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| Grade | Route | Gear style | Quality | |||
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| Sat 27th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Blackheath Area Shipley Lower | ||||||
| 20 |
★★★ Clockwork Orange
- with
Karina Lukowska
| 61m | ★★ Very Good | |||
| Fri 26th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area | ||||||
| 20 Easy |
★★ Randy Rabbit Ridge
- with
Karina Lukowska
6
20m
lead by
Peter Melouney
| 280m, 99 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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P2 had some nice moves on good rock. Linked with P1. Lots of exposure on traverse but jugs all the way. Great multi.
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| Thu 25th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Rip Van Winkle Wall | ||||||
| 16 Hard |
★★ Van
| 44m | ★★ Very Good | |||
| Thu 25th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall | ||||||
| 16 |
★ Fairy Tales
| 13m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
| 17 |
★★ Dress Rehearsal Rag P1
1
17
15m
| 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
| 21 Hard |
★★ The Mighty Quinn
| 15m | ★ Good | |||
| Sun 31st Mar 2024 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
| Seaside Windjammer Wall | ||||||
| 19 |
★★ Windjammer
- with
John
| 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Chossy first half, fun offwidth move then rewarded with a few meters of beautiful jams
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| Sun 31st Mar 2024 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
| The Lighthouse Centurion Area | ||||||
| 15 |
★★ Women and Children First
- with
John
| 12m | ||||
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Step across felt quite exposed. Leads to great position on the arete.
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| 15 Hard |
★★ Impact Zone
- with
John
| 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Nice corner crack jamming.
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| 16 Hard |
★★ Centurion
- with
John
| 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Short very cool route. Steep but has good stemming stances and great jams.
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| Sun 31st Mar 2024 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
| Seaside Windjammer Wall | ||||||
| 17 Hard |
★★★ Grey Mist
- with
John
| 30m | ★★★ Classic | |||
| Sat 30th Mar 2024 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
| Seaside Windjammer Wall | ||||||
| 20 Hard |
★★ Tenere
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 28m | ★★ Very Good | |||
| Sat 30th Mar 2024 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
| The Lighthouse Red Riding Hood Area | ||||||
| 17 Easy |
★★★ Little Red Riding Hood
- with
John
| 25m, 1 | ★★★ Classic | |||
| Sat 30th Mar 2024 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
| Bayside Hello Dolly Wall | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ Hello Dolly
- with
John
| 30m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
| Sat 30th Mar 2024 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
| Bayside The Yardarm | ||||||
| 16 |
★★ Sympatico
- with
John
| 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
| Tue 26th Mar 2024 - Narrabeen | ||||||
| The Academy The 45 | ||||||
| V6 |
★★ The Fine-ish line
- with
Peter
| 3m | ||||
| Fri 23rd Feb 2024 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
| Lake Catani Campsite Area | ||||||
| 24 |
★★ Parallax
| 10m | ||||
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Aided up to setup top rope anchor. Easy jams to half way then gets hard with thin hands and finger locks on steep sharp rock. Final climb of the trip so super stoked to get it clean on top rope.
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| Thu 22nd Feb 2024 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
| The Gorge - South Side Devilled Cream Buttress | ||||||
| 21 |
★★★ Commander Cody
- with
Haily, Karina
| 30m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
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Had to come back to give this another shot. Easy access to a ripper of a climb. Second favourite of the trip.
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| Thu 22nd Feb 2024 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
| The Cathedral Crack of Anguish area | ||||||
| 16 |
★★ Crack Of Pleasure
- with
Haily, Karina
| 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Looks a bit dirty but climbs nicely. Really enjoyed the jamming on this.
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| 18 Hard |
★★ Total Recall
- with
Haily, Karina
| 30m | ★ Good | |||
| Wed 21st Feb 2024 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
| Le Souef Plateau Kokomo Outcrop | ||||||
| 18 |
Le Souef's Up
- with
Chris
| 15m, 3 | ||||
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Good climb. Few medium cams in crack then slab past 3 FH and BR to top. Has rap anchors.
