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Fri 29th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Psychopath | 28m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Fri 29th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Flake Crack | 53m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Fri 29th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
18 | ★★★ The Eternity | 22m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Sat 27th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Atomic Punk Area | ||||||
20 | ★★ Atomic Punk | 25m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Felt good this time, but it really is a bit of an intense lead, the runouts are solid but safe
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Sat 9th Dec 2023 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
Bayside The Yardarm | ||||||
16 | ★★ Sympatico | 20m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
A bit chossy, but great moves and potition make it worthwhile
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Sat 9th Dec 2023 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
Seaside Windjammer Wall | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Grey Mist | 30m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Always a joy, but the arrival of insane wind didnt help, nearly got blown off the cliff
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Tue 3rd Oct 2023 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre | ||||||
Central Buttress | ||||||
22 |
★ Disco Dilemma P1
1
Fun little pitch to play on. Sporty | 35m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Tue 3rd Oct 2023 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre | ||||||
Grey and Green Walls The Green Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Sweet Dreams | 88m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Excellent. The first mixed pitch is a pretty rare style in australia, and the top two pitches each have a rather powerful crux through wild terrain at the grade
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Sun 1st Oct 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face | ||||||
16 R | ★★★ Brolga | 90m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Sat 30th Sep 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle | ||||||
20 | ★★ Cadenza — 2 attempts | 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Two shots, didn't see a move on the onsight.
Great fun, really well protected but heady traverse deserves more traffic
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Thu 28th Sep 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
King Rat Area King Rat Gully Skydiver Wall | ||||||
23 | ★★ Dead Metaphor — 2 attempts | 25m | ||||
Took two shots, and ended up using the face much more than expected. Obviously with the bolts at the hard bit it feels like a sport route
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22 | ★★ Easy Does It — 3 attempts | 12m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
Three shots, fun moves, used the face a lot more than the crack. Not as classic as skydiver really
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Sun 3rd Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Flake Crack | 53m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Always glorious
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Sun 3rd Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Solomon Area | ||||||
19 | ★★★ Gemini | 51m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Beautiful. Really happy to feel chill the whole way up it
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Sat 1st Jul 2023 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
18 | ★★ Fluid / Epic Link Up | 30m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Lovely warmup
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Tue 27th Jun 2023 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
East of the access track | ||||||
18 | ★★ Borderline 29 | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
An awesome 3m, more for the atmosphere than anything
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Tue 27th Jun 2023 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
20 | ★★ The Great Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine | 33m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Came back for it and it went much better
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Sat 24th Jun 2023 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
18 | ★★ Elastic RURP | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Victory lap, lovely
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18 | ★★ Gladiator | 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Fri 23rd Jun 2023 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
21 | ★★★ Conquistador | 45m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Still a fight, but mega and always worth it
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Thu 22nd Jun 2023 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
East of the access track | ||||||
17 | ★★ Wizards Back | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Forgot how exciting this route is! Great 6m micro pitch
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Thu 20th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Golden Fleece Wall | ||||||
18 | ★★ Golden Fleece | 35m | ★★ Very Good | |||
warmup, lovely as always
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Wed 19th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Charity Buttress | ||||||
14 | ★★ Loyalty | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Assessment climb. Much better than it looks
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9 | ★ Hope | 16m | Average | |||
Wed 19th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
King Rat Area King Rat Gully Left Fork | ||||||
15 | ★ Charybdis | 30m | Average | |||
Up and down to clean
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Wed 19th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
King Rat Area King Rat Gully Right Fork | ||||||
18 | ★★ King Rat | 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Powerfull little number, but it still goes
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22 | ★★ Glory Rodent — 4 attempts | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Finally went after the last attempt had me climbing a waterfall.
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Thu 13th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Siren Area | ||||||
12 | ★★★ Siren Direct Finish | 180m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Guiding
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Wed 12th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★★ Tannin | 35m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Night lap this time. Alwaya mega
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Wed 12th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
11 | ★★ Didgeridoo | 35m | Average | |||
night climb
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Tue 11th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Bluffs Bluff Major Blockbuster Ledge | ||||||
11 | ★★★ Blockbuster | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great night climb
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Fri 31st Mar 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Memory Lane | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Interstate 31 | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Always worth it
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Sun 19th Mar 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
18 | ★★★ The Eternity | 22m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Always a pleasure
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Thu 15th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Birdsnest Area | ||||||
17 | ★ Currawongs & Chocolate Cakes | 18m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Didn't realise id already done this
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Sat 10th Dec 2022 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
The Lighthouse Centurion Area | ||||||
15 | ★★ Impact Zone | 10m | ★ Good | |||
Warm up lap
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16 | ★★ Centurion | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sun 20th Nov 2022 - The Cathedral | ||||||
Main Crag | ||||||
17 | ★★ Ozone Action | 20m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Nice warmup as a sport route.
