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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Climber	Date
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	21	★★★ Rambandit	Trad 12m	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Stuart McElroy	1990
	21	★★★ Rambandit	Trad 12m	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Campbell Gome	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	21	★★★ Rambandit	Trad 12m	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	David Jefferson	Sun 23rd Apr 2023
Best hand crack in NZ! Took 3 goes to figure out the start boulder problem, then went to the top placing gear. Gets V5 on castlehillbasin, but I suppose that grade only counts if you do it without a rope!
	21 Hard	★★★ Rambandit — 8 attempts	Trad 12m	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Mega Classic	Zane Wentzell	Thu 6th Jul 2023
The bottom is difficult but fun, being taller might help. I managed quite a few attempts and got to 'the hold' a couple of times before my elbow tendinitis got to the point where I couldn't even tie my shoes; can't wait to come back fresh and bag this splitter.
Sport
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Neil Pacey	Tue 19th Sep 2006
Grade 17 in my book, fantastic moves
	18	Shriekback	Sport 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		John Davis	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Deleted climber 11113903	Wed 4th Apr 2007
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Scott Fielding	Wed 5th Jan 2005
great pockets
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Kane Hartill	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		John Davis	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Anthony Morgan	Mon 1st Aug 2005
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Ronan Grew	Sat 1st Apr 2000
Beautiful
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Scott Fielding	Thu 6th Jan 2005
With Geoff Parker - amazing weight shifting and movement on this route
	17 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Mega Classic	John Lattanzio	Sun 7th Oct 2012
Great climbing.
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		MW	Sat 31st Jan 2015
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Dean Garner	1998
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alessio Alaimo	Sat 20th Feb 2016
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Mega Classic	Sebastian O'Ferrall	Sat 29th Sep 2018
Probably one of the best 16/17's you will ever do.
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank - with Julie	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★ Very Good	Andreas Aachen	Sun 3rd Mar 2019
Hand jam start
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Chris Baker	Mon 27th Jan 2020
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★ Good	Ollie	Wed 4th Mar 2020
Fun and interesting climb
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank - with Alexei Drummond	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alex Popinga	Tue 2nd Jun 2020
Really, really fun line!! Cool, balance-y moves for a low grade, and nicely diverse with slopers, jugs, a crack at the start, a traverse, and a move at the end where (my beta) you step up no hands and stretch out to reach the next jug (could probably also smear or dyno if you're still in boulder-mode). Good bolting!
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank - with Alex Popinga	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Tue 2nd Jun 2020
Really nice route! For me it is hard for the grade.
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Oliver Gromitt	Thu 11th Jun 2020
	16 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank - with Richard Flinn	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	David Jefferson	Sun 4th Jul 2021
An absolute cracker of a pitch. One of the best sport lines I’ve done at the grade anywhere!
	16	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Mega Classic	Zane Wentzell	Thu 25th Jun 2020
Great move at the top.
	17 16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Mega Classic	TG	Sun 11th Sep 2022
Amazing route! Given 17 in Rock Deluxe South, which is more reasonable IMO.
	16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank - with Hector Pople	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	John van Osta	Wed 2nd Jan 2019
	16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Hector Pople	Wed 2nd Jan 2019
	16/17 ~19	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Mega Classic	Thibaut	Mon 9th Jan 2023
You beauty! Well worth bringing a rope to the Basin. Bit of a sandbag; I’ve climbed easier 21s…
	15 Hard	★★ Backwater	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Simon	Sat 15th Apr 2023
	15	★★ Backwater	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★ Very Good	David Jefferson	Sat 15th Apr 2023
Excellent low angle slabbing.
	16/17 ~17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Mega Classic	Troy Kendall	Thu 11th May 2023
Mega-Classic route. A bit of everything from crack, huge pockets and jugs, and a sneaky technical traverse. Probably one of the best routes in the country in terms of quality of a climb.
	16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Lat	Mon 15th May 2023
	16/17 Hard	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank - with Lat	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Matteo	Sat 13th May 2023
	15	★★ Backwater - with Clare, Juzzie	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★ Very Good	Gee Rad	Mon 31st Jul 2023
	16/17 Hard	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Matteo	Sun 20th Aug 2023
	16/17 ~17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Simon	Sun 8th Oct 2023
	16/17 ~19	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank - with Simon	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Mega Classic	Thibaut	Sun 8th Oct 2023
Repeat. So good.
	16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Mega Classic	TG	Fri 17th Nov 2023
	16/17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Leonardo Correa	Fri 17th Nov 2023
Great line, probably one of the best 16 I've done.
