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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Climber	Date
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	25	★★ The Racer's Edge Direct Finish	Mixed trad 30m, 7	Blue Mountains		Stuart McElroy	Sat 20th May 2000
with Cate
	25	★★ The Racer's Edge Direct Finish	Mixed trad 30m, 7	Blue Mountains		M.Warren	2001
	25	★★ The Racer's Edge Direct Finish	Mixed trad 30m, 7	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Dave T	Mon 3rd May 2004
Bouldery start, balancy finish
	25	★★ The Racer's Edge	Sport 30m, 9	Blue Mountains		M.Warren	2001
	25	★★ The Racer's Edge	Sport 30m, 9	Blue Mountains		Stuart McElroy	Sat 20th May 2000
with Cate
	25	★★ The Racer's Edge	Sport 30m, 9	Blue Mountains		Simon Wilson	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	25	★★ The Racer's Edge	Sport 30m, 9	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 1st Nov 2014
EOD lap in passing showers to check it out. Bouldery from the 1st to the 4th bolt (about 6m) then about 22 to the top via the original finish. Not really true arete climbing movement, but pretty funky nevertheless. I think the crux will be clipping the 3rd bolt on link. Bring a #4 and a #0.75 for the runout in the middle.
	25	★★ The Racer's Edge	Sport 30m, 9	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Sat 21st Apr 2018
Kind of late after flat tyre dramas so just checked it out on TR, was confused by route to left at first. Top section fine and nice climbing. Getting through lower roof seems a bit hard without straying left. We didn't have enough bolt plates ( more than 5 needed) . Good cams. Need skin.
	25	★★ The Racer's Edge	Sport 30m, 9	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Sat 19th May 2018
Just one move above 5 th bolt which would have felt ok at the start of the day. But went backwards second go. The run out and cam in the middle add character.
	25	★★ Red Dwarf - with Steve Cooper	Sport 13m, 7	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Jared Tyerman	Sat 5th Sep 2020
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.
	25	★★ The Racer's Edge	Sport 30m, 9	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Gavin	Thu 20th May 2021
Nails. Might come back to work it, but tough
	25 ~24	★★ The Racer's Edge Direct Finish - with Heath Black	Mixed trad 30m, 7	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Aaron Jones	Sat 23rd Sep 2023
A cool iron stone flake feature running up the arete. A couple of crux crimps turn into nice little sequence and then the route backs off into an enjoyable Mountains arete.
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	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains		Justin Clark	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	23	★★ Tips for Troubadours	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		M.Warren	2001
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Tony Williams	Sun 19th Feb 2006
Fell off 21 bit at top! D'oh!
	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	Don't Bother	Tony Williams	1994
needs a good chipping
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Keith Hannan	Fri 28th Dec 2007
Another classic and a gift @ 23. Take wires for first piece.
	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	Average	Doug	Mon 4th Oct 2004
some small holds. its in the feet.
	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	griffith	Wed 3rd Oct 2007
you gotta love slabs to call this a classic
23 R
	23 23 R	Destruction of Army Group Centre	Trad 20m	Blue Mountains		warwick payten	Tue 13th Apr 2010
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	23	FA ★★ Bad Moon Rising	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Rod Young	Tue 13th Apr 2010
LED with Ant 1980
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	shaunm	Fri 1st Sep 2006
	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	Don't Bother	Damien Haines	Tue 13th Apr 2010
As time goes on the edges become even more eroded
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Stuart McElroy	Sat 13th May 2000
with Cate
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	shaunm	Tue 5th Sep 2006
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Tony Williams	Fri 10th Feb 2006
Susatined. rebolted so not scary or run out now.
	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains		nathan	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Dave T	Fri 23rd Apr 2004
Thin slab, Very balancy.
	23	Truckstop Lawyers	Sport 20m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Chris Yeomans	Sun 25th Apr 2004
Painful bouldery start to nice upper wall.
	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	Average	Iain Duggin	Sat 1st Nov 2003
too thin. numerous rests.
	23	★★ Tips for Troubadours	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Dave T	Fri 23rd Apr 2004
Techy, would be quite, tricky to onsight.
	23	★ Wagget & Wegnut	Trad 15m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Tony Williams	Sun 20th Mar 2005
hard section at bracket, not much for the feet there!
23 R
	23 23 R	Destruction of Army Group Centre	Trad 20m	Blue Mountains		Simon Wilson	Tue 13th Apr 2010
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	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	Average	David Barnes	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Chris George	Mon 30th Jul 2007
23 R
	23 23 R	Toads	Mixed trad 30m, 2	Blue Mountains		Rod Young	Tue 13th Apr 2010
23
	23	Truckstop Lawyers	Sport 20m	Blue Mountains	Average	Drew Henman	Wed 28th Apr 2004
sharp down low, sandy up high...lovely!
