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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Climber	Date
23
	21 23	★ Another Route	Trad 30m	Arapiles	★ Good	Glenn Tempest	Wed 14th Jan 2015
First pitch 21. Second pitch probably 20.
	23	FA ★ Nature's Trip - with muki woods, Ben Sheppard, Patrick McGovern	Mixed trad 35m, 4	Arapiles	★ Good	Robert Mudie	Sun 3rd Sep 2017
The first pitch is quite exciting, but the roof pitch takes the cake. Definitely worth playing on.
	23	★ Another Route - with Stanislav Likane 1 23 30m 2	Trad 30m	Arapiles		Adam Flower	Tue 29th Dec 2020
Commiting traverse but consistent!
22
	23	★★ Puzzlin' Evidence - with Chad Albinger	Trad 25m	Arapiles	★ Good	Douglas Hockly	Tue 17th Nov 2015
Seconded this years ago, rapping down it more recently it looks pretty thin on gear.
	22	★★ Puzzlin' Evidence	Trad 25m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Tue 21st Feb 2017
Double set of TCUs handy
	22	★★ Puzzlin' Evidence	Trad 25m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Hywel Rowlands	Wed 17th Jun 2020
Good powerful moves on great rock.
	22	★★ Puzzlin' Evidence	Trad 25m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Hywel Rowlands	Thu 16th Jul 2020
Previously top roped.
	22	★★ Puzzlin' Evidence - with Stanislav Likane	Trad 25m	Arapiles		Adam Flower	Tue 29th Dec 2020
So good, but didn't find the required whisper of courage, instead placed overcammed cam and pumped myself out trying to fix it! Will be back for sure.
	22	★★ Puzzlin' Evidence - with Stanislav Likane	Trad 25m	Arapiles		Adam Flower	Tue 29th Dec 2020
Found courage with rope above me...
	22	★★ Puzzlin' Evidence	Trad 25m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Wall	Sun 2nd Oct 2022
if it werent for the big rest in the middle this would be the best 23 at the mount
	22	★★ Puzzlin' Evidence - with Hilary	Trad 25m	Arapiles		Ashlee Hendy	Thu 20th Apr 2023
Have actually seconded this before but recall nothing useful so will claim the lazy onsight
20
	20	★ Assistance Required	Trad 25m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Boyd Robinson	Sun 12th May 2013
Fun cranking with good gear!
	19 20	★ Assistance Required	Trad 25m	Arapiles	★ Good	Douglas Hockly	Tue 17th Nov 2015
OK - seems easy for 20?
	20	★ Assistance Required - with Mic, Che	Trad 25m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Gee Rad	Fri 31st May 2019
The direct start. Two ropes would have been kinda useful
	20	★ Assistance Required	Trad 25m	Arapiles		Hywel Rowlands	Wed 17th Jun 2020
A lot of time spent hanging on trying to work out the way to go
	20	★ Assistance Required	Trad 25m	Arapiles	★ Good	Wall	Sun 2nd Oct 2022
worth one star, nice rock good moves, too many rests
18
	17 18	★★ Sweet Surrender	Trad 60m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	James	Fri 9th Apr 2004
shady p1 - firts 6-7m is harder than 17
	17 18	★★ Sweet Surrender	Trad 60m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	James Gooden	Mon 5th Nov 2007
More fun than vandal. Hard work on the roof scoops!
	17	★★ Sweet Surrender	Trad 60m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Marta C.	Sat 30th Sep 2006
P1 is hard, P2 is harder esp in the dark headtorch!
	17 18	★★ Sweet Surrender	Trad 60m	Arapiles	★ Good	Andrew Scott	Tue 13th Apr 2010
Solid... Great moves.
	17	★★ Sweet Surrender	Trad 60m	Arapiles	★★★ Classic	Andrew Clark	Thu 12th Apr 2012
Both the start of the first pitch and the bulges of the second pitch are quite entertaining.
