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Fri 29th Mar 2024 - The School (Bouldering) | ||||||
V2 | ★★ Roof Up Problem 2 | 5m | ||||
Fun and powerful crux
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V1 | ★★ Lucky Luke | 3m | ||||
Surprsingly fun... My daughter and her friends did this with some hilarious stemming out left, so I used that beta.
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V3 | ★★ Roof Up Problem 3 | 4m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Excellent climb to do 4X4s on!
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V2 | ★★ Ring the Bell! | 5m | ||||
Fri 22nd Dec 2023 - Jannali Reserve | ||||||
V3 | ★★ Sunday fiesta — 2 attempts | 3m | ★ Good | |||
Helps if you scope out the massive jug before setting off. Awkward start.
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V1 | ★★ Blue Monday | 4m | ||||
V0 | ★★ Juggy Warm Up Vertical | 4m | ★★ Very Good | |||
V0 | ★★ depths of time | 5m | ★★ Very Good | |||
V5 | ★★★ Wish You Were Here — 2 attempts | 5m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Very happy to end the year's climbing with a repeat of this classic.
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Sun 25th Jun 2023 - Earlwood | ||||||
V5 Hard | ★★ Mon Panache Sit Start | 4m | ★★★ Classic | |||
The end of a long saga. Came back to get the sit start down and pleased that once you’ve figured out the last moves it’s not too hard to repeat. Oh - and do yourself a favour and give top a big brush before you jump on this - it gets very sandy.
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V0 ~V1 | ★ Sigma Baryon | 2m | ||||
I think this is definitely at least a v1. Had to excavate the chips on top for the mantle. Worth doing to practice your sloping, rounded Earlwood top outs.
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V3 | ★ Groin Busta | 2m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Tue 4th Apr 2023 - Earlwood | ||||||
V4 | ★★ Mon Panache — 3 attempts - with Aussie | 4m | ★★★ Classic | |||
The last moves shut me down for so long: pretty stoked to tick this one. My beta was to top it out like a whale doing a commando roll.
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Mon 6th Feb 2023 - The Wing Cave | ||||||
V7 | ★★★ Weak Ape Test Zone — 3 attempts - with Earl Paras | 4m | ||||
Held the crux move... for about 0.5 of a second. Crack with starting holds was still seeping from downpour 5 days earlier (but still OK to climb).
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V6 | ★★★ The Incredible Hulk — 4 attempts - with Earl Paras | 3m | ★★★ Classic | |||
A bit of progress. Definitely an anti-style.
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V5 | ★ Super Whipped — 4 attempts - with Earl Paras | 2m | ||||
Sun 6th Nov 2022 - Canberra | ||||||
Cooleman Ridge Bouldering Niblo Over the fence | ||||||
V4 | ★ #17 | 4m | ||||
V1 | ★ #23 | 3m | ||||
V2 | ★ 23 arete | 3m | ||||
Thu 3rd Nov 2022 - Dead Mans Wall | ||||||
V6 | ★★ Mao in the Middle | 4m | ★★★ Classic | |||
I came for the send but all I got was this lousy strained medial ligament. Damn. So close!
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Mon 31st Oct 2022 - Dead Mans Wall | ||||||
V3 | ★★ Road to Nowhere | 4m | ||||
Couldn't find a way to move to the high crimp without pushing myself off.
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V8 | ★★★ Statement | 4m | ||||
Held the move from the gaston to the 3f drag on the rail for the first time...
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V2 | ★ Going Nowhere | 4m | ★ Good | |||
Sun 16th Oct 2022 - Dead Mans Wall | ||||||
V1 | ★ Going Home | 4m | ||||
Mon 3rd Oct 2022 - Dead Mans Wall | ||||||
V2 | ★ Recon | 3m | ||||
Balancey and a bit powerful - hard for a 2!
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V1 | ★ Cornered | 7m | ★ Good | |||
Heady arete climbing!
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Sun 25th Sep 2022 - Dead Mans Wall | ||||||
V1 | ★ Fried Rice | 7m | ||||
V5 | ★★ In God We Trust | 4m | ||||
Climbs really well. Went straight into heel hook to get to and through the crimps. Maybe 4-5 burns with a similar amount of work on individual moves.
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V2 | ★ Crone | 3m | ||||
V1 | ★ Encored | 7m | ||||
Sun 18th Sep 2022 - Bangor Blocs | ||||||
Blocs | ||||||
V7 | ★★★ Rocknasium | 4m | ★★★ Classic | |||
First session on. Got the first and last moves sorted. Now for the hard part in the middle!
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V2 V0 | ★ Warmup Wendy | 4m | ||||
Unless I was doing this wrong - layback off the crack - then this is Sydney’s hardest v0. Way harder than the v1.
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V4 | ★ Shut up, I'm Broken | 3m | ★★★ Classic | |||
One of my favourite at the grade! Punted the last move on flash attempt.
