Ascents in Blue Mountains as Onsight as trad or sport by Matt Short

Searching in:

Photos Webcovers Topos Ascents Discussions

Showing 1 - 100 out of 152 ascents.

	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality
Sun 10th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Nest Main Area
	17 ~16	★★ Bald Eagles - with Jack	Sport 21m, 4	★★ Very Good
This was a great route but easy for the grade. Only maybe getting off the ground was 17.
	16	★ Shine - with Jack	Sport 15m	Average
Nice climb after backing off the 22.
	16	★ Weasel Words - with Jack	Sport 15m, 4	★ Good
Fun climb
	17 Hard	★★ Araplactic - with Jack	Sport 18m	★★ Very Good
Probably the best climb I did all day. Had some fun moves in it.
Sat 18th Dec 2021 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Corroboree Walls Disneyland
	20	★ Iron Man - with Jack	Sport 22m	★★ Very Good
I would put this as harder than 20, especially down the bottom. Good moves otherwise and a fun climb.
	15	★ Bacon - with Jack	Sport 25m, 9	★★ Very Good
Nice fun climb.
Sat 2nd Nov 2019 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Historic Wells
	21	★ Movin' On Up - with Michael Law	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good
Great climb, would be pretty hard if there wasn't a rest half way. The top section gets a bit thin in places, everything is just not quite as big as you would like it.
	14	★ Offwidth Joy - with Michael Law	Trad 25m	★★ Very Good
Really enjoyed these cracks. Well wor having a go at.
	14	★ Back to Back - with Becky	Trad 13m	★★ Very Good
Nice easy trad climb with loads of gear. Thinks get a little interesting when the feet run out.
	21	★★ Tree Beard - with Michael Law	Sport 10m	★★ Very Good
Really enjoyed the whole climb. The crux move was quite strong.
	18	★ Awesome Daddy - with Jean	Sport 10m	★★ Very Good
Great climbing, strong moves down low.
	17	★ Thanks Mum - with Becky	Sport 13m	★★ Very Good
Nice climbing, hard start for the short!
	15	★ Odie Odour - with Michael Law	Mixed trad 30m, 1	★★ Very Good
Fun crack climbing up thin cracks. Bit of a hard first move but ok.
	14	★ The Cat that Fought Back - with Jean	Sport 15m	★ Good
Nice beginner route.
	17 15	★ Dirty Beasts - with Jean	Sport 17m	★ Good
The move in the middle is more than 15 but the rest is about that. Fun climb.
Sat 29th Jun 2019 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Abseil Gully
	13	★ Bonnie Scotland - with Paul Griffiths	Trad 53m	★★ Very Good
This is a nice climb, the gear can be hard to find in places but it is all there. Probably not a good climb for a beginner at trad.
Sat 4th May 2019 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Amok Time Gully
	14	Brobdingnag - with Veronica Trainor	Trad 25m	★ Good
This is actually a really good climb. Well worth doing.
Sat 4th May 2019 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	17	★★ Bumflute - with Andrew Stevenson	Mixed trad 30m, 7	★★ Very Good
Really enjoyed this climb, nearly as good as Black Bart
Sat 4th May 2019 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Rip Van Winkle Wall
	16	★ Penguin Pete - with Andrew Stevenson	Mixed trad 20m, 3	★ Good
Felt a bit hard for 16 or that may just have been that I have not been climbing for a while.
	14	Rip - with Veronica Trainor	Mixed trad 20m, 2	★ Good
Nice climb up thin crack, set up a trad belay at the top and then spotted the carrots.
Sun 10th Feb 2019 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Little Triggers Wall
	15	★ The Arrow and the Song - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 26m, 9	★★ Very Good
Nice climb, some bits felt harder than 15. Maybe this was because we were rushing it before we got burnt off by the sun.
	19	★★ Quirrell's Quarrell - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 25m, 10	★★ Very Good
Lots of varied climbing, one of my favorite climbs at the crag.
	21	★★ Dr Do Little - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Good climb, the crux move is hard especially for the short. I did it more dynamically than I should but managed to hold onto it.
