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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber
Sat 27th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Rip Van Winkle Wall
	16	★★ Van	Trad 44m	★★★ Classic	Geoff Cooper
	12	★ Winkle	Trad 41m	★★★ Classic	Geoff Cooper
Sat 27th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	13	★★★ Honey Dip	Mixed trad 28m, 1	★★★ Classic	Geoff Cooper
	15	★★ Just for Fun	Sport 50m	★★ Very Good	Geoff Cooper
Thu 25th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Rip Van Winkle Wall
	16 Hard	★★ Van	Trad 44m	★★ Very Good	Peter Melouney
Thu 25th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Shakes and Flakes Wall
	23	★★ Tips for Troubadours — 3 attempts - with James Hutton, Shane McNeill	Sport 30m	★★ Very Good	Joe Ierardo
Sat 2nd Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Cheap Dive Wall and Beyond
	22 ~23	★★ Cheap Dive	Sport 27m	★★★ Classic	Anthony Geoghegan
Thought this was a solid 23. Sustained. Great route.
Sat 10th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	21	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag	Sport 35m, 4	★★ Very Good	Aurora Pandora
Only did p1. Tricky slab
Sat 10th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Rip Van Winkle Wall
	16	★★ Van	Trad 44m	★★ Very Good	Aurora Pandora
Sat 10th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall
	18	★★ Fer De Lance	Trad 25m	★★ Very Good	Peter Melouney
Nice jams and stemming
	16	★★ Taipan Variant P2	Trad 20m		Peter Melouney
Good variant finish. Fun juggy exposure
	19 Easy	★★★ Taipan 1 10 15m Trad lead by Peter Melouney 2 19 20m Trad lead by Peter Melouney	Trad 35m	★★ Very Good	Peter Melouney
Sat 3rd Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	17	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag P1 1 17 15m Sport	Sport 15m, 4		Ryan Lawton (Lawyer)
Sat 27th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	17	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag P1 1 17 15m Sport	Sport 15m, 4		Ryan Lawton (Lawyer)
Sun 21st Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall
	19	★★★ Taipan - with Peter Melouney 1 10 15 Second 2 19 20 Second 3 19 15 Trad P2 some finicky gear but good holds on basically a face climb. P3 did the left hand variant, super fun slightly overhanging exposed finale.	Trad 50m	★★★ Classic	Aurora Pandora
Sun 14th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	15	★★ Just for Fun - with Julia Lloyd-Smith	Sport 50m	★★ Very Good	Dani Hess
	19	★★ Black Bart - with Julia Lloyd-Smith	Mixed trad 25m, 7	★★ Very Good	Dani Hess
Sun 14th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Ethel's Wall
	17	★ Harpo - with Julia Lloyd-Smith	Sport 20m	★ Good	Dani Hess
Tue 12th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	17	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag P1 1 17 15m Top rope Slab is HARD	Sport 15m, 4		Tim Coultas
Sat 11th Nov 2023 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Shakes and Flakes Wall
	21	★★★ Shakes and Flakes - with Shane McNeill	Sport 30m	★★ Very Good	Joe Ierardo
Mon 9th Oct 2023 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	13	★★★ Honey Dip - with Rob Irwin	Mixed trad 28m, 1	★★★ Mega Classic	John
Sun 27th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	13	★★★ Honey Dip	Mixed trad 28m, 1		Match
Sun 27th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Deceptor Buttress
	10	Deceptor	Mixed trad 30m, 6		Match
	14	★ Denali Blaster	Mixed trad 35m, 5		Match
Tue 22nd Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	11	The Mixture	Trad 47m		Pat Grant
First lead on trad. v easy. Good stances for beginner gear placement. First belay on trad. Save some big gear for belay anchor.
Sat 19th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	13	★★★ Honey Dip	Mixed trad 28m, 1	★★★ Classic	Geoff Cooper
Sat 19th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Amok Time Gully
	14	Brobdingnag	Trad 25m	★ Good	Geoff Cooper
Wed 16th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Cheap Dive Wall and Beyond
	22	★★ Cheap Skate	Sport 20m		Matt King
1st shot after cheap dive
Sat 15th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall
	22	★ Monty Madness - with Susan	Sport 10m	★★★ Classic	Sjom
Great fun, second go with Clancy's beta.
