Ascents in New South Wales and ACT as various tick types by Chris Kinny

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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Date
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Lunch Ledge
	19	★★ The West Face of the Mirrorball (The West Face of the Mirrorball (19 var.))	Sport 120m	★★★ Mega Classic	Fri 23rd Jan 2004
Awesome! Led 1st, 3rd, 4th pitch. Tom lead 2nd. Thought 4th pitch was hardest. Really exposed climb! Walk-in is a bitch.
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Little Triggers Wall
	22 21	★★ Lady Stardust	Sport 21m, 6	★★ Very Good	Sat 3rd May 2003
Quite true to it's grade. Has some tricky little moves, and is more sustained than anything I've done at Barden's, but alas it is still a soft tick.
	22	★★ Hang onto Yourself	Sport 20m	★★★ Classic	Sat 3rd May 2003
Pretty damn nice! Gets a "classic" because of excellent exposure, interesting climbing, and good protection. However, it is NOT a 22, crux is maybe a 21 if that (especially since I did it with frozen fingers and still did it quite easily.)
	21	★★ Starman	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good	Sat 3rd May 2003
Graded 21 in Pircher/Carter's latest, and I agree with that grading. A very nice climb, with the crux down.
	19 20	★ Change Junkies	Sport 20m	★ Good	Sat 3rd May 2003
Meant to be the warm-up for the day, but was surprisingly technical for a 19. Cold weather made things difficult.
	17	★★ Hermione	Sport 25m, 8	★ Good	Mon 10th Jun 2002
Run-out, loose, but easy as ...
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area New York East (Right) Side
	19	★ Silence of the Cams	Sport 15m, 5	Average	Sat 28th Dec 2002
Not bad! Straight up, easy holds. Quite delicate!
	19	★ Exploding Budgies	Sport 15m	Don't Bother	Sat 28th Dec 2002
OK, but definitely harder than "Cams". Big rising traverse means lots of drag - probably why it loses a star ...
	22	★★ Moan Groan Dial Tone	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good	Sat 28th Dec 2002
Technically quite easy, just strenuous! Nice laybacks and a bit of everything. Had a cool "leg-swing" move!
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area New York West (Left) Side
	17 20	★ Landmines for Line-Dancers	Sport 12m	Crap	Sat 28th Dec 2002
Warmup. Pretty cruddy - a sign of things to come from New York...
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mount York Mezzaluna Area
	16	★★ Mezzaluna	Sport 25m, 8	★★ Very Good	Sat 18th May 2002
Nice, easy climb up sustained wall. Rock is not the best.
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mount York Noodle Wall
	19 20	★ Muriels Wedding and Russells Divorce	Sport 12m	★★ Very Good	Sat 18th May 2002
Nice, crux is semi-difficult vertical crack with small holds.
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Hocus Pocus Area
	13	★ Ra	Trad 44m	Average	Mon 9th Jun 2003
Very few bolts, and not much natural pro if any. Kept wandering onto this while doing H.P. I'll count the tick anyway!
	10 8	★★ Hocus Pocus	Mixed trad 49m, 15	★★ Very Good	Mon 9th Jun 2003
Did it as a climb-out in single pitch with packs. LOADS of rope drag = sore legs. If a sport climb, very run-out, but easy.
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area
	8	★ Faith	Trad 52m	★ Good	Mon 25th Apr 2005
First pitch is easy/pleasant/clean. Pitch 2 & 3 aren't great. Bit dirty.
	17	★★★ Flake Crack	Trad 53m	★★★ Mega Classic	Sat 15th Nov 2003
Super climb! Did in in 2 pitches, purely because I wanted my medium cams retrieved. Swallows a lot of medium gear. The small roof is ... exciting!
	15	★★★ Tombstone Wall	Mixed trad 30m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Mon 25th Apr 2005
Great! Has it all: tricky mantle, balancey slab-moves, steepening climax! Very tasty!
