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Sat 9th Nov 2013 - Forestville | ||||||
Sissy Crag | ||||||
V1 | ★★ The Pillar | 2m | ★ Good | |||
Pre study sess repeat.
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V1 | ★★ Bill Smith | 3m | ★ Good | |||
Pre study sess repeat.
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V0 | ★ What Am I Doing Here? | 4m | ★ Good | |||
Pre study sess repeat.
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V4 | ★★ Dentalectomy | 4m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Pre study sess repeat.
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Wed 6th Nov 2013 - Bonnet Bay | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Lean Beef | 15m, 6 | ||||
I'm not very good at dyno's.
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18 19 | ★ Glorious Manglervision | 13m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Better without a torn tendon.
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20 | ★★ Bruised and Scratched | 15m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Repeat. No easier second time. The ACA grade of 20 is probably much closer to the mark.
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Sun 3rd Nov 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Sweet Dreams Walls | ||||||
14 | ★★★ Sweet Dreams | 130m, 20 | ||||
Repeat. Did the 17 finish. Taking Alex, Dave W and Wen Jun for a frollick.
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Sat 2nd Nov 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Mr Wall | ||||||
26 | ★★ Mr Wendle | 10m, 5 | ||||
Just the easy moves into the rest.
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Sat 2nd Nov 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Logan Brae Main Cliff | ||||||
22 | ★★ Room With a View | 15m | Average | |||
Not as good as i'd heard. Almost flashed it then even manged to stuff up the redpoint by punting off at the chains.
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Sat 2nd Nov 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Access Ledge | ||||||
23 | ★★★ You Crazy Diamond | 26m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sorted out all the moves. Nothing to difficult.
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21 | ★★ The Jewel Thief | 28m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Peeled off at the big move after the crux. Wicked climbing. Next time.
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Fri 1st Nov 2013 - Queens Park | ||||||
The Middle | ||||||
V3 V2 | ★ Werner Heisenburg | 3m | ★ Good | |||
V3 in about three different guides. No slouch at that grade either. Probably the best thing i've done at Queen's Park.
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Sun 27th Oct 2013 - Scarface Buttress | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Stop the Bolts! | 88m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Pitches 2, 3, 4. Super tired so a bit of dogging occurred! Wicked climbing up pitch 2 and pitch 4 is trickier and cooler than it looks. Thanks for the rope gunning Neil.
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20 | ★★ Cuckoo Dove Crack | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Tricky in the middle. Fantastic climbing.
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Sun 27th Oct 2013 - Stanwell Tops | ||||||
Hargraves Wall | ||||||
19 | ★ The Dance Goes On | 10m, 4 | ||||
18 | ★ After the Storm | 10m, 3 | ||||
Sat 26th Oct 2013 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline Frontline Right Hand Side | ||||||
V5 V5 R | ★★ Armistice Day | 5m | ||||
Sat 26th Oct 2013 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline The Eastern Bloc | ||||||
V1 | ★★ Eastern Bloc Arete | 3m | ||||
Sat 26th Oct 2013 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline Front and Centre | ||||||
V5 | ★★★ Sloper-Dan Milosevic | 5m | ||||
Sat 26th Oct 2013 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline The Corridor Boulders | ||||||
V5 | ★★ The Pincer Movement | 4m | ||||
Sat 26th Oct 2013 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline The Eastern Bloc | ||||||
V5 | ★★ Berlin Blockade | 3m | ||||
V1 | ★ Crewcut | 3m | ||||
V3 V3 R | ★★ Mission Impossible | 3m | ||||
Sun 20th Oct 2013 - Joll's Bridge | ||||||
Lower cliffline | ||||||
21 | ★★ Vulgar Direct | 32m, 13 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Awesome. One slip at the crux. Flew for three bolt lengths. Good climbing, but it was bloody hot.
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Sat 19th Oct 2013 - Barrenjoey | ||||||
Southwest | ||||||
18 | ★★ Marsupial Smearer | 20m, 2 | ||||
Still awesome.
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18 | ★ Cobwebs | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Deserves an R rating, bu very good climbing. Flaring and difficult to protect up to the one bolt, then microcams to the finish.
