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Sat 16th Mar 2024 - Mount Roland | ||||||
12 | ★★★ Rysavy Ridge - with Nathanael Hinton | 400m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Repeat. With Nate. Climbed in about 6 or 7 hours as 9 (or maybe 11? We lost count.) pitches at a very casual pace. Still a great scramble with some really cool exposed climbing interspersed with a lot of scrambly bits. Would probably have worked well to simul with 30 m of rope between us, but it was nice to take our time on it.
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Sun 24th Apr 2022 - Ben Lomond | ||||||
Pavement Bluff | ||||||
19 | ★★★ Panzer Breakout - with Grant John Hyland | 70m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really good. Some tricky bridging on the first pitch, and some really annoying shrubbery in the crack on the second. Amazing weather on this trip. Absolutely still, clear skies, and mild temperatures. I don't think I've ever experienced such silence on the Ben.
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Sun 27th Mar 2022 - Sand River | ||||||
Colosseum Area Eldorado | ||||||
14 | ★ All That Glitters - with Laura | 15m, 6 | Crap | |||
More bolted crack.
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20 | ★ Buried Treasure - with Laura, Graham Hubbard, Kristin, Jacob Dean, Hannah Rose | 15m, 6 | Crap | |||
Great finger locking and face climbing up the crack, which has abundant excellent wire placements for the entire length. Another one that could have been a two star trad route.
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19 | ★ Golden Anniversary - with Laura, Graham Hubbard, Kristin, Jacob Dean, Hannah Rose | 26m, 11 | Crap | |||
Nice climbing. Easy jamming up the crack, then a fiery crux, then eases off again. I found this harder than the crack to the right. Could be a two star trad route, but it gets zero stars for having a bolt every 1.5 metres.
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20 | ★★ Goldleaf - with Laura, Graham Hubbard, kristin, Jacob Dean, Hannah Rose | 26m, 12 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really nice. Consistently interesting the whole way. Draws already on.
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19 | ★★ Inca Trail - with Laura, Graham Hubbard, Kristin | 28m, 12 | ★ Good | |||
Nice climbing, but very wandering. Watch out for drag.
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20 | ★ Blade Runner - with Laura | 16m, 10 | ★ Good | |||
17 | ★ The Blade - with Laura | 16m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
Sat 26th Mar 2022 - Sand River | ||||||
The Panopticon Panopticon Central | ||||||
14 | ★ Klink | 15m, 5 | ||||
Plus about ten other easy pitches that have already merged in my memory. Mostly cleaning gear for Kristin on her 32 pitch birthday mission.
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Sat 26th Mar 2022 - Sand River | ||||||
The Panopticon Panopticon South | ||||||
14 | ★★ Just Another Day at the Office | 20m, 9 | ||||
15 | ★★ The Nose of Il Cappuccino | 20m, 9 | ||||
18 | ★ Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain | 20m, 8 | ||||
14 | ★ Little Rocket Man | 15m, 6 | ||||
12 | Blowing in the Wind | 12m, 5 | ||||
14 | Up-and-coming | 11m, 6 | ||||
14 | Heigh Ho | 12m, 5 | ||||
17 | ★ Haiku | 12m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Did I miss something?
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20 | ★★ Cat Burglar | 12m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Sat 26th Mar 2022 - Sand River | ||||||
The Panopticon Panopticon Central | ||||||
18 | ★ Feng Shui | 23m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
18 | ★★ Power Over Mind - with Laura | 25m, 12 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Apparently I'd been on this before. It seemed vaguely familiar but I wasn't sure. Great climbing. Solid for the grade, especially in the hot sun. Putting draws up for Kristin so she could climb this as the last of her 32 birthday pitches. Was only about pitch 15 for me and I was feeling a bit weary. Great effort by Kristin to do 32 routes in a day!