23 R
	23 23 R	Toads	Mixed trad 30m, 2	Blue Mountains		Stuart McElroy	Sat 20th May 2000
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	23	★ Wagget & Wegnut	Trad 15m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Damien Haines	Tue 13th Apr 2010
Nice linked with Army Exercises to create a pump fest
	23	★★ Tips for Troubadours	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Stuart McElroy	Sat 13th May 2000
with Cate
	23	★★ Bad Moon Rising	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Adam Bramwell	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains		Stuart McElroy	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Nick Clow	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		James Hardy	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		M.Warren	2001
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Tony Williams	Sun 19th Feb 2006
Susatined but easy for 23. rebolted so not scary or run out now.2nd shot
23 R
	23 23 R	Toads	Mixed trad 30m, 2	Blue Mountains	Average	David Barnes	Tue 13th Apr 2010
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	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains		Adrian Kladnig	Sat 15th Feb 1992
	23	★★ Let's Nail God - with Greg James	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Adrian Kladnig	Sat 15th Feb 1992
	23	★★ Tips for Troubadours - with Paul Bridges	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Adrian Kladnig	Sat 11th May 1996
23 R
	23	Toads	Mixed trad 30m, 2	Blue Mountains		Adrian Kladnig	Sat 15th Feb 1992
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	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains		Adrian Kladnig	Wed 14th Apr 1993
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Adrian Kladnig	Wed 14th Apr 1993
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Adrian Kladnig	Sat 11th May 1996
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Adrian Kladnig	Tue 31st Dec 1996
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Nick Le Baut	Sun 6th Oct 2013
Awesome! Techy, crimps and balancy. Great climb
	23	★★ Bad Moon Rising	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 18th Jan 2014
Intimidating! Monstrously steep. Clean to the crux move (turning the lip) and then I got scared! A few rests to figure out the crux move, then clean to the top. The lower section is scary rock and gear, but as the climb improves so does the gear. Delicate technical climbing under the roof and arete to the waco, then exposed strenuous crux. The vegetation isn't as bad as it looks. You can thank me for the chalk on the hard-to-spot crucual hold to gain the crux. I WILL be back for the send!
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	Average	z_swander	Sun 9th Feb 2014
Went to the crux on Shakes and Flakes, and it looked easier to the left. Ended up on this route pulling over a rooflet to tiny crimps...too hot for thin lines in 32 degree heat with direct sun!
	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Alicia Heatley	Sun 15th Jun 2014
	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains		Adrian Kladnig	Sun 14th Sep 2014
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Jason Lammers	Thu 18th Sep 2014
The crux is still the 21 finish move. Cool long route
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 1st Nov 2014
Immediately after rain, and during passing showers. Not too hard for a 23 slab, but sustained and awesomely varied moves. Bring a few cams for the start.
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Sun 17th Jul 2016
The draws were on, but with no chalk anywhere this was a nice crimp fest
	23	★★ Bad Moon Rising	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 1st Jul 2017
Alright, so maybe it was a bit ambitious to try and tick this in the afternoon after ticking Grasshopper. With 3 hours daylight left I launched up this. Fell off at the main crux (and chucked a spaz after a particularly painful, gear-ripping fall which damaged my glasses). Found my sequence and went to the top. The roof of this is WAY more vegetated than when I tried this last 4 years ago (and I pulled out mountains of shrubbery back then too!), and I managed to rip out a tonne of vegetation on lead (got pretty pumped too!) mid-roof. This is a great, intimidating route with a hard and committing crux, but the first 6m of death shale is bloody horrible.
	23	★★ Bad Moon Rising	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sun 9th Jul 2017
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.
	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sun 9th Jul 2017
All quite continuously thin and challenging, but probably very doable ONCE the draws are on (badly positioned carrots on a slab of this difficulty and thinness are hideous)... with the exception of a single utterly desperate move that I couldn't QUITE link into the full crux sequence, but didn't want to spend too much time trying. These sorts of thin slabs are so worn these days, that they are surely grades harder than they were when the FA was done... Maybe another day. Definitely feels possible...
	23	★ Disaster Area	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains		Phillip Booth	Sun 13th Aug 2017
Balls hard at 3rd bolt If you're a slab master that likes to pull on half pad sloper edges then get on it.
	23	★★ Bad Moon Rising	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	Average	Jake Griffiths	Sat 26th Aug 2017
BETA SPOILERS AHEAD -> You've seen the photos, you've heard the stories: this line looks amazing. The moment you see that corner leading into an exposed roof traversing into the abyss you are left with mixed feelings of intimidation and excitement. The next moment, when you are tied in at the bottom staring at the first 3m of choss, that has no doubt changed forms since the first ascent, it leaves you with second thoughts, and third thoughts. Once I built up the courage (read: stupidity) to swim through to the first solid hold, the corner and roof are pleasant, besides the jungle feel of reaching around ferns to place gear and to dig out holds. It just adds to the climb's uniqueness, I suppose. I reach the end of the roof (gr 21-22 till here, minus the choss start), place two bomber pieces, and reach round for what I was always hoping to be a jug. To my surprise it was huge. But, a jug to no where. Without the crucial pieces to protect the next section (#0.5 BD) and the prospect of my rope running over the arete and slicing in two (https://tinyurl.com/ycues8g3), I embraced defeat...I lowered down, to then jumar back up and aid past the crux to free (read: flail) to the top in approach shoes with entries catching on the shale ledges. I suppose if you worked out the crux, heightened your risk tolerance to welcome choss piles of death and don't mind jungle fever, then give it a go!
