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Tue 16th Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 ~15 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with enya | 50m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Up to the cave is tricky for 13, especially down low (on the bolts).
Wander right over to the corner on the ledge about 10m up - we linked P1 and 2, belaying off of the double rings in the cave. Round the outside the cave was good, this is when it started feeling like less 14/15 and more 13! Nice crack and face holds. One size 4 took me most of the way up this pitch.
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Wed 3rd Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with John, Arthur Wong | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Kev, John | 50m | |||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Kev, Arthur Wong | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Did the actual start (Flying Spectacles start is better), and tried going outside the cave (inside is way better).
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Sat 30th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Justin | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Linked P1 and P2 beautiful climbing with the hardest moves off the deck, the cave was a nice belay out of the sun and 10 degrees cooler which was nice. P3 was a nice flowy layback flake lovely route would recommend, take 6s if you dont like runout
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13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Chris | 50m | |||||
Wed 28th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Anthony Claxton | 50m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Bottom pitch is tricky for the grade
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Mon 26th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Cat_in_bathtub | 50m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Thu 22nd Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | |||||
Fun route, as for the big pro on the second pitch, I had a single 4 and thought it was fine. If you're a bit timid at the grade you might want to bring a second 4 or a 5. There are ample placements for bigger gear if you want to bring it, but it isn't explicitly necessary.
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Sat 3rd Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Sat 6th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 ~14 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | |||||
Sun 22nd Oct 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Lovely sunset lap. Bit of pre-inspection on the rap. The birthing process was exciting!
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Thu 21st Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
- with
Isaac Rich
1
25m
2
25m
| 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Fri 1st Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 ~14 |
★★★ Cave Climb
- with
my awesome mum!
1
10
2
15
3
25
| 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Spectacular and fun route, although more like a 14 or 15.
Some route beta:
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Mon 28th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Mon 31st Jul 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
1
10m
2
15m
3
25m
| 50m | |||||
Sat 15th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 ~15 |
★★★ Cave Climb
1
10m
2
15m
3
25m
| 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
The start is definitely spicier than a 13. Plus forgetting bolt plates on top made it more interesting but made do. Linked p1&2. P3 ended up traversing outside the cave as wasnt too sure about climbing in the cave without placing good gear. Really fun!
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Sat 1st Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 Hard | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Ian Scott | 50m | |||||
Tue 7th Mar 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Erik Smits | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Repeat with E
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Wed 1st Mar 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
- with
Harry, Carina
1
38
2
30
| 68m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Harry’s first outdoor climb.
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Sun 5th Feb 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Jen Sartor, Jarrad Aurisch | 68m | |||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Jarrad Aurisch, LumpyCam | 68m | |||||
Tue 17th Jan 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with sf | 50m | |||||
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Wed 14th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
- with
Christian Pilarcik
1
38
2
30
| 68m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Mon 5th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
- with
lorien stevens, Christian Pilarcik
1
38
lead by
lorien stevens
2
30
lead by
Christian Pilarcik
| 68m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Christian’s first trad lead!
Flying Spectacles start.
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Wed 16th Feb 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Yi, Jack Seawright, Johnny Sullivan | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
What a fun climb! Pitch 1 was a absolutely not grade 13 climbing at the start and pro was a bit sparse at parts. The tree does not exist, it is beyond dead and loose, linking pitches 1+2 is the only way forward. A very suspect flake is located just before the suspect tree, will probably go at some point as it's a major hold for the traverse. Top of pitch 2 had a great fridge climb toe jam section that I rate. Pitch 3 is through the cave, no pro and no other option if you want to really climb cave climb. Absolutely the money pitch and super fun, definitely recommend it!
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Wed 26th Jan 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 68m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
So good! Going through the cave was awesome. Nice cruisy climbing. Linked P1 & 2.
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Sat 8th Jan 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
- with
Dad
1
13
18m
2
11
20m
3
11
30m
| 68m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Rope solo multi pitching with Dad. Took about an hour car to car with us both on traxions and a few short fixes. Classic evening.
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Tue 4th Jan 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Mega classic 👌 good exposure for a fun little ramble up the juggy corner
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Sat 1st Jan 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Fri 31st Dec 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Mon 8th Nov 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Mon 1st Nov 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
1
13
18m
2
20m
3
30m
| 68m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fri 8th Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Patrick Coleman | 68m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Great fun. We took a comically large rack though.
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Fri 10th Sep 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Zi Hui Lie | 68m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fri 3rd Sep 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Sammi | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fantastic and unique cave pitch, crawling into the depths of the earth. You can happily take and use all your large protection. Big cams #3 → #5, big hexes etc. Access is rap in (50m should be fine), climb out, so very convenient. Stay safe getting to the exposed abseil point.
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Sat 21st Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with cait | 50m | |||||
Fun climbing. The belay tree has seen better days, you're better off climbing straight up to the cave.