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Sat 19th Mar 2022 - Ben Lomond | ||||||
Stacks Bluff | ||||||
18 | ★★ Blue Eyed Son - with Cameron Semple | 170m | ★★ Very Good | |||
The first of the Trinity for me. Great adventure. Somehow felt much bigger than the 4 pitches that it is. An excellent route for connoisseurs of thrutch. Bloody hard work for those like us who are not well schooled in the art of the wide stuff. We brought two #4 and two #5 camalots, and used them a lot. Pulled on the gear a couple of times to get through some wet slimy sections. Started climbing around lunchtime after walking up but all the slow shuffling and some shenanigans with belays in the wrong spots ate up a lot of time. Got to enjoy an awesome light show while I was sitting at the belay at the top of the third pitch. There was a bit of smoke in the air over the central plateau and the distant peaks showing through the haze in the late afternoon light were amazing. When the sun dropped a bit lower the Fingal valley gradually filled with cloud and the shadow of the mountain was cast against it. We topped out just on dark, just in time to see an incredible orange full moon rising through the smoke haze above a sea of cloud. Wandered around the scree in the moonlight for a while before eventually finding the bivi spot at Tranquil tarn. Very happy to have scored dead calm, clear, warm conditions in late March.
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Sat 26th Feb 2022 - Bruny Island | ||||||
Cloudy Bay Hidden Zawn Seaward Slabs | ||||||
18 | ★★ Timelapse - with Cameron Semple | 50m | ★★ Very Good | |||
P1-Cam, P2-me. Both pitches were good. Nice consistent slabbing on the first and cool funky bridging corner with great gear for the second. Skipped the DBB at the ledge near the end and kept going straight up the nice hand crack for another 5m or so. Good trad belay at the top.
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Sat 26th Feb 2022 - Bruny Island | ||||||
Cloudy Bay Hidden Zawn The Ramp | ||||||
17 | ★★ Three's Company - with Cameron Semple | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Spanked on a 17. Oh the shame. Cool line though. Steep finish!
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19 | ★★ Grizzling Groove - with Cameron Semple | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really good. Burly moves on mostly big jugs.
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Fri 25th Feb 2022 - Bruny Island | ||||||
Cloudy Bay Hidden Zawn Seaward Slabs | ||||||
20 | ★★ When I’m 64 - with Cameron Semple | 45m | ★★ Very Good | |||
P1-me, P2-Cam. Nice slabbing at the bottom and cool position pulling through the overhang at the top.
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20 | ★★ Blue Bayou - with Cameron Semple | 45m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really good. Got a bit sketched clipping the bolt at the crux and held the draw momentarily, otherwise clean. Pretty intense moves at the crux. Could have been trad in the bottom half.
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Fri 25th Feb 2022 - Bruny Island | ||||||
Cloudy Bay Hidden Zawn Beaufort Wall | ||||||
19 | ★★ Syncopate - with Cameron Semple | 18m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice steep climbing on good holds. Wasn't fully recovered from force 10 and had to move quickly to avoid pumping off.
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21 | ★★★ Force 10 - with Cameron Semple | 45m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Awesome. Followed Cam on the first pitch. Way more pumpy than it looks. Had to work hard, and shredded my hands in the painful jams.
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Thu 24th Feb 2022 - Bruny Island | ||||||
Cloudy Bay Hidden Zawn Blue Water Wall | ||||||
20 | ★ My Brilliant Career - with Cameron Semple | 18m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Second shot. Missed the sneaky jug on the first go.
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17 | ★ Lat It Be - with Cameron Semple | 18m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
Thu 24th Feb 2022 - Bruny Island | ||||||
Cloudy Bay Hidden Zawn Seaward Slabs | ||||||
18 | ★★ The Noise of Time (Noise of time) - with Cameron Semple | 65m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice slabbing, with a surprise finish.
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Tue 22nd Feb 2022 - Bruny Island | ||||||
Cloudy Bay The Aviary | ||||||
20 | ★★ Cheeky Monkey - with Cameron Semple | 20m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Steep jugginess down low, with a tricky crux that seemed pretty stiff for 19.
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19 | ★ Your Tern - with Cameron Semple | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Draws on. Funky bridging moves.
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14 | ★★ The Bruny Slide - with Cameron Semple | 130m, 20 | ★ Good | |||
Good fun.