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
	15	★★ The Carthaginian	Trad 33m	★★★ Classic	Mon 25th Apr 2005
Do this if you want to practise fist-jamming. It's perfect!
	19 18	★★★ The Eternity	Trad 22m	★★★ Mega Classic	Sat 24th May 2003
25/12/02 - First second on trad gear. Wish I led it, but would probably be too scared. 24/5/03 - Planned to go round to Flake Crack, but couldn't go past this thing! Truly an awesome line! Totally enjoyable! First 'real' trad lead ( > grade 14!!)
	14	★★ Joseph	Trad 46m	★ Good	Wed 25th Dec 2002
FIRST TRAD LEAD! Easy climb, lots of drag! I don't think it's 2 stars though...
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Descent Gully Area
	9	★ Great Unwashed	Trad 20m	★ Good	Sat 24th May 2003
Good for getting trad practice. Worth doing...
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Walk-Down Gully
	14	★★ Gently Mine	Trad 50m	★★ Very Good	Mon 4th Oct 2004
Very nice, with plenty of solid pro.
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Abseil Gully
	12	★★ The Eyrie	Mixed trad 45m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Mon 4th Oct 2004
Excellent! Very enjoyable & cruisy. Spaced pro down low, but comfortable anyway.
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Celebrity Crags Jimmy Cliff
	18	★★ Johnny's Jalopies	Sport 20m, 7	★★ Very Good	Sat 28th Aug 2004
Very nice! A bit loose and sharp in places, but very cruisy.
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Centennial Glen Wave Wall
	24	★★ The Tube	Sport 12m	★★ Very Good	Sat 31st May 2003
25/4/03 - My new project! Today was practise. 31/5/03 - Got it second try today! Hardest clean lead to date! Opened up a decent flapper on it!
	23	★★ Split Wave	Sport 20m	★★★ Classic	2003
HARDEST ONSIGHT TO DATE!!! Cool climb! Good holds, powerful moves, steep wall! Possibly a little soft ...
	21	★★ Jaws	Sport 15m, 4	★ Good	2003
Nice! Feels like a gym climb. A bit of a crank-fest.
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Centennial Glen Junket Pumper Area
	19	★ Billy Bunter	Sport 15m, 5	Don't Bother	Fri 25th Apr 2003
Junk! Basically 2 mantles and a simple jug-haul to the top. Didn't help that the rain made the route into a waterfall!
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Sandwiches Wall
	18	★ Giles Bradbury Memorial Stretch	Trad 12m	Average	2002
First move eats up all of the 18 grading. The rest is a 7? Easy solo. Some walkouts would be harder.
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Grey Slab
	18	★ The Bandoline Grip	Sport 18m, 6	★ Good	Mon 27th Jan 2003
Very poorly protected in middle slab section, but it doesn't really matter. Top section is ... OK.
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Shipley Upper War Babies Wall
	20 22	★ Do Androids Like Duckos	Sport 12m	★ Good	Sat 28th Aug 2004
A bit tough for 20.
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall
	21	★★ Girly Germs	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good	Mon 27th Jan 2003
Quite fun. Made hard work out of it, but it was never really difficult. Opening moves were a little strange - probably because I was trying to avoid the dirt.
	19	★★ Jack High	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good	Tue 13th Apr 2010
My first outdoor lead! Enjoyable & sustained.
	19	★ Original Hot Flyer (Weekend Warrior)	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good	Tue 13th Apr 2010
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Big Top
	17 18	★ Llewdicrous	Sport 25m	★ Good	Sat 21st Aug 2004
Not bad. Not great either.
	19	★★ JinX	Sport 25m	★★★ Classic	Sat 21st Aug 2004
Very enjoyable! Good variety moves!
New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Medlow Bath The Sunbath
	18	★★ Schwing	Sport 46m	★★★ Mega Classic	Wed 25th Dec 2002
Been eyeing this ne for ages. Swung leads wih Dave. First pitch is best, top pitch is still great though.
