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23 28 | ★★★ Marxism | 62m, 22 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sat 22nd Aug 2015 | ||||
Not quite as good as I remember, maybe because I found it harder.. Still the best 23 on the wall. Rad and Long
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28 | ★★★ Marxism | 62m, 22 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Wed 7th Sep 2016 | ||||
23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
- with
Sean
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sun 27th May 2018 | ||||
Wahhh, 1st move is already so bouldery for the shorties. Fell of the onsight attempt going for the right hand hold. Involve a alright left side pull and high right feet and gotta go for the ok ledge. Not that good as well, but regardless, or just pull on the quickdraw. Super sustain lower half consisting of crimps and reachy moves to a cruisy end on Jugs.
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23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
1
23
25m
2
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Mon 16th Apr 2018 | |||||
28 | ★★★ Marxism - with Riikka | 62m, 22 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 3rd Nov 2018 | ||||
First pitch for warm up
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23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Thu 10th Jan 2019 | |||||
28 |
★★★ Marxism
1
23
25m
2
28
37m
| 62m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Sat 16th Feb 2019 | |||||
23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Sat 21st May 2016 | |||||
23 |
★★★ Marxism
1
23
25
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 2nd Aug 2020 | ||||
Laps
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23 |
★★★ Marxism
1
23
25
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 2nd Aug 2020 | ||||
Laps
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23 |
★★★ Marxism
1
25
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 2nd Aug 2020 | ||||
Laps
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23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
- with
Ben Hanley
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Sun 30th Aug 2020 | |||||
V tired end of day lap, one of the best here
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28 |
★★★ Marxism
1
23
25m
2
28
37m
| 62m, 22 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sun 4th Oct 2020 | ||||
23 |
★★★ Marxism
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Mon 19th Oct 2020 | ||||
23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Sun 1st Nov 2020 | |||||
Second shot.
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23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Sun 8th Nov 2020 | |||||
Worked out the sequences. Some challenging moves that become much easier when you know the beta.
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23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
- with
Eamonn
1
23
| 62m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Sun 8th Nov 2020 | |||||
Climbed well and thoroughly enjoyed this one.
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23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
- with
Liamtemp, natenstuff, TiniestFury, Xochi
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Mon 12th Apr 2021 | |||||
Sprained ankle on awkward lead fall
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23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Tue 25th May 2021 | ||||
23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
- with
Troy Coleman
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Mon 30th Aug 2021 | ||||
Great climb, consistent at the grade
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23 |
★★★ Marxism
- with
rickau, Tim Clarkson
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Sun 31st Oct 2021 | |||||
Sustained
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23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Fri 19th Nov 2021 | |||||
Putting draws on. Came off twice
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23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
1
| 62m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Fri 19th Nov 2021 | |||||
Came off above the first crux
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23 |
★★★ Marxism
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Thu 10th Feb 2022 | |||||
Pulled on in the sun and got baked. Got it in two sits, felt pretty pumped (last climb if the day). Some very nice sequences in there.
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23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Mon 28th Feb 2022 | |||||
23 |
★★★ Marxism
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Wed 3rd Aug 2022 | |||||
23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Fri 26th Aug 2022 | |||||
23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
- with
Grace Mackie, Ethan
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Wed 14th Sep 2022 | ||||
EOD. tough start to easier climbing above.
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23 |
★★★ Marxism
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Tue 11th Oct 2022 | |||||
23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
- with
Jess C
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Sat 15th Oct 2022 | |||||
P1 only. Highly enjoyable.
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28 |
★★★ Marxism
1
23
25m
2
24
25m
3
28
12m
| 62m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Sat 16th Sep 2023 | |||||
23 |
★★★ Marxism (Marxism P1)
1
23
25m
| 25m, 22 | Blue Mountains | Sun 28th Jan 2024 | |||||
26 R | |||||||||
25 26 R | ★★ Thumbs Out (Thumbs Out! (Project)) | 23m | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Wed 2nd Jan 2013 | ||||
Done clean with the start via 'SD' due to the disabled bolts. Grant did the line clean with a pre-placed nut in the crack above the first mini roof.
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26 | ★★★ Sabbatical | 80m, 20 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Mega Classic | Wed 26th Oct 2016 | ||||
Repeat. Another clean lap on lead. Only just kept it together. The grade has gone up by consensus. Orgasmically good.
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26 | ★★★ Sojourn | 80m, 18 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Mega Classic | Wed 26th Oct 2016 | ||||
Repeat. Also clean on lead again. A great companion route to Sabbatical. Just so... so... good.
