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Ascents in Australian Capital Territory by Vanessa Wills

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Grade Route Gear style Quality
Sun 2nd Oct 2022 - Orroral area
Booroomba Rocks South Buttress Integral face
20 Integral Crack Trad 48m Mega Classic
Rpt, not as focused as on lead, but still great

 
22 No Beans for Bonzo Mixed trad 45m, 6 Very Good
Really nice slab and super grippy rock. Not sure about lead on spaced bolts

 
14 Roy's Crack Trad 50m Good
Rpt, fun and amazingly not wet

 
Tue 19th Mar 2019 - Gibraltar and Corin Road
Bandito Wall
17 Blood for a Silver Dollar Mixed trad 12m, 2 Good
A bit damp, but ok

 
18 Django the Bastard Trad 12m Good
A few tricky sequences, but the wet granite felt slick

 
19 Death Rides Alone Sport 15m, 6 Good
Nice varied climbing

 
23 Machine Gun Killers Sport 15m, 7 Good
A climb in 2 halves, the top slab crux being quite fingery and committing

 
Sun 17th Mar 2019 - Orroral area
Orroral Ridge Halfway Hotel
23 Scaramouche Trad 14m Very Good
Well it was all free with a number of rests. Got to half way before coming off ie mid crux. Top out very inelegant. Two goes and my hands were destroyed. Interesting but really sharp

 
14 Cul-de-Sac Crack Trad 8m Good
Retrieving our anchor on scaramouche. Short but nice

 
Sun 17th Mar 2019 - Orroral area
Orroral Ridge Mushroom Rock
20 Hotline Trad 32m Good
A Fantini and Bell grade 20 from 1974 hahaha. Good in a thrutchy way on second

 
17 Psychadelia Trad 15m Good
A bit too short, but nice, and you can continue up to the top of the summit boulder

 
22 Speedito Brothers Mixed trad 20m, 1 Average
Loose crunchy granite and one bolt, I value mylife. Interesting layaways in the middle, done in the rain

 
20 The Gingerman Trad 20m Very Good
Really nice flake route, enjoyed it

 
Sun 15th Oct 2017 - Orroral area
Booroomba Rocks South Buttress Integral face
20 Integral Crack Trad 48m Mega Classic
Had seconded this about 15 years ago so only an Alzheimer's onsight. Would be a classic anywhere, apparently I placed 26 runners!

 
14 Roy's Crack Trad 50m Good
Old school stoutness

 
Sun 15th Oct 2017 - Orroral area
Booroomba Rocks South Buttress Possum area
14 Overhang Corner Trad 32m Average
What's there is good but it's over too soon

 
Sat 14th Oct 2017 - Orroral area
Booroomba Rocks North Buttress Northern Slabs
20 Stele Breeze Mixed trad 100m, 1 Good
According to my climbing partner this has been dumbed down into a grade 18 sports route. I found it still scary on second

 
22 Basilisk Trad 38m Good
Some cool, tenuous moves. I couldn't imagine soloing this

 
20 Equilibrium Direct Start Trad 39m Good
Made it a bit harder than necessary by venturing into moss

 
17 Equilibrium Mixed trad 140m, 2 Good
Nice lead by Dave who loves run out slabs

 
19 Just in Passing Mixed trad 85m, 1 Good
Second pitch ( crux) linked with bird of Prey first pitch

 
9 Sunstroke Trad 120m Very Good
A fun excursion

 
17 Bird of Prey Trad 60m Good
First pitch only

 
8 Drunken Delight Trad 85m Average
Second pitch after doing Picnic to get back to our bags, my big lead of the day!

 
21 Picnic Mixed trad 20m, 3 Good
Not sure how I didn't fall off, another impressive slab lead by Dave

 
Sun 28th Feb 2016 - Orroral area
Orroral Ridge Legoland North-west
8 Anamosscity Sport 10m, 2 Average
Part of the cleaning exercise. Somme nice big crystals for a change

 
19 Drunk and Disorderly Sport 15m, 4 Very Good
Another delicate slab with more interest than the average slab

 
Sun 28th Feb 2016 - Orroral area
Orroral Ridge Legoland Platform
15 Stepping Out Sport 16m, 1 Average
Rope was up

 
21 Moonbeam Sport 12m, 3 Good
Fell off first go when mantle didn't quite work

 
Sun 28th Feb 2016 - Orroral area
Orroral Ridge Legoland Atrium
16 California Dreaming Trad 10m Good
Lol, I am such a wimp

 
15 Oleo Trad 10m Average
Better than it looks

 
Sat 27th Feb 2016 - Canberra
Murrumbidgee River Red Rocks
20 Bosch Imperialist Sport 28m, 12 Very Good
Nice wall, pretty neat climb, stick clip second bolt to start

 
18 Willy Wonka Sport 15m, 6 Good
A cruxy climb, but very mcdougallable unfortunately. Do the crux, it was goid

 
Sat 27th Feb 2016 - Canberra
Murrumbidgee River Kambah Rocks
20 Dead Fish Crack Top rope 13m Good
Tricky crux for grade

 
21 Standing Room Only Top rope 13m Good
Hard

 
19 Charlotte Sometimes Top rope 11m Average
Squeezed routes here

 
14 The Bummer Sport 14m, 5
Felt more 17ish, though looked easier to left

 
Sat 22nd Apr 2006 - Orroral area
Booroomba Rocks South Buttress Integral face
20 Integral Crack Trad 48m Mega Classic
it just keeps coming at you

 
Sat 22nd Apr 2006 - Orroral area
Booroomba Rocks South Buttress Possum area
16 Carezza Trad 38m Average
the granite takes a little getting used to! Did this cos Possum was taken.

 

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