Ascents in Glenbrook Gorge

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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber	Date
Glenbrook Gorge Boulders Bouldering Cliff Line
	V2	Zonin'	Boulder		Wilson	Sun 7th Aug 2022
	V6	FA ★★★ Code of the Streets	Boulder 5m	★★★ Classic	Eric rixon	Sun 26th Jun 2022
	V2	★★ Getting Handsy	Boulder 3m	★★ Very Good	Will Vidler	Fri 8th Sep 2017
Probably not a first ascent but also maybe?
	V2	★★ Getting Handsy	Boulder 3m		Thor	Thu 19th Apr 2018
Glenbrook Gorge Boulders River Blocs
	V2	★ Creek Arete	Boulder 3m	★ Good	Will Vidler	Fri 8th Sep 2017
Maybe a first ascent but probably not. Pretty rad.
		★ Project 1	Boulder 3m	★ Good	Will Vidler	Fri 8th Sep 2017
Hard
	VB	Easy Creek Route	Boulder 3m		Will Vidler	Fri 8th Sep 2017
Glenbrook Gorge Lower Cliffline
	22	Crack glove ★★★ Tungsten Tips — 2 attempts	Trad 12m	★★★ Classic	Philip Barker	Sun 17th Dec 2023
Wow! This climb is the absolute money! I had 2 attempts to do it clean and came off at the first crux both times, but then fought through to the surprisingly tricky top out. It's like the rock has been imported from the upper mountains! Doesn't feel like a regular gorge climb and I love it! Will be back to work the crux after much fingerboarding. The name tungsten tips is bloody accurate 💯😂
	17	★★ Artist's Crack	Trad 10m		Ian Geatches	1989
	17	★★ Artist's Crack	Trad 10m		Nick Clow	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	17	★★ Artist's Crack	Trad 10m	★★ Very Good	Philip Barker	Fri 9th Dec 2022
Great jams and for both hands and feet made it a lot of fun. Used some face holds but tried to stay in the crack as much as possible. Just wish it was longer!
	17 ~18	★ Pox — 2 attempts	Trad 12m	★ Good	Philip Barker	Fri 9th Dec 2022
Bouldery first moves to lay backing and super easy top out. Moves more committing than next door neighbour Artists Crack so probably should be 18. Needed a lot of cleaning but once the choss was removed was quite good. 👌
	13	★ Inspiration Crack	Trad 10m	Don't Bother	Tony Williams	Mon 10th Jun 1996
	13	★ Inspiration Crack	Trad 10m		Ian Geatches	1988
	13	★ Inspiration Crack	Trad 10m		Nick Clow	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	18	Last Grasp	Trad 10m		Adrian Kladnig	Sun 29th Jul 1990
	16	Inconclusion	Trad 10m		Adrian Kladnig	Sun 29th Jul 1990
	16	Inconclusion	Trad 10m		Adrian Kladnig	Sun 21st Oct 1990
	19	★ Cosmo's Tasmanian Devilry	Trad 10m		Nick Clow	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★ Cosmo's Tasmanian Devilry	Trad 10m		Ian Geatches	1989
	19	★ Cosmo's Tasmanian Devilry	Trad 10m		Adrian Kladnig	Sun 29th Jul 1990
	19	★★ Adrenalin Deficiency	Mixed trad 17m, 4	★ Good	Harry Kadi	Sat 16th Dec 2017
Pretty classic for the gorge! Good rock, good climbing!
	19	★★ Adrenalin Deficiency - with greg dziaduch	Mixed trad 17m, 4	★★ Very Good	Philip Barker	Sun 13th Nov 2022
Got the moves dialed and ready to lead it next time. Might bring a 0.5 Friend for the traverse just for the added peace of mind.
	16	★ Hang Five	Mixed trad 12m, 1	★ Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 8th Jan 2011
08 Jan 2011. Probably one of the better Glenbrook Gorge routes, if it weren't for the horrible Shalebank topout. Makes a great direct start to Annelid Crack.