	17 18	★★ Sweet Surrender	Trad 60m	Arapiles	★ Good	Andrew Clark	Tue 22nd May 2012
Gareth led the first pitch, I led the second.
	17 18	★★ Sweet Surrender - with Geoff Glendhil	Trad 60m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Constantine Dritsas	Tue 22nd Mar 2011
I clipped to pre-placed pieces of gear placed by Geoff during his attempt.
	17 18	★★ Sweet Surrender - with Norm	Trad 60m	Arapiles		Kieran Loughran	Sat 13th Oct 2012
Backed off 1st pitch. Too pushy as 1st pitch after long break. Up start of Vandal then did 2nd pitch which I hadn't done before. Good fun moves.
	17 18	★★ Sweet Surrender	Trad 60m	Arapiles	★ Good	Gareth Llewellin	Tue 22nd May 2012
with Andrew C
	18	★★ Sweet Surrender - with Adrian 1 lead by Me 2 lead by Adrian	Trad 60m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	ConanBurch	Sat 6th Aug 2016
Good, fun climbing. Better than Vandal I thought. Nothing overly hard but just enjoyable and varied throughout
	18	★★ Sweet Surrender	Trad 60m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Tue 21st Feb 2017
Quite fun in parts
	18	★★ Sweet Surrender	Trad 60m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Hywel Rowlands	Wed 17th Jun 2020
First pitch is a gem.
	18	★★ Sweet Surrender	Trad 60m	Arapiles		Michael Tanner	Mon 31st Jul 2023
Pitch 1
17
	18	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★ Good	James Gooden	Mon 5th Nov 2007
Tricky bridging
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Steven Broom	Mon 25th Apr 2005
quality climb - a little soft for the grade
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★★ Mega Classic	Chiarma	Sun 27th Apr 2008
Avoid in rainy conditions - esp for 3rd pitch
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★ Good	James	Fri 9th Apr 2004
would be better if more sustained.
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	Average	Andrea	Sun 8th May 2005
over rated.. was pretty disappointed.
	18	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Mark Thomas	Sat 10th May 2003
I led 2, Tina Led 1 & 3
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★ Good	Cam McKenzie	Wed 29th Dec 2004
With Sui
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★ Good	fred dyer	Thu 24th Apr 2008
try not to do the last pitch in the rain. good caves at end of pitches for shelter if you do. final pitch appears to have LH variant start......Follow the damn crack!!!!
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★ Good	Chad Harrison	Tue 1st Oct 2002
more like 17, one tricky pitch at top, not three stars.
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Kate Scarlett	Mon 25th Apr 2005
lots of interesting bridging - with Gary and Steve
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Dario "Mars" Mofardin	Sun 17th Oct 2004
with Kim. The committing third pitch is the business end and nice climbing. The first pitch has a very bouldery start for a 14! Kim ended up traversing in from the right.
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★ Good	Megan	Sat 17th Jan 2004
I lead the first two pitches, Jackie the last (crux)
	18	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	Average	Emma McCambridge	2006
Followed James up. Bit too old school for my liking
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★★ Classic	Benjamin Carter	Tue 29th Mar 2005
with susy g.
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	Average	Bill Conor	Fri 1st Jul 2005
very soft
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Stephen Parker	Thu 23rd Mar 2006
Done in one long pitch.
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★ Good	Paul Badenoch	Sat 4th Nov 2006
Three pleasant pitches.
	18	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★★ Classic	Susy G	Mon 28th Mar 2005
With Ben. The last pitch is fabulous. Strenuous bridging (I was totally stuffed after my Kachoong efforts and it seemed about grade 20 to me!) and the specific placement opportunities add extra interest and challenge to the climb
	17	Swallows and Amazons	Trad 65m	Arapiles	★ Good	James	Sat 10th Apr 2004
link p1 of this with p3 of Vandal for a great gr17 outing
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★★ Classic	Mike Dixon	Sun 13th Sep 2009
Three great pitches!
	18	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Kristy Smith	Sun 13th Sep 2009
I recall topping out on the second pitch saying something like, "We're insane doing this".
