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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Climber	Date
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind - with Cosi Hofman 1 21 15m Trad lead by Michael Houghton 2 21 30m Second lead by Cosi Hofman	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Michael Houghton	Wed 10th May 2023
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind 1 21 15m Trad 2 21 30m Second	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains		James Hockey	Mon 16th Oct 2023
	25	★★ Second Dreaming - with z_swander	Sport 35m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Lewyy	Fri 23rd Dec 2016
	25	★★ Second Dreaming - with Jaques	Sport 35m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Lee Cujes	Sun 8th Jan 2017
Cool position moving ever leftwards. Then the real challenge - how to clean it!
	24	★★★ Second Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		luke	Fri 13th Dec 2013
	24	★★★ Second Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Carlos	Mon 29th Sep 2014
AWESOME
	24	★★★ Second Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Jason McCarthy	Sat 27th Feb 2016
Great climbing on awesome rock. Really only a one move wonder.
	24	★★★ Second Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Sun 5th Feb 2017
A bit soggy for 24, but it makes up for those nasty bouldery things at other crags. It was pumpier than the 22
	24	★★★ Second Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sun 7th Jan 2018
A great line, and very easy for the grade. It somehow conveys an "exposed" vibe, and is surprisingly steep at the grade. Totally worthwhile, but not as good as its gr22 neighbour.
	24	★★★ Second Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Mattia Fornari	Wed 27th Nov 2019
	24	★★★ Second Wind - with Liz Chong	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Will Vidler	Tue 16th Nov 2021
Onsight but for the first three bolts of Passing Wind. Felt 24ish for the onsight with no chalk but could even just be hard 22 if you knew exactly where you were going. Rad route though, bottom end classic.
	24	★★★ Second Wind - with Heidixe	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Wojjy	Sat 2nd Apr 2022
	23	★★★ Static	Mixed trad 35m, 8	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Nick Clow	Sun 16th Dec 2012
Unusual and gymnastic moves up closed corner, fortunately punctuated by some reasonable rests. A handful of wires needed for the thin crack higher up.
	23	★★★ Static	Mixed trad 35m, 8	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 5th Oct 2013
Great blank technical stemming. Hard sequences, to great stances. I've been wanting to get on this for a long time, and it was worth the wait. Felt like a Frog 20, but regardless it makes for a brilliant route. The thin crack at the top is heaps of fun too. Take a rack of wires, and maybe a #3 and #.75 for the belay to bring up your second. Probably overbolted, would've been great with 3 bolts and more trad placements.
	23	★★★ Static - with jack	Mixed trad 35m, 8	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	chris coghill	Sun 17th May 2015
Really cool climbing up a blank corner. I thought this was quite hard.... lots of very precarious moves, followed by a nice thin but easy crack. Brilliant fun.
	23	★★★ Static	Mixed trad 35m, 8	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Jason McCarthy	Thu 10th Mar 2016
Awesome stemming corner. Maybe a touch over-graded as the moves are not hard just insecure. Easy crack to finish which is still fun and well protected.
	23	★★★ Static	Mixed trad 35m, 8	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Josh Mackenzie	Tue 25th Oct 2016
	23	★★ Eat. Sleep. Climb. Repeat - with z_swander	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Lewyy	Fri 9th Dec 2016
	23	★★★ Static - with Harry Kadi	Mixed trad 35m, 8	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Will Vidler	Mon 24th Dec 2018
Soft and way over bolted but totally great. Literally all I need to be content in life is stemming corners with a touch of laybacking thrown in for good measure..
	23	★★ Eat. Sleep. Climb. Repeat	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Mattia Fornari	Wed 27th Nov 2019
	23	★★ Eat. Sleep. Climb. Repeat - with Natalie - deleting acc	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Nick Roach	Sat 9th May 2020
Not the hardest 23 I've done, but nice to get the onsight all the same. Difficulty is concentrated in the lower section. Top is jugs
	23	★★★ Static - with Pat	Mixed trad 35m, 8	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Ben Taylor	Sat 12th Sep 2020
Awesome !!!
