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Wed 31st Jan 2024 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Left Main Wall | ||||||
15 | ★ Breakfast at Tiffany's | 18m, 5 | Average | |||
Several hangs, mostly to check-out gear.
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Wed 17th Jan 2024 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
17 R | ★ Mission Impossible - with Dave Duffy | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
First time in about 20yrs, but the rain meant I had to retreat.
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Sun 12th Nov 2023 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
12 | ★ JAFKPR - with andreas | 13m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Got it second time round!
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12 | ★ JAFKPR - with andreas | 13m, 4 | Average | |||
The beached whale couldn't pull it off first go.
:-/
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Sun 15th Oct 2023 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
8 | ★ Offal - with Andreas | 14m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
10 | ★ Hanging Garden - with Andreas | 15m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
First lead since the operation and it went well.
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6 | ★ Spidermonkey - with Andreas | 15m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
Tue 6th Jun 2023 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Left Main Wall | ||||||
14 | ★ Tiger's Tail - with steven waite | 18m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
It's cleaned up a lot in the intervening years.
Pretty pathetic effort. Got stuck at the 4th bolt.
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Tue 18th Apr 2023 - Urban Climb West End | ||||||
Climbing routes | ||||||
12 | ★ Grade 12 route - with Ruth Reeve | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
The overhanging purple. Straight up. A good day.
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10 | ★ Grade 10 route - with Ruth Reeve | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
In the zone today.
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9 | ★ Grade 9 route - with Ruth Reeve | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Definitely good.
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9 | ★ Grade 9 route - with David Reeve | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Smooth as, straight up it.
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Fri 27th Jan 2023 - Urban Climb West End | ||||||
Climbing routes | ||||||
14 | ★ Grade 14 route - with David Reeve | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
#20 Our favorite corner route.
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14 | ★ Grade 14 route - with David Reeve | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
#38 bit tricky crux.
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14 | ★ Grade 14 route - with David Reeve | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
warm-up.
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Fri 20th Jan 2023 - Urban Climb West End | ||||||
Climbing routes | ||||||
11 | ★ Grade 11 route - with David Reeve | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Auto belay style, the purple, tricky, but made it.
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10 | ★ Grade 10 route - with David Reeve | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
2nd climb, but couldn't pull the overhang, got it 2nd shot.
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8 | ★ Grade 8 route - with David Reeve | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Warm-up
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Fri 13th Jan 2023 - Urban Climb West End | ||||||
Climbing routes | ||||||
12 | ★ Grade 12 route - with David Reeve | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Purple on the right corner. Some nice moves up flakes.
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12 | ★ Grade 12 route - with David Reeve | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Purple behind island. Needed a couple of rests.
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10 | ★ Grade 10 route - with David Reeve | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Blue, next left. Nice. Plus down-climb.
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8 | ★ Grade 8 route - with David Reeve | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
The yellow next to the main door entrance. Nice warm-up + down-climb.
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Fri 6th Jan 2023 - Urban Climb West End | ||||||
Climbing routes | ||||||
14 | ★ Grade 14 route - with Terry Neill | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Tough, overhanging purple, on the island.
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11 | ★ Grade 11 route - with Terry Neill | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Blue, back wall, slightly overhung.
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12 | ★ Grade 12 route - with Terry Neill | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Purple on the corner, some interesting holds.
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12 | ★ Grade 12 route - with Terry Neill | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Purple. Good. After the yellow.
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10 | ★ Grade 10 route - with Terry Neill | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice warm up
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Tue 3rd Jan 2023 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Dysentery RHF | 18m, 6 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
2 rests. The worst part is: I can do it clean, but lack the motivation.
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Sat 31st Dec 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
14 | ★ Anonymous | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
3 rests, but hot day.
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Thu 29th Dec 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Left Main Wall | ||||||
18 Easy | ★ Wounded Knee | 18m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
A few rests at the 4th bolt. The move into the alcove stymied me.
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Tue 27th Dec 2022 - Urban Climb West End | ||||||
Climbing routes | ||||||
15 | Grade 15 route - with David Reeve, Ruth Reeve | 6m | ||||
Purple overhang. Came off twice, but hung on. Bloody good.
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14 | ★ Grade 14 route - with David Reeve, Ruth Reeve | 6m | ||||
Blue overhang. Solid. Made it.
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10 | ★ Grade 10 route - with David Reeve, Ruth Reeve | 6m | ||||
First of the day. Good.
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12 | ★ Grade 12 route - with David Reeve, Ruth Reeve | 6m | ||||
Clean, got it
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Sun 25th Dec 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Left Main Wall | ||||||
16 | ★★ Halva | 20m, 5 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
1 rest at the lower crux. About 3 rests at the upper crux.