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles		Orr	Sat 20th Aug 2011
First two pitches...
	18	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★ Good	Andrew Clark	Tue 22nd May 2012
I led the first two pitches as one and Gareth led the last. Enjoyable climbing.
	17	Big Silver Rocket - with Ray, Norm	Trad 20m	Arapiles		Kieran Loughran	Sat 20th Oct 2012
Attractive feature and nice moves through overhang. Took easy right-hand finish. Left-hand groove looks best finishing option. Abseil for Verge
	17	★★ Vandal - with Roo Symond 1 lead by Roo 2 lead by Roo 3 lead by Mike	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Mike Barnes	Fri 16th Dec 2011
Quite a good fun route really.
	18 17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Gareth Llewellin	Tue 22nd May 2012
with Andrew C
	18	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★ Good	Boyd Robinson	Sun 12th May 2013
Gnarly last pitch, lovely first one!
	17	★★ Vandal - with Viv Hughan	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Cameron Roy	Thu 23rd May 2013
Linked P1+2. Start fairly strenuous. Second pitch nice. Third pitch superb.
	17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	Average	amelie	Sun 9th Mar 2014
Two really nice pitches, followed by what I think was the worst pitch I have ever done.
	17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Bernie Walsh	Thu 27th Mar 2014
the 3rd pitch is the business, it took me a while to figure the moves out and commit to them! Memorable! Swung leads with Tanya, I had odds.
	17	★★ Vandal - with Maxy, Ally 1 lead by Ally 2 lead by Foong 3 lead by Maxy	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★★ Classic	Foong	Sun 16th Nov 2014
Again, good one by maxy on the last pitch! cruxy and shitty fall.
	17	★★ Vandal - with Aly, Foonga	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★★ Classic	Max Lopez	Wed 12th Nov 2014
Triple team on this. Lucky i got the glorious last pitch. super bridging. Cheers boys!
	17	★★ Vandal - with Sam 1 lead by Sam 2 lead by Sam 3 lead by Tom	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Tom Collins	Fri 2nd Oct 2015
Committing first sequence
	17	★★ Vandal - with David Gray	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Wed 21st Oct 2015
I thought sending Dave up first would give me crux pitch, but I wasn't too disappointed when he linked all 3
	17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★ Good	Douglas Hockly	Tue 17th Nov 2015
Top bit is good, the start's a bit average
	17	Swallows and Amazons - with Wendy Eden	Trad 65m	Arapiles	Don't Bother	Douglas Hockly	Tue 17th Nov 2015
Busted two holds off this!
	17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Dave Scarlett	Sun 31st Jul 2016
P1 (seconded): Tough start for the grade, then much easier once the groove is gained. P2 (seconded): Excellent, 3-dimensional climbing, where bridging will keep out of the bird poo coated flaring crack! P3 (lead): Crux start with not quite as much protection as you'd like. A BD #6 cam might just be big enough for the crack during the crux though. Used mainly small cams, and double ropes were useful, as the pro tended to alternate between right next to the crack, and about a metre left of it.
	17	★★ Vandal - with Adrian	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★ Good	ConanBurch	Sat 6th Aug 2016
Pretty good. Linked the first two pitches. Top pitch had some cool moves
	17	★★ Vandal - with Markus	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★ Good	Heather Pagram	Sun 2nd Oct 2016
Pretty damn cool. Third pitch is great with an interesting start!
	17	★★ Vandal - with Heather Pagram 1 14 lead by Heather 2 13 lead by Me 3 17 lead by Heather	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★★ Classic	Markus	Sat 8th Oct 2016
Difficult start of 3rd pitch.
	17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Chris Harper	Tue 25th Apr 2017
Lead pitches 1 & 3. Fantastic final pitch!
