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Sun 28th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
18 | ★★ Honey Rider | 60m | ★ Good | ||||
Hard first few metres then easy going to the top. Pitches 2 and 3 ran together without issue
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20 | ★ Casino Royale | 15m | Don't Bother | ||||
Only worth doing if you happen to be in the area and waiting for your preferred line
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Sun 28th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||||
21 | ★ Dr No | 10m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Crappy start worth it for the sweet knee bar that follows.
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Thu 25th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||||
21 | ★ Dr No | 10m | ★ Good | ||||
Mon 1st Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||||
23 | ★ Oh James! | 12m | |||||
24 | ★★ Undercover Brother | 10m | |||||
24 | ★★ Ah, Miss Monneypenny | 10m | |||||
21 | ★ Dr No | 10m | |||||
Sun 31st Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||||
21 | ★ Dr No - with kim | 10m | |||||
Sun 31st Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
15 | ★ Flying Circus - with Ben Anthonisz | 14m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
17 | ★ Casual Assassin | 12m | ★ Good | ||||
20 Hard | ★ Casino Royale | 15m | ★ Good | ||||
Fri 29th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||||
21 | ★ Dr No - with Nat | 10m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Very cool 10 metres of climbing
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Sun 24th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||||
23 | ★ The Living Daylights | 12m | |||||
25 | ★★★ Pussy Galore | 20m | |||||
Pumpy
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21 | ★ Dr No | 10m | |||||
Sun 24th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
18 | ★★ Honey Rider | 60m | |||||
Sun 10th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond The Slab | |||||||
11 | ★ Z3 - with Adriel | 10m | ★ Good | ||||
Sun 3rd Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
18 | ★★ Honey Rider - with Ben Jancovich | 40m | |||||
Sun 3rd Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||||
21 ~22 | ★ Dr No - with Ike | 10m | |||||
Only had time to check this one out. Was getting dripped on the top half, didn't mind though as it was pretty warm in the sun. Good fun, little stiff for 21.
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Sun 3rd Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
17 | ★ Casual Assassin - with Ike | 12m | |||||
Tried to use the right bolt but it didn't make much sense so down climbed and continued up the left line.
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Mon 13th Nov 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||||
21 | ★ Dr No | 10m | ★ Good | ||||
Used the left wall of the bottom arete for feet in a moment of desperation. Does it still count?
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Fri 3rd Nov 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags The Phoenix | |||||||
20 | ★★★ The Phoenix | 45m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Was also really fun climbing
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18 | ★ Firefly | 8m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Really fun
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Thu 2nd Nov 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
19 | ★★ Mr Big - with Julia Lloyd-Smith | 75m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Sat 21st Oct 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
15 | ★ Flying Circus | 14m | |||||
17 | ★ Casual Assassin | 12m | |||||
16 | ★ Cold Finger | 12m | |||||
Sun 15th Oct 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
17 | ★ Casual Assassin | 12m | |||||
16 | ★ Cold Finger | 12m | |||||
18 | ★★ Honey Rider | 60m | |||||
Thu 12th Oct 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||||
24 | ★★ Ah, Miss Monneypenny - with Payton de Ruyter | 10m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Great climbing that rewards good body positions. Murderously pumpy for such a short route!
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21 ~23 | ★ Dr No - with Payton de Ruyter | 10m | |||||
Awesome moves down low but exceptionally hard if you're tall
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Sun 8th Oct 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
16 | ★ Cold Finger - with Tommy C | 12m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Nice warm up slab climb.
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Fri 6th Oct 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
18 | ★★ Honey Rider - with Hartnell Dean, Otto K | 60m | Average | ||||
Thu 5th Oct 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
19 | ★★ Mr Big | 75m | |||||
Tue 3rd Oct 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
19 | ★★ Mr Big | 75m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Pretty good climbing with some great views a bit runout in places
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20 | ★ Casino Royale | 15m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
This isn't 16
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Sun 1st Oct 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
18 | ★★ Honey Rider - with jonah ovadia, Otto K | 60m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
first pitch was a bit sandbagged
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Wed 20th Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||||
21 | ★ Dr No - with Andrew Dolan | 10m | ★ Good | ||||
Couldn't resist another short sport route on the way back to the car after Mr Big on our 'rest day'. Was stoked to onsight a 22 after the multi, but here it's 21 — moves felt a bit hard off the ground, but I guess you only have very few of these in a very short climb, so 21 makes sense. Like a boulder problem.
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Wed 20th Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
19 |
★★ Mr Big
- with
Andrew Dolan
| 75m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
This is absolutely sensational. Our 'rest day' climb recommended by Mark. That little roof and moving to arete later is the best exposure you can get. SO good. We linked pitches 1 and 2, and climbed with double ropes to get back down to the first belay from the top, and then to the ground. A bit of bush bashing as the QR code in the book gives you the wrong car park — the right one is about 200m further down the road.