If led only on the bolts (including clipping one bolt from the offshoot left which can be reached very easily) its a bold but not unsafe sport climb. The nerviest bit was actually just getting to the first without stick clipping it. Perhaps the description should be updated, as it is definitely reasonable but not mandatory to place any gear. |
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Fri 11th Nov 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Ben Trovato Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Colosseum Corner | 78m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Thought I'd been up before, until i realised i remembered nothing of the top pitches.
Honestly the first pitch is mega, but the top pitches are really dirty and quite vegetated. Quite the adventure and still worth doing to the top. Seconded the first pitch, which id led before. Led the second 19. Ran out of gear, so didn't link the final pitch. Also didn't like the carrots in that anchor, so belayed from the rings out right. All and all a bit of an epic, but that's why we're here. |
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Sat 17th Sep 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall | ||||||
16 | ★★ Gold Star Pitch 1 | 30m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
A lovely pitch, was planning on the top pitch too, but rain got us
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Sat 17th Sep 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Spoilt Brats Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★★ Spoilt Brats and Gash Attacks | 57m, 10 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Once more to clean
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21 | ★★★ Spoilt Brats and Gash Attacks | 57m, 10 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Came back to free it. Such a pleasure through beautiful 3D climbing.
Its definitely a sport route, there is no runout on the flake, and anyway, who wants to place gear on layback.
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Sat 17th Sep 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Walk-Down Gully | ||||||
16 | ★★★ The Gates of Janus | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Beautiful little line. I always forget how nervy the bulge is.
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Fri 26th Aug 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Slape Area | ||||||
16 | ★★★ The Spartan | 50m, 4 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Always expect this to be az walk. It isn't. But it is a classic
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Fri 26th Aug 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area | ||||||
19 | ★★ Foreword | 69m | ★★ Very Good | |||
P1
Quite exciting and harder than it looks.
Very smeary, and it's not over once you step around.
Went up and placed high gear then led it clean, might be back to improve my style and to do the top pitches
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Sat 6th Aug 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Memory Lane | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Interstate 31 | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Pure class as always.
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Wed 13th Jul 2022 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
13 | ★★ Clockwork Orange Corner | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Thought provoking still
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12 | ★ Witches Cauldron Pitch 1 | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Big blocky and intersting at the grade
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18 | ★★ Gladiator | 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Brilliant jamming for days
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21 | ★★★ Conquistador | 45m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Managed to squeeze it in as the sun set. What a view and what a climb. Flawless.
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Tue 12th Jul 2022 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
20 | ★★★ Devils Dihedral | 45m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Finally came for the lead. It took an age, bit finally i was clean on the top.
Exhausting but brilliant
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17 16 | ★★ Micron | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Lovely moves and lots of nuts
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18 | ★★ Elastic RURP | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Hero climbing through easy but really exposed positions
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Mon 11th Jul 2022 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
East of the access track | ||||||
16 | ★★ Materialistic Prostitution | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Good jamming
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Fri 8th Jul 2022 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
6 | ★ Saturday Afternoon Walk | 15m | Don't Bother | |||
Not a 6 but still a bit of a dawdle up to get to the ledge
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Thu 26th May 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Hornes Point | ||||||
14 | ★ Yellow Crack | 25m | ★ Good | |||
Better and harder than i remember. But the choss really does reduce the quality
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Thu 19th May 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Memory Lane | ||||||
18 | ★★★ The 80 Minute Hour | 30m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | |||
A really nice little clim. I expected a dawdle, but the start and the stepover were more intense than i expected, young me was pretty brave for how weak he was.
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Thu 19th May 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County The 39 Steps | ||||||
19 | ★★ I'd Rather Be Sailing | 28m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | |||
A really nice lead, great rock and moves, but i'll never understand the bolting or grade.
The only supplementary gear that would actually be useful consists of two #4 cams. But either way theres a couple of spots where a fall would drop you on a small ledge before falling onto a bolt a meter below. With the addition of two or three bolts it would be well protected sport. As is its just runout sport, but not a real mixed route. As for the grade, theres no way the boulder goes at 19, its about 22. If you aid past then its probably only 17/18 from there. So how do you grade it? "17R Sport Batman start" might be fair, but it seems ridiculous. |
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Wed 20th Apr 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Moby Dick Pinnacle | ||||||
18 | ★★ Hyaena | 16m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Amnesia onsight.
A great line and a hard move or two of powerful jamming. Good stuff.
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18 | ★★ Hyaena | 16m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Another lap
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17 | ★★ Moby Dick | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
After falling on two previous trips it was nice for this to feel very chill, all fell into place and i walked it.
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Tue 19th Apr 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae House of Atreus | ||||||
17 | ★★ Surface To Air | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
A run up it to show claire. Lovely jugging, just gotta keep on trucking.
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Sun 10th Apr 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★★ Tannin | 35m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Always a pleasure, one of my all time favourites
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Sun 10th Apr 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
13 | ★★ Horn Piece | 33m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Lovely at the grade, did it to get to tanin
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Fri 8th Apr 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Right Minstrel Pinnacle | ||||||
20 20 R | ★ Scourge | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Quite sustained and interesting start yields to a nice headwall.