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15 | ★★ Cosmic Ecology | 12m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Classic climbing.
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14 | ★ Judgement Day | 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Pretty sure this a repeat. Excellent climbing.
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17 | Frog's Fling | 13m | ||||
Should be 17 R, i'd say. Placed gear on rap, but climbed first time, with beta.
Interesting climbing to an easier finish. |
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9 | Feetus Position | 4m | Don't Bother | |||
Sun 13th Oct 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area The Soft Parade The Left Hand End | ||||||
17 | ★ Punch of Punishment | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Cleaner than it was. Funky moves and tricky jams. Pretty nice. Will be very clean after a few more ascents.
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15 15 R | Fever Dreams | Average | ||||
Needs a brushing and maybe a single bolt.
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Sat 12th Oct 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Gulf War Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★ Voice of America | 20m, 6 | ||||
Still hard.
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Sat 12th Oct 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Steep Wall | ||||||
22 | ★ Lay la Kay | 12m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Tricky start that tweaked my back. Coolest thing i've done at Dam Cliffs but.
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Mon 7th Oct 2013 - Wolgan Valley | ||||||
Old Baldy Lower Cliff | ||||||
17 | ★★ Aquiline | 63m | ||||
First pitch only.
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15 | ★★ Zarathustra | 70m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Very nice. First pitch only then rap off the tree. Left a biner on the sling to make it easier.
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Thu 3rd Oct 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Siren Area | ||||||
8 9 | ★★★ Siren | 150m | ★★★ Classic | |||
All good fun. With Nicola and Aaron.
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Wed 2nd Oct 2013 - Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||||||
Loopeys | ||||||
V2 | ★★ One Sleep | 2m | Average | |||
Tue 1st Oct 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Tiptoe Ridge Area | ||||||
5 | ★★★ Tiptoe Ridge | 120m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Why not? Mega line. Pretty fun climbing. With Aaron Victor.
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Tue 1st Oct 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
Colosseum Wall Area Colosseum Wall | ||||||
16 | ★ Crucifixion | 12m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
The kids before me tell me they fell 3 times after onsighting the 18 and 20 next too it. Super fun if you're into this kind of thing. I am.
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Mon 30th Sep 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
11 | ★★ Piccolo | 33m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Best 11 around. With Brendan
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17 16 | ★★ Libretto | 50m | ||||
Punch finger jams off the belay. Stuck my head around the corner and into the rain. Fantastic climbing, wish the hard part were longer. With Chris Moore. 2nd Clean Pitch 1, OS Pitch 2.
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Sun 29th Sep 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae Agamemnon Area | ||||||
15 | ★★ Necrophilliac | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice hand sized jams. Easy lower off.
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Sun 29th Sep 2013 - Arapiles | ||||||
Bushranger Bluff Main Wall | ||||||
15 | ★ The Ghost of Melville | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice jams and an exciting finish.
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Thu 19th Sep 2013 - Bonnet Bay | ||||||
17 20 | ★★ Bruised and Scratched | 15m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Very good quality! Worth doing even if you don't like grovelling. Finish is exciting, ended up with my feet above my head!.
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Sun 8th Sep 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall | ||||||
15 | ★★ Wild is the Wind | 80m | ★ Good | |||
Afternoon adventure with heavy packs to avoid the walk out. Over shot the first belay, spotted it and had to be lowered back to it! Look closely at the photo topo. Route is awesome, especially at sunset. The wind is amazing and the huge ledge is magic, all the wind dies out there and you can hear weird echoes. OS P1, Second P2, Second P3.
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Sun 8th Sep 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Walk-Down Gully | ||||||
14 | ★★ Gently Mine | 50m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Excellent at the grade and well protected. Sam used a whole rack, Ro used 4 pieces and I tried to average the two. Flash because I had seen them on it.
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21 | ★★ Pig Iron Slaughter | 45m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
An onsight attempt that ended with a fall while placing the draw at the crux. Climbing back up to it a slight shift of my weight made it manageable. Seriously FANTASTIC climbing.
