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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Date
Trad
	14	★★★ Sweet Dreams - with Tim	Mixed trad 130m, 20	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Fri 26th Jun 2015
P1/2 - Onsite lead P3/4 - Onsite Lead P5 - 2nd clean P6 - Onsight lead - went left at top of corner to join 17. Full trad pitch.
	19	★★ Colosseum Corner - with Jonny	Trad 78m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Mon 25th Apr 2016
	17 19	★★ A bit of Everything - with Jonny	Trad 80m	Blue Mountains		Tue 26th Apr 2016
Hmmm. Got a bit lost and ended up (possibly) putting a variant route up with Jonny. 2nd pitch, start up but traverse right at break at around 4m through heavy choss and terrible gear (lol) to make a bolt and small cam belay a few metres into Thing 2 Pitch 2. Bit of an adventure! Blast up from there as a P3 (20).
Sport
	20	★★ Randy Rabbit Ridge - with Jonny 1	Sport 280m, 99	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Wed 27th Apr 2016
Awesome new addition to the pass. I'd personally say it's better than BBB, up there with HC. Some incredible, memorable pitches and a brilliant day out. On sighted evens and clean seconded the odds. Pack made the first few 2nds a bit stiff! Note to future climbers: The first few pitches had some chain link bolts and my clean nose Wild Country Helium biners didn't fit through them. Lucky we had some extenders and so threaded the slings through, otherwise we would have been pretty disappointed!
	23	★★★ The Mind Boggles - with Lucas C, Magdalena de la Torre, Mitch	Sport 40m, 18	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Sat 6th Apr 2019
Spectacular - A true mega-classic. **Take zero beta!!... The onsite experience, the journey and adventure is all part of the epicness on this one.
	21	★★ Mr Orange - with Jonny	Sport 38m, 17	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Thu 28th Apr 2016
	18	★★ Bellbird Wall - with Lucas C, Jimmy	Sport 100m, 16	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sun 29th Nov 2015
A starlight night ascent as a 3. Beautiful night with moonlit belays, a lightning storm to watch in the distance and some great climbing. Every pitch so different and so cool. Party climbing the 2nd pitch was a blast and laughing a lot as a sleep deprived, exhausted Lucas got totally lost leading the 3rd chimney/roof. F'n brilliant night and highly recommend the experience. P1 - me onsight lead, P2 - Jimmy (me 2nd clean), P3 - Lucas (me 2nd clean). Cheers boys!
	22	★★ Wake Up and Apologise - with Jonny	Sport 38m, 16	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Thu 28th Apr 2016
	19	★★ Stuck in the Middle with You - with Jonny	Sport 38m, 15	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Thu 28th Apr 2016
	20	★★ Bohemiath - with Jonny	Sport 37m, 14	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Thu 28th Apr 2016
	23	★★ Debris - with Mitch	Sport 51m, 13	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Tue 9th Apr 2019
The route I always gawped at in my very first guidebook 6 yrs ago - the position, the line, the grade etc. Today I got to climb it..a climbing milestone for me. Probably more 22 moves than 23 but with a fierce wind, some shady rock and all that exposure it didn't feel that easy! Sooo cool.
	23	★★ A Streaker Named Desire	Sport 25m, 13	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Tue 24th Jan 2017
	22	★★ Lardy Lady's Lats	Sport 25m, 13	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Tue 23rd Jun 2015
	22	★★ Lardy Lady's Lats	Sport 25m, 13	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sun 15th Jan 2017
Tougher than I remember. Reinforced an old dog rather than clean it up. Excellent.
	23	★★ A Streaker Named Desire	Sport 25m, 13	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Tue 24th Jan 2017
	23	★★ A Streaker Named Desire	Sport 25m, 13	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sun 15th Jan 2017
Thought I was on Language of Desire but it turns out I came onto this after the 3rd draw by accident. Still a great line.
	23	★★ A Streaker Named Desire	Sport 25m, 13	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Wed 18th Jan 2017
Did a 2nd lap coming onto it after the 3rd bolt still thinking it was Language of Desire until I took a real close look at the features on the topo.
	18	★★ Fake Blood	Sport 20m, 10	Blue Mountains		Sun 6th Oct 2013
Questioned ourself on the walk in - track pretty non existent so just keep going lol. Good warm up, pretty juggy.
	13	★ Pompadour - with Mik	Sport 15m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Tue 27th May 2014
Led with only 4 QDs to recover QDs from Sandwiches. A little scary climbed like that even though its easy.
