Ascents in Waitomo District by Alexei Drummond

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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality
Sat 4th Jun 2022 - Frog Pond
Main Cliff
	23	★ Chk Chk Boom - with alyssa	Sport 12m, 4	★ Good
Bouldery to second bolt then just a bit crumbly.
	23	★ Chk Chk Boom - with alyssa	Sport 12m, 4	★ Good
Putting gear up and working out the beta.
Sat 3rd Jul 2021 - Pakeho
Main Crag
	20	★★★ Daz Angst - with Alex Popinga	Sport 27m, 12	★★★ Classic
Pumpy. In my current condition I was just happy to get to the top. Took a big whip off the upper bulge, so I guess the head game is okay
Sat 3rd Jul 2021 - Pakeho
The Stone Steps
	23	★ Bottle of Smoke - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 4	★★ Very Good
Cute little route but my finger didn’t let me have a proper go.
Sat 3rd Jul 2021 - Pakeho
Main Crag
	18	★★ Calcium Snow - with Alex Popinga	Sport 23m, 10	★★ Very Good
Warm up #2. Really out of shape. Actually got a bit pumped on this. Finger not ready for climbing yet
Sat 3rd Jul 2021 - Pakeho
The Stone Steps
	17	★★ Topless - with Alex Popinga	Sport 16m, 7	★★ Very Good
Warm up. Finger very sore.
Sat 28th Nov 2020 - The Airstrip
Totem Area
	V2	★★ Bulge	Boulder 4m	★★ Very Good
Nice technical V2
	V3	★★ Trilogy - with Aiden Drummond, Alex Popinga	Boulder 4m	★★ Very Good
Silly foot slip At very start of flash attempt. Easy #2ndGo.
	V5	★★ Snap - with Aiden Drummond, Alex Popinga	Boulder 4m	★ Good
One move V5. Compression on slopers, snap to edge.
	V2	★★ 5.7" Superman - with Aiden Drummond, Alex Popinga	Boulder 3m	★★ Very Good
Barefoot flash
	V1	★★ Coconut Paddle - with Aiden Drummond, Alex Popinga	Boulder 3m	★★ Very Good
Nice.
Sat 28th Nov 2020 - The Airstrip
Highball Wall
	V3	★★★ K3 - with Alex Popinga, Aiden Drummond	Boulder 7m	★★★ Classic
Beautiful high ball. Best to know the beta
Sat 28th Nov 2020 - The Airstrip
Skyline Boulders
	V3	★★ Dwarf Toss - with Alex Popinga, Aiden Drummond	Boulder 4m	★★ Very Good
Took a few goes to work out. But very repeatable with the right beta https://youtu.be/tSrNqHEh0K4
	V2	★★ Groove (15. V2) - with Alex Popinga, Aiden Drummond	Boulder 4m	★★ Very Good
Satisfying crimps and pinches. https://youtu.be/vjonJcccqsU
	V2	★ 16. V2 - with Alex Popinga, Aiden Drummond	Boulder 4m	★★ Very Good
Very nice. https://youtu.be/Jpc9s-UjnTg
	VB	★ Hop On - with Alex Popinga, Aiden Drummond	Boulder 3m	Average
	V1	★★ B1 (3. V1) - with Alex Popinga, Aiden Drummond	Boulder 4m	★★ Very Good
Nice warm up. Hard for the grade, or just that slabs are different https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuaf8mGDaVU
	VB+	★ 2. VM+ - with Alex Popinga, Aiden Drummond	Boulder 4m
Warm up
Sun 11th Oct 2020 - Frog Pond
Stepped Down Wall
	24	★★★ The Temptress (Temptress) - with Alex Popinga	Sport 15m, 5	★★ Very Good
First go. Discovered the crux quite low down.
	24	★★★ The Temptress (Temptress) - with Alex Popinga	Sport 15m, 5	★★ Very Good
Second go. Climbed it clean to last hold before the jugs at the anchors and pumped out on a sloper trying to get in position to go for the layback jug Gutted I didn't get it second go.
