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Sat 30th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Chris | 50m | |||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Chris | 95m | |||||
Wed 10th May 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | |||||
What an absolutely amazing day out!! Opted to not do the direct start as it looked horrifying. The other start was fun up until the void of death. I saw Evan's foot just make it and thought it can't be too bad. Evan and I cracked ourselves laughing as we tried to figure out how I'd get across. My best solution was just to jump and go swinging. I started down climbing to let go and then realised I could just get my foot across. Fun. The second pitch I lead and got to the offwidth section and had a battle with it but it won. My blood is there for the proof. Evan seconded and ended up avoiding offwidthing by reaching to an OK hold out left. I was outraged he'd avoided the fun I'd had with it! Rest of pitch was fun! Last pitch was an absolute blast up the chimney and overall a fantastic day out!! You definitely go for the adventure. Beware it's chossy, run out and has limited pro but that's the fun of it! Will definitely do again such a fun day!
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Sun 5th Feb 2023 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Jarrad Aurisch, LumpyCam | 68m | |||||
Sun 7th Aug 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
18 |
★★★ On Both Sides of the Glass
1
18
35m
| 35m, 10 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Wed 16th Feb 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Now this is what we came to narrow neck for. We started the day off with a cruisy run up cave climb and had a blast. Rapped back down our fixed line and had lunch under a shady boulder while we waited for our other party to finish. We conducted a "wife swap" of seconders as Yim likes to call it then Jack and Johnny started up the regular start of Fuddy Duddy. Jack intially enjoyed the beginning of the route then cursed the rest of it and recommended we check out the direct start and save ourselves some dodgy climbing. At this point we had no idea what we were in for. Yim tied in for the direct start and on the very first move his eyes lit up like a kid on Christmas "BOOOTYYYYY! MY FIRST BOOTY I AM SO HAPPY!" As he pulled a #9 dmm nut out from the boulder on the ground. A stellar start to the route, less can be said about the rest. Yim consistently cursed the route being full of spiders and choss, "The most disgusting route i've ever climbed" then he was faced with the dilemma of either the chimney or a sketchy uncertain face climb, so the chimney it was. Towards the top of the chimney Yim turned to loving the pitch, the joy of successfully soloing an unprotected chimney. Until this point probably took about 20 mins, then after another 10 minutes and noticing the middle marker of an 80m rope passing on a 30m pitch I had to tell out and see what was going on. Yim had decided to nail down and link the first two pitches like an absolute machine and I had to follow. Backpack on the pitch 1 chimney was absolutely fucked and did not spark joy. No protection, choss sandstone galore, holds breaking everywhere and my backpack between my legs being caught on everything. The sun decided to peer through and absolutely beam me as I struggled my way up reaching onto anything above me, blinded by the light. I made it through to the view of Yim manically laughing from the top of pitch 2. Choice words were exchanged towards the pitch and towards Yim for finding a sick joy in the climbing. Pitch 2 was an absolute off width battle. Knees were barred, chickens were winged, the crux move at the carrot certainly a struggle for grade 15. Somehow during the crux battle my chalkbag dislodged itself and fell into the abyss. Upon reaching the top of P2, exchanging more choice words, breathing for the first time in 30 mins, we saw another party coming up behind us. Tom and Jay, two more unlucky souls who had succumbed to the direct start. Saved my chalkbag though, absolute heroes. Pitch 3 had a clear grade 18 boulder problem start. Some crucial permanent tick marks stop you from hitting the deck but definitely weren't expected on a "grade 13" pitch. The chimney climbing here was surprisingly pleasant and flowy?? No protection yet again, but if you traverse towards the face half way up leads to a significantly better time than squeezing through the narrow part, pick your poison I guess. The top out was glorious. We meandered back to the car with the sun shining in our eyes asking if the warm beers had manifested themselves into coldies, to an unknown voice exclaiming that they had. The fellas had made friends with Kiki, a lovely girl that was doing a lap of Oz and was taking warm beers in exchange for coldies in there fridge, an absolute life saver. Tom and Jay met us at the car and we had an absolute yarn for the next hour over further beers. An absolutely perfect day out on incredibly unique climbing with bonus friends at the end, couldn't ask for much more.
