Ascents: Ascents in Australia as trad by Josh Ellis

	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Date
	19	★ Hadrian Direct Finish	Trad 12m	Werribee Gorge		Sat 28th May 2022
Probably should have took an extra cam (I had 2 reds and a gold) but fun lil number. Hard to not step on the block out right!
	19	★★★ Tannin - with Jordan Edwards, Megan Ellis	Trad 35m	Arapiles	★★★ Classic	Wed 1st Feb 2023
Stitched it up and still kinda’ shat myself on the traverse under roof! First trad lead in a while I guess, what a route to get back into it though!
	19	★ Vulcan - with Caroline Chang, Matthew Follent	Mixed trad 25m, 4	Werribee Gorge		Sun 14th May 2023
	18	★★ Jihad - with James Renshaw	Trad 30m	Cape Raoul	★ Good	Wed 1st Jan 2020
Forgot to log this at the time, pretty exposed (read "bloody terryifying").
	18	★★★ Sacred Site - with Caroline Chang	Mixed trad 30m, 2	Fortescue Bay	★★ Very Good	Wed 28th Dec 2022
Did it as two pitches as described but the belay ledge is super awkward and a pain with an 80m rope, would suggest doing as one (maybe it’s too wondery 🤷‍♀️). Either way great fun/exposure. Totally worth pumping myself out flaking the 80m three times over because of my terrible rope management!
	18	★★ Golden Fleece - with Caroline Chang, Megan Ellis, Jordan Edwards	Trad 35m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Sun 5th Feb 2023
Lovely Arapilian smoothness through the crux. Very classy.
	17	★ Conscientious Pontius	Trad 13m	Werribee Gorge		Sat 28th May 2022
Might have done this before? Either way I doubt I fell off. Squeezed a couple of jams outta it’ worth a go.
	17 Hard	★★★ Superfly (the Movie)	Trad 15m	Sisters Beach	★★ Very Good	Mon 16th Dec 2019
Spicy “warm up” after not climbing/doing trad for ages!
	17	★ Can't Buy a Thrill - with Caroline Chang, Jordan Edwards, Megan Ellis	Mixed trad 16m, 2	The You Yangs	★ Good	Wed 21st Jun 2023
	15	★★ Necrophilliac - with Megan Ellis, Jordan Edwards, Harriet Harley, Tommathy swift	Trad 25m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Sun 5th Feb 2023
First proper crack climb! Actually smooshed a few jams in! I have a vague memory of Dan Marshman taking me up a crack on probably my first Arapiles trip years ago but was can’t remember if it was this or some other crack so maybe it’s an onsight or maybe it’s actually not? 😂
	14	★★ D Minor - with Tanya Margarita	Trad 35m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Thu 17th Mar 2022
Great lil' expdition for Tanya's first outing. Great gear throughout with a couple of classy moves through the buges at the top.
	13	★★★ Muldoon - with Tanya Margarita	Trad 42m	Arapiles	★ Good	Fri 18th Mar 2022
Getting around the bulge seemed a bit spicy initially (espcially as there's not really any pro after the piton!) but was actually fine, basically a wondery gym climb after that!
	13	★★ Horn Piece - with Jordan Edwards, Megan Ellis	Trad 33m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Wed 1st Feb 2023
Might have done this with Anne years ago maybe? But pretty sure I would’ve onsighted it back then anyways. Great climb, some outrageous positions for the grade. Megan Ellis first trad lead!
	12	★★★ Bard - with Anne	Trad 120m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Sat 6th Oct 2018
	12	★★★ Apline - with Dan Cornish	Trad 70m	Freycinet National Park	★★★ Classic	Wed 1st Jan 2020
Bloody brilliant!
	10	★★★ Eskimo Nell - with Lou Man	Trad 130m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Mon 14th Mar 2022
Fun jaunt with Lou Man for his first “proper” trad leads. We were pretty efficient till the last pitch where I managed to create an 40m knot in the rope that required about 0.5km of rope pulling which added about 45minutes to the excursion, definitely the crux! Rapped down in the dark for the epic!
	8	★★ Diapason - with Tanya Margarita	Trad 55m	Arapiles	Average	Thu 17th Mar 2022
Bit of a faff fest, probably my own fault, built the first anchor in a bit of an awkward position, got a nut stuck on the second anchor then had to find our way down in the dark. At least I took the headlamps! 🤷‍♀️
	22	Gear on ★★ Collision Course - with Jordan Edwards, Caroline Chang, Megan Ellis, Ben Olsen	Trad 30m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Sat 5th Aug 2023
Clipping the piton would have been spicy without the sling already in I reckon! Cheers Ben for going up first!