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Sat 24th Aug 2013 - Wollondilly River Valley | ||||||
Perpendicular Rock | ||||||
18 M1 17 M1 | Odyssey - Command Performance linkup | 100m | Crap | |||
Pulled on gear on the final rubbish pitch.
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Sat 10th Aug 2013 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
Bayside The Yardarm | ||||||
14 | ★★ Over the Yardarm | 30m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Awesomely classic Point Perp face climbing. (I may have top roped this years ago, but can't remember.)
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Sat 10th Aug 2013 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
Bayside The Deeps Area | ||||||
9 | ★ Steel City Blues | 12m | Average | |||
EOD ascent as the sun started to set.
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17 13 | ★ First Mate | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
13 is a pretty bad sandbag. Thin climbing and delicate protection, but cool solid rock. Worth doing, if only it were longer.
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Sat 10th Aug 2013 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
Bayside Hello Dolly Wall | ||||||
17 | ★★ Landlubber | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Rested on gear at the crux. Classic slightly overhanging jam struggle.
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Thu 8th Aug 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Little Triggers Wall | ||||||
16 | ★ Karinya | 25m, 7 | ★ Good | |||
Good fun.
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15 | ★ The Arrow and the Song | 26m, 9 | ||||
Nice and long.
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Thu 8th Aug 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Electric Blue Area | ||||||
16 | ★ Kooks | 25m | ★ Good | |||
Surpisingly good. Took some cams.
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Thu 8th Aug 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Little Triggers Wall | ||||||
22 | ★★ Hunky Dory Left Hand Variant | 20m | ★ Good | |||
Managed to wrangle three jams!
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Thu 8th Aug 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Electric Blue Area | ||||||
19 | ★★★ Electric Blue | 35m, 7 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Fantastic thin wall climbing with a couple of big moves and an exciting finish. Take a set of nuts for the start.
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Sat 3rd Aug 2013 - Mt Bogong | ||||||
Pollux Outcrop | ||||||
M4 | ★ Agent Orange | 130m | ★ Good | |||
With Jack Scott. He led the money pitch to start. Thin Ice over
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Tue 30th Jul 2013 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point The Pocketed Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ Je Baise Ma Frangine (Je Baise Ma Fraigne) | 12m | ★ Good | |||
4 more tries and still no pay dirt! Definitely not 20 in its current form.
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Sun 28th Jul 2013 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
Seaside Windjammer Wall | ||||||
19 | ★ Jaws | 32m | ★ Good | |||
Cool route, tricky at the finish!
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16 | ★★ Man Overboard | 26m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Somehow I never got on this... Great line. Much better than it looks.
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Sat 27th Jul 2013 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Gunbarrel Wall | ||||||
18 | ★★ Diddy Kong | 24m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
Great little warm up.
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Sat 27th Jul 2013 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point The Grease Cave | ||||||
21 | ★★ Shufflepuff | 10m | ||||
Not the best in tights and a singlet.
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Sat 27th Jul 2013 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Vanderholics Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★★ Vanderholics | 25m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
The first route I tried to lead, 3 years ago. Finally came back and got on it again. Nailed it first go this time.
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Sat 27th Jul 2013 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Descent Gully Walls | ||||||
25 | ★★★ Cowboy Junkies | 15m, 6 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Put up the draws to the 3 finger pocket. Wild climbing in a great location. Will be back.
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25 | ★★★ Cowboy Junkies | 15m, 6 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Was eventually able to link it all clean into the previous deadpoint. Sooo nice.
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Fri 26th Jul 2013 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Descent Gully Walls | ||||||
17 | ★ Woderwick | 15m | Average | |||
In approach shoes at the end of the day. Nice enough climbing.
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Sun 21st Jul 2013 - Bangor West | ||||||
23 20 | ★★ Lucky's Roof | 5m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
There and back again to clean this time.
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23 20 | ★★ Lucky's Roof | 5m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
23 Huh. Sounds like a water balloon to me. (Opposite of a sandgbag) Probably 17, but really fun!
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21 | ★ End of the Decade | 11m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Almost
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21 | ★ End of the Decade | 11m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Closer!
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21 | ★ End of the Decade | 11m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Slopey and burly. Next time. Top out is wild when you are pumped stupid. Don't fall off and die!