	18	★★ Old Salt	Sport 18m	★ Good	Sat 18th May 2002
Simple, but with one balancey move.
	14 15	★ Pitang Pitang	Sport 12m, 6	Average	Wed 25th Dec 2002
3 year anniversary of outdoor climbing! This is a warmup, but crux was definitely more than 14!
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Point Perpendicular Bayside Hello Dolly Wall
	18	★★ Hello Dolly	Sport 30m, 9	★★★ Classic	Thu 22nd Apr 2004
Cool climb in a superb position! Well protected.
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Point Perpendicular Bayside The Yardarm
	14	★★ Urban Spaceman	Trad 27m	★ Good	Mon 28th Mar 2005
Fun climb. Quite atmospheric.
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Point Perpendicular The Mild West Bob's Cliff
	15	★ Self Raising Flower	Trad 6m	Average	Fri 9th Apr 2004
Easy warmup to steady the nerves!
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Nowra Bomaderry Creek Mortein Wall
	18	★ Flood	Sport 11m, 4	Average	Sat 21st Dec 2002
Pretty easy, despite mega Nowra grease! Dirty, and not that great ...
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Nowra The Grotto Cliffline Palm Tree Wall
	18	★ Backdraft	Sport 22m, 7	★★ Very Good	Sat 9th Aug 2003
Pretty good! Exciting top section.
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Nowra The Grotto Cliffline Gonads Wall
	18	★★ Depleted Gonad Circumference	Sport 20m, 9	★★★ Classic	Tue 13th Apr 2010
A Nowra classic! One cruxy bit, but not too hard.
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Nowra The Grotto Cliffline Iceman Wall
	19	★ Jester	Sport 20m	Average	Sat 10th Aug 2002
Nice & cruisy. Comfy holds.
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Nowra The Grotto Cliffline The Grotto Proper
	20	★★ Spinning Blades of Steel (Eat My Spinning Blades Of Steel, Motherfucker)	Sport 9m	★★★ Classic	Sat 22nd Jun 2002
A classic! Lots of heel-hook rests, and a hands-free ledge!
	19	★★ Alien Space Monsters	Sport 25m, 9	★★ Very Good	Tue 13th Apr 2010
Interesting start off the pinnacle, then pretty straight forward.
	20	★★ Throbbing Pole Of Love	Sport 15m, 7	Average	Tue 13th Apr 2010
Pretty tricky.
	17	★★ L'Arch	Sport 16m, 5	★ Good	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	23	★★★ Amazon Queens In the Avocado Jungles Of Death	Sport 20m	★★★ Classic	Sat 9th Aug 2003
Wow! Cool climb! Went off course and blew the onsight. Got it second go. Really interesting and exciting climbing!
	19	★ Fizzbomb	Sport 13m	★★ Very Good	Sat 9th Aug 2003
Good climb with exciting and strenuous move over bulge.
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Nowra Thompson's Point Sloth Area
	16	★★ Sloth	Sport 23m, 8	★★★ Classic	Mon 21st Apr 2003
Really nice! Long, sustained, exposed, and a great way to end a day before the hike out!
	18	★★ Everything But The Wasp	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	20	★★ Backtrack	Sport 18m	★ Good	Tue 13th Apr 2010
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Nowra Thompson's Point Betty Blue Area
	21	★★ A Day at the Beach	Sport 15m, 6	★★★ Classic	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	21	★★ Shifting Sands	Sport 15m, 5	★★★ Classic	Mon 21st Apr 2003
Great rock, great exposure, great climb. Nervous crux high and run-out. Awesome!
	18 20	★ Not As Steep As Some	Sport 8m	Average	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	20 21	★★ Broken And Barbed	Sport 18m, 6	★★ Very Good	Sun 20th Apr 2003
Quite a good climb! Nice technical beginning, then easy ramble up slabby arete.