	17	★★ Vandal - with Grant Johnston, shichang 1 13 lead by shichang 2 14 lead by Grant Johnston 3 17 lead by John Pitcairn	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	John Pitcairn	Wed 3rd May 2017
Good climbing on each pitch, with stepping into the layback/bridge corner a tad committing just off the belay on the 3rd (assuming you don't do some ridiculous thrutch way way way inside). A #6 is way too small to protect that, there is an 0.5 at the lip but got well above that before being able to stop for more. Pretty cool. The rap sling clusterfuck at the top could do with some rationalization but is OK.
	17	★★ Vandal - with John Pitcairn, shichang 1 lead by ShiChang 2 lead by Grant 3 lead by John	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★★ Classic	Grant Johnston	Wed 3rd May 2017
Got the first move on P3 into the hanging corner OK. Disturbing that you then need to do more gymnastics on the next move. Glad I wasn't leading.
	17	★★ Vandal - with Michael Smith	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★★ Classic	Bernd Schiffer	Sun 25th Mar 2018
Pushing my grade here. Led all three pitches. Start of first pitch is tricky for a 14, rest of p1 and all of p2 cruising. p2 has a nice small cave at the top. Belayed on the boulder right under the crux of p3. The whole climb would've been three stars if the start of p3 were been better protected. There are two small cams on the lip, but then the next 4 m has no pro, and I'm pretty sure I would've decked from 5-6 m height right on the big boulder. Crack is too wide for #6. A single bolt would be nice here. That all said, the moves are just fantastic. Don't get distracted by thinking of climbing the face on the left. You'd get to the letterbox and then there's no way out of there. Bridging is king here, and it's a great and fun way.
	17	★★ Vandal - with Thomas Ruffie 1 14 50m lead by Thomas Ruffie 2 13 lead by Max Lacoste 3 17	Trad 50m	Arapiles		Max Lacoste	Sun 1st Apr 2018
Good first and second pitch. Third one has a very tricky start with no protection for a while, which could lead to decking... Very commiting when leading at that grade. We'll try again
	14	★★ Vandal - with Max Lacoste, MaxoRelaxo 1 14 50m lead by Thomas Ruffie 2 13 lead by Max Lacoste 3 lead by MaxoRelaxo	Trad 50m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Thomas Ruffie	Sat 31st Mar 2018
The first two pitches were great and the third one looked like fun but we decided to bail ( which is easy from the top of the second pitch ) because the first moves were unprotected, committing and a fall would lead to hitting the platform. All in all not a great recipe, but we'll be back after building up more confidence at the grade.
	17	★★ Vandal - with Dan Treacy	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Timmy Wong	Sat 1st Sep 2018
Led P3. Tricky start followed by a runout but good fun
	17	★★ Vandal - with Timmy Wong	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Dan Treacy	Sat 1st Sep 2018
Strung P1&2 together, then Timmy took over for the sketchy start to P3.
	17	★★ Vandal - with Meredith Apple	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Ryan Tranter	Sat 29th Sep 2018
Yeah pitch three was rad and not much gear at the start so a bit committing for the first few moves.
	18	★★ Vandal 1 14 15 lead by Lucas D 2 14 15 3 18 15	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Lucas D	Wed 1st May 2019
Lead first pitch, seconded the others. The 17 is a super tough pitch for average chimney climbers such as myself! Overall fun climb.
	17	★★ Vandal - with Mic, Che	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Gee Rad	Fri 31st May 2019
Lead 2 and 3. BETA FOLLOWS: Excellent final pitch! Other commenters seem to be missing the good small wire placement on the chimney's edge of the left wall a few metres up.
	17	★★ Vandal 1 13 18m 2 14 15m 3 17 17m	Trad 50m	Arapiles		Mary Grace Stocker	Wed 22nd May 2019
Somehow I slipped on the last pitch! Good fun though.
