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| Fri 19th Apr 2024 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | ||||||
| 19 R |
★★ Wall of the Afternoon Sun
| 140m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Had been on the hit list for 35 years.
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| Thu 18th Apr 2024 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Gully Organ Pipes Gully Left Side Frenzy Pinnacle | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Dude Boobs
| 15m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Good rock. Crux took some thought.
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| Thu 18th Apr 2024 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Central Gully Upper Central Gully Garden Wall | ||||||
| 14 |
Pitchfork
| 40m | Average | |||
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One or two good moves only.
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| 14 |
Wild Mountain Sage
| 29m | Don't Bother | |||
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Too much suspect rock for my liking.
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| 14 |
★ Wild Mountain Thyme
| 30m | ★ Good | |||
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Nice climbing all the way.
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| 18 |
★ Pet Parsley
| 30m, 1 | ★ Good | |||
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Fingery fun.
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| 18 |
★ Brown Thumb
| 15m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
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Start steeper and less juggy than it looks.
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| Wed 17th Apr 2024 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Bushranger Bluff Back Wall | ||||||
| 6 |
★ Cartridge Wall
| 10m | ★ Good | |||
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Juggy fun.
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| Mon 15th Apr 2024 - Granite Island | ||||||
| Lead Climbing | ||||||
| 10 |
★ Ciguatera
| 18m | ★ Good | |||
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Cams to #4 big enough.
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| Mon 1st Apr 2024 - Granite Island | ||||||
| Lead Climbing | ||||||
| 14 |
★ The Birthing Canal
| ★ Good | ||||
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Entertaining (to watch). Grade and quality hard to assign for this one.
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| Wed 13th Dec 2023 - Cape Willoughby | ||||||
| Easter Island wall | ||||||
| 13 |
The Screaming Abdabs
| 20m | Average | |||
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Okay but not the best climb in these parts.
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| Wed 13th Dec 2023 - Cape Willoughby | ||||||
| The wild west wall | ||||||
| 13 |
★ Clam chowder
| 17m | ★ Good | |||
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The wider cracks were drier.
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| Wed 13th Dec 2023 - Cape Willoughby | ||||||
| Rasta Rocks Rasta Rocks | ||||||
| 11 |
★ Slappin' the sea bass
| 11m | ★ Good | |||
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With the Reggae start. The cracks were dripping.
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| Sat 11th Nov 2023 - Morialta | ||||||
| The Boulder Bridge | ||||||
| 13 |
Quinx
| 18m | Average | |||
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Nice moves up the wall, particularly if it was dusted. The top is shamelessly contrived. Obviously, none of the rock here is untouched.
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| Mon 19th Jun 2023 - Moonarie | ||||||
| Lower Tiers Goat Crag | ||||||
| 16 |
★ Completely Straight
| 12m | ★ Good | |||
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Pretty tough on the black wall.
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| 13 |
★ The Goat Steps Out
| 10m | ★ Good | |||
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Couldn't face carrying the rack up for one brief session.
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| 19 |
★★ Grasshoppers United
| ★★ Very Good | ||||
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Good delicate finishing sequence.
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| Sun 18th Jun 2023 - Warren Gorge | ||||||
| 14 |
Yellow Bellied Rock Wannabes
| 15m | Average | |||
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Awkward in places but the gear is good.
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| Sun 7th May 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Central Gully Central Gully Left Wailing Wall | ||||||
| 12 |
Please Be Kind
| 20m | Don't Bother | |||
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Booty!
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| Sun 7th May 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Northern Group Harlequin Cracks Area | ||||||
| 16 |
★ Mr Hoppy
| 130m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Nice reachy, juggy crux.
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| Sat 6th May 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Tiptoe Ridge Area | ||||||
| 12 |
Moonlighting
| 40m | Don't Bother | |||
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Solid crux but too much scary rock above.
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| Sat 6th May 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face | ||||||
| 14 |
★★ Gecko / Salamander Link
| 100m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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Some delicate moments on Gecko.
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| Fri 5th May 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
| King Rat Area Lizard Procrastination Pinnacle | ||||||
| 7 |
★ Easy Lizard
| 50m | ★ Good | |||
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A rainy day climb.
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| Mon 21st Nov 2022 - Moonarie | ||||||
| Northern Group | ||||||
| 16 |
★★ 16 With a Bullet
| 50m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Unexpectedly, we found P1 to be the business.