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| Wed 21st Feb 2024 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
| Le Souef Plateau The Sentinel | ||||||
| 20 |
★★ The Northwest Face of the Sentinel
- with
Chris
| 12m | ★ Good | |||
| Wed 21st Feb 2024 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
| The Gorge - South Side Summit Rim | ||||||
| 16 |
★★ Fat Wall Ordinaire Banana Blasé
- with
Chris
| 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
| Wed 21st Feb 2024 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
| The Gorge - South Side Devilled Cream Buttress | ||||||
| 21 |
★★★ Commander Cody
- with
Chris
| 30m | ||||
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Beautiful line with great gear throughout
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| 18 Hard |
★★ Devilled Cream Direct
- with
Chris
| 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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P1 - slabby crack with beautiful jams leads to an awesome trench belay! P2 - tried to go up the corner at first bolt and came off. Next time will traverse onto face slab lower. Very fun climb.
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| Tue 20th Feb 2024 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
| The Gorge - South Side Bent's Lookout | ||||||
| 22 M1 |
★★★ Hard Rain
- with
Karina
| 120m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
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Amazing climb. Was fighting hard for P1 and got to the water streak but pumped out. Definitely keen to give it another shot on a future trip.
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| Mon 19th Feb 2024 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
| The Gorge - South Side Summit Rim | ||||||
| 20 Easy |
★★★ Home James
- with
Karina
| 30m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Very cool and unique rock formations. Easy access, shade in the arvo and fun climbing.
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| Mon 19th Feb 2024 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
| The Cathedral | ||||||
| 23 |
★★★ The Dreaming
- with
Karina
| 90m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
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Picturesque line with amazing slabbing on good quality clean rock. Heady lead with some spaced BR/FH's and a big runout to the anchors. Led both pitches. This was my highlight for the week.
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| Sun 18th Feb 2024 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
| The Gorge - South Side The Oval Area | ||||||
| 22 |
★★ Lift Girls Lament
- with
Karina
| 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Beautifully clean crack. First lap did a few strenuous laybacks and only just stayed on. Second lap switched to finger locks and thin hand jams with good feet outside the crack and felt more solid.
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| Sun 18th Feb 2024 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
| The Cathedral | ||||||
| 21 |
★★★ Edge Of Pleasure P1
- with
Karina
1
| 80m, 12 | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Abseiled in for P1. Great slabbing line. Eases after the first few meters.
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| 19 |
★★★ The Viking
- with
Karina
| 40m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Good climb. P1 - bouldery move off the ground, easy traverse and up to ledge. P2 - slightly wide section to start then great laybacking and few jams to top. Clean rock and really enjoyable pitch.
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| 18 |
★★ Shell Shock
- with
Karina
| 30m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
| Sat 17th Feb 2024 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
| The Gorge - South Side Beowulf Area | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ Beowulf
— 2 attempts
- with
Haily, Karina
| 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
| Sat 17th Feb 2024 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
| The Gorge - South Side The Oval Area | ||||||
| 17 |
★★ Wicked Solitaire
- with
Haily, Karina
| 40m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Linked both pitches. P1 is worth doing. P2 is fantastic.
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| Sat 10th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Shakes and Flakes Wall | ||||||
| 21 |
★★★ Shakes and Flakes
| 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
| Sat 10th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall | ||||||
| 13 |
★★★ Honey Dip
| 28m, 1 | ||||
| 19 Hard |
★★ Black Bart
| 25m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Great climb, nice sustained 19
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| Sat 10th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ Fer De Lance
| 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Nice jams and stemming
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| 16 |
★★ Taipan Variant P2
| 20m | ||||
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Good variant finish. Fun juggy exposure
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| 19 Easy |
★★★ Taipan
| 35m | ★★ Very Good | |||
| Sun 4th Feb 2024 - Stanwell Tops | ||||||
| Stonehaven | ||||||
| 21 Easy |
★★ The Last King of Scotland
- with
Nikhilesh Sharma
| 25m, 10 | ||||
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First 3 bolts was dirty, sandy and damp but the rest was really fun climbing.
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| 20 Hard |
★★ Shaven Stonehaven
- with
Nikhilesh Sharma
| 12m, 9 | ★ Good | |||
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Climbs better than it looks. Fun solid 20.
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| 20 Easy |
★★ The Cult of Chuck
- with
Nikhilesh Sharma
| 12m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
| 24 Hard |
★★ Napalm Strike
- with
Nikhilesh Sharma
| 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Great sustained climbing. Last few times I struggled with the top crux...thanks Nik for the nice technical layback beta.
