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Grade Route Gear style Quality
Fri 31st Mar 2023 - Moonarie
Checkers Wall
15 ★★★ Pagoda Variant - with Char Trad 100m ★★★ Mega Classic
I thought this was mega classic. Each pitch was wildly different. That flake.......

  
Fri 31st Mar 2023 - Moonarie
The Ramparts
13 ★★ Garden Refuse Removed Cheaply - with Char Trad 120m
Found first purch surprisingly burly, the rest was great fun. First climb in the rangers

  
Sat 11th Mar 2023 - Mount Wellington
The Organ Pipes Flange Buttress
14 ★★ Fiddlesticks Trad 65m ★★★ Classic
Jamming, stemming, laybacks and face climbing in a single pitch. Some larger cams (#4) were useful. Fun adventure

  
Thu 9th Mar 2023 - Freycinet National Park
Coastal Cliffs Lassie's Wall
12 ★ Ballyhoo Trad 25m
13 ★ Artemus Trad 25m
Sat 4th Mar 2023 - Ben Lomond
Northern Escarpment Snake Buttress
15 ★ VD Waltz Trad 110m ★ Good
Great to get on some features an Ben Lomond. Dislodged some rocks on the runout start which shook confidence a bit. The top is bomber

  
Sat 4th Mar 2023 - Fortescue Bay
The Moai
18 ★★★ Sacred Site Mixed trad 30m, 2 ★★★ Mega Classic
What a route

  
Thu 16th Feb 2023 - Arapiles
Northern Group Harlequin Cracks Area
9 ★★ Beau Geste - with Char Trad 140m ★★ Very Good
Bypassed the climbey because lazy

  
Thu 16th Feb 2023 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes
9 ★★ Conifer Crack - with Char Trad 80m ★★★ Classic
P2 was my favorite feature to climb of the weekend

  
Thu 16th Feb 2023 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Right Dunes Buttress
10 ★★★ Eskimo Nell - with Char Trad 130m ★★★ Classic
Repeat with char

  
Thu 16th Feb 2023 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces The Watchtower
9 ★★★ Arachnus - with Char Trad 110m ★★★ Classic
Classic day out

  
Thu 16th Feb 2023 - Arapiles
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Back Wall
14 ★★★ Lamplighter - with Char Trad 78m ★★★ Classic
P2 was fantastic

P3 was a little rough at 6ft 2 and 100kgs. All in all super fun

  
Thu 16th Feb 2023 - Arapiles
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Front Wall and West Face
8 ★★ Spiral Staircase Trad 100m ★★ Very Good
Chars intro to araps

  
Mon 2nd Jan 2023 - Point Perpendicular
The Lighthouse Centurion Area
16 ★★ Centurion - with Char Trad 10m ★★ Very Good
Soon many spiders. Must add a grade?

  
Tue 20th Dec 2022 - Mt Tibrogargan
West Face
3 ★★ West Track (Tourist Track) - with Char Trad 340m ★★★ Mega Classic
Took a triple rack. It wasnt enough. I Need more hexes in my life

  
Tue 20th Dec 2022 - Mt Tibrogargan
Caves Route Sector
4 ★★★ Caves Route Trad 520m ★★ Very Good
Cruisy "climbing" but beautiful day out. Sun was brutal

  
Sun 25th Sep 2022 - Squamish
Murrin Park Up Among The Firs
5.9 ★★ Wicker Cranium Trad 30m
A fun one. Surprisingly long

  
Wed 10th Aug 2022 - Squamish
Murrin Park The Murrin Surrounds Seal Cove
5.9 ★ Seal Cove Traverse Mixed trad 20m, 5
Mon 11th Jul 2022 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Krack Rock
5.6 ★ Fairy Ring Trad 20m ★ Good
Teaching a friend to place gear. Stiffer than was expecting

  
Fri 8th Jul 2022 - Squamish
The Chief The Bulletheads Campground Wall
5.9 ★ Feeling Groovy
1 5.9 40m
2
Trad 40m ★ Good
Fri 8th Jul 2022 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Parking Lot Wall
5.8 ★★ Owl Teddy Trad
Fri 8th Jul 2022 - Squamish
The Chief The Bulletheads Bulletheads South
5.8 5.9 ★★★ Slot Machine Trad 52m ★★★ Classic
Beautiful climbing for the grade. Great rests bomber jams. Did as a single 65m pitch

  
Mon 27th Jun 2022 - Smith Rock State Park
Red Wall Area Red Wall
5.6 ★ Moscow - with Char Trad 91m ★★ Very Good
Beautiful Jamming with good feet.