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26 | ★★★ Sabbatical | 80m, 20 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sat 26th May 2018 | ||||
Repeat ATTEMPT, not clean today. Pretty psyched with my efforts today (2 years after I was last on this), with only 1 sequence giving me actual trouble in the final crux (though I had a foot-slip at the bottom), and many of the other sequences being climbed in a controlled, locked-off, contemplatory manner, rather than the "speed-ascent, lots-of-beta" approach I originally did this pitch in. Some times you go back to a route and it doesn't live up to your memories of it... this wasn't one of those routes. Mega rock, amazing position. A long, serpentine-esque wandery journey around the East Face.
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26 | ★★★ Sojourn | 80m, 18 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sat 26th May 2018 | ||||
Repeat ATTEMPT, not clean today. Another stupid foot-slip at the start (new shoes? Excuses, please?), but otherwise, only the upper crux gave me real grief until I worked out my silly beta for it. More sustained than its lefthand neighbour, and probably harder moves, though without the wandery, cryptic nature. Again, generally brilliant rock (for the Blueys), and I was psyched to be able to improvise sequences only vaguely half-remembered with real strength an control rather than speed and beta. A joy to re-climb, an as good as I remember. The back-to-back half-pad mono crux at the start is improbable!
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26 | ★★★ Kizmastication (linkup) | 27m, 13 | Blue Mountains | Sun 30th Jul 2017 | |||||
26 | ★★★ Sojourn | 80m, 18 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sat 21st Mar 2020 | ||||
TRS Training Lap - Had a few hours of daylight left. Was gunning up this (and starting to wonder whether maybe it was soft for the grade) until I reached the upper (beta-intensive crux) and the wheels fell off. Yeah, this is 26. Bloody rad continuous climbing though.
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26 | ★★★ Sojourn - with Magdalena de la Torre, Lucas C | 80m, 18 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Mega Classic | Fri 5th Mar 2021 | ||||
Repeat. All the hard sequences were fine today, and this was just a late arvo blast to repeat.
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26 | ★★ The Road Not Taken - with Jared Tyerman, Maxwell Cullen, Nikita Miltiadou | 18m, 8 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 25th Sep 2021 | ||||
Repeat attempt, not clean today. Pretty happy not to have too much trouble on this 6 years after I was last on it, given how hard it was for me originally. A mega v6 arete boulder with a garbage start.
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25 26 R | ★★ Thumbs Out | 23m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Wed 19th Jan 2022 | ||||
Extended Gear Beta for ground-up attempts...
Ignore if you wish to go for the complete onsight. Read on if you wish for bit more safety... Small cam and C3 00/Metolius Offset 0 protect up to the roof. Good old style BD 4 or reasonable DMM in slot in corner of roof, equalised with WC 0 offset in roof... Optional Black Totem around the roof to left. Climb through the roof. Medium wire and small cam in corner crack above roof. WC Offset 2.5 or maybe a similar Metolius/Totem in strange pocket to right. Traverse right a few metres to below crux. Good Red DMM, not Totem, in horizontal that uses the best part of the hold, and/or small wires/ micro cams in thin horizontal above. This is the crux gear here, and has been fallen on... Climb through crux. Optional Red Totem after the crux but could cause problems if being seconded. Yellow to Silver DMMs should cover the rest. Belay, Purple to Yellow Totems. Tie in to both ends of a rope (or two ropes) and use one for first section only. Clip second rope into black Totem (if used) and the good gear in crack above roof. Find rest with knee bar assist and untie first rope then climb on. This manoeuvre avoids rope drag across lip of roof. You could also solo up the face to the left, traverse over and place/pre-clip this gear to pre-protect the start if that fits your ethics.. YMMV. My trad ascent back in the day was with a rest before the crux, 24M0. Good luck, stay solid, make sure your gear is good, have fun and try not to break your ankles... Cheers... |
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26 |
★★★ Sadomastication (Sadomastication P1)
1
26
27m
| 27m | Blue Mountains | Fri 26th Aug 2022 | |||||
26 | ★★★ Sabbatical | 80m, 20 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sun 16th Apr 2023 | ||||
Repeat TRS attempt for fitness -not clean today. Wandery, but super rad.
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26 25 | ★ Digitalicious | 20m, 12 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 8th Sep 2012 | ||||
Second shot. Feels like 26 to me. A really good couple of boulder problems, I had to try quite hard. A grade harder than the other 25's here.
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25 | ★★ Binary Neil | 25m, 10 | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Mon 26th Nov 2012 | ||||
25 | ★★ Binary Neil | 25m, 10 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 20th Sep 2014 | ||||
Tough!
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25 | ★★ Swinging In The Rain | 20m, 13 | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Tue 26th May 2015 | ||||
17 |
★ Thunderstruck
1
17
lead by
Dave
2
| 45m, 17 | Blue Mountains | Average | Sun 24th May 2015 | ||||
First pitch only, second to clean
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25 | ★★ Taxi Driver | 20m, 9 | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Wed 6th Jan 2016 | ||||
2nd shot in torrential rain.
