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Mon 22nd Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag Diesel Wall | |||||||
14 | ★★ On The Spot - with Kristof Donald | 14m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
14 | My Body is a Cage - with Kristof Donald | 14m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
18 | ★ Fart Wars - with Kristof Donald | 14m, 7 | Average | ||||
Lots of loose rock
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Mon 22nd Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Dingo Creek | |||||||
13 | ★★ Berk, Berk, Bekawrk - with Kristof Donald | 20m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
18 | ★★ Centurion - with Kristof Donald | 25m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Sun 21st Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Pagoda Environs | |||||||
14 | ★ You Call This an Arete | 13m, 6 | |||||
It's hard to know what to think of this. Like Mikl on the sea cliffs, Rod Kevin Dude & co, are "artists that have gone off on some strange tangent while the rest of the climbing population follow the norm".
Sport bushwalking is fun though and it's way better than the Soft Parade. |
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18 ~17 | ★ Emergency bacon | 12m, 5 | |||||
Nice spot. Rock is a bit dirty but good features.
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Sat 30th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | |||||||
28 | ★★★ Beyond Belief — 3 attempts | 40m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Heart break. Fell 1.5 metres from the end 😭
On the final tie in, the roof felt smooth and full flow. A small power scream came out when getting into the chimney but otherwise felt very tight. Milked the rest then cleanly climbed remaining cruxes only to dry fire out of a sandy fist jam. I should have brushed all of those cracks earlier in the week and I probably would have sent. Looking forward to session 8 (hopefully the last one) in a few months. |
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Fri 29th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | |||||||
23 | ★★★ Disbelief — 3 attempts - with Matthew Robbins | 15m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Brilliant, so satisfying to get off a climb absolutely exhausted. Even managed to squeek out a few Matthew Robbins inspired power screams. Would love to get back out there for a crack at Beyond!
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Wed 27th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | |||||||
28 | ★★★ Beyond Belief — 2 attempts - with WallWalkerWilson | 40m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Session 6:
Tie in 1: jumared up to work final sequences and then linked end of birth canal to end of route using beta from Saturday. Proper crux for me is the moves past the 180 cut loose + double knee bar. Tie in 2: first proper send attempt. Disbelief was very straightforward and then punched through first crux into the roof. From there, dumped the whole tank and pushed to the birth canal. Fell out doing the sequence setup to get into the chimney but honestly, another 5 seconds on the wall and I would have vomited. Hardest I’ve tried in a very very very long time. 🤞 🤞 |
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23 | ★★★ Disbelief - with WallWalkerWilson | 15m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Cruise.
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Sat 23rd Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | |||||||
23 | ★★★ Disbelief - with Matthew Robbins | 15m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
What a stunning location. Amazing acoustics for grovelling up such an epic route too.
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28 | ★★★ Beyond Belief - with Liamtemp | 40m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
All sequences now solved and final moves through the birth canal till end done free. One more sesh to link together last section and then red point attempts. Would be great to close this out before Europe!
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23 | ★★★ Disbelief - with Liamtemp | 15m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Warm up dog to get to the business of the day.
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Tue 27th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area | |||||||
24 | ★★ Goochs Crack - with Taib | 15m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Thu 15th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Main Cliff | |||||||
28 | ★★ The Bell's Line | 60m | |||||
Flashed the 23 bit then proceeded to embark on a futile quest up into hostile territory. I managed some scary links up to near the final roof on choss and a prayer before my braveness quota for the day was reached. Lee is a beast.
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Thu 15th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Supercrack Area | |||||||
24 | ★★★ Supercrack | 65m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Last pitch only, this is one tasty piece of rock
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Thu 15th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Superstar Cave | |||||||
23 | ★ Groundup Superstar | 15m | ★ Good | ||||
Got thrown on this at the end of a solid day. Bit of a dirty grovel guarding a genuinely great finish of multiple body lengths of hands and feet in a ~60 degree overhanging crack. Second ascent.
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Wed 14th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Main Cliff | |||||||
28 | ★★ The Bell's Line - with James Hockey | 60m | Don't Bother | ||||
It was all too much, too hard, too chossy, too complex, too concerning for my belayer below. At some stage the rock is too bad to even aid. Didn't make it to the crux and stopped when I asked myself "why am I doing this???" It really made me appreciate how well-rounded is Lee's skillset.