	16	★ Hang Five - with liam	Mixed trad 12m, 1	★ Good	liam	Sun 1st Nov 2015
Dirty but fun
	16	★ Hang Five	Mixed trad 12m, 1		Aaron A	Sat 8th Jan 2011
actually a really cool finger crack with good gear, then gets a bit wider at the top. if it was cleaned would be a good direct start to Kippax Crack
	16	★ Hang Five - with Emily, Peta Somerville	Mixed trad 12m, 1		Patrick Chambers	Sun 20th Aug 2023
Theoretically this is quite a fun route, with good protection and some interesting moves on the crack section. It is, however, covered in a fine layer of dirt and topped by a mess of shale and choss just waiting to be torn off the wall and shattered on the rocks below. Was glad for the little adventure though and to give Emily some experience with (accidentally) trundling routes. No Petas were harmed in the ascent of this route.
	17	One Perfect Day	Trad 12m		Josephine Roper	Wed 7th Feb 2018
Convinced ourselves this was the first pitch of Annelid Crack - or rather that the corner was, but the corner wasn’t very protectable. Neither was the top of this, and we ended up bailing and retrieving gear on rap. But it was a good after work adventure.
Glenbrook Gorge Main Wall
	15	Pigs on the Wing - with Ryan Hanvey	Trad 25m		Matt Tranter	Sat 13th Dec 2014
I think this is what we did. Fun, when you look back on it. Just.
	11	★★ Annelid Crack	Mixed trad 40m, 1		Ari	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	11	★★ Annelid Crack	Mixed trad 40m, 1		jameswcroft	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	11	★★ Annelid Crack	Mixed trad 40m, 1		Jim Croft	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	11	★★ Annelid Crack	Mixed trad 40m, 1		Adam Bramwell	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	11	★★ Annelid Crack (Kippax Crack)	Mixed trad 40m, 1	★ Good	Tony Williams	Fri 8th Dec 1995
don't fall!
	11	★★ Annelid Crack	Mixed trad 40m, 1		Nick Clow	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	11	★★ Annelid Crack	Mixed trad 40m, 1	Don't Bother	Tony Williams	Mon 10th Jun 1996
	11	★★ Annelid Crack (Kippax Crack)	Mixed trad 40m, 1	★★ Very Good	Ian Geatches	1988
	11	★★ Annelid (Kippax) Crack	Mixed trad 40m, 1	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 8th Jan 2011
08 Jan 2011. With Aaron. Absolutely layback classic.Has one manky Carrot Bolt on it, to protect the rest of the pitch you need BD #6 or Big Bros.
	11	★★ Annelid Crack (Annelid (Kippax) Crack)	Mixed trad 40m, 1		Matthew Shaw	Sat 11th May 2013
	11	★★ Annelid Crack (Annelid (Kippax) Crack)	Mixed trad 40m, 1		Bobby Sanders	Fri 10th May 2013
	11	★★ Annelid Crack (Annelid (Kippax) Crack)	Mixed trad 40m, 1		Bobby Sanders	Sat 11th May 2013
	11	★★ Annelid Crack (Annelid (Kippax) Crack)	Mixed trad 40m, 1		Macciza a.k.a. Macca	1995
And a few others , not sure which . . .
	11	★★ Annelid Crack (Annelid (Kippax) Crack)	Mixed trad 40m, 1		Macciza a.k.a. Macca	1995
And a few others , not sure which . . .
	11	★★ Annelid (Kippax) Crack P2 2	Mixed trad 40m, 1		Chris Moore	Fri 20th Sep 2013
	11	★★ Annelid Crack	Mixed trad 40m, 1	★★ Very Good	liam	Sun 1st Nov 2015
	11	★★ Annelid Crack - with liam	Mixed trad 40m, 1	★★ Very Good	liam	Sun 1st Nov 2015
Ther is one bolt ot the start of the offwith
	11	★★ Annelid Crack	Mixed trad 40m, 1		Aaron A	Sat 8th Jan 2011
	14	★★ Annelid Crack - with Ngaire Beckett 1 11 lead by Max 2 14 lead by Max	Mixed trad 40m, 1	Average	Max	Fri 23rd Sep 2016
Super chossy and flakey first pitch, not great climbing or great pro. Second pitch is much nicer, a solid off-width crack. Definitely take some large cams (c4 4's &5's) for the off-width to avoid a sketchy runout. Tricky to find and not really worth it.
	11	★★ Annelid Crack (Annelid Crack P1) 1 11 15m	Mixed trad 15m, 1		Nick Giordano	Sat 3rd Mar 2018
Did first pitch but decided second pitch wasn't for us without more/bigger gear.