Gear was fine, just a little wiggly. I missed the onsight because i didnt want to move far above a tiny nut, shouldve just kept it together. |
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Fri 8th Apr 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
King Rat Area King Rat Gully Left Fork | ||||||
15 | ★ Scylla | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Apparently ive done this before, but lets call it an amnesia onsight.
A lovely finger crack with nice bridging.
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Thu 7th Apr 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Gully Organ Pipes Gully Right Side | ||||||
19 | ★★★ Lemmington | 30m | ★★★ Classic | |||
A bit spicy at the top, definitely not what i remembered from years ago, but excellent moves and position.
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Sat 18th Dec 2021 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
Seaside Windjammer Wall | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Grey Mist | 30m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Always a winner
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16 | ★★ Man Overboard | 26m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Speed run to get out before the 830 curfew. 7 minutes to top rope it
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Sat 18th Dec 2021 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
The Lighthouse Centurion Area | ||||||
15 | ★★ Impact Zone | 10m | ★ Good | |||
Nice jamming as always
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Thu 28th Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Psychopath | 28m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Again and always a pleasure
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Thu 28th Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Janicepts Area | ||||||
21 | ★★★ The Janicepts | 27m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Finally it goes down. Still a struggle, but never bored of working this one. I'll be back for laps.
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Sun 24th Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall | ||||||
22 |
★★★ Shock And Awe
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75m
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3
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Came back to clean up the top pitch, so much glorious air. Incredible location. Next time i'll be back for the whole deal.
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Fri 22nd Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Fire Bug | 63m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Finally got back to do the final pitch clean. Still a little strenous to be honest. But it went down without too much fuss.
The first two pitches remain some of the best introductory jam climbing in the mountains, with good jams surrounded by good feet and some jugs. A great place to learn, and the top pitch is a great test at the grade.
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Thu 7th Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Flake Crack | 53m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
again of course
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15 | ★★ Hope | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
A perfect teaching route.
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21 | ★★ Traverse of the Gods Direct Start | 25m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Slipped off the tricky opening sequence, then it went fine the second go, cool traverse and an easy finish
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Fri 24th Sep 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
18 | ★★★ The Eternity | 22m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
I would do this route every day for a warmup and never get bored.
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Sun 22nd Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area | ||||||
22 | ★★★ On Edge | 28m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Got it! Great moves and a delicate crux. Keeps you on your toes.
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17 | ★★★ Flake Crack | 53m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Never wasted time when you're on flake crack.
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15 | ★★ Hope | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice chill warm up to put a rope for others.
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Tue 13th Jul 2021 - Watagans | ||||||
Monkey Face Middle Crag | ||||||
20 | ★★ Colour Card | 16m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Went nicely this time as expected.
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Mon 12th Jul 2021 - Watagans | ||||||
Monkey Face Turkey Walls | ||||||
19 | ★★ Bereska | 18m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Went back for the send. Still pumpy but it went well
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Sat 24th Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Psychopath | 28m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Always charming
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Fri 23rd Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area | ||||||
15 | ★★★ Tombstone Wall | 30m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Intense start for the grade.
Historical logging
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Fri 23rd Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Thruxton | 57m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Maybe pumpier than the 21. But it went fine
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Thu 15th Apr 2021 - Arapiles | ||||||
Fang Buttress and Surrounds Major Mitchell Gully Morfydd Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★★ Morfydd | 30m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Finally
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Mon 12th Apr 2021 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae Muldoon Area | ||||||
13 | ★★★ Muldoon | 42m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
10 | ★ Clytemnaestra Buttress | 45m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Mon 12th Apr 2021 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
11 | ★★ Didgeridoo | 35m | ★★ Very Good | |||
13 | ★★ Horn Piece | 33m | ★★★ Classic | |||
8 | ★★ Diapason | 55m | ★ Good | |||
9 | ★ Keyboard | 25m | ★ Good | |||
9 | ★★ Conifer Crack | 80m | Average | |||
10 | ★★ D Major | 50m | Average | |||
11 | ★★ Piccolo | 33m | ★ Good | |||
Sun 11th Apr 2021 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face | ||||||
18 | ★★★ Skink | 110m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Had to pitch it as i ran out of draws. should be a 2pitch
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Wed 7th Apr 2021 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face | ||||||
16 | ★★★ Watchtower Crack | 95m, 3 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
always a charm
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Wed 7th Apr 2021 - Arapiles | ||||||
Colosseum Wall Area Colosseum Wall | ||||||
18 | ★★ The Rack | 13m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Nice, classic thin hands
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20 | ★★ Christian Crack | 13m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Worked out the beta, went second go
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Fri 5th Feb 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Ikara, Victorialand, Odin Head, Thor Head Ikara Head | ||||||
20 | ★★★ Caladan | 32m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Went back for it and it didnt disapoint
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