Ascents as Onsight, Greenpoint onsight or Onsight solo as trad by Terry Svingen

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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality
Sat 26th May 2007 - Mt Maroon
Viewpoint Buttress
	17	★ On Safari P2	Trad 36m	Average
1st half is crap, 2nd half is good.
Sat 21st Apr 2007 - Mt Beerwah
Wayne's World
	13	★ Megga Happy Ending	Trad 25m	★ Good
Fun roof.
Sun 7th Jan 2007 - Mt Beerwah
Short Cool Ones Wall
	16	★ Guillotine	Mixed trad 15m, 3	★ Good
Probably 16. Quite enjoyable.
Mon 25th Dec 2006 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Giggles Wall
	9	Rickapoodle	Trad 30m	Average
Why not...
Sun 10th Dec 2006 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle
	14	★★ D Minor	Trad 35m	★★★ Classic
alternate with Alex
Sun 13th Aug 2006 - Mt Maroon
The Insignificant Cliff
	13	Google	Trad 35m	Average
to top
Sun 18th Jun 2006 - Mt Maroon
North West Columns Legoland
	15	★★ Holocaust	Trad 28m	★★ Very Good
Thought I did an onsight FFA, but turned out Rick White went up there some 30-odd years ago.
Mon 12th Jun 2006 - Mt Maroon
Viewpoint Buttress
	16 15	★ Mettiste	Trad 60m	★ Good
The first hand crack is actually quite good.
Sun 28th May 2006 - Mt Maroon
North West Columns Legoland
	10	Peenus Weenus	Trad 10m	Average
Not the greatest.
Sat 20th May 2006 - Mt Barney
Leaning Peak
	5 5 R	★★★ Short Leaning Peak Ridge (Leaning Peak Ridge)	Trad 600m	★★★ Mega Classic
What a super-great hard bushwalk. 9hrs return. You need 50m rope to rap off end, otherwise only option is walking back the same way.
Sun 7th May 2006 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
	15 15 R	Let it Bleed	Trad 25m	Crap
"Let it be forgotten"...Couldn't agree more. Continued on towards top, making it a 45m climb.
Sun 19th Mar 2006 - Mt Maroon
The Breadloaf
	17	★★ Bread And Jam	Trad 18m	★★ Very Good
An off-hand jam test-piece. Reminiscent of Choc.-Watcband crux.
	10	Bread And Butter	Trad 12m	Crap
Have to be pretty desperate to climb skank like this
Sun 29th Jan 2006 - Mt Tibrogargan
Desperation Wall
	4 8	★ Prometheus I	Trad 120m	Average
not a bad outing
Sat 29th Oct 2005 - Mt Beerwah
Short Cool Ones Wall
	15	Jury's Out	Trad 25m	Average
Thin starts, easy finish.
	14 16	★ Proven Guilty (PG) (Proven Guilty)	Mixed trad 100m, 2	★★ Very Good
Did it in one long pitch.
	8	Acquitted	Trad 30m	Average
Easy climbing, but no gear until 10m.
	15	Jury's Out	Trad 25m	Average
Thin start, easy finish.
Sun 23rd Oct 2005 - Mt Maroon
Maggie's Farm Baby Buttress
	10	Devils Hole Centre	Trad 25m	Average
A bit dirty and grunty.
Sun 23rd Oct 2005 - Mt Maroon
Maggie's Farm Mank Buttress
	10	Clit Crack	Trad 15m	Crap
You must be silly to climb utter skank like this....
Sun 23rd Oct 2005 - Mt Maroon
Maggie's Farm Baby Buttress
	16	★ The Neb	Trad 10m	★★ Very Good
Short, but fun.
Sun 2nd Oct 2005 - Mt Maroon
Viewpoint Buttress
	16	★★ No Thought For Tomorrow	Trad 25m	★★ Very Good
clean face climbing
	17	★★ Big Mac	Trad 30m	★ Good
Interesting exit with much loose stuff. Should be rather clean now though
Sat 24th Sep 2005 - Mt Maroon
East Face
	15	★ Deception II	Trad 230m	★ Good
lead all pitches
Sun 28th Aug 2005 - Mt Maroon
Maggie's Farm Temple of Golgotha
	17	★ File Direct	Trad 10m	★ Good
Sun 1st May 2005 - Mt Beerwah
Short Cool Ones Wall
	10	Avenger	Trad 80m	Average
With Mark. P1 run-out, clean rock. P2 run-out lots of loose rock! Mark P1, me P2.
	15	Mistaken Identity	Trad 15m	Average
Similar to Barracuda. No pro 1st half.
Sat 5th Mar 2005 - Mt Beerwah
Short Cool Ones Wall
	15	★ Barracuda	Trad 15m	★ Good
No pro to talk about. A head-game mini-route.
	12	I'll Think Of Something	Trad 25m	Average
I thought of something too!
Thu 3rd Mar 2005 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
	16 17	★★ Blood, Sweat and Tears	Trad 40m	★★ Very Good
Slightly tough at 15, but not too bad. Great pro!
Tue 11th Jan 2005 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	18	Arknamton 2	Trad 30m	Average
Quite grotty with one reasonable jamB-section.