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12 | Mike's Photogenic Crack | 10m | Average | |||
Alright introduction to the wide arts.
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17 | ★ Python | 8m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
16 15 | ★★ Andrew's Bulge | 8m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great at the grade.
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17 | ★ Pitted Arete | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Cool moves and nice stemming. Surprisingly good nuts and cams to be found.
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17 | ★★ The Whorl | 10m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
End of the day. Cool, featured rock. Bit of a puddle at the end.
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19 | ★★ Fixed Steps | 10m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really cool arete. Nice tenuous footwork around the corner.
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13 | ★ Whippersnapper (Midway) | 8m, 3 | Average | |||
Sat 20th Jul 2013 - Mt Gibraltar | ||||||
Main Wall | ||||||
20 | ★★ Big Bird | 65m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Fantastic climbing, a lot 'traddier' than I thought it would be, Lots of cool jamming and liebacking. Climbed with Sam and Damon. Onsighted pitches 1 and 3. Seconded Pitch two and fell at the crux. I think the crucial flake may have pulled off to the left. Great day out. Still a fair amount of loose flakes and moss, but will clean up with more ascents. Get on it.
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Tue 16th Jul 2013 - The Cathedral | ||||||
Main Crag | ||||||
16 | ★ Cosmic Cruncher | 8m | ||||
20 | ★★ Tourniquet | 18m, 2 | ||||
Too wet. Chicken wings keep sliding in the mud!
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21 20 | ★★ Wire Brush and Dettol | 18m, 5 | ||||
Very wet. First half is super cool, but second half seems quite dangerous due to rope drag, a hard to see belayer and ledge fall potential. should be two different climbs.
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Wed 10th Jul 2013 - The Cathedral | ||||||
Main Crag | ||||||
★★ Inchworm Groove - with Top Rope Backup | 8m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Two thirds of the way up before it starts proper pouring. Have to get back on it. Mostly small wires, but at least one mandatory hook move. With top rope backup.
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★★ Vitez LH finish | 25m | |||||
First proper pitch of Aid! With a top rope backup while I work out my systems. Mostly cams, but a high step on a very small nut and hooking to the top. With Rene.
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23 | ★★ Creature Feature | 20m, 7 | ★ Good | |||
Hard move getting onto the slab. Needs one more bolts down low.
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Sun 7th Jul 2013 - Watagans | ||||||
Monkey Face Turkey Walls | ||||||
21 | ★★ Profanity | 14m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Awesome route to practice those finger jams and ringlocks!
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19 | ★★ Bereska | 18m, 2 | ||||
Figuring out the moves.
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19 | ★★ Bereska | 18m, 2 | ||||
1 rest on second go, at the top I fell mantling. Sweet moves through interesting rock!
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Sat 6th Jul 2013 - Bouddi National Park | ||||||
Wagstaffe - Lobster Cave | ||||||
23 | ★★★ Roast Lobster | 12m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Pretty awesome. Dogged to work out the moves.
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21 | ★★ Lobster | 8m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Awesome slopers.
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21 | ★★ Spider PIG (Loftys route) | 10m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Fun little roof. Good warm up for what follows.
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Mon 17th Jun 2013 - Narrabeen | ||||||
Slabs | ||||||
18 | ★★ Muscoviet Mosquito | 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Always fun.
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18 | ★ Technical Short Talk | 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
A nice slab to repeat.
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16 | ★ Ag Science | 18m, 4 | Average | |||
Another repeat.
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Sun 9th Jun 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | ||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ||||
Probably got too much beta from Sam in the cave to call this an onsight. Excellent climbing with some cool features on mostly great rock. Better than Sweet Dreams any day. With Sam, Blair and Kylie.
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15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | ||||
Bailed after the first pitch when I discovered the one butt cheek belay point would probably be less than ideal for our group of four with two people new to multipitches.
First pitch is interesting. Wandered right instead of left for a good old Alaska Belay over the top of the block. |
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Sat 8th Jun 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Memory Lane | ||||||
14 | ★ How Much is That Doggie in the Window? | 27m, 6 | ★ Good |