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Sun 10th Sep 2023 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
14 | ★ Smallminded - with Kym Campbell | 12m | ★ Good | |||
Sweet little trad line, very protectable.
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17 | ★★ Playboy - with Kym Campbell | 22m | ★ Good | |||
Good, but I don't think I'll ever feel the urge to do this again.
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Sat 2nd Sep 2023 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
14 | ★ Smallminded - with Kym Campbell | 12m | ★ Good | |||
Sat 2nd Sep 2023 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Main Wall | ||||||
17 | Adventure Line - with Kym Campbell | 30m, 5 | Average | |||
Sun 2nd Jul 2023 - Statham's Quarry | ||||||
Central Slab Area | ||||||
16 | ★ Blah, Blah, Blah | 18m, 5 | Average | |||
Sun 2nd Jul 2023 - Statham's Quarry | ||||||
Quarry Right Side | ||||||
13 | ★ Middle Line | 31m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
Sun 14th Nov 2021 - Churchman's Brook | ||||||
Fang Wall | ||||||
15 | ★★ First Route - with Kym Campbell | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
16 | ★★ The Fang - with Kym Campbell | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
12 | ★ Pink Knickers - with Kym Campbell | 28m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Sun 17th May 2020 - Boya Quarry | ||||||
East Bay Rightside | ||||||
19 | ★ Big Man's Underpants | 12m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
17 | ★ Hell's Bells and Mademoiselles | 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
20 | ★ Dirty Blue "S" | 14m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Tue 18th Dec 2018 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
20 | ★★★ Power Play - with Kym Campbell | 25m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
A pleasure to get on this again.
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Mon 17th Dec 2018 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Urban Ethics - with Kym Campbell | 25m, 7 | ★★★ Classic | |||
That's right: this route is awesome.
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Fri 15th Dec 2017 - Statham's Quarry | ||||||
Michel Angelo Walls | ||||||
21 | ★★★ Real Life Ambition - with Kym Campbell | 15m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Pure quality.
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Fri 15th Dec 2017 - Statham's Quarry | ||||||
Quarry Right Side | ||||||
17 | ★ Morning Glory - with Kym Campbell | 20m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Stalled out on the unsettling top section. Trust those tiny feet.
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Fri 15th Dec 2017 - Statham's Quarry | ||||||
Central Slab Area | ||||||
16 | ★ Blah, Blah, Blah - with Kym Campbell | 18m, 5 | Average | |||
OK warm-up.
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Thu 23rd Nov 2017 - Statham's Quarry | ||||||
Michel Angelo Walls | ||||||
21 | ★★★ Real Life Ambition - with Kym Campbell | 15m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Getting back to stiffer grades, slowly. This was a great confidence-booster today.
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Thu 29th Jun 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Mull Up Buttress | ||||||
16 | ★ Frustration and Contempt - with Rebecca Trigger | 25m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Thu 15th Jun 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
17 | ★★ Playboy - with Marc | 22m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Hey, I remember: trad is scary on lead. Calling this one a retro-flash.
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Thu 15th Jun 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Fuzzbucky Wall | ||||||
22 | ★★ Luck of the Draw - with Marc | 25m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | |||
A messy dog of an ascent on top rope. At least I made it all the way up this time.
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19 | ★★ Inside Out - with Marc | 25m, 11 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Good confidence-booster to come back to this and lead it cleanly.
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Thu 16th Mar 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Mull Up Buttress | ||||||
20 | ★★ Dinosaur Killer - with Kym Campbell | 20m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Gotta trust your feet on this. Good moves, grade 20 feels about right.
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Thu 16th Mar 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ Conflation - with Kym Campbell | 12m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Redpoint attempt: got through the hard bit smooth-as, then slipped off the finisher. Careless, but not unhappy with this effort.
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Fri 3rd Mar 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ Conflation - with Kym Campbell | 12m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Had grand plans to practice then pink point this, but was not to be today. But now I know it's secrets!
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Thu 23rd Feb 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Fuzzbucky Wall | ||||||
18 | ★ Equilibrium - with Kym Campbell | 20m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Nice warmup. I suspect I spent a bit much time in the corner.
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Tue 21st Feb 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
18 | ★★ The Ride of the Valkyries - with Kym Campbell | 25m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
I might have enjoyed this more if it hadn't started raining midway. Nevertheless, some good moves.
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Thu 16th Feb 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Fuzzbucky Wall | ||||||
20 | ★★ Double Happiness | 35m, 12 | ★ Good | |||
Clean as you like.
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Thu 16th Feb 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
20 | ★★★ Power Play | 25m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
20 | ★★★ Power Play | 25m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Thu 2nd Feb 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
19 | ★ Turbodiesel Excavator - with Paul Donovan | 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Thu 26th Jan 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Fuzzbucky Wall | ||||||
20 | ★★ Double Happiness - with Kym Campbell | 35m, 12 | ★ Good | |||
A good route with a variety of moves needed to finish. I should have had it clean the second try, but lost concentration and dogged it. Another day.