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25 | ★★ Swinging In The Rain | 20m, 13 | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Wed 6th Jan 2016 | ||||
the easiest of the 25's we tried at this crag
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25 | ★ Digitalicious | 20m, 12 | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Sat 3rd Sep 2016 | ||||
Two strenuous moves down low, after that kick back and enjoy the jugs and the view!
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25 | ★★★ Kizashi | 20m, 12 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sat 22nd Oct 2016 | ||||
Second shot, was pretty sure I was gonna send it but alas, foot slip. Pretty bummed. Gotta come back for this
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17 |
★ Thunderstruck P1
1
17
| 45m, 17 | Blue Mountains | Average | Sat 29th Jul 2017 | ||||
It's actually a nice climb at the grade if it just had one more bolt.
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25 | ★★ Swinging In The Rain | 20m, 13 | Blue Mountains | Wed 3rd Jan 2018 | |||||
17 |
★ Thunderstruck (Thunderstruck P1)
1
17
20m
| 20m, 17 | Blue Mountains | Sat 31st Mar 2018 | |||||
Have done before.
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25 | ★★★ Vespasian's Wall - with alex | 58m, 20 | Blue Mountains | Mon 16th Jul 2018 | |||||
25 | ★★★ Reigning Steel Extension | 27m, 13 | Blue Mountains | Sat 28th Jul 2018 | |||||
25 | ★★★ Vespasian's Wall | 58m, 20 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 16th Feb 2019 | ||||
25 | ★★★ Reigning Steel Extension | 27m, 13 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 16th Feb 2019 | ||||
25 |
★★★ Microdermabrasia
1
23
30m
2
25
25m
3
24
30m
| 85m | Blue Mountains | Sat 16th Feb 2019 | |||||
17 |
★ Thunderstruck (Thunderstruck P1)
1
17
20m
| 20m, 17 | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Sun 26th May 2019 | ||||
Nice warm-up with some fun exposure.
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25 | ★★ Swinging In The Rain | 20m, 13 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Mon 27th May 2019 | ||||
25 | ★★★ Vespasian's Wall (Pitch 1 only) | 25m | Blue Mountains | Thu 13th Jul 2017 | |||||
25 | ★★★ Kizashi | 20m, 12 | Blue Mountains | Wed 12th Jul 2017 | |||||
25 | ★★★ Reigning Steel Extension | 27m, 13 | Blue Mountains | Fri 30th Jun 2017 | |||||
23 |
★★★ Microdermabrasia (Microdermabrasia P1)
1
23
30m
| 30m | Blue Mountains | Thu 28th Sep 2017 | |||||
25 |
★★★ Microdermabrasia
1
23
30m
2
25
25m
3
24
30m
| 85m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sat 27th Jul 2019 | ||||
First pitch only, would like to see what the other pitches are like some day
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17 |
★ Thunderstruck P1
- with
Ryan L
2
25m
| 45m, 17 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 24th Aug 2019 | ||||
Pitch one only. Warm up
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25 | ★★★ Kizashi | 20m, 12 | Blue Mountains | Mon 27th Jan 2020 | |||||
23 | ★★★ Microdermabrasia - with Tom Collins | 85m | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Wed 19th Feb 2020 | ||||
Repeat. EOD Top-rope lap (all but the final 2 bolts) from Zoncolan's anchors after cleaning that route. Good fun feature-climbing.
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25 | ★★ Swinging In The Rain | 20m, 13 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sat 14th Mar 2020 | ||||
Hahaha 8 years after the first ascent.
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25 | ★★★ Armistice | 14m, 6 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sat 14th Mar 2020 | ||||
Absolutely amazing climb.
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23 |
★★★ Microdermabrasia (Microdermabrasia P1)
- with
Adrian Kladnig, grace
1
23
30m
| 30m | Blue Mountains | Sat 21st Mar 2020 | |||||
Surprised I made it to the Cruz at the top but it spat me off
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25 | ★★★ Vespasian's Wall | 58m, 20 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Mega Classic | Tue 22nd Jan 2019 | ||||
25 | ★★★ Kizashi | 20m, 12 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Mega Classic | Tue 22nd Oct 2019 | ||||
23 |
★★★ Microdermabrasia (Microdermabrasia P1)
1
23
30m
| 30m | Blue Mountains | Thu 24th Dec 2020 | |||||
23 |
★★★ Microdermabrasia (Microdermabrasia P1)
- with
Jenny S
1
23
30m
| 30m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Thu 24th Dec 2020 | ||||
23 |
★★★ Microdermabrasia (Microdermabrasia P1)
- with
Jenny S
1
| 85m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Thu 24th Dec 2020 | ||||
25 | ★ Thunderstruck - with Tim M-S | 45m, 17 | Blue Mountains | Don't Bother | Sat 27th Feb 2021 | ||||
Scary traverse, very run out, only worth it if you are intending to climb the top pitch.