	24	★★★ The Temptress (Temptress) - with Alex Popinga	Sport 15m, 5	★★★ Classic
Red point. Third attempt. Another really nice line by John Newby at Frog Pond. The delicate technical crux is between the second and third bold. This is beautiful technical face climbing on slopers the whole way. After the crux there is some easier climbing if you know where you're going and don't muck around too much. Having said that you can see from the video that I muck around a lot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVS8mkHaygw
Sun 11th Oct 2020 - Frog Pond
Bottom of the Hill
	18	★ Alloldtimers - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 4	★ Good
Warm up. Many fragile looking flakes. Grip the holds very gently!
Sun 11th Oct 2020 - Frog Pond
Stepped Down Wall
	19	★★ Awatiro Arete - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 3	★★ Very Good
Climbed this to put up the gear on Mutations for Alex.
Sat 10th Oct 2020 - Frog Pond
Stepped Down Wall
	22	★★★ Hour Glass - with Alex Popinga	Sport 15m, 6	★★ Very Good
Onsight attempt. Couldn't read the section between 3rd and 4th bolt. Got pumped working out the remainder, but did a careful check out after that and found a jug which helped a lot on the second go.
	22	★★★ Hour Glass - with Alex Popinga	Sport 15m, 6	★★★ Classic
Red point on my second go. I am getting the hang of this #2ndGo discipline. Just do a very careful checkout and rehearse the cruxes on your first go, take a good rest, refuel and then fire it off Really nice climb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4svvidqh6SE
Sat 10th Oct 2020 - Frog Pond
Main Cliff
	25	★★ Dark Horizons - with Alex Popinga	Sport 18m, 7	★ Good
Got a bit spanked by this one. Seems very hard to clip the 4th bolt and to get to the 5th one. Got to the top with a few hangs but used a bit of French Cuisine to do it
Sat 10th Oct 2020 - Frog Pond
The Hollow
	17	★★ Heaven Bound - with Alex Popinga	Sport 15m, 8	★ Good
Warm up. Quite a nice line but rock quality questionable on the upper half.
Sun 5th Jul 2020 - Frog Pond
Bottom of the Hill
	17	★ Ruminator - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 5	★★ Very Good
Something new to finish the day off with.
Sun 5th Jul 2020 - Frog Pond
Stepped Down Wall
	21	★★ Eat Dirt - with Alex Popinga	Sport 15m, 5	★★ Very Good
Super dirty, so onsight attempt turned into a brush and check out.
	21	★★ Eat Dirt - with Alex Popinga	Sport 15m, 5	★★ Very Good
Should have got this on second go but my foot slipped on a dirty foothold as I was clipping the fourth bolt and I had a nice fall.
	21	★★ Eat Dirt - with Alex Popinga	Sport 15m, 5	★★ Very Good
Easy red point on third go. Quite a nice climb once it has been cleaned.
Sun 5th Jul 2020 - Frog Pond
Main Cliff
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Mega Classic
Putting the gear up for Alex.
Sun 5th Jul 2020 - Frog Pond
Frog Buttress
	17	★★ Cowboy Dreams - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 6	★★ Very Good
Warm up.
Sat 4th Jul 2020 - Frog Pond
Main Cliff
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
First go of day. 13th overall. One hang on 3rd bolt.
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
Second go of day. 14th overall. High point! One hang on 4th bolt.
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
3rd go of day. 15th overall. Matched high point. One hang on fourth bolt.
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Mega Classic
Red point!! Longest project ever. This was the 16th go overall. Right on my limit and wasn’t really thinking about sending as it was my last go of the day. My celebration was a bit ridiculous What an awesome route!! https://youtu.be/fc-HEbydcYI
Sat 4th Jul 2020 - Frog Pond
Stepped Down Wall
	19	★★ Awatiro Arete - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 3	★★ Very Good
Warm up and putting gear on Mutations in my Genes.
Thu 2nd Jul 2020 - Frog Pond
Main Cliff
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
First go of day. 9th overall. Got tied up on slopers at 3rd bolt. Went to fourth bolt so Alex could have first two pre-clipped.
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
Second go of the day. 10th overall. Hung at 3,4 and 5 But I think I finally worked out efficient beta for first 3 bolts.
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
Third go of day. 11th overall. One hang after falling off of Crux sloper! First time I have climbed from third bolt to the top Very happy but have almost no skin left!