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Thu 19th Jan 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
19 | ★ Turbodiesel Excavator | 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
18 | ★ Motherlode | 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Wed 4th Jan 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
20 | ★★★ Power Play - with Paul Donovan, Kym Campbell | 25m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
A quick burn on top rope.
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Sun 1st Jan 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
21 | ★ Split Personality - with Kym Campbell, Paul Donovan | 20m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Old school climbing! In the sense of widely-spaced bolts, the first of which is a certainty of crippling injury in the event of a fall. I made that okay, and the second, but couldn't figure out the hard move to gain the third. Nonetheless, a great line that I'll come back to.
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Thu 29th Dec 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Main Wall | ||||||
20 | ★★ On Edge - with Kym Campbell, Paul Donovan | 15m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
A very pleasant surprise, way better than expected. If it were at ground level, I'd describe it as "must try".
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15 17 | Adventure Line - with Kym Campbell, Paul Donovan | 30m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Pleasant enough climbing, worth doing to reach On Edge (above). Use the last third as an opportunity to practice your trad placements.
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Thu 29th Dec 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ Conflation - with Kym Campbell, Paul Donovan | 12m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Technical, interesting and unique moves. Will definitely come back and try doing this cleanly.
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Wed 28th Dec 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Main Wall | ||||||
21 20 | ★ Psychopath - with Ashley Felton | 42m, 10 | ★ Good | |||
The first pitch is fairly straightforward, the second is a lot more challenging (hats off to Kym). Second carrot on the 2nd pitch (after the hanger) is in a butt-clenchingly high spot.
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Tue 13th Dec 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Main Wall | ||||||
20 19 | ★ Sex, Cigarettes and Chardonnay - with Kym Campbell | 50m, 10 | ★ Good | |||
Good fun, though pretty damn tough for the grade. Needs a couple of hangers on the ledge at the natural top of pitch one. The sequence on the pitch two arete felt harder than 19, but I dogged through it eventually.
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Thu 1st Dec 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
19 | ★ Turbodiesel Excavator - with Kym Campbell, Paul Donovan | 16m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
I like this route, just not in the dark.
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24 | ★★ Monday Weak - with Kym Campbell, Paul Donovan | 15m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
I can do pretty much all the individual moves on this, while fresh. The trouble is stringing them all together.
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Thu 24th Nov 2016 - Statham's Quarry | ||||||
Quarry Right Side | ||||||
13 | ★ Middle Line - with Ashley Felton | 31m, 8 | Average | |||
A pleasant enough warm-up.
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Wed 21st Sep 2016 - Midgegoroo National Park | ||||||
Over The Hill Big Man’s Rump | ||||||
1 | ★★★ Rabbit Hole | 10m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Totally sandbagged! Should be 3 at the very least.
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22 | ★★ Beds are Burning - with Kym Campbell, Paul Donovan, Marc | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Got up with plenty of shouted beta. This is the best of what I climbed today, possibly of the whole crag. Remarkably consistent in difficulty over the entire route.
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Wed 21st Sep 2016 - Midgegoroo National Park | ||||||
Over The Hill Yaganing Slabs | ||||||
16 | ★ Bril-liant Slab - with Kym Campbell | 20m | Average | |||
Fine enough, for slab.
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17 | ★ Narrogin Line - with Kym Campbell | 24m | Average | |||
Eh, it was okay. A bit muddy.
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Wed 21st Sep 2016 - Midgegoroo National Park | ||||||
Over The Hill Big Man’s Rump | ||||||
21 | ★★ Desperate Housewives - with Paul Donovan, Kym Campbell, Marc | 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
I made the blank section look much harder than it should be. Trust the rubber!
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18 19 | ★ Big Man’s Rump - with Paul Donovan, Kym Campbell, Marc | 15m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
Good mix of moves. Easy for the grade.
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Sun 28th Aug 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
13 | ★ Bumble Sea | 11m, 4 | Average | |||
Setting up/retrieving gear for offspring to have a climb.
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Fri 6th May 2016 - Churchman's Brook | ||||||
The Super Slab | ||||||
21 | ★★ Super Slab Direct - with Kym Campbell, Rebecca Trigger | 30m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
A properly good slab route, this. Will come back for the lead one day.
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Fri 6th May 2016 - Churchman's Brook | ||||||
Lost Arrow Area | ||||||
15 | ★ Lost Arrow - with Kym Campbell, Rebecca Trigger | 12m | ★ Good | |||
10 | Twenty Two - with Kym Campbell, Rebecca Trigger | 15m | Average | |||
Channeling my inner Honnold. Also I was bored.
