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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber
Sat 24th Feb 2024 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	13	Unknown #1	Sport 23m, 7	Average	Joey G
Wasps' nest near the 3rd or 4th bolt... watch out!
	20	★★ Ka-ching	Sport 28m, 16	★★ Very Good	Joey G
	18	★★ Winterlude	Sport 23m, 10	★★ Very Good	Joey G
	17	★★ Fence Line	Sport 20m, 8	★★ Very Good	Joey G
	17	★ Sarah, Love To	Sport 12m, 5	★★ Very Good	Joey G
	16	★ Tony’s Route	Sport 12m, 5	★★ Very Good	Joey G
	16	★ Zing Zang Zoo	Sport 13m, 6	★★ Very Good	Joey G
Sun 11th Feb 2024 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	18	★★ Rock Back Billy	Sport 12m, 4	★★ Very Good	Joey G
	19	★★ Crown Of Thistles	Sport 20m, 5	★★ Very Good	Joey G
	18	★★ Curved Air	Sport 20m, 10	★★ Very Good	Joey G
delightful
	21	★★ Forget Me Knot	Sport 15m, 7	★★ Very Good	Joey G
	22	★ Haul Or Bawl	Sport 20m, 7	★ Good	Joey G
	20	★★ Ka-ching - with Andrew	Sport 28m, 16	★ Good	Alexei Drummond
Quite fun climbing, if a bit chossy at the top and bottom. Fun traverse. Not so fun to clean.
	19	★★ Crown Of Thistles - with Andrew	Sport 20m, 5		Alexei Drummond
Nice warm up.
	21	★★ Forget Me Knot - with Andrew	Sport 15m, 7	★ Good	Alexei Drummond
A couple of steep moves through the bulge, but all the holds are jugs.
	22	★ Haul Or Bawl - with Andrew	Sport 20m, 7	★ Good	Alexei Drummond
Easy climbing, with a crux that you can't muck around with.
Sun 12th Nov 2023 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	16	★ Tony’s Route	Sport 12m, 5		Rickles
	16	★ Zing Zang Zoo	Sport 13m, 6		Rickles
	18	★★ Winterlude	Sport 23m, 10		Rickles
	17	★★ Fence Line	Sport 20m, 8		Rickles
	18	★★ Winterlude	Sport 23m, 10	★★★ Classic	Myles Perry
Definitely a sting in the tail
Sat 4th Mar 2023 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	16	★ Tony’s Route	Sport 12m, 5	★ Good	Myles Perry
	18	★★ Winterlude	Sport 23m, 10	★★★ Classic	Myles Perry
Great route. I’d say most of the route felt easy for 18 but last bit felt hard - although once I got the beta it was ok.
Sat 22nd Oct 2022 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	18	★★ Winterlude - with @audrey, Kyle	Sport 23m, 10	★★ Very Good	Eric Liu
	20	★★ Ka-ching - with @audrey, Kyle	Sport 28m, 16	★★ Very Good	Eric Liu
Very unique and fun traverse
Sat 7th May 2022 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	18	★★ Winterlude	Sport 23m, 10	★★★ Classic	Rowin Chendriah
	21	★★ Forget Me Knot	Sport 15m, 7	★★ Very Good	Rowin Chendriah
	21	★★ Forget Me Knot - with Jonno	Sport 15m, 7	★ Good	John Pitcairn
Draws on. Grubby but climbable, monkeying around on a juggy overhang. Fun enough but feels a bit gym, and short. Would probably be more pleasing if cleaner. And not 21.
	19	★★ Crown Of Thistles	Sport 20m, 5	★ Good	John Pitcairn
Neat off balance traverse in the middle, and it's not all over after that. Would benefit from a scrub.
	22	★ Haul Or Bawl - with Amy	Sport 20m, 7	★★ Very Good	John Pitcairn
Draws on to crux after Amy had a go. Spent considerable time getting up, feeling around, getting down, repeat. In the end it was really only one or two tricky moves, and 4 people all found different beta. Mine kept the feet on and the body mostly upright. Quite fun.
