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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Climber	Date
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	24	★★ Bokeh - with Alice	Sport 63m	Mount Wellington		topher	Thu 14th Sep 2023
P1 only. Alternative access to Opthalmia P2.
	24	★★ Bokeh - with Bonnie MacAdam 1 Second 2 Sport	Sport 63m	Mount Wellington		Alex Battaglia	Mon 15th Jan 2024
	18	★★ Bokeh P1 - with Alex Battaglia 1 Sport	Sport 63m	Mount Wellington		Bonnie MacAdam	Mon 15th Jan 2024
just first 18 pitch. Really really classy and elegant! great climb. also tried the first 5ish bolts of 24 pitch and lowered off the piton!
	24	★★ Bokeh P1 1 Sport	Sport 63m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	PaolotheSasquatch	Wed 6th Mar 2024
Just pitch one. Stellar
	18	★★ Bokeh P1 1 Sport	Sport 20m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Kat Liss	Sat 16th Mar 2024
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	21	★★★ Left Out	Trad 30m	Mount Wellington		muki Woods	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	21	★★★ Left Out	Trad 30m	Mount Wellington	★ Good	topher	2002
best in the summer!
	21	★★★ Left Out	Trad 30m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Foong	Thu 9th Feb 2017
Thin and fiddly gear near the top. Take micros and rps
	21	★★★ Left Out - with Max Lopez	Trad 30m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Mega Classic	Chris L	Tue 25th Dec 2018
One of the best. Would like to lead - bring lots of RPS and Micros
	21	★★★ Left Out - with Jed Parkes, anna	Trad 30m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	topher	Tue 19th Feb 2019
Great climbing and nice lead by Anna. Several cruxy moves, but lots of good rests and heaps of gear. Need to lead this when I get back.
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	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington		muki Woods	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Mega Classic	steven k	Fri 2nd Jan 2009
the MOST AMAZING LINE. me p2, crux. if you have, take 3 0.4cams and 2 0.3 cams + rest of rack. amazing. brilliant finger corner crack.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Cam McKenzie	Thu 30th Oct 2008
With Steve, felt pretty stiff for the grade.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	Average	Dan wilde	2005
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Mega Classic	Jeremy Goble	2006
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	topher	Sun 29th Jan 2006
with dave j. first pitch average, very sustained, awesome second pitch, and fun third
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Adam Bramwell	Sat 21st Feb 2004
1.5 pitches and retreat from chain
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Thomas Kohl	2007
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington		o_g	Sat 2nd Dec 2006
A couple of rests at crux.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Sun 5th Apr 2015
0ne and a half pitches. Rain imminent, but more my tummy troubles led to retreat.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with tim	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Max Lopez	Sat 28th Nov 2015
Classic route, got to lead the money corner. Found it cruxy and hard for 19 but battled for it. Great finger locks and steming.
	20 19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Ivan Riley, Dave Smith	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Captain Fastrousers	Sun 13th Dec 2015
	20 19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Markus	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Heather Pagram	Fri 6th Jan 2017
Wow. Really enjoyed first and second pitches... and then there was the second corner crack. A very beautiful example of corner crack, I'm sure, but I certainly couldn't climb it for love or money after the footholds ran out. Pulled on gear. Perhaps next time!
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Foong	Thu 9th Feb 2017
Second pitch is just pure pleasure
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger P1 1	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Tiburonny	Wed 17th May 2017
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Mega Classic	Ben Armstrong	Mar 2017
Potentially the best multi-pitch I've ever done. Top and bottom pitches are both very good in their own right, but the money pitch is unbelievable. Steep, technical and well protected with rests when you really need them. Stunning to look at from a distance.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Danielle, Chris 1 16 lead by Danielle 2 19 lead by Chris 3 18 lead by Me	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Mega Classic	Cameron Semple	Sun 22nd Oct 2017
Classic route. All three pitches stand on their own as top quality for their respective grades. Some of the best crack climbing I’ve encountered on The Pipes so far.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Sami	Wed 29th Nov 2017
After work climb with Shirley. Can't say it was a easy tick. Second pitch is brilliant, engaging and sustained. Finger locks and sneaky steming
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Mega Classic	Ben Armstrong	Mon 18th Dec 2017
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Mega Classic	Alexander	Wed 25th Apr 2018
1, 3 me 2: Al sustained
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Max Lopez	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington		Chris L	Tue 25th Dec 2018
Far out! Epic climbing. Pitch 3 was the fav. Max took pitch 1
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Alex Riegelman	Mon 4th Feb 2019
This felt super hard to me. Got scared. Bailed. Sometimes it's just not your day.