	19	★★ Chip Off the Old Block	Sport 25m, 10	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Tue 30th Jun 2015
Off right end of block onto slab.
	22	★★ Pumpkin Puree	Sport 50m, 10	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Tue 30th Jun 2015
Hard start.
	22	★★★ Ricardo Lagos	Sport 20m, 9	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Tue 30th Jun 2015
Brilliant. Wish I had gone for the onsight.
	19	★ Pete Rhodes	Sport 25m, 9	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Tue 30th Jun 2015
Jeez. That's the hardest 19 I've ever done.
	18	★★ Jolly Good Fellow - with Lucas C	Sport 25m, 9	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Thu 5th May 2016
	21	★★ So, Said The King	Sport 20m, 9	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Thu 19th Jan 2017
	22	★★★ Ricardo Lagos - with Jonny	Sport 20m, 9	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Tue 26th Apr 2016
Can't call the insight as Seconded this as part of a two pitch wander 6 months ago or thereabouts. Sent first go though...lovely route.
	23	★★★ Legoland	Sport 25m, 9	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Wed 18th Jan 2017
2nd shot. Silly to miss the onsight.
	23	★★★ Legoland	Sport 25m, 9	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Mon 19th Dec 2016
Hung at crux after awkward clip. I didn't find the whole 'left traverse or direct' beta particularly useful. Went direct and it climbed well first burn, the left way was not for me. Horses for course I guess. Should get this 2nd shot.
	23	★ Bronze Bell - with Mathew from Mathew the Musical fame, Lewis Robson	Sport 18m, 9	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Wed 7th Nov 2018
Hard traverse, nice middle section, easy top. Nice route actually after that initial traverse!
	17	★ Burning Jowls	Sport 18m, 8	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sat 17th Aug 2013
	18 17	★ Burning Jowls - with Mik	Sport 18m, 8	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Tue 27th May 2014
	14	★★ Mañana - with Kellie	Sport 22m, 8	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 21st Jun 2015
	22	★★ Nylon Happy	Sport 20m, 8	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Thu 19th Jan 2017
	19	★★ Powerbra Rangers	Sport 23m, 8	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Thu 19th Jan 2017
	22	★★ Sister Rosa	Sport 18m, 8	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Tue 14th Jul 2015
I had to WORK for this. That start...and then the roof...really good route.
	24	★★★ La La Land	Sport 20m, 8	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sat 6th Apr 2019
Pumpy. Wasn't ultra inspired by the climbing.
	16	★ Karinya - with Boyd Robinson	Sport 25m, 7	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Thu 24th Sep 2015
Rpt.
	22	★★ Three Hour Commute - with Mathew from Mathew the Musical fame, Lewis Robson	Sport 17m, 7	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Wed 7th Nov 2018
Rpt. Surprised to get this clean in the state I was in. Better than I remembered - really quite a cool route.
	16	★ Karinya - with Tim G	Sport 25m, 7	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Sat 24th May 2014
	18	★ A Tale of Two Cities	Sport 12m, 7	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Tue 14th Jul 2015
	19	★★★ Electric Blue - with Boyd Robinson	Sport 35m, 7	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Thu 24th Sep 2015
A really enjoyable, thought provoking, wandering line. Didn't use gear for the start which livened things up! Bold run out.
	22	★★ Three Hour Commute	Sport 17m, 7	Blue Mountains		Tue 6th Dec 2016
	24	★★ Ten No Trumps	Sport 16m, 7	Blue Mountains		Tue 6th Dec 2016
Feel like I'm missing something through 4th - 5th bolt.
	18	★ The Bandoline Grip	Sport 18m, 6	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Sat 17th Aug 2013
	14	★ Up the Creek (Unknown 2)	Sport 15m, 6	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 13th Oct 2013
Such a cool route for beginners. Super fun.
	24	★★ Jaqueline Hyde	Sport 15m, 6	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 29th Jan 2017
Really sweet climb, love the shouldery tech slab to juggy roof and head wall.
	19	★★ Mike and Lorna go to Town - with Tim G	Sport 25m, 6	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Sat 24th May 2014
Was the day of the dog for me. Didn't need the 5 second hang at the upper crux so disappointed with myself really!
	24	★★ Wet Paint	Sport 16m, 6	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Tue 6th Dec 2016
Awesome route. It's all there..just need to piece it together. Spicy finish as well lol.
