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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Climber	Date
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	9	★★ Alisons Playhouse Direct Finish	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains		Mic	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	23	★★ Fret Arete	Unknown 40m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Trent Lee	Sat 8th May 2004
a great OS by JJ. super techie climbing and hard at 23.
	8	Applejack	Unknown 30m	Blue Mountains		Mic	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	22	Skyrider	Unknown 70m	Blue Mountains		duanne white	Sun 10th Jan 2010
the corner is now clean again
	22	★★ Roar for the Wicked Wedgie Woman	Unknown 100m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Sun 9th Nov 2008
hard off the ledge. Led pitch 1 and 3 and 4
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains		ness	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	14	Serrata	Unknown 250m	Blue Mountains		Jonathon English	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	24	★★★ Twenty Something - In the Flesh Linkup	Unknown 25m	Blue Mountains		James Hardy	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	5	Bare Foot Bandits	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	David O'Donnell	Tue 13th Dec 2005
classic line, pioneered (I use that term advisadley) by Dave and Dave!
	19	★★ Godzilla Versus the Smog Monster	Unknown 5m	Blue Mountains		warwick payten	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	8	Applejack	Unknown 30m	Blue Mountains		Matthew Portman	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	23	★★ Fret Arete	Unknown 40m	Blue Mountains	Crap	David O'Donnell	Thu 26th Feb 2004
this one is an ego destroyer. aiding is such fun!
	8	Applejack	Unknown 30m	Blue Mountains	Average	michael batchelor	1989
	15	★ Proteus	Unknown 220m	Blue Mountains		ness	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	8	Applejack	Unknown 30m	Blue Mountains		jameswcroft	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★ Godzilla Versus the Smog Monster	Unknown 5m	Blue Mountains		Ian Geatches	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★ Godzilla Versus the Smog Monster	Unknown 5m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Dave	1997
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains		James Hardy	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	14	Serrata	Unknown 250m	Blue Mountains	Average	Mike Patterson	Sat 30th Apr 2005
spooky alpine ramble
	15	★ Proteus	Unknown 220m	Blue Mountains		Jim Croft	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains		russ	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★ Godzilla Versus the Smog Monster	Unknown 5m	Blue Mountains		Matt	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	9	★★ Alisons Playhouse Direct Finish	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains		Dan wilde	1996
	23	★★ Fret Arete	Unknown 40m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Tony Williams	Wed 15th Dec 2004
led 1st pitch and couldn't get up 2nd! Hard 23.
	15	Old Testament	Unknown 250m	Blue Mountains	Don't Bother	Hayden Brotchie	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	24	★ Ape Drape	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Nick Clow	Sat 22nd Nov 2008
good climbing though sandy
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains		Rod Young	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★ Godzilla Versus the Smog Monster	Unknown 5m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Brian Kenihan	Sat 28th May 2005
2nd
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains		Peter Coupland	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	13	Coronation Crack	Unknown 200m	Blue Mountains		Hayden Brotchie	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	9	★★ Alisons Playhouse Direct Finish	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains	Average	Mike Patterson	Sun 10th Apr 2005
harder now Brian broke a hold off..
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains		julian andersen	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	15	★ Proteus	Unknown 220m	Blue Mountains		jameswcroft	Tue 13th Apr 2010
		Gordon-Smith Chimney	Unknown	Blue Mountains		Hayden Brotchie	Tue 13th Apr 2010
very dangerous
	9	★★ Alisons Playhouse Direct Finish	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains		Hayden Brotchie	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★ Godzilla Versus the Smog Monster	Unknown 5m	Blue Mountains		Wendy Eden	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	23	★★ Fret Arete	Unknown 40m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	JJ	Sat 8th May 2004
Ultra Techie & SUPER balancy, hard @ 23.
	24	★ Ape Drape	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	David O'Donnell	Fri 25th Apr 2008
my 2nd favourite hawky route ever!!, only behind axis of evil. botched the onsight as per usual. 2nd go.
	24	★ Ape Drape	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Sat 13th Sep 2008
nice moves, average rock, day too hot!