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Fri 20th Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
- with
mira
1
13
18m
lead by
mira
2
13
20m
3
13
30m
lead by
mira
| 68m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
amazing, good day out. Needed big pro, went up through cave- thrutchy goodness! little chossy, first pitch direct start a little unprotected. Second pitch all beautiful #4, the rock is not great on the roof traverse on the last pitch… a little unnerving but all fine in the end. Great to have #5, #6 helpful. Thank you mira ❤️
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Sun 15th Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Jenna Brady | 68m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Pretty bloody awesome!
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Sat 3rd Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | |||||
Sun 6th Jun 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Lead all pitched, started on the direct start but move at 2nd bolt looked really big for grade 14, so switched back to regular start. With generous use of extendies drag was not too bad and still linked p1 & 2. Everything was easy but some very big runouts at times definitely needs doubles of 4's and a 5. Lots of fun though, but would make for a spicy first trad lead
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Mon 17th May 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Tue 27th Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | |||||
Sat 24th Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with james | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sat 3rd Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
1
13
38m
2
30m
3
30m
| 98m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Direct start and in two pitches. Good climbing, the cave gives it the stars. Take 3 #4s but 2 also works.
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Sat 27th Feb 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
What a cool feature, fun day out.
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Sat 23rd Jan 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Sat 9th Jan 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★ Good | ||||
Fri 23rd Oct 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Ian and John | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sat 17th Oct 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Led all pitches. Used 2 x #4s, 1 x #5 and 1 x #6. Find the crux quite bouldery at about 8m height from the direct start. The rest is cruisy and enjoyable
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Sun 4th Oct 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Seconded the whole route. The leader had 2 #4 cams but would have liked a few more. Direct start with bouldery move to make the second ledge above the new carrot on left. Linked P1 and P2 and at the middle of P2 went out to the face on the right to avoid offwidth and then back. P3 is superb going outside the cave with good gear in crack and climbing on the face up the jugs. We left abseil rope in place and it didn't interfere with the climbing
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Fri 18th Sep 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Lead pitch 1. Amazing climb waterfall was dripping on abseil rope
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Sun 6th Sep 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sat 29th Aug 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Jess C | 68m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sat 1st Aug 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Lead pitch 1 and 3 next time would link pitch 1 and 2 to mitigate awkward belay
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Sun 12th Jul 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Sat 4th Jul 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Lead pitch 2. COOL CAVE I reckon seconding is as spicy as leading the 3rd pitch
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Wed 1st Jul 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Jacqui Ruello, Lewis Chesworth | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Climbed as two pitches, the first direct to the cave and the second to the top. Plenty of fun with a cool little cave section. Can probably be comfortably climbed with 2 number 4 cams. The start is stiff at the grade IMO but very doable.
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Sat 20th Jun 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Mon 25th Nov 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Josiah Hess | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Dani Hess, Professor Pete | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Dani lead it direct in 2 pitches. Awesome cave belay half way up. Would be a great beginner multi if you bring with lots of big gear.
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Tue 22nd Oct 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Mitch Woodward | 50m | ★ Good | ||||
Sun 6th Oct 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Absolute classic! Really fun climb in a beautiful part of the mountains. If doing the original start like I did, please be careful of the orange death block after the third carrot bolt. There was chalk on it so it must have only recently become loose. I stayed low and traversed across the low angle slab before moving up to build a belay.
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Sun 29th Sep 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Kim Mann | 50m | |||||
The approach was hard to find!! The relevant car park you're looking for looks a bit like a small turn around bay that a few cars can park in (on the right but AFTER a recognisible green gate on the left side of the road). The track leaves the road on the right hand side but the cairn is about half a metre off the road so can be hard to spot even though its a knee height sized cairn. The climb itself - great fun!! Love caves long time
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Sun 15th Sep 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
The tree at the top of the “first pitch” has been dead for ages. This is really a two pitch climb. Three stars for the novelty factor.
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Sun 25th Aug 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
1
13
18m
2
20m
3
30m
| 68m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fixed rap line in. Linked P1 & P2 to cave, bolt belay. P3 climbed outside of cave and up to finish, carrot bolt belay @ top.
Used bigger pro mainly inc. a big hex.. 2x #4 & 3 would be ideal. Awesome climb 3 star!
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13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with rockmonkey83 | 50m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
In my imagination this route was going to be way longer but it was still good. Climbed up the inside of the cave with gear in the front. Outside would be missing the best bit!
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Thu 1st Aug 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | |||||
I was a client foran assessment. First trad route. Pretty cool
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Sun 28th Jul 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | |||||
Wed 5th Jun 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Harry Hill | 50m | |||||
Sun 28th Apr 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Dave Lye | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
I led the first pitch (offically pitch 1&2) up to the cave. Dave led the last pitch. Great fun!