	23	★ Chook Lotto	Sport 15m, 6	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Thu 15th Dec 2016
What a crazy start. Must have tried it 5 different ways before just going for the dyno and sticking it 2nd shot. Thought the crux was over then entered the crimp fest on shredded fingers. Not smooth sailing. Lol.
	24	★★ Wet Paint	Sport 16m, 6	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Tue 6th Dec 2016
2nd burn.
	24	★★ Jaqueline Hyde	Sport 15m, 6	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 29th Jan 2017
Lap working out the moves.
	24	★★ Jaqueline Hyde	Sport 15m, 6	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 29th Jan 2017
Climbed through to the last draw but a few refinements needed to decrease the pump.
	24	★★ Wet Paint - with Mathew from Mathew the Musical fame, Lewis Robson	Sport 16m, 6	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Wed 7th Nov 2018
A very hungover affair. A fall from last hold of the crux, a hang and then clean to top.
	16 14	★ Ole Biscuit Barrel	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	Average	Sat 28th Sep 2013
Sandbag.
	17	★ Cardinal Fang	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	Average	Sat 28th Sep 2013
	14	★ Fucary Rug	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 13th Oct 2013
Climbing with 1st timer. Perfect beginner route Bolts are way back from the edge so best to take a fair bit of webbing or a few long slings (240s).
	19	★ Shadow the Goat	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 13th Oct 2013
	18	★ Death of the Moss Monster	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Sun 11th May 2014
	14	★ Fucary Rug	Sport 15m, 5	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 11th May 2014
	16	★★ The Sisters of Fatima	Sport 12m, 5	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 11th May 2014
Fun route.
	13	★ Trinity	Sport 18m, 5	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 15th Jan 2017
Putting top-rope up. Enjoyable climb.
	19	★ Absolute Zero	Sport 23m, 5	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Mon 8th Apr 2019
	18	★ Stormin Norman	Sport 12m, 4	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Mon 19th Dec 2016
Rpt lead clean.
	4	★ Kaboomba Brothers - with kellie	Sport 10m, 4	Blue Mountains		Sun 21st Jun 2015
Not a 4. More like a 10
	19	★ Little Diego - with Lucas	Sport 12m, 4	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Tue 14th Jul 2015
	21	★ Friendly Fire	Sport 12m, 4	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Tue 14th Jul 2015
	18	★ Stormin Norman (Stormin Normin)	Sport 12m, 4	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Tue 14th Jul 2015
	19	★ Water Resistance	Sport 20m, 4	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Sun 11th May 2014
One brief hang while working out route.
	12	★ Jug City	Sport 15m, 3	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sun 11th May 2014
Lead to set up for beginner to top rope.
	12	★ Jug City	Sport 15m, 3	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Mon 19th Dec 2016
Rpt. Up lead, down lead to retrieve all previous leader's gear.
	12	★ Jug City	Sport 15m, 3	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sun 13th Oct 2013
Climbing with 1st timer. Perfect beginner route. Anchor bolts are way back from the edge.
	12	★ Jug City	Sport 15m, 3	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Tue 14th Jul 2015
A little late night wine-happy fun.
	17	★ Ted Turd-Tossa - with Lucas	Sport 8m, 2	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Tue 14th Jul 2015
	20 19	★★ Mr Big	Sport 75m	Blue Mountains		Sat 5th Oct 2013
P1 - 2nd clean P2 - Onsight P3 - 2nd dog over the roof, fine from there on with 2nd rope trailing - wan't trail the whole rope again! Hard for grade at 19 though.
	10	★ Hesitation	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 13th Oct 2013
F-solo to set up top rope for my girlfriend's first outdoor climb.
	10	★ Hesitation	Sport 15m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 11th May 2014
Lead to set up for beginner to top rope.
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Lucas C	Sport 330m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Mon 20th Jul 2015
Wow, what a route. Hard to get a gauge on difficulty of P1 as seconded with the backpack but dogged the hell out of it and pulled a draw or two. The moves looked and felt more like a 23 to me. I took even leads and onsited all. Seconded all odds clean. Pitches 2, 6, 7 and 8 were INCREDIBLE. You shouldn't skip the last pitch either...was fun climbing if you ignore the bad rock quality!