	23	★★ Fret Arete	Unknown 40m	Blue Mountains		ness	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains		Ian Geatches	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains		Dan wilde	1996
	9	★★ Alisons Playhouse Direct Finish	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Sandra Parker	Sat 10th Apr 2004
And you call this a 9! Very bouldery start. Took a few trys to startthe climb, a layback and legl hook using the horn! Enjoyable.
	21	Curly	Unknown 50m	Blue Mountains		Adam Bramwell	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Sat 21st Nov 2009
WHo knows what it was
	19	★★ Godzilla Versus the Smog Monster	Unknown 5m	Blue Mountains		Rod Young	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★ Godzilla Versus the Smog Monster	Unknown 5m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	chris fox	Sat 29th Jul 2006
bit run out to the first clip, great rock and great climbing
	20	★★ Soft Edges Direct Finish	Unknown 25m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Nick Kaczorowski	Sat 29th Jul 2006
smashing!
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains		Mic	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains		Matthew Portman	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	15	★ Proteus	Unknown 220m	Blue Mountains		Hayden Brotchie	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	21	Black Hole	Unknown 90m	Blue Mountains		Hayden Brotchie	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Damien Haines	Mon 28th Jul 1997
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains		Mike Garben	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	14	Taghairn	Unknown 300m	Blue Mountains		Hayden Brotchie	Tue 13th Apr 2010
Climbed various pitches.
	8	Applejack	Unknown 30m	Blue Mountains		Mike Patterson	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains		Michael Cook	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	9	★★ Alisons Playhouse Direct Finish	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains		Ian Geatches	Tue 13th Apr 2010
		The Assassination	Unknown 300m	Blue Mountains		Hayden Brotchie	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	5	Bare Foot Bandits	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains	Crap	David McQueen	Tue 13th Dec 2005
A contrived solo done up the waterfall in bare feet as a solo. Get on it dudes!
	9	★★ Alisons Playhouse Direct Finish	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains		Chris Yeomans	Mon 26th Jan 1998
	19	★★ Godzilla Versus the Smog Monster	Unknown 5m	Blue Mountains		Matthew Portman	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	8	Applejack	Unknown 30m	Blue Mountains		Jim Croft	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains		James	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	24	★ Ape Drape	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Ryan Whelan	Sun 28th Aug 2011
	5	Bare Foot Bandits	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains	Average	Ryan Whelan	Sun 11th Sep 2011
	15	★ Proteus	Unknown 220m	Blue Mountains		Adrian	Sat 25th May 2013
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains		Macciza a.k.a. Macca	Thu 22nd Aug 2013
	19	★★ Godzilla Versus the Smog Monster	Unknown 5m	Blue Mountains		Macciza a.k.a. Macca	Thu 22nd Aug 2013
	9	★★ Alisons Playhouse Direct Finish	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains		Macciza a.k.a. Macca	Thu 22nd Aug 2013
	15	★ Proteus	Unknown 220m	Blue Mountains		George Wilkinson	Wed 28th Sep 2016
	22	★★ Roar for the Wicked Wedgie Woman	Unknown 100m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Ben Drury	Mon 5th Dec 2016
	8	Applejack - with Angus M	Unknown 30m	Blue Mountains	Average	Graham Dowden	Sun 11th Dec 2016
Crunched by john smoothy 37 years after the fact: good enough to the intermediate belay, thereafter juggy slab with marginal pro ending in 5m leadout to the top with not a sliver of metallic comfort. What's a cautious old dog to do? Hardly a warm recommendation for beginners.
	8	Applejack - with Graham Dowden	Unknown 30m	Blue Mountains	Average	Angus M	Sun 11th Dec 2016
	19	★★ Godzilla Versus the Smog Monster - with Nick Morgan 1 linkup Scree scramble , lead by Gee Rad	Unknown 5m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Gee Rad	Sun 21st May 2017
Tough diagonal purple cam finger crack. About as good as a 5m splitter crack can be.
	19	★★ Godzilla Versus the Smog Monster - with Gee Rad	Unknown 5m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Nick Morgan	Mon 22nd May 2017
Probably the best mini route I've ever done. Class...and surprisingly worth the faff. If only it was 10x bigger!!