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15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Johnny Sullivan, Will West | 95m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Todays installment was a day out at narrowneck to climb the bumblers. Cave climb first on the menu. Will forgot to leave the big gear for j and y so i had to lower him halfway down the climb to re-place it all. Had a undies shower in the trickling waterfall; i wish theyd turn the pressure up on that thing. Some difficulties finding the start of fuddmania but ended up shooting for the carrot. Told will and yim the first pitch was shit and maybe they should go direct start. They ended up taking over 2 hours longer than us to complete the climb with some large solos. My hands were too sweaty to fist stack the offwidth on p2 but werent too sweaty to grasp a fistful of dyneema. Johnny and i hung out at the car for a bit before a girl named kiki drove past in her truck asking for camping advice on the area. She ended up doubling back despite my lack of help and gave us freezing beers and chatted to us until the boys came back. 2 other lads followed them out the top of the chimney and joined us for a bev for sunset. Kiki seemed interested in climbing and was encouraged by the vibe of post climb beers but yims 20m run out chimney recount quickly eroded her enthusiasm for it. She was also potentially not 100% convinced we were real climbers after 50% of us (yim and i) almost came off the boulder problem that was mounting wills car roof with racks on. Hardly a V6.
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13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with , Jack Seawright, Johnny Sullivan | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
What a fun climb! Pitch 1 was a absolutely not grade 13 climbing at the start and pro was a bit sparse at parts. The tree does not exist, it is beyond dead and loose, linking pitches 1+2 is the only way forward. A very suspect flake is located just before the suspect tree, will probably go at some point as it's a major hold for the traverse. Top of pitch 2 had a great fridge climb toe jam section that I rate. Pitch 3 is through the cave, no pro and no other option if you want to really climb cave climb. Absolutely the money pitch and super fun, definitely recommend it!
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Tue 4th Jan 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Mega classic 👌 good exposure for a fun little ramble up the juggy corner
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14 | ★★ Cave Climb Direct Start | 13m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Sun 2nd Jan 2022 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Repeat just as good as i remember. Could get away with a single rack of cams to hand size, and a set if nuts.
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Sat 18th Dec 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
18 |
★★★ On Both Sides of the Glass
- with
Flynn Armstrong, steve
1
18
35m
2
18
10m
3
13
35m
| 80m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Good day out climbing in a three. Always a good idea to check the location before walking from the car in the wrong direction. Quality climbing and the mention of rope cutting and exposure on the second pitch boulder make it scary but it's not as difficult as you think.
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Sun 24th Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 |
★★★ Fuddy Duddy
1
13
35m
2
15
30m
3
13
30m
| 95m | |||||
Thu 7th Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Stephen Roche | 95m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
a thrutch a day keeps the doctor away ❤️
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Sun 22nd Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Sarah McVicker | 95m | |||||
Fri 20th Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
- with
mira
1
13
18m
lead by
mira
2
13
20m
3
13
30m
lead by
mira
| 68m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
amazing, good day out. Needed big pro, went up through cave- thrutchy goodness! little chossy, first pitch direct start a little unprotected. Second pitch all beautiful #4, the rock is not great on the roof traverse on the last pitch… a little unnerving but all fine in the end. Great to have #5, #6 helpful. Thank you mira ❤️
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Sun 15th Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
23 | ★★★ Leif Ericsson | 93m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Repeat.Probably the best multi in the bluies. Fell off the start on 2nd and fell back to the tree, pulled back on and went to the anchors. One of the hardest, sustained grade 23 pitches around. The rest of the pitches went without any problems but still needed to put in a lot of effort. Brilliant!
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22 | Western Ring Road - with Jenna Brady | 70m | ★ Good | ||||
Only pitch 1 and 2 and then rapped off. Worth the effort on mostly good rock.