Got a little lost and did it in 2.5 pitches

  
Mon 27th Jun 2022 - Smith Rock State Park
The Dihedrals
5.6 ★★ Cinnamon Slab Trad 37m
Fun Ramp. nice Jams

  
Fri 3rd Sep 2021 - Squamish
The Chief The Apron North Apron
5.9 ★★★ Long Time No See Trad 270m ★★★ Classic
Mon 30th Aug 2021 - Squamish
The Chief The North Walls The Sherriff's Badge
5.10b ★★★ Angel's Crest
1 5.10b 600m
2 5.10b
3 5.10b
4 5.7
5 5.10a
6 5.5
7 5.10a
8 5.9
9 5.5
10 5.9
11 5.7
12 5.10a
13 5.8
Mixed trad 600m, 7 ★★★ Mega Classic
Mon 30th Aug 2021 - Squamish
Shannon Falls Shannon Falls Wall
5.8 ★★★ The Spirit of Squamish - with Char Trad 210m ★★★ Classic
Unfortunately the photo pitch was dirty AF which made it a tad spicy/runout. The rest of the climbing was great! In a year when it has a bit more traffic this will really come into shape. Expect long queues - Start early

  
Mon 30th Aug 2021 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Crag X Lower Crag X
5.9 ★★★ Baby Lizard Trad 45m ★★★ Classic
Great climbing at the grade

  
Mon 16th Aug 2021 - Squamish
Murrin Park Sugarloaf
5.8 ★★ Holiday in Cambodia Trad 15m ★★ Very Good
Great ckimb. Takes gear beautifuly

  
Mon 16th Aug 2021 - Squamish
Murrin Park Bog Wall
5.9 ★★ Up From the Bog Trad 18m
Mon 16th Aug 2021 - Squamish
The Chief The Apron Central Apron
5.9 ★★★ Snake Trad 220m ★★ Very Good
Fun climbing but a little spicy. Ran into a guy with a broken foot hobbling off the route.

Bring a black totem or small alien to protect in some piton scars

  
Mon 16th Aug 2021 - Squamish
The Chief The Apron North Apron
5.8 ★★★ Calculus Crack Trad 150m ★★★ Classic
Sun 27th Jun 2021 - Canmore
Ha Ling Peak
5.6 ★★ Northeast Face (NE Face) - with Char Trad 440m ★★★ Classic
Fun climbing, beautiful location, great day out, easy descent.

Bolts can be pretty spaced, some pitches have no pro. only placed cams on 1 pitch but the climbing was generally pretty chill. Anything "tougher" had decent enough protection. A light rack to 2" is plenty. Also linked all but the upper 3/4 pitches with a 70m rope.

  
Wed 26th May 2021 - Squamish
Papoose
5.10a ★★★ Hairpin - with Char Trad 120m ★★★ Classic
Mon 9th Nov 2020 - Squamish
The Chief The Backside The Solarium Sunshine Breakfast
5.9 ★★ Sunshine Breakfast
1 5.9 30m
2 5.9 25m
3 5.8 55m
Mixed trad 110m, 5 ★★ Very Good
Brilliant position. Burly start and runout but great fun.