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Sat 22nd Jan 2022 - Ben Lomond | ||||||
Pavement Bluff | ||||||
18 | ★★ Stalingrad - with Grant John Hyland, Pete Bovino | 60m | ★★ Very Good | |||
First 'real' trad pitch post surgery. Ankle felt pretty good on the walk in and out. No problem with the climbing. Great looking crag. The approach is pretty long for a day trip. I'll be back to stay for a couple of days next time. Note. Bring a spare 3m tape or cord for a rap anchor.
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Sun 19th Dec 2021 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
The Sunny Side On The Way Pinnacles | ||||||
15 | ★ On The Way - with Laura, Sean Oliver, dave chiam | 8m | ★ Good | |||
22 | ★★ Wings Over America - with dave chiam, Laura | 8m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
Got a bit pumped on the flash attempt and jumped off just above 2nd bolt. Sussed it out after but no time to try again before the rain started.
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Sun 5th Dec 2021 - Blackwood Rocks | ||||||
McGifford's Edge | ||||||
16 | ★ Ram - with Ian Ferrier, Laura | 15m | ||||
Blackwood rocks answer to Watchtower crack?
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16 | ★ Four Mantles - with Ian Ferrier, Laura | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really nice
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21 | ★ Flake and Chips - with Ian Ferrier, Laura | 15m | ★ Good | |||
A couple of laps on top rope first to scrub the moss off.
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17 | ★ Anchor for the soul - with Laura, Ian Ferrier | 15m | ★ Good | |||
22 20 | ★★ Mystery of Godliness - with Ian Ferrier, Laura | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Had top roped a couple of weeks previously. Seems more like 22 if you start underneath the first bolt.
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Sat 11th Sep 2021 - Sand River | ||||||
Colosseum Area Plebeian Wall | ||||||
18 | ★★ Riffraff Roof | 20m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sat 11th Sep 2021 - Sand River | ||||||
Riverside | ||||||
19 | ★ Thylacine - with Cameron Semple | 10m | ★ Good | |||
19 | ★ Spotted Tail Quoll - with Cameron Semple | 12m, 5 | ||||
Sat 11th Sep 2021 - Sand River | ||||||
Colosseum Area Plebeian Wall | ||||||
21 | ★ Pleb's Rusticus - with Jon | 12m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
20 | ★★ Spartacus - with Jon | 20m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
18 | ★★ Riffraff Roof - with Jon | 20m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | |||
17 | ★ Working Class Hero's - with Jon | 18m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
19 | ★ No more heroes - with Cameron Semple | 18m, 11 | ★ Good | |||
Sat 11th Sep 2021 - Sand River | ||||||
Colosseum Area Eldorado | ||||||
20 | Midas' Touch - with Jon | 18m, 9 | ★ Good | |||
15 | ★ Nugget Juggler - with Jon | 16m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Sun 5th Sep 2021 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
The Sunny Side Feltham Buttress | ||||||
13 | Cunningham - with dave chiam | 10m | ||||
15 | Pork Hunt - with dave chiam | 12m | Average | |||
18 | ★ Jelly Boy - with dave chiam | 12m, 1 | ★ Good | |||
16 | ★ Feltham - with dave chiam | 14m | ★ Good | |||
18 | ★★ Lingham - with dave chiam | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
First proper jamming test post surgery. Ankle felt stiff but ok.
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Sat 14th Aug 2021 - Fortescue Bay | ||||||
Fortescue Bay Crag | ||||||
18 | ★ Thank Christ For Bass Strait - with sean oliver, Laura | 20m | ★ Good | |||
Sean sent me up this one for my first climb outside post surgery. I got to the same place he'd bailed from, realised that I didn't have it in me and bailed as well. Maybe next time.
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19 | ★ Windscape - with Ian Ferrier, Laura | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really good, albeit a bit sandy. First time back on real rock in 5 months.
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Sat 27th Feb 2021 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
The Gorge - North Side North Wall | ||||||
10 M4 10 M4 | ★★★ Ozymandias Direct | 300m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Good to tick this off the to do list. Deliberately took it slowly to make the most of the solo experience. Rapped in late on Tuesday and bivied on Fuhrer ledge. Climbed to big grassy next day. Pitch 3 was harder than I remembered. Only climbed to the roof the next day after a late start then spent the afternoon on the portaledge. Had a large bird, either a peregrine or an owl, come and perch on the ledge suspension strap during the night. Woke up to see a feathery butt directly above my face. Climbed to the Gledhill bivi and fixed the fang pitch next day, then bivied at Gledhill. Climbed to top Saturday. Bloody hard work but satisfying.