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Tue 20th Dec 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Dysentery RHF - with max | 18m, 6 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Solid effort by Max to attempt to lead it. Got it clean on second. Whoohoo! Old timers 91 coming up!
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19 | ★★ Dysentery RHF - with max | 18m, 6 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Second tick of the day, nice.
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19 | ★★ Dysentery RHF - with max | 18m, 6 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
So nice to see the hard work in the gym paying off! 3 clean ascents! Wow!
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Tue 22nd Nov 2022 - Urban Climb West End | ||||||
Climbing routes | ||||||
8 | ★ Grade 8 route - with Ruth Reeve | 6m | Average | |||
On autobelay whilst waiting.
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12 | ★ Grade 12 route - with Ruth Reeve | 6m | ||||
Couldn't do it clean, a couple of rests. Tricky crux.
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8 | ★ Grade 8 route - with Ruth Reeve | 6m | Average | |||
A good lap on this.
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6 | Grade 6 route - with Ruth Reeve | 6m | ||||
Keeping up appearances.
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Tue 8th Nov 2022 - Urban Climb West End | ||||||
Climbing routes | ||||||
12 | ★ Grade 12 route - with Ruth Reeve | 6m | ||||
Couldn't get past the crux with my bung knee.
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9 | ★ Grade 9 route - with Ruth Reeve | 6m | Average | |||
Solid blue.
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8 | ★ Grade 8 route - with Ruth Reeve | 6m | Average | |||
Another.
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10 | ★ Grade 10 route - with Ruth Reeve | 6m | ||||
Good.
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6 | Grade 6 route - with David Reeve | 6m | ||||
Warm up
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Tue 8th Nov 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Left Main Wall | ||||||
14 | ★ Bottle Stopper - with Terry Neill | 18m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
4 rests, one quickdraw grab. Should be ready for Whistling Kite next week.
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Thu 3rd Nov 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Left Main Wall | ||||||
14 | ★ The Hyena's Heinie (Variant Start) - with Trevor Ho | 18m, 5 | Average | |||
Almost came off at the 2nd bolt. First time I think(?), I've gone straight up over the bulge.
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12 | ★ Date Anatomy - with Trevor Ho | 16m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Another battle on my hands. But made it. The weeping bit at the top didn't help. :-/
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14 | ★ The Duck's Nuts - with Trevor Ho | 16m, 5 | Average | |||
A battle royale, but got there in the end. Still very much sore from Urban climb Tuesday.
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Tue 25th Oct 2022 - Urban Climb West End | ||||||
Climbing routes | ||||||
9 | ★ Grade 9 route - with David Reeve | 6m | Average | |||
Made it up a purple.
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8 | ★ Grade 8 route - with David Reeve | 6m | Average | |||
Made it up yellow
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10 | ★ Grade 10 route - with David Reeve | 6m | ||||
Good day. Made it up a blue clean
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Tue 18th Oct 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
14 | ★ Anonymous | 20m | ||||
14 | ★ Anonymous - with David Reeve | 20m | ★ Good | |||
Tough, but we made it.
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Thu 13th Oct 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
14 | ★★ Tombstone Row (trad) | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Basically a fall fest at both cruxes.
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Tue 4th Oct 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Left Main Wall | ||||||
15 | ★ Wind in the Willows | 18m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
couldn't pull through the top moves this time.
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15 | ★ Wind in the Willows - with David Reeve | 18m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Pulled off the crux ! Wonder of wonders.
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Fri 30th Sep 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Left Main Wall | ||||||
16 | ★★ Halva | 20m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
A bit less falling this time.
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Tue 27th Sep 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Left Main Wall | ||||||
16 | ★★ Halva | 20m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Basically; every single crux 3-4x. Fell my way up it. A solid work-out for sure. GF in the background, and 5hrs sleep, hmmmm. 😞
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Tue 20th Sep 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
13 | ★ Mantlit - with David Reeve | 10m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
STILL can't get it clean. Grrrrr. 😡
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6 | ★ Offal - with David Reeve | 14m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Quick run up it, more to get at the anchors on Playschool/Mantilt.
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12 | ★ JAFKPR - with Terry Neill | 13m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Quick run up it with the peanut gallery bitching & moaning below.
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Tue 13th Sep 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
12 10 | ★ Hanging Garden - with David Reeve | 15m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
Love this route, nice moves on it.
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6 | ★ Offal - with Jennifer Arai | 14m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Nice to do a lap on this.
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14 12 | ★ JAFKPR - with Jennifer Arai | 13m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Nice lap up it.
