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Sun 11th Jun 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Bluffs Flinders Lane Area | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Scorpion Corner - with Stepan | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Did it on my own gear that I'd just put in
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Sun 21st May 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Far North Upper Curtain Wall | ||||||
24 R | ★★★ Terminal Drive — 2 attempts - with Nick Murphy | 30m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Mega classic. Rapped in and put the gear in on account of being old and scared and frankly, intimidated by the route description.
Turns out it's really well protected everywhere with normal gear ... except for the slab which is really well protected by firstly a black TCU, then the crucial pink, and bomber pink TCU. A bit of everything - a crack, a slab, some weird blocky Arapilesian stuff and of course the crux-y roof to finish. Ended up doing it clean twice - blew it off the deck with cold fingers then out of the roof like everyone seems to on the first shot, then all good after that. Grade is fair. |
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Sat 20th May 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Far North Upper Curtain Wall | ||||||
26 | ★★★ Drama Queen — 3 attempts - with Nick Murphy | 25m, 7 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Really cool, technical route. 2nd day, 6 shots total. Nearly blew it up high in the "easy" section 4 separate times. Very marginal ascent but I'll take it
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Thu 6th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Northern Group High Dive Gully | ||||||
28 | ★★★ Lats in the Belfry — 4 attempts - with Lucas Marie, ellen, Mikey Musch | 20m, 2 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Finally.
27 year odyssey comes to an end. Super happy to tick my hardest route ever after turning 50, albeit after building a replica in my garage. Awesome route but super marginal for me. 4th shot today, maybe 9-10 days all up over the years ... Nearly fell off getting into Cellular - had to rest with a forearm bar at the top for a few minutes before attempting the mantle in light rain ! Happy days ... a big deal for me. |
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Sat 17th Dec 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Northern Group Kachoong Area | ||||||
21 Easy | ★★★ Kachoong - with Mikey Musch, Chris Fox, Bodin Pollard, Damien Lees | 25m, 1 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Unexpectedly had to do this to retrieve the gear we had in for Bo's attempt. Shame the roof isn't longer, by far the best part. Lip move felt harder than previous attempts
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Thu 15th Dec 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Kitten Wall Area Tjuringa Wall | ||||||
24 Hard | ★★★ Common Knowledge — 2 attempts - with Mikey Musch, Chris Fox | 35m, 1 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
My current all time favourite route at Arapiles. One more TR shot to figure out the crux then sent on first RP attempt. Done in one pitch - solid 24 but no harder once you know how
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