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
4th go of day. 12th overall. Cleaning gear off. Two hangs but found an alternative crux that doesn’t use the sloper hmmmmm
Thu 2nd Jul 2020 - Frog Pond
Stepped Down Wall
	19	★★ Awatiro Arete - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 3	★★ Very Good
Warm up and putting gear on Mutation in my Genes.
Wed 1st Jul 2020 - Frog Pond
Main Cliff
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
Second go of the day. Sixth overall. Two hangs again. Still wasting energy on the bottom.
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
Third good the day. Completely out of sync on the bottom and bailed below third bolt.
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
Fourth go of day. Eighth overall. Two hangs again. But feel like I am dialling in the top a lot more now. Not much skin left!
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
First go of day. Fifth overall. Two hangs. Forgot the sequence for first three bolts so wasted a lot of energy.
Wed 1st Jul 2020 - Frog Pond
Stepped Down Wall
	19	★★ Awatiro Arete - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 3	★★ Very Good
Had a wet streak which made the move across to the arete less of a warm up then I would have liked
Mon 15th Jun 2020 - Frog Pond
Stepped Down Wall
	19	★★ Awatiro Arete - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 3	★★ Very Good
Tricky little number. I tried it a long time ago unsuccessfully so this was my second attempt. Went up this for a warm up before trying Mutation in my Genes around the corner.
Mon 15th Jun 2020 - Frog Pond
Main Cliff
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga, Travis Rangi	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
Second attempt. Hangdog. Extended the fourth draw. Not sure if it is better or worse. Can do all the moves in isolation.
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga, Travis Rangi	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
Third attempt. Hang dog. High point is still just below the fourth bolt. But I am just too tired today and climbing too inefficiently. I am feeling pretty positive about this climb in good conditions when I am fresh.
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga, Travis Rangi	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
Fourth time tying in. Just going up it again to clean off the gear. Remembering the moves. Too tired for a proper attempt, so just grabbing the fourth and fifth bolts again.
	25	★★★ Mutation in my Genes - with Alex Popinga, Travis Rangi	Sport 12m, 5	★★★ Classic
First go. Conditions are perfect. Working out the moves. Climbed clean to clip the third bolt on this first effort. Then grabbed the next two draws to get to the top.
Sun 12th Jan 2020 - Frog Pond
Access Saddle
	20 23	★★ Love You Long Time - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 4	Average
Sent again on fourth try while trying to look for feasible arete beta. Noped out to the easier face line again. This climb would only be a 23 as an eliminate problem. It is easy to clip the bolts on the face climbing at about ~20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-1UIPXEgKs
	20 23	★★ Love You Long Time - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 4	Average
First attempt looking for the holds on arete and failing to find them. Went left instead. On the arete this would be a hard 23. But with cheat codes it is a 20/21 climbing the face and using the crack on left hand.
	20 23	★★ Love You Long Time - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 4	Average
Second attempt with left crack beta.
	20 23	★★ Love You Long Time - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 4	★ Good
Sent on third attempt. On the arete this would be a hard 23. But with cheat codes it is a ~20/21 climbing the face and using the crack on left hand.
	17	★ Don Quixoted - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 3
Climbed this one cleanly but laboured over it. End of an average day
	17	★ 17 - with Alex Popinga	Sport 10m, 4
Had to try harder than expected to onsight this in the sun at the end of the day.
Sun 12th Jan 2020 - Frog Pond
Main Cliff
	23	★ Chk Chk Boom - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 4	★★ Very Good
Not climbing well and got shut down on this. Got close to clipping third bolt but retreated.
	23	★ Chk Chk Boom - with Alex Popinga	Sport 12m, 4	★★ Very Good
Clipped first two bolts but don’t have the game for the third bolt.
Sun 12th Jan 2020 - Frog Pond
Tangarahu Rock
	15	★ Bite Me Gently - with Alex Popinga	Sport 8m, 3	★★ Very Good
Warm up.
Sat 28th Sep 2019 - Frog Pond
Main Cliff
	21	★★★ French Cuisine - with Alex Popinga	Sport 18m, 7	★★★ Mega Classic
Fourth attempt overall, first of the day. Climbed it clean to placing and clipping fourth bolt. Rested on rope. Then did crux the way I wanted at first try and clean up to the anchors.