	21	★★ Starman - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good
Mostly easy for a 21 but there was 1 hard sidepull move down low.
Sat 12th May 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area
	16	★ Cold Finger - with Jack	Sport 12m	★ Good
Nice short sports route.
	17	★ Casual Assassin - with Jack	Sport 12m	★ Good
Nice short sports route.
	15	★ Flying Circus - with Jack	Sport 14m	★ Good
Nice short sports route.
	18	★★ Honey Rider - with Jack	Sport 60m	★★★ Classic
The starting moves are hard for 18 but overall the climb is great. Really enjoyed the sit down belay in the cave.
	19	★★ Mr Big - with Jack	Sport 75m	★★★ Classic
Great climbing on the first 2 pitches and then the 3rd pitch in my opinion was the best. Just be careful with the 3rd pitch we had problems pulling the rope, would recommend taking 2 ropes as it says in the guide.
Sat 21st Apr 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Afghan/Girl in the Mirror wall
	20	★★ Compassion Overboard - with Jack	Mixed trad 45m, 8	★★★ Classic
I really enjoyed this climb up with some gear and then hangers at the hard bits.
Sat 21st Apr 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Abseil Gully
	16 14	★★ Set, Piece, Battle - with Paul Griffiths	Mixed trad 50m, 8	★★ Very Good
Fun climbing but if there were carrots there I didn't find them. Gear was spaced in places but there was enough to get by.
Sat 7th Apr 2018 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
	15	★★ The Pharaoh	Trad 33m	★★ Very Good
Great climb, interesting moves at the bottom but once you figure them out it is ok.
Sat 7th Apr 2018 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area
	15	★★ Hope	Trad 15m	★★ Very Good
Nice tricky finger section in the middle.
	13	★ Sincerity	Sport 14m, 4	★ Good
The top move was the hardest.
	13	★ Charity	Trad 14m	★★ Very Good
Really nice corner, I could have done with some more big gear but I made do with what I had.
	11	★ Angular Crack	Trad 25m	★★ Very Good
Better than I expected, this route climbs very well.
Sun 10th Dec 2017 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Rhum Dhu
	19	★★ Dirty Rotten Pig - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 130m	★★★ Classic
Some great climbing, pitch 1 and 2 are fairly solid at the grade and then pitch 3 is still fun climbing. Pitch 4 the escape pitch is not so fun or as easy as you might like
Sat 28th Oct 2017 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Sweet Dreams Walls
	19	★★★ Whymper - with Paul Griffiths	Sport 150m	★★★ Classic
Loved this climb, it has some great climbing on the first 4 pitches with pitch 3 being the best.
Sun 3rd Sep 2017 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area The Soft Parade The Middle
	10	★ Lazy Lizards - with Elly	Sport 8m	★ Good
Nice easy climb on good rock.
	11	★ Bob's Breakfast - with Elly	Sport 8m, 5	★ Good
OK
	8	★ Who's Bob - with Elly	Sport 8m, 5	★ Good
Very short and very easy.
	9	★ J Meister - with Elly	Sport 8m, 4	★ Good
Nice easy climb.
Sun 3rd Sep 2017 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area The Soft Parade The Right Hand End
	12	★ Soho Central - with Elly	Sport 6m, 4	★ Good
No hands ascent because it looked fun.
	11	★ Honk On - with Elly	Sport 10m, 4	Average
Ok
	14	★ George's Perspiration - with Elly	Sport 12m, 6	★ Good
Quite enjoyed this slightly longer route.
	16	★★ Visions Fade - with Elly	Sport 12m, 7	★ Good
Probably on of the best routes we did all day. The moves at the top were interesting.
	17	★★ A Birds Eye On A Bannana Bender - with Elly	Sport 14m, 8	★ Good
An interesting wondery route that is well worth doing if you make it this far down the crag.
Sat 13th May 2017 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Stateline Gully
	19	★★ Touchstone - with Adam Mujaj	Trad 30m	★★★ Classic
Great climb and well worth the walk.
Sat 8th Apr 2017 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Ikara, Victorialand, Odin Head, Thor Head Ikara Head
	20	★★★ Caladan - with Andrew Stevenson	Trad 32m	★★★ Mega Classic
