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Grade Route Gear style Quality
Sun 16th Apr 2017 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Abseil Gully
16 14 ★★ Set, Piece, Battle - with Deanna Smyth Mixed trad 50m, 8 ★★ Very Good
I'd go with the 2017 guidebook and call the second pitch 16.

Also... beware running the 2 piches together. My 60 metre rope just made it to the nearest manky tree as an anchor.

  
Sat 8th Apr 2017 - Barrenjoey
North Palm Beach
16 ★★ Return of the Pink Sausage - with Deanna Smyth Trad 19m ★★ Very Good
Surprisingly fun.. classic moderate corner crack

  
Sun 15th Jan 2017 - Barrenjoey
Southwest
9 ★ Hang Over - with Deanna Smyth Trad 12m Average
14 ★★ Pledge a Legend - with Deanna Smyth Trad 16m ★★ Very Good
Been walking past this beautiful line for over 30 years. Finally got on it. Not bad.

  
16 ★ Professor Wigginsworth's Chunder Bucket - with Deanna Smyth Mixed trad 20m, 3 ★ Good
Fri 18th Nov 2016 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
13 ★★★ Cave Climb - with Deanna Smyth Trad 50m ★★★ Mega Classic
The tree for the first belay has been dead for decades & looks pretty brittle. I would recomend doing the direct start & going straight to the second belay. You can run the original start to the second belay, but there's a un-protected mid level traverse for the seconder.

  
Tue 4th Oct 2016 - Fingal Gym
17 ★ Little Frog - with Deanna Smyth Trad 11m
14 Old School - with Deanna Smyth Trad 11m
Wed 30th Dec 2015 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Rhum Dhu
8 14 ★★ Shandy - with Deanna Smyth Mixed trad 99m, 6 Average
I made the same mistake Matt Short did.. The guide says Pitch 2 is "Up" then "left" so up and left I went. Some nice & some dodgy cam pockets, spaced a bit far apart. 1/2 way through the pitch I see the pitch 2 belay below & to my left. :0 Climbed diagonally to top of crack & pitch3/abseil chains. Getting up to the chimney looked unprotected on brittle rock, so we rapped to the pitch 2 belay & scramble off. NB: This climb is definately an 8.. maybe a 14 if you do the chimney.

  
Sun 24th May 2015 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Atomic Punk Area
14 ★★ The Obituary - with Deanna Smyth Trad 30m ★★★ Classic
Sun 8th Mar 2015 - Barrenjoey
Southwest
15 ★ Facet - with Deanna Smyth Trad 16m Average
Don't forget to thread the chockstone (or squeeze a big hex next to it)

  
Tue 18th Dec 2012 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Right Dunes Buttress
10 ★★★ Eskimo Nell Trad 130m
Dec 2012 - Arapiles
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Back Wall
14 ★★★ Lamplighter Trad 78m ★★ Very Good
Dec 2012 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face
14 14 R ★★ Hot Flap Mixed trad 170m, 2
Dec 2012 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Right Dunes Buttress
12 ★★ Dunes Trad 100m ★★ Very Good
Dec 2012 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle
14 ★★ D Minor Trad 35m
2012 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Steep Wall
14 Alone in a Sea of Bolts Trad 12m
Tue 1st Mar 2011 - Tambourine Bay
Main Crag
12 ★ View From the Edge - with Deanna Smyth Trad 8m
Sun 18th Oct 2009 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Sweet Dreams Walls
17 ★★ Sweet Dreams Left Variant (Sweet Dreams Variant) - with Deanna Smyth Mixed trad 120m, 12
Old School Fun.

Just like 3 Sisters west wall with less tourists

  
Sat 11th Sep 2004 - Watagans
Monkey Face Stopper Walls
13 ★ Stopper (Direct) Trad 35m ★ Good
1999 - Watagans
Monkey Face Stopper Walls
13 ★ Stopper Trad 35m ★★★ Classic
A little piece of Piddington iin the Hunter. Well worth it

  
1998 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
14 ★★ Joseph - with Chris Turner Trad 46m ★★ Very Good
I can't believe I left this one for so long. Good intro to cracks if you need it.