	17	★★ Vandal - with Pauly G 1 17 50m lead by Nut Busting Unicorn 2 lead by Pauly G 3 lead by Nut Busting Unicorn	Trad 50m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Nut Busting Unicorn	Sun 11th Oct 2020
One painful dislocated shoulder that came back into place on the final pitch while fighting it out to the end, all in one epic snorkel finding adventure 🤿🥳
	16	★★ Vandal - with Harrie Van de Linde 1 13 50m 2 14 3 16	Trad 50m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Dylan Glavas	Sat 6th Feb 2021
no harder than watchtower crack
	17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★★ Classic	Chris	Mon 1st Mar 2021
The final pitch is exciting and well worth the trip. Protection is adequate along the way. Rap out from bolts above pitch 3 and tat above pitch 1.
	17	★★ Vandal - with Xab Castor	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Tad Karapetian	Wed 5th May 2021
bridging practice
	17	★★ Vandal - with kat	Trad 45m	Arapiles		Dylan Tubaro	Sun 27th Mar 2022
AN ABSOLUTE SNORKELLER!!
	17	★★ Vandal - with Dylan Tubaro 1 14 50m 2 13 3 17	Trad 50m	Arapiles	★ Good	Kat Liss	Sat 26th Mar 2022
Had a snorkel of a time!!
	17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Nathan Wilson	Sun 3rd Apr 2022
Interesting climbing with a great 3rd pitch
	17	★★ Vandal - with Stu	Trad 45m	Arapiles		Ting Chin	Sun 25th Sep 2022
Swapped, I started.
	17	★★ Vandal - with Shaggy Horse 1 13 15 lead by Shaggy Horse 2 14 15 lead by Andrew Wallace 3 17 15 lead by Shaggy Horse	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Andrew Wallace	Fri 23rd Sep 2022
Really good. Enjoyed every pitch. This weekend I learned I am not good at seeing obvious stem moves. Thought the first pitch was harder than the second.
	17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Wall	Sun 2nd Oct 2022
great fun
	17	★★ Vandal - with Lewis Foster	Trad 45m	Arapiles		Brooke Hedrick	Thu 27th Oct 2022
Adequate pro on the face!
	17	★★ Vandal - with dinesh s. 1 Second lead by dinesh s. 2 Second lead by dinesh s. 3 Trad lead by Poppy	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Poppy	Sun 27th Nov 2022
Lovely rock. Some tat at the end if pitch one needs cutting and removing. Don't nick your own rope!
	17	★★ Vandal - with Hilary	Trad 45m	Arapiles		Ashlee Hendy	Thu 20th Apr 2023
Linking pitches 2-3 doesn’t work well. Recommend linking 1-2 if trying to save some time
	17	★★ Vandal	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★ Good	Dan Bodd	Mon 4th Sep 2023
Good first route of the trip. Fun movement in the second pitch then a surprisingly on move followed by pleasant stemming on the third pitch
	17	★★ Vandal - with Henry Orton 1 Trad lead by Aaron Wong 2 Second lead by Henry Orton 3 Trad lead by Aaron Wong	Trad 45m	Arapiles	★ Good	Aaron Wong	Sun 8th Oct 2023
First gear fall of the trip. Struggled to get established on P3. Retreated because I am quite fond of my ankles and I did not like my chances of not decking.
14
	14	The Viragoes	Trad 50m	Arapiles	Crap	Jason Morton	Sun 2nd Oct 2005
This is the worst route I've ever climbed!
	14	The Viragoes	Trad 50m	Arapiles	Average	Paul Badenoch	Sat 12th Dec 2009
Nice little warm-up.
	14	The Viragoes	Trad 50m	Arapiles	Average	Andrew Clark	Thu 12th Apr 2012
Little thoughtful in places. Made me realise that a few of my RPs have gone walkabout. Not often I've thought "Hmm... A few more RPs would be nice" on a 14.
	14	The Viragoes - with Wendy Eden	Trad 50m	Arapiles	★ Good	Douglas Hockly	Sun 29th Mar 2015
I thought this was good, worth a star. I didn't know that you go left to a seam in reddish rock and then back right out of the cave so I spent a fair bit of time routefinding. I know I was tired but this seemed hard for the grade - 15 or 16 maybe. Not lashings of gear either, not recommended as your first 14. Chain above The Verge.

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