  
Mon 9th Nov 2020 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Tunnel Rock
5.10a ★★ Sunstroker Mixed trad 23m, 2
5.10b ★★ Noonday Ridge Mixed trad 25m, 4
Underrated. Thought this was a lot of fun. A lot of variety

  
5.10b 5.8 ★★★ Go For Broke Trad 30m
Tue 6th Oct 2020 - Squamish
The Chief The Raven's Castle
5.7 ★★ Talking Crack Trad 20m ★★ Very Good
Great way to top out

  
Tue 6th Oct 2020 - Squamish
The Chief The Apron South Apron
5.8 ★★ Slab Alley (Slab Alley Linkup Broomstick Crack) - with Char
1 5.7 290m
2 5.8
3 5.8
4 5.7
5 5.7
6 5.7 linkup Boomstick Crack
Trad 290m ★ Good
Typical Runout + Cruisy Squamish Slab Climbing

  
Mon 10th Aug 2020 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Crag X Supervalue
5.10d 5.10c/d ★ Lust Mixed trad 22m, 4 ★ Good
Mon 10th Aug 2020 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Penny Lane
5.8 ★★ Quarryman - with Char Trad 25m
Spicy

  
Mon 10th Aug 2020 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Smoke Bluff Wall and Environs Mosquito Area
5.8 ★★ Mosquito Trad 25m
5.8 ★★ Phlegmish Dance Trad 15m
Tue 4th Aug 2020 - Squamish
Murrin Park The Brunser Area
5.10a ★ Sunny Boy Mixed trad 25m, 3 ★ Good
Totally a sport route with a single tree to sling. Unsure why lited as mixed.

  
Tue 4th Aug 2020 - Squamish
Murrin Park Betazoid / The Milkman's Wall
5.9 ★★★ The World's Toughest Milkman Trad 15m
Burly and fun. Swing out into space at one point

  
Mon 27th Jul 2020 - Bugaboos
Eastpost Spire
Class 4 ★ Northwest Ridge Trad 180m ★★ Very Good
Down Climbed as part of East Post Traverse

  
5.6 ★★ Southeast Ridge Trad 550m
Fun taper day scramble. Simul climbed in approach shoes. Linked with Northwest ridge for the East Post Traverse

  
Fri 26th Jun 2020 - Banff
Tunnel Mountain
5.8 ★★ Gooseberry - with Char Trad 250m ★★★ Classic
Fun varied climbing. Loads of bolts, and beautiful position.

  
Thu 25th Jun 2020 - Takakkaw Falls
5.6 5.7 ★★★ Takakkaw Falls Route Mixed trad 430m, 18 ★★ Very Good
Mon 1st Jun 2020 - Squamish
Murrin Park Sugarloaf
5.6 ★ Jump Start Trad 22m
Tue 3rd Sep 2019 - Yak Peak
5.10a ★★★ Yak-Check Trad 650m ★★ Very Good
Beautiful climb up an incredible face. Would be a classic if there was like 3 or 4 more bolts over the entire route to stop several large factor 2 falls. Pulled occasional gear to prevent this.

Not sure what the deal is with pitch 10 but it's the most scared I have ever been on a rope. Mossy wet dihedral or totally unprotected 5.10x crumbly steep slab with no gear for 15+ metres.

Perhaps we just got lost. All in all a great adventure.

  
Sun 25th Aug 2019 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Blind Channel Crags High Cliff
5.6 ★ The Gift Trad 15m
Sun 11th Aug 2019 - Squamish
The Chief The Apron Squamish Buttress
5.10a 5.9 ★★ Butt Light (The Butt Light) - with brett Kennedy Mixed trad 190m, 4 ★★★ Classic
Final link up to finish my first lap up the chief!

15 pitches, 500+m in 8.75 hours.

Swung leads from base to top, linking some pitches

  
5.8 ★★ Butt Light (The Squamish Buttress pitches 1-4) - with brett Kennedy
1
2
3
4 linkup The Butt Light
Mixed trad 190m, 4 ★★ Very Good
Sun 11th Aug 2019 - Squamish
The Chief The Apron South Apron
5.8 ★★★ Diedre (Diedre Linkup Broomstick crack)
1 5.7 180m
2 5.6
3 5.8
4 5.8
5 5.6
6 5.8 linkup Broomstick crack
Trad 180m ★★★ Classic
Brett Kennedy

  
Mon 5th Aug 2019 - Mount Rexford
5.5 5.0 ★★ West Ridge - Mt Rexford Trad 500m ★★★ Classic
First Alpine Route! One of the most scenic lines i have ever done.