	23	★★ Eat. Sleep. Climb. Repeat	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Rick	Mon 8th Mar 2021
	18 23	★★★ Static - with Jim Trihey	Mixed trad 35m, 8	Blue Mountains		Nat	Mon 17th May 2021
Reminder to pass Jim half the rack of nuts
	23	★★★ Static	Mixed trad 35m, 8	Blue Mountains		Marty Doolan	Mon 21st Feb 2022
	23	★★ Eat. Sleep. Climb. Repeat - with Heidixe	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Wojjy	Sat 2nd Apr 2022
	22	★★★ Passing Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Stuart McElroy	Fri 1st Oct 1993
with MickyB
	22	★★★ Passing Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		James Hardy	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	22	★★★ Passing Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		russ	Sat 20th Mar 2004
	22	Crappy Upper Tier Sport Route	Sport 13m, 5	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Ben Jenga	Sat 5th Oct 2013
Climbs an ok feature with some cool moves oh and a wicked ground fall potential at the 3 bolt. The top moves are awkward.
	22	★★★ Passing Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Carlos	Mon 29th Sep 2014
PUMPER
	22	★★★ Passing Wind - with Nicole	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Bernie Walsh	Sun 24th Jan 2016
Outstanding climbing. Some big moves and a mega pumper. Had to really fight for the onsight, stoked to get there in the end.
	22	★★★ Passing Wind - with Vaness, Jason McCarthy, Jenna Brady	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Rob Medlicott	Sat 27th Feb 2016
Warm up, got a little pumped but not too bad. Yep, it is a classic route at the grade. Great fun!
	22	★★★ Passing Wind - with Che	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Ro-boat	Mon 14th Nov 2016
Great, clean, sport climbing. But if Catching the Wind is 21. Then this is the best 20 in the mountains!
	22	★★★ Passing Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Vanessa Wills	Mon 12th Dec 2016
Got surprisingly pumped on such a big hold climb, probably due to placing draws in locked off positions
	22	★★★ Passing Wind - with Jaques	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Lee Cujes	Sun 8th Jan 2017
This must be one of the best 22s in the mountains.
	22	★★★ Passing Wind - with James Navin	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Alex Riegelman	Mon 7th Oct 2019
An unexpectedly excellent sport route that you should get on if you're in the area. Pumpy for the grade.
	22	★★★ Passing Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Josh Mackenzie	Wed 1st Jan 2020
	22	★★★ Passing Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Meredith Apple	Fri 3rd Apr 2020
Pumpy but cool
	22	★★★ Passing Wind - with Claire Jay	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Nick Roach	Sun 3rd May 2020
Pretty pumpy, but enough jugs to shake out. Did a second lap too
	22	★★★ Passing Wind - with Ben Taylor	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	james ritchie	Sat 12th Sep 2020
	22	★★★ Passing Wind - with Ben Hanley	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Grace Mackie	Sun 8th Nov 2020
Ben was disappointed we couldn't do Catch the Wind due to major seepage (although I'm sure we'll be back), but I'll take some nice edges on a face over a steep crack any-day. Great moves, great rock and some good rests to slow the building pump a little. Very enjoyable
	22	★★★ Passing Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	C Bro	Sat 27th Mar 2021
	22	★★★ Focal Point - with Heath Black	Trad 60m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sun 10th Oct 2021
Surprisingly good! Climbs like a harder version of P2 of Catch the Wind, on great rock, and with funky moves to negotiate the steepness. It also isn't too hard for the grade (especially considering how sandbagged trad routes at this grade often are), and was just tonnes of improbable fun to climb. With a touch more traffic (and an exit pitch) this should be a Tradsters trade route.
	22	★★★ Focal Point - with Harry Kadi 1 22 30 lead by Will Vidler 2 17 15	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Will Vidler	Sun 31st Oct 2021
Classic in the genre! Burly, reachy, steep crack climbing on generally good rock. Definitely needs to be added to the Bluies quality cracks circuit. I found it very intimidating at times but rarely actually hard. Would round out an absolutely mega trad day at Engineers doing this, Static, and CTW. Took the advice of rapping in on a fixed line and rope soloing to get out. Harry and I both thought the pitch lengths were fairly generous.
	22	★★★ Passing Wind - with Jess C	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Luke	Wed 3rd Nov 2021
Very good. Gets steeper at the top but the holds get better too.
	22	★★★ Passing Wind - with Liz Chong	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Will Vidler	Tue 16th Nov 2021
Utterly delightful. Up there with the Mt Boyce Girl in the Mirror link-up thing for best 22 in the mountains. Could happily climb it all day honestly.