What an awesome route, easily up there with the best cracks that I have climbed in the Blue Mountains. The start was intimidating but the climbing was easier than expected. When I got up to the hand crack proper it was fairly smooth sailing until about the last 5m where the climb seemed to take every opportunity to try and spit me off, luckly I was up for the fight and mad it all they way to the top. Very happy to have ticked this one.
Sat 1st Apr 2017 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
	17	★ Avago (Ya Mug) - with Andrew Stevenson	Trad 35m	★★ Very Good
I was surprised that I really enjoyed this climb, it doesn't look much from the ground but it is good.
Sun 29th Jan 2017 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area The Freezer
	21	★★ Bulls Head - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 35m	★★★ Classic
Great fun adventure route for a sport route. A nice traverse with some harder moves at the end of it.
Sun 22nd Jan 2017 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area The Freezer
	18	★★ Soul Sister - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 24m	★★ Very Good
Nice climb with some interesting moves. Would do it again.
	20	★ Old Blobby - with Alice	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good
Hard start, more like 21. Then some nice jug hauling up the arete. Very fun.
	24	★★ Unity (Rat$ Direct) - with Paul Griffiths	Sport 25m	★★★ Classic
My first 24 and managed to get it onsight as well! Hauled myself onto the start and then made my way up the wall. I struggled just before the big ledge but managed to stay on. After a long rest on the ledge I made my way up the tecnical part of the wall just above the ledge and finished with a bit of a dynamic move to what luckly turned out to be a good hold. I was very happy to get to the top of this on very pumped.
	22	★★ SWALK - with Paul Griffiths	Sport 25m	★★★ Classic
This was a really nice climb with a few rests to stop you getting mega pumped.
Sat 3rd Dec 2016 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall
	15	★★ Wild is the Wind - with Andrew Stevenson	Trad 80m	★★ Very Good
Nice adventure climbing, well worth a trip up.
	19	★ My Mate Matey - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good
Really enjoyed the thin climbing on this one, slightly easier than the climb next door.
Sat 3rd Dec 2016 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Walk-Down Gully
	21	★★ Pig Iron Slaughter - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 45m	★★★ Classic
What an amazing arete to climb. I was glade to get this clean given how warm it was. It has some great moves at the crux on the arete.
Sun 13th Nov 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Shakes and Flakes Wall
	21	★★★ Shakes and Flakes - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 30m	★★★ Classic
Best route of the day, it has some great climbing and some thin sections but not where I thought they would be.
Sun 13th Nov 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	15	★★ Just for Fun - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 50m	★★★ Classic
A great easy route, can be done all on carrots. The second pitch is quite short and I am not sure that I would bother doing it again.
Sun 13th Nov 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	17 21	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag (Dress Rehearsal Rag - 1st Pitch) - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 35m, 4	★★★ Classic
Not sure about the statement about it being desperate for 17. I found this fairly straight forward, just enough holds to make a great route.
Sun 13th Nov 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Rip Van Winkle Wall
	16	★★ Van - with Andrew Stevenson	Trad 44m	★★ Very Good
The crack makes for very interesting climbing, well worth doing. I placed loads of nuts in the crack.
Sun 13th Nov 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall
	19	★★★ Taipan - with Andrew Stevenson	Trad 50m	★★★ Classic
Awesome climb, the second pitch is really good. I didn't like the sling to start with but there were bomber bits of gear on the way up.
