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Thu 30th May 2024 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Grotto Boulders | ||||||
V5 | ★★ The Stoned Philosopher | 8m | ||||
Old FA. Pretty cool feature! Bring a right hamstring and a brush (if it hasnt been climbed on in a while)
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Tue 7th Nov 2023 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Hood Area | ||||||
29 | ★★★ Insane Funk and the Evil Grip (Link-up) - with Jason Capenecas | 20m | ||||
These links gave me more grief than I was expecting, pumpy dawgs without the funky kneebar
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Wed 1st Nov 2023 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Hood Area | ||||||
29 | ★★ Insanely Evil (link-up) - with Jason Capenecas | 20m | ||||
Pumpy dawg
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Fri 13th Oct 2023 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Hood Area | ||||||
28 | ★★ Insane in the brain | 20m | ||||
Sun 8th Oct 2023 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Moon Wall | ||||||
26 | ★★ Mephisto - with Jason Capenecas | 12m | ||||
Sun 20th Aug 2023 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
31 | ★★ Dedicated to Dude | 20m | ||||
Yay! Second session, but have spent 20+ working all the constituent parts
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Sat 12th Aug 2023 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
29 | ★★ Hopelessly Devoted To You - with danny | 18m | ||||
Such a sick route. 5th go over 2 sessions. That boulder up high is epic
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29 | ★★ Vogue - with danny | 12m | ||||
First 29 in a sesh 3rd go!! after doing hopelessly devoted!! So cool to finally get on this line and get it done with the quickness! No kneepad either 😉. 3rd PC 29 in the last week 🤯
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Sun 6th Aug 2023 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
29 | ★★★ Dude Food | 11m | ||||
Gud clime
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Sat 3rd Jun 2023 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Donutland Rightside | ||||||
25 | ★★ Caribbean Beat Master - with tomo | 20m | ||||
Super fun route! Would love to come back for the red point when we have more than a single rack. Had to get a little creative
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Sat 27th May 2023 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Grotto Proper | ||||||
26 | ★★ Sid Vicious | 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Super cool!
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Fri 31st Mar 2023 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Hood Area | ||||||
28 | ★★★ Evil E - with jamal | 20m | ||||
Classic!
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Sun 31st Jul 2022 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
27 | ★★★ Hard Candy | 18m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
That top boulder is all time! Did with the original beta because it’s rad! Luckily it went pretty quick. I could imagine falling off the top of this one for a while
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Sun 19th Jun 2022 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Gonads Wall | ||||||
22 | ★ Toboy The Eighth Man - with The360guide | 6m | ★ Good | |||
These are really fun! A little hard, but dont let that deter you
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22 | Prince Planet - with The360guide | 6m | ★ Good | |||
Sun 19th Jun 2022 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Hood Area | ||||||
27 | ★★★ Funky Gripsta - with The360guide | 20m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Finally got this thing done. Great climbing but not so great rock in the 1st half. Little harder since the hold broke, but still goes at about 27
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Sat 18th Jun 2022 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Iceman Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ The Dawes Solution LHS | 15m | ||||
This start makes this fantastic route more doable. Great climbing, nice and clean now too
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Sun 12th Jun 2022 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Donutland Rightside | ||||||
26 | ★★ Wolfgang Donut | 10m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Get on it. Such a good route
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Sat 11th Jun 2022 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Donutland Rightside | ||||||
20 | ★ Barbiturate Corner - with Zac Schofield | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
The immediate start is still soaked, but very climbable still. After that it’s classic laybacking and jamming
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28 | ★★★ Conehead & The Barbiturates - with Zac Schofield | 30m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
One of the best I have been on! Can’t believe how long it took me to get on it! 5th go across 2 sessions and 1st RP attempt. If only there were more lines up this incredible wall!
