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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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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 Beaufort Wall | ||||||
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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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 | |||
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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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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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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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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Tue 4th Feb 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
The Sunny Side Right Man Buttress | ||||||
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 | ||||||
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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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 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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20 | ★★ Gates of Hardened Steel - with steve Tristam | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Definitely not 22 as the old guide suggests, but 19 seems a bit stingy. 20 seems fair. Probably harder if you have fat fingers.
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Mon 13th Jan 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
The Sunny Side Right Man Buttress | ||||||
21 | ★ In Between Man - with Laura | 10m | ★ Good | |||
Thu 9th Jan 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
The Sunny Side Uphill Buttress | ||||||
25 | ★★ Mini Mayhem - with EJ Budarick, Thursday night crew | 9m | ★★ Very Good | |||
So hard. The moves seem fairly obvious, but I couldn't do them.
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20 | ★★ Zoot - with EJ Budarick, thursday night crew | 9m | ★ Good | |||
Sun 5th Jan 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
Trevallyn Reserve/Hoo Hoo Hut areas Willow Jungle | ||||||
20 | ★★ I'm Married to my Bulldog Mack | 10m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Screwed myself by stopping to place gear mid crux. Cool little route.
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24 | ★★ Dogs, Dust and Diesel - with Grant John Hyland | 10m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really good. Worth coming back for.
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Thu 2nd Jan 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
Duck Reach Vamp Buttress | ||||||
20 | ★★★ To the Crux and Beyond | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
A couple of late afternoon TR solo laps.
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Wed 1st Jan 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
Duck Reach Vamp Buttress | ||||||
19 | ★★ No Parking - with Jon | 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Repeat lap. Classic.
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Wed 1st Jan 2020 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
Duck Reach Skidrow Buttress | ||||||
23 | ★★ Lethal Injection - with Jon | 20m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Had a play on top rope. Did the crux moves but the shoulder wasn't happy about that gaston. Seems very contrived to keep going straight up to the last bolt rather than traverse across the horizontal break to Death Row.
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22 | ★★★ Deathrow - with Jon | 20m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Repeat. Always good.
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Sun 22nd Dec 2019 - Ben Lomond | ||||||
Northern Escarpment Robin's Buttress | ||||||
18 | ★★★ Rajah - with Jon | 80m | ||||
Repeat. Nice to do the second pitch again too.
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Tue 10th Dec 2019 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
The Shady Side Six Agile Men Area | ||||||
20 | ★★ Hidden Fingers - with EJ Budarick, will | 8m | ★★ Very Good | |||
One lap on lead then a few more on top rope.
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Mon 9th Dec 2019 - Ben Lomond | ||||||
Northern Escarpment Robin's Buttress | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Die Nadal - with EJ Budarick | 25m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
With Emma and Will. A considerably worse performance than the first try two seasons ago when I fell off just a few metres from the top. This time there was much more resting and pulling on gear. Need more fitness. Nice to have lots of red cams.
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Thu 5th Dec 2019 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
First Basin to Duck Reach Big Norm's Blouse Buttress (and Surrounds) | ||||||
21 | ★ Face Sandwich - with Isaac | 8m, 1 | ★ Good | |||
Mon 18th Nov 2019 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
The Shady Side Double Dozen Area | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Double Dozen - with EJ Budarick | 11m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Repeat. So good.
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Sun 25th Aug 2019 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Eternity Area | ||||||
19 | ★★ Judas-Messiah Connection - with Andrew Godwin | 35m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Really good. The finger crack is trickier than it looks and the moves through the little roof are burly.
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17 | ★★★ Psychopath - with Andrew Godwin | 28m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Repeat. Beautiful easy crack climbing.
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18 | ★★★ The Eternity - with Andrew Godwin | 22m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Repeat. Still classic.