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Fri 6th May 2016 - Churchman's Brook | ||||||
Collaboration Wall | ||||||
20 | ★ Gates of Mordor alternate finish - with Kym Campbell, Rebecca Trigger | 30m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
Good fun on top rope, but suffers a bit from being a one-trick pony (crux traverse). Wouldn't come back for the lead.
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Fri 22nd Apr 2016 - Statham's Quarry | ||||||
Quarry Right Side | ||||||
15 | ★ Plummeting Penguins - with Kym Campbell | 27m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Easy enough to be relaxing, thin enough to still have interest.
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Fri 22nd Apr 2016 - Statham's Quarry | ||||||
Michel Angelo Walls | ||||||
24 | ★★ All the Young Fascists - with Kym Campbell | 15m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Top rope with (much) rest, but finally got up this with a bunch of coaching. Sequency as heck.
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Fri 26th Feb 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
14 | ★ Unknown (Plantaganet) - with Rodney | 19m, 7 | Average | |||
Thu 18th Feb 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
17 | ★ Bumble Aye - with Rebecca Trigger | 12m, 4 | Average | |||
Thu 18th Feb 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
22 | ★ Shut 'em Down - with Rebecca Trigger | 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Wild contortions to get through the overhang, then efficient moves to scale the arete. It's pretty doable, once you know how.
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Sun 14th Feb 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
18 19 | ★ Turbodiesel Excavator - with Kym Campbell | 16m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Forgot where the secret hold was on the hard move. Ah wells.
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Thu 11th Feb 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
22 | ★ Shut 'em Down - with Kym Campbell | 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Blasted straight through the crux this time, only to find that the next couple of clips are pretty hard work too.
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19 | ★ Aquaterra - with Kym Campbell | 17m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Has some interesting and chancy moves in the bottom half. Not ashamed to admit that having the beta made me feel a bit braver.
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18 | ★ Motherlode | 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Got it done cleanly this visit.
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Mon 1st Feb 2016 - Gooseberry Hill Quarry | ||||||
22 | ★★ Shadow of a Doubt Variation - with Kym Campbell, Marc | 10m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Got to the top rest, then couldn't face the razor-sharp holds at the end.
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Thu 28th Jan 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
22 | ★ Shut 'em Down - with Kym Campbell | 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Was very close to writing this off as an impossible waste of time, then worked out a way to get through the starting overhang. Bazinga! Will come back another day and try the lead.
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18 | ★ Motherlode - with Kym Campbell | 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Couldn't work out the first move on the first try, or the second, but eventually. A somewhat tricky start, but the rest is straightforward.
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Wed 6th Jan 2016 - Statham's Quarry | ||||||
Michel Angelo Walls | ||||||
25 | ★★ Hammer and Tongs - with Kym Campbell | 25m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Got this dialed. Very close to a clean ascent today, just some carelessness on the undercling move. I should probably stop putting off the lead and get this done.
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Thu 17th Dec 2015 - Statham's Quarry | ||||||
Central Slab Area | ||||||
16 | ★ Mount Everest | 18m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
17 | ★ Twenty Easy Steps | 20m, 5 | Average | |||
Tue 1st Dec 2015 - Statham's Quarry | ||||||
Michel Angelo Walls | ||||||
25 | ★★ Hammer and Tongs - with Kym Campbell | 25m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Still a grovel at the top, but progress nonetheless.
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Sat 24th Oct 2015 - Barrington (Gosnells) Quarry | ||||||
Entrance Quarry | ||||||
17 19 | Drilled into Submission - with Kym Campbell | 10m, 30 | Average | |||
Short, unmemorable, no loweroffs. Next.
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19 | ★★ Ghost Pillar - with Kym Campbell | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Good holds, excellent placements. Pure fun.
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Sat 24th Oct 2015 - Barrington (Gosnells) Quarry | ||||||
Main Quarry | ||||||
16 | ★ It's a Formidable Scent - with Steve Whitehead | 13m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Very enjoyable, exciting mantle at the end (to which I won't spoil the trick).
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17 | ★ Smell of Rich Mahogany - with Steve Whitehead | 13m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Nice line. A somewhat tricky stretch between the 2nd & 3rd bolt.
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Sat 3rd Oct 2015 - Bridle Rock | ||||||
20 19 | ★ Mr. Buzzy - with Kym Campbell, andrea | 6m, 3 | Average | |||
21 | ★★ Snake Hips - with Kym Campbell, andrea | 7m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fun and well-protected, crimpy and satisfying. Crux is the topout. I should have gotten it clean, but didn't have it today.
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20 19 | ★ Mr. Buzzy - with Kym Campbell, Andrea | 6m, 3 | Average | |||
Okay as a warm up. Pretty short.