	15	★★ Backwater	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★ Very Good	David Jefferson	Wed 24th Jan 2024
Repeat.
	16/17 ~17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank - with foztr	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★ Very Good	Imogen Hanna	Sun 11th Feb 2024
	15	★★ Backwater	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★ Very Good	David Jefferson	Sun 25th Feb 2024
Repeat, always a pleasure.
	16/17 ~17	★★★ Tales From The Riverbank - with Imogen Hanna	Sport 15m, 5	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Mega Classic	foztr	Sun 28th Apr 2024
	27	★★ Honey I Shrunk the Holds	Sport 10m, 4	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★ Very Good	Ben Daniels	Fri 7th Jan 2022
	11	★ Handpaint	Sport 4	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Affrikah Smart	Wed 27th Oct 2021
	27	★★ Honey I Shrunk the Holds — 2 attempts - with Simon	Sport 10m, 4	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Thibaut	Sun 8th Oct 2023
Suits my style but still too hard for me currently. Might be back once I've forgotten how nails it is.
	11	★ Handpaint	Sport 4	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★ Good	David Jefferson	Wed 24th Jan 2024
Daycare date day with a partner who is again pregnant.
	11	★ Handpaint	Sport 4	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★ Good	David Jefferson	Sun 25th Feb 2024
Repeat to rig TR for 2 year old.
	21	★★★ Nether Edge	Sport 14m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Kane Hartill	1995
	21	★★★ Nether Edge	Sport 14m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Brett Merlin	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		John Davis	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	24	★★★ Hunters Bar	Sport 15m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Kane Hartill	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	21	★★★ Nether Edge	Sport 14m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		John Davis	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	21	★★★ Nether Edge	Sport 14m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Stuart McElroy	1990
	24	★★★ Hunters Bar - with Jarrod Alexander	Sport 15m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Jarrod Alexander	Sat 17th Oct 2015
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Mega Classic	Jarrod Alexander	Thu 22nd Oct 2015
	21	★★★ Nether Edge - with Julie	Sport 14m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Andreas Aachen	Sun 3rd Mar 2019
Thrilling
	21	★★★ Nether Edge - with Michelle C	Sport 14m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		rew	Sat 23rd Mar 2019
	24	★★★ Hunters Bar - with rew	Sport 15m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Michelle C	Sat 23rd Mar 2019
Enjoyed this more than Nether Edge. Didn't feel psyched enough to work out the crux - full sun - but the climbing up to it was lovely.
	21	★★★ Nether Edge - with rew	Sport 14m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Michelle C	Sat 23rd Mar 2019
Felt hard for a 21... maybe we were missing something?
	21	★★★ Nether Edge	Sport 14m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★ Very Good	Ryan Watson	Sun 1st Mar 2020
	21	★★★ Nether Edge	Sport 14m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	David Jefferson	Sun 4th Jul 2021
Content to have done this one on TR today, although I suppose it’s not as bold as it feels. Amazing rock but my total anti-style. Will be back to red point
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with Alex Popinga, Shania	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Sun 19th Nov 2023
After a false start I climbed the bottom crux to the first bolt cleanly. The second crux after the first bolt seems a bit harder. Top is easier after second crux. Apparently there is no such thing as "working" on top rope
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Wed 22nd Nov 2023
Climbed through the first boulder problem. Looked at the two options for the second boulder problem. Got close to the dyno, but it is very powerful and I feel like it would be low percentage even if I landed it once. Originally thought the right sequence would involve a heinous match, but worked out how to avoid that. Now it just involves a series of heinous bumps.
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Wed 22nd Nov 2023
Second tie in of the day. Surprised myself by working out how to go to the pocket next to the first bolt with the left hand. After that I managed to unlock the right sequence for the second boulder problem. Very intensive on the foot work. But I did all the moves on this tie-in so I guess I just have to link it all together (and get on lead?)
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Wed 22nd Nov 2023
Shouldn't have bothered with a third tie in. My skin was too painful and my fingers too tired to give it a good go. I just pulled up and refined the top a bit more.
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Sun 26th Nov 2023
First tie-in of the day. Climbed through the first boulder. But then rested on the rope because my fingers were not warmed up Then climbed through the second boulder clean for the first time. Went to top to practice moves and clipping positions.
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Sun 26th Nov 2023
Second tie-in of the day. Failed repeatedly on the first deadpoint. Fingers already a bit trashed and hard to make myself hold on with the skin pain.
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Sun 26th Nov 2023
Third tie-in of the day. Pulled past first boulder problem to focus on second. Did second boulder cleanly again even with sore skin. Practiced the top again. I am now read to try to lead it next session with better skin
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Fri 1st Dec 2023
First attempt on lead. Amazing how quickly this thing takes my skin. Realised the deadpoint to the spike is not the way. Too low percentage.