16 hours car to car

  
Sun 21st Jul 2019 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Penny Lane
5.9 ★★★ Penny Lane Trad 30m ★★★ Classic
Protects well. Solid for the grade. Great crack climbing.

  
Sun 21st Jul 2019 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Burgers and Fries
5.7 ★★ Burgers and Fries Trad 25m Don't Bother
4 stars my ass. Protects poorly then run out slab on crappy gear

  
5.7 ★ Jammers Delight Trad 15m
Not bad. Layback or jam, up to you

  
Mon 15th Jul 2019 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Neat and Cool
5.8 ★ Sally Five Fingers Trad 15m ★ Good
5.6 5.7 ★★ Cat Crack Trad 20m ★ Good
5.9 ★ Lieback Flake Trad 25m ★★ Very Good
Fun Feature. Was unprepared for the dirty slab at the top which goes at 10-11

  
5.8 ★ Stumps Trad 15m ★ Good
5.6 5.7 ★ Cornflakes Trad 25m ★★ Very Good
Super interesting rock feature. Took some wizardry to protect

  
Sun 14th Jul 2019 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Krack Rock
5.10a ★ Koko Crack Trad 20m ★★ Very Good
Great fun. Easy to protect. Nice to be back on some rock again

  
5.7 ★ Turkey Dinner Trad 20m ★ Good
Awkward start then nice flowing hand jams

  
Sun 14th Jul 2019 - Squamish
Smoke Bluffs Neat and Cool
5.9 5.7 ★ Clean Starts Trad 8m Average
Left variant

  
Mon 13th May 2019 - Squamish
Shannon Falls Shannon Falls Wall
5.7 ★★★ Klahanie Crack Trad 30m ★★★ Classic
siiiiiiiick juan

  
5.8 ★★ Dirty Dickey Trad 30m
queue for skywalker was outrageous so jumped on this instead. Not bad

  
Mon 14th Jan 2019 - Barrenjoey
Southwest
15 ★★ Crack of Dawn - with Keith Davison Trad 20m ★★ Very Good
Sun 9th Dec 2018 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Flake Crack Area
17 ★★★ Flake Crack - with Keith Davison Trad 53m ★★★ Mega Classic
Ice cream ascent!

Stunning feature and rock. One of the best lines i have done.

Linked P1 and P2.

  
15 ★★ Hope - with Keith Davison Trad 15m ★ Good
I think 2 grades easier if you are >6ft. Practise your finger locks

  
Sun 9th Dec 2018 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
15 ★★ The Carthaginian - with Keith Davison Trad 33m ★★ Very Good
Pretty Funky with the double crack

  
Sat 8th Dec 2018 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area
14 ★★ Joseph Trad 46m
Sat 8th Dec 2018 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Descent Gully Area
11 ★ The Bonatti Crack - with Keith Davison Trad 8m ★ Good
Good warm up on approach. Get those hands ready to jam

  
Sat 8th Dec 2018 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Sweet Dreams Walls
17 ★★★ Sweet Dreams Middle Variant (Sweet Dreams Variant #2) - with Keith Davison, Matthew Ritchie Mixed trad 120m, 12 ★★ Very Good
Teaching some multipitch. Climbing is nothing special but stars for position, length and grade.

Lost sight of rings and wandered into Saccharine Nightmare final pitch. Protected but rope drag was real.

  
Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Arapiles
Atridae Agamemnon Area
11 ★★★ Agamemnon - with Keith Davison Trad 40m ★★★ Classic
One of the best single pitch lines I have done. Will have to return and lead the crux

  
Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Left Golden Fleece Wall
11 ★★ Pedro - with Keith Davison Trad 36m ★★ Very Good
Great line

  
Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Arapiles
Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Syrinx Area
10 ★★★ Syrinx - with Keith Davison Trad 170m ★★★ Classic
Tiger wall in all its glory

  
Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Siren Area
12 9 ★★★ Siren - with Keith Davison Trad 150m ★★★ Classic
Mildly terrifying is a word for it.