Sat 8th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall
	22	★ Monty Madness	Sport 10m	★ Good	Catpass Clanky
A fun technical sequence at the top. Worth doing.
Fri 17th Mar 2023 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall
	16	★★ Giggles	Mixed trad 30m, 7	★ Good	Myles
Thu 26th Jan 2023 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	21	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag - with Derek Lai 1 17 15m Sport 2 21 20m Sport Very very close to send it but got too pump to the crimpy move after the roof.	Sport 35m, 4	★★★ Classic	David de Miguel
Wed 11th Jan 2023 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	13	★★★ Honey Dip - with Patrick Coleman	Mixed trad 28m, 1	★★★ Classic	Patrick Sparks
First day back on the ropes in months. Fun repeat
Sat 15th Oct 2022 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall
	9	Rickapoodle - with Ryan Cooper	Trad 30m	Don't Bother	Jacob Henwood
You might have a better time stapling your hands to your butt.
Sat 15th Oct 2022 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	13	★★★ Honey Dip - with Ryan Cooper	Mixed trad 28m, 1	★★★ Classic	Jacob Henwood
Mon 9th May 2022 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	13	★★★ Honey Dip	Mixed trad 28m, 1	★★★ Mega Classic	Zeke Whitfeld
First ever trad route for myself, first lead it with pre-placed gear, then properly sent it afterwards
Sun 2nd Jan 2022 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	21	★★ The Mighty Quinn	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good	Bevan Ashby
	17	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag (Dress Rehearsal Rag P1) 1 17 15m	Sport 15m, 4	★★ Very Good	Bevan Ashby
Mon 4th Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall
	18	★★ Fer De Lance - with Sarah McVicker	Trad 25m	★★★ Classic	Patrick Chambers
Sun 3rd Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	19	★★ Black Bart	Mixed trad 25m, 7	★★★ Classic	James Collins
Rpt
Mon 17th May 2021 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall
	19	★★★ Taipan - with mira 1 10 15m 2 19 20m	Trad 35m		Mac Labine-Romain
spicy and nicey
Sun 27th Sep 2020 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Amok Time Gully
	9	★ Revolt	Trad 40m		Trisha Helman
Good because it has minimal vegetation.
Wed 23rd Sep 2020 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Amok Time Gully
	6	The Walrus - with Trisha Helman	Trad 30m		Trisha Helman
Easy climbing and sharp jugs
Sat 5th Sep 2020 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Cheap Dive Wall and Beyond
	25	★★ Red Dwarf - with Steve Cooper	Sport 13m, 7	★★ Very Good	Jared Tyerman
Really bloody nice. Sick start crux, sit down rest, mega pocketed sequence to stellar deadpoint and cruisy climbing to top. Kneebar rest before top lip lets some juice drain. A few attempts and went 😃. Short but sweet.
Sun 27th Oct 2019 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Ethel's Wall
	20	Ethel Direct	Sport 15m	Average	Geoff Cooper
Struggled off the block, but after that managed to get through the odd crux section. Didn't have cams for the top, so just ran it out to the lower offs
Sun 21st Jul 2019 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Cheap Dive Wall and Beyond
	20	★ Knot the Mumma	Trad 15m	★★ Very Good	Nicolas Lmn
Sun 12th May 2019 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	21	★★ Geezer Pleaser - with Viona Young	Sport 30m	★★ Very Good	Meredith Apple
Really liked this climb! Super exposed arete that made me a bit terrified putting up bolt plates....felt much nicer second go! Very run out at top.
Sat 30th Mar 2019 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Ethel's Wall
	17	★ Harpo	Sport 20m	Average	Ben Smith
Thu 5th Jul 2018 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Shakes and Flakes Wall
	21	★★★ Shakes and Flakes	Sport 30m	★★★ Mega Classic	Levi Worden
Sun 9th Jul 2017 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Cheap Dive Wall and Beyond
	23	★★ Bad Moon Rising	Trad 50m	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson
Yeeeew! 1st shot today placing all gear on lead, 3rd shot total over 3.5 years. As I've said before, this is classic EXCEPT for the poxy shale-start. Once you get in the crack proper, it's great trad climbing that just gets harder and more committing all the way. The crux for this is absolutely crazy (and really hard for me, I'm cranking solid 24 through that crux sequence... might be easier if you're short, or have beefy fingers?) and intimidating now that the fixed wire is a long-forgotten memory... Hanging upside down on the lip of a roof-arete via a heel-toe-cam to place a cam in the crack below is ridiculously cool. Very acrobatic and strenuous.