Sun 13th Nov 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Ethel's Wall
	17	★ Harpo - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
Nice route, felt a bit like Grouchie but easier.
	19	★ Grouchie - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 18m	★★ Very Good
A good route that felt pumpy towards the top, noting overly difficult.
Sun 16th Oct 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Little Triggers Wall
	17	★ Monkey Girl - with Elly	Sport 23m	★★ Very Good
Nice climb with a tricky start.
	21	★★ Sound and Vision - with Elly	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
Great climb, the crux was pretty reachy for me but I made it stick.
Sat 24th Sep 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Atomic Punk Area
	21	★★ Oblivious	Mixed trad 20m, 4	★★ Very Good
I have always overlooked this climb but it turns out it is well worth doing.
Sat 24th Sep 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Tex Arcana Wall
	20	★★ Tex Arcana	Trad 15m	★★ Very Good
Great fun climb, I took a #4 cam and placed it. Felt about right for the grade.
	21	★★ Hullaballoo	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good
Nice thin section through the middle. Felt right for the grade
Sat 24th Sep 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Birdsnest Area
	17	★ Currawongs & Chocolate Cakes	Mixed trad 18m, 4	★ Good
I found this quite a fun climb but other I was with weren't convinced.
Sat 24th Sep 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Auntie Jack Area
	17	★★ Viparete - with Roger Austin	Trad 30m	★★ Very Good
A great climb. I was pretty happy with the gear down low, I found a nut down low before the mantle and then a cam after the mantle. Perhaps my head was just in the right place that day.
	19	★★★ Auntie Jack - with Matt Short	Mixed trad 27m, 1	★★★ Classic
What a great climb with a bit of everything, I can see how you would think that the flake section is a bit run out but luckily my head was in the right place.
Sun 11th Sep 2016 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Walk-Down Gully
	16	★★★ The Gates of Janus - with Jack	Trad 50m	★★★ Classic
What a climb, at first I thought I was oning to layback it but I ended up jamming most of the way. I got to about 2/3 height and realised that the biggest cam that I had left was a 0.5 and all I could see was a hand sized crack. After standing on the ledge for a while I went with the philosophy "If in doubt, run it out", after all how hard could it be, it is only a 16. Luckily the climbing wasn't too hard and I found a large wire somewhere up there. We decided to carry on up what we thought was the second pitch of Gentle Mine, turns out it was the second pitch of Pig Iron Slaughter. Was worth doing though.
Sun 11th Sep 2016 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall
	20	★ Grand Slam 2008 - with Jack	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
The start was easy then you pull onto the slab where you pull up on small crimps always hoping that the next on will be a good one. This doesn't end until the last bolt. If you told me it was 21 I wouldn't argue with you.
	18	★★★ Gold Star - with Jack	Trad 58m	★★★ Classic
What an amazing route, interesting handjamming on the first pitch then a bold start to the second with some interesting moves through the roof.
Sat 27th Aug 2016 - Blue Mountains
Medlow Bath Reservoir Dogs
	21	★★ Mr Orange - with Paul Griffiths	Sport 38m, 17	★★★ Classic
This is an awesome climb with lots of interesting varied moves. Going through the roof was probably the best bit. Did as one long pitch.
Sun 21st Aug 2016 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Jean Jaurès Wall
	20	★★ La Femme Flic - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 30m, 10	★★★ Classic
Great climb with a bit of variety, this is much more my kind of climbing, less steep
	18	★ Slip, Snap, Splash. - with Andrew Stevenson	Sport 30m, 15	★★ Very Good
Fun climbing.
Sat 9th Jan 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Noodle Wall
	15	★★ Noodle - with Blue Mountains Orangutan	Sport 12m	★★ Very Good