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Fri 2nd Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Supercrack Area | |||||||
24 |
★★★ Supercrack P3
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nathaniel glavurdic
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24
20m
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Repeat on Fanny's gear to clean the climb for his redpoint.
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Fri 2nd Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Main Gully | |||||||
19 | ★ When the Axe Falls - with nathaniel glavurdic | 30m | ★ Good | ||||
Aptly named, I believe the "axe" the route name refers to is a 15m long and thin feature that looks like it could detach from the cliff at any moment! Definitely felt full value for the grade as I didn't trust the rock I was stepping on or pulling on. Otherwise, I think it was a great climb. Fanny followed me and and didn't pull anything off so I guess I was just being paranoid.
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Fri 2nd Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Supercrack Area | |||||||
24 | ★★★ Supercrack - with Jacques Beaudoin | 65m | ★ Good | ||||
Fell on the flash after been zoned in on the crack broooooo.
2nd shot
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24 | ★★★ Land of the Giants - with Jacques Beaudoin | 15m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
First shot of the day, first warm-up of the day. Phyced how this climbs, really fun and not what you would expect. Number 6 cam is just purely protection and not climbing size. 2nd shot all up after been shut down with cam sizes on first attempt.
Yewww
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Wed 31st Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | |||||||
28 | ★★★ Beyond Belief — 2 attempts - with Jacques Beaudoin | 40m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Physically shattered but super stoked to be able to log a hang dog 🎉
A few huge wins today:
Wasn’t sure if the route was actually doable with the last few metres being a giant question mark. Relieved to find out it’s absolutely doable with current strength/skillset and it just needs beta refined. Psyched to come back in a few months in cooler temps and start going for the send! |
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23 | ★★★ Disbelief - with Jacques Beaudoin | 15m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Getting cleaner and cleaner.
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Sat 27th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | |||||||
23 | ★★★ Disbelief | 15m | |||||
28 | ★★★ Beyond Belief - with Johnny Sullivan | 40m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Failed to get my goal of a ground to birth canal link today. 🤷♂️
All sections are fine in isolation but to actually join them is mega all body pump. Dialed in more beta, climbed sections with far less effort and made it into birth canal. Keeeeeeeeeeeen! |
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23 | ★★★ Disbelief — 2 attempts - with Johnny Sullivan | 15m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
1 lap for a warmup and then a comfy pink point. Trying to link Disbelief into Birth Canal turns out to be fiercely pumpy.
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23 | Crack glove ★★★ Disbelief - with Will West, Jason Capenecas, Matthew Robbins | 15m | |||||
Some bloke said I’d never flash 5.11 on gear. My fragile ego couldn’t handle that
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Thu 25th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Superstar Cave | |||||||
23 | ★ Groundup Superstar - with Amelie Beaudoin, Ayla | 15m | ★ Good | ||||
Repeat, this time with the rock as clean as it can get without high traffic. Unfortunately I have to take few stars off after the ecstasy of the ground up first ascent wore out. The rock is all but perfect, It's short and has a sit down rest at the middle. Also, few flakes fell down leaving alternate footwork to the feet in the crack used in the first ascent. Still think it's a great little climb.
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Sat 20th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | |||||||
28 | ★★★ Beyond Belief — 2 attempts | 40m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Day 2:
Tie in 1: A little sketched out by disbelief as the crack was full seeping and I wasn’t 100% ok with cams in potentially wet sandstone. Turned out to be ok and just needed to get the head on straight. 5 sits to get up to the roof and then work a bit more of the beta. Tie in 2: Tried for a full link from ground to the double knee bar. Cruised up Disbelief until a hand jam popped out of a wet piece of the crack at the anchors… Ahh well! Climbed from the fall through the roof to the double knee bar, sat, and then solved the final sequence (mini crux?) that entered the birth canal. Goal for today was to get to birth canal, so that’s a success ✅ Aiming for a clean link from ground into birth canal next session. Beta is all there, climbed all current sequences clean… the final piece might just be a dry crack! 😂 |
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Wed 27th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Supercrack Area | |||||||
24 | ★★★ Land of the Giants — 2 attempts - with zac T | 15m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
First Free Ascent. Very inspiring line that begged to be climbed. Not strictly crack climbing as all footwork is there and the wide crack can be underclung in the same fashion as it's thinner version Gravel Rash at the Underworld. Used #3#2#0.75 for the start anchor then 5x#6 (some shuffled from the very beginning) and #0.75#2 after turning the lip.