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Tue 30th Jul 2019 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
The Sunny Side Gabriel Buttress | ||||||
17 | ★★ Loose Money, Juice Money - with jared irwin | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
In the dark with Jared. Temperature about 2 degrees. Hands going numb from cold. Bailed after this one.
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17 | ★★ Loose Money, Juice Money - with Jared Irwin | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
17 | ★★ Gabriel - with Jared Irwin | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
In the dark with Jared. Cold.
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Sun 28th Jul 2019 - Freycinet National Park | ||||||
Coastal Cliffs Alchemy Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★★ Alchemy - with Laura | 25m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Tough but fun crux move (22?). Seems tricky to protect on lead. Lowered from top and jumared out on fixed line.
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21 | ★★★ Alchemy - with Laura | 25m | ★★★ Classic | |||
19 | ★★★ Blue-eyed Blonde | 25m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Yosemite training. Mostly free with an aid move at the crux bulge. Had freed previously. Cleaned on jumars.
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19 | ★★★ Walking the Plank | 25m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Yosemite training. Mostly free with a single aid move at the thin crux. Unsend? Had onsighted free previously. Cleaned on jumars.
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27 | ★★★ Ockham's Razor | 20m, 6 | ||||
Yosemite training. Mostly aiding from bolt to bolt. Cleaned on jumars.
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25 | ★★ Captivating Passions | 20m, 2 | ||||
Yosemite training. Free up to end of first crack. Couldn't free the blank slab to next crack and couldn't quite reach the next placement from my top step. Backed off and cleaned by rapping from top of HT
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21 | ★★ Hermes Trismegistus | 27m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Yosemite training. Mostly free with a few aid moves. Cleaned on jumars.
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Sun 9th Jun 2019 - Freycinet National Park | ||||||
Hazards Cliffs Hazards Main Wall (Low Starting Point) | ||||||
16 | ★★ Pneisses - with Laura | 240m | ★ Good | |||
Character building.
I think I climbed a variation on the 2nd pitch by going a bit further right into the bum crack chimney. Laura had to simulclimb a few metres to give me enough rope to get to a belay. Didn't find RPs useful.
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Sat 8th Jun 2019 - Freycinet National Park | ||||||
Coastal Cliffs Harlequin Buttress | ||||||
18 | ★★★ Harlequin - with Laura | 28m | ★★★ Classic | |||
16 | ★★ Ice Nine - with Laura | 35m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Sat 1st Jun 2019 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
The Sunny Side Feltham Buttress | ||||||
16 | Hamurabi - with Greg | 8m | Average | |||
18 | ★ Jelly Boy - with Greg Smith | 12m, 1 | ★ Good | |||
18 | ★★ Lingham | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
10 traxion laps, then one lead lap with Greg. Shoulder feeling better than expected, which was encouraging.
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Sat 18th May 2019 - Ben Lomond | ||||||
Northern Escarpment Robin's Buttress | ||||||
18 | ★★★ Rajah | 80m | ||||
Slow. Not feeling great.
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19 | ★★★ Ramadan - with Laura | 80m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Spectacular mid may t shirt weather on the Ben. I had planned for a big training day of crack mileage, but I was feeling pretty lousy and only ended up climbing two pitches, which included french freeing a lot of this. Dissapointing performance, but still a beautiful day to be out.
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Sun 12th May 2019 - South Sister | ||||||
Caramel Slice Buttress | ||||||
22 | ★ Judgement Over the Dead | 24m | ★ Good | |||
Nails. No feet at the crux. Glad I didn't lead. The crack is weird and flaring and doesn't take gear as well as it looks.
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15 | ★ Science Circus - with Laura | 22m | Average | |||
18 | ★ Gritstone Roots | 22m | ★ Good | |||
Sandbag. 18 in craglets. Upgraded to 21, which is a much better reflection of the moves and the crapness (i.e. non-existence) of protection. Would be sketchballs on lead.