	22	★★ Cheap Skate	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson
Awww... Broke a tic-tac crux hold off while cruising (at the 3rd bolt), and thus ends the onsight attempt. Lowered off to the ground and climbed up again from there clean to the top. Aw well... Not as nice as Cheap Dive, but still quite engaging, and I thought pretty hard for a 22? There are tricky moves all the way up. Very worthwhile.
Tue 21st Mar 2017 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Cheap Dive Wall and Beyond
	19	★ Mr Poopypants	Sport 25m	★ Good	Jason Lammers
Had no cams for the first lap.
Thu 1st Dec 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Shakes and Flakes Wall
	21	★★★ Shakes and Flakes	Sport 30m	★★★ Classic	Josiah Hess
Tried this two years ago and though it was the most sandbagged climb ever. Apparently I was just weak. I still reckon it's sandbagged but maybe not as much as I thought.
Sat 1st Oct 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Cheap Dive Wall and Beyond
	22	★★ Cheap Dive	Sport 27m	★★★ Classic	Ken Thrash
Sun 17th Jul 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Cheap Dive Wall and Beyond
	22	★★ optimisation	Sport 13m, 6	★ Good	Vanessa Wills
Short but interesting moves. Got scared going for 4 th bolt on the onsight and though the sequence was good and I did have the clipping hold it felt very unsafe. Much better second go with a longish draw in situ. Cool move at last bolt.
Sun 31st Jan 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Rip Van Winkle Wall
	21	★ Urako	Sport 12m	★ Good	John Drake
second go
Tue 6th Oct 2015 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	21	★★ Geezer Pleaser	Sport 30m	★★ Very Good	Adam
The undercut start is the crux on this climb! Really good!
Sat 14th Mar 2015 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	19	★★ Black Bart	Mixed trad 25m, 7	★★★ Classic	Simon Ellis
Great climbing. Pumpy and sustained, but gives you enough to keep you going.
Sat 14th Mar 2015 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	17 21	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag (Dress Rehearsal Rag - 1st Pitch)	Sport 35m, 4	★★ Very Good	Simon Ellis
balancey, reachy and satisfying climbing
Thu 18th Sep 2014 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Shakes and Flakes Wall
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	★★ Very Good	Jason Lammers
The crux is still the 21 finish move. Cool long route
Sun 14th Sep 2014 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	16	★ Fairy Tales	Mixed trad 13m, 2		Adrian Kladnig
Wed 12th Mar 2014 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	17 21	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag (Dress Rehearsal Rag - 1st Pitch)	Sport 35m, 4	★ Good	Simon Ellis
Mon 24th Feb 2014 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	11	The Mixture	Trad 47m		Jake Griffiths
First Pitch
Mon 27th Jan 2014 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Rip Van Winkle Wall
	21	★ Urako	Sport 12m		Adam
Sun 16th Jun 2013 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Shakes and Flakes Wall
	21	★★★ Shakes and Flakes	Sport 30m	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson
Great to get back on this after it spanked me a few years ago. Still tricky, but I ran up it this time. The two (varied) cruxes are classic tricky slab movement, and are surrounded by great slab climbing. As good as I remember it!
Wed 1st May 2013 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Rip Van Winkle Wall
	16	★★ Van	Trad 44m		lawrence
Mon 9th Apr 2012 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall
	21	★ Catweazel	Trad 15m	★ Good	Boyd Robinson
Finally, tried it 20 years ago only to fail dismally then : )
Sun 11th Mar 2012 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	19	★★ Black Bart	Mixed trad 25m, 7		Adam Glen
	15	★★ Just for Fun	Sport 50m		Adam Glen
Sat 18th Feb 2012 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Ethel's Wall
	19	★ Grouchie (Groucho)	Sport 18m		Rod Smith
Nice route. Gets 20 in the guide.