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Mon 25th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | |||||||
19 | ★★★ A Right Chimney - with Matthew Robbins | 40m | |||||
Downclimbed to ground from the wide section as I couldn’t find any good gear and got spooked
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Sun 24th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Superstar Cave | |||||||
23 | ★ Groundup Superstar - with nathaniel glavurdic | 15m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Not every day you walk past an unclimbed classic roof crack, you've got the right gear, you've got the right partner and you onsight it ground up cleaning the loose rock on the way up, pull through perfect fists and hands with feet in the crack. Dream. I decided to continue up above the crack to top out on a scary mission on suspicious dinner plates, lose dirt, caving under boulder and emerge trough a hole. I do not recommend that bit! I will go back and clean it properly top down, this climb deserves to be one of the best cracks at the grade in the Blueys and beyond. Fanny agreed, this is an amazing find.
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Sat 23rd Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | |||||||
28 | ★★★ Beyond Belief — 2 attempts - with Johnny Sullivan | 40m | |||||
Day 1: Bargained, borrowed and begged for every size #4 cam between Blueies and Brisbane to tie in and scope this out.
1st tie in: Aided through about 8m of the horizontal fist crack, getting acquainted with the jams and gear. Back jumped down to anchor and lowered off to give Johnny a catch on another route. 2nd tie in: Had a decent idea of the beta for the section I played on so decided to put all my beans into it. Freed the whole section in one push at max effort, Johnny described the screams as some sort of dying dinosaur 😂 So… super happy with the day as I managed to free an entire section! Still have quite a lot left to do, and conscious the hard stuff is still to come, but it’s a good start. A few takeaways:
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23 | ★★★ Disbelief - with Johnny Sullivan | 15m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Chill warmup dog to get to the real business of the day.
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Fri 22nd Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Dingo Creek | |||||||
26 | ★★★ Indian Pacific - with Julie Anderson | 38m, 17 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sooo good, I had to come back a few times over the years to get the crux sorted. Most of the climb is 3-4 grades easier than the crux section but for some reasons it's still exciting and it climbs so well. I rate this climb and will do it again.
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Tue 19th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Supercrack Area | |||||||
24 | ★★★ Supercrack - with Jacques Beaudoin | 65m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Mega!! What a crack, holds straight through the roof! Led up to the old stuck cam on the lip and clipping/resting jug. Then proceeded to slip out of the easy hand jam jugs to the top, called that the end and back cleaned. Would've been easier had my crack glove not ripped off at the start of the roof but attempted to burl through the pain.
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Tue 19th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Main Cliff | |||||||
23 | ★★★ Sacred Ground - with Jacques Beaudoin | 63m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Epic line splitting the face! Mostly cruisy except for a short crux, felt pretty easy after finding a kneebar to shake out the pump and setup some solid fist jams.
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Mon 18th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Main Cliff | |||||||
23 | ★★★ Sacred Ground - with Lee | 63m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Epic onsight in one monster pitch. Loads of gear shuffle to avoid rope drag and avoid running out of #4s. Crux was burly fist jams that made me work real hard but I didn't think I'd fall at any moment. For me doing this climb in one pitch made it truly memorable.
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Wed 13th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | |||||||
23 | ★★★ Disbelief — 2 attempts - with Lee Prescott, Jacques Beaudoin | 15m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Such a sick sick line!!! Couldn't believe this fucking cave!! To get the full send on the 28 would be sick, and the great divide looks awesome!!! First burn my left tape glove ripped off so I barebacked the last cruxy moves after ripping the glove off. Fucked the onsight due to fluffy errors but got second shot, right to the last jam. Pissed out so much blood on the route near the top. Can't believe the overhanging fist jams at the top !!! MEGA!!!!
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28 | ★★★ Beyond Belief - with Dylan Glavas, Jacques Beaudoin | 40m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Yowza. Pump city, had to bail once I'd lost enough skin on my fists. Incredible position and moves in the roof
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23 | ★★★ Disbelief - with Dylan Glavas, Jacques Beaudoin | 15m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
One of the best crack lines I've been on! Incredible area with some striking lines, cheers to Jac for showing us! Cruisy jams, classic sandstone cheese grater jamming.