	22	★★★ Passing Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Marty Doolan	Mon 21st Feb 2022
	22	★★★ Passing Wind - with Heidixe	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Wojjy	Sat 2nd Apr 2022
	22	★★★ Passing Wind - with Ben	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Blueoffset4lyf	Mon 30th Jan 2023
Stiff start
	22	★★★ Passing Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Alex	Tue 19th Sep 2023
	22	★★★ Passing Wind - with Nat	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Matt Singleton	Sun 28th Jan 2024
Best at the grade I’ve climbed in the blueys
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Mic	Sun 19th Oct 2003
me p1; remy p2
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains		russ	Sat 20th Mar 2004
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sun 16th Jun 2013
Classic, one of the best all-gear routes I've ever climbed. Dry as a bone EXCEPT for the final 5m or so of P2 (even after all this rain!). P1 is straightforward but strenuous, and with an exciting finish. P2 is the real money, with tricky moves between good stances, and a relaxed no-hands rest in the most ridiculous position. The final super-polished moves were terrifying with the crack full of water, but still went in the end. Brilliant!
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Dave Hoyle	Sat 10th Aug 2013
Cheeky 6am route while the girls slept. Great climbing!
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind 1 lead by jenna 2 lead by jason	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Jason McCarthy	Wed 18th Mar 2015
It doesn't get better than this! Routes like this are why I rock climb. Exciting 1st pitch with slightly damp crux and the traverse under the roof was rad. The climbing in the 2nd pitch was out of this world! The most outrageous moves in a crazy position. Best route in the Blue Mountains!
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind - with Mic	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Gee Rad	Sun 22nd Jan 2017
Flashed the 1st pitch after Mic's attempt, takes loads of green and red cams, and a 3. Pretty dry at the moment and quite good that way! Onsight 2nd pitch, I did some bizarre chimneying with my feet facing out.
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind - with Harry Kadi 1 21 lead by Harry Kadi 2 21 lead by Will Vidler	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Will Vidler	Sat 3rd Mar 2018
I must be really bad at corner crack climbing. I found this so hard on the onsight but i think that was partially because i forgot that i knew how to jam and instead opted to use only trickery (instead of the winning mixture of trickery and strong jamming). This saw me basically make a bit of a ridiculous mess of the whole thing and yet a mess that somehow saw me at the top without having fallen off. Another one off the list! Radical!!
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind - with Will Vidler 1 21 45m lead by Harry Kadi 2 lead by Will Vidler	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Harry Kadi	Sat 3rd Mar 2018
Super weird climbing, very hard to give beta for because i have no idea how i got up it without falling. luckily there are hand jams a plenty to get you up some of the way!
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind - with Dani Hess	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Josiah Hess	Tue 27th Nov 2018
What a line!
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind - with Timmy Wong	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Michael Hallang	Fri 4th Oct 2019
A solid fight through some pretty insane terrain. Very happy to snatch the onsight.
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind - with James Navin	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Alex Riegelman	Mon 7th Oct 2019
Excellent - both pitches are awesome! The first is more delicate and the second more burly. Climbed on a double rack but didn't place anything smaller than a .5. The only negative is a both of bird on the second pitch, bit it doesn't really get in the way of the climbing. If you love trad go climb this!
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains		Mattia Fornari	Wed 27th Nov 2019
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind - with Ben Roberts 1 21 15m lead by Jamie Spencer 2 21 30m lead by Ben Roberts	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Jamie Spencer	Fri 13th Dec 2019
What an excellent adventure. The last pitch was such a mega jamming stemming smearing flow. Loved the whole thing!
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Josh Mackenzie	Wed 1st Jan 2020
One of the best around!
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind - with Ben Taylor	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	james ritchie	Sat 12th Sep 2020
I really had to work for this one. Exhausting. Fantastic climb. Bring at least 4 0.75 cams.
	21	★★★ Catch the Wind	Trad 45m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Sam Strong	Mon 27th Feb 2023
	19	★ Catchit	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Tony Williams	Sun 13th Mar 2005
hard start and then nice crimps on the slab.
	19	★ Catchit	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains		Stuart McElroy	Fri 1st Oct 1993
with MickyB
	19	★ Catchit	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Mic	Sun 19th Oct 2003
	19	★ Catchit	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains	Average	michael batchelor	1992
	19	★ Catchit	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains		russ	Sat 20th Mar 2004
	19	★ Catchit	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains		Nick Clow	Mon 28th Jun 2010
	19	★★ 5.9+	Sport 20m, 5	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Rod Smith	Sun 1st Apr 2012
Classic bit of steep slabbing. Nice. With Sandra P.