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Fri 1st Dec 2023
Second attempt on lead. Deadpoint to pocket is much more static, then bump to spike. One extra move in first boulder problem. Also worked out some new beta for the transition to second boulder problem. Starting to envy the dyno
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Fri 1st Dec 2023
Third attempt on lead. First hang dog on lead. Clipped the draws and the anchor and did the mantle. Unfortunately not cleanly. Now I will wait for a week for my skin to be fully healed But at least made some progress.
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Fri 8th Dec 2023
First go of session. High point. Got to 8th hold and going for 9th hold feeling really good but then just hesitated and got out of flow and didn’t use enough contact strength.
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Fri 8th Dec 2023
Second go of day. Got through the first boulder and transition again but not feeling as strong. Got 8th hold but not well and came off. Still second highest point.
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Fri 8th Dec 2023
Third go of session. Got to 9th hold feeling really strong and going to the 10th hold which is the last cruxy move. during this move my left foot hold exploded off the wall 🙀! High point at least Pulled back on to 9th hold and did the move with lower foot, clean to the top including clipping anchor and mantle. So a one hang, high point and low point. The move to 10th hold is fine with a slightly lower foot hold at least
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Fri 8th Dec 2023
Fourth attempt of the session. Skin starting to hurt and fingers a bit weaker. Was on 8th hold and thought left hand was going to pop. Tried to adjust which turns out to be a bad idea. Anyway every tie-in this session I climbed the bottom boulder and transition cleanly which I had never done before today so overall a great session.
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Wed 13th Dec 2023
First go of the session. High point. Climbed through both cruxes and numbed out on the jugs! 😬 Didn’t think that was possible. But major breakthrough.
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Wed 13th Dec 2023
Red point! What a feeling. Climbed the two technical lower half very smoothly and then had to hold it together at the top. Had to warm my fingers on my neck for the top. Proud that I kept things together. The last move to the lip I couldn’t feel my fingers. So happy this went down https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0ybvMCMcrg/
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination - with David Jefferson	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Fri 15th Dec 2023
Got greedy and tried for another bite of the cherry, mainly to keep David off it long enough to rest his fingers I easily climbed through both cruxes to the jug cleanly and feeling very fresh. I was sure I was about to repeat it. Unfortunately it was only then that I noticed the wind had blown the sling behind the edge of the block above and out of reach. Instead of just continuing on to the bolt itself I panicked, cursed a few times and called take. Oh well. I need to get more bold. At least I made David rest
	26	★★★ Suicide by Hallucination — 4 attempts - with Alexei Drummond	Sport 10m, 2	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Classic	David Jefferson	Fri 15th Dec 2023
Ambitiously thought I might flash this one, but ultimately needed a few attempts to sort out beta that worked for me at the crux. Nevertheless, I appreciate the spray down Alexei Drummond! Definitely a classic, but due more to history and uniqueness than to absolute quality, as it’s short and crumbly in places. Still, among my proudest sends in the Basin to date.
	19	★ Sea of Nipples	Sport	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★ Good	Kane Hartill	1992
	22	★ Dr. Squat (Dr)	Sport	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		John Davis	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16 16/17	★★★ On Some Faraway Beach	Sport 20m	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		John Davis	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	17	Hump	Sport	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		John Davis	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	17	★★★ Shout to the Top	Sport	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Kane Hartill	1992
	20	Viola (Voila)	Sport	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		John Davis	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	17	★★★ Shout to the Top	Sport	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		John Davis	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16	For Your Thighs Only	Sport	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	Average	craig pohlman	Sat 10th Dec 2005
	16	★★★ Cyclops Slab	Sport 9m	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★★★ Mega Classic	Josh Caple	Tue 1st Mar 2005
	20	★ Floppy Banana	Sport 12m	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Kane Hartill	1992
	21	Expressway Pile Up	Sport	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Kane Hartill	1993
	19	★★ What's On The Slab?	Sport	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		John Davis	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	23	★★ Hoodwink	Sport	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★ Good	Kane Hartill	1993
	20	★★ Slip Up	Sport	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Kane Hartill	1992
	20	★★ Kiss in the Dreamhouse	Sport	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	Average	Kane Hartill	1992
	20	Viola (Voila)	Sport	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Kane Hartill	1992
	18	★★ The Yellow Peril	Sport	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin		Kane Hartill	1992
	12	★ Love Buckets	Sport	Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin	★ Good	Ronan Grew	Sun 1st Apr 2007