Sun 2nd Jan 2005 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	15	★ Frog Art	Trad 10m	★ Good
Easy, pleasent face-work.
	14	★ Mr Bojangles VF	Trad 7m	★ Good
Better than DF.
Sun 19th Dec 2004 - Mt Beerwah
Short Cool Ones Wall
	11	★ Order In The Court	Trad 25m	★ Good
Make you think ever so slightly.
	10	★ What A Dish	Trad 25m	Average
not much to say about this one. pretty straight forward.
Sat 23rd Oct 2004 - Mt Maroon
East Face
	15 16	★★★ Ruby Of India	Trad 210m	★★★ Classic
Classic at the grade, disregarding first 2 pitches.
Sat 2nd Oct 2004 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
	18	★ Noose	Trad 22m	★ Good
Top is easier than it looks.
Sun 15th Aug 2004 - Mt Maroon
Viewpoint Buttress
	16 17	★ Rocks Of Honey	Trad 60m	★★ Very Good
Some interesting moves on this one.
Sat 17th Jul 2004 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
	16	★ Castor	Trad 22m	★ Good
Great start, then awful off-width
Sat 17th Jul 2004 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	18	★ Ethicmans Dilemma	Trad 22m	★★ Very Good
Challenging crux-section. Solid at 16!
Sun 4th Jul 2004 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	14 14 R	Arknamton 1	Trad 30m	Average
Interesting 1st half, dirty 2nd half.
	12	Lape	Trad 27m	Average
	17	Canned Heat	Trad 20m	★ Good
Good pro. Unfortunately a bit dirty. Don't think many ventures up this one.
Fri 25th Jun 2004 - Mt Maroon
Viewpoint Buttress
	16 15	★★ Panic Run	Trad 50m	★ Good
Not bad.
Sun 20th Jun 2004 - Kangaroo Point
Right Main Wall
	12	Hernia	Trad 10m	Don't Bother
3 moves of clean climbing.
Thu 10th Jun 2004 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	17 19	★ Cold Turkey	Trad 27m	Average
A sandbag! More like 17, this overhanging off-width with minimal pro.
Sat 5th Jun 2004 - Mt Tibrogargan
Summit Caves
	9	Hercules	Trad 30m	Average
Ground-fall territory!
Sun 23rd May 2004 - Mt Tibrogargan
Desperation Wall
	9	Keloid	Trad 45m	Average
Sketchy rock, run-out and a bit dirty.
	11	★ Black Orpheus Variant	Trad 35m	★ Good
A bit harder than its namesake.
Mon 3rd May 2004 - Kangaroo Point
Nursery Cliffs
	18	Climb Ten ((Nursery) Climb 5)	Trad 10m	★ Good
Good fun, but an awkwardly placed FH.
Sat 1st May 2004 - Mt Tibrogargan
Summit Caves
	13	Juno	Trad 30m	★ Good
Interesting enough.
Sat 1st May 2004 - Mt Tibrogargan
Desperation Wall
	8 10	★ Orpheus	Trad 150m	★ Good
Not as good as BO. Did it in 4 pitches.
Sun 25th Apr 2004 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
	17	★ Liquid Laughter Layback	Trad 38m	★ Good
better than I thought it would be
Sun 11th Apr 2004 - Mt Tibrogargan
Desperation Wall
	10	★★ Black Orpheus	Trad 140m	★★★ Classic
Did it in 3 pitches: Pitch 1 - 55m (onsight); Pitch 2 - 30m (onsight solo); Pitch 3 - 60m (onsight).
Sat 10th Apr 2004 - Kangaroo Point
Right Main Wall
	8	Cox's Corner	Trad 10m	Crap
got to be tick-horny to consider doing this one (sigh)
Sun 28th Mar 2004 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	16	★★ Night Flight to Venus	Trad 12m	★★ Very Good
With more traffic, this climb would clean up to be very sweet.
Sat 27th Mar 2004 - Kangaroo Point
Nursery Cliffs
	12	Climb Seven ((Nursery) Climb 8)	Trad 10m	Average
	17	Climb Fourteen ((Nursery) Climb 1)	Trad 10m	Average
	13	Climb Four ((Nursery) Climb 11)	Trad 10m	Average
	8	Climb Eight ((Nursery) Climb 7)	Trad 10m	Average
Sun 29th Feb 2004 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	17 16	★★ Micron	Trad 20m	★★ Very Good
Soft at 19! Probably a 17. But still, very nice climbing.
Sun 15th Feb 2004 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
	14	Moll	Trad 25m	Don't Bother
Easy climbing spiced up with insanely many loose boulders ready to flatten someone.
Mon 26th Jan 2004 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	10	Strawberry Alarm-clock	Trad 20m	★ Good
Had to be done sooner or later.
Mon 12th Jan 2004 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	16	★★★ Satan's Smokestack	Trad 40m	★★★ Classic
If you like chimneys, this one's as good as it gets.
Fri 9th Jan 2004 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	15	★ Bad Company	Trad 20m	★★ Very Good
Enjoyable.