	22	★★ Roar for the Wicked Wedgie Woman	Unknown 100m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Tim M-S	Sun 1st Oct 2017
	16	★★ The 80 Minute Hour Variant Finish - with Rob Hardy, Linda Corr	Unknown 8m	Blue Mountains		Peter Martland	Sun 11th Sep 1988
	9	★★ Alisons Playhouse Direct Finish - with Andrew Penney	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains		Peter Martland	Tue 17th Apr 1979
	8	Applejack	Unknown 30m	Blue Mountains		Peter Martland	Sat 11th Oct 1980
	9	★★ Alisons Playhouse Direct Finish	Unknown 15m	Blue Mountains		Hala Sattouf	Sun 5th Aug 2018
	22	★★ Roar for the Wicked Wedgie Woman	Unknown 100m	Blue Mountains		Tomás Briones López	Mon 13th Sep 2021
	16	★★ Grossed Out - with Werner Stebler	Unknown 90m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	@jrcroker	Thu 1st Apr 1982
Nice big corner at the left end of the cliff Access is to walk from Bell Road; abseil down small canyon at the LH (western) end of the cliff (NOT Birrabang Brook). 2 short abseils. Wander round to the right until you see the first obvious corner about 70m high. Thats the route NB date is approximate but within a week or 2).
	8	Applejack	Unknown 30m	Blue Mountains		Nathan	Mon 12th Jun 2023
	20	★★ Soft Edges Direct Finish	Unknown 25m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Kat Liss	Wed 15th Nov 2023
Trad
	19	★ 50 year itch - with Che, Abi Prakash	Mixed trad 160m, 19	Blue Mountains	Average	Ro-boat	Fri 27th Jan 2017
Well, it's pretty average indeed. Starts off the same "block" as Rutger Hauer, straight into a chossy corner. But enjoy it as it only gets worse! The anchor for P2 is actually just off to the RIGHT half way up the chossy chimney of doom - two carrots on a small stance just outside the chimney (Che belayed off the ring bolt on the LHS of the rooflet, essentially pulling the crux of P3 with 40m of rope drag). P3 is probably "the money", however I think drag could be a problem. P4 has a few solid slab moves for an 18 and some pretty exciting scrub scramble sections up the top. And P5 is literally death on a stick - it might be worth moving the belay to the bottom of P5 (only 1 ring to belay off though). It's only 5m or so of climbing, but wait until you do the grass mantle... I'd take at least a single rack up to BD5.
	19	★ 50 year itch - with Tim M-S	Mixed trad 160m, 19	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Lisa Vitaris	Thu 25th Apr 2019
Great, fun trad adventure. Good gear, enough dubious rock to make it exciting. Would be a mega classic if it weren’t for the last two pitches of licheny rock and bushes. Overall well worth doing if you’re looking for an easy to moderate trad multi.
	25	★★ Cicada (Cicada - PROJECT PAUL)	Mixed trad 45m, 16	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 21st Sep 2013
P1 (Grasshopper Access Pitch) ONLY - Flash. Probably grade 15-16 climbing, but with the amount of dirt in it at the moment it felt hard. Bring a rack of wires.
	25	★★ Cicada (Cicada - PROJECT PAUL)	Mixed trad 45m, 16	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 21st Sep 2013
P2 - Flash to the crux (last 8m of climbing) then took two big falls figuring out the crux. On the 3rd attempt I figured it out and climbed to the anchors for this pitch. Absolutely brilliant technical climbing. Sustained 21 from the start to the crux 20m up, then 23ish to the anchors. One of the best pitches I've bolted.
	25	★★ Cicada - PROJECT PAUL	Mixed trad 45m, 16	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 21st Sep 2013
P3 - I Broke off a hold I'd always planned to use, and couldn't do the crux between the 2nd and 3rd bolt. There are other holds here out left, but I haven't explored/cleaned them, and was just throwing to them blind (and getting tired of taking big falls trying). I need to rap the route again and clean/tick-up what I need to use before I can get the send. Since I couldn't pull through this move, I ended up backjumping and bailing. Technical and strenuous to the crux moves. Could be great.