	19	★ Catchit	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sun 2nd Dec 2012
The hardest move is off the belay, after that its cruisy slabbing in a cool position on good rock. Makes for a great warm-up for the significantly harder stuff nearby.
	19	★ Catchit	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Ben Jenga	Sat 5th Oct 2013
Not a bad warm up if you like crimpin. The start isn't as bad as I had been lead to believe but a couple of proper thin slab moves.
	19	★★ 5.9+	Sport 20m, 5	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Ben Jenga	Sat 5th Oct 2013
Good value slab with good rock and fun moves. Glad we did it.
	19	★ Catchit	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Jason Lammers	Mon 7th Oct 2013
Hard start, needs some new bolts in the right places..
	19	★★ 5.9+	Sport 20m, 5	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Jason Lammers	Sat 5th Oct 2013
Tricky in a slabby sort of way
	19	★ HVS 5a (Project)	Sport 10m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Jason McCarthy	Sat 27th Feb 2016
Sorry G.Short I climbed this thinking I was on '5.9+'. Very good thin face/slab climbing. Probably around grade 19.
	19	★ Catchit	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Mon 12th Dec 2016
What's with the ring bolts? A poorly thought out rebolt or a bad attempt at a new route?
	19	★ HVS 5a (Project)	Sport 10m	Blue Mountains	Average	Vanessa Wills	Sun 5th Feb 2017
Not sure why the project tag wasn't obvious around the first carrot. We removed it
	19	★★ 5.9+	Sport 20m, 5	Blue Mountains	Average	Vanessa Wills	Sun 5th Feb 2017
Probably good but the knobbly rock hurt my sore fingers
	19	★ Catchit - with Jess C	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains		Luke	Wed 3rd Nov 2021
Start is the hardest part
	19	★★ 5.9+	Sport 20m, 5	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Gavin	Thu 17th Feb 2022
Short little crimpy number, wasnt bad
	19	★ HVS 5a	Sport 10m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Gavin	Thu 17th Feb 2022
Short little crimpy number, wasnt bad
	16	★ Retreat From The Wind - with Maria LC	Trad 40m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Tad Karapetian	Sun 22nd Mar 2020
Wandered over to the lichen covered right of the crack. Soloed first bit and run out the rest on gear Possibly an FA. Linked the whole thing but it was about 30m.
	15	★ Aretarama	Sport 40m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Rod Smith	Sun 1st Apr 2012
Tough and reachy for the grade. Combined it with the grade 18 fingercrack top half of Static (23) for a nice 40m pitch.
	15	★ Aretarama	Sport 40m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Jason McCarthy	Sat 27th Feb 2016
Climbed this and linked up with what I thought was '5.9+'. Good climbing with a couple of cool arete moves.
	15	★ Aretarama	Sport 40m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Sun 5th Feb 2017
Ok, though the crux carrot is up reachable at my height from the ledge. Fortunately had a wire to hook it with
	15	★ Aretarama - with Maria LC	Sport 40m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Tad Karapetian	Sun 22nd Mar 2020
	15	★ Aretarama - with Jim Trihey	Sport 40m	Blue Mountains		Nat	Mon 17th May 2021
Link into static
	15	★ Aretarama	Sport 40m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Gavin	Thu 17th Feb 2022
Interesting arete, worth lowering down to. Might be a bit of a sandbag.
	15	★ Aretarama	Sport 40m	Blue Mountains		Alex	Tue 22nd Feb 2022
Aretarama + 2nd pitch of Static
	15	★ Aretarama	Sport 40m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Geoff Cooper	Sun 17th Dec 2023
	13	★ Greased Lightning	Trad 15m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 5th Oct 2013
Easy, but pleasant and safe as houses. Would've been brilliant if it were about 30m longer. A few small cams and some wires.
	13	★ Greased Lightning	Trad 15m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Jason Lammers	Sat 5th Oct 2013
Would be great if it was longer
	13	★ Greased Lightning	Trad 15m	Blue Mountains	Average	Vanessa Wills	Sun 5th Feb 2017
Would be well travelled and much nicer if it was at Piddington
	24	★★★ Second Wind	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Ben Jenga	Sat 5th Oct 2013
Another great line, not that hard just sustained steep red holds of glory. A couple of good places to hang low and stem the pump.

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