Ascents: Ascents in Penrose Forest by Matt Tranter

	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality
Sat 30th Jul 2022 - Penrose Forest
Luxor Main Cliff Left Side Pharos Tower
	19	FA ★ All Aboard The Outrage Train - with Micheal Hall	Sport 9m, 3	★ Good
Not sure if it is hard 18 or easy 19. Reachy but peachy.
Sun 5th Jun 2022 - Penrose Forest
Luxor Main Cliff Left Side
	17	FA ★ Go Further in Lightness. - with Leonie Meades	Sport 10m, 5	★ Good
Nice, flows well. Steeper than it appears.
Sat 4th Sep 2021 - Penrose Forest
Stingray Swamp
	21	FA Walk on	Sport 8m, 2	Don't Bother
Yeah well.
	19	★★ Grunting Sloth	Sport 6m, 3
Helps to be tall
	20	★★ Short & Sweet	Sport 6m, 3
Mon 11th Jan 2021 - Penrose Forest
Luxor Left / lower Boulders The cave Left Hand side
	V1	FA ★★ Savage Love - with ThomasT	Boulder 6m
Cool problem with a satisfying finish.
	V2	FA ★ Glory Days - with ThomasT	Boulder 6m
Slab and mantle.
	V2	FA Georgia Rose - with ThomasT	Boulder 6m
Tricky
	V3	FA Trixy Cloth. - with ThomasT	Boulder 6m
Thin
Sun 20th Dec 2020 - Penrose Forest
Luxor Left / lower Boulders The cave Right hand slab
	V2	★ Beached as Bro. - with ThomasT	Boulder 4m	★ Good
Fun. Hard to finish with style and finesse.
Mon 14th Dec 2020 - Penrose Forest
Luxor Left / lower Boulders The cave Right hand slab
	V2 V3	★★ Chalkstormish	Boulder 4m	★★ Very Good
Do you remember that 80’s video of Johnny Dawes doing the hands free ascent of the E3 gritstone classic Chalkstorm. Well, this is a bit like that. Just a small bit.
Tue 13th Oct 2020 - Penrose Forest
Baronga Creek Cave
	V1	East Coast Low. - with Helen Maddock	Boulder 4m
	V0	Not By The Hairs On My Chinny Chin Chin. - with Helen Maddock	Boulder 4m
	V1	★★ Traverse half stack - with Helen Maddock	Boulder 8m	★ Good
	V0	Shelter From The Storm - with Helen Maddock	Boulder 4m
	V1	Dry July - with Helen Maddock	Boulder 4m
	V3	★★ Traverse full stack. - with Helen Maddock	Boulder 8m
	V1	East Coast Low. - with Helen Maddock	Boulder 4m
	V0	Not By The Hairs On My Chinny Chin Chin. - with Helen Maddock	Boulder 4m
	V1	★★ Traverse half stack - with Helen Maddock	Boulder 8m	★ Good
	V0	Shelter From The Storm - with Helen Maddock	Boulder 4m
	V1	Dry July - with Helen Maddock	Boulder 4m
	V3	★★ Traverse full stack. - with Helen Maddock	Boulder 8m
Sat 5th Sep 2020 - Penrose Forest
Stingray Swamp
	19	★★ Hulk Up - with Helen Maddock, ThomasT	Sport 8m, 3
	17	★★ Hole In One - with Helen Maddock, ThomasT	Sport 8m, 3
	14	★ Intro To Slabs - with Helen Maddock, ThomasT	Sport 7m, 3	★ Good
	16	★ Ball Pockets - with Helen Maddock, ThomasT	Sport 7m, 3
	17	★ A Walk On The Edge - with Helen Maddock, ThomasT	Sport 8m, 3
Thu 27th Aug 2020 - Penrose Forest
Stingray Swamp
	17	★ All Rung Out - with dan p	Sport 8m, 4	★ Good
	17	Late to the Party - with dan p	Sport 9m, 4
	17	FA ★ Should Have Brough a Husky - with dan p	Sport 10m, 4
Nice moves. Had to move the anchors up a metre to make sure the final moves we in play.