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Nowra Thompson's Point The Pocketed Wall
	22	★★ Murdoch the Horse Fucker	Sport 12m, 5	★★ Very Good	Thu 25th Dec 2003
Lots of fun! Not too hard for the grade either!
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Nowra Thompson's Point The Very Nice Wall
	22	★★ Killer Boas	Sport 10m	★★★ Classic	Mon 21st Apr 2003
Great climb! First bolt is a little high. Top jugs next to anchors are VERY dirty. Bring a shovel!
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Nowra Thompson's Point Gunbarrel Wall
	19	★★ Gun Barrel Highway	Sport 25m, 10	★★ Very Good	Sat 29th Mar 2003
Really good! Grade is about right, and it's nice and sustained.
	18	★★ Diddy Kong	Sport 24m, 8	★★★ Classic	Sat 20th Apr 2002
Definitely a classic! Really nice and sustained, pretty good rock, and well protected.
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Nowra Thompson's Point Vanderholics Wall
	19	★★★ Vanderholics	Sport 25m, 8	★★ Very Good	Tue 13th Apr 2010
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Nowra Thompson's Point Alley Wall
	17 18	★ Bombtrack	Sport 24m, 9	★ Good	Wed 14th Jul 2004
Crappy start but a nice journey up top half. Exposed, but full of 'Gym-Jugs'.
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Nowra Thompson's Point Orca Area
	18	★★ Korca	Sport 24m, 7	★ Good	Tue 13th Apr 2010
Beautiful climb up airy arete, top section pretty ordinary.
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Nowra Thompson's Point Descent Gully Walls
	17	★★ Hang On	Sport 15m, 6	★★★ Classic	Sat 19th Jul 2003
This is an easy classic! Very interesting all the way up, well protected - a comfy lead!
	20	★★ Beavis	Sport 15m, 6	★ Good	Thu 25th Dec 2003
Quite delicate. Entertaining.
	17	★★ Butt Head	Sport 15m, 7	★★ Very Good	Mon 21st Apr 2003
Good warm up. Jug city!
	17	★ Woderwick	Sport 15m	★ Good	Sat 19th Jul 2003
Good for a warm-up. Don't remember much about it - probably a bit boring ...
	20	★★ Layoff	Sport 15m, 7	★ Good	Sat 30th Aug 2003
Thin and interesting start. Juggy and boring finish.
	18	★ Lefty	Sport 10m	Don't Bother	Mon 28th Mar 2005
Start is a little hard for 18, but really fizzles out quickly.
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Nowra Thompson's Point Little Graham's Boulder
	21	★ Shy Romantic	Sport 5m	Average	Sat 19th Jul 2003
Hasder than "Cheesy" in my book, and not as fun.
	22	★ Cheesy Noblicker	Sport 5m	★ Good	Sat 19th Jul 2003
Pretty darn easy! First dyno is basic, and it's all jugs. Soft tick.
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Nowra Hospital Rocks Slabby Wall
	15	★ Crashing Poodles	Sport 10m, 4	Average	Tue 13th Apr 2010
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Wollongong Mount Keira South Face
	21	★★★ Sex Haunt	Sport 30m, 13	★★ Very Good	Sat 23rd Nov 2002
Fell off during onsight attempt 3/8/02 when I grabbed sandy hold on crux. But today I nailed it! Yeah!! Good 21 with nice exposure!
	15	★★ Jaunt	Trad 45m	★★★ Classic	Sat 2nd Aug 2003
Probably the best on the South Face. Quite an interesting & varied adventure with exciting traverse high on pitch 3!
	13 16	★★ Travail	Sport 20m, 11	★★★ Classic	Tue 13th Apr 2010
Awesome exposure and superb views. Easy climb, but more like a 16.
	16	★★ Mind Games	Sport 20m, 6	★ Good	Tue 13th Apr 2010
Nice views, easy slab, but definitely not 16! More like 18!