	19	★ One Way to the Moon - with Jed Parkes, anna	Trad 40m	Mount Wellington	★ Good	topher	Tue 19th Feb 2019
Definitely a lot of loose rock in the upper half, and a little contrived, but only really needed to touch one loose rock. Some nice moves, and good small gear.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Tue 23rd Apr 2019
Led P2, Dave 1 and 3. P2 Feels stout for the grade, but did a much better job than a few years back when I had to bail due to being sick. P3 is high quality as well.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Anna-Veronique 1 16 78m 2 19 3	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Kevin J	Thu 26th Dec 2019
Awesome, one of the best at this grade on the mountain!
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with steve n 1 16 78m 2 19 3 18	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Kim Walls	Sun 16th Feb 2020
Steve led pitches 1 and 3 I took the second. Almost bailed as steve sandbagged us by putting us below this climb instead of a 16 we meant to get on. Decided to push on after a take and a bit of encouragment. Frikin Classic! Will have to come back again.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with jonny tam	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington		Fraser	Sat 29th Feb 2020
Ooft had to take a rest on second pitch, fantastic climbing but wasnt expecting it to be so tough. Bring some triple #.3s and # .4s
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Cameron Semple	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Scott Godwin	Sun 1st Mar 2020
Awesome. Cam led the first pitch. I got the classic second pitch and the very nice third. Felt pretty solid for the grade. Got pretty pumped.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Scott Godwin 1 19 78m lead by Cameron Semple 2 lead by Scott Godwin 3 lead by Scott Godwin	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Mega Classic	Cameron Semple	Sun 1st Mar 2020
Awesome route. Lead the first this time. Just the second left to work myself up to. Scott put in a super gritty effort onsighting the second.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Mega Classic	Mitch Scanlan-Bloor	Tue 28th Jan 2020
Led P.1 and P.3. First go at a proper finger crack so was happy to grovel behind Nick for the 2nd pitch. Was a learning experience! Great line.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Laraessa	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington		Chris L	Sun 13th Dec 2020
Great finger width crack climbing. Second and third pitches are the money; double cams fine but triples around 0.4's probably adds some comfort.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Martin, Me 1 16 78m lead by Martin 2 19 lead by Me 3 18 lead by Martin	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Mega Classic	Cameron Semple	Wed 20th Jan 2021
Beautiful conditions for an after work session. First time leading the second. Went ok, but had to take.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with pat 1 16 30m 2 19 25m 3 18 23m	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Tomfoolery	Sat 27th Feb 2021
Stellar route. Last two pitches were both really good.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with claire	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	russ	Fri 2nd Apr 2021
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Mega Classic	Chris Speer	Sun 5th Dec 2021
One of the best on the mountain for sure. Pretty steep and sustained but the finger locks are sooooo good. Led 2nd pitch. Both 1st and 3rd pitches are also excellent.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Mark	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Mega Classic	Chris Speer	Sun 30th Jan 2022
Beautiful day, beautiful temps, beautiful route. Led p1 and p3 this time and Mark had a red hot go at the crux pitch. This route could honestly be my favourite on the pipes so far.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Jai 1 19 78m 2 3	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Mega Classic	Tiburonny	Tue 20th Sep 2022
What a glorious climb! Finally finished the climb after having to bail out a few years back due to my sore heels from hitting the deck on 3rd bird. Pretty hard second pitch, nearly cramped my calves. Pipes version of Ramadan, haha. Bring as many .4 and .5s as you can. I ran out with triples of them and had to rely on sketchy nuts
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Rollacoasta	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington		Dmitry Linkov	Wed 21st Dec 2022
climbing via thick mist made it very atmospheric, was so close to bailing as the rap chains in the middle of second pitch looked so inviting. kept going and really enjoyed it.
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Mark Thake	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Steve Cooper	Wed 1st Mar 2023
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Alice	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	topher	Thu 14th Sep 2023
P3 only. Lovely climbing
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Tim McEldowney	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Mackenzie	Fri 29th Sep 2023
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Mega Classic	Nick Whitelaw	Wed 18th Oct 2023
Led all 3 pitches. I climbed this back in 2020 as well but didn't log it. All 3 pitches have something to offer, P1 is great to warm up for the main dishes of P2 and P3. It was nice having 3 x 0.4, doubles to 2, didn't use the nuts
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington		Owen Gregory	Fri 10th Nov 2023
started up this one not knowing how to finger lock, now i know. run before you can walk, right?