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| Sun 20th Nov 2022 - Moonarie | ||||||
| The Ramparts | ||||||
| 14 |
Miles from Nowhere LHF
| Average | ||||
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Awkward through a bush but a worthwhile alt. finish.
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| Sat 19th Nov 2022 - Moonarie | ||||||
| Gargoyle Wall | ||||||
| 16 |
Practice with a View
| 35m | Average | |||
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Some brittle rock and an exciting finale.
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| Sun 24th Jul 2022 - Partacoona | ||||||
| 19 |
★ The Dance of Maya
| 15m | ★ Good | |||
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Still a brittle hold or two but the pro is good.
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| 16 |
★ A Handful of Beauty
| 18m | ★ Good | |||
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Tricky, start is steeper than it looks.
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| 13 |
★ Expired Macropod
| 18m | ★ Good | |||
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Well protected, pretty good climbing.
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| Sat 23rd Jul 2022 - Warren Gorge | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ Lepus Offus
| 15m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Tricky mid-section.
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| 10 |
Hoboken
| 14m | Average | |||
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Way easier than the '12' on the other side.
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| Sat 18th Jun 2022 - Onkaparinga | ||||||
| Top Cliff Bacchus Sector | ||||||
| 16 |
★ Rye Comment
| 22m, 1 | ★ Good | |||
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The crux would have been done before as an easy (too far L) version of Scotch Missed.
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| Sun 22nd May 2022 - Granite Island | ||||||
| Lead Climbing | ||||||
| 12 |
Million Dollar Crack
| 20m | Average | |||
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Gruesome.
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| 15 |
★★ Octopus's Garden
| 20m, 1 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Re-climbed. Now has a bolt and a lower grade.
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| Sat 14th May 2022 - Raetjen's Gap | ||||||
| Northen Side | ||||||
| 15 |
Lichen in Your Eye
| 5m | Average | |||
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Steep climbing on sharp, brittle rock.
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| Mon 18th Apr 2022 - Warren Gorge | ||||||
| 14 |
A Fearsome Beast
| 15m | Average | |||
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The upper bolts of Lucky Charm were very tempting.
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| 18 |
★ Pestilence
| 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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Quite a pumpy start.
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| 19 |
★★ Spanish Flea
| 15m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Good tricky start and technical higher up.
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| Sun 17th Apr 2022 - Moonarie | ||||||
| Jaffle Wall | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ Alien Country
| 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Had a crack leading but oozy in the morning sun.
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| Sun 17th Apr 2022 - Moonarie | ||||||
| Lower Tiers Goat Crag | ||||||
| 20 |
★★ Billy Bunter
| 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Precise moves to begin.
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| Sat 16th Apr 2022 - Moonarie | ||||||
| Great Wall Area | ||||||
| 16 |
★ Sorcerer's Apprentice
| 45m | ★ Good | |||
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Moments of excitement but good gear. P2 always nasty.
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| Fri 15th Apr 2022 - Moonarie | ||||||
| Lower Tiers Goat Crag | ||||||
| 20 |
★ Billy Bunter Right-hand Variant
| 16m | ★ Good | |||
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The direct finish is better.
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| 16 |
★★ Eloquent Desire
| ★ Good | ||||
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Set the tone for the trip - a partner who loves jamming.
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| Sat 9th Apr 2022 - Morialta | ||||||
| The Boulder Bridge | ||||||
| 15 |
★ Finish
| 19m | ★ Good | |||
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Almost certainly done previously. A 'good' for the slightly technical crux.
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| Thu 3rd Feb 2022 - The Bluff | ||||||
| Tai Chi Lychee Boulder | ||||||
| 8 |
The Pleasure Funnel
| 8m | Don't Bother | |||
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I'd remove 'pleasure' from the name.
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| Sat 27th Nov 2021 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | ||||||
| 16 |
★ Home of the Brave
| 140m | ★ Good | |||
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Only a taste of the first 2 pitches (long story). Tricky move on p4 (frazzled by then).
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| Sat 27th Nov 2021 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Wedding Tackle Area | ||||||
| 14 |
Lusts of the Flesh
| 14m | Average | |||
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Climbed well.
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| 10 |
Identifying Bill Clinton
| 12m | Average | |||
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Juggy fun.
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| 14 |
★ Carnal Intent
| 15m | ★ Good | |||
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Thought provoking.
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| Fri 26th Nov 2021 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Wedding Tackle Area | ||||||
| 16 |
Earthly Pleasures
| 15m | ★ Good | |||
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Pro looked a little fiddly.
