Ascents in New South Wales and ACT as various tick types by Lee Cujes

A bit more interesting than some of the other things around this grade. A bit techy.

First climbed this 15 years ago. I kinda thought something may have broken at the first roof? There's a bit of a scar on the right.

The route that broke the drought (6 months off rock), and first route since moving to the Mountains. It felt good

After a fierce start, things calm down. Squeezed in between work meetings.

Re-sent in it's v2.0 configuration. These routes evolve.

Used this as a warm up one morning which was actually sort of doable, because it was bouldery to a rest, bouldery to a rest, repeated.

FFA. Sent first go of the day. This is the most difficult route I've ever had to grade. It's 24/5 for 35m, then a V8? morpho boulder problem for 10m. Stuffed if I know, certainly the hardest moves on the cliff.

No dramas on shot #2. Punchy moves I really liked.

Some really cool holds on this one - very solid rock generally. Not easy.

FFA. Did this one in the rain, top headwall was wet. There's a bouldery crux throw that really gave me curry, so this might be harder, especially for shorties.

FFA. Boom! 8th day on it, 21? goes. Very enjoyable to climb on. The movement is top shelf. As for the grade, yes, it might be harder. Or not.

FFA. A bit of fun to make Extra Shot harder. Traverse the flake. Go on, do it.

This is my least favourite of the routes on the wall, only because it kicked my arse and the crux is really hard for me!

One of the cleanest lines on the cliff thanks to Reido's work ethic. Good job dude!

Super varied. The corner section down low is cool.

This one felt 25/6. Second ascent.

FFA. This has had a few ascents now. One of the easier routes on the wall.

Flash placing the gear. I thought this was 25 at the time, could very well be 26 though.

Thought this was 25 as well. Really hard to know with these routes. They're all similar.

This has some great rock and you really need to climb. More sustained than most Crossroads routes. [3]

Second go.

FFA. This is cool. It has a ton of big rests with steep jugging in between. The top is mucho exciting. Needs a second ascent.

FFA. Climbed this in long pants and a jumper, so it must have been good conditions. Very hard to grade this one. It's similar to One Hit To The Body. Such cool go-for-it moves up top. Lots of big falls.

Just barely squeaked this flash in. Was gibbering on the topout

FFA. This is a big beast which took me a couple of goes - Duncan later onsighted, awesome effort.

FFA. Climbed on the 1 year Spot X anniversary. A boulder problem which requires some pounce.

JJ's route. I was a bit wigged out for the first third climbing this as a warm up. Not the bolting. Just feels a bit insecure. Leany-offy.

FFA. Pure vertical, ultra technical. This is the first time I can remember my abs and legs failing on a vertical route. 4 or 5 days. Thanks to Glenn for encouraging me to persist with this thing.

Sneaker rematch.

Hey Erik this is good eh? Sneaker run. Toby (8yo) punched this out today.

Don't be so hard on yourself Monty - this route is as good as any of the others. Nor does it feel squeezed in to me. I notice people are avoiding the grade 23 finish by going right to the anchors on SS Minnow.

I like to do this route once every 11 years. See you again in 2025.

A searing, white, marble seam which splits off the old classic Windjammer, at half height. I preplaced the gear (tiny wires) like the first ascent team. It's certainly doable placing the gear, and doable to onsight - for a trad gun

This was amazing - another win from the Phillips crew. I would have rated it a classic if the anchor was two bolts lower at the obvious finish.

This old beast of a corner climbs sooo much better than it looks. Wow, super cool.

The sandy top section is incredibly tricky, technical and hard to read. Un-onsightable with no chalk? There's your challenge! [3]

Rapped down this to access the wall and thought it looked cool. It was!

You have to wrestle with a pebble. It's like a peanut. This would also be a tough read with no chalk on it.

Super exposed and well worth doing - a real classic. The top is probably a bit too spicy if you're only leading 20.

You never like the ones you fall off. I didn't like this. Confusing down low thanks to bolt placements, and otherwise sharp and hard! [2]

The top of this was sketchy AS on the onsight. No chalk. Somehow got through. Killer!

This totally made my day. Not a skerrick of chalk, pure onsight drop the clutch action with several "I'm off!" moments. Just awesome.

This was really nice, not the best to warm up on as the start is quite hard.

Big wide crack action to finish the day. I felt bearded.

This is the pound of flesh route, whippers galore.

This is awesome. The chalk indicates people wander around a bit. If you follow the obvious climbing, it's probably 20.

Yes, very nice indeed.

Big trad action. Climbs so nicely for a trad route. Tons of big wires. Gets a bit old school up top.

FFA. As part of full route FFA. This bottom pitch has a tricky start, and a fair bit of creaky rock to dance lightly over. If you can handle this, you're well prepared for the rest of Crossroads.

FFA. The top corner is pure gold, like a harder version of Caritas. And just gets harder as you go. Tradlords will be at home. I've since added a long perma-sling to avoid some whimpering. Thanks to Henk for the anchor and top bolt!

FFA. A leany, cracky, slab thing. Some interesting tricky footwork down low.

FFA. This was a bit of a team effort. Sam and Glenn did some cleaning, and then I did more over a couple of days, and bolted. You wouldn't believe what this looked like before the cleaning. Some of the holds on this are about the closest you can come to holding a tufa without going to Bungonia or Europe. Will be the most popular route at the cliff I think.

FFA. This blew my mind at the time as my first route on the cliff.