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Sun 5th May 2019 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
Duck Reach Skidrow Buttress | ||||||
15 | Soho Crack | 10m | Average | |||
Access to ledge above
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20 | ★★ Dagenham Smile - with Jon | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Repeat. Really good.
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23 | ★★ Don't Step on the Bananas - with Jon | 12m, 1 | ★ Good | |||
Pre clipped the bolt. Managed the moves up to the bolt first go. One fall just past the bolt when foot slipped. Placing the first gear in the crack is hard from the weird stance under the rooflet. I did some devious aid trickery to place the gear, then climbed clean to the top. The big flake that forms the crack at the top seems a bit dubious.
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Sat 27th Apr 2019 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
The Gorge - South Side Angels' Buttress | ||||||
17 | ★★★ Where Angels Fear to Tread - with Andrew | 230m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Awesome. Last couple of pitches are a bit scrappy, but the first 175m or so of cracks more than make up for it. Next time I would take a few more #3 cams so I could make the pitches longer. Left the car at sunrise, back around lunchtime. Would have gone faster except I was having so much fun charging up the beautiful crack that I climbed straight past the first slab transition and ended up faffing around with some downclimbing to get back on track.
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Sun 21st Apr 2019 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
The Gorge - South Side Summit Rim | ||||||
20 | ★★★ Home James - with Pok. | 30m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Cool climbing on the dyke features. Nice lead by Pok.
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17 | ★ Thin Wall Special Pineapple Delight - with Pok | 18m | ★ Good | |||
Crux is not stepping on your gear in the groove.
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Sun 21st Apr 2019 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
The Gorge - South Side Burston's Crevasse | ||||||
18 | ★★★ Caligula - with Pok | 60m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Awesome. Pok led p1. I got the glory pitch. What a line.
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Sat 20th Apr 2019 - Mount Buffalo | ||||||
The Cathedral | ||||||
20 | ★★★ Sultan Variant | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Seems like the best way to go.
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20 | ★★★ Sultan - with Andrew Godwin, Pok | 65m | ★★ Very Good | |||
I led pitch 1 and linked up the handcrack to the roof. Pok got the traverse, and Andrew got the upper flake thing. Pretty cool the whole way.
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Sun 17th Mar 2019 - Ben Lomond | ||||||
Northern Escarpment Frew's Flutes | ||||||
20 | ★★★ Hickory Wind - with Steve Postle | 35m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Amazing, unlikely, climbing. Great lead by Steve. I managed to second clean, but it felt pretty hard. My lack of face climbing fitness was showing.
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20 | ★★★ Cuchulain - with Steve Postle | 130m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Onsight for the classic second pitch, which felt soft for 20. Maybe 18? Rapped and did Hickory Wind, then finished up the unpleasant exit pitch, which felt burly and scary with only one big cam. 2x 4s and 5 wouldn't go astray.
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Sat 9th Mar 2019 - Ben Lomond | ||||||
Northern Escarpment Robin's Buttress | ||||||
18 | ★★★ Rajah - with Steve Postle | 80m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Repeat of the first pitch, then rapped and use the anchor to top rope the Rigudon off width.
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19 | ★★★ Ramadan - with Steve Postle | 80m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Giving Steve the grand tour. First pitch only.
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20 | ★★★ Rigaudon - with Steve Postle | 70m | ★★★ Classic | |||
In the blazing sun on the hottest day of the year. Still classic, but it seemed like the death block in the crack has gotten looser since I led it last time. Top roped the first pitch.
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Sun 30th Dec 2018 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Descent Gully Area | ||||||
16 | ★ Taurus - with Laura | 21m | ★ Good | |||
11 | ★ The Bonatti Crack - with Laura | 8m | ★ Good | |||
Sun 2nd Dec 2018 - Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ||||||
Duck Reach Vamp Buttress | ||||||
19 A1 | ★★ No Parking | 20m | ||||
Working on gri gri self belay system. Needs modifying.
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