Ascents in North West as various tick types by Aaron Lowndes

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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality
Tue 11th Jan 2022 - Arapiles
The Pharos and Surrounds Yesterday Gully Lower Gully
	22	★★ Ephemeral Direct Finish	Trad 22m
	18	★ Four Sticks	Trad 20m	★★ Very Good
Can't believe it doesn't get a star
Tue 6th Apr 2021 - Arapiles
The Pharos and Surrounds Yesterday Gully Lower Gully
	18	★ Turquoise - with Martin Brown	Trad 25m
	22	★★ White Heat - with martin Brown	Trad 20m
	22	★★ Ephemeral Direct Finish - with martin Brown	Trad 22m
	22	★★★ In Lemon Butter - with martin Brown	Trad 15m
Mon 5th Apr 2021 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall
	17	★★ Dirge	Trad 85m
	17	★★ Discord Direct	Mixed trad 25m, 2
Wed 6th Jan 2021 - Arapiles
Fang Buttress and Surrounds Major Mitchell Gully Morfydd Wall
	18	★★ Kinkaid	Trad 20m
	9	Gazollika	Trad 20m
	20 19	★★★ Morfydd	Trad 30m	★★ Very Good
Tue 16th Jun 2020 - Arapiles
Bard Buttress
	12	★★★ Bard - with William, bryce	Trad 120m	★★★ Mega Classic
Last day mpt course
Sat 18th Nov 2017 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Right Dunes Buttress
	10	★★★ Eskimo Nell	Trad 130m	★★★ Mega Classic
love this route! I go up it so often with clients, it never disappoints.
Sat 18th Nov 2017 - Arapiles
Bluffs Bluff Major Bluff Major West Face
	15	★★ Bulger - with Aaron Lowndes	Trad 60m	★ Good
Nice jams in this one.
Sun 24th Apr 2016 - Arapiles
Bluffs Flinders Lane Area
	17	★ Scorpion Direct Start	Trad 14m	★★ Very Good
Sun 24th Apr 2016 - Arapiles
Bard Buttress
	12	★★★ Bard (Bard P4) 4	Trad 120m	★★★ Classic
	18	★★★ Eurydice	Mixed trad 65m, 2	★★★ Classic
Excellent route!
Sun 27th Mar 2016 - Pohlner Track & Smith's Rd Area
The Ravine
	19	★★ Pains Ford	Sport 18m, 8
	25	★★ Portland Criminals	Sport 25m, 7
	24	★ Hung Low Bay	Sport 19m, 7
	21	★ Minced Beef Eaters	Sport 20m
	19	★ Waterfall Bogans	Sport 18m, 7
	18	★ Point Perpetrator	Sport 17m, 6
Wed 23rd Mar 2016 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face
	12	★★ Watchtower Chimney	Mixed trad 110m, 1	★★ Very Good
Guides day out, lots of fun
Wed 16th Mar 2016 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre
Taipan Wall - North
	29	★★★ Serpentine	Mixed trad 75m, 11	★★★ Mega Classic
Shot 11 - I finally got it! I can't friggin believe it! Also this was my first time actually pulling over the lip and standing on top - I was always saving that for when I got it clean... because I knew what had to come next. This time I stood on top and screamed my elation across the valley, asked for 2m of extra slack and... "I'm gonna jump!". There was a funny moment with one foot stepping on mid-air and my weight just PAST the turning back point my brain went "nup I don't want to do this"...
Wed 24th Feb 2016 - Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton)
Tribute Wall Tribute Wall Upper
	24	★ Powderfingers	Sport 15m, 5
tricky problem with very problematic bolting...
	18	★ MC Hammer Drill	Sport 16m, 5
	17 16	★★ The Suburbs	Sport 15m, 6
	19	★ Lost in Translation	Sport 17m, 7
	23	★ Olympic Airways	Sport 15m, 7
Took 2 shots to get this - a bit sandbagged?
	21	★★ Back Stabbath	Sport 17m, 6
Tue 23rd Feb 2016 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall
	19	★★★ Tannin	Trad 35m	★★★ Classic
great trad climb!
