd bolt is actually fairly nice (techy) but after that, what a choss pile and then it's over
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19 | ★ Pitchin' & Moanin' - with gsmizz | 15m, 6 | Mount Iron | Fri 30th Sep 2022 | |||||
Felt very hard for 19, maybe warmed me up a little?
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19 | ★ Toe the Line | 20m, 8 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Sat 24th Dec 2022 | ||||
Pretty fun. Highlight was clipping the anchor from a hand jam!
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19 | ★ New Route | 20m, 8 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Sat 24th Dec 2022 | ||||
Steep jugs! One last pitch for the road.
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19 | ★ Toe the Line | 20m, 8 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Sun 1st Jan 2023 | ||||
Flash pump for warm up
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19 | ★ Pitchin' & Moanin' - with Alex Popinga, Andrew | 15m, 6 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Fri 27th Jan 2023 | ||||
Warm up.
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19 | ★ New Route | 20m, 8 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Sun 16th Apr 2023 | ||||
Bruno says this is grade 20.3
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19 ~20 | ★ Pitchin' & Moanin' | 15m, 6 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Thu 21st Dec 2023 | ||||
A bit hard for 19.
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18 | ★ Spiral Staircase - with Alexei Drummond | 20m, 7 | Mount Iron | Tue 11th Jan 2022 | |||||
Warm up
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18 | ★ Spiral Staircase | 20m, 7 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Mon 7th Feb 2022 | ||||
Pretty stiff for the grade!
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18 ~20 | ★ Spiral Staircase | 20m, 7 | Mount Iron | Average | Sun 16th Apr 2023 | ||||
Apparently was 21 in the old guide? Seems like one quite hard move for 18.
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18 ~19 | ★ Spiral Staircase | 20m, 7 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Sat 30th Dec 2023 | ||||
A bit hard for 18.
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17 | ★ Spanking the Kat - with Diego | 15m, 6 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Tue 4th Aug 2015 | ||||
I'd hate to be a 17 climber in NZ. Pretty sure I climbed this using holds that would make it a 19. Sure there's an easier way.
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17 | ★ Spanking the Kat - with Ryan Instone | 15m, 6 | Mount Iron | Mon 14th Jun 2021 | |||||
a little damp today, interesting climbing on slopers and jugs
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17 | ★ Spanking the Kat - with gsmizz | 15m, 6 | Mount Iron | Thu 29th Sep 2022 | |||||
Much easier than first 2 climbs, not incredible climbing but the rest of the crag looks interesting left before the rain
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17 | ★ Spanking the Kat - with Alex Popinga, Andrew | 15m, 6 | Mount Iron | Fri 27th Jan 2023 | |||||
Warm up.
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25 | ★★ Mind Bender | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Tue 11th Jan 2022 | ||||
All hail Andrew Boore the beta master.
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24 | ★★ The Bastard from Gunn Rd - with gabby | 20m, 10 | Mount Iron | Thu 6th Jul 2023 | |||||
Bucket of beta from gabby, sick route! Was a great pumpy fight snatching through the top sequence
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22 | ★★ Bush Lawyer (Bush Lawyer (C)) | 20m, 5 | Mount Iron | ★★★ Classic | Fri 3rd Dec 2010 | ||||
grade 22 in guidebook
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22 | ★★ I May Be Old But At Least I'm Crusty | 20m, 10 | Mount Iron | Sat 12th Nov 2016 | |||||
Great climbing, maybe a bit stiff
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22 | ★★ I May Be Old But At Least I'm Crusty | 20m, 10 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Sun 24th Nov 2019 | ||||
Sustained face with multiple small over-hangs and many rests. Starts at the stalactite with thruchy moves and hard clipping.
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22 | ★ Eden Mess | 15m | Mount Iron | Fri 22nd Jan 2021 | |||||
Way harder than badgers
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22 | ★★★ AP32 - with Alexei Drummond | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | ★★★ Classic | Tue 4th Jan 2022 | ||||
Suuuuuper fun and suuuuuper juggy pull through steep stuff. Thanks for returning the beta spray, Andrew Boere, and making my flash easy as despite misjudging the oomph necessary for one of the moves! 🤘🏼😆
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22 | ★★★ AP32 - with gsmizz, Stanislav Likane | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | Tue 25th Oct 2022 | |||||
Nice climbing with a bit of a jug block finish, enjoyed it for Mt Iron
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22 | ★★ I May Be Old But At Least I'm Crusty - with Alex Popinga, Andrew | 20m, 10 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Fri 27th Jan 2023 | ||||
Nice route. Beta made it a pleasure.
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21 | ★ Chink in the Armour | 15m, 5 | Mount Iron | Average | Sun 10th Jan 2010 | ||||
sandbagged and told it was a 17 warm up
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21 | ★ Pump Iron | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Mon 9th Nov 2015 | ||||
Hardest flash to date. Really cool steep start, eases off over the lip but had cool holds.
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21 | ★ Pump Iron | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | ★★ Very Good | Sun 23rd Oct 2022 | ||||
Steep, fun moves, giant holds.
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21 | ★ Pump Iron | 20m, 6 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Sun 1st Jan 2023 | ||||
Reachy for big jugs
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20 | ★ Sonique (Sonic) | 20m, 7 | Mount Iron | ★ Good | Sun 21st Oct 2018 | ||||
Pumpy
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