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V1 | ★ Warmup Ecka | 5m | ||||
V2 | ★ Bigboy had his bigday | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Tough for the grade
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Mon 22nd Aug 2022 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline The Eastern Bloc | ||||||
V3 V3 R | ★★ Mission Impossible | 3m | ||||
Cool climb. Got a RH finger lock right up top that I then switched to a hand jam for the top out.
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Sun 21st Aug 2022 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline Frontline Left Hand Side | ||||||
V1 | ★ Choppers II | 6m | ||||
V5 | ★ Wholegrain Mustard Gas | 3m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Ended up doing a bicycle move to get off the ground. Tension was the key!
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V0 | ★ Bangers | 3m | ||||
V0- | ★ M.A.S.H. | 3m | ||||
V3 | ★ Tanks a Lot | 3m | ||||
2nd go - high RF and a bit of tension required to get the good sloper statically.
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V0 | ★ Point of View | 3m | ||||
Sun 17th Jul 2022 - Jannali Reserve | ||||||
V7 | ★★ The Real Wish You Were Here - with Eson | 5m | ★★★ Classic | |||
First 7. Had to totally grovel for the top out 😅
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V8 V7 | ★★ Jannali Dyno - with Eson | 3m | ||||
Dyno lessons with Eson. Got a lot closer than I ever thought possible.
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V4 | ★★ The Brown Ghost - with Eson | 4m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Scary repeat!
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Wed 6th Jul 2022 - Canberra | ||||||
Cooleman Ridge Bouldering Niblo Over the fence | ||||||
V1 | ★ #25 | 3m | ||||
V2 V1 to V2 | ★ The Dish (between #16 & #17) | 4m | ★★ Very Good | |||
V3 | ★ #20 | 3m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Favourite of the day - had to find the RH pinch to get established and then compress my way to the top.
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V1 | ★ #16 | 4m | ||||
V3 | ★ #19 | 3m | ||||
A couple of sends - 2 with knee bar and 1 without - hard V2 or soft V3, respectively.
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V3 | ★★ 17 RH variant | 4m | ||||
Couldn't figure how to do the move the hueco and stay on the rock.
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V0 | ★ Between #15 and #16 | 4m | ||||
V0 | ★ #14 | 4m | ||||
Sat 21st May 2022 - Jannali Reserve | ||||||
V1 | ★★ Lean-to (A) - with Kane Pham, Aussie | 3m | ||||
V2 | ★★ Beans (B) - with Kane Pham, Aussie | 3m | ||||
The top out onto an angled slab adds another grade I reckon! Spicy!
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V3 | ★★ It was like that when I got here - with Kane Pham, Aussie | 4m | ||||
Very fun movement and pinches to a tricky mantle out. I smeared a left heel to get established
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V1 | ★ Darmok - with Kane Pham, Aussie | 2m | ||||
V0 | ★ and Jalad - with Kane Pham, Aussie | 2m | ||||
V0 V0+ | ★ (Temba, His Arms Wide) - with Kane Pham, Aussie | 2m | ||||
Committing top out for the grade
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V1 | ★ at Tanagra! - with Kane Pham, Aussie | 2m | ||||
Tue 15th Feb 2022 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline Roadside | ||||||
V2 | ★ Sandbar - with Kane Pham, Aussie | 4m | ||||
Worth it for the pinch/sidepull move, even if, like me, you don't have the stomach for the top out. Feels like V2 to the jugs with an extra grade for the top out TBH.
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V0 | ★ H? - with Kane Pham, Aussie | 3m | ||||
V2 | ★★ Have A Proper Gander - with Kane Pham, Aussie | 3m | ||||
Tue 15th Feb 2022 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline Front and Centre | ||||||
V4 | ★★ Leap of Faith - with Kane Pham, Aussie | 4m | ||||
For a moment I thought I was levitating. Fun move!
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V5 | ★★★ Sloper-Dan Milosevic - with Kane Pham, Aussie | 5m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Small progress: touched the rail for the first time! Need to transfer right heel to the triangle chip for the move next time.
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V4 | ★★ Diplomatic Immunity - with Kane Pham, Aussie | 3m | ||||
Nope.
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Sun 29th Aug 2021 - Earlwood | ||||||
V4 | ★★ Groin Busta Extension | 4m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great addition to the area's boulders. Definitely a grade harder than the original problem.
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Sat 24th Jul 2021 - Star Trek | ||||||
V1 | ★ Wesley Crusher | |||||
V3 | ★★ Tea, Earl Grey, Hot | |||||
Wed 21st Jul 2021 - Bexley North | ||||||
V3 | ★ The Ear | 5m | ||||
Nails for the grade too. Feels at least V4. A bit of cleaning will help.
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V5 | ★★ Suicide Flake | 5m | ||||
Rumour has it that part of the flake broke off. Pretty nails. Did sit start as for Letterbox then went right.