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Mon 15th Apr 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with James, Lucas | 68m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Afternoon with friends.
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Sun 7th Apr 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
1
13
68m
2
3
| 68m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Just the last pitch today.
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Sun 24th Mar 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Dean | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Great climb. Start is a little hard, one or two moves of modern grade 18 IMO and the rest is a fun romp. The cave is awesome.
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13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Joey Scarr | 50m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Gear: doubles BD#0.5 to BD#4, couple of single length slings, 4 hangers, QDs. Singles in the smaller sizes would be fine.
(-33.7325556, 150.2840833) is indeed the trailhead. Follow track down and rightish before a short rock descent and then left through a cave... We went left too early and crossed the waterfall. Took us a while to get our bearings but we spotted the chains and backtracked. ~40m fixed line rap off chains. P1 crux start to traverse R, grab arete then carrots going up. Another carrot then traverse right on flake. Tree is not trustworthy, linked up P2 crack to cave with 2xBD#4. However, the rope drag was heinous despite runners - long traverse with many corners for the rope to get caught on. DRBB and comfortable space for two. P3 up inside the front of the cave to high first BD#4. Left wall of hole was wet. Follow crack up with #3 and #4 then move L to chains. Note: P3 is convex so once you pass your pro the rope will want to dislodge it. Maybe a judicious redirect well outside the crack would help? Even with extensions and back cleaning the rope drag was terrible again. Overall nice climb and not too wet given the recent rain, but too much rope drag (possibly my fault) for it to feel classic. |
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Sun 30th Dec 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
1
13
68m
2
3
| 68m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Mon 17th Dec 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with shauno | 50m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Shaunos first trad lead after a long break. Still got it! Linked direct start to cave.
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Sat 3rd Nov 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Tim M-S | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Full value for the grade. One of the best for the grade in the mountains. Varied, thought-provoking and we’ll-worth sticking to the cave variant.
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Sun 30th Sep 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Mon 24th Sep 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Match | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Going through the cave just tops off some pretty fun climbing. Just needs to be longer.
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Tue 18th Sep 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
- with
Ian
1
13
18m
2
20m
3
30m
| 68m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Enjoyable route and going through the cave was fun! We linked the first two pitches.
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Mon 17th Sep 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Greer Knight | 50m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
finally got on this little number. bit of a sandbag at 13. Had a weird situation coming out of the cave where the rope got jammed next to the cam and it wouldn't move
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Wed 27th Jun 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with GastonDon, tim fredrickson | 50m | |||||
Josh assessment
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13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Harry Hill | 50m | |||||
16 13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Great climb, graded a little low for modern ascents. In comparison to others I'd mark the trickier bits at a 17
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Sat 23rd Jun 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Scott Bishop | 50m | ★ Good | ||||
Hairy start and easy finish thanks for the second pitch lead Scotty!
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13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with ChrisO | 50m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Fun wrap up for the day. Linked pitches to the cave and then chriso lead to the top.
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Thu 14th Jun 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | |||||
Sat 2nd Jun 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
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★★★ Cave Climb
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Fri 1st Jun 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Jason Nguyen, Lewis, Nikhilesh Sharma | 68m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Still awesome. Chasing Lewis and Nik
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13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Frankie Grez, Libby Keady | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Great climb though the 3rd pitch outside the cave is by far the most glorious. P1 is a sandbag and P2 is hairy unless you're racking big pro. Take a couple of big pieces (#4), unless you're a sadist, then don't.
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13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Will Vidler | 68m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Will linked P1 & 2 together; also definitely the only way to do it. Hard-ish start and didn't seem very easy overall (for the grade), but still enjoyable!
P3 was the money and was just super pleasant the whole way. Do plug a #4 early if you have one, I was holding onto mine hoping to plug it at the top but there aren't any placements for it up high! |
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Sat 19th May 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Nikhilesh Sharma | 50m | |||||
course cont
ran pitch 1 and 2 together,
avoid climb in cave as not protected until reach roof then #6,
direct start is ideal top have 2 x #4 but not essential
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13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Harry Hill | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fri 18th May 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | |||||
w/Lincoln
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Thu 17th May 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Lauren | 50m | ★ Good | ||||
Mon 14th May 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Sammy | 50m | ★ Good | ||||
Tried the direct start. Not much chop.
Belayed pitch 1 from lower down but it was still pretty crap. Probably needs two #4 cams for the whole climb to make things ideal. |
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Sun 13th May 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Sammy | 50m | ★ Good | ||||
Only had 1 bolt plate (derp). Didn't really need them though.
Dicked around for too long at first belay- think I climbed too high (don't follow carrots just because they're there...)- Seemed it would be better belaying under the dead tree. Everything else was smooth sailing. |
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Fri 11th May 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Lewis | 50m | |||||
Thu 3rd May 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★ Good | ||||
Went via face rather then cave.
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