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington		Sam Strong	Sun 10th Dec 2023
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Shirley	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	topher	Sat 20th Jan 2024
Always really good. Should try linking P2 and P3 next time.
	19 ~20	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Issy Jukes 1 Second 2 Trad 3 Second	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington		Dylan Glavas	Mon 26th Feb 2024
An absolute mega classic, got my feet for dolerite on this climb finally, had a sit on gear, straightened myself up and punched to the top, epic
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Suemi Chiba 1 Second 2 Trad 3 Trad	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Mega Classic	Captain Fastrousers	Tue 27th Feb 2024
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger - with Dylan Glavas 1 16 Trad 2 19 Second 3 18 Trad	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington		Issy Jukes	Sun 25th Feb 2024
Great climb! Forces you to trust the smears/ open corner jams, which goes against instinct coming from frog!
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger 1 Second 2 Trad This pitch is for sure the best corner on the pipes. Change my mind. 3 Second Top 3 corners on the pipes	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	PaolotheSasquatch	Wed 6th Mar 2024
	19	★★★ Lone Stranger 1 Trad 2 Second 3 Trad	Trad 78m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Kat Liss	Sat 16th Mar 2024
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	18	★★ Opthalmia	Trad 80m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	topher	Mon 7th Aug 2006
with deano, led second pitch. definitely a pipes 18, even if i haven't climbed for a while!
	18	★★ Opthalmia - with israeli dan	Trad 80m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Foong	Sun 20th Nov 2016
Slightly ducky second pitch had to get burly
	18	★★ Opthalmia - with Shirley	Trad 80m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Captain Fastrousers	Sun 21st Oct 2018
	18	★★ Opthalmia	Trad 80m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Ben Armstrong	Fri 7th Feb 2020
Nice climbing apart from the "50% friend 50% foe" bush. The third pitch is nothing special (about as thrutchy as it looks). Take a number a couple of #4s (or a #5) for the top section.
	18	★★ Opthalmia - with Steve	Trad 80m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Chris Speer	Tue 3rd Jan 2023
Finished up the last pitch of Lone Stranger as the third pitch is wide and full of trees. Second pitch is the money pitch anyway. Sustained, long and excellent. Getting around the tree is amusing. Would do again.
	18	★★ Opthalmia - with Alice	Trad 80m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	topher	Thu 14th Sep 2023
P2 only. Beautiful climbing below the first bush.
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	16 17	★★ Xenophanes (Xenephonase)	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	topher	Mon 24th Jan 2005
	16 17	★★ Xenophanes (Xenephonase)	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	topher	Fri 24th Feb 2012
Evidently I should still wear pants for the offwidth bit
	16 17	★★ Xenophanes (Xenephonase)	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington		o_g	Sat 1st Jan 2005
	16 17	★★ Xenophanes (Xenephonase)	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	topher	Fri 25th Apr 2014
	16 17	★★ Xenophanes (Xenephonase)	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington		Rowan Blakers	Fri 2nd Jan 2015
	17	★★ Xenophanes (Xenephonase)	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Max Lopez	Sat 21st Feb 2015
Loved it. Fun off width. 17. Rest is a little easier but always fun and exciting.
	17	Sunday Morning Fever!	Trad 25m	Mount Wellington	Average	Foong	Thu 17th Mar 2016
The climbing is actually not bad, but the pro for the first section is questionable at best. Micrograms/0.3 and under would have been nice to have. Have put a brand new sling at the top too. How civic minded.
	17	★★ Xenophanes (Xenephonase) - with Chris L	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Foong	Sat 19th Nov 2016
Found the offwidth bit pretty dicky
	17	★★ Xenophanes (Xenephonase) - with Foong	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Chris L	Sat 19th Nov 2016
Fun. Unexpected offwidth added some spice. Take a 4 for it.