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Sun 10th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Pagoda Environs | |||||||
17 | ★ F marks the spot - with Ben Jancovich | 13m, 5 | Average | ||||
16 ~15 | ★ Science Friction - with Ben Jancovich | 13m, 5 | Average | ||||
18 ~16 | ★ Emergency bacon - with Ben Jancovich | 12m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Very easy for the grade. Beautiful climbing shame it doesn’t continue for another 20m!
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Wed 25th Oct 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | |||||||
23 | ★★★ Disbelief | 15m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Mon 16th Oct 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | |||||||
28 | ★★★ The Great Divide — 2 attempts | 15m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Wow, what an incredible line. Very gnarly but possible with the right sequence.
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Sat 23rd Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | |||||||
23 | ★★★ Disbelief — 2 attempts | 15m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Stoked to put down one of my dream lines. What an absolute masterpiece of a crack!
The send is a little bittersweet as I came off right at the chains on the onsight when going to the final hand jam… I gave it my all (zero warmup) but didn’t quite nail it 🤷♂️ I was so flash pumped from jamming I couldn’t open or close my hands for 5 minutes. The pink point burn was absolute flow and went down quickly. It sounds a little silly but a pink point doesn’t quite feel respectful to the climb, will need to come back for a redpoint 😅 |
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Sat 9th Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's Aurora | |||||||
23 | ★ The Lithgow Panther - with Belledonna Brown | 25m | |||||
Such a fun climb, will have to come back and not punt it at the top
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24 | ★★ Toasted — 2 attempts - with Belledonna Brown | 20m | |||||
Spicy little boulder down low!
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Tue 5th Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's Aurora | |||||||
24 | ★★ Mousie Maze | 30m, 12 | |||||
27 | ★★★ Chasing stars | 30m | |||||
24 ~23 | ★★ Toasted | 20m | |||||
Sun 3rd Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's Northern Star Wall | |||||||
28 | ★★★ Northern Star — 3 attempts - with Jacques Beaudoin | 17m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
What a ripper of a line! That sidepull into gaston crux is tough. Thanks Jacques for the tour!
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Wed 30th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Daydreamer | |||||||
28 | ★★★ Le Paresseux - with sare | 30m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Finally completing this long chapter placing all gear from ground to end. This climb is one of a kind.
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Wed 16th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Dingo Creek | |||||||
26 | ★★★ Delicate Flower | 45m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sun 13th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Daydreamer | |||||||
28 | ★★★ Le Paresseux - with Paul Frothy Thomson | 30m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Was and epic battle. All trad gear pre-placed. Very, very unique climb. Such an improbable line.
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Sat 22nd Jul 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Dingo Creek | |||||||
27 | ★★★ Mandingo | 45m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
26 | ★★★ Delicate Flower | 45m | |||||
Fri 21st Jul 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's Aurora | |||||||
29 | ★★★ Snow shine | 30m, 13 | |||||
Fri 7th Jul 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's Aurora | |||||||
29 | ★★★ Snow shine | 30m, 13 | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Thu 6th Jul 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Dingo Creek | |||||||
22 | An All-New Face-Climb | 35m, 14 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
26 | ★★★ Delicate Flower | 45m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Thu 29th Jun 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Daydreamer | |||||||
24 | ★★★ Sloth Roof - with Seth | 20m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Got advised to upgrade to 24. Although all holds are big, half the gear is tricky and suspicious and this thing is horizontal. Would be three stars at piddo.
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Mon 26th Jun 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Dingo Creek | |||||||
26 | ★★★ Indian Pacific | 38m, 17 | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
wow!
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Fri 16th Jun 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Dingo Creek | |||||||
26 | ★★★ Indian Pacific - with davedave, Michael Moore, Luke Hef | 38m, 17 | |||||
Sooo techy and megaaaaa
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8 | ★★ Milo - with davedave, Michael Moore, Luke Hef | 15m | |||||
17 | ★★ Drop Bear - with davedave, Michael Moore, Luke Hef | 20m | |||||
Really enjoyed this
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18 | ★★ Centurion - with davedave, Michael Moore, Luke Hef | 25m | |||||
Thu 15th Jun 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Dingo Creek | |||||||
13 | ★★ Berk, Berk, Bekawrk - with Match, Michael Moore, heffner | 20m | |||||
Gotta get some meters logged somewhere.