	11	★★ Annelid Crack	Mixed trad 40m, 1	★ Good	Richard Pattison	Thu 20th May 2004
	11	★★ Annelid Crack - with so tras	Mixed trad 40m, 1		Matt Tranter	Sat 13th Dec 2014
So hard, so trad, so scared
	14	★★ Annelid Crack - with greg dziaduch	Mixed trad 40m, 1	★★ Very Good	Philip Barker	Sun 6th Nov 2022
	11	★★ Annelid Crack - with Isaac Ramirez 1 17m Trad 2 55m Second	Mixed trad 72m, 1	★★★ Classic	John	Wed 13th Sep 2023
Psyched to get on this! Pitch one is meh but worth it to reach P2 - I didn't know the lower Blueys had a crack this good! Isaac continued up past the end of P2 to an enormous tree with some tat on it, about a 55m pitch, to reach a stellar vantage point. It looked pretty chossy above that to top out.
	11	★★ Annelid Crack P1 1 17m Trad	Mixed trad 17m, 1		Craig	Sun 12th Nov 2023
way too hot to climb in full sun, can’t wait to go back and send the top crack
Glenbrook Gorge South-Eastern Wall
	21	★★ The Venom - with Glen Thomson 1 18 40m 2 17 20m 3 21 30m 4 18 15m	Trad 110m	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Wed 10th Aug 2022
Surely one of the best lines in the Gorge? Even quite wet today (after all the rain) this was really rad -and quite gripping. Though untrafficked and a touch loose (it is Glenbrook Gorge, after all) the rock is generally pretty good, and the route takes the plum line up the proudest part of the raddest wall. Onsight but for P2, which I'd actually climbed previously as part of another route. I definitely found committing to the crux on P3 quite intense, as it's not obvious where it goes. All I'd say is: follow the gear.
	22	FA ★★ The Antivenom - with Glen Thomson, David Dearnley	Trad 110m	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Thu 18th Aug 2022
FFA. Sweet to get this one done despite the crux running with water. Awesome to finally have a small piece of real-estate on a wall that I've been admiring for some 15 years. Tackles the faces and roofs of Venom Wall (mostly) on gear (though with the odd bolt to keep it sane), with some gripping, old-school climbing and runouts. A worthy companion route to The Venom, in my opinion.
	22	★★ The Antivenom - with Tim M-S	Trad 110m	★★ Very Good	Lisa Vitaris	Sat 14th Oct 2023
The quality of the rock ups the feeling of adventure by a significant level. Glue reinforced holds add a little confidence. Surprisingly sustained. Varied, interesting climbing. In short, not for the faint-hearted. An imposing-looking piece of cliff. Did not do pitch five as it was too dirty.
	12	★ Jack Murphy's Climb	Trad 100m		Aaron A	Wed 19th Dec 2012
Take to 60s to rap off easier
	15	★ Jack Murphy's Climb - with Al Bradley 1 9 lead by Graham Dowden 2 15 lead by Graham Dowden 3 15 lead by Al Bradley	Trad 100m	Average	Graham Dowden	Fri 30th Jun 2017
What better way for two men to celebrate EOFY17 and their mutual ages by ascending a '56 model climb? P1 offered little pecuniary interest apart from beating around the bushes to see the wood from the trees, between which bits of rock enabled solid upward progress. P2 required significant expenditure of both time and energy to surmount the "Grade 12"' crux ... which taking into account inflation was now at least a stiff 15. Grit and imprecations flew in equal measure, inversely proportional to the value of the protection of the life assured. Al attacked P3, retrospectively deciding the corner strategy was flawed by loose rock and low yield dividends, which could only be saved by serious fiscal misconduct. P4 offered the prospectus of a nicely angled little grey slab before COB, however, the presence of a large black snake asleep at the base of it put the small investor into a panic. In any case the coffers had just about been emptied, capital had been significantly depleted, and we were both amortised, superannuated, battered and bruised by repeatedly disapppointing ROI, so we closed the books and walked off the job. As for Quality, both Classic and Crap can only be applied in equal, indivisible, shares.