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| Sun 28th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall | ||||||
| 18 Hard |
★★★ Gold Star
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 58m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Just P2. Super fun. Nice kneebar at crux
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| 19 |
★★ Thruxton
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 57m | ★★ Very Good | |||
| 21 ~20 |
★★★ Vincent HRD
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 28m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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A pretty great climb with good jams. There was a bit of vegetation but it still climbed nicely. Felt more 19-20ish
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| Sat 27th Jan 2024 - Evans Crown | ||||||
| Deckout Buttress | ||||||
| 21 |
★★★ Dr Marten's Boots
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 25m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Sharp crimps.
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| 21 Hard |
★★ Chain Mail Crack
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Stoked to get this clean. Had to fight big time.
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| Sat 27th Jan 2024 - Evans Crown | ||||||
| Googolplex Crag | ||||||
| 18 Easy |
★★★ Fuzzy Navel
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 75m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Done as a long single pitch. Awesome line 👌
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| 20 |
★★★ Six Days on the Toad
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 28m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Real good slabbing
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| 21 |
★★ God Help the Hash House Harriers
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 28m | ★ Good | |||
| Sat 27th Jan 2024 - Evans Crown | ||||||
| Deckout Buttress | ||||||
| 20 ~19 |
★★ Bloodbath
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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Mountains was a bit misty/foggy/rainy but evans delivered again with beautiful dry granite slabbing for the day. Nice warmup
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| Sun 21st Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Rip Van Winkle Wall | ||||||
| 16 Hard |
★★ Van
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 44m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Tough start then really nice climbing with crack that eats wires.
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| Sun 21st Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ Fer De Lance
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Great corner crack and nice warmup. Jump on if you down this way.
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| 19 Easy |
★★★ Taipan
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 50m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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A tad heady on P2 but nice climbing and enough good gear. P3 variant was great exposure on jugs...definitely worth it!
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| Sat 20th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area | ||||||
| 15 |
★ Addendum
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 60m | ||||
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Shaded warm down
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| 11 |
★ Prologue
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 73m | ★ Good | |||
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P1 only. Tough for 11
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| Sat 20th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Janicepts Area | ||||||
| 21 |
★★★ The Kraken
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 40m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Stoked to get this. Some strenuous moves and okay-ish stances to place gear. Finger jammed first section and laybacked second. Extra #1s and .75s are useful.
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| Sat 20th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Solomon Area | ||||||
| 19 |
★★★ Gemini
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 51m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Very fun. Can feel awkward getting into wider section
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| 20 |
★★★ Solomon
- with
Aurora Pandora
| 51m, 4 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
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Bloody good! Beautiful jamming on p2 and cool crux move with cruisy finish
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| Sat 13th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
| 19 |
★★ Judas-Messiah Connection
| 35m | ★★ Very Good | |||
| Sat 13th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area | ||||||
| 13 |
★ Charity
| 14m | ||||
| 21 |
★ Sincerity Direct Finish
| 16m | ||||
| 15 |
★★ Hope
| 15m | ★ Good | |||
| 17 |
★★★ Flake Crack
| 53m | ★★★ Classic | |||
| Sat 13th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Solomon Area | ||||||
| 19 |
★★★ Gemini
| 51m | ★★★ Classic | |||
| Sat 13th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
| 17 |
★★★ Psychopath
| 28m | ★★★ Classic | |||
| Sun 7th Jan 2024 - The Cathedral | ||||||
| Main Crag | ||||||
| 20 |
★★ Retro Crack
| 25m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Climbs nicely on gear. Great jams at the start.
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| 19 Hard |
★★ Holy Fisticuffs Batman
| 18m | ★ Good | |||
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Strenuous move pulling through roof followed by nice stemming. Had 2 blue, 1 yellow...but another of each would've been nice. Without big gear bit run-out at top.
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| Fri 5th Jan 2024 - The Cathedral | ||||||
| Main Crag | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Monopoly
| 10m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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Loving the slabs after evans. Trust the pebble
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| 25 |
★★★ In the Groove
| 15m, 6 | ||||
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Always walked past this. Glad to have had a go today. Strenuous and balancy lackbacking..hard. Kept coming off between 4th and 5th bolt. Possibly cooler temps could help
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| 17 |
★★ Ozone Action
| 20m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Bit spicy without first bolt stick clipped.