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19 | ★★ Mr Big - with Bruno Alves Buzatto | 75m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Pretty great blend of exposure and climbing
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Sat 26th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags The Phoenix | |||||||
20 | ★★★ The Phoenix - with wilson dowling | 45m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Amazing blue mountains feeling climbing
in my humble opinion:)
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Sat 8th Jul 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
15 | ★ Flying Circus - with Matt | 14m | |||||
17 | ★ Casual Assassin - with Joey aquilina | 12m | |||||
16 | ★ Cold Finger - with Joey aquilina | 12m | |||||
Sun 2nd Jul 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||||
24 | ★★ Ah, Miss Monneypenny - with Luke Hef, Nathan Kenny, Blueoffset4lyf | 10m | |||||
Sat 1st Jul 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||||
21 | ★ Dr No - with Nathan Kenny, Luke Hef, Ben | 10m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sun 18th Jun 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags The Phoenix | |||||||
20 | ★★★ The Phoenix - with Mungo Skyring | 45m | ★ Good | ||||
Didn't find the walk in track at the top and did some bush bashing and an extra rap to get in (needed to walk further north along the well-maintained walking track after coming down from the parking spot). After that was over with, it was a nice climbing experience. Mostly good gear. The crack is pretty vegetated and dirty though.
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Sat 27th May 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
15 | ★ Flying Circus | 14m | |||||
16 | ★★ Mr Big pitches 1 & 2 | 55m | |||||
Sun 21st May 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
19 |
★★ Mr Big
- with
jamie
1
16
25m
2
13
25m
3
19
25m
| 75m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Thu 18th May 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
16 | ★ Cold Finger - with Hartnell, Jonah | 12m | ★ Good | ||||
ok moves on a slab
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Tue 25th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
17 | ★ Casual Assassin - with owen | 12m | |||||
16 | ★★ Mr Big pitches 1 & 2 - with owen | 55m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Sat 15th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||||
21 | ★ Dr No | 10m | |||||
Sun 9th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
16 |
★★ Mr Big
1
16
25m
2
13
25m
| 50m | |||||
16 | ★★ Mr Big pitches 1 & 2 - with Meetal Bhagvandas | 55m | |||||
Lead p1 and 2 as one big pitch.
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Sat 8th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond The Slab | |||||||
18 | ★★ Lotus Esprit - with Sophie Lewandowski, zoe | 10m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
cool sequence 2 different ways, palm press or trust the feet shown by Sophie
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Sat 8th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||||
24 | ★★ Ah, Miss Monneypenny - with Sophie Lewandowski, zoe | 10m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Nice sequence through the scoops
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21 ~22 | ★ Dr No - with Sophie Lewandowski, zoe | 10m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Quite the bouldery bottom, really wants to spit you off
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Wed 5th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
19 | ★★ Mr Big | 75m | |||||
Exposed and fun. Lead p3
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18 | ★★ Honey Rider | 60m | |||||
Honey rider? More like Juggy Climb, Huh?
Pretty chill after the first 2 bolts. Lead 1,3 |
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Sat 4th Mar 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
18 | ★★ Honey Rider - with Lydia | 60m | |||||
Sat 4th Mar 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||||
21 | ★ Dr No - with Lydia | 10m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Sun 12th Feb 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
17 | ★ Casual Assassin | 12m | |||||
16 | ★ Cold Finger | 12m | |||||
Sat 4th Feb 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond The Slab | |||||||
11 | ★ Z3 | 10m | ★ Good | ||||
Sun 22nd Jan 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags The Phoenix | |||||||
20 | ★★★ The Phoenix | 45m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Sat 21st Jan 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
19 |
★★ Mr Big
1
16
25
Little bit of crack climbing and a nice big runout for the anchors. Quite the lead climb of the day!
2
13
25
Well spaced bolts helps you think about where your feet are for this airy second pitch. Quite nice in the morning sunlight.
3
19
25
This is a solid 19. Surprisingly hard moves near the start to an absolutely stunning finish. Well worth it for the view. | 75m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Fri 13th Jan 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
18 |
★★ Honey Rider
1
18
20
Ground fall potential got to me, first two bolts are really challenging
2
12
15
3
18
25
| 60m | |||||
Mon 26th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
19 | ★★ Mr Big | 75m | |||||
Wed 21st Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond The Slab | |||||||
13 | ★ Roger Moore | 30m | |||||
Overgrown, very fragile crumbly rock, really difficult to get good placements. Totally worth it for the view and the belay on the tree at the top, but quite a heady climb with the combo of shit gear and rock breaking away in your hands. With some gardening might be a bit better.
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13 | ★ Roger Moore | 30m | |||||
Tue 20th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
16 | ★★ Mr Big pitches 1 & 2 - with Eddy | 55m | |||||
Sat 10th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
15 | ★ Flying Circus | 14m | Average | ||||
Not a bad route, but definitely not for beginners as it has a few moves on it
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Sat 3rd Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
19 Hard | ★★ Mr Big - with Claire Evans | 75m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Underrated. Exposed roof and overhanging arete on P3
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Sun 27th Nov 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
19 | ★★ Mr Big - with Marion Lemetayer | 75m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
The last pitch is great! Had to back jump (down climb) to clean it, as my partner didn't want to second it!! It was a bit scary, but worked fine.