	22	★★ The Sublime and the Beautiful - with Philbert Blue	Sport 75m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Thu 26th Nov 2015
Fantastic technical climbing. All pitches have their interest, pitch two totally kickass climbing, was gutted to fumble the feet and fall at the crux. Managed to complete from there though clean. Watch the rock quality (the classic blueys fake ironstone crumbly black jugs) at the top right of pitch 3 - finished the climb to anchors but went straight up for tree belay, hold snapped, 8-10m whipper easy! Haha. Exciting. P1 - me, onsight P2 - Phil, onsight P3 me, taking the onsight on that! Haha.
	19	★★★ Whymper - with Jonny	Sport 150m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Mon 25th Apr 2016
Rpt. Swinging leads. Lead all evens clean, seconded all odds clean. Still love this route.
	17	★ Good Fortune	Sport 18m	Blue Mountains		Sat 17th Aug 2013
	18	★★★ Bunny Bucket Buttress - with Seph+Sarah	Sport 270m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sat 7th Jan 2017
Rpt clean. Climbed as a 3 - 6.5hrs car to car. Led pitches 3 + 7. Sun on wall at 1330.
	19	★ 1800Traverse - with Lucas C, Magdalena de la Torre, Mitch	Sport 20m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Sat 6th Apr 2019
Rpt.
	18 19	★ Country Special	Sport 18m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sat 17th Aug 2013
Soft for grade. Nice little route.
	19	★★ Jack High	Sport 20m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sun 18th Aug 2013
Awesome route. Smeary with solid crimps.
	18	★★ Old Salt	Sport 18m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Sun 29th Sep 2013
	18	★★ Schwing (Schwing Pitch 1)	Sport 46m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 29th Sep 2013
	18	★★ Honey Rider	Sport 60m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Sat 5th Oct 2013
First multipitch so taking it easy... P1 - 2nd clean - bouldery start P2 - Onsight P3 - 2nd clean
	18 19	★★ The Rift	Sport 55m	Blue Mountains		Sun 6th Oct 2013
Climbed as a three: P1 - Lead onsight - bouldery start - funnest of the three pitches for me. P2 - 2nd clean P3 - 2nd clean Feel like P2 and P3 are soft at grade. Would be awesome as 1 pitch. Next time....
	19	★ Lonely Thursday	Sport 12m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 13th Oct 2013
	19	★★★ Whymper	Sport 150m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Mega Classic	Sat 19th Oct 2013
What an absolutely awesome route! Amazing exposure, fantastic 3rd pitch on arete, so much fun. P1 - Lead onsite P2 - 2nd clean P3 - Lead onsight - what an awesome pitch on arete - best pitch in the blueys I've climbed so far. P4 - 2nd dog up the roof with the backpack. P5 - Lead in the dusk - Thank f*k I packed the head-torch for the 2nd - Tim was climbing in the dark! Easy* walk out, great adventure.
	19	★★ Dirty Rotten Pig - with Tim G	Sport 130m	Blue Mountains	Average	Sat 23rd Nov 2013
2nd Pitch 1 and 3, lead 2 and 4. Nice approach. Rock is mainly just OK but great position, nice adventure all in all. 4th pitch still chossy and fragile - careful as you go.
	20	★ Nude Tuesday - with Mik	Sport 20m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Tue 27th May 2014
	18	★ The Answer is Obvious - with Mik	Sport 20m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Tue 27th May 2014
	18	★★★ Bunny Bucket Buttress - with Paul, Rian	Sport 270m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Fri 28th Nov 2014
Climbed in a 3. 7 hours car to car. Only lead pitches 2 and 8 as the others were once in a lifetime visitors so I gave them the pleasure of the good pitches.
	17	★ Once You Bolt Crack You Never Go Back	Sport 12m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Mon 8th Dec 2014
	19	★ Spook Eyes (Direct) - with kellie	Sport 8m	Blue Mountains	★★ Very Good	Sun 21st Jun 2015
Hard at 19 for face moves.
	20	★★ Radioactive Man - with kellie	Sport 12m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Sun 21st Jun 2015
	17	★ Stormy Monday	Sport 18m	Blue Mountains	★ Good	Wed 24th Jun 2015
	19	★★ Lardy Lady's Lats pitch 1	Sport 18m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Tue 23rd Jun 2015
	19	★★ The West Face of the Mirrorball 1 lead by Me 2 lead by Lucas 3 lead by Me 4 lead by Lucas	Sport 120m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Wed 15th Jul 2015
Nice little route on Pierces. Fun climbing and great cruxes on pitches one, two and four. P4 is pretty stiff for 18! Linked it with the fantastic Mirror ball (21) above to finish with a bang. Amazing.

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