	17	★★ Xenophanes 1 lead by Me 2 lead by Will 3 lead by Me and Will	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★ Good	EJ Budarick	Sat 25th Feb 2017
	17	★★ Xenophanes	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Alexander	Sat 4th Mar 2017
1p. 16 2p. 17 3p. 16 Very plesant climbing until you are in the offwidth Take 4,5 very handy
	17	★★ Xenophanes	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★ Good	Jon	Thu 16th Mar 2017
Dogged the slimey wet lichen coated offwidth like yo mum. A No4 cam is not enough, take a 5 or a 6. Otherwise easy
	17	★★★ Moonraker variant (Moonraker variant P1) 1	Trad 77m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Tiburonny	Thu 18th May 2017
	17	★★★ Moonraker variant - with grace, Lucy Rose	Trad 77m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Ben Hanley	Wed 6th Dec 2017
felt sketchier than expected. being in the clouds and wind didn't help.
	17	★★ Xenophanes	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Ben Armstrong	Sat 31st Mar 2018
P1 is a bit average, P2 and 3 are both really nice.
	17	★★ Xenophanes - with Kate	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★ Good	Captain Fastrousers	Tue 3rd Apr 2018
	17	★★ Xenophanes	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Tiburonny	Sat 19th Jan 2019
nice climb, deserves more stars spectacular finish
	17	★★★ Moonraker variant	Trad 77m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Mark Wood	Fri 28th Dec 2018
	17	★★★ Moonraker variant	Trad 77m	Mount Wellington		Andrew Irwin	Fri 4th Jan 2019
Back in the day this was Grade 15( check the old guide book). Still a classic though
	17	★★★ Moonraker variant - with Phil K	Trad 77m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Poppy	Sun 21st Apr 2019
First benighting! Was tricky seeing some of the holds with a head torch and hilarious when Phil's died 10 minutes in!! The step across the void on P3 was filled with suspense. Great doing the big raps into the darkness. A great epic!
	17	Sunday Morning Fever!	Trad 25m	Mount Wellington	★ Good	Kevin J	Thu 26th Dec 2019
	17	★★★ Moonraker variant - with mira, james	Trad 77m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Glenn Southern	Sat 28th Dec 2019
Probably my favourite climb of the trip so far. Stunning scenery and climbing, seems like this is the limit for me seconding atm
	17	★★ Xenophanes	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Tiburonny	Sat 4th Jan 2020
	17	★★ Xenophanes - with madi	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Chris L	Sat 11th Jan 2020
	17	★★ Xenophanes	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Mitch Scanlan-Bloor	Mon 27th Jan 2020
Lots of loose stuff but enjoyed the grovel on the 2nd pitch.
	17	★★★ Moonraker variant	Trad 77m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Wall	Sun 15th Mar 2020
Fuck this thing is hard and scary haha. One year on I underestimated this thing again and spent forever desperately crawling my way up the mountains placing shitty rps. A good fun adventure nonetheless haha
	17	★★★ Moonraker variant - with Danielle	Trad 77m	Mount Wellington	★ Good	Cameron Semple	Wed 30th Dec 2020
Ticking this because it's probably closest to what we did. Were intending to do Xenophanes but started on One Way to the Moon. Ended up doing some mashup of those two routes and Moonraker. Ended up back on Xenophanes for the top pitch I think. Fun day out.
	16	★★ Xenophanes - with cam 1 16 81m 2 3	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Classic	Erika	Tue 26th Jan 2021
P1 lots of loose rock. P2 and P3 great. Need a no. 5 at least
	17	★★ Xenophanes - with Erika 1 16 24m lead by Me 2 17 30m lead by Me 3 16 26m lead by Erika	Trad 80m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Cameron Semple	Tue 26th Jan 2021
If you can push past the first half of the first pitch, the rest is very good.
	17	★★★ Moonraker variant	Trad 77m	Mount Wellington	★★ Very Good	Dan millar	Sun 9th May 2021
	17	★★ Xenophanes	Trad 81m	Mount Wellington	★ Good	Chris Speer	Sun 28th Nov 2021
Led pitches 1 and 3. It’s okay. I thought the second pitch was the money pitch with the fun grovel in the wide crack. A bit vegetated and loose in places but overall pleasant.
	17	★★★ Moonraker variant - with Daniel McKinnell 1 17 77m lead by Daniel McKinnell 2 lead by Jason Capenecas 3 lead by Daniel McKinnell	Trad 77m	Mount Wellington		Jason Capenecas	Sun 9th Jan 2022
	17	★★★ Moonraker variant	Trad 77m	Mount Wellington	★★★ Mega Classic	Jamie Spencer	Tue 25th Jan 2022
	17	★★★ Moonraker variant	Trad 77m	Mount Wellington		William Skea	Tue 1st Feb 2022

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