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| Grade | Route | Gear style | Quality | |||
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| Sun 7th Aug 2022 - Popran | ||||||
| 19 |
★★ Little green slugs
| 42m | ★ Good | |||
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2 laps for training the neighbours in top belay and multipitch technique
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| 17 |
★ Ethel the aardvark
| 15m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt
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| 17 |
★ The Meaning of Liff
| 45m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt
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| Sat 6th Aug 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Gate Crag Central Buttress | ||||||
| 21 |
★ Fat lipped
| 15m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt
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| 20 |
★★ Titania
| 18m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rpt x2.
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| Tue 19th Jul 2022 - South West Rocks | ||||||
| Little Bay Mermaid Castle | ||||||
| 20 |
★★ Bosuns Chair
| 15m | ★ Good | |||
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Nice horizontals, I thought the start on king Neptune was the hardest part
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| 18 |
★ King Neptune
| 15m | ★ Good | |||
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Very awkward start, I always find deep V grooves hard
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| 25 |
★★★ Triple Overhead
| 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Maybe only 24, but we weren’t placing gear on lead. Great fun. A direct start looks possible which would definitely be 25. Well protected but could feel fiddly on an onsight attempt.
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| Sun 17th Jul 2022 - South West Rocks | ||||||
| Arakoon Mermaid Pools | ||||||
| V1 |
★★ Great White
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| V3 |
★★ White Pointer
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| V1 |
Sucker Fish
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| V0 |
Scaler
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| V2 |
★★ Shuck
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| V4 |
Pitfall
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| V0 |
The Deep
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| Sat 16th Jul 2022 - South West Rocks | ||||||
| Arakoon Walk in Wall | ||||||
| V0 |
Fruit
| 2m | ||||
| V0 |
Short persons revenge
| 2m | ||||
| V1 |
Scrunched short person
| 3m | ||||
| Sat 16th Jul 2022 - South West Rocks | ||||||
| Arakoon Mermaid Pools | ||||||
| V3 |
★ Pip
| ★ Good | ||||
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Lovely finger crack
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| V2 |
★ SLOP
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| V2 |
★ Kapow
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| V1 |
SLAP
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| Sat 16th Jul 2022 - South West Rocks | ||||||
| Arakoon Walk in Wall | ||||||
| V0 |
Rachael and the Dolphins
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| V2 |
★ Cooked
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Climbing between the wet spots
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| V0 |
★ Becs Edge
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| V0 |
Rock Pool Flake
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| VB |
Rock Pool Crack
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| V2 |
Sunny Day
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| V1 |
★ The Black Spot
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| Fri 8th Jul 2022 - Bulahdelah | ||||||
| Beehive Area | ||||||
| 23 |
★ The Window Cleaner
| 14m | Average | |||
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2 goes, one sit second go when I forgot the sequence. Painful, really needs anchors
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| 21 |
★★ Golden Nectar
| 14m | ★ Good | |||
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2 laps, good for power endurance
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| 18 |
★ Bee Sting
| 15m, 9 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt
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| 22 |
★★ Horse breath
| 17m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, was worried it may be wet but it was pretty good.
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| Thu 30th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Gate Crag Central Buttress | ||||||
| 24 |
★★ Moonlight Raid
| 20m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Did everything but the short person crux. Was in good form when I last did this,
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| 20 |
★★ Titania
| 18m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rpt
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| Wed 29th Jun 2022 - Popran | ||||||
| 21 |
★★★ Rock 'n' Roll Mr Creosote
| 25m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rpt, such a nice climb I did it twice. Huge snake in the pocket a metre left of the 4th bolt
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| 24 |
★★ Ophidiophobia
| 26m, 9 | ★ Good | |||
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Alzheimers os, to the anchors of Mr C. Easier than 24 but maybe better for the short
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| 19 |
★★ Little green slugs
| 42m | ★ Good | |||
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A shuffle of the bolts would make this feel a bit safer
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| 17 |
★ The Meaning of Liff
| 45m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt. Snake around the horizontal break
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| 20 21 |
★★ Flying Circus
| 20m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, anchors wet, rest ok.
