Ascents: Ascents in The Fortress

	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber
Wed 29th Nov 2023 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress South Face
	17	Beas Knees — 3 attempts - with Sam Beattie	Sport 2	Average	Carter Hewson
Chur Sam for the belay. Moves come nicely once you know the beta. Once you know to avoid the massive pockets and go straight up you'll be right
Tue 28th Nov 2023 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	19	★★ Lush - with Felix Blanchard, Carter Hewson, Finn Brown	Sport 10m, 3	★★ Very Good	Sam Beattie
	19	★★ Lush - with Carter Hewson, Finn Brown, Sam Beattie	Sport 10m, 3	★★★ Classic	Felix Blanchard
Cleaning is a mish. C-bot-rep with the goated belay
Mon 27th Nov 2023 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	19 Hard	★★ Lush - with Felix Blanchard, Carter Hewson, Sam Beattie	Sport 10m, 3	★★ Very Good	Finn Brown
Mon 31st Oct 2022 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	19	★ Big Day Out	Sport 4	★★ Very Good	Zane Wentzell
Good climb, need to work on it haha. Difficult to clean.
Sun 8th Mar 2020 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress
	17	Rapping Goofy (Rappin Goofy) - with Ben, Stan	Sport		Gee Rad
Sun 8th Mar 2020 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress South Face
	18	★★ Bear Necessities - with Ben, Stan	Sport 2		Gee Rad
Sat 1st Feb 2020 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress
	17	★ Where the Woozle Wasn't	Sport		Steven Cox
Sat 26th Oct 2019 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	19	★★ Lush	Sport 10m, 3		Anthony Wuster
Fri 8th Apr 2016 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	19	★★ Lush	Sport 10m, 3		Michael Cartwright
	19	★★ Lush	Sport 10m, 3		Michael Cartwright
Thu 14th Jan 2016 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	18	★★ Morepork Pie	Sport	★ Good	Ian.Grabowski
	19	★★ Lush	Sport 10m, 3	★★★ Classic	Ian.Grabowski
YES! Great climb haha
	20	★★ Lollapalooza	Sport		Ian.Grabowski
No steam left after day of lapping steep stuff!
Tue 16th Dec 2014 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress South Face
	18	★★ Bear Necessities	Sport 2		Ian.Grabowski
17/18 leads. Just weak.
	18	★ No Whack Only Dangle	Trad		Ian.Grabowski
Tue 16th Dec 2014 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	18	★★ Morepork Pie	Sport		Ian.Grabowski
Just had no more power left at 16/18. Should have sent though.. Super fun easy roof climb.
Fri 22nd Apr 2011 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress South Face
	21	The What Of A What? Said Pooh	Sport	Average	Anthony Williams
Awesome climb spoilt by all the mossy, limey goo all over it. If clean would rate some stars.
Sat 12th Jan 2008 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress South Face
	18	★ No Whack Only Dangle	Trad		peta barrett
Sat 12th Jan 2008 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	19	★★ Lush	Sport 10m, 3		peta barrett
Thu 2nd Jun 2005 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress
	17	Rapping Goofy (Rappin Goofy)	Sport		jeremy
Thu 2nd Jun 2005 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress South Face
	16	Peter Rabbit Discovers Drugs	Trad		jeremy
Thu 2nd Jun 2005 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress
	17	★ Where the Woozle Wasn't	Sport		jeremy
	20	★★ Rupert Bear Goes Hiking	Sport		jeremy
Thu 2nd Jun 2005 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	19	★★ Lush	Sport 10m, 3		jeremy
2004 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	19	★★ Lush	Sport 10m, 3	★★ Very Good	michael batchelor
Wed 1st Oct 2003 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	19	★★ Lush	Sport 10m, 3	★★ Very Good	Kyle Smedick
Wed 1st Oct 2003 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress South Face
	18	★ No Whack Only Dangle	Trad	★ Good	Kyle Smedick
Wed 1st Oct 2003 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	18	★★ Morepork Pie	Sport	★★ Very Good	Kyle Smedick
2003 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	18	★★ Morepork Pie	Sport	★★ Very Good	Andrew Powell
Tue 31st Dec 2002 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	18	★★ Morepork Pie	Sport		Jason Selman
	18	★★ Morepork Pie	Sport		Adam Boyd
Mon 30th Dec 2002 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	19	★★ Lush	Sport 10m, 3		Jason Selman
2002 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress
	17	FA ★ Where the woozle wasn't	Sport		Simon
Golden Bay Climbs Pg 74
1999 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	20	★★ Lollapalooza	Sport	★ Good	Dean Garner
	19	★★ Lush	Sport 10m, 3	★★ Very Good	Dean Garner
1991 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress
	25	FA ★ The Infidel	Sport	★ Good	Simon
dirty these days
Sat 7th Dec 2013 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress South Face
	18	★ No Whack Only Dangle	Trad	★ Good	Kyle Smedick
	16	Peter Rabbit Discovers Drugs	Trad		Kyle Smedick
Sat 7th Dec 2013 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	18	★★ Morepork Pie	Sport	★★ Very Good	Kyle Smedick
	19	★★ Lush	Sport 10m, 3	★★ Very Good	Kyle Smedick
	19	★ Big Day Out	Sport 4		Kyle Smedick
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress South Face
	16	Peter Rabbit Discovers Drugs	Trad		Ivan Luketina
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress
	19	★ Pembroke Calling	Sport		Kane Hartill
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	20	★★ Lollapalooza	Sport		laurens machiel
	19	★★ Lush	Sport 10m, 3	★★ Very Good	Simon
	18	★★ Morepork Pie	Sport		Chilli
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress South Face
	16	Peter Rabbit discovers Drugs	Trad		Andrew Powell
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	19	★★ Lush	Sport 10m, 3		Andrew Powell
	18	★★ Morepork Pie	Sport		Ben Schuster
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress
	17	★ Where the Woozle Wasn't	Sport		Zoracathy
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	18	★★ Morepork Pie	Sport	★ Good	Simon
	18	★★ Morepork Pie	Sport		Zoracathy
	20	★★ Lollapalooza	Sport	★★ Very Good	Simon
	19	★ Big Day Out	Sport 4	★★ Very Good	Simon
	18	★★ Morepork Pie	Sport		Mark Walter
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress
	20	★★ Rupert Bear Goes Hiking	Sport	★★ Very Good	Simon
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	18	★★ Morepork Pie	Sport		Robert Powell
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress South Face
	16	Peter Rabbit Discovers Drugs	Trad	Average	Simon
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	18	★★ Morepork Pie	Sport		laurens machiel
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress South Face
	18	★ No Whack Only Dangle	Trad	★ Good	Simon
	18	★ No Whack Only Dangle	Trad		Robert Powell
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress
	19	★ Pembroke Calling	Sport		Zoracathy
	19	★ Pembroke Calling	Sport	★ Good	Simon
	22	★ Old	Sport	★ Good	Simon
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	19	★ Big Day Out	Sport 4		Andrew Powell
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress South Face
	16	Peter Rabbit Discovers Drugs	Trad		Robert Powell
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress
	17	Rapping Goofy (Rappin Goofy)	Sport		Zoracathy
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Paynes Ford
The Fortress East Face
	19	★★ Lush	Sport 10m, 3		laurens machiel
	19	★★ Lush	Sport 10m, 3		Zoracathy
	19	★★ Lush	Sport 10m, 3		Robert Powell