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8 | ★★ Milo - with Match, Michael Moore, heffner | 15m | |||||
Got the approach shoe beta from mitcho
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17 | ★★ Drop Bear - with Match, Michael Moore, heffner | 20m | |||||
19 | ★ Pick Pocket - with Match, Michael Moore, heffner | 20m | |||||
Got spooked like a lot of the other ascentionists going around the arete to the thin crux holds. Degenerated into a bit of a dog show.
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18 | ★★ Centurion - with Match, Michael Moore, heffner | 25m | |||||
26 | ★★★ Indian Pacific - with Match, davedave, Luke Hef | 38m, 17 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sheeeeeet, it’s huge
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Wed 7th Jun 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Daydreamer | |||||||
24 | ★★★ Sloth Roof - with Pedro V | 20m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Second shot with all gear pre-placed, first shot was epic with passive gear pre-placed and felt soooo much harder, I gave up when placing a bad #5 breathing in a chunky gain of sand. The climb still needs a lot of cleaning.
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Sun 28th May 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's Aurora | |||||||
24 | ★★ Mousie Maze | 30m, 12 | |||||
Mon 22nd May 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Daydreamer | |||||||
28 | FA ★★★ The Blood Arrow - with Pedro V | 25m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
First Free Ascent. What a line, what a climb! First shot of the day, boom!
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24 | ★★★ Daydreamer - with Pedro V | 23m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Warming up, got a bit more pumped than expected
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Sun 23rd Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Marrangaroo Creek Backside | |||||||
16 | ★ 10cc's of Liquid Dream Killer | 13m, 6 | ★ Good | ||||
10 | The Creator of Reality | 15m, 6 | Average | ||||
Sun 23rd Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Marrangaroo Creek Front Side | |||||||
12 | ★ Life As A Cis Male | 14m, 4 | ★ Good | ||||
Mon 10th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | |||||||
24 | ★★★ Disbelief | 15m | |||||
I had a spare day over the Easter weekend after the crew disbanded so decided to do some recon on dream projects. Having seen pictures of Disbelief Cave pop up over the years, I knew I had to see Disbelief and Beyond Belief in person.
Hooooly... But pictures simply do not do this place justice! As a self-identified crack climber, this is, for me personally, probably the single most inspiring line I've seen. Mind absolutely blown, Disbelief/Beyond Belief are the perfect names. Can't wait for the day to get the chance to tie in for this. |
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Sun 9th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag Diesel Wall | |||||||
17 | I Lichen It | 15m, 6 | |||||
14 | My Body is a Cage | 14m, 6 | |||||
15 | Frosty When Wet | 14m, 5 | |||||
13 | Kill for Satan | 13m, 5 | |||||
13 | Don't feel like walking out | 30m, 5 | |||||
Sun 9th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag Surprise Wall | |||||||
15 | ★★ The Slab that Bon Scott Drunk - with KM | 15m, 7 | |||||
Sun 9th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Pagoda Environs | |||||||
12 | Breakfast made easy - with KM | 11m, 5 | |||||
12 | Death and Gravity - with KM | 11m, 5 | |||||
13 | Well I Was In The Neighbourhood - with KM | 11m, 5 | |||||
14 | ★ You Call This an Arete - with KM | 13m, 6 | |||||
15 | ★ Synchronize Your Dogmas - with KM | 14m, 5 | |||||
Sat 8th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Red Wall | |||||||
21 | ★★ Chink in the Armour | 20m | ★ Good | ||||
Holds were breaking left, right and centre… otherwise, great climbing.
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23 | ★ Panem ethics — 2 attempts | 18m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Hard bouldery start to tricky finish.
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Sat 8th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Green Wall | |||||||
23 | ★★ Indian giver - with Pierre, manon nougier, Naomi, JeremyPerier, Coedie, Laura Wimberger, Ryan, Lee | 20m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
I think this was the line we tried...the only on on rings, climbs nicely with some touch moves, a hard crux and the best quality rock i've pulled onto here. Got all the moves but the crux move took a couple gos to figure. out
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Sat 8th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Creature Wall | |||||||
22 | ★★ Old Yeller - with Pierre, manon nougier, Naomi, JeremyPerier, Coedie, Laura Wimberger, Ryan, Lee | 15m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Really enjoyable with a potentially frustrating crux. Bring a camera if you've got mates on the red wall below.
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6 | Little Fella - with Pierre, manon nougier, Naomi, JeremyPerier, Coedie, Laura Wimberger, Ryan, Lee | 18m, 5 | |||||
sounds very hollow and fragile
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