2004 - Mt Maroon
Egg Rock
	10	Poached	Trad 12m	Don't Bother
Mon 29th Dec 2003 - The Parrot Shelf Cliffs
	16	★ Indigo	Trad 12m	★★ Very Good
Lots of variation.
	15	★ Open Cut	Trad 12m	★★ Very Good
A couple of interesting moves.
	14	★ Octopussy	Trad 12m	★★ Very Good
Very tight.
Sun 9th Nov 2003 - Coomba Falls
Below the Waterfall Maiden Wing
	9	Birthday Girl	Trad 12m	★ Good
one micro-nut
Sat 1st Nov 2003 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	15 13	★ Mr. Bojangles	Trad 15m	★ Good
Lots of gear for the nervous leader.
	15	★ Uriah Heep	Trad 12m	★ Good
Your eyes may decieve you.
Tue 21st Oct 2003 - Kangaroo Point
Nursery Cliffs
	18 18 R	★ Climb Five ((Nursery) Climb 10)	Trad 10m	★ Good
A BR protects slippery crux.
Sat 11th Oct 2003 - Mt Maroon
Virgin's Window Buttress
	14 15	Muff Dive	Trad 20m	★ Good
Interesting.
Sat 6th Sep 2003 - Mt Maroon
Viewpoint Buttress
	14 15	★ Bailliere	Trad 36m	★★★ Classic
Awkward off-width start, then it just got better.
Sat 30th Aug 2003 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
	16	★ Winston Alley	Trad 10m	★ Good
Interesting bridging to start off. Offers good pro.
Sun 10th Aug 2003 - Mt Maroon
Virgin's Window Buttress
	16	★★ Jezebel	Trad 17m	★★★ Classic
Sweet as sweet can be!
Sat 28th Jun 2003 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	11	Rhyolite Fruit	Trad 13m	★ Good
Maybe not 9, but still easy and fairly nice.
	16 16/17	Wasp Nest (Wasp)	Trad 6m	Don't Bother
Felt very easy, so I might have been off route again!
	15	★ Illusion	Trad 23m	★ Good
A couple of gutsy moves for 14, otherwise pretty good.
	12	★ Witches Cauldron Pitch 2 (Witches Cauldron)	Trad 18m	★ Good
2nd pitch offers the hard work.
	12	★ Witches Cauldron Pitch 1	Trad 12m	★ Good
clean
Sun 15th Jun 2003 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	7	Leprechaun	Trad 20m	Average
Nice start, then it turns a bit dirty. Watch out for loose rock.
Sun 8th Jun 2003 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	16	★ Rack Attack	Trad 12m	★★ Very Good
Once you get there, it's a nice climb. Getting there.....yuck!! "it's raining rocks"
Sun 25th May 2003 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	14	★★ Faki	Trad 13m	★★ Very Good
Fakin beautiful. Finally found a perfect sized handcrack.
Sun 25th May 2003 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
	15	Pop-up Toaster	Trad 6m	Average
Too short. Can't see why this one isn't simply joined with PP!?
Sun 25th May 2003 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
	15	★ Bad Blues	Trad 22m	★ Good
Good for gear. Finally a soft Frog 15!
Fri 25th Apr 2003 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
	14	Grandma's Tonic (Gradmas Tonic)	Trad 18m	Don't Bother
A bit dirty and awkward.
	13	★ Tardis	Trad 10m	★ Good
A sharp little climb.
	16	Dunston	Trad 12m	★ Good
Awesome layback up to offensive bulge. From here on the climb deteriorates.
Sun 20th Apr 2003 - Brooyar
Eagle's Nest
	14	Lilliputian	Trad 6m	Average
Slightly bold, but an easy climb. Rock very rough on the fingers!
	17	★ The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill	Trad 8m	★★ Very Good
A little beauty.
Fri 18th Apr 2003 - Kangaroo Point
Right Main Wall
	10	Slippery Dip	Trad 14m	Crap
Maybe worth while if there were rap-chains at top.
Sat 5th Apr 2003 - Darlington
Pyramid Boulder
	16	Pogue Mahone	Mixed trad 12m, 1	★ Good
Extremely good friction up the slab.
Sat 5th Apr 2003 - Darlington
Deception Area
	16	★ Fist Full of Friends	Trad 11m	★ Good
Good crack, but rough on the hands.
Fri 4th Apr 2003 - Churchman's Brook
Lost Arrow Area
	10	Forty Four	Trad 20m	Don't Bother
Dirty, not very nice.
Fri 4th Apr 2003 - Churchman's Brook
The Super Slab
	10	★ Caledonian Way	Trad 27m	Average
A bit run out, but easy going.
Fri 4th Apr 2003 - Churchman's Brook
Lost Arrow Area
	15	★ Lost Arrow	Trad 12m	★★ Very Good
Nice crack, good for pro.
Sat 8th Mar 2003 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
	15	★ Iron Butterfly	Trad 28m	★ Good
The first 10m offers good crack climbing. Unfortunately the climb deteriorates a bit at the top end. Came very close to a fall off the crux.
	10	★ Sunday Afternoon Walk	Trad 12m	Average
Very easy and lots of pro.

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