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Fri 19th Feb 2021 - Conical Rocks | ||||||
18 | ★★ Bun Crack - with Cameron Semple | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Pretty good. Trickier than it looks down low, then easier than it looks up high.
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1 | ★★★ Wilderness - with Cameron Semple | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Awesome pinnacle.
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19 | ★★★ Ladyfingers - with Cameron Semple | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Slippery and tough for the grade, but really nice. Like a mini slippery Yosemite granite fingercrack. Revealed my lack of fitness from lack of climbing in the last year or so. Replaced the dodgy cord on the rap 'anchor'.
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19 | ★★★ Atmosphere - with Cameron Semple | 2 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Really good.
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Sun 15th Mar 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
Duck Reach Vamp Buttress | ||||||
M1 | ★★ Hot little number | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sat 7th Mar 2020 - Devils Gullet | ||||||
Main Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★★ Divine Comedy - with Graham Hubbard | 100m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Holy crap the middle pitch of this is amazing. Unfortunately the crag was quite wet. We skipped the approach pitch. Ultra classic 2nd pitch. Endless steep perfect hand crack forvever. Didn't do it very good style though. Ended up making a semi hanging belay at about 30m when I realized I was going to run out of gear. Second half of the pitch was very wet. Pulling the steep crux with both hands and both feet covered in wet slime wasn't going to happen. Pulled through on the gear. Rapped sideways from the belay ledge to get back to our fixed rope and jumared out to avoid the dripping wet and vegetated upper section.
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Sun 1st Mar 2020 - Mount Wellington | ||||||
The Organ Pipes Great Tier | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Blue Meridian - with Cameron Semple | 90m | ★★ Very Good | |||
1st pitch only. The second looked great but it was getting late in the day. Really engaging face climbing. Not great protection in parts.
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Sun 1st Mar 2020 - Mount Wellington | ||||||
The Organ Pipes Step Tier | ||||||
19 | ★★★ Lone Stranger - with Cameron Semple | 78m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Awesome. Cam led the first pitch. I got the classic second pitch and the very nice third. Felt pretty solid for the grade. Got pretty pumped.
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Mon 24th Feb 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
The Shady Side Six Agile Men Area | ||||||
19 | ★ Fighting the Authorities - with Graham Hubbard, Kristin, EJ Budarick, will | 8m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
Mon 24th Feb 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
The Shady Side History Maker Area | ||||||
23 | ★★ History Maker - with Will | 9m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Thu 13th Feb 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
Duck Reach Vamp Buttress | ||||||
19 | ★★ No Parking - with kristin, thursday night crowd | 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
17 | ★★ Well Then Bruvvers - with Laura | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Thu 13th Feb 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
Duck Reach Skidrow Buttress | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Deathrow - with Laura, kristin, EJ Budarick, thursday night crowd | 20m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Zillionth lap, but still classic. Got a bit pumped.
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Tue 11th Feb 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
The Sunny Side Mickey Loves Anne Face | ||||||
20 | ★★ Dead Zone | 12m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Another unsend? Slipped off down low. Fell onto a good rp. The rest felt much harder than I remembered.
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22 | ★★ Fruit of the Spirit - with kristin | 12m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
Got scared of the dirty top out. Clipped a draw on our fixed rap line that was hanging conveniently close.
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16 | ★ The Rain in Spain - with kristin | 8m | ★ Good | |||
Sat 8th Feb 2020 - Ben Lomond | ||||||
Northern Escarpment The Pavillion | ||||||
17 | ★★ Solaris - with EJ Budarick | 90m | ★ Good | |||
Good climbing up an indistinct line. Started up Solaris but I think we ended up on Giant Vibrator in the top half. Interesting featured rock. Far less chossy than it looks, but still quite a few dodgy loose blocks to tiptoe around.
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Thu 6th Feb 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
Trevallyn Reserve/Hoo Hoo Hut areas Willow Jungle | ||||||
24 | ★★ Dead Man Walking - with baz | 10m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Hard. Fell off at the second bolt, and the third. Running out of daylight so I used a devious brass nut to aid through to last bolt.