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Sat 17th Jul 2021 - Earlwood | ||||||
V3 | ★★ Bardwell Traverse - with Kane Pham | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Still flummoxed after all these years. Still don't think it's V3!
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Fri 9th Jul 2021 - Jannali Reserve | ||||||
V7 | ★★ Quadruple Bypass | 5m | ||||
Spent session trying to work out move from pocket. Probably need to commit to the dyno/deadpoint rather than use the intermediate edges/pinches.
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V0 | ★ Rogue | 5m | ||||
V0 | ★ Storm | 4m | ||||
V0 | ★ Up and Easy | 5m | ||||
V3 V2 | ★ Ready, set, deck | 5m | ||||
Technical, dead pointy then technical again.
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Mon 14th Jun 2021 - Bexley North | ||||||
V5 | ★★★ The Letter Box Sit Start | 5m | ||||
Fun once you work out the good parts of the holds. Pretty greasy up top on a cloudy, windless evening.
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V5 | ★★★ The Crack | 5m | ||||
A bit more consistent in difficulty than Letter Box Sit Start but more secure up top - love the crack holds! A little bit of beta - take a sling or cord, or use the waist strap from a backpack to pull the small tree back from the wall a bit. You can do the climb a-ok without hurting the tree!
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Thu 24th Dec 2020 - The Wing Cave | ||||||
V2 | ★ Pussy Whipped - with Kane Pham | 2m | ★★ Very Good | |||
V2 | ★ For The Love Traverse - with Kane Pham | 5m | ||||
Trickiest (and pumpiest) V2 I've ever touched!
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Mon 7th Dec 2020 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Trenches The Caves | ||||||
V5 V6 | ★★★ Bring It On - with Kane Pham | 12m | ★★★ Classic | |||
A lot of fun! I'm not quite humble enough to propose V4. 2nd shot after working the crux a couple of times in isolation. IMO, it's a V2, into a V3 into a V1.
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Mon 7th Dec 2020 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline The Corridor Boulders | ||||||
V5 | ★★ Full Metal Jacket - with Kane Pham | 4m | ★★ Very Good | |||
That move! Managed to get off the ground but not much further.
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V5 | ★★ The Pincer Movement - with Kane Pham | 4m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fun once you commit to the idea of really wrapping your hands around the arete!
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Tue 20th Oct 2020 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline The Eastern Bloc | ||||||
V5 | ★★ Berlin Blockade | 3m | ||||
Fun crux moves and lots of different beta options depending on your height/strengths.
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Tue 20th Oct 2020 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline The Far Side | ||||||
V2 | ★ Golf - with Kane Pham | 3m | ||||
V3 | ★ Juliet - with Kane Pham | 3m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Good mantling practice.
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Tue 22nd Sep 2020 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline Front and Centre | ||||||
V2 | ★★ Diplomatic Solution - with Ryan Armstrong, Marty W, Kane Pham | 3m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Tue 22nd Sep 2020 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline Frontline Left Hand Side | ||||||
V1 V1 R | ★ Choppers - with Marty W, Kane Pham, Ryan Armstrong | 3m | ||||
V1 | ★ A? - with Marty W, Kane Pham, Ryan Armstrong | 4m | ||||
Wed 16th Sep 2020 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Trenches The Grant Kenny Boulder | ||||||
V0- | Breakfast Bar | 2m | Average | |||
V0 | ★ Self Help Junkie | 3m | Average | |||
Tue 15th Sep 2020 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Trenches Bunker Wall | ||||||
V5 V5 R | ★★★ Take That Ferdinand | 4m | Average | |||
Not my cup of tea.
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V3 | ★★ Legacy | 4m | Average | |||
Nails! Not sure what the beta was. Could barely get off the ground.
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V3 | ★ Exodus | 3m | ||||
This didn't really feel like a V3 unless there was a different start.
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Sun 13th Sep 2020 - Earlwood | ||||||
V1 | ★ Diddy Crack | 5m | ||||
Fun warm up to run a few laps on
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V4 | ★ Wobblehobble arete | 4m | ||||
Did all the hard moves, had onsight in the bag and then freaked out with the slopey top out and jumped instead. Very committing. Close to high ball territory because of the way the sloped landing drops away.
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Sat 30th May 2020 - Jannali Reserve | ||||||
V6 | ★★ You Can't Change History - with Kane Pham | 5m | ★★ Very Good | |||
After an accidental pad dab on my first send (when it was still V7 haha!) I came today to do it clean. Tension is the key!
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Thu 16th Apr 2020 - Undercliffe | ||||||
V3 | ★★ Gecko Pocket Traverse - with Kane Pham | 3m | ||||
Sharp rock!
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V3 V2 | ★ Loop the loop - with Kane Pham | 6m | ||||
Soft. Make sure you do the full drop back down to the starting holds! Great for an endurance 4x4 set.
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