Sun 24th Apr 2022 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	17	★ Sarah, Love To - with Samuel Malan, VillaBot	Sport 12m, 5		Marnus
	16	★ Zing Zang Zoo - with Samuel Malan, VillaBot	Sport 13m, 6		Marnus
	16	★ Tony’s Route - with Samuel Malan, VillaBot	Sport 12m, 5		Marnus
Mon 4th Apr 2022 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	22	★ Haul Or Bawl	Sport 20m, 7		Lauren Simpson
	17	★ Sarah, Love To	Sport 12m, 5		Lauren Simpson
	18	★★ Winterlude	Sport 23m, 10		Lauren Simpson
	20	★★ Ka-ching	Sport 28m, 16		Lauren Simpson
	19	★★ Crown Of Thistles	Sport 20m, 5		Lauren Simpson
Sun 27th Mar 2022 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	19	★★ Crown Of Thistles	Sport 20m, 5	★★ Very Good	Stu Fu
	18	★★ Winterlude	Sport 23m, 10	★★ Very Good	Stu Fu
	17	★ Sarah, Love To	Sport 12m, 5		Stu Fu
	16	★ Zing Zang Zoo	Sport 13m, 6	★ Good	Stu Fu
	18	★★ Rock Back Billy	Sport 12m, 4	★ Good	Stu Fu
	16	★ Tony’s Route	Sport 12m, 5	★ Good	Stu Fu
	22	★ Haul Or Bawl	Sport 20m, 7	★★★ Classic	Stu Fu
	16	★ Zing Zang Zoo	Sport 13m, 6	★ Good	Stu Fu
	20	★★ Ka-ching	Sport 28m, 16	★★ Very Good	Stu Fu
Sat 26th Mar 2022 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	17	★★ Fence Line	Sport 20m, 8	★★ Very Good	Myles Perry
step right is a committing move
Sun 20th Mar 2022 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	20	★★ Ka-ching - with Nathan	Sport 28m, 16	★ Good	Ashkan
Good route, quite easy for 20 but could be due to the traverse part. We sent it like multi-pitch for easier cleaning!
	19	★★ Crown Of Thistles - with Nathan	Sport 20m, 5	★ Good	Ashkan
Good route! Felt 19.
	16	★ Zing Zang Zoo	Sport 13m, 6	★ Good	Thibaut
	16	★ Tony’s Route	Sport 12m, 5	★ Good	Thibaut
	19	★★ Crown Of Thistles	Sport 20m, 5	★★ Very Good	Thibaut
Nice, clean route with a punchy finish.
Sun 13th Mar 2022 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	20	★★ Ka-ching - with John Pitcairn	Sport 28m, 16	★★ Very Good	Gareth
Should've got it. Got suckered the wrong way at the crux and wore myself out downclimbing
	16	★ Zing Zang Zoo - with John Pitcairn	Sport 13m, 6	Average	Gareth
Alright as a warmup. Slightly hungover. The climber, not the wall.
	21 22	★ Haul Or Bawl - with Thibaut	Sport 20m, 7	★★ Very Good	Ashkan
There's a one hard move for all the route and it shouldn't be more than a V1 problem.
	20 21	★★ Forget Me Knot - with Thibaut, Nathan	Sport 15m, 7	★★ Very Good	Ashkan
This climb is a bit steep at the start but there are plent of good jugs to go through it, kinda like V1 boulde problem. It's very short and good route!
	18	★★ Winterlude - with Nathan	Sport 23m, 10	★ Good	Ashkan
	20	★★ Ka-ching - with Gareth	Sport 28m, 16	★ Good	John Pitcairn
This is pretty cool, a long rising traverse with some thinking moments. Still a bit grubby and gritty, and some fragile holds. Didn't need quite that many bolts. When the dust settles it'll probably be 19 and 2 stars.
	16	★ Zing Zang Zoo - with Gareth	Sport 13m, 6	★ Good	John Pitcairn
Some hungover bogan on belay.
	20 21	★★ Forget Me Knot	Sport 15m, 7	★ Good	Eu-Lee Teh
	21 22	★ Haul Or Bawl	Sport 20m, 7		Eu-Lee Teh
	18	★★ Winterlude	Sport 23m, 10		Eu-Lee Teh
	20 21	★★ Forget Me Knot	Sport 15m, 7	★★ Very Good	Thibaut
21 is quite generous… would be a 19 at some crags.