	15 12	★ Jack Murphy's Climb - with Ben Young	Trad 100m	★ Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Thu 19th Oct 2017
An after work lap solely for the purpose of marking the top of the cliff on my GPS. Ended up taking about 4-hours car-to-car (we walked back down via the main Mount Portal walking track... which took over an hour in itself), mostly due to my climbing partner coming down with Heat Exhaustion and struggling to stay lucid enough to belay me. The climb itself is a true alpine adventure. Lots of vertical gardening, loose rock, big run-outs, doddling... But sections of great climbing and awesome rock. And regardless, you can't deny that it's a "prominent line". So, since I'm not the biggest fan of Alpine-style climbing, I'll rate it "good", and regard it as solid gr15 by todays standards. I enjoyed the various wide/offwidth/chimney sections of this route. Suitably thrutchy for this sort of adventure.
	19	★ Free Mason - with Greg Ducky	Mixed trad 16m, 4	★ Good	Philip Barker	Sun 5th Feb 2023
Proud of this one. Definitely worth it. A worthy addition to a long lost crag 🙂.
	24	★★ Wokker's Roof - with David Dearnley 1 15 35m lead by David Dearnley 2 24 10m lead by Paul Frothy Thomson	Mixed trad 45m, 1	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 30th Jul 2022
Second shot on in-situ gear. If you ignore the faff (read: choss and doddle) to get to the roof, and the fact that the roof itself is comically short, the climbing itself is bloody outrageous -especially given the era of its first ascent. Rather bouldery roof moves to gain the offwidth, after which the climbing is weird (read: fully-inverted feet-first climbing), but not too hard. The rock itself was surprisingly good for Glenbrook Gorge.
	14 7	★ Orion - with Angus M	Trad 50m	★★★ Classic	Graham Dowden	Thu 31st Aug 2017
What a cracker! Not only does it deserve a Classic rating from it's age (65th anniversary ascent in 2017) but because it is actually very enjoyable. Interesting moves, solid hexes, a few cams as a nod to the modern era, classic tree belays, and a fantastic aspect above the gurgling stream in a sheltered gorge! Grade doubled to deal not only with actual difficulty, but grade deflation - what was the hardest thing in Aus in '52? And lastly, apologies to the pioneers: BA there's no chunder, and JME, the line is clear!
	13	★ Orion - with Graham Dowden	Trad 50m	★★ Very Good	Angus M	Thu 31st Aug 2017
Although situated in an area ritch with veins of chunder this climb proceeds upwards on some clean, interesting moves. Great belay stances, stunning view. At today's rates, somewhat above a 7, grade inflation since '52.
	7	★ Orion - with dropnuts	Trad 50m	Average	Paddy James	Fri 17th Jul 2020
	11	★ Orion - with Paddy James	Trad 50m	★ Good	dropnuts	Fri 17th Jul 2020
A slow onsight, except for a sling wrap around the bendy tree, to help over the crux at the end of P2.
	7	★ Orion	Trad 50m		Claire Jay	Wed 7th Apr 2021
	14	★ Orion - with boulderduck	Trad 50m	★ Good	Philip Barker	Sun 5th Jun 2022
Definitely rap off at the anchors at the BBB . Scramble is not worth it and there is no good rap point at the top. Crux was about a 16 but the rest of the climb was about a modern 14. The 7 grade was from a long gone era and I wouldn't want anyone making it their first trad multi pitch thinking that it will be an incredibly easy outing.
	7	★ Orion - with Pete Jordan, Kate Emanuel 1 20m Trad 2 13m Second lead by Pete Jordan Pete went left and belayed from a different bloodwood, so I ran up the OG route afterwards. 3 12m Trad	Trad 45m	★★ Very Good	John	Mon 11th Sep 2023
Beautiful setting. Some fascinating sections for such an easy climb. Decent rock available all the way up. If it was graded now it'd probably get at least 12.
	7	★ Orion 1 20m Trad 2 25m Trad	Trad 45m	Average	Loc	Mon 1st Apr 2024
	15	Orion - Twin Cracks Variant - with Angus M	Trad 45m	Average	Graham Dowden	Mon 11th Jun 2018
Despite inspection from ground and on 2nd pitch, failed to see final upper headwall cracks, so traversed left to intermediate tree. Bummer, they look bold. Medium cams and good solid rock and jams to there. And as always, a lovely aspect above the stream.

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