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| 7 |
Spare Rib
| 30m | Average | |||
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Pleasant, low in the grade.
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| 13 |
Hillary's Dog
| 10m | Average | |||
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Fun bouldery start.
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| 16 |
Wedding Tackle
| 20m | Average | |||
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A bit ordinary.
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| Fri 26th Nov 2021 - Arapiles | ||||||
| The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Area Below Tiptoe Ridge | ||||||
| 4 |
No Charlie, It Wasn't
| 10m | Average | |||
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Sorely needed warm-up.
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| Mon 31st May 2021 - Mt Greenly | ||||||
| Northern group Western Side | ||||||
| 14 |
★ Choccy Bar Crack LHS
| 20m | ★ Good | |||
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Harder than it looks. Were going to stay out of CBC but bailed R at 6m.
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| 12 |
★★ Choccy bar crack
| 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Sequency at the top of the corner.
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| Mon 31st May 2021 - Mt Greenly | ||||||
| Car parks | ||||||
| 10 |
★ Dodgy Gardens!!
| 12m | Average | |||
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Wet lichen made it more interesting.
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| 4 |
Guns......Get Down!
| 10m | Don't Bother | |||
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With Mark and Deb.
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| Fri 30th Apr 2021 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Western Side Christmas Walls | ||||||
| 15 |
★ Swingtime
| 18m | Average | |||
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The start is the business.
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| 15 |
★ The Atlantic Wall
| 30m | ★ Good | |||
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Good if you avoid the widowmakers.
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| 6 |
Miss All Toes
| 30m | Average | |||
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Improves up high.
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| Thu 29th Apr 2021 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Bushranger Bluff Main Wall | ||||||
| 17 |
★ Kerfuffle
| 28m | Don't Bother | |||
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Unpleasant.
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| Wed 28th Apr 2021 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Bushranger Bluff Main Wall | ||||||
| 16 |
Fracas
| 28m | Average | |||
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Gear retrieval, quite fun.
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| Sat 17th Apr 2021 - Raetjen's Gap | ||||||
| Northen Side | ||||||
| 9 |
Hoary Zontal
| 9m | Don't Bother | |||
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Step onto the ground if it's all too intense!
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| 16 |
★ Mariah
| 6m | Average | |||
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Harder than it looks.
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| Wed 3rd Mar 2021 - Morialta | ||||||
| Milestone Buttress | ||||||
| 13 |
FA
Tragus
| 12m | Average | |||
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Contrived but fun enough. Grappling with the start is probably the crux.
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| Sat 13th Feb 2021 - Cleland | ||||||
| Bandicoot Buttress | ||||||
| 16 |
★ So Where Have All the Bandicoots Gone?
| 10m | Average | |||
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the opposed RPs placement up high will be interesting.
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| Wed 13th Jan 2021 - Morialta | ||||||
| The Boulder Bridge | ||||||
| 17 |
Plexas Direct Start
| 17m | ★ Good | |||
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Toproped by all of us years ago but I'm not aware of it being led until recently. The crux is interesting enough.
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| Mon 4th Jan 2021 - Morialta | ||||||
| Milestone Buttress | ||||||
| 6 |
Farewell Slab
| 15m | Don't Bother | |||
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Must have been feeling adventurous.
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| Fri 13th Nov 2020 - Morialta | ||||||
| Milestone Buttress | ||||||
| 17 |
FA
Mildly Stoned
| 12m | Average | |||
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A couple of OK moves. Have medium wires ready.
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| Mon 9th Nov 2020 - Morialta | ||||||
| Milestone Buttress | ||||||
| 16 |
Cantilever
| Don't Bother | ||||
| 18 |
★ Monkey
| Average | ||||
| Sat 7th Nov 2020 - Morialta | ||||||
| Milestone Buttress | ||||||
| 17 |
Rim With a View
| 11m | Average | |||
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Good finishing sequence if you avoid the rattly blocks.
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| 16 |
Zipper
| 12m | Average | |||
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Awkward moments.
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| 12 |
Bird's Nest Groove
| 12m | Average | |||
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Serious at the grade.
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| Thu 5th Nov 2020 - Morialta | ||||||
| Milestone Buttress | ||||||
| 17 |
Brewing Alternatives
| 11m | Average | |||
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The widowmakers were too much for me on the onsight. OK pro where you need it.
