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Grade Route Gear style Quality
Sat 5th Aug 2023 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
18 Iron Mandible Trad 24m Very Good
Fri 4th Aug 2023 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
20 Short Order Trad 30m
Sun 25th Jun 2023 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
16 Castor Trad 22m Very Good
Sun 25th Jun 2023 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
20 Short Order - with Desiree Dall Trad 30m
14 Faki - with Desiree Dall Trad 13m Very Good
18 Plume - with Desiree Dall Trad 25m Very Good
18 Chocolate Watch Band - with Desiree Dall Trad 17m Very Good
It helps if you have two 4s

 
Sat 24th Jun 2023 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
18 Resurrection Corner - with Korbinian Eckstein Trad 25m Very Good
14 Shit Heap - with Korbinian Eckstein Trad 10m Average
Sat 17th Jun 2023 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
18 Iron Mandible - with Desiree Dall Trad 24m Very Good
17 Smoked Banana - with Desiree Dall Trad 40m Classic
20 Short Order — 2 attempts - with Desiree Dall Trad 30m
18 Chocolate Watch Band - with Desiree Dall Trad 17m Very Good
Sun 11th Jun 2023 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
20 Famous Cosmetics — 2 attempts Trad 40m
16 ~17 Sabrasucker Trad 25m Good
Sat 10th Jun 2023 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
18 Gladiator - with Desiree Dall Trad 20m Very Good
18 Plume — 2 attempts Trad 25m Very Good
13 ~14 Clockwork Orange Corner Trad 15m Very Good
Fri 9th Jun 2023 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
20 Short Order — 3 attempts - with Desiree Dall Trad 30m
Sun 14th May 2023 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
17 Blood, Sweat and Tears - with Desiree Dall Trad 40m Very Good
15 Mechanical Prune - with Desiree Dall Trad 18m Good
Sat 13th May 2023 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
18 Elastic RURP - with Desiree Dall Trad 20m Very Good
16 Micron - with Desiree Dall Trad 20m Very Good
19 Hollywood Rattlesnake - with Desiree Dall Trad 18m
17 Smoked Banana - with Peggy Trad 40m Classic
18 Saffron Crack - with Peggy Trad 40m Good
Sun 7th May 2023 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
17 Liquid Laughter Layback Trad 38m
16 ~17 Sabrasucker Trad 25m Good
16 Castor Trad 22m Very Good
Sat 6th May 2023 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
18 Gladiator Trad 20m Very Good
Sat 6th May 2023 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
11 Parson's Pleasure Trad 10m Good
15 Iron Butterfly Trad 28m Good
16 Materialistic Prostitution Trad 20m Very Good
Wed 11th Jan 2023 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge
The Sunny Side Feltham Buttress
16 Easy Feltham - with Desiree Dall Trad 14m Good
14 ~15 Westham - with Desiree Dall Trad 15m Good
Sat 7th Jan 2023 - Mount Wellington
The Organ Pipes Flange Buttress
14 Fiddlesticks - with Desiree Dall Trad 65m
Fri 6th Jan 2023 - Mount Wellington
The Organ Pipes Great Tier
15 Slow Combustion - with Desiree Dall Trad 52m Very Good
Sun 4th Dec 2022 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
18 Resurrection Corner - with Desiree Dall Trad 25m Classic
Sat 3rd Dec 2022 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
16 Materialistic Prostitution - with Desiree Dall Trad 20m Very Good
wasp nest after the crux, aided down.