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Tue 1st Feb 2022 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Island DWS | ||||||
V0 | ★ Tailor - with Ari Landstra | 4m | ★ Good | |||
V0 | ★★ Back Face Traverse - with Ari Landstra | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
V2 | ★ Flounder - with Ari Landstra | 4m | ★ Good | |||
V0 | ★ Top lip traverse - with Ari Landstra | 8m | ★ Good | |||
V0 | ★★ Fish eye - with Ari Landstra | 4m | ★★ Very Good | |||
V1 | ★ Front face traverse - with Ari Landstra | 15m | ★ Good | |||
V1 | ★ Mullet - with Ari Landstra | 4m | ★ Good | |||
V1 | ★ Flathead - with Ari Landstra | 4m | ★ Good | |||
Sat 29th Jan 2022 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Donutland Rightside | ||||||
22 | ★ Johny Mantackle - with Zac Schofield | 15m | ★ Good | |||
cool climbing. Headwall was a little snappy
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22 | ★★ Johny Mantackle Right Hand Start - with Zac Schofield | 15m | ★ Good | |||
26 | ★★ Wolfgang Donut - with Zac Schofield | 10m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
just 2 goes. Got everything sorted apart from that final hard move
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20 | Saving Ryan's Privates - with Zac Schofield | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Wed 6th Oct 2021 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Grotto Proper | ||||||
21 | ★ Rodent From Rigel - with James benefer | 17m | ★ Good | |||
great fun!
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21 | ★★ Vermin From Venus Arete Variant Variant - with James benefer | 14m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Those part on times up are awesome!!
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21 | ★ Vermin From Venus Variant - with James benefer | 15m | ★ Good | |||
That other start was pretty nails. This traverse in was good
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18 | ★★ Love From The Planet Pulse - with James benefer | 20m | ★ Good | |||
Pleasant route
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Mon 9th Aug 2021 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Colosseum | ||||||
22 | ★ Fantastiffy | 11m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
hard finish. Just needed fresh fingers. Probably more like 24
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Mon 9th Aug 2021 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Donutland Leftside | ||||||
9 | ★ Blade Runner - with Sophia | 25m | ★ Good | |||
22 | ★★ Taste Of Mexican Meat - with Sophia | 18m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Still an excellent route! Great rock!
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12 | ★ Flake - with Sophia | 25m | ★ Good | |||
can be done as a sport route
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19 | ★ Hugging And Fucking - with Sophia | 12m | ||||
tricky small pockets over the rooflet
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13 | ★★ Blade Flake - with Sophia | 22m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
putting up the rope for Sophia, just as good as i remember it
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Sun 1st Aug 2021 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Colosseum | ||||||
22 | ★★ Wonderfully Wicked Women - with Carlos | 23m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Excellent! Sloper crux down low then great finger crack corner.
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25 | ★★ Seven Eleven - with Carlos | 11m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great route. Ended up using the crimp to the right. Super sustained. Get on it!
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23 | ★★ Chocolate Jollies - with Carlos | 11m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Superb route! Love your work Graeme Hill. Not even that hard for the grade.
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Sun 1st Aug 2021 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Grotto Proper | ||||||
22 | Sweet Thing - with Thomas Maxted | 10m | Average | |||
one hard rockover move a the lip
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24 | ★ Cacahouete In The Sky - with Thomas Maxted | 15m | Average | |||
pleasant climbing to the heinous mantle. Couldnt figure it out
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24 | ★★★ Zimbabalooba - with Thomas Maxted | 20m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
As good as I remember it!
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20 | ★ Tin Clouds - with Thomas Maxted | 25m | ★ Good | |||
TR'd from Zimbabaloobas anchors. Pretty nice climbing! Would be a bit scary putting gear next to that pillar. There is one carrot to avoid that, if i come back to lead it
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Wed 28th Jul 2021 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Grotto Proper | ||||||
25 | ★★★ Lipstick | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
An absolute hill gem!! Wouldn’t want to be much taller, only just fit in the kneebar. Second shot. Bring your thin hands jamming skills!
