Showing all 27 ascents.
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13 | ★ Lawrence - with Amy | 100m | Arapiles | Wed 20th Mar 2019 | ||||
Good climb. Was very warm day and climb pleasantly in shade whole way. The scrambling on the first pitch seemed perfectly fine, and had decent gear protecting the any of the tricky parts (including opposed nut placement in horizontal before the choss-crux up the big sloping rock about half way up). Amy led the rest well, after a bit of encouragement to lead the last pitch. Aided through the chimney on last pitch to avoid faff with backpack
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19 | ★ Living on Input | 15m | Morialta | Sat 22nd Sep 2018 | ||||
With Uni Club. Think this is the line on the arete just left of Digital Input, kind of similar to Mt Olive
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9 | ★★ Conifer Crack - with Juliana | 80m | Arapiles | Wed 19th Apr 2017 | ||||
First pitch only, as quick climb before we headed home. Pretty long pitch, did not have many draws left by the top
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7 | ★ Building Confidence - with Jack | 10m, 2 | Mitcham Quarries | Sun 24th Dec 2017 | ||||
Hadn't done this since it was my first lead climb. Not hard but quite nice climb. Doesn't seem like it needs any gear with the bolts on Fish Dream - although there's a more challenging right variant heading directly up the crack which would force it back into being a mixed route (although higher grade, maybe a 12?)
The binner on the top bolt is gone - left a small 6mm mallion on it to lower off (although would be good to replace it with something more convenient/visible) |
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21 | Bomber Choss - with Pete | 8m | Mitcham Quarries | Average | Sat 4th Jul 2020 | |||
Don't think this climbs too nicely compared to Desperate Living - the first section is easy if you climb it poorly and just yard up the slopers, the cruxy part through the underclings is nicer. Didn't link this today as it was impossible to see the footers in dark even with head-torch, but felt marginally easier then DL
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22 | ★ Desperate Living - with Pete | 9m | Mitcham Quarries | ★ Good | Sat 4th Jul 2020 | |||
This climbs really excellently, just shame the gear isn't better. Soft for the grade.. soft as in sand.. in a bag. Feels probably closer to 22 (edit: assuming ELV is probably 21) - harder on toprope than ELV was to lead. Quite comparable climbs: about same height, both quite bouldery, but ELV is less sustained.. and has bolts.. and rock that probably wont kill you
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20 | ★★★ Little Thor - with Jack Pointon | 12m | Arapiles | Fri 4th May 2018 | ||||
Top-roped in dark with shonky head-torch as I lost mine earlier that day. Really nice climb. Went to try leading it next day until torrent of rain bucketed as we were walking to the cliff. Next time!
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20 | ★★ Digital Input | 19m | Morialta | Sat 22nd Sep 2018 | ||||
Think I did this year or two ago but almost definitely went too far right at the start and skipped crux. Did properly this time, nice climb. Felt leadable although didn't look too closely at gear around the two cruxy parts
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18 | ★★ Hot Stuff | 13m | Raetjen's Gap | ★ Good | Sun 25th Sep 2016 | |||
18 | ★ Free Beer | 30m | Arapiles | Sun 6th Nov 2016 | ||||
Not Tiptoe Ridge Direct start.. and 10 grades higher.. with about 8 metres before first reasonable gear placement, I get the feeling this was more enjoyable for me seconding..
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18 | ★ Noble House - with , Hannah | 10m | Morialta | ★★ Very Good | Mon 16th Jan 2017 | |||
18 | ★★ The Billiard Table | 18m | Morialta | ★★ Very Good | Tue 21st Feb 2017 | |||
Reclimbed in the dark with no light. A good challenge. One small slip where I stood up with only a tiny right-foot hold, and found no further hand or feet holds..
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18 | ★★ Terrathea - with Amy, Kellie, Zach | 20m | Morialta | Sun 5th Mar 2017 | ||||
Second attempt, got past pumpy beginning this time, and rest of climb is good. Beginning is more sequencey than it first looked, much unhelpful chalk
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18 | ★★★ Skink - with Zhen | 110m | Arapiles | ★★★ Mega Classic | Wed 17th May 2017 | |||
Excellent climb and impressive looking route. Looking forward to leading this next time.
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16 | ★★★ Muesli - with , Carl Schneider, Amy | 18m | Morialta | Sun 20th Aug 2017 | ||||
A climb I tried and failed on a few moves into when I last tried it a long time ago when here with David (maybe a year ago). Reassuringly quite easy this time, probably could have led it without much issue (except the mantle top-out would have been an unpleasant surprise, is much easier to the right)
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16 | ★★★ Muesli | 18m | Morialta | Sat 22nd Sep 2018 | ||||
Off-line top-rope setup made this feel more awkward than I recall last time.
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15 | ★ Clea Direct Finish | 16m | Morialta | Sun 11th Sep 2016 | ||||
13 | ★★ Horn Piece - with Amy, Mark | 33m | Arapiles | Thu 21st Mar 2019 | ||||
Good test of new approach shoes. Crux is nice couple of moves, although doesn't seem like it'd be too fun to fall from
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11 | ★ Clea | 18m | Morialta | Sun 11th Sep 2016 | ||||
11 | ★ Under Milkwood | 10m | Raetjen's Gap | Sun 25th Sep 2016 | ||||
11 | ★★ Piccolo | 33m | Arapiles | Fri 4th Nov 2016 | ||||
11 | Olive Oyl | 15m | Morialta | Sat 22nd Sep 2018 | ||||
With Uni Club day. No hands to about 1/3rd height then resorted to one handed to top (should probably log it as aid-climb ascent type)
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10 | ★★★ Eskimo Nell | 130m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Fri 4th Nov 2016 | |||
First multipitch climb \o/
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10 | ★★ The Shroud | 120m | Arapiles | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sat 5th Nov 2016 | |||
Amazing view distracted from easy but slightly unnerving lean over void at end of last pitch. Hanging abseil into valley just as sun was starting to set.
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10 | ★★★ Eskimo Nell - with Jack, Nicola | 130m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Fri 4th May 2018 | |||
Jack's first multipitch lead \o/
First time trying climbing two seconds with a single rope - Nicola tied into ~middle of rope with alpine-butterfly, then I basically short-roped myself to her with the remaining rope. Used microtraxion to adjust rope length from second pitch onwards (after first pitch became effectively a solo due to amount of slack I impatiently let accrue). Technique worked quite nicely on easier climbs, would be scary on harder climbs (doubly so on anything balancey or with traverses)
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5 | ★★★ Tiptoe Ridge | 120m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sun 6th Nov 2016 | |||
After maybe taking unintentional grade 18 direct start, turned into nice easy but interesting route. The 2m abseil of the pinnacle was extremely sketchy and hard to pull ropes, but much less sketchy than trying to down climb the overhung face with zero holds.. Traversing around seems safer but final pitch is already pretty draggy and almost out of shouting range.
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★★ The Bishop
- with
Amy
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11
50m
lead by
Amy
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lead by
Ben Dickson
| 50m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Fri 22nd Mar 2019 | |||
A nice climb - had led the first pitch with Jack/Nicola previously, wanted to lead the second, and climb was nicely in shade. Felt much easier leading than sketchy seconding technique we used last time (basically short-roping myself to second)
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