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| 11 |
Fragment
| 11m | Don't Bother | |||
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At least there's pro beneath the ceiling.
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| Tue 27th Oct 2020 - Morialta | ||||||
| Milestone Buttress | ||||||
| 13 |
Tender Hooks
| 12m | Don't Bother | |||
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Pretty wild.
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| 8 |
Building Blocks
| 11m | Average | |||
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Mostly OK rock, one of the better climbs here.
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| 11 |
The Doomed Sheoak
| 11m | Don't Bother | |||
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Shy on pro.
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| Sat 24th Oct 2020 - Morialta | ||||||
| Milestone Buttress | ||||||
| 16 |
Tripitaka
| 12m | Average | |||
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The top is steeper and better than it looks.
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| 8 |
Red Lucy
| 12m | Don't Bother | |||
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One okay move in the corner.
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| Sun 19th Jul 2020 - Moonarie | ||||||
| Lower Tiers Crocks Rocks | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ Crock it or Rock it
| 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Just a quick solo visit, another great looking wall.
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| Sat 18th Jul 2020 - Moonarie | ||||||
| Lower Tiers Woodwind Wall | ||||||
| 16 |
★ Feeling Ditsy
| 20m | ★ Good | |||
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Testing in places.
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| 17 |
★ Blowing out the Candles
| 14m | ★ Good | |||
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Nice lead by Paul G.
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| Sat 18th Jul 2020 - Moonarie | ||||||
| Lower Tiers Frannys Point | ||||||
| 12 |
★★ Sassafras Crack
| 22m | ★ Good | |||
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Fun start, good rock.
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| Sat 29th Feb 2020 - Onkaparinga | ||||||
| Turkey Wall | ||||||
| 17 |
FA
Snood
| 17m | Average | |||
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FRLA? A little cleaning was done. Rock was solid enough.
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| Sat 8th Feb 2020 - The Bluff | ||||||
| The Shaft Slabs | ||||||
| 17 |
★ A Longer, Harder Shaft
| 30m | ★ Good | |||
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P1. No harder than Shaft P1 but would need to be slabbing well to lead it.
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| Sun 1st Dec 2019 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Mitre Rock North Mitre | ||||||
| 6 |
★★ Exodus Scramble
| 38m | Don't Bother | |||
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Was almost blown off.
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| Sat 30th Nov 2019 - Arapiles | ||||||
| King Rat Area Bum Rocks | ||||||
| 13 |
Side Saddle Sally
| 15m | Don't Bother | |||
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Several scary flakes and blocks.
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| Sat 14th Sep 2019 - Reedy Creek | ||||||
| The Gallery | ||||||
| 15 |
FA
Le triomphe de l'homme sur la toilette
| 7m | Average | |||
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Good wire for the crux, reasonable rock.
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| 16 |
★ Slab and Tickle LHF
| 7m | ★ Good | |||
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Tried the onsight lead but decided to save my ankles for the City-Bay.
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| Sun 1st Sep 2019 - Moonarie | ||||||
| Lower Tiers Goat Crag | ||||||
| 17 |
★ The Love Goat
| 15m | ★ Good | |||
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Great rock, grade about right.
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| 12 |
★ Sagittarius
| 10m | ★ Good | |||
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Topo on p.214 of the new book is Nanny Go Home not Sagittarius.
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| Sat 31st Aug 2019 - Moonarie | ||||||
| Jaffle Wall | ||||||
| 17 |
★★ Captain Goodvibes
| 25m | ★ Good | |||
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Cosy in the cave, then it's time to leave.
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| Wed 7th Aug 2019 - Arapiles | ||||||
| King Rat Area King Rat Gully Marx Wall | ||||||
| 14 |
Chico
| 10m | Average | |||
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Went back to check something, had to do one more.
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| Wed 7th Aug 2019 - Arapiles | ||||||
| King Rat Area Bum Rocks | ||||||
| 11 |
★ Wash Your Hands
| 20m | ★ Good | |||
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Excellent rock.
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| Wed 7th Aug 2019 - Arapiles | ||||||
| Central Gully Central Gully Left Charity Buttress | ||||||
| 14 |
It Went
| 12m | Don't Bother | |||
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A little rattly block or two.
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| 13 |
It's A Goer
| 12m | Don't Bother | |||
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Some scary big blocks.
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| 9 |
Gaucherie
| 12m | Average | |||
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Took the thin crack on orange rock 1.5m L of Heatherbell.
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