Great climb full of jugs.
Sat 9th Jan 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Crackle Area
	16	★ Crackle - with Blue Mountains Orangutan	Trad 30m	★★ Very Good
Great Route, easy in the first half and then gets steeper but there is plenty of gear.
Sat 9th Jan 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Auntie Jack Area
	10	★ Lishenbak - with Roger Austin	Trad 30m	★ Good
Nice easy trad route. Need big gear to properly protect. In the whole route I only got 3 bits in (nut, carrot and #4 Cam).
Sat 9th Jan 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Birdsnest Area
	18	★ Sparrow - with Roger Austin	Mixed trad 18m, 4	★★ Very Good
Nice climb.
Sat 5th Dec 2015 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Monument Ridge Gully
	12	★ Last Thoughts - with Susie	Sport 20m	★ Good
Nice easier route with enough stuff to keep you interested.
	14	Second last thoughts - with Susie	Sport 25m	★ Good
Nice route with a bouldery move by the top.
Sat 5th Dec 2015 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Mezzaluna Area
	9	★ Frolic - with Susie	Trad 13m	★★ Very Good
Worth doing if you have big gear with you.
Sat 5th Dec 2015 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Dragon's Tooth Area
	13 12	★★ Dragon's Tooth - with Susie	Trad 30m	★★★ Classic
Great Climb up a stunning looking corner. Start felt hard for 12 but the rest was fine. Worth the walk over.
Sat 29th Aug 2015 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
	15	★★ The Carthaginian - with Andrew Stevenson	Trad 33m	★★★ Classic
A great corner climb with interest all the way up.
Sat 29th Aug 2015 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Hocus Pocus Area
	8	★★ Hocus Pocus - with Elly	Mixed trad 49m, 15
Found this a bit spaced between bolts but not too much of a problem as it was an easy climb. We did it as 1 long pitch.
Sat 15th Aug 2015 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall
	17	★★★ Fire Bug - with Andrew Stevenson, Susie	Trad 63m	★★★ Classic
Great climbing, may favourite was pitch 3, not to strenuous if you bridge.
Sat 4th Jul 2015 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall
	19	★★ Lardy Lady's Lats pitch 1 - with Roger Austin	Sport 18m	★★ Very Good
Unfortunately I was not strong enough to do the second part.
	19	★★ Jack High - with Roger Austin	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
Nice route that was reachy in places
Sat 4th Jul 2015 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Grey Slab
	18	★ The Answer is Obvious - with Roger Austin	Sport 20m	★ Good
Nice climb
	18	★ The Bandoline Grip - with Roger Austin	Sport 18m, 6	★★ Very Good
Nice route to start with.
Sun 8th Feb 2015 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Lunch Ledge
	14	★★ Darkside - with Andrew Stevenson	Mixed trad 110m, 10	★★★ Classic
Awesome first pitch, I haven't climbed many better chimneys. It is a shame the the following pitches aren't that great however I would do it just for the first pitch.
Sat 7th Feb 2015 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Sweet Dreams Walls
	18 17	★★★ Sweet Nightmare (Link-Up) - with Roger Austin	Mixed trad 130m, 12	★★★ Classic
For me this is probably a better finish to sweet dreams.
Sat 7th Feb 2015 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Binary Cave
	20 21	★★ Flash Flood - with Roger Austin	Sport 18m, 7	★★ Very Good
Nice climbing with a campus start. I found the move to the undercling the hardest.
	18	★ Please Dry - with Roger Austin	Sport 12m, 5	★★ Very Good
Nice climbing, I did find it reachy as the guide suggests.
Sun 14th Dec 2014 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall
	16	★★ Giggles - with Paul	Mixed trad 30m, 7	★★★ Classic
Great climbing, felt very pumpy at the end of the day.
	16	★★ Giggles - with Paul	Mixed trad 30m, 7	★★★ Classic
Great climbing, felt very pumpy at the end of the day.

Showing 1 - 100 out of 152 ascents.

Deutsch English Español Français Italiano 한국어 Português 中文

Ascents in Blue Mountains as Onsight as trad or sport by Matt Short

Ascent filters:

Route filters:

Climber filters: