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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber
Sun 26th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Nest Main Area
	16	★ Weasel Words	Sport 15m, 4		Jason
Sun 19th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	15	★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Bojana Pavlovic, Rodolfo Bertozo, Cynthia F. 1 13 35 Second lead by Bojana Pavlovic 2 15 30 Trad lead by Nik 3 13 30 Second lead by Bojana Pavlovic	Trad 95m		Nik
Exciting second pitch and ridiculous chimney squeeze on the thirds.
	15	★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Cynthia F. 1 13 35m Trad 2 15 30m Second 3 13 30m Trad	Trad 95m	★★ Very Good	Rodolfo Bertozo
Amazing second pitch and amazing chimney. Really enjoyable climb
Thu 16th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Nest Main Area
	17 ~18	★★ Araplactic - with romini	Sport 18m	★ Good	Kalang Kedumba Jones
Tue 14th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Farside Main Wall
	25	★★ Captain Kurko	Sport 22m, 12	★★ Very Good	Brendan Coulter
Punchy start, then pumpy to the top. All this time off has got me getting pumped on everything. Fun and full value, but not enough long sequences - just 2 moves to break repeatedly
	25 Easy	★★ Desafinado	Sport 20m, 8	★★ Very Good	Brendan Coulter
Fun corner smearing, but it’s all jugs after which is a bit sad. Might be a bit easier with my secret new beta of “jump to the jug to avoid the hard moves”. Said jug then pulling off the wall a couple minutes later was a little bit engaging though
	24 Easy	★★★ Brain Drain	Sport 20m, 11	★★★ Classic	Brendan Coulter
Deserves the stars. Excellent first route at far side
Thu 9th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Farside Main Wall
	24 Easy	★★★ Brain Drain	Sport 20m, 11	★★★ Classic	George Sanders
Sat 4th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Farside Main Wall
	25	★★ Captain Kurko - with Mattia Fornari, Rebecca	Sport 22m, 12		james
Soft but fun 🤣
	24	★★★ Brain Drain - with Mattia Fornari, Rebecca	Sport 20m, 11		james
Mon 29th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Rhum Dhu
	14	★★ Shandy 1 8 33 Trad Sport climbing. 2 8 26 Trad Sport climbing. 3 6 14 Trad Trad. Probably not grade 6. 4 14 26 Trad Super sandy. I broke one hold above the first protection and got scared of the rock quality. We abseiled down to escape on the left scramble. Good little adventure !	Mixed trad 99m, 6		Kilian Foulon
Mon 29th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Access Ledge
	23	★★★ You Crazy Diamond - with Cathy W	Sport 26m, 9		james
Fun!
Mon 29th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	13	★★★ Cave Climb 1 10m Trad 2 15m Second 3 25m Trad	Trad 50m		Nathan
	18	★★★ On Both Sides of the Glass Direct	Mixed trad 60m, 10		Nathan
Sun 28th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Rhum Dhu
	19	★★ Dirty Rotten Pig - with Thomas Zambon 1 19 40m Sport 2 19 25m Sport 3 17 35m Sport 4 14 25m Sport	Sport 130m		Will Kluck
The approach was a lot of fun, very adventurous. The sudden exposure on pitch 1 caught me by surprise, despite the prior warnings. Glad Tom led because it's a bit run out in places.
	19	★★ Dirty Rotten Pig - with Will Kluck 1 19 40m Sport 2 19 25m Sport 3 17 35m Sport 4 14 25m Sport	Sport 130m		Thomas Zambon
Great morning out, loved the approach, fun little climb
Sun 28th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Nest Main Area
	8 ~10	★ Fabslab	Sport 16m		Simon Leo
This is one of those routes not to confuse easy grading with suitability for beginners. True old school run-out feel and crappy rock (although not as bad as Dream Machine in either aspect). Can protect the belayer with medium-large cams if worried about the drop-off behind
Sat 27th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Pit Sector 'Sunny Side'
	24	★ Cruisin' for a Bruisin' - with Grace Mackie	Sport 20m	★ Good	Ben Hanley
Sat 27th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	19	★★ Flying Spectacles - with Gamad Katan 1 Sport 2 Sport	Sport 70m, 15		Justine Jenkins
This route is good but also contains loads of loose rock and is quite runnout, even with a rack. You want to be solid at the grade and the gear worth bringing on this to place would be a 1, .5, .2 and/or a .1.
Fri 26th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Access Ledge
	21	★★ The Jewel Thief - with cathy	Sport 28m		james
Fri 26th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Nest Main Area
	17	As the Crow Flies	Sport 17m		Teresa Martinez
	8	★ Fabslab	Sport 16m		Teresa Martinez
	16	★ Weasel Words - with Teresa Martinez, Luke C	Sport 15m, 4		Bruno Martins
	16	★ Shine - with Teresa Martinez, Luke C	Sport 15m		Bruno Martins
	17	As the Crow Flies - with Teresa Martinez, Luke C	Sport 17m		Bruno Martins
	19	★ Fibro Majestic - with Teresa Martinez, Luke C	Sport 15m, 4	★ Good	Bruno Martins
Thu 25th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Farside Main Wall
	24 Easy	★★★ Brain Drain - with Kwin Phan	Sport 20m, 11	★★ Very Good	Saeed
Thu 25th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Access Ledge
	25	★★ Diamond Jack P1 1 25 30 Sport	Sport 30m		Bibi Garcia
P1 only
	23	★★★ You Crazy Diamond	Sport 26m, 9	★★★ Classic	Bibi Garcia
Fri 19th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Nest Main Area
	14	★ 80 Great Years - with tiani, enya	Sport 16m, 3	★ Good	Jason Walker
Right most bolted route. Lower offs.
	17 ~18	★ Humzoolgy - with tiani and enya	Sport 18m, 5	★ Good	Jason Walker
Harder moves down low, up to and passed second bolt. Once youre on the headwall youre finished.
Fri 19th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Access Ledge
	23	★★★ You Crazy Diamond - with Sasha	Sport 26m, 9	★★ Very Good	Gabriele G
Very good for the first 4 or 5 bolts. Last few bolts tricky to onsight with no chalk.
Tue 16th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	13 ~15	★★★ Cave Climb - with enya	Trad 50m	★★ Very Good	Jason Walker
Up to the cave is tricky for 13, especially down low (on the bolts). Wander right over to the corner on the ledge about 10m up - we linked P1 and 2, belaying off of the double rings in the cave. Round the outside the cave was good, this is when it started feeling like less 14/15 and more 13! Nice crack and face holds. One size 4 took me most of the way up this pitch.
Sat 13th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Farside Main Wall
	24	★★★ Brain Drain	Sport 20m, 11		Kwin Phan
Fri 12th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Access Ledge
	23	★ Uncooth Youth - with Mike croker	Sport 18m		Alec Landstra
Thu 11th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Rhum Dhu
	8	★★ Shandy - with Daniel Bush 1 8 33 Trad lead by Bruno Alves Buzatto Cruisy and fun, well worth doing. THe position is fantastic — photos of climbers on this pitch from the other side look awesome. 2 8 26 Trad lead by Bruno Alves Buzatto short traversy easy bit 3 6 14 Trad lead by Bruno Alves Buzatto Ok, this felt like grade 12-14... Was pretty sandy and little to no pro at top. Cool start though. Worth doing, but don't expect grade 6. It's much harder than the previous two pitches.	Mixed trad 73m, 6	★★ Very Good	Bruno Alves Buzatto
Better than expected! The approach is almost the same for DRP, and an adventure in itself. In Shandy the scramble out after P2 is also another adventure! We did the first 3 pitches, absailed down back to the top of 2 and scrambled out left. Gave P4 (or 3b as per book) a miss given the warnings here in The Crag. Also looked pretty weird to get into the chimney — would have been a challenge!
	19	★★ Dirty Rotten Pig - with Tom 1 19 40m Second lead by Tom Bit of a start move but goes well. Exposure grows pretty quick on this pitch. 2 19 25m Sport lead by Ross Paynter Rocking rock certainly does rock. Tried not to step on it however was tricky not too. Very cool pitch along the arete with some nice exposure. A bit sandy on some of the horizontal breaks and a crimp move or two along the way. 3 17 35m Second lead by Tom Ironstone jug hauling baby! Fun! 4 14 25m Sport lead by Ross Paynter After the bizarre are scramble and traverse (we did it unroped), we found the start at a chimney. The bolt looked quite high but the chimney looked safe. Certainly an interesting slaby move on crimps near the old carrot. Enjoyed this last little bit.	Sport 130m	★★★ Classic	Ross Paynter
What an adventure to just get to the line. Traverse around into the slot is pretty cool and exposed. We roped up for it. Reminds me of an easy squeeze test. Doing this in a party of 4 takes a good deal of time. Overall I think the exposure and journey on this route might have added a grade to it.
Thu 4th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Access Ledge
	21	★★ The Jewel Thief	Sport 28m		Match
my favorite 21 in the mountains
Thu 4th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area The Hill Millionaire's Row
	21	★★ Earthquakers - with Geoff Tosio	Sport 35m		Match
Thu 4th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Rhum Dhu
	21	★★ Pigs Might Fly - with Geoff Tosio	Sport 58m		Match
well under rated and super worthwhile 2hrs car to car. linked p2 & 3 together.
Wed 3rd Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Katoomba Cliffs Echo Point Echo Point Walls
	24 ~23	★★ Storm From The East - with Dan Rooney	Sport 40m, 10	★ Good	Callum Mayer
Not the best quality climbing, but makes for a great and faffy adventure in an exposed, scenic location! Took us 3 hours from arriving at rap station to walking out. Loads of unnecessary faff, good spot to test and refine systems. Thanks to Dan for the awesome afternoon out.
Wed 3rd Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	13	★★★ Cave Climb - with John, Arthur Wong	Trad 50m	★★★ Mega Classic	Kev
	13	★★★ Cave Climb - with Kev, John	Trad 50m		Arthur Wong
Tue 2nd Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Egg
	24	★★ Red Demon	Sport 14m		James Hockey
Mon 1st Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	15	★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Gavin Rech 1 13 35 Second lead by Gavin Rech 2 15 30 Trad lead by Ken Thrash 3 13 30 Second lead by Gavin Rech	Trad 95m		Ken Thrash
Sat 30th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	13	★★★ Cave Climb - with Justin	Trad 50m	★★★ Classic	Chris
Linked P1 and P2 beautiful climbing with the hardest moves off the deck, the cave was a nice belay out of the sun and 10 degrees cooler which was nice. P3 was a nice flowy layback flake lovely route would recommend, take 6s if you dont like runout
	15 ~16	★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Justin	Trad 95m	★★★ Classic	Chris
Really good route nice jugging for P1 just sandbagged myself by making a right angle in the gear near the top, belayed from carrots off to the left. P2 has one hard layback section and might be a grade or so harder, Justin realised the left his phone at the base of the climb while having a snack at the bealy for P3. P3 was a nice boulder to start, again probably sandbagged for 13 but fine either way clipping an old piton on the way to the chimney, the chimney was super cool i just wish i had been carrying less gear, ended up only placing a 5 a nut and another small cam near the top. A 6 would have been nice on P2
Fri 29th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Pit Sector 'Pit Fighter'
	23	★ Harness Ahh-ness - with Sean Peters	Sport 15m, 5	★★ Very Good	Oliver
Wed 27th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Access Ledge
	23	★★★ You Crazy Diamond	Sport 26m, 9	★★ Very Good	Alex KC
Mon 25th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Herbaceous Gully
	16 ~17	★★★ Tol - with Craig George 3 16 20m Trad 4 Trad	Trad 20m		Robert Brown
Sun 24th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Herbaceous Gully
	16 Hard	★★★ Tol 1 15m Trad 2 16 15m Trad 3 16 20m Second	Trad 50m		Craig George
Sun 24th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Rhum Dhu
	21 Easy	★★ Pigs Might Fly - with Match	Sport 58m	★★ Very Good	Geoff Tosio
Sat 23rd Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Access Ledge
	23	★★★ You Crazy Diamond	Sport 26m, 9		Aidan Cox
	25	★★ Diamond Jack	Sport 60m		Aidan Cox
Sat 23rd Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Katoomba Cliffs Echo Point Echo Point Walls
	20	★ You can't stop the Music 1 Second 2 Trad 3 Second 4 Trad 5 Second	Trad 160m		Sunny G
Choss, moss, lichen and moist..... Was a fun and lovely day out. Wouldn't repeat it though. You want to be solid at the grade.
Sat 23rd Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area The Hill Millionaire's Row
	21	★★ Earthquakers - with Match	Sport 35m	★★★ Classic	Geoff Tosio
Sat 23rd Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Access Ledge
	21	★★ The Jewel Thief	Sport 28m		Myles
Fri 22nd Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Access Ledge
	21	★★ The Jewel Thief	Sport 28m	★★ Very Good	Just Linder
	25	★★ Diamond Jack	Sport 60m	★★ Very Good	Just Linder
Fri 22nd Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	15	★★★ Fuddy Duddy	Trad 95m	★ Good	Matthew
Awesome
Sat 16th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	15	★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Chris Lam 1 13 35 Second lead by Chris Lam 2 15 30 Trad lead by Adam Cufer 3 13 30 Second lead by Chris Lam	Trad 95m		Adam Cufer
Father-Son bonding
Fri 15th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Pit Sector 'Pit Fighter'
	27	★★ Problem Child - with Bob Brown	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good	Khosro Hashemzadeh
Pretty fun and bouldery moves. Cruxy
Wed 13th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Rhum Dhu
	8	★★ Shandy - with Brendon Flanagan 1 8 33 Trad lead by Will Eyland 2 8 26 Trad	Mixed trad 59m, 6	★★★ Classic	Will Eyland
Linked as one pitch, enjoyable cruisy day
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	Matt Short
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	Matt Short
Nice climb after backing off the 22.
	16	★ Weasel Words - with Jack	Sport 15m, 4	★ Good	Matt Short
Fun climb
	17 Hard	★★ Araplactic - with Jack	Sport 18m	★★ Very Good	Matt Short
Probably the best climb I did all day. Had some fun moves in it.
Sun 10th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Pumping Station Track
	20 Easy	★★ Wonderland - with Nat	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good	Matt Singleton
Full value climb with the start and exposure. Cool moves
Sat 9th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	15	★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Ev	Trad 95m	★ Good	Geoff Cooper
Sat 9th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Egg
	26 Easy	★★ Glow - with Joey aquilina, Michael Wilson	Sport 18m, 9	★★ Very Good	Chris
nearly punted so many times faffing about but just commited to the unknown throws would have been nice to do fresh not after headshot. Some nice climbing on decent holds for the most part
Sat 9th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Access Ledge
	25	★★ Diamond Jack	Sport 60m		Chris Martinez
Tough in the sun but got it done.
	23	★ Uncooth Youth	Sport 18m		Chris Martinez
Spicy top sector with some desperate throws in the sun
	23	★★★ You Crazy Diamond	Sport 26m, 9		Chris Martinez
Great fun!
Fri 8th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Katoomba Cliffs Echo Point Echo Point Walls
	25	Crack glove ★★★ Echo Crack - with Aaron Jones 1 Second lead by Aaron Jones Quite the minefield of lookout-launched trash to navigate on the way. Could be a good Clean Up Australia Day site. 2 Trad lead by Lee Cujes Scary and hard, I thought. Felt at least 22. 3 Second lead by Aaron Jones Pitch was wet and slimy. Mega effort from Aaron to get it done with no crack gloves or tape, sliding out of the crack with bloodied hands. I somehow stayed on, all credit to the crack gloves. A few odd pieces, then 4x #2 camalots in a row, then all #3's to the belay. 4 Trad lead by Lee Cujes The hardest I've worked for a pitch of climbing in a long time. I was peaking. Admittedly it was wet, but even in the dry I would have struggled. Cracks are not my thing, and there's no escape on this pitch. For me personally, this was only slightly easier (1 grade?) than the crux pitch. I used 6x #3 camalots, 2x equivalent-sized hexes, 2x #4 camalots and this was only just enough for my level of comfort (4m+ runouts). You need all the big gear to adequately protect the pitch - you cannot supplement with anything smaller anywhere on the pitch. If I did it again (I never will) I would take 10-12 #3 camalots. A little safety note on the top-out: After clipping some carrots to stand on a ledge with a final 5m headwall to finish. This is protected by one carrot. If you only clipped this carrot (like me) and then fell on last moves topping out, the rope wouldn't even have a chance to take up before you broke both legs on the flat ledge below. Instead, there is a cam slot that is hard to see as it's in your handhold above your head. Roughly #1 camalot size. Use it! (I would strongly advocate the addition of a final bolt to mitigate a potential future catastrophe - you have just clipped 4 or 5 in a row, after all)	Trad 190m	Average	Lee Cujes
Cracks are hard.
Fri 8th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Farside Main Wall
	24	★★★ Brain Drain	Sport 20m, 11	★★★ Classic	Mike croker
handlebar
Thu 7th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Katoomba Cliffs Echo Point Echo Point Walls
	22	★★★ Wally World	Sport 75m	★★ Very Good	Andrea Brega
Tue 5th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Rhum Dhu
	19	★★ Dirty Rotten Pig - with Christian Asencios Palmer	Sport 130m		Johnny Sullivan
Grade 14 final pitch was easily the crux for me
Tue 5th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Egg
	24	★★ Funky Monkey	Sport 14m, 8	★★ Very Good	Mike croker
always a pleasure
Sun 3rd Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Rhum Dhu
	21	Razorback - with Mitch Lindbeck	Sport 60m	★ Good	Trent
Mitch linked one and 2. I led 3rd. Rock is Nowhere near as bad as the crag description suggests (still take a helmet). Quite fun actually.
	19	★★ Dirty Rotten Pig - with Mitch Lindbeck	Sport 130m		Trent
I did first. Mitch linked 2nd and 3rd with a 50m rope and 19 drawers. Good fun.
Fri 1st Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau Marchant's Canyon Crags Waylander
	23	★★★ Born Restless - with Aaron Jones, Heath Black	Sport 30m, 13	★★ Very Good	Jacques Beaudoin
Very good! Even the start slab is great!
	23	★★★ Saw-Toothed Snake - with Aaron Jones, Heath Black	Sport 28m, 13	★★ Very Good	Jacques Beaudoin
Very pleasant climb, good fun!
	24	★★ The Darkest Hour - with Aaron Jones, Heath Black	Sport 25m, 12	★ Good	Jacques Beaudoin
not the best warm up, found a few bits hard to read, the beta from Aaron "I think Neil grunted through this bit..." doesn't disqualify my onsight.
Wed 28th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	13	★★★ Cave Climb - with Anthony Claxton	Trad 50m	★★ Very Good	Cat_in_bathtub
Bottom pitch is tricky for the grade
Mon 26th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	13	★★★ Cave Climb - with Cat_in_bathtub	Trad 50m	★★ Very Good	Anthony Claxton
Mon 26th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area The Hill Millionaire's Row
	22	★★★ Festival of Sweat - with Heath Black	Mixed trad 35m, 4	★★★ Classic	Aaron Jones
Thoroughly enjoyable and quite sustained the whole way, with nothing too desparate either.
