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Fri 28th Jan 2011 - Freycinet National Park | ||||||
Coastal Cliffs Whitewater Wall | ||||||
16 | ★★ Slaughterhouse Five | 55m | ★ Good | |||
Varied climbing with some stiff jamming in the middle. With Rod.
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Thu 27th Jan 2011 - Freycinet National Park | ||||||
Coastal Cliffs Whitewater Wall | ||||||
12 | ★★★ Apline | 70m | ★ Good | |||
Lovely position. With Rod.
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Sun 9th Jan 2011 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Tex Arcana Wall | ||||||
20 | ★★ Tex Arcana | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Well rebolted classic.
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Sat 8th Jan 2011 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Atomic Punk Area | ||||||
15 | ★ CC Rider | 9m | ★ Good | |||
Cool. Wouldn't want it to be my first 15 though.
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Sat 8th Jan 2011 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Echo Gully | ||||||
18 | ★ Misjudgement | 27m | ★ Good | |||
Nice moves. Warning! Bolts won't take PFH hangers.
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18 | ★ Resonance | 20m, 1 | Average | |||
One move on grade.
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Sat 28th Aug 2010 - Mt Tibrogargan | ||||||
Shadow Glen | ||||||
18 | ★★ Flame 'n' Sparks | 25m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Great moves, stupidly run out though.
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Sat 28th Aug 2010 - Mt Tibrogargan | ||||||
NE Buttress Sector | ||||||
19 | ★★ Sunburnt Buttress | 190m | Average | |||
Pitch 1 only.
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Sat 7th Nov 2009 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Krell Area | ||||||
20 | ★ Krell | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Keeps you thinking.
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Sat 1st Aug 2009 - Evans Crown | ||||||
Deckout Buttress | ||||||
17 | ★ Pass the Lentils | 12m | Average | |||
14 | Lipstick | 8m, 2 | Average | |||
Mon 29th Jun 2009 - Berowra | ||||||
Positive Ape Factor Area | ||||||
19 | Who Cares | 12m | Average | |||
Fell off this ten years ago.
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Fri 1st May 2009 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Flake Crack | 53m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Laybacking followed by jamming. Grunty fun!
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15 | ★★★ Tombstone Wall | 30m, 3 | Average | |||
No pro at top.
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Tue 28th Apr 2009 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle | ||||||
18 | ★★ Aardvark | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Hard start. Must rack gear better!
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14 | ★★ D Minor | 35m | ★ Good | |||
Hard for 14.
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Mon 27th Apr 2009 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Golden Fleece Wall | ||||||
16 | ★ Jason | 30m | ★ Good | |||
Rod's gear in place.
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18 | ★★ Golden Fleece (The Golden Fleece) | 35m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Foot smeared off crux in the rain the day before!
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Sun 26th Apr 2009 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae House of Atreus | ||||||
17 | ★★ Surface To Air | 30m | ★ Good | |||
Good pro except for below the crux!
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Sat 18th Apr 2009 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Deep Freeze Area | ||||||
11 | ★★ Second Thoughts | 25m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Beautiful little corner crack.
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Sat 11th Apr 2009 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Deep Freeze Area | ||||||
18 | ★★ Last Call for Fame and Glory | 16m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Best to bring a couple of small cams!
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Sat 28th Mar 2009 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Leura The Fortress | ||||||
13 | ★★ Tom Thumb | 170m, 10 | Crap | |||
Dirty, dangerous and disgusting.
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Wed 24th Dec 2008 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall | ||||||
17 | ★★ Bumflute | 30m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Hardest move is the Black Bart start.
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16 | ★ Stuffed | 66m | Average | |||
Grunted up this after Warwick. To tat only.
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Sat 22nd Nov 2008 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area New York East (Right) Side | ||||||
18 | ★ Deathburger Highway | 10m, 3 | Average | |||
Hard start. One grunt at roof.
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Sun 19th Oct 2008 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Medlow Bath The Sunbath | ||||||
13 | ★ Hootenanny | 12m | Don't Bother | |||
Harder than 13 and small pro in bad rock.
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Sat 18th Oct 2008 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Walk-Down Gully | ||||||
17 | ★ Freewheeling | 26m | Average | |||
You'll break your ankles if you fall at the first bolt.
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Sat 18th Oct 2008 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall | ||||||
18 | Cow Chaser | 20m | Don't Bother | |||
Crap climbing, weird bolt positions.
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Sun 12th Oct 2008 - Barrenjoey | ||||||
Southwest | ||||||
16 | ★ Tangerine Dream | 15m | Average | |||
Bring a No. 5 Camalot for the upper section.
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Sun 12th Oct 2008 - Barrenjoey | ||||||
Insomnia Cave Rock | ||||||
15 | Observatory | 20m | Don't Bother | |||
Desperate for the grade, awkward to place pro.
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Sat 27th Sep 2008 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Afghan/Girl in the Mirror wall | ||||||
20 | ★★ Weapons of Mass Deception | 45m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
Marred by massive rope drag. Best to set up a halfway belay and climb in two pitches.
