Ascents in Illawarra and Shoalhaven as various tick types by Lee Cujes

Sort of a 1 legged ascent type of thing.

That start move though! Brutal! Skipped it first time, fluffed it second time ripping skin, third time stuck it and absolutely did not want to do it again, so topped out. [3]

Repeat

Kinda interesting, a little harder than Silver Hands perhaps.

Fell on the final move first time. [2]

Finishing the weekend. [2]

Repeat.

Didn't think I'd ever do this one. Was definitely a 'reputation route' in my mind. [2]

The top makes it great. Smoothy ripples.

Gloves, trail shoes, down jacket, proper alpine ascent.

Getting that Coneheads double! Sneaks.

Where's the LEDs? This thing is a Moonboard.

Cleaning up a 21 year old ghost! Up and down in sneakers, lol.

Never in doubt the second time. [2]

Nice top, with one reach.

Last done in '97. It was polished then.

Quite a trixy move to finish.

A tricky read - easy to fluff.

Man this was super good! A total must do!

First go placing the gear after a failed attempt 13 years ago.

Cleaning up a ghost from 21 years ago! My comments from then was that it was too scary. I still concur.

Got quite cooked! Cool roof.

Nice wall climbing.

Primo!

Thought this was Muscle Hustler until I scrutinised the topo. This is covered in chalk and full permadraws. I can advise where Muscle Hustler breaks left there is zero chalk and no permadraws.

Couple of blade-like crimps up the top.

The eucalypt at the base of this route is probably the biggest I have ever seen. It's stunning!

Tricky start, then pumpy.

Big sleepy possum in the break. Do not disturb.

Couldn't walk past this on the way out. With the huecos, just looked awesome. And it was!

Needed a little stretch down low!

Beric thought this was on the stiff side for 16.

Looks a bit like the Stone Roses wall. Pretty cool!

Wow! Bloody slab to start and then the reward -- uber steepness including double kneebar bat hang in honeycomb sandstone.

Quite nice, especially the top half on gritty steep jugs.

Nice and steep, just the way I like 'em. A couple of bouldery bits though!

Thin techy moves as expected. Tough going in high humidity! [2]

Repeating for the extension.

Lovely marble seam. Extension first go after scrubbing it on rap. Very body positiony.

Repeating for the extension.

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.