	25	FA ★★ Cicada - PROJECT PAUL	Mixed trad 45m, 16	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sun 6th Oct 2013
Pitch 2 (23) ONLY - Sent 2nd shot today. Probably the best single pitch of climbing I've ever bolted. Super technical, moderately pumpy, with an exciting final sequence which could be a heart-breaker. Mostly brilliant rock, and every bolt is spot on. Probably soft at the grade, but would be solid at the grade for anyone shorter than me (6ft 2in). Super psyched!
	25	★★ Cicada - PROJECT PAUL	Mixed trad 45m, 16	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sun 6th Oct 2013
Pitch 3 - Still can't do the crux move, even after rapping the route and working out a new sequence. The move is there, and it will go, I just need to actually TRAIN to be able to send it. This one could be a bit of a long haul.
	25	★★ Cicada - PROJECT PAUL	Mixed trad 45m, 16	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson	Wed 11th Dec 2013
P3 only. Rope soloing lap. Can now climb every move in good style EXCEPT for the crux move. I'm going to move one of the bolts and redirect the route slightly.
	25	★★ Cicada - PROJECT PAUL	Mixed trad 45m, 16	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sun 5th Jan 2014
2 x Rope Soloing laps to warm-up and practice the sequences. Everything was clean but both laps I fell off the top (heartbreaker) crux.
	24	FA ★★ Cicada	Mixed trad 45m, 16	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sun 5th Jan 2014
Pitch 3 (24), finally! A great sustained pitch with no rest until just before the final (third) crux at the top. Technical, pumpy and crimpy in a radical position. Perhaps tarnished by the reinforced flakes and a repaired hold (broken during the first attempt to free it), and a bit wandery... but in an interestingly old-school sporty way. Stoked.
	24 25	★★ Cicada	Mixed trad 45m, 16	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 17th May 2014
Repeat. Pitch 2 (the slab) only to get to the half-way anchors. Climbed clean placing the crux draws (Gene placed the draws on the lower section). Still a great pitch of slab/face technical climbing, with some "gritty" (but not bad) rock. I surprised myself by sticking the crux sequence without being able to see the crucial holds. would be a great climb at somewhere like Cosmic County.
	25	★★ Cicada - with Will Vidler	Mixed trad 45m, 16	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Thu 26th Apr 2018
Nothing like getting schooled on your own routes (as a warmup, in the sun). Clean lead P1. Bungled the crux at the end of P2 for a single fall. Linked into P3, which involved many falls on all 3 cruxes P2 is a cool slab with a rad finale. P3 is really great climbing up a soaring exposed face, but the rock is rather sharp, and -I hate to admit it- my bolting from 2013 is not great (in terms of bolt positioning). I'll fix this up (and move some bolts) within the next month.
	23	★★ Cicada - with Paul Frothy Thomson 1 18 45m lead by Paul Frothy Thomson 2 23 lead by Will Vidler	Mixed trad 45m, 16	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Will Vidler	Thu 26th Apr 2018
Had a bit of an epic on this, struggling with having no chalk in my chalk bag as well as none on the route. Really great face climbing though once I figured it out, even though I ended up coming down after the first pitch. Pretty keen to get back out and finish and when I give Grasshopper a go!
	25	★★ Cicada - with Will Vidler, Ben Sanford	Mixed trad 45m, 16	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Fri 16th Aug 2019
Repeat attempt (not clean) trying (yet again) to climb this as a 40m monster... unsuccessful (yet again) as I dogged the hell out of the upper pitch. Old Frothy was MEAN with his route grades! (24???), but at least with the repositioned bolts this is fine for the ground-up attempt. With better rock this would be classic, as it is... its an upper-tier very good.
	25	★★ Cicada	Mixed trad 45m, 16	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Mon 1st Jun 2020
Repeat attempt (not clean). This is almost starting to feel like a ritual: repeat lap(s) on Grasshopper followed by one hail mary attempt at le grande link. This is just so hard absent beta and chalk. Still... probably my best "ground up" attempt yet, mostly turning pear-shaped on the upper crux and battling through the rest.