	16	★★ Strong Arms	Sport 14m, 8	★★ Very Good	Sat 17th Aug 2002
Nice! Too short. Nice jump for start jug, then pretty cruisy up smooth, clean rock. Good views.
	14	★ No 1 Crack	Trad 6m	Don't Bother	Sat 8th Feb 2003
Trad leading practise. Ultra short and pretty boring. Could have solo'd it no probs.
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Wollongong Mount Keira West Face
	16 17	★ Blossom	Sport 10m, 4	★ Good	Sat 2nd Nov 2002
Easy peasy. Nice holds. Good warm up.
	20	★★ One Blank Wall and 3 Bloody Rooves	Sport 12m, 5	★★ Very Good	Sat 12th Oct 2002
Stuffed up the onsight! Tricky crux lunging for crack off smooth wall. Top roof section is easy but pumpy!
	9 12	★ Iria	Trad 10m	Average	Sat 12th Apr 2003
Second time I've climbed it. Did it again for trad practice. This time I liked it!
	15 17	★ Space Trucken	Sport 10m, 4	Average	Mon 30th May 2005
Not great.
	8	★ Nursery	Trad 10m	Average	Fri 18th Apr 2003
More trad practice. Pretty boring, but lots of comfortable stances to put in gear!
	20	★★ Crawdad	Sport 12m, 5	Average	Sat 3rd Aug 2002
Pretty thin for a 19. Easy enough up and over bulge. Quite run-out!
	17 18	★ Fingers	Sport 12m, 5	★ Good	Fri 5th Apr 2002
Contrived. Did without natural gear except for a nut at start. Not bad.
	11	★ Gum Tree Wall	Sport 10m, 4	Don't Bother	Tue 13th Apr 2010
Easy as pie, but still undergraded. I would say 14/15.
	15 17	★ Piece of Piss Direct	Sport 9m, 4	Don't Bother	Sat 17th Aug 2002
A piece of pxxx! Pretty short, & more trouble getting the gear off than it's worth.
	20	★ Extra Terrestrial Turkey	Sport 7m	Average	Sat 17th Aug 2002
More of a boulder problem than a climb. The start is a thinker, but the top is garbage.
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Wollongong Mount Keira North Face
	21	★★★ Wallyard Arete	Sport 18m, 7	★★★ Classic	Sat 2nd Nov 2002
Cool climb! Had extreme weather. Crux is thin and scary - but super fun!
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Wollongong Rat's Crag Rat's Sport
	14 17	Reefer Headed Woman	Sport 5m, 4	Crap	Sat 9th Nov 2002
A warm up. Nothing more, nothing less.
	22	★ Ants In Your Pants	Sport 7m, 7	Average	Sat 9th Nov 2002
Was first outdoor climb (25-12-99). After 3 year, I finally returned with Pooks and red-pointed it first attempt! Years of regret - the monkey is off my back!!
New South Wales and ACT Illawarra and Shoalhaven Wollongong Stanwell Tops The Lookout
	17	★★ Sunday the 13th	Trad 13m	★ Good	Tue 13th Apr 2010
Enjoyable climb up nice crack, very picturesque!
	18	★ North Crack	Trad 13m	★ Good	Tue 13th Apr 2010
Nice climb with good foot jambs.
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Hornsby and the North Berowra Positive Ape Factor Area
	19	★ Wall Thing	Sport 12m, 3	★ Good	Fri 14th Nov 2003
Convenient warm-up. Pretty thin up top.
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Hornsby and the North Berowra Blackboard Wall
	17	★★ Yesterday's Heroes	Sport 12m, 4	★★ Very Good	Fri 14th Nov 2003
It's Nowra. Quite nice.
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Hornsby and the North Berowra Ladder of Gloom Area
	4	Cenotaph Corner	Trad 8m	Crap	Fri 14th Nov 2003
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