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Tue 6th Jul 2021 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Grotto Proper | ||||||
18 | ★ Pearced Anal Egg Roll - with Thomas Maxted | 14m | ★★ Very Good | |||
nice layback then finger jugs
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20 | ★ Stephanie Variant - with Thomas Maxted | 13m | Average | |||
21 | Curly Chickens Direct Finish - with Thomas Maxted | 12m | ||||
I think theres 4 climbs here in a 3 climb space
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19 | ★ Fizzbomb - with Thomas Maxted | 13m | ★ Good | |||
pleasant climbing
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21 | ★ Crunchy Chocolate - with Thomas Maxted | 13m | ★ Good | |||
20 | ★ Rockshox - with Thomas Maxted | 13m | ★ Good | |||
some oddly placed bolts.
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21 | ★ Escape Velocity - with Thomas Maxted | 12m | ★ Good | |||
awesome vgroove. Looks improbable, but isnt too bad
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22 | ★ Jim's Militia - with Thomas Maxted | 12m | ★ Good | |||
thin start
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22 | ★★ Suck a Cockatoo - with Thomas Maxted | 14m | ||||
cool techy start
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20 | ★ Curly Chickens Direct - with Thomas Maxted | 15m | ★ Good | |||
easier than it looks, but still not easy
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20 | ★★ Rite Of The Bolts - with Thomas Maxted | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Thu 27th May 2021 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Donutland Leftside | ||||||
23 | ★★★ Half A Cow - with Brinley Kettle | 17m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great route on perfect rock! many engaging funky moves
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Fri 21st May 2021 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
28 | ★★★ Meet The G - with ben, Charlie, C Bro | 17m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Wowsers!! What a route! 4 excellent and athletic boulder problems on a great angle!! Roughly 20 goes.
Not too sure what grade to give this, Its a joke that this and Brother are the same grade. Either it should go down, or this goes back up. Regardless of the grade its superb. Get on it!!! |
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Fri 14th May 2021 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Hood Area | ||||||
24 | ★★ Girls In The Hood | 8m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Hanging draws for Tom and Gino. Still a great route!
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Fri 14th May 2021 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Grotto Proper | ||||||
25 | Tipsy McStagger - with Gino Lagazio, Sophia, Thomas Maxted | 20m | Average | |||
cool moves. Was very dirty. Got all the moves, but didnt give another attempt as its mega sharp
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25 | ★★★ Going The Tonk With Zena - with Gino Lagazio, Sophia, Thomas Maxted | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Went easy as the warmup today. Fantastic route!!
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20 | ★★ Spinning Blades of Steel - with Gino Lagazio, Sophia, Thomas Maxted | 9m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Wed 28th Apr 2021 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Grotto Proper | ||||||
25 | ★★★ Going The Tonk With Zena - with Gino Lagazio | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Got all the moves first go. Will come back when it’s not 100% humidity
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24 | ★★ Abdulmajid - with Gino Lagazio | 22m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Second shot. Great route. Some dodgy looking flakes. Not quite as hard as I was expecting
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Tue 30th Mar 2021 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
25 | ★★ Squeeze The Trigger - with Zac Schofield | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Had wanted to try this thing for ages! Finally got on it today. Great route! Amazing technical roof climbing
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Tue 2nd Mar 2021 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
26 | ★★ Shocked - with Thomas Maxted | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
the warmup sends continue. Felt easy today
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Tue 15th Dec 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Grotto Proper | ||||||
24 | ★★ Sheriff Of Nothing - with James benefer | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Good route. Terrible conditions. Everything was soaked. Punchy start then cruisy to the end. Finish is better now that Owen ripped the block off a while back
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Wed 11th Nov 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Grotto Proper | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Amazon Queens Right Hand (flake) Variant - with Nathan Kenny | 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
warmup
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24 | ★★★ Belgian Tourists - with Nathan Kenny | 21m | ★★ Very Good | |||
sent it putting draws on today
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24 | ★★★ How Much Can A Koala Bear? - with Nathan Kenny | 25m | ★★★ Classic | |||
fitness lap
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Fri 6th Nov 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
26 | ★★ Gay Porn is Art - with Marek | 20m, 11 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Cleaned this up today. The start needed a few goes though. Great climbing!!