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Thu 6th Feb 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
Trevallyn Reserve/Hoo Hoo Hut areas Mansion On The Hill | ||||||
22 | ★★ Barbeque Boy - with baz | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Soft tick, but nice climbing.
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Wed 5th Feb 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
The Sunny Side Porker Pinnacle | ||||||
25 | ★★ Brazen Serpent - with Laura | 10m, 3 | ||||
Holy moly. No idea what to do in the middle section. Danny was a magician.
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Tue 4th Feb 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
The Sunny Side Right Man Buttress | ||||||
23 | ★★ Godfather - with EJ Budarick | 11m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Repeat lap. Felt pretty good.
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25 24 | ★ Up The Wall - with EJ Budarick | 9m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
Tried to go ground up but got completely shut down by the high step/rock over move at the crux. Aided through and had a few goes on top rope, but still couldn't manage it. Doable by reaching out left into Roxanne, but that seems like cheating.
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18 | ★★ The Wrong Man - with EJ Budarick, jd | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Mon 3rd Feb 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
Duck Reach Vamp Buttress | ||||||
17 | ★★ Well Then Bruvvers - with Graham Hubbard, kristin | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Mon 3rd Feb 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
Duck Reach Skidrow Buttress | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Deathrow - with Graham Hubbard, kristin | 20m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Hard to walk past this without doing a lap.
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Thu 30th Jan 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
The Shady Side Six Agile Men Area | ||||||
25 | The Magical Mystical Mickey Mouse Tour (The Magical Mousey Tour) - with Will | 9m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
Played around on top rope. Nails hard foot swap/body tension thing.
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20 | ★★ Hidden Fingers | 8m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Mon 27th Jan 2020 - Freycinet National Park | ||||||
Hazards Cliffs Hazards Main Wall (Mid Level) | ||||||
17 | ★★ Continuum - with Jon, Tully | 150m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Definitely deserves more traffic. Awesome traverse pitch that would be worth five stars if it wasn't so mossy. Still felt a bit heady even with the two retrobolts. It would have been pretty bold in its original form. We had planned to rap down but took one look at the shitty twigs with slings on them and decided to climb two more pitches to the top instead. Topped out and rapped down Winning Streaks.
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21 | ★★★ Touch and Go - with Jon, Tully | 30m, 12 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Slipped off at the crux on the onsight attempt. Used a better footer second go. Fun, stress free slabbing. Backs off considerably after about the 10 metre mark.
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21 | ★★★ Touch and Go - with Jon, Tully | 30m, 12 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sun 26th Jan 2020 - Freycinet National Park | ||||||
Hazards Cliffs Suzuki Complex | ||||||
21 19 | ★★ Luxury Leather Goods - with Jon | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really good, steep finger locking, albeit a bit painful. Felt like a sandbag though. Probably more like 21.
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Sun 26th Jan 2020 - Freycinet National Park | ||||||
Hazards Cliffs Hazards Main Wall (Mid Level) | ||||||
18 | ★★★ Winning Streaks - with Jon | 120m, 29 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Repeat.
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Sun 19th Jan 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
Duck Reach Vamp Buttress | ||||||
17 | ★ Vamp - with Jon | 35m | ★ Good | |||
1st pitch to ledge so we could get a rope on the unprotectable offwidth next door.
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20 | ★★★ To the Crux and Beyond | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
20 | ★★★ To the Crux and Beyond | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
20 | ★★★ To the Crux and Beyond - with Jon | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Offwidth practice with John. Twice on lead and once on top rope to unstick the rope.
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18 | Unknown Offwidth Corner - with Jon | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
I thought this was pretty good. It certainly wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea....
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Thu 16th Jan 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
Trevallyn Reserve/Hoo Hoo Hut areas Mansion On The Hill | ||||||
18 | ★★ Summer Campaign - with Steve Tristam | 10m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Really good. Tough at the bottom.
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23 | ★ Going to Horeb - with Steve Tristam | 10m, 3 | ||||
Fell off pretty promptly at first bolt. Couldn't figure it out and pulled through to last bolt. Seems pretty tricky.
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