Sun 8th Jan 2012 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall
	21	★ Catweazel - with Ramon Francis	Trad 15m		Dale Rankin
	21	★ Army Exercises - with Ramon Francis	Mixed trad 15m, 3		Dale Rankin
Sat 7th May 2011 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Cheap Dive Wall and Beyond
	19	★ Mr Poopypants	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good	Rod Smith
With Big John.
Thu 20th May 2010 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Shakes and Flakes Wall
	21	★★★ Shakes and Flakes	Sport 30m	★★★ Mega Classic	Jason Lammers
One of the best 21's in the Blueys..
Sat 2nd Jan 2010 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Rip Van Winkle Wall
	16	★★ Van	Trad 44m	★★★ Classic	Rod Smith
Sat 2nd Jan 2010 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	16	★ Fairy Tales	Mixed trad 13m, 2	★ Good	Rod Smith
Revisited. Fingery. With Ian. Sport-trad.
	16	★ Fairy Tales	Mixed trad 13m, 2	★ Good	Rod Smith
Revisited 4 years later. Nice. With Ian.
Sat 2nd Jan 2010 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Rip Van Winkle Wall
	16	★★ Van	Trad 44m	★★★ Classic	Rod Smith
Sat 16th May 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	15	★★ Just for Fun	Sport 50m		Yolande McLean
	13	★★★ Honey Dip	Mixed trad 28m, 1		Yolande McLean
	15	★★ Just for Fun	Sport 50m		Yolande McLean
Sat 31st Jan 2009 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	18 21	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag (Dress Rehearsal Rag - 1st Pitch)	Sport 35m, 4		Yolande McLean
	18 21	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag (Dress Rehearsal Rag - 1st Pitch)	Sport 35m, 4		Yolande McLean
	20 21	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag	Sport 35m, 4		Yolande McLean
	18 21	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag (Dress Rehearsal Rag - 1st Pitch)	Sport 35m, 4		Yolande McLean
Sun 14th Dec 2008 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Ethel's Wall
	17	★ Harpo	Sport 20m	★ Good	Rod Smith
With Niall
Sun 14th Dec 2008 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	15	★★ Just for Fun	Sport 50m	★★★ Classic	Rod Smith
Repeat. P2 only. Niall led P1.
Fri 15th Aug 2008 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall
	11	Walkabout	Trad 35m	Average	ross ferguson
Mon 21st Jul 2008 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall
	16	★ Stuffed	Trad 66m		Sjom
16
Thu 17th Jul 2008 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	21	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag	Sport 35m, 4		Sjom
22 in Topo (2nd Pitch) 21 on line. This is called the Mighty Quinn, the 2nd pitch of DRR goes right. Very fine line, climbed it again in 2023 Easter
Sat 12th Jul 2008 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall
	22	★ Monty Madness	Sport 10m	★ Good	Anthony Geoghegan
Wed 9th Jul 2008 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Ethel's Wall
	17	★ Harpo	Sport 20m		Sjom
18
Mon 30th Jun 2008 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	18 21	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag (Dress Rehearsal Rag - 1st Pitch)	Sport 35m, 4	★★ Very Good	Keith Hannan
Good as it was 10 years ago
Sun 9th Mar 2008 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	18 21	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag (Dress Rehearsal Rag - 1st Pitch)	Sport 35m, 4	★★★ Mega Classic	Chris George
	21	★★ The Mighty Quinn	Sport 15m	★★★ Classic	Chris George
Sun 9th Mar 2008 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Rip Van Winkle Wall
	16	★★ Van	Trad 44m	★★ Very Good	Chris George
Sat 5th Jan 2008 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall
	17 19	★★★ Taipan (Taipan pitch 1)	Trad 50m	★ Good	Vanessa Wills
Ask Bundy about this one. I had done it before.
	21	★ Unknown 1	Trad 15m	Don't Bother	Jason Lammers
?? some time ???
Sat 29th Dec 2007 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	18 21	★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag (Dress Rehearsal Rag - 1st Pitch)	Sport 35m, 4	★★ Very Good	Rod Smith
Wed 3rd Oct 2007 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall
	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	★★★ Classic	griffith
you gotta love slabs to call this a classic