Did 12 variant which was money pitch. One of favorite climbs of the week

  
Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Right Dunes Buttress
10 ★★★ Eskimo Nell - with Keith Davison Trad 130m ★★★ Classic
Cruisy fun climb with good variety. Pitch 2/3 was the money pitch from the top of the first chimney

  
Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Pinnacle Face Tiptoe Ridge Area
5 ★★★ Tiptoe Ridge - with Keith Davison Trad 120m ★★★ Mega Classic
Beaut intro to the area. I think there are 1000's of variants to this line of various difficulty. Linked pitches

  
Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Arapiles
Mitre Rock South Mitre
1 ★ West Ridge of Mitre - with Keith Davison Trad 100m
All about that vert

  
Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Arapiles
Mitre Rock North Mitre
8 ★ The Devil's Advocate - with Keith Davison Trad 45m ★ Good
Better than walking around to inner routes.

  
Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Arapiles
Tiger Wall Area Tiger Wall Under Flinders Lane Wall
9 ★★ The Eighth Trad 99m ★★ Very Good
Interesting climb. Def not a 9.

Lead pitch 2 & 4

  
Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes
8 ★★ Diapason - with Keith Davison Trad 55m ★★ Very Good
Chimney finish good fun. Otherwise pretty chilled climb nearing sunset.

Lead 1 & 3

  
Mon 3rd Dec 2018 - Mount Buffalo
The Horn Area The Horn
13 ★ Dick Selector Trad 25m Average
Did not enjoy much about this one.

  
Fri 16th Nov 2018 - Earlwood
16 ★ Warm It Up - with Keith Davison Mixed trad 10m, 1
Ice cream

  
15 ★ Cornered Again - with Keith Davison Trad 8m
Short fun layback at the top

  
Mon 1st Oct 2018 - Point Perpendicular
Thunder Head VB Slab Area
19 ★★ Whale of a Time - with Matthew Ritchie Trad 32m ★★ Very Good
If you get a little excited over exposure then you will be foaming at the mouth on this one. The most ridiculous position: waves crashing below you, wind, lots of air and multiple whales breaching about 50m away over your shoulder.

Top roped but the climbing was fun. I was more impressed with then position and wandered around a bit over interesting looking features. Just made the abseil on a 60m rope - possibly only due to rope stretch so be careful as this may also depend on how you build your anchor.

  
Mon 1st Oct 2018 - Point Perpendicular
Thunder Head Tequilla Sunrise
17 ★★ The Tempest - with Matthew Ritchie Trad 20m ★★ Very Good
Awesome climb. Beautiful, steep corner crack. Will have to have a go on lead

  
Tue 12th Jun 2018 - Orroral area
Booroomba Rocks North Buttress Echidna Slabs
14 ★★ The Ivory Coast - with Keith Davison Trad 25m ★★ Very Good
This was the money pitch of the weekend. Incredibly cool, sustained flake. Soooo thin in points. Then weird, runout friction crawling on no holds to the top. The walkout was a mission.

Linkeup from Denethor, Swinging leads so keith lead.

  
Mon 11th Jun 2018 - Orroral area
Booroomba Rocks North Buttress Northern Slabs
14 ★ Denethor - with Keith Davison
1 14 65m lead by Keith Davison
2 lead by DaneW
Trad 65m ★★ Very Good
P1 - Great 3d Problems once you get past the cheese grater start. P2 - Lesser of the 3 pitches when linked with Ivory Coast. My 3rd trad lead so happy with a new icecream grade

  
8 ★★ Drunken Delight - with Keith Davison Trad 85m ★★ Very Good
Super Fun for the grade.

  
Fri 30th Mar 2018 - Point Perpendicular
Seaside Windjammer Wall
17 ★★★ Grey Mist Trad 30m ★★★ Classic
Learning new moves as I go. Interesting top

  

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