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25 | ★★★ Vespasian's Wall (Pitch 1 only) | 25m | Blue Mountains | Mon 3rd May 2021 | |||||
17 |
★ Thunderstruck
- with
felixthecat
| 20m, 17 | Blue Mountains | Mon 3rd May 2021 | |||||
25 | ★★★ Kizashi - with Adrian Kladnig, Eoin Coleman | 20m, 12 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sun 9th May 2021 | ||||
EOD repeat attempt, very much not clean
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25 | ★★★ Kizashi - with Will Vidler | 20m, 12 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sun 27th Jun 2021 | ||||
Clean repeat. Great to smash this one out straight-up. Felt easy and pleasant. Excellent technical climbing.
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25 | ★★★ Vespasian's Wall - with Will Vidler | 58m, 20 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sun 27th Jun 2021 | ||||
Repeat attempt, not clean today. Still not a huge fan, as the route would be gr23 but for 2 moves. Fell off at the crux a bunch on the retro-flash until I remembered my sequence, then it was easy. Sustained thin face climbing to a briefly diabolical crimp crux.
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25 | ★★★ Kizashi - with Jared Tyerman, Matt King, Nikita Miltiadou | 20m, 12 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sat 10th Jul 2021 | ||||
Repeat attempt as a warmup - not clean today: Not pumped, not hard, just froooooooozen.
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25 | ★★★ Kizashi - with Maxwell Cullen | 20m, 12 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 21st Aug 2021 | ||||
25 |
★★★ Microdermabrasia
1
23
30m
2
25
25m
3
24
30m
| 85m | Blue Mountains | 2020 | |||||
25 | ★★ Binary Neil | 25m, 10 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sat 20th Nov 2021 | ||||
25 | ★★ Swinging In The Rain - with Paul Frothy Thomson | 20m, 13 | Blue Mountains | Sat 8th Jan 2022 | |||||
25 | ★★ Swinging In The Rain - with Seb, Sophia | 20m, 13 | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Fri 14th Jan 2022 | ||||
Managed to get up this, 3rd day of trying.
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23 |
★★★ Microdermabrasia
- with
Coedie
1
23
30m
| 30m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sat 19th Feb 2022 | ||||
Pitch 1 only, started on first couple of bolt on reigning steel to take what looked like the obvious line to the striking feature (the crag disagrees), it'll be cool coming back to try the rest!
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25 | ★★ Swinging In The Rain | 20m, 13 | Blue Mountains | Sat 30th Apr 2022 | |||||
25 | ★★ Gavia - with Simmo | 20m | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Sat 9th Jul 2022 | ||||
Huzzah, the un-send! EOD repeat attempt, not clean though. Still, smashing out these 5 routes in 5 hours, I fell off because I was dead-tired (After battling through the low crux).
More sustained than it looks, and very worthwhile! |
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25 | ★★★ Microdermabrasia - with Nick BG | 85m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sun 7th Aug 2022 | ||||
Awesome! Pitch 1 was cold and pumpy, slight mis-read on pitch 2 but very doable, both lead pitch 3 - harder than anticipated and not east to read. Another one to add to the reasons to return list.
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24 | ★★ Taxi Driver | 20m, 9 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 1st Oct 2022 | ||||
Did not plan to jump on it but the crag was packed. The crux felt too hard but it was worth struggling because of the headwall!
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24 | ★★ Taxi Driver | 20m, 9 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 1st Oct 2022 | ||||
Cleaning. Could not climb the crux even on top rope. Would love to steal someone’s beta
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25 |
★★★ Microdermabrasia
1
23
30m
2
25
25m
3
24
30m
| 85m | Blue Mountains | Tue 11th Oct 2022 | |||||
23 |
★★★ Microdermabrasia (Microdermabrasia P1)
- with
Jess C
1
23
30m
| 30m | Blue Mountains | Sat 15th Oct 2022 | |||||
Annoyed at myself on this attempt. Managed to navigate what was probably the flake crux to get to the jugs, then chose the wrong hand sequence and barn-doored off before I had a chance to react.
After hauling back from a long whip I cruised the crux again and used the obvious hand sequence to get to the anchors. Very good for the grade. Wouldn't recommend climbing it around 2pm though as the sun is straight in your eyes and the moves upwards and rightwards aren't helpful for this |
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25 | ★★ Binary Neil | 25m, 10 | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Sat 22nd Oct 2022 |