Sun 25th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau Marchant's Canyon Crags Waylander
	25	★★ Hail Mary - with Heath Black	Sport 28m, 12	★★ Very Good	Aaron Jones
Excellent wall climbing with a techy finish. Somehow hung in there with the top couple of holds running with water and slime. Very enjoyable low angled climbing.
Sun 25th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Rhum Dhu
	19	★★ Dirty Rotten Pig - with Chris Brown 1 19 40 Sport lead by Cara O'Connor Absolutely delightful 2 19 25 Sport lead by Cara O'Connor Superb climbing. Definitely the money pitch in my opinion 3 17 35 Second Good jug hauling. A nice feel good finish to the main face 4 16 25 Sport Spicy as and pretty awkward bolts. But whatever, it's just an exit pitch	Sport 130m		Cara O'Connor
Thu 22nd Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	13	★★★ Cave Climb	Trad 50m		Matt C
Fun route, as for the big pro on the second pitch, I had a single 4 and thought it was fine. If you're a bit timid at the grade you might want to bring a second 4 or a 5. There are ample placements for bigger gear if you want to bring it, but it isn't explicitly necessary.
Thu 22nd Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Access Ledge
	21	★★ The Jewel Thief	Sport 28m		Kwin Phan
Sat 17th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	18	★★★ On Both Sides of the Glass Direct	Mixed trad 60m, 10	★ Good	Brendan Coulter
Not bad, despite the fact that most of it was damp. Surprisingly, there’s quite a few unnecessary bolts, with good pro directly next to it. First bolt on P1, and at least 3 of the bolts on P2. Was good news for me, considering I left my bolt plates in the car
Tue 13th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Rhum Dhu
	14	★★ Shandy	Mixed trad 99m, 6	★★★ Mega Classic	James Hockey
all time.
Tue 13th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	18	★★★ On Both Sides of the Glass Direct	Mixed trad 60m, 10	★★★ Classic	James Hockey
Real tasty
Sun 11th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Castle Head/Ruined Castle Ridge
	14 Hard	★ Ruined Castle Ridge - with Dane, Layla	Mixed trad 130m, 10	★★★ Mega Classic	John
Super fun adventure, ridiculous 360° views. Fixed a bunch of ropes and TSR'd basically everything. That turned out to be wise! You could easily knock a block onto your rope or belayer. Bring 3 ropes, and fix pitches 2 and 6 to TRS for safety reasons. For example, we tied the top rope into a cam below the lip of pitch 6 so there would be no abrasion if a hold blew and someone fell, which is exactly what happened. Skip P1 and walk off towards Ruined Castle, turn around then scramble back up the centre of the ridge instead. More fun. Would lead pitches 3-5 (easy runouts, rusty carrots on P3). Scenic choss fest with pockets of fun climbing, not everyone's cup of tea.
Sat 10th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Egg
	24	★★ Red Demon	Sport 14m		Alec Landstra
Fri 9th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Farside Main Wall
	25	★★★ Dark Energy - with lloyd wishart, giles	Sport 22m, 13		Alec Landstra
Fri 9th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
	18	★★★ On Both Sides of the Glass Direct	Mixed trad 60m, 10	★★★ Mega Classic	hugh sutherland
Absolutely classic. Done before years ago. Among the best of the grade in the mountains
Mon 5th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Nest Main Area
	16	★ Weasel Words	Sport 15m, 4		Stephen Hall
Sun 4th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Rhum Dhu
	19	★★ Dirty Rotten Pig	Sport 130m		Tom Swan
Epic adventure
Sat 3rd Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Herbaceous Gully
	16 ~17	★★★ Tol	Trad 50m	★ Good	Geoff Cooper
Very short laybacking section on P2 and early in P3. Both are a little tricky and perhaps difficult to place gear whilst in those areas. Did as 2 pitches

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