	23	★ E Racer (Unknown Left of Racer's Edge)	Sport 30m, 7	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Sat 19th May 2018
Well I did detour briefly into shakes as straight up seems contrived and pretty dangerous, and the other way goes into racers edge and is even more dangerous. Still felt enough to be 23, and very pleasant outing
	23	★★ Tips for Troubadours	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Vanessa Wills	Sat 19th May 2018
About a year ago, did after doing LNG
	23	★★ Bad Moon Rising - with zachary vertrees, Vince	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Macciza a.k.a. Macca	Wed 15th May 2019
Had been saving this one for far too long , and Vinnie was psyched for it so I joined in, somebody had to clean it after all ... Enjoyable climbing up to the roof that lulls you into a false sense of difficulty before suddenly turning up a notch at the lip ... bit of flash/cleaning pump and bad hand placement caught me out on the first shot but then climbed through ... Great route, will be back for the full tick soon ..
	23	★ Disaster Area - with Lisa Vitaris	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Tim M-S	Sun 6th Oct 2019
Hard then harder!! Difficult clips and a cool home made looking peg banged into a drilled hole. Not great in the hot afternoon sun and you need to make sure you're on top of your slab climbing game!
	23	★★ Let's Nail God	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Jimmy O'Reilly	Tue 19th May 2020
	23	★★ Tips for Troubadours	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	hugh sutherland	Sat 13th Jun 2020
Good classic crimping and easier then its neighbour
	23	★ Disaster Area - with Sammi	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Lee Cujes	Sun 4th Jul 2021
5th shot. Yup! Slabs!
23 R
	23 23 R	Toads	Mixed trad 30m, 2	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Doug	Sat 11th Sep 2021
Feet and modern shoes. Direct into Wazzakstan works too. Little harder, way scarier.
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	23	★★ Bad Moon Rising	Trad 50m	Blue Mountains		Dmitry Linkov	Sun 31st Oct 2021
adding to my list
	23	Truckstop Lawyers	Sport 20m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Doug	Fri 15th Apr 2022
Bit contrived. 3 hard thin moves to very nice climbing all the way to the chains.
	23	★ Disaster Area - with Megan Turton	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains		Kalang Kedumba Jones	Sat 30th Sep 2023
Mere mortals will prefer to bring the aid ladders and a handkerchief. Afternoon sun is definitely not the beta
	23	★★ Let's Nail God - with kat.bambu, nick	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains		Davide L	Thu 28th Dec 2023
	23 Easy	★★ Let's Nail God - with kat.bambu	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Nick Bartlett	Thu 28th Dec 2023
	23	★★ Tips for Troubadours — 3 attempts - with James Hutton, Shane McNeill	Sport 30m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Joe Ierardo	Thu 25th Apr 2024
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	22	★★ Pumping Chickens	Mixed trad 20m, 2	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Boyd Robinson	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	22	★ Monty Madness	Sport 10m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Steven Martin	Sat 4th Mar 2006
	22	★★ Pumping Chickens	Mixed trad 20m, 2	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Adam Bramwell	Mon 3rd Oct 2005
nice warm up - oops!
	22	★ Monty Madness	Sport 10m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Sat 5th Jan 2008
One move off arete, but quite a good one
	22	★ Monty Madness	Sport 10m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Tony Williams	Sun 20th Mar 2005
broke a hold off below the ring. Left a good side pull edge to get onto arete! Might be easier now.
	22	Possession	Trad 35m	Blue Mountains		Stuart McElroy	Sat 6th May 2000
with cate
	22	★ Monty Madness	Sport 10m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Jason Lammers	Sun 14th Aug 2005
	22	★ Monty Madness	Sport 10m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Tony Williams	Sat 11th Feb 2006
3rd go over a couple of years
	22	★★ Cheap Dive	Sport 27m	Blue Mountains		russ	Thu 1st Apr 2004
	22	★ Monty Madness	Sport 10m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	ross ferguson	Fri 15th Aug 2008
	22	★ Monty Madness	Sport 10m	Blue Mountains	Average	Iain Duggin	Sat 1st Nov 2003
very sharp crux holds. should try this again when not already stuffed.
	22	★ Fashion TV	Sport 14m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Tony Williams	Fri 1st Dec 2006
1st shot oday. 3 weeks off and loads of beer must be good for me.
	22	★ Monty Madness	Sport 10m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Keith Hannan	Mon 30th Jun 2008
Fun
	22	★ Fashion TV	Sport 14m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	shaunm	Tue 5th Sep 2006
	22	★ Fashion TV	Sport 14m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Nick Kaczorowski	Fri 1st Dec 2006
should have taken the mad taffy traverse to the arette, pumped at the anchor.
	22	★ Monty Madness	Sport 10m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Chris Yeomans	Sun 25th Apr 2004
	22	Whale Oil Beef Hooked	Mixed trad 50m, 1	Blue Mountains		Simon Wilson	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	22	★ Monty Madness	Sport 10m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Anthony Geoghegan	Sat 12th Jul 2008

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