Mon 22nd Feb 2016 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes
	11	★★ Didgeridoo	Trad 35m
w/Ola. Access to show her Tannin.
Sun 21st Feb 2016 - Arapiles
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Back Wall
	15	★ Lady Dihedral	Trad 78m	★ Good
Sat 20th Feb 2016 - Victoria Range
Mt Fox Area Muline Crag
	29	★★★ Eye Of The Tiger	Sport 25m, 10	★★★ Mega Classic
Woo hoo! After 5 years I finally sent this! Totally stoked!
Fri 19th Feb 2016 - Victoria Range
Mt Fox Area Muline Crag
	24	★★★ Krankandangle	Sport 15m, 5
Good warm up
Tue 16th Feb 2016 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre
Spurt Wall
	22	★ Spurting Mildly	Sport 12m, 3	Average
bolting not quite as bad as I remember...
Sun 14th Feb 2016 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre
Spurt Wall
	24	★★ Dial-A-Lama	Sport 15m, 7
good warm-up for Taipan
	26	★ Custard Chucker	Sport 12m, 5
Direct version of Weak Boy which we thought we were on. Still great moves, very enjoyable. 2nd shot.
Sat 13th Feb 2016 - Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton)
Van Diemen's Land
	26	★★ De La Soul	Sport 15m, 5
second shot clean - great short bouldery problem
	24	★★★ Body Count	Sport 25m, 7
good warm-up
Wed 27th Jan 2016 - Arapiles
Central Gully Upper Central Gully Cecilia Wall
	22	★★ Cecilia	Mixed trad 25m, 4	★★★ Classic
Really fantastic route on bomber gear. Not sure why there are old carrots there as they seem really redundant - there is bomber gear next to all of them but oh well.
Tue 26th Jan 2016 - Arapiles
Central Gully Upper Central Gully Mari Buttress
	20	★★ Electric Warrior	Trad 30m	★★★ Classic
Finally came back for this one! Great ascent, surprised I mis-read the top finger crack the first time, but I read it correctly this time!
Mon 25th Jan 2016 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Right Dunes Buttress
	10	★★★ Eskimo Nell	Trad 130m	★★★ Mega Classic
Really great route, good to do on a lazy afternoon on a hot day! Pitches can be done quite fast if you link 1 & 2 in the guide book, then the second motors all the way to the start of the cave. Walk through the cave (no need to be tied in), then set an anchor at the far end of the cave and lead all the way to the top out. Basically turns 5 pitches into 3 with a short walk through the cave.
Mon 25th Jan 2016 - Arapiles
Bluffs Bluff Major Bluff Major West Face
	20	★★★ Thunder Crack	Trad 30m
Great route!
Sun 24th Jan 2016 - Arapiles
Declaration Crag Area Declaration Crag
	20	★★★ Little Thor	Trad 12m	★ Good
Good route. Solid gear is there all the way up for people who look for it.
Sun 24th Jan 2016 - Arapiles
King Rat Area Lizard Procrastination Pinnacle
	11	★ Lizard Procrastination	Trad 40m	★★★ Classic
Great route!
Thu 10th Dec 2015 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre
Taipan Wall - North
	21	★★ Sirocco Pitch 1	Mixed trad 20m, 1	Average
Sun 30th Aug 2015 - South-Eastern Grampians
North-West Serra Range Dreamtime Wall
	18	★★ The Perfect Extraction	Sport 40m, 18
	18	★ Wee Willy	Sport 15m, 5
Sat 29th Aug 2015 - Victoria Range
Eureka Area Weirs Creek
	24	★ Climber Wants a Wife	Sport 14m, 6
Alzheimers onsight?
	21	★★★ Hysteria Lane	Sport 25m, 11
	23	★★ Barefoot and Poignant	Sport 20m, 10
Alzheimers onsight?
	24 23	★ Fairies and Blutterfies	Sport 20m, 9
Alzheimers onsight?