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17 | ★★ Compassion Overboard | 45m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Enjoyable. Rod led.
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Sat 27th Sep 2008 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Abseil Gully | ||||||
14 | ★★ Set, Piece, Battle | 50m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
Nice but a total sandbag. More like 17.
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Sun 24th Aug 2008 - Narrabeen | ||||||
Slabs | ||||||
16 18 | ★ Common Origin | 15m, 2 | Average | |||
Whoever placed the bolt above the hole must be 2m tall, I had to loop it with a wire.
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Sun 27th Jan 2008 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Medlow Bath The Sunbath | ||||||
18 | ★★ Loki | 12m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
Hard and reachy! Probably 19.
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Sat 15th Dec 2007 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Medlow Bath Reservoir Dogs | ||||||
17 | FA K-Billy's Super Sounds of the 70s | 36m | ★ Good | |||
P1 good trad lead, best to bale off then.
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Sun 7th Oct 2007 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York First Year Uni Area | ||||||
19 | ★ Post Modern Girl | 18m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Damn, that last move is hard to work out!
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Sun 16th Sep 2007 - Berowra | ||||||
Pimple Buttress | ||||||
20 | ★ Pimple | 10m, 1 | ★ Good | |||
The crux is getting off the ground!
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Mon 27th Aug 2007 - Berowra | ||||||
Ladder of Gloom Area | ||||||
14 | The Mantle Machine | 12m, 2 | Crap | |||
An excrescence. A stinking turd. And badly bolted.
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Sun 2nd Jul 2006 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Medlow Bath The Sunbath | ||||||
13 | FA The Lottery of Latitude | 20m | Average | |||
Trad, except for belay bolt. Only worthwhile as easier access to P2 of Gimme Shelter. Desperate start if you try to free it. Best to aid.
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Sat 4th Mar 2006 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall | ||||||
14 12 | ★★ Air2Spare | 35m, 10 | ★ Good | |||
Should have bolted it all rather than have to stuff around with trad gear.
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Fri 11th Nov 2005 - Arapiles | ||||||
Bard Buttress | ||||||
12 | ★★★ Bard | 120m | ★ Good | |||
Led P1, P3, P5.
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Wed 9th Nov 2005 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Golden Fleece Wall | ||||||
15 | ★★ Beautiful Possibilities | 30m | ★ Good | |||
Nice moves, undergraded like everything else here
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Wed 9th Nov 2005 - Arapiles | ||||||
Fang Buttress and Surrounds Fang Buttress | ||||||
14 | ★★ Mantis | 33m | ★ Good | |||
Nice bulge move.
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Wed 9th Nov 2005 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
11 | ★★ Piccolo | 33m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Committing move down low
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Wed 9th Nov 2005 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Gully Organ Pipes Gully Right Side | ||||||
16 | ★ Stentor 3rd Pitch (Stentor) | 12m | ★ Good | |||
Short but interesting.
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Wed 9th Nov 2005 - Arapiles | ||||||
Castle Crag | ||||||
11 | ★★ Trapeze | 20m | Average | |||
Stupid
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Wed 9th Nov 2005 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae Agamemnon Area | ||||||
10 11 | ★★★ Agamemnon | 40m | Average | |||
Yuk, a chimney
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Sun 11th Sep 2005 - Barrenjoey | ||||||
Southwest | ||||||
19 | ★ Arachibutyrophobia | 20m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
Good thin moves (grade 20) at start, tricky first clip, one more move then easy.
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Sun 20th Mar 2005 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper War Babies Wall | ||||||
17 | ★ A Good Day to be a Duck | 24m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Helps if you remember to bring cams
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Sun 13th Feb 2005 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area New York East (Right) Side | ||||||
16 | Two Carrots Purple (Unknown 0) | 10m, 2 | Don't Bother | |||
Poor pro up top in ground fall territory.
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15 | Two Carrots Yellow (Unknown 3) | 10m, 2 | Crap | |||
Lichenous. Only worth doing as an easy warm up.
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15 | Two Carrots Orange (Unknown 2) | 10m, 2 | Crap | |||
Lichenous. Only worth doing as an easy warm up.
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Sun 30th Jan 2005 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area New York East (Right) Side | ||||||
14 | Two Carrots Red (Unknown 1) | 10m, 2 | Average | |||
Rightmost (facing cliff) of three new routes on slab to right of Tall Dwarfs.
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Sun 12th Dec 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
19 18 | ★★★ The Eternity | 22m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Harder than it looks!
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Sat 4th Dec 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Crackle Area | ||||||
16 | ★ Crackle | 30m | ★ Good | |||
Enjoyably strenuous on top half.
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15 | ★ Rice Bubbles | 18m | ★ Good | |||
Interesting start, nice steep moves in upper section.
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12 | ★ Flap | 25m | Average | |||
Undergraded both in terms of pro and technical difficulty.
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Sun 17th Oct 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Black Bart's Wall | ||||||
13 | ★★★ Honey Dip | 28m, 1 | ★ Good | |||
P1. Got a cold sweat up on the final move by not protecting it well enough.