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| Sun 26th Jun 2022 - Joll's Bridge | ||||||
| Lower cliffline | ||||||
| 16 |
★ Chocolate Coated Parents
| 12m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, surprisingly clean today and climbs nicely. I was surprised.
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| 21 |
★★ The Climb that was
| 18m, 7 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, couple of laps.
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| 17 |
★ Natie Head
| 8m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt. Some ok movement
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| 19 |
★★ Bad Luck Silverback
| 12m, 1 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Two laps for good measure.
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| 25 |
★★ Channel Bill Cuckoo
| 12m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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Reacquainting myself with the two finger pocket. Rest of it fine.
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| Wed 22nd Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Central Gully | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Centennial direct finish
| 9m | Average | |||
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Sometimes it feels like ground hog day, but it was good to see Louise tackle this on lead
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| 12 |
★ Chutney
| 13m | Average | |||
| Wed 22nd Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face The Ramparts | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Red-Belly Black Flake
| 25m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt
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| 14 |
★ Terminally in Traction
| 14m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt
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Easy Meat direct start
| 18m, 6 | |||||
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A half baked attempt, it’s very friable, just do the original
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| 23 |
★★ Taipan Wall
| 25m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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Nice but suffered from being climbed on when wet a couple of days ago.
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| 21 |
★ Eastern Brown
| 25m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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Nice moves, but would be a bit of a scary onsight
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| Mon 20th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Big Banana Buttress & The Extremes | ||||||
| 21 |
★★ No Support for the Monarchy
| 15m, 5 | ||||
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The bolts were out, drill dust everywhere, I was meant to be evaluating new bolt positions but it was too crozzly to be sure.
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| Mon 20th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face The Ramparts | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Red-Belly Black Flake
| 25m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, end of day, Dave still sandbags everyone claiming it’s a 17…
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| 14 |
★ Terminally in Traction
| 14m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, a little mossy on the upper part
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| Mon 20th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Central Gully | ||||||
| 12 |
★ Chutney
| 13m | Average | |||
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Rpt no 50 or so
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| 18 |
★ Centennial direct finish
| 9m | Average | |||
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The crag warm up now with bolts
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| Mon 20th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Turkey Walls | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Killer’eska
| 17m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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Was pressured into leading it….
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| 21 |
★★ Profanity
| 14m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rpt. A little greasy today, but not enough rain to make it dirty
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| Fri 17th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Central Gully | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Centennial direct finish
| 9m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, to try out the new ring bolts. A consumer classic now!
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| 18 |
★ Centennial direct finish
| 9m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, to try out the new ring bolts. A consumer classic now!
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| Fri 17th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Stopper Walls | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Clear and present danger
| 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt. A bit dirty today but the holds are now all solid it seems
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| 24 |
★ Speak Easy
| 6m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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MF answer to a campus board. A little bit of rope assistance on the crux move, but quite happy with my crimping today
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| 21 |
★ Ghetto Blaster
| 7m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, pumpy and exposed for such a short route
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| 23 |
★★★ Weena
| 30m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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One brief foot misstep, felt pretty good otherwise. The usual brown tree snake just below anchors. It didn’t move.