	23	★ Let it Burn!	Sport 25m, 9
can't call this one an onsight as I saw one of the Steve's trying it just before, and saw the way past the hard move near the bottom. Excellent climb!
Sat 14th Mar 2015 - Mt Rosea
Main Cliff
	18	★★★ Diane - with Mona	Trad 120m	★★ Very Good
done in two pitches with an 80m rope. Lead both pitches.
Tue 10th Mar 2015 - Mt Rosea
Main Cliff
	18	★ RIP Corner Pitch 1 - with Anthony Cuskelly	Trad 25m	Average
couple of false starts on the start move but no hanging. Bit harder than 18 I reckon...
Mon 9th Mar 2015 - Halls Gap Area
Lake Bellfield Pastoral Buttress Main Cliff
	16	Cross Dressing	Trad 15m	Average
	18	★ Spare Rib - with Anthony Cuskelly	Trad 20m	Average
hard start
Sun 8th Mar 2015 - Victoria Range
Eureka Area Eureka Wall
	18	★★★ Darwin's Theory (1st 2 pitches) - with Anthony Cuskelly	Trad 55m	★★★ Classic
excellent!
Sat 7th Mar 2015 - Mt Rosea
Main Cliff
	17	★★★ Heretic - with Anthony Cuskelly	Trad 120m	★★★ Classic
Done in two long pitches - Anthony did p1 and p2 together, then I did the rest in one (we had an 80m rope). Excellent climbing, worthy of 3 stars!
Thu 1st Jan 2015 - Arapiles
Central Gully Upper Central Gully Mari Buttress
	17	★★★ Mari - with Johannes and Katrin	Trad 35m	★★★ Mega Classic
Great climb! Can't wait to lead that one
Wed 31st Dec 2014 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Tiptoe Ridge Area
	5	★★★ Tiptoe Ridge	Trad 120m	★★★ Mega Classic
Midnight ascent to bring in the new year! Great fun had by 8 of us
Wed 31st Dec 2014 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Left Golden Fleece Wall
	15	★★ Beautiful Possibilities - with Elaine	Trad 30m	★ Good
Wed 31st Dec 2014 - Arapiles
Atridae House of Atreus
	15 17	★★ Surface To Air - with Johannes	Trad 30m	★★ Very Good
Good but easier than 17 for sure
Wed 31st Dec 2014 - Arapiles
Atridae Agamemnon Area
	11	★★★ Agamemnon - with Johannes	Trad 40m	★★★ Mega Classic
Excellent!
Sun 14th Dec 2014 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle
	14	★★ D Minor	Trad 35m	★★ Very Good
MPGA Day 2, pretending to be a bumbly behind John K
Sun 14th Dec 2014 - Arapiles
Atridae Muldoon Area
	13	★★★ Muldoon	Trad 42m	★★★ Classic
MPGA, day 2. Have done this climb years ago but because of my shite memory for climb names i forgot until i was on it. Almost forgot the name now when i went to write it down... Anyway excellent route with a mini-Bard like feel to it.
Sat 13th Dec 2014 - Arapiles
Fang Buttress and Surrounds Plaque
	17	★ Maximus	Trad 13m	★ Good
Behind John K after day 1 of MPGA
Sat 13th Dec 2014 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Right Preludes Wall
	11	★ Transylvania	Mixed trad 60m, 1
MPGA Day 1. Seconding John K as a pretend bumbly.