Tue 18th Aug 2020 - Penrose Forest
Stingray Swamp
	14	★ Intro To Slabs - with steve fox	Sport 7m, 3	★ Good
Tour guiding
	16	★ Ball Pockets - with steve fox	Sport 7m, 3
Tour guiding
	17	★ A Walk On The Edge - with steve fox	Sport 8m, 3
Tour guiding
	17	★ All Rung Out - with steve fox	Sport 8m, 4	★ Good
Cleaning lap
	17	Late to the Party - with steve fox	Sport 9m, 4
Cleaning lap
Mon 17th Aug 2020 - Penrose Forest
Stingray Swamp
	17	FA ★ Lurch	Sport 8m, 2	★ Good
Fun. Short. Gym like.
Fri 14th Aug 2020 - Penrose Forest
Stingray Swamp
	16	FA ★ All Rung Out	Sport 8m, 4	★ Good
First hold needs to be treated with care. The rest is fun.
Mon 3rd Aug 2020 - Penrose Forest
Stingray Swamp
	21	★ Puppy Love. - with Natasa S	Sport 4	★ Good
Strenuous but okay. Avoid the temptation to throw right at the top and take the chicken run of the crack.
Sun 2nd Aug 2020 - Penrose Forest
Baronga Creek Cave
	V0	Not By The Hairs On My Chinny Chin Chin. - with ThomasT	Boulder 4m
Fun
	V1	East Coast Low. - with ThomasT	Boulder 4m
Surprised by how good it was.
Sun 19th Jul 2020 - Penrose Forest
Baronga Creek Cave
	V1	★★ Traverse half stack - with natasha smith	Boulder 8m	★ Good
	V0	Shelter From The Storm - with natasha smith	Boulder 4m
	V1	Dry July - with natasha smith	Boulder 4m
	V2	Monsoon - with natasha smith	Boulder 5m
Wed 15th Jul 2020 - Penrose Forest
Baronga Creek Cave
	V1	★★ Traverse half stack - with ThomasT	Boulder 8m	★ Good
	V3	★★ Traverse full stack. - with ThomasT	Boulder 8m
	V0	Shelter From The Storm - with ThomasT	Boulder 4m
	V1	Dry July - with ThomasT	Boulder 4m
	V2	The Umbrella Academy - with ThomasT	Boulder
	V2	Monsoon - with ThomasT	Boulder 5m
	V2	Noah - with ThomasT	Boulder
	V2	The Great Unwashed - with ThomasT	Boulder
Sun 17th Nov 2019 - Penrose Forest
Stingray Swamp
	15	★★ All Cracked Up	Trad 8m
Wed 11th Sep 2019 - Penrose Forest
Stingray Swamp
	17	FA Flu Season	Sport 8m, 3	★ Good
Not sure of the grade as I was suffering from a near fatal dose of man flu. Could be easier.
Sat 17th Aug 2019 - Penrose Forest
Stingray Swamp
	19	★★ Hulk Up	Sport 8m, 3
Setting up for kids
	17	★★ Hole In One	Sport 8m, 3
Setting up for kids
	14	★ Intro To Slabs	Sport 7m, 3	★ Good
Setting up for kids
	16	★ Ball Pockets	Sport 7m, 3
Setting up for kids
	17	★ A Walk On The Edge	Sport 8m, 3
Setting up for kids
Wed 7th Aug 2019 - Penrose Forest
Stingray Swamp
	14	★ Intro To Slabs	Sport 7m, 3	★ Good
Pure slab, not surprisingly.
	16	★ Ball Pockets	Sport 7m, 3
Harder than expected.
	17	★ A Walk On The Edge	Sport 8m, 3
	17	★★ Hole In One	Sport 8m, 3
Surprised at the amount of pulling required.
	17	FA Late to the Party	Sport 9m, 4
Hard to grade. Extended boulder problem. Fun but a bit scary. Don’t underestimate.
	10	★ Walk The Walk	Trad 7m
Solo on the way out. Regretted it at the loose top.