Then we abseiled from ledge of second pitch.
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Thu 17th Nov 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
19 | ★★ Mr Big | 75m | |||||
18 | ★★ Honey Rider | 60m | |||||
Tue 9th Aug 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
16 | ★★ Mr Big pitches 1 & 2 | 55m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sun 26th Jun 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
19 | ★★ Mr Big - with Sammi | 75m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Nice. Top pitch is well worth doing. Anchor is set a long way back so not advisable to lower off (I downclimbed and lowered off the final bolt instead). Otherwise bring up a second and rap off.
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Fri 31st Dec 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags The Phoenix | |||||||
20 | ★★★ The Phoenix | 45m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Mega, epic long pitch with variety and lots of mini cruxes to keep you engaged.
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Sun 14th Nov 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond The Slab | |||||||
15 | ★ Aston Martin | 10m | ★ Good | ||||
18 | ★★ Lotus Esprit | 10m, 3 | |||||
Fri 8th Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
16 | ★★ Mr Big pitches 1 & 2 - with Myles, Gavin Lyon | 55m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Nice. I was looking at the third pitch with interest, looks intense but fun, but nobody else wanted in.
It's a feature of this crag (either a negative or positive feature depending on your attitude to climbing I suppose) that there are several very run out sections of rather easy climbing.
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17 | ★ Casual Assassin | 12m | ★ Good | ||||
Fri 8th Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond The Slab | |||||||
19 |
★ Ian Fleming (Ian Fleming P1)
| 45m | ★ Good | ||||
18 | ★★ Lotus Esprit | 10m, 3 | ★ Good | ||||
Felt a bit stiff for a 15, until I realised which climb I was actually on. Nice balancey crimping.
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Fri 8th Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
10 | ★ George Lazumbe - with dcouter | 12m | |||||
Wed 15th Sep 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags The Phoenix | |||||||
20 | ★★★ The Phoenix - with Hugh Sutton | 45m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
I don't know if it was just the way I was feeling or the extremely spoogey conditions, but this thing felt absolutely desperate today. The entire crack and wall was damp, muddy, and coated in dirt, despite that I thought it barely rained the last few days. I rapped down this thinking, this is gonna be amazing and was astounded at how slippery and insecure the entire climb felt. I know it's grade 20, but it literally felt every bit of grade 23 at least in today's conditions. It would be interesting to revisit this when it is totally dry, but it felt like a joke at grade 20 today. I got the onsight in the end, but not really sure how.
As far as gear goes, I didn't have a 5, but that would have been nice. Instead, I had 2 4's,a 3, doubles of 2-.75, 3 .5s, 4 .4s, 3 .3s, and a red and green C3. I also had a random offset alien that may have been close to a .2. I probably could have left the nuts at home but did manage to place 2 overall. I had 19 draws which seemed crazy, but I used them all in the end. This thing was epic and would be worth a revisit when dry to see if I was smoking crack today or not.
All in all, a great arvo!
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Tue 7th Sep 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||||
21 | ★ Dr No - with Jess C | 10m | |||||
Bouldery start then fun jugging upwards
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23 | ★ Oh James! - with Jess C | 12m | |||||
Interesting crimp crux at the bottom and before the break.
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Fri 27th Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
17 | ★ Casual Assassin | 12m | Average | ||||
Generic, short and a bit arverage.
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Thu 26th Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
19 |
★★ Mr Big
- with
Patrick Sparks
| 85m | |||||
Linked the first two pitches which was flowy and honestly feels like the best way to climb them. With two 70's and (un?)wise skipping of bolts, it may be possible (and enjoyable) to link the whole thing, cos we got down in one 70m rap with plenty of rope to spare.
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Wed 21st Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
19 |
★★ Mr Big
1
16
30m
2
13
25m
3
19
30m
| 85m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Barefoot ascent Linked P1&2 (around 14 draws? - 5 of which were alpines). 2x 60m ropes reach ground (from top of pitch 3) with stretch.
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Sun 6th Jun 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
16 |
★★ Mr Big
1
16
30m
2
13
25m
| 55m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Love the quiet of this crag and distant views out to Kanangra. Got to the relaxing P2 ledge and wished we had brought grandmas biscuits to enjoy even more! The roof looks epic (and well bolted) for next time
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Sat 29th May 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||||
19 | ★★ Mr Big | 75m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Awesome route. Very cold and numb fingers so pulled on a draw at the crux, but lovely airy third pitch
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Sat 29th May 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond The Slab | |||||||
11 | ★ Z3 | 10m | ★ Good | ||||
Fairly thought provoking as there are few bolts on this route. All needed wires over bolt plates to avoid quickdraw coming off
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Sat 22nd May 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond The Slab | |||||||
15 | ★ Aston Martin | 10m |