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| Thu 16th Jun 2022 - Tomaree Head | ||||||
| Black Slab | ||||||
| 20 |
★★ Avenger
| 45m | ★ Good | |||
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Nice route with interesting contortions on the flakes
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| 23 |
★★ Gunbarrel Highway
| 45m, 1 | ★ Good | |||
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A quick lap, in borrowed shoes. Pretty thin
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| Tue 14th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Turkey Walls | ||||||
| 19 |
★★ Bereska
| 18m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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The pinch pillar below the roof has partially disappeared but it doesn’t affect the grade
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| 19 |
★ Killer’eska
| 17m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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A different start that’s more crimpy, the crux is still on Bereska which is quite sandbagged at 19
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| 21 |
★★ Profanity
| 14m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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The most comfortable I’ve felt on this
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| Tue 14th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Central Gully | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Centennial direct finish
| 9m | Average | |||
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Now all on ring bolts
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| 26 |
★ Jacob's Ladder
| 20m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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I’m still keen on a right hand start. Super bouldery funky moves I can barely do, and the start feels harder than 26
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| Mon 13th Jun 2022 - Treatment Plant | ||||||
| Plant 1, The Sunny Side | ||||||
| 17 |
★ Poopsicle
| 7m | ★ Good | |||
| 16 |
Ben and Jewies Upper Decker
| 7m | ||||
| 12 |
Dysentry
| 9m | Crap | |||
| 18 |
★ Portaloo
| 10m | Average | |||
| 19 |
Thunder Box
| 10m | ★ Good | |||
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Options limited today given the swell and seepage
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| 18 |
★★ Grunt
| 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
| 21 |
★ Pucker Up
| 8m | ★ Good | |||
| 20 |
Shove
| 9m | Average | |||
| 24 |
★★ Lock It In
| 9m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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The climb briefly dried, then the tide started coming back in and it got drenched again
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| Sat 11th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Gate Crag Central Buttress | ||||||
| 20 |
★★ Titania
| 18m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Two laps, distracted by trying to find emergency dentist
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| Sat 11th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Gate Crag Walls of 2000 | ||||||
| 21 |
★ Dumb Struck
| 10m | ★ Good | |||
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Was just warming up when my temporary crown dislodged. Toothache and climbing don’t mix
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| 19 |
★ Plain Dumb
| 10m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
| 16 |
★ Spider Lair
| 10m | Average | |||
| Wed 8th Jun 2022 - Berowra | ||||||
| Bullet Hole Wall | ||||||
| 21 |
★★ Looks Poxable
| 15m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rpt
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★★ Mental Fatigue
| 13m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rpt, the nicest route I did all day.
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| Wed 8th Jun 2022 - Berowra | ||||||
| Kid Free Area | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Angry Ants
| 12m, 4 | Don't Bother | |||
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Dirty discontinuous climbing, even the arete at the top didn’t salvage it
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| Wed 8th Jun 2022 - Berowra | ||||||
| Ladder of Gloom Area | ||||||
| 15 |
★ Avoidance Arete
| 8m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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Better than it looked and feels quite long with the traversing. Interesting engineering at the start…
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| Wed 8th Jun 2022 - Berowra | ||||||
| Pimple Buttress | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Petroglyph
| 8m, 2 | Average | |||
| 15 |
★ Taylor Made
| 6m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
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3 laps trying to show my belayer in slow motion how to be dynamic and use her feet, soloed to clean
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| Wed 8th Jun 2022 - Berowra | ||||||
| Glamorpus Area | ||||||
| 16 |
★ Prowl 'n Prejudice
| 8m, 3 | Average | |||
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Rpt, easy but would get a V grade ( probably said the same last time I did it)
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| 18 |
★ Extended Prejudice Remix
| 10m, 3 | Don't Bother | |||
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Only advantage is it makes it easier to clean
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| 17 |
★ Un Hommage du Craster
| 8m, 3 | Average | |||
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This is a retrobolting of JFH surely. Ok.
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| Mon 6th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face The Ramparts | ||||||
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★★ Garbage Blaster
| 26m | ★★ Very Good | |||
| 22 |
★ Waynes Route
| 25m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
| 10 |
★ Vascolomys Wambach
| 20m | ★ Good | |||
| 12 |
★ Buzzed Out
| 28m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
| 15 |
Adrenaline Wall
| 25m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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★★ Taipan Wall
| 25m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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A bit tired and sore skin and shoulder after 2 days at Nowra, but cleaning the house can only take up so much time. Fell off a few things due to not concentrating on sequence. Pretty cold and windy.
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