	20	★★★ Tannin Direct - with Caroline Chang	Trad 20m	Arapiles	★★★ Classic	Tue 25th Apr 2023
Just as good as the original!
	17	★★ Dirge	Trad 85m	Arapiles	★ Good	Sun 7th Oct 2018
	17	★★ Moby Dick - with Harriet Harley, Jordan Edwards, Megan Ellis, Tommathy swift	Trad 15m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Mon 6th Feb 2023
Probably more laybacked than jammed, made putting in cams kinda’ blind so I just put in lots.
	16	★★ Wishful Thinking - with Caroline Chang, Jordan Edwards, Matt Brooks	Mixed trad 21m, 1	Camels Hump	★ Good	Sat 18th Feb 2023
Nice lil’ warm up courtesy of Matt Brooks gear.
	10	★★★ Eskimo Nell - with Caroline Chang	Trad 130m	Arapiles	★★★ Classic	Mon 24th Apr 2023
Caroline Chang’s first trad multi, what a great experience and throughly enjoyed the beer we carried up at the top. Good work Caroline Chang 🤟
	16	★★★ Sealevel Traverse - with James Renshaw	Trad 600m	Freycinet National Park	Don't Bother	Fri 22nd Jan 2021
It took my phone and my shorts, maybe it's type 3 fun?
	14	★★★ Lamplighter - with Dan Marshman	Trad 78m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Tue 10th Oct 2017
	16	★ The Moai Escape - with Caroline Chang, Jordan Edwards, Megan Ellis	Trad 60m	Fortescue Bay	Average	Wed 28th Dec 2022
Left some statics for the escape, went up on the micro trax which was quite smooth actually. Pretty hard with a big pack after a day of climbing!
	18	★★ Hyaena - with Harriet Harley, Jordan Edwards, Megan Ellis, Tommathy swift	Trad 16m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Mon 6th Feb 2023
Mega lead by Tommathy swift! Fell out of a sloppy jam, lowered back down to chockstone and then went clean to the top. Think I’d like to toppy it again before leading though, was proper working for it!
	17	★ Cruxless Knickers - with Megan Ellis, Jordan Edwards, Harriet Harley, Tommathy swift	Trad 25m	Arapiles	Average	Sun 5th Feb 2023
Solid lead from mr Tommathy swift bit of a one mover but a heck of a move for the grade!
	17	★★ Surface To Air - with Ben Olsen	Trad 30m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Sat 5th Aug 2023
Slightly pumpier version of “Muldoon”
	15	★★ Beautiful Possibilities - with Caroline Chang, Megan Ellis, Jordan Edwards	Trad 30m	Arapiles	★ Good	Sun 5th Feb 2023
Mega first lead by Caroline Chang!
	18	★ Rain Of Terror - with James Renshaw	Trad 30m	Cape Raoul	Average	Wed 1st Jan 2020
Forgot to log this at the time, James lead this, I lead Jihad, not sure which was more terrifying!
	13	★★ Horn Piece - with Caroline Chang	Trad 33m	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Tue 25th Apr 2023
Followed Caroline Chang up this to access "Tannin"
	26	Gear on ★★ The Fortress - with Caroline Chang, Kat Hayhoe	Mixed trad 18m, 2	Arapiles	★★ Very Good	Tue 25th Apr 2023
Pretty close to the flash thanks to Kat Hayhoe setting ‘er up and showing me the moves. Should go next time, be a good warm up for Slinkin’ I reckon!
	22	★★★ Blunt instrument/Burning spear P2 Link-Up - with James Renshaw	Mixed trad 35m, 8	Fortescue Bay	★★ Very Good	Wed 1st Jan 2020
Forgot to log this at the time but from memory pinged off above the flake and took a proper whip for the first time ever on gear, screamed like a girl, very embarrassing, good times.
	20	★ Blue Sky Thinking - with Caroline Chang, Jordan Edwards, Megan Ellis	Mixed trad 25m, 4	The You Yangs	★ Good	Wed 21st Jun 2023
New proj lol
	25	★★★ Debutantes and Centipedes - with Ben Olsen	Mixed trad 15m, 3	Arapiles		Sat 5th Aug 2023
Had delusions of flashing this… fell at every bolt and couldn’t do the crux. Blamed it on the sun going down…
	25	★★★ Debutantes and Centipedes — 3 attempts - with Ben Olsen, Jordan Edwards	Mixed trad 15m, 3	Arapiles		Sun 6th Aug 2023
Went up three times, could gain the pocket but could not get my bloody foot up after that. Must’ve tried 30 times, 10 different ways all up! Been a while since I’ve been shut down on a 25. Brutal.