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Wed 10th Jun 2015 - Avon Valley National Park | ||||||
Emu Creek Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ Redline - with Kym Campbell | 14m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
Crimpy, sequency crux. I think that I overcomplicated it. I'd come back if the crag were closer to Perth
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14 | ★ Happy Daze - with Kym Campbell | 12m, 1 | Average | |||
Okay. A good way to get to the top to retrieve gear.
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20 | ★★ Black Flag - with Kym Campbell | 14m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Didn't trust the cam placement down low, so we did this with the first draw clipped. My favourite route of the crag - at twice the height, it would be a classic route.
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18 | ★ Eliminator - with Kym Campbell | 15m | Average | |||
Unsure why this has stars; thirty seconds of laybacking off the roof crack is the highlight. I guess that it's pretty unusual in the Perth area.
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18 | ★★ Bone Machine - with Kym Campbell | 14m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
This was great fun, a good mix of crimps and balancy moves.
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16 | ★ Freestone Valley - with Kym Campbell | 14m, 1 | ★ Good | |||
Good warm-up after a break from trad. Couldn't quite do it cleanly.
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Tue 24th Mar 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Running With the Bulls - with Kym Campbell | 18m, 8 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Tried the lead, had an awesome long fall and got freaked out. Went back on top rope to practice that 2nd crux sequence a bit more. Getting better.
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Tue 10th Mar 2015 - Boya Quarry | ||||||
East Bay Rightside | ||||||
21 | ★★ Exhilarating Heights - with Kym Campbell, Richard Allcock | 20m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
A sweet couple of moves to get through that crux. As good as I remember!
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Tue 3rd Mar 2015 - Statham's Quarry | ||||||
Central Slab Area | ||||||
16 | ★ Mount Everest - with Kym Campbell, Mike Ganic | 18m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Tue 3rd Mar 2015 - Statham's Quarry | ||||||
Quarry Right Side | ||||||
17 | ★★ Kid Rock - with Kym Campbell | 14m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Mon 2nd Mar 2015 - Darlington | ||||||
Pyramid Boulder | ||||||
13 | ★★ Fryaway - with Kym Campbell | 13m | ★★ Very Good | |||
This is like the special desert you treat yourself to after a workout. If climbing this doesn't make you smile, you're doing the wrong pastime.
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Mon 2nd Mar 2015 - Darlington | ||||||
The Eastern Slabs | ||||||
17 | ★★ Captain Funkmayer's Hot Pink Acid Jazz Dream - with Kym Campbell | 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Best. Name. Ever. Good climb too, for slab.
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Mon 2nd Mar 2015 - Darlington | ||||||
Solstice Boulder | ||||||
21 | ★ Solstice - with Kym Campbell | 10m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
Two moves, maybe? I found hoisting myself up onto the top slab the scariest part.
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Mon 2nd Mar 2015 - Darlington | ||||||
Deception Area | ||||||
20 | ★ Deception - with Kym Campbell | 12m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
As the name suggests, the footing is deceptively good. Lucky, considering there's no handholds to speak of.
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Tue 24th Feb 2015 - Statham's Quarry | ||||||
Quarry Right Side | ||||||
23 | ★★ Stolen Glory - with Kym Campbell | 15m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
The crux requires finesse to get through, not to mention a couple of serious crimps. After that, it changes up into a slab requiring balance and nerve. Recommended!
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Mon 16th Feb 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Hangten Buttress | ||||||
24 | ★★ Hang Ten - with Kym Campbell | 12m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Finally nailed this cleanly on lead, despite my apparent desire to reinvent half the moves each time I climb it. Classic!!!
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Sat 14th Feb 2015 - Avon Valley National Park | ||||||
Bald Hill | ||||||
19 | ★ Blue View - with Kym Campbell | 9m, 3 | Average | |||
One fun move, then some okay slab to finish.
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21 | ★★★ Sundance Crack - with Kym Campbell | 12m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Has to be one of the best cracks in Perth, well worth the bush-bash. Got part-way on lead, but the crux is a hard one to be placing gear through. Pure pleasure on toprope. Left some skin behind, plus an unrecoverable stopper above the first move (it should be bomber, forever).
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Tue 10th Feb 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Hangten Buttress | ||||||
24 | ★★ Hang Ten - with Kym Campbell | 12m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
The practice finally paid off with a clean ascent. A personal best! Back soon to try for the clean lead.
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Wed 4th Feb 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
22 | ★ Crazy Horse - with Kym Campbell, Joe Hewitt | 16m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fell on the last move. Bah.
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Sun 1st Feb 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Mull Up Buttress | ||||||
20 | ★ The Perfidious Potoroo - with Richard, Andrea | 15m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
A super-satisfying, technical crux move.
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16 | ★ Frustration and Contempt - with Richard, Andrea | 25m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Snatched a quick lead, between helping out the kids.
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