	22	★ Haul Or Bawl - with Elaine, Eu-Lee Teh, Nathan, Ashkan	Sport 20m, 7	★ Good	Thibaut
Only one short sequence of 22ish climbing so this one is probably on the softer side of the grade…
	17	★★ Fence Line	Sport 20m, 8	★★ Very Good	Thibaut
Sun 6th Mar 2022 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	18	★★ Rock Back Billy - with John Pitcairn	Sport 12m, 4	★★★ Classic	Gareth
Very good. Makes you think. Quite a different style to a lot of the wharepapa pocket pulling. Well worth a go. Felt a bit cramped as a larger bloke.
	17	★★ Fence Line - with John Pitcairn	Sport 20m, 8	★★★ Classic	Gareth
Ended up doing it three times. Twice because its just good, the third time, seconding up to retrieve gear. John did it twice. Its a great line
	18	★★ Winterlude - with John Pitcairn	Sport 23m, 10	★★★ Classic	Gareth
Onsight, by some miracle. Very good climb! Well worth a go and better than anything on main wall
	18	★★ Rock Back Billy - with Gareth	Sport 12m, 4	★ Good	John Pitcairn
A couple of degrees cooler, some fun monkeying around down low. You could make it quite tricky by misreading it.
	18	★★ Winterlude - with Gareth	Sport 23m, 10	★★ Very Good	John Pitcairn
Nice onsight G.
	17	★★ Fence Line - with Gareth	Sport 20m, 8	★★ Very Good	John Pitcairn
Bloody good! Reminiscent of something at Arapiles for the exposed traverse and free hanging rap, just a tad shorter.
	17	★★ Fence Line - with Gareth	Sport 20m, 8	★★ Very Good	John Pitcairn
Up again to clean the anchor, brought G up for his third(!) ascent, then rapped off. Must be good.
	18	★★ Winterlude - with Thibaut, Elaine	Sport 23m, 10	★★★ Classic	Eric Liu
Fun sequence, unique climb
	18	★★ Winterlude	Sport 23m, 10	★★★ Classic	Thibaut
All in the legs. 18 is probably fair. Great climb.
Sat 5th Mar 2022 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	17	★ Sarah, Love To - with Angela Hewlett, Colin	Sport 12m, 5	Average	John Pitcairn
Not quite a star? Draws on to crux, which Angela had done but just needed to stand up.
	16	★ Tony’s Route - with Angela Hewlett, Colin	Sport 12m, 5	Average	John Pitcairn
	16	★ Zing Zang Zoo - with Colin, Angela Hewlett	Sport 13m, 6	★ Good	John Pitcairn
Low crux then eases for a bit. Went left over the block at the top, the holds are there, do it!
	18	★★ Winterlude - with Angela Hewlett, Colin	Sport 23m, 10	★★ Very Good	John Pitcairn
An absolute treat. Keeps you thinking right to the end. Definitely not 19.
Mon 21st Feb 2022 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	19 18	★★ Winterlude (Unknown #4) - with Marnus	Sport 23m, 10	★★★ Classic	Sam Turner
Excellent climb. 10 bolts not 9
	19 18	★★ Winterlude (Unknown #4) - with Sam Turner	Sport 23m, 10	★★★ Classic	Marnus
One of the best climbs of this grade. It flows very nicely through the whole climb.
Sat 5th Feb 2022 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	19 18	★★ Winterlude (Unknown #4) - with Chris Hailey	Sport 23m, 10	★★ Very Good	Alex Popinga
	19 18	★★ Winterlude (Unknown #4) - with Alex Popinga	Sport 23m, 10	★★★ Mega Classic	Chris Hailey
Just the best warm up and still the most awesome 19 Ive done in a long time!!!
Mon 31st Jan 2022 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	19 18	★★ Winterlude (Unknown #4)	Sport 23m, 10	★★★ Mega Classic	Chris Hailey
Probably the best 19 Ive done in NZ 🤔
	19 21	★★ Forget Me Knot (Unknown #2)	Sport 15m, 7	★★★ Classic	Chris Hailey
Really nice climbing
Thu 29th May 2014 - Wharepapa Rock
Owairaka Buttress
	19	★★ Crown Of Thistles	Sport 20m, 5	★ Good	kenny

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