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| 27 |
★★ Inchworm Groove
| 8m | ||||
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Top rope feeling the moves. Hard, but keen to try again having watched youtube vid now.
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| 19 |
★★ Vitez
| 25m | ★ Good | |||
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A few nice jams. Finished straight up flake with 2 rings.
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| 22 |
★★ Hercules
| 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Warmup for the day. Always good.
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| 22 |
★★★ Failure is your Friend
| 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Excellent climbing
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| Mon 1st Jan 2024 - Evans Crown | ||||||
| Deckout Buttress | ||||||
| 21 |
★★★ Dr Marten's Boots
- with
Graham Dowden
| 25m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Nice edge slabbing. Few sharp crimpy holds but rather trust the feet. If you enjoyed this definitely get on Six Days on the Toad around the corner.
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| 21 Hard |
★★ Chain Mail Crack
| 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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After a day of excellent slabbing figured we finish it off with a fist crack. Start is strenuous and burly but it eases off once you got good feet. Will be back to try this again.
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| 20 ~19 |
★★ Bloodbath
- with
Graham Dowden
| 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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Good edge slabbing.
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| 19 |
★ Greenies' Delight
| 15m, 5 | Average | |||
| 19 |
★ Jonestown
| 15m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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First top rope solo.
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| Mon 1st Jan 2024 - Evans Crown | ||||||
| Googolplex Crag | ||||||
| 18 Easy |
★★★ Fuzzy Navel
| 75m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Wasn't quite sure where the start was but picked the cleaniest crack+slab line that'd get us up to a DBB just right of a gorgeous slabby arete which I assumed was P2. Great slabbing on P2, all FHs but bring 2 plates for top.
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| 20 |
★★★ Six Days on the Toad
- with
Graham Dowden
| 28m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Fantastic slabbing. No trad gear required. Favourite climb of the day.
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| Wed 27th Dec 2023 - Evans Crown | ||||||
| Deckout Buttress | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Scuds over Saudi
| 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
| 19 |
★★ Spare the Hammer
| 15m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Very nice slabbing
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| Tue 26th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Pindari | ||||||
| 20 Hard |
★★★ This Sporting Life
| 43m, 15 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Few reachy moves on P1 and nice climbing P2. Nice escape from sun in the arvo.
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| Tue 26th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
| Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
| 19 |
★★ Judas-Messiah Connection
| 35m | ||||
| 15 |
★★ The Pharaoh
| 33m | ★★ Very Good | |||
| Sat 23rd Dec 2023 - Alfords Point | ||||||
| Alfords Point Main Area | ||||||
| 19 |
★★ Viva La Papa
| 15m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
| 20 Hard |
★★ Gushing Shins
| 13m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
| 19 |
★ Gushing Knees
| 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
| 18 |
★ It's a wrap
| 12m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
| 17 Easy |
★ Fabulous Muppet Show
| 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
| 21 |
★★ Cherry
| 15m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
| 20 Hard |
★★ Brother Sun
| 15m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
| Sat 9th Dec 2023 - Fortescue Bay | ||||||
| The Candlestick | ||||||
| 18 |
★★★ Corner Route
- with
John, Bruno Gontijo
| 110m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
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Epic day out. Thanks John for doing the nudie swim. P1 really enjoyed this pitch, a few technical moves and good gear. P2 beautiful jams and stemming. P3 fun squeeze through chimney to easy climbing on other side. P4 cruisy last pitch. Definitely have to be super mindful of choss. Fantastic final climb of the trip.
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| Fri 8th Dec 2023 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
| The Sunny Side Feltham Buttress | ||||||
| 18 Easy |
★★ Lingham
| 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Some nice jams
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| Fri 8th Dec 2023 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
| The Sunny Side Fatman Buttress | ||||||
| 20 |
★★★ Thin Fiend
| 10m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | |||
| Wed 6th Dec 2023 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
| Duck Reach Skidrow Buttress | ||||||
| 22 |
★★★ Deathrow
| 20m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Very fun climbing with good gear.
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