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Tue 3rd Nov 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
26 | ★★ Gay Porn is Art - with Max Gordon, Match, Nathan Eager | 20m, 11 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Couple of burns today. Sweet climb. Should go when fresh
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Mon 2nd Nov 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
26 | ★★★ Church Of Christ - with carlos | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Such a sweet powerful line!! Stoked to get this 4th burn today
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Sat 31st Oct 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
26 | ★★★ Church Of Christ | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
3rd session. End still feels hard, but getting higher and higher percentage. Taping up helps for the handjam rest!
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Tue 27th Oct 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
26 | ★★★ Church Of Christ - with Match, Nathan Eager, Emily Blackbourn | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
So hard but so good. Got all the moves but linking will be exciting
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25 | ★★★ Escape From the Drilling Fields - with Match, Nathan Eager, Emily Blackbourn | 20m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
warmup
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Tue 20th Oct 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
26 | ★★★ Church Of Christ | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
1st proper session. Managed to get all the moves. End cruxes are hard but awesome!! Linking will be powerful. Luckily there is a sinker handjam rest
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Fri 18th Sep 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
28 | ★★★ Brother - with Kieran Norwood, James benefer | 17m | ★★★ Classic | |||
1,2 skip a few, 28!!! First at the grade!!
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Tue 15th Sep 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
28 | ★★★ Brother - with Brendon Plaza, Zac Schofield | 17m | ★★★ Classic | |||
fell twice post crux!! Just gotta wait for the crispy conditions!!
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Wed 9th Sep 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Mini Mart | ||||||
21 | ★★ Beans into Berries - with Match | 10m | ★ Good | |||
forgot to log. Great climbing
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23 | FA ★★ Give It the Beans - with Match | 10m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sweet line!! getting to the 1st hold might be hard for shorties. After that it is brilliant!
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Sun 6th Sep 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Donutland Leftside | ||||||
16 | ★ Beans on Toast - with Marek | 18m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Climbed it just on bolts. Sweet climbing and rock. Just beware the loose part of the flake on headwall
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22 | ★★ Taste Of Mexican Meat - with Marek | 18m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Super close on first shot. just peeled off one foot movement away from good holds. Awesome slabbing. Super improbable movement but its all there
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17 | Kisses And Cuddles - with Marek | 12m | ★ Good | |||
some sweet pockets but then a kind disgusting 'beached whale' move
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Sun 6th Sep 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Donutland Rightside | ||||||
19 | ★★ Chrome Injury - with marek | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Warmup. 1st to second bolt is tricky. Brilliant jamming/ laybacking!
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26 | ★★ Wolfgang Donut - with marek | 10m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
EOD inspection lap. Super sick but super hard. Bring strong arms for this one.
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19 | ★ Chopper Chicks From Zombie Town - with marek | 14m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Superb slabbing on brilliant rock! Thin stuff indeed...
If this were at thommos is would be classic. Almost as good as vanderholics
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16 | ★ Roy's Rectal Ring Balm - with marek | 14m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
20 | ★★ Roy's Rectal Ring Balm direct - with marek | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Hard start, then nice once you get to the flake
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Fri 28th Aug 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
25 | ★★★ Escape From the Drilling Fields - with Lewyy, Zac Schofield, Nick Eastment | 20m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Lap to keep warm
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28 | ★★★ Brother - with Lewyy, Zac Schofield, Nick Eastment | 17m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Down to one fall😁
Feeling close
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Mon 24th Aug 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Hogwarts | ||||||
21 | FA ★★ Is Graham Hill Severus Snape? - with Match | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
First route I have bolted!! Super nice moves. Get on it and let me know what you think!!
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Mon 17th Aug 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Gridlock Block | ||||||
18 | Bargain - with Owen Cameron | 6m | ★ Good | |||
pumpy sandy slopes but cool climbing. Possibly stiff for the grade
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Mon 17th Aug 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Donutland Rightside | ||||||
17 | ★★ Annually Fixated - with Owen Cameron | 33m, 9 | ★ Good | |||
Nice long chimney!! did in one pitch. There is a double bolt belay at the top
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Mon 17th Aug 2020 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Donutland Leftside | ||||||
20 | ★ Where There's Pork There's Fire - with Owen Cameron | 10m | ★ Good | |||
Indeed very hard off the deck. Devious but awesome move to get to the anchors
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