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Sat 10th Sep 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
13 | ★ Mantlit - with Yoann Charles | 10m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Take a lap, still a scary mantle.
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10 | ★ Stonehinge - with Yoann Charles | 12m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
A lap up it, to set-up the top belay.
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Thu 8th Sep 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
10 | ★ Tactical Alert Stealth Hound - with Yoann Charles | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Quick lap to set-up the top belay.
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Tue 6th Sep 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Dysentery RHF | 18m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Try to keep it going.
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Tue 30th Aug 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Dysentery RHF | 18m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | |||
One lap before the rain set in.
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Tue 30th Aug 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Nursery Cliffs | ||||||
2 | ★★ Pyornkrachzark's Staircase | 10m | ★ Good | |||
On impulse, in the rain, whilst walking back to the car.
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Tue 23rd Aug 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Left Main Wall | ||||||
14 | ★ The Duck's Nuts - with Terry Neill | 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Bit of a work out to get to the chains.
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16 | ★★ Halva - with Terry Neill | 20m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
3x at the crux. Was today's work out.
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Tue 16th Aug 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
12 | ★ JAFKPR - with David Reeve | 13m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Left wrist giving me shit again meant I grabbed the draw.
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6 | ★ Offal - with Terry Neill | 14m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Another lap up this.
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Tue 9th Aug 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
11 | ★ Play School - with David Reeve | 10m, 3 | Average | |||
Made it with some help from Dave.
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10 | ★ Stonehinge - with Terry Neill | 12m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
Made this one at least.
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14 12 | ★ JAFKPR - with Terry Neill | 13m, 4 | Average | |||
Couldn't pull off the opening moves. Shame, blame, and regret. :-(
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Sun 7th Aug 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Left Main Wall | ||||||
16 | ★★ Halva - with Will Donald | 20m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Didn't think I'd make it to the anchors. :-|
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14 | ★ Pentennial Romanticide - with Will Donald | 18m, 5 | Average | |||
And defeated, again. :-(
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15 | ★ David Mac - with Will Donald | 18m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
Couldn't get a clean ascent. F'ed up old man. :-(
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Tue 2nd Aug 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
10 | ★ Tactical Alert Stealth Hound - with Terry Neill | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Always up for this delightful trad lead. Gear is good to just below anchors.
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16 | ★ Moonlight Dilemma - with David Reeve | 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Got tangled up at the crux. Took a couple of goes.
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6 | ★ Offal - with David Reeve | 14m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Another lap. Very solid "6".
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12 | ★ Hanging Garden - with Terry Neill | 15m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
Another lap why not?
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12 10 | ★ Hanging Garden - with David Reeve | 15m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
Always a nice lead.
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Mon 1st Aug 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Dysentery RHF | 18m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Basically a fall ascent. Need to get my head straight. But nice to know I can still get up it. ðŸ¤
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Tue 26th Jul 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Left Main Wall | ||||||
14 | ★ The Duck's Nuts - with David Reeve | 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
This one flows better than DA, strangely.
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12 | ★ Date Anatomy - with Terry Neill | 16m, 4 | ||||
Couldn't climb it clean.
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Thu 9th Jun 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Dysentery RHF | 18m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Finally made it. Only 3mths since I did a full lap on it.
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Wed 30th Mar 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Dysentery RHF | 18m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Surprised I made it. Essentially aiding it. First time back on rock since the weather event last month.
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Sun 20th Feb 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Left Main Wall | ||||||
16 | ★★ Halva - with David Duffy | 20m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
3 rests I think, but good to get to the anchors.
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14 | ★ Tiger's Tail - with David Duffy | 18m, 5 | Average | |||
Too tired. 2 rests I think.
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Tue 15th Feb 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Left Main Wall | ||||||
14 | ★ The Lemur's Femur - with David Reeve, Ruth Reeve | 18m, 6 | Average | |||
Took about 3 goes, but got there in the end. Thx muchly Dave, for the patient belay.
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Sun 13th Feb 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Left Main Wall | ||||||
18 Easy | ★ Wounded Knee - with David Duffy | 18m, 4 | ||||
2-3 rests, but made it! A May Zing.
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15 | ★ Breakfast At Tiffanys - with David Duffy | 18m, 5 | Average | |||
And a 2nd clean ascent!
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14 | ★ Tiger's Tail - with David Duffy | 18m, 5 | Average | |||
Defs progress!
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Fri 11th Feb 2022 - Kangaroo Point | ||||||
Right Main Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Dysentery RHF | 18m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Couldn't manage the crux move., but otherwise good. Some vague hope for the future.
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