 
Sun 18th Sep 2022 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
17 Liquid Laughter Layback Trad 38m
Sun 18th Sep 2022 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
20 Devils Dihedral Trad 45m Classic
Sat 17th Sep 2022 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
17 Smoked Banana Trad 40m Classic
Sun 11th Sep 2022 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
18 Gladiator Trad 20m Very Good
Sun 11th Sep 2022 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
16 Castor Trad 22m Very Good
Sun 11th Sep 2022 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
18 Plume Trad 25m Very Good
Sat 10th Sep 2022 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
20 Rickety Kate Trad 15m Very Good
Sun 17th Jul 2022 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
19 Sorcerer's Apprentice Trad 30m Very Good
15 Devil's Wart Trad 27m Very Good
6 Saturday Afternoon Walk Trad 15m
18 Gladiator Trad 20m Very Good
18 Plume Trad 25m Very Good
one sit

 
14 Faki Trad 13m Very Good
Sat 16th Jul 2022 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
17 Wizards Back Trad 10m Very Good
20 Rickety Kate Trad 15m
15 Mechanical Prune Trad 18m Good
16 Castor Trad 22m Very Good
16 Materialistic Prostitution Trad 20m Very Good
Sun 3rd Jul 2022 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
16 Materialistic Prostitution Trad 20m Very Good
15 Iron Butterfly Trad 28m Good
18 Resurrection Corner Trad 25m Very Good
17 16 Sabrasucker Trad 25m Good
this felt harder than RC for me, I must be doing something wrong

 
Sun 26th Jun 2022 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
20 Egotistical Pineapple Trad 14m
Sun 26th Jun 2022 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
15 Illusion Trad 23m Very Good
19 Sorcerer's Apprentice Trad 30m Very Good
2 rests

 
Sat 25th Jun 2022 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
15 Bad Company Trad 20m Good
18 Iron Mandible Trad 24m Very Good
19 Infinity Trad 40m Very Good
Triple rack helps (a lot).

 
Sat 18th Jun 2022 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
18 Saffron Crack Trad 40m Good
Sun 24th Apr 2022 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
17 Smoked Banana Trad 40m Classic
Sun 28th Feb 2021 - Mt Ngungun
Upper Cliffs The Upper Main Cliff
15 Icehouse Trad 45m Classic
Sat 26th Sep 2020 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
16 Castor Trad 22m Very Good
Sat 1st Aug 2020 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
15 Illusion - with Desiree Dall Trad 23m Good
Got scared at the thrutchy bit and downclimbed a couple of times. Decided to give it one more shot before I give up and managed to send.

 
18 Gladiator - with Desiree Dall Trad 20m Very Good
Tried this one two times before this season and got it clean today. I only took one red cam to not get too used to having two and regretted it the whole way. After the crux I jammed a gold C4 in and it got stuck at a crap angle. I had to place a tricam because I was getting pretty led out and managed to send. That means I got most of the hard bits on passive gear, only the green cam at the crux-crux! (tricams are passive right?)

 
15 Devil's Wart - with Desiree Dall Trad 27m Very Good
Excellent route. Got distracted with all the good gear at the crux. Pulled straight up, last time I went right onto the ledge.

 
Sat 11th Jul 2020 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
16 Castor Trad 22m Very Good
Rested on a cam at the mantle move. You can shuffle a big purple and a gray C4 all the way up the wide bit. It will be super safe even with 2 #4s to protect the wide bit. Had to split it into two pitches because I didn't have any gear left for the top easy bit.

 
Thu 2nd Jul 2020 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
11 Parson's Pleasure - with Desiree Dall Trad 10m Good
A really good route for the grade. Went up to put EP on toprope.

 
Thu 2nd Jul 2020 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
12 Witches Cauldron Pitch 1 - with Desiree Dall Trad 12m Very Good
I have seconded this route before but today was the first time I lead it. Very good passive placements all the way. The halfropes really worked a charm on this one but I guess you don't need to stitch it up that tight...

 
18 Plume - with Desiree Dall Trad 25m Very Good
The plan was to just try the route today and maybe figure out where to put gear for the redpoint, but I got up to the start of the first crux with not too much effort and decided to keep trying. I had to downclimb a bit to retrieve a cam I knew I needed later and managed to keep going to the real crux and pull trough. Excellent route with excellent gear!