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13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Jenna Brady | 68m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Pretty bloody awesome!
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Tue 20th Jul 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Mon 31st May 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 |
★★★ Fuddy Duddy
1
13
35m
2
15
30m
3
13
30m
| 95m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Sat 24th Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with james | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sat 3rd Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
1
13
38m
2
30m
3
30m
| 98m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Direct start and in two pitches. Good climbing, the cave gives it the stars. Take 3 #4s but 2 also works.
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Sat 23rd Jan 2021 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Tue 24th Nov 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Dani Hess, Josiah Hess | 95m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Very different climbing styles on each pitch. My first offwidth and chimney... and in pouring rain!!
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Fri 23rd Oct 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Ian and John | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sun 4th Oct 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Seconded the whole route. The leader had 2 #4 cams but would have liked a few more. Direct start with bouldery move to make the second ledge above the new carrot on left. Linked P1 and P2 and at the middle of P2 went out to the face on the right to avoid offwidth and then back. P3 is superb going outside the cave with good gear in crack and climbing on the face up the jugs. We left abseil rope in place and it didn't interfere with the climbing
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Sun 6th Sep 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sat 29th Aug 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Jess C | 68m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Wed 5th Aug 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
A fun outing with two mates.
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Sun 2nd Aug 2020 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 |
★★★ Fuddy Duddy
1
13
35m
2
15
30m
3
13
30m
| 95m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Wed 25th Sep 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with shaun, dave, chris | 95m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fun day out showing off some historic blueys trad in perfect weather. Dave complained about the squeeze chimney on pitch 3 but deep down I’m sure he was having fun.
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Wed 5th Jun 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
14 | ★★ Cave Climb Direct Start - with Harry Hill | 13m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Fri 19th Apr 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
22 | ★ Come Out and Play | 63m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Tricky onsight. Nice climbing bottom to top in 2 pitches.
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Sun 7th Apr 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
1
13
68m
2
3
| 68m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Just the last pitch today.
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Sun 24th Feb 2019 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
23 | ★★★ Leif Ericsson | 93m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Stellar sustained multipitch. P1 2nd with a few falls, tough with damp holds and no chalk. P2 OS gets super thin. P3 2nd with a few falls, tough moves before the steep. P4 OS akward hard climbing to get started and around the roof. Keen to come back and clean this one up.
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Sun 30th Dec 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
1
13
68m
2
3
| 68m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Mon 17th Dec 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with shauno | 50m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Shaunos first trad lead after a long break. Still got it! Linked direct start to cave.
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Sat 10th Nov 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
17 15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | ★ Good | ||||
Sat 3rd Nov 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Tim M-S | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Full value for the grade. One of the best for the grade in the mountains. Varied, thought-provoking and we’ll-worth sticking to the cave variant.
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17 | ★★ Blood Pressure Crack - with Tim M-S | 34m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
A muscly 17.
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Sun 23rd Sep 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
18 | ★★★ On Both Sides of the Glass Direct | 60m, 10 | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Tue 18th Sep 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
- with
Ian
1
13
18m
2
20m
3
30m
| 68m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Enjoyable route and going through the cave was fun! We linked the first two pitches.
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Sat 15th Sep 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 |
★★★ Fuddy Duddy
- with
Ian
1
13
35m
2
15
30m
3
13
30m
| 95m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Windy day but felt sheltered. The start of pitch 3 felt more challenging than it should have done
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Sun 2nd Sep 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Tim M-S | 95m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
An old school classic. Approach it from that perspective and it’s fun. Handy to have a no.5 Camelot in the off width. Stay on the outside of the chimney as per usual.
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Sat 23rd Jun 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Scott Bishop | 50m | ★ Good | ||||
Hairy start and easy finish thanks for the second pitch lead Scotty!