	21	★★★ French Cuisine - with Alex Popinga	Sport 18m, 7	★★★ Mega Classic
Red point! Fifth attempt overall and second attempt of the day. Climbed this smoothly all the way through. Executed crux sequence again, even better. Slightly nervous at the top but I have the stemming moves really dialled in. A bit of wind and cloudy, so the friction was really good. Love this climb as it has a bit of everything in it.
Sat 28th Sep 2019 - Frog Pond
Tangarahu Rock
	18	★ Flight of the Kereru - with Alex Popinga	Sport 8m, 2	★★ Very Good
Warm up. Balance required to move up from first clipping hold. Otherwise easy.
	17	★ Fugly - with Alex Popinga	Sport 8m, 3	★ Good
Warm up. Looks a lot easier if you go right to arete earlier than I did
Sat 21st Sep 2019 - Frog Pond
Stepped Down Wall
	19	★★ Awatiro Arete - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 12m, 3	Average
Climbing like crap today. Had to take a rest on the rope due to not finding the beta below the last bolt
Sat 21st Sep 2019 - Frog Pond
Main Cliff
	17	★★ Sweet Araceli - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 15m, 6	★★ Very Good
Warm-up
	21	★★★ French Cuisine - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 18m, 7	★★★ Classic
Flash attempt. Became very indecisive after clipping fourth bolt and eventually had to take a rest on the rope. After a lot of feeling of holds worked a way to get up to fifth bolt and was clean to the end from there.
	21	★★★ French Cuisine - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 18m, 7	★★★ Classic
Attempt #2. Got in the wrong position after clipping second bolt and felt tired.
	21	★★★ French Cuisine - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 18m, 7	★★★ Classic
Attempt #3. Got up to the fourth bolt again. Moved passed it and went for a snatch left to a good clipping hold for the fifth bolt, but missed it and took a fall that hurt my right heel a little. This climb is making me feel like a bad climber.
Sat 14th Sep 2019 - Mangaokewa
The Colosseum
	21	★★ One, two, Skip a Few - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 20m, 7	★★ Very Good
Very bad fourth attempt. Cut feet. Didn't even clip the second bolt. Feeling weaker.
	21	★★ One, two, Skip a Few - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 20m, 7	★★ Very Good
Fifth and last attempt. Too weak. Clipped the second bolt but didn't even get up to left crimp.
	17	★ Inflatable Gladiators - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 16m, 5	★ Good
Warm up.
	21	★★ One, two, Skip a Few - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 20m, 7	★★ Very Good
Second attempt was better. Stuck the left crimp, two moves below the side-pull jug above third clip, but failed to do the bump of left hand up to left of the third bolt.
	21	★★ One, two, Skip a Few - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 20m, 7	★★ Very Good
Third and best attempt of the day. Stuck the left crimp and got the bump, but didn't go straight to the side-pull and came down again.
	20	★ Burnface Boy - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 15m, 3	★★ Very Good
Flash attempt. But had to rest while trying to work out the clipping stance for fourth bolt. After that it joins Punk Rockers. Nice climb. A bit tricky, but should get it in one or two more attempts.
	21	★★ One, two, Skip a Few - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 20m, 7	★★ Very Good
First attempt of the day. Clipped the second bolt but then didn't know how to get up to third bolt and had to hang on the rope after trying a few options. Worked out a sequence and got to the right hand side-pull jug for the third and fourth clips. Topping out is straightforward from there.
Sat 31st Aug 2019 - Mangaokewa
The Colosseum
	21	★★ One, two, Skip a Few - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 20m, 7	★★ Very Good
Half-hearted attempt at this one just to feel the first moves. Failed to clip the second bolt.
	19	★ Punk Rockers - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 22m, 6	★★ Very Good
Climbed to the lap bolt and clipped it. Then mucked around looking for a sequence to the lip and eventually hung on the rope. Then topped out and on the way down ticked some holds with chalk for the final sequence.
	19	★ Punk Rockers - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 22m, 6	★★ Very Good
Sent it cleanly second attempt of the day Nice climb!
	21	★★ Weapons of Pleasure - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 10m, 3	★★ Very Good
Had a quick look at this one since I was up there. Only clipped the first two permadraws and then found the crimp and decided to try it another time
	15	★★ French Ethics - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 18m, 5	★★ Very Good
Warm up.