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Sun 17th Oct 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Rip Van Winkle Wall | ||||||
16 | ★★ Van | 44m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice moves, good pro.
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Sat 16th Oct 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Ben Trovato Wall | ||||||
14 | Oedipus | 190m | Average | |||
Led 1, 3, 5, 7. Up to 5 is good. From 6 on it's a disgusting dangerous grovel.
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Sat 22nd May 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Medlow Bath Sooty Crag | ||||||
16 | ★★★ Windy Row (aka Sooty) | 45m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Enjoyable corner crack
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Fri 30th Jan 2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area New York East (Right) Side | ||||||
18 | ★ Terror Couple Kill Colonel | 10m, 6 | Average | |||
Bloody hard for an 18 - need to add 1 to that
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2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall | ||||||
15 | ★★ Wild is the Wind | 80m | ★ Good | |||
2004 - Barrenjoey | ||||||
Southwest | ||||||
15 | Tropico | 20m | Average | |||
Nice top belay spot on top of triangular boulder.
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2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Shock Wall/Fire Bug Mall | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Fire Bug | 63m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Shudder at thoughts of the original ascent on sparse passive protection
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2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Noodle Wall | ||||||
14 | ★ Thunderfart | 35m | ★ Good | |||
Cruisy
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2004 - Mount Alexandra | ||||||
Vox Populi Wall | ||||||
12 | ★ Digit Dave | 15m | Average | |||
2004 - Wolgan Valley | ||||||
Coke Ovens Cliff | ||||||
14 | ★ Death-bed Confession | 60m, 10 | Average | |||
Led P1
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2004 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Walk-Down Gully | ||||||
14 | ★★ Gently Mine | 50m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Sun 8th Jun 2003 - Barrenjoey | ||||||
Southwest | ||||||
14 | FA ★ Carrie Bradshaw | 12m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
Nice climb for those early in their leading career
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2003 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face | ||||||
16 | ★★★ Watchtower Crack (The Watchtower Crack) | 95m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Led P1, P3. Undergraded.
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20 | ★★ Fly Lichen Eagle | 90m | ★ Good | |||
P1 only. P2 dangerously run out at start.
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16 16 R | ★★★ Brolga | 90m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Led P1, P3. Great slab.
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Sun 1st Dec 2002 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Tiptoe Ridge Area | ||||||
4 5 | ★★★ Tiptoe Ridge | 120m | Average | |||
Led P1, P2, P4.
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Sun 1st Dec 2002 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae Muldoon Area | ||||||
13 | ★★★ Muldoon | 42m | Average | |||
Led P1, P2.
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2002 - Berowra | ||||||
Positive Ape Factor Area | ||||||
14 | ★ Kenneth's Climb | 10m | Average | |||
2002 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Dragon's Tooth Area | ||||||
12 12 R | Mistral | 30m | Average | |||
Glad I did it with double ropes
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2002 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Descent Gully Area | ||||||
9 | ★ Great Unwashed | 20m | Average | |||
2002 - Earlwood | ||||||
15 | ★ Cornered Again | 8m | Average | |||
2002 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Abseil Gully | ||||||
10 | ★ Sweet Irish | 49m | Average | |||
2002 - Earlwood | ||||||
20 | ★ Warm It Up direct finish (Warm It Up) | 9m, 1 | Average | |||
2002 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Abseil Gully | ||||||
12 | ★★ The Eyrie | 45m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
P2 in the rain
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2002 - Wolgan Valley | ||||||
Old Baldy Lower Cliff | ||||||
16 | ★★ Secret Swinger | 74m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Led the lot
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2002 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Atomic Punk Area | ||||||
14 | ★★ The Obituary | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
2002 - Earlwood | ||||||
14 | ★ Cornered | 9m | Average | |||
2001 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area New York West (Left) Side | ||||||
17 | ★ Schizophrenic Sideburns | 12m, 4 | Average | |||
2001 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Sweet Dreams Walls | ||||||
17 | ★★ Sweet Dreams Variant | 120m, 12 | ★ Good | |||
14 | ★★★ Sweet Dreams | 130m, 20 | ★ Good | |||
Led P2, P4.
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2001 - Bangor West | ||||||
14 | ★ Get Tracked | 11m | Average | |||
2001 - Barrenjoey | ||||||
Southwest | ||||||
14 | Hemholtz Tunglebung's Stupidity | 6m, 1 | Average | |||
2001 - Bangor West | ||||||
10 | Side Tracked | 10m | Average | |||
Tue 13th Apr 2010 - Barrenjoey | ||||||
Southwest | ||||||
14 14 R | ★ Elf Town | 20m | ★ Good | |||
14 | ★ Judgement Day | 20m | Average | |||
10 | ★ Millie | 11m | Average | |||
19 | ★★ Not Your Average Cab Sav | 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Excellent. This'll get you sweating!
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15 | ★★ Crack of Dawn | 20m | ★ Good | |||
19 | ★★ Central Pillar of Mordor | 20m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great slab.
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17 | ★ Enterprise Variant | 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
18 | ★ Cobwebs | 15m | Average |