	9	★ Diagonal Crack	Trad 35m
MPGA Day 1
Sun 2nd Nov 2014 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre
Spurt Wall
	22	★ Spurting Mildly	Sport 12m, 3	Average
Tue 7th Oct 2014 - Arapiles
Northern Group Harlequin Cracks Area
	9	★★ Beau Geste - with clients	Trad 140m	★ Good
MPG
Sun 5th Oct 2014 - Arapiles
Northern Group Harlequin Cracks Area
	6	★ BA Mosquito - with LTL3	Trad 45m	Average
	9	★★ Beau Geste - with LTL3	Trad 140m	★ Good
LTL3
Sat 4th Oct 2014 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes
	8	★★ Diapason - with LTL3	Trad 55m	★ Good
LTL3 practice climb #1
Mon 21st Apr 2014 - Arapiles
Atridae The Flight Deck
	22 22 R	★★ Plimsoll Line	Trad 15m
	23	★★★ Orestes	Trad 40m	★ Good
Tue 8th Apr 2014 - Arapiles
Northern Group Harlequin Cracks Area
	9	★ Tale of Woe - with Jason	Trad 85m
	10 11	★★ Harlequin Cracks - with Jason	Trad 80m
Wed 12th Mar 2014 - Bundaleer Area
Bundaleer
	22	★★★ Dagon's Temple	Mixed trad 25m, 2	★★ Very Good
a bit thrutchy in the crux, but a fine route and I am happy with the tick
Sun 9th Mar 2014 - Bundaleer Area
Bundaleer
	17	★★ Gerontian - with Anthony	Trad 46m	★★ Very Good
Followed Anthony up - both pitches in one. Great
	17	★★ Odysseus - with Anthony	Trad 84m	★★★ Mega Classic
Anthony lead the first pitch as he described. I linked the last three in one long pitch. Highlight of my weekend!
Sat 8th Mar 2014 - Bundaleer Area
Bundaleer
	18	★★ Island Cruise - with Mona	Trad 30m	★★ Very Good
Accessing Odysseus
	18	★★ Island Cruise - with Mona	Trad 30m	★★ Very Good
great
2014 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Siren Area
	8 9	★★★ Siren	Trad 150m	★★★ Mega Classic
Great route, did it years ago with Dominic who was visiting from NZ
2014 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes
	13	★★ Horn Piece	Trad 33m
Know i've done this before...
2014 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Left Moby Dick Pinnacle
	17	★★ Moby Dick	Trad 15m
	18	★★ Hyaena	Trad 16m
	24	★★ Horrorscope	Trad 16m
Definitely seconded this... Can't remember if I then lead it.
Thu 13th Jun 2013 - Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton)
Amnesty Wall Area Amnesty Wall
	20	★ The Flying Emu	Sport 18m, 6	Average
Sun 19th May 2013 - Victoria Range
Buandik Area The Gallery
	25	★ Hueco Dreaming	Sport 9m
approx date. I remember the top-out is awesome. Don't remember if it was an onsight or not though.
Thu 25th Apr 2013 - NE Mt Zero Range
Golton Rocks Cave Cliff
	23	★★★ Gotham City	Sport 25m, 11	★★ Very Good
approx date, but I remember this route being excellent!
Tue 2nd Apr 2013 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre
Taipan Wall - South
	26 26 R	★★★ The Invisible Fist (of Professor Hiddich Smiddich) (+ Southern Delight) (The Invisible Fist (of Professor Hiddich Smiddich)) - with Phil	Sport 26m, 7	★ Good
Don't remember exactly when I got this so the date is approximate. Nice route
Sun 31st Mar 2013 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre
Taipan Wall - South
	26	★★★ Fisting Party (Link-Up) (Fisting Party) - with Romain	Sport 50m, 15	★★★ Classic
Got it second shot. Dragging 55m of rope behind you makes the second bit ("world party p3") much more difficult than it is on it's own. At one point in the groove the rope was so heavy I couldn't pull up enough to put it in my teeth... had to pull up about 20cm, trap it against the wall with my knee and reach down to grab some more! Dicey!
Fri 29th Mar 2013 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre
Spurt Wall
	24	★★ Dial-A-Lama	Sport 15m, 7
good warm-up
	24	★★ Dial-A-Lama	Sport 15m, 7
	24	★★ Dial-A-Lama	Sport 15m, 7
Fri 29th Mar 2013 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre
Taipan Wall - South
	21	★★ World Party Pitch 1 - with Romain	Trad 20m	★ Good
	24	★★★ World Party Pitch 3 - with Romain	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good
This is a sport climb, description says it is trad.

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