Sat 24th Aug 2019 - Mangaokewa
The Colosseum
	17	★ Inflatable Gladiators - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 16m, 5	★ Good
Set this up for Aiden
	20	★ Storming the Gates of Troy - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 12m, 4	★★ Very Good
Red point! I wasn’t really thinking of sending this. But after I executed the move to the corner for the clipping stance on the second bolt, I just kept going. Took a nice rest mounted up on the bulge between second and third bolts before getting on with it and clipping the anchor. Happy with this but it was a bit of a messy send late in the day and I want to do it a bit more smoothly when I am fresh.
	20	★ Storming the Gates of Troy - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 12m, 4	★★ Very Good
First attempt of the day. Couldn’t work out the traverse up to corner for second clip so came back down for another clean attempt.
	21	★★ When Cavers go Climbing - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 18m, 5	★★ Very Good
Red point! Clean send on my second attempt of the day. Had the beta down and didn’t worry too much about which intermediates to use. I just went from clipping stance to clipping stance with whatever was good enough to move through on. Very happy with that!
	21	★★ When Cavers go Climbing - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 18m, 5	★★ Very Good
First attempt of the day. Clipped the third bolt and then kicked around in the dihedral trying to work out how to get up to clip the fourth bolt and eventually rested on the rope to work the rest of the route.
	15	★★ French Ethics - with Alex Popinga, Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 18m, 5	★★ Very Good
Warm up
Sat 10th Aug 2019 - Mangaokewa
The Colosseum
	21	★★ When Cavers go Climbing - with Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 18m, 5	★★ Very Good
I am surprised how good this one felt being I was feeling quite weak and dizzy at the start of the day and I had already tried hard on the previous two climbs. I got most of the way up this before going the wrong way (for me) to get up on the ledge. I just had one rest and then traversed right to tackle the ledge from a different angle.
	19	★ Punk Rockers - with Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 22m, 6	★★ Very Good
Really annoyed I didn't onsight this. Put the gear up to the last bolt but then felt too pumped and (unusually for me) I didn't just go for it (which sometimes works) but instead climbed back to bolt and asked for a take while I reassessed the final moves. I will get this the next time for sure.
	20	★ Storming the Gates of Troy - with Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 12m, 4	★★ Very Good
My first attempt at this climb. I sat on the rope after clipping the first bolt and then again further up. I am reasonably happy to top it out with two rests on the first go. I think the direct route from the ground on thin crimps might actually be best just because body position would be better when arriving at the crux to reach right for the corner after first clip.
	17	★ Inflatable Gladiators - with Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 16m, 5	★ Good
Warm up
Sat 27th Jul 2019 - Mangaokewa
The Cheap Seats
	20	Bolting 101 - with Alex Popinga	Sport 11m, 3	Average
Tried this on the left side of arete without success. It might be better on the right side. Have to try again next time.
Sat 27th Jul 2019 - Mangaokewa
The Colosseum
	17	★ Inflatable Gladiators - with alex, Alex Popinga	Sport 16m, 5	★ Good
Set this one up for Aiden It is all over after third bolt.
	20	★ Trojan Kat - with Alex Popinga	Sport 16m, 4	★★ Very Good
Sent! (Fourth attempt over two trips) I had the beta back in memory for my second attempt of the day, 25 minutes after the first. Did it quite easily and very happy with that
	20	★ Trojan Kat - with Alex Popinga	Sport 16m, 4	★★ Very Good
First attempt of the day. It had been too long and I had forgotten the beta. So by the time I had placed and clipped the fourth and last bolt I couldn’t do the last crimp moves. The fact I couldn’t feel my fingers on a cold morning didn’t help. Didn’t bother topping out because the plan was to send it cleanly.
	15	★★ French Ethics - with Alex Popinga	Sport 18m, 5	★★ Very Good
Warm up
Sat 25th May 2019 - Mangaokewa
The Colosseum
	17	★ Dogamatrix - with Alex Popinga	Sport 20m, 5	★★ Very Good
Very nice and fun crack climb. My arms were so pumped that I found the traverse near fourth bolt tiring
	20	★ Trojan Kat - with Fábio Kuriki Mendes	Sport 16m, 4	★★ Very Good
Second attempt 45 minutes later but I failed, again resting after clipping second bolt and again while trying to clip fourth bolt

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