 
Sun 31st May 2020 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
17 16 Micron Trad 20m Very Good
Sun 17th Nov 2019 - Arapiles
Mitre Rock South Mitre
11 The Bishop Trad 50m Classic
First pitch was just really nice face climbing with well spaced pro, just perfect. I don't know why but I thought P2 was going to be a ramble for the top and then it started out with a huge move and kept going. An absolute super route!

 
Sun 17th Nov 2019 - Arapiles
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Back Wall
14 Lamplighter Trad 78m Mega Classic
What an epic route! At the start of P3 I stepped on to the face right of the chimney and got sucked into a scary gearless traverse around the corner. The last bit looked scary AF so I built a stance under the roof so my belayer cam watch me.

 
Sat 16th Nov 2019 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Right Dunes Buttress
10 Eskimo Nell Trad 130m
Really committing moves on the start of the first pitch!

 
Sat 16th Nov 2019 - Arapiles
Bard Buttress
12 Bard Trad 120m Classic
The decent was really exciting.

 
Sun 10th Nov 2019 - Arapiles
Atridae House of Atreus
13 Hell For Leather Trad 30m Very Good
Sun 10th Nov 2019 - Arapiles
Atridae Muldoon Area
13 Muldoon Trad 42m Classic
Sat 9th Nov 2019 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes
11 Piccolo Trad 33m Very Good
Sun 13th Oct 2019 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
18 Chocolate Watch Band Trad 17m Very Good
15 Devil's Wart Trad 27m Very Good
Did his one as an easy last route but I struggled pretty hard on it.

 
18 Iron Mandible Trad 24m Very Good
Felt really easy compared to previous tries.

 
Sun 6th Oct 2019 - Kangaroo Point
Right Main Wall
14 Anonymous Trad 20m Average
19 Anonymous Arete Trad 18m Good
Pretty cool moves at the start, will be a very comitting lead on trad.

 
Sat 14th Sep 2019 - Mt Tibrogargan
Desperation Wall
10 Black Orpheus - with Desiree Dall, Fiona
1 7 20m
2 10 20m
3 4 25m
4 10 32m
5 3 15m
Trad 110m Very Good
A really good route, but I think we have very different definitions of 'Tree' and 'Ledge'. The belay on top of P1 has pretty good gear near the back and a rather small tree on the edge of the ledge. P3 has sufficient gear and is not very hard, I found it much less committing than parts of the Caves Route that we did later today. I just-just reached the stance on top of P3 with 50m ropes after linking P2 and P3 and the drag was a little rough. I missed the tree belay on top of P4 (probably on account that all the trees looked very shrubby and ended up linking P4 and most of P5. Just 5m from Cave 3 I found bomber gear just in time as the rope ran out again - belay was off and seconds were ready to simulclimb.

We tried to reach the summit by going up the Caves route and got as far as the last pitch before reaching the summit ridge. My big toe was starting to bug me and we were having some trouble finding the last scramble to the top. We went down the Caves route and almost stepped on a snake on the trail.

 
Sat 24th Aug 2019 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
14 Mr Bojangles VF Trad 7m Good
Pretty loose, I don't trust the gear or the holds. It felt good having done it but it didn't feel good doing it.

 
19 Infinity Trad 40m Very Good
Cool, will try this on lead next time.

 
Sat 24th Aug 2019 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
16 Sabrasucker Trad 25m Good
Tried this on lead after seconding it last week. Really good climbing with great gear.

 
Sun 18th Aug 2019 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
18 ~17 Sabrasucker Trad 25m Good
15 Iron Butterfly Trad 28m Good
Sat 17th Aug 2019 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
18 Gladiator Trad 20m Very Good
16 Christian Trad 17m Good
Almost did it clean, faced the wrong direction in the middle.

 
Sun 28th Jul 2019 - Frog Buttress
East of the access track
16 Materialistic Prostitution Trad 20m Very Good
Had an extra red cam which made it easier to commit to the crux.

 

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