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18 | ★★★ The 80 Minute Hour - with Niko Eltarenko | 30m, 4 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 13th Jun 2015 | |||
Traversed in from the right, just to be different. Fun.
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19 18 | ★★★ The Eternity | 22m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | 2005 | |||
19 | ★★ Colosseum Corner - with Danny and Tony | 78m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sat 8th Nov 2014 | |||
Classic trad corner. No vegetation that matters. Take big gear (cam 4 and up) for the third pitch - I felt a bit silly with a single cam 3 as my biggest piece.
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17 | ★★ Viparete - with Blue Mountains Orangutan | 30m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sat 5th Dec 2015 | |||
Very enjoyable. Best not to fall off the first half.
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17 | ★★ Viparete - with Matt Short | 30m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sat 24th Sep 2016 | |||
Matt demonstrated that you can protect this pretty well if you take the time to look around for placements.
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25 | ★★★ Samarkand - with Hamish Kerr | 150m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sat 31st Dec 2016 | |||
Seven shades of awesome! Bob McMahon's account of the first (aid) ascent had us fully psyched for an epic adventure but, as other commentators have said, the free version is now a well-protected and mostly solid exercise in steep, intimidating and superbly-positioned trad climbing. Led the even pitches with a rest at the P2 crux and seconded the odd pitches clean. Didn't bother with the top pitch. Thoroughly recommended.
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18 | ★★ Depleted Gonad Circumference - with Ulyana | 20m, 9 | Nowra | ★★★ Classic | Wed 30th Dec 2015 | |||
Heaps fun.
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20 | ★★★ Theory of Negativity - with Hamish Kerr | 22m, 9 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Fri 10th Feb 2017 | |||
I'm going to bump my rating to Classic, simply because it has consistent quality climbing that flows really nicely. Makes a great warm-up as it has nothing tweaky and raises a good flash pump.
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19 | ★★★ Vanderholics - with Blue Mountains Orangutan | 25m, 8 | Nowra | ★★ Very Good | Tue 29th Dec 2015 | |||
Good fun
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19 | ★★ Nudity - with various Rockies | 25m, 7 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sun 4th May 2014 | |||
Nicely sustained and enjoyable (again)
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18 | ★ The Bandoline Grip - with Danny | 18m, 6 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 10th Jan 2015 | |||
18 | ★ The Bandoline Grip - with Matt Short | 18m, 6 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 4th Jul 2015 | |||
18 | ★★ Lunatic - with Donald Gibson | 19m, 5 | Narrabeen | ★★ Very Good | Sat 5th Mar 2016 | |||
19 | ★ Silence of the Cams - with various Rockies | 15m, 5 | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Sun 4th May 2014 | |||
Always feel a bit wobbly on this. Too many footholds
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19 | ★ Euphoria (Blunt) | 15m, 4 | Nowra | ★ Good | Thu 28th Jan 2016 | |||
Nice enough.
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23 | ★★ Dictator in a Deerstalker - with Mark | 9m, 4 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Apr 2016 | |||
Repeat to retrieve a tangled rope on War and Peace. Both better and harder than I remember.
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17 | ★ Flack - with Blue Mountains Orangutan | 10m, 3 | Narrabeen | ★ Good | Wed 27th Jul 2016 | |||
OK, I suppose.
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25 | ★★ Kung Fu Panda - with Hamish | 12m | Blue Mountains | Sat 6th Dec 2014 | ||||
This thing is nails. Either I'm missing something or its a full grade harder than Stockholm Syndrome.
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19 | ★★ Jack High | 20m | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 10th Jan 2015 | |||
Feels harder every time.
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23 | ★★ The Next Doctor - with Mike Arrell | 100m | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 9th May 2015 | |||
Bah! Cruised the hard start to P2 then fluffed the blank bit higher up by trying to find better holds instead of just cranking on the ones I had. Great pitch. P1 is worthwhile but rather unbalanced and Yaks is the logical conclusion.
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19 | ★★ Jack High | 20m | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 30th May 2015 | |||
Never gets any easier. Still fun.
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18 | ★ The Answer is Obvious - with Matt Short | 20m | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Sat 4th Jul 2015 | |||
21 | ★★ Je Baise Ma Frangine (Je Baise Ma Fraigne) - with Grazi | 12m | Nowra | ★★ Very Good | Fri 29th Jan 2016 | |||
Pretty sure I've done this before. Slippery and pumpy but worthwhile.
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19 | ★★★ Worm On A Razor - with Ulyana | 30m | Nowra | ★★★ Classic | Wed 30th Dec 2015 | |||
Crack, corner, arete, chimney. This climb's got it all! Always fun.
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22 | ★★ Moan Groan Dial Tone - with various Rockies | 15m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sun 4th May 2014 | |||
Delicate, pumpy goodness. It ain't over 'til it's over. Must be about my fourth time up this.
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24 | ★★★ Weaselburger - with Hamish Kerr | 190m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sun 4th Dec 2016 | |||
This is really two excellent and independent routes that share a name and finish one above the other. Led the odd pitches (combining 5 & 6). The desperate little traverse on P2 just squeaks it to grade 24 overall and was quite unnerving to second with 30m of rope above and the ledge just below. There is an optional belay at 10m on this pitch which would suit a nervous second. Annoyed to fall on P3 when I misread a move and pumped off some crimps. Overall a stunning route with the first 3 pitches being the meat of it.
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