  
1997 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Afghan/Girl in the Mirror wall
18 ★ Kabul Offensive - with Chris turner Trad 50m
22 ★★ The Girl in the Mirror - with John Hirsch Mixed trad 45m, 5
1997 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Solomon Area
20 ★★★ Solomon - with chris turner Mixed trad 51m, 4 ★★★ Mega Classic
Sad to say I dogged the bolt. If I hadn't wasted the energy clipping I probably wouldn't've need it

  
1996 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes
11 ★★ Piccolo Trad 33m
1995 - Warrumbungles
Belougery Spire West Face
10 ★★ Vertigo - with Chris Turner Trad 95m
1995 - Warrumbungles
Bluff Mountain
18 ★★★ Flight of the Phoenix - with Chris Turnwe Trad 310m
1995 - Narrabeen
Slabs
8 Colonial Mentality Trad 10m
1995 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area
22 ★★★ On Edge - with Johnny Hirsch Mixed trad 28m, 5 ★★ Very Good
15 ★★★ Tombstone Wall - with Chris Turner Mixed trad 30m, 3 ★ Good
1995 - Wolgan Valley
Coke Ovens Cliff
18 ★★★ Mirrorman Mixed trad 90m, 4 ★★★ Classic
Love pich 4

  
1995 - Wolgan Valley
Old Baldy Upper Cliff
17 ★★★ Excalibur Mixed trad 100m, 1
1994 - Evans Crown
Deckout Buttress
19 ★ Madonnas - with Chris Turner Trad 15m
1994 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County The 39 Steps
21 ★★ Comfortably Numb - with Chris Turner Mixed trad 25m, 3
1994 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Echo Gully
18 ★ Misjudgement Trad 27m
1994 - Wolgan Valley
Coke Ovens Cliff
16 ★ Grunter Trad 51m
19 ★★★ The Knuckle - with John Hirsch Trad 52m ★★★ Classic
18 ★★★ Cactus Trad 78m
13 ★ Sod Trad 84m
Sun 28th Feb 1993 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Atomic Punk Area
14 ★ Refusal Trad 25m
Sun 28th Feb 1993 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Birdsnest Area
18 ★ Sparrow Mixed trad 18m, 4
23 ★★ Radios Appear Mixed trad 25m, 3
Sun 28th Feb 1993 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Auntie Jack Area
17 ★ Porkypine Trad 30m
Mon 18th Jan 1993 - Vaucluse
Diamond Bay Northern Wall
16 ★ The Corner Trad 18m ★★ Very Good
1993 - Barrenjoey
Southwest
18 ★★ Enterprise Trad 25m
15 ★★ Crack of Dawn Trad 20m
18 ★★ Marsupial Smearer Mixed trad 20m, 2
1993 - Orroral area
Booroomba Rocks South Buttress Integral face
20 ★★★ Integral Crack Trad 48m ★★★ Classic
1993 - Arapiles
Northern Group Kachoong Area
18 ★★ Golden Echo Trad 25m
21 ★★★ Kachoong Mixed trad 25m, 1 ★★★ Mega Classic
1993 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Auntie Jack Area
21 ★★ Ykikamookow Mixed trad 25m, 3
1993 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area
17 ★★★ Flake Crack Trad 53m ★★★ Mega Classic
My third favourite climb in the mountains.

Worth repeating often

  
1993 - Arapiles
Bard Buttress
12 ★★★ Bard Trad 120m
Sun 3rd May 1992 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Birdsnest Area
15 15 R ★ Birds Nest Trad 25m
1992 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Memory Lane
17 ★★★ Interstate 31 - with Chris Turner Trad 30m ★★ Very Good
18 ★★★ The 80 Minute Hour - with Chris Turner Mixed trad 30m, 4 ★★★ Classic
1992 - Evans Crown
Crown Buttress
21 21 R ★ Rap Station Zebra Mixed trad 30m, 5
1992 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County The 39 Steps
16 18 ★ High Plains Drifter Trad 35m
1992 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Katoomba Cliffs The Three Sisters Honeymoon Point
13 ★★★ The Mantleshelf Trad 21m
1992 - Barrenjoey
Southwest
18 ★★ Marsupial Smearer Mixed trad 20m, 2
Sat 9th Mar 1991 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Echo Gully
12 Second Echo Trad 18m
1991 - Mount Keira
West Face
8 ★ Nursery Trad 10m
1991 - Evans Crown
Deckout Buttress
21 ★★ Dick Whittington Mixed trad 15m, 2
1991 - Bondi
The Main Wall
18 ★ Arapiles - with Tony Buric Mixed trad 45m, 2
1991 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Memory Lane
18 ★★★ The 80 Minute Hour - with Chis Turner Mixed trad 30m, 4
17 ★★★ Interstate 31 - with Chis Turner Trad 30m
1991 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County The 39 Steps
19 ★★ I'd Rather Be Sailing - with Chris Turner Mixed trad 28m, 6 ★★ Very Good
1991 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area
18 ★ Rogue Cop Trad 30m ★ Good
I only just worked out I'd be climbing this & not the original Tombstone Wall for over a decade. No wonder it felt stif for a 15

 
1991 - Arapiles
Declaration Crag Area Declaration Crag
20 ★★★ Little Thor Trad 12m
1991 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Left Pebbles and Bam Bam
20 ★★ Bam Bam Trad 12m
1990 - Vaucluse
Diamond Bay Diamond Bay Southside
16 ★ LP Trad 10m
1990 - Berowra
Ladder of Gloom Area
19 21 ★ Savage Cabbage Trad 8m
1989 - Narrabeen
Slabs
16 18 ★ Common Origin Mixed trad 15m, 2
1989 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Katoomba Cliffs The Three Sisters Southern Routes
12 ★★★ West Wall - with Laef Hosking Trad 290m ★★★ Classic
Shame we can't do this anymore. Good intro to multipitch, also fun solo tick for the adventurous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m454tVFQtw

  
1989 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Left Moby Dick Pinnacle
18 17 ★★ Moby Dick Trad 15m ★★ Very Good
1989 - Arapiles
Pilot Error Cliffs Pilot Error Area
21 20 ★★ Pilot Error Mixed trad 12m, 1
1988 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area
21 ★★ Traverse of the Gods Direct Start - with Greg White Mixed trad 25m, 5 ★★ Very Good
Fun & Crimpy

  
1988 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Janicepts Area
18 ★★★ Amen Corner - with Greg White Trad 30m ★★ Very Good
1987 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area
14 15 ★★ Hope Trad 15m
1987 - Barrenjoey
Southwest
19 ★★ Not Your Average Cab Sav - with Tony Buric Trad 20m
1986 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Atomic Punk Area
20 ★★ Atomic Punk - with Tony Buric Mixed trad 25m, 5
1985 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Slape Area
16 ★★★ The Spartan - with Tony Buric Mixed trad 50m, 4 ★★★ Mega Classic
We used to avoid the offwidth P3 by climbing the unprotected slab on the left. Looks terrifying these days.

  
1985 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
18 ★★★ The Eternity - with Rowan Watkins Trad 22m ★★★ Mega Classic
Best line in the mountains

People who grade this as 17 should remember the 1st Ascentionist INVENTED the grade. This is the definition of 18.

  
1985 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Hocus Pocus Area
8 ★★ Hocus Pocus - with Tony Buric Mixed trad 49m, 15 ★ Good
1985 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Crackle Area
13 13 R ★ Pop - with Tony Buric Trad 30m
1984 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Crackle Area
16 ★ Crackle - with Tony Buric Trad 30m
1984 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
15 ★★ The Pharaoh - with Rowan Watkins, DAvid Watkins Trad 33m ★★ Very Good
1984 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Hocus Pocus Area
18 ★★ Curtain Call - with Tony Buric Trad 49m ★ Good
My first 18. fond memories

  
1984 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Hornes Point
14 ★ Yellow Crack Trad 25m
1984 - North Head
Main Area
20 20 R ★★★ The Bolt Ladder - with Tony Buric Trad 35m ★★★ Classic
The only time I climbed my age!

  
1984 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Atomic Punk Area
14 ★★ The Obituary - with Tony Buric Trad 30m
1984 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Crackle Area
12 ★ Snap Trad 30m
1983 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
13 ★★★ Cave Climb - with Tony Buric, Rowan Watkins Trad 50m
An embarrassing incident with a dropped belay plate & general ignorance saw two of us forced to solo the last pitch.

  
1983 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County The 39 Steps
17 ★ Graffiti Crimes - with Tony Buric Trad 40m
1883 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Main Bivouac Ledge
12 12 R ★ Piton Gambit Trad 57m
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Wolgan Valley
Coke Ovens Cliff
14 ★★ Sod Variant Trad 65m
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
15 ★★ The Carthaginian Trad 33m
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area
11 ★ Angular Crack Trad 25m
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Echo Gully
19 ★ Tintinnabulation Trad 20m

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