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15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Scott Bishop | 95m | ★ Good | ||||
Great climb! loved seconding on chimney section
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Sat 2nd Jun 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 |
★★★ Cave Climb
1
13
68m
2
3
| 68m | |||||
Sat 26th May 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Nikhilesh Sharma, Marty Doolan | 95m | |||||
course day 13
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Sat 19th May 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Harry Hill | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fri 18th May 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | |||||
w/Lincoln
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Thu 17th May 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Lauren | 50m | ★ Good | ||||
Mon 14th May 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Sammy | 50m | ★ Good | ||||
Tried the direct start. Not much chop.
Belayed pitch 1 from lower down but it was still pretty crap. Probably needs two #4 cams for the whole climb to make things ideal. |
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Sun 13th May 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Sammy | 50m | ★ Good | ||||
Only had 1 bolt plate (derp). Didn't really need them though.
Dicked around for too long at first belay- think I climbed too high (don't follow carrots just because they're there...)- Seemed it would be better belaying under the dead tree. Everything else was smooth sailing. |
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Sun 8th Apr 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
18 | ★★★ On Both Sides of the Glass | 80m, 10 | |||||
Mon 12th Mar 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
There was a somewhat loose block just after the third bolt on the first pitch. Awesome climb
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13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Jacob Tarasenko | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
great climb, link P1 and P2 which made for some heinous rope drag, but was still manageable. the cave is a cool feature. reminds me a bit of watchtower crack.
P1+P2 = Sam P3 = Sam |
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Sun 4th Mar 2018 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Rollacoasta | 68m | |||||
Sat 30th Dec 2017 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
22 | ★ Come Out and Play | 63m | |||||
Linked p1+2 (could link 3 as well), partner belayed me from the ground. Dogged bolt 2-4 on p2.. Felt nails @ 22. Rest of the climb was exposed and quite enjoyable.
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Sat 28th Oct 2017 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
18 | ★★★ On Both Sides of the Glass | 80m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Sun 1st Oct 2017 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
18 | ★★★ On Both Sides of the Glass | 80m, 10 | |||||
Sun 3rd Sep 2017 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb - with Belle Tukin | 50m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
One of the coolest climbs Ive done in the blueys. Complete with patagonian winds for the top out
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Mon 14th Aug 2017 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
16 M2 | Determination Walls - with Guillaume | 82m | ★ Good | ||||
Can be done free without too much difficulty. Need to trust a rusty carrot that bent under our weight though...
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Sat 22nd Jul 2017 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 |
★★★ Fuddy Duddy
- with
Keith Davison, Daniel D
1
lead by
Daniel
2
lead by
Daniel
3
lead by
Daniel
| 95m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Cool climb. A bit pumpy.
1st pitch:there's a lot of bushes so got dirt in the eyes. There's an off width section. I kinda of chimney that.
2nd pitch: I found it fairly pumpy and reachy.
3rd pitch: beginning of 3rd, the anchors are on the far left of the ledge. Bit of a bouldering start. Have to pull up. Start of the chimney is narrow so it will take sometime to wiggle through but it widens out and it's fine after that.
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Fri 21st Jul 2017 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Daniel D, Charity Maj | 95m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sat 17th Jun 2017 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
17 | ★★ Blood Pressure Crack - with Guillaume | 34m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
For some reason we added on an extra pitch after an obnoxiously long traverse.
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Wed 19th Apr 2017 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Greer Knight, Max | 95m | ★ Good | ||||
great climb, slow due to party size. start of the 3rd pitch is a bit hard for the grade. Greers first trad multi!
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Thu 13th Apr 2017 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
18 | ★★★ On Both Sides of the Glass Direct - with Tim M-S | 60m, 10 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Well-deserved star status, thought-provoking arete, solidly 18. Some bolts take a selection of smaller cams and a few medium wires. Bouldery start to second pitch then did direct that has widely spaced bottles with hangers. Can also use a few small to mid cams.
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Sat 1st Apr 2017 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Match, Max | 95m | ★ Good | ||||
Fun climb with great people, beautiful day for it! Definitely a sandbag, start of third pitch pretty difficult. My first multi-pitch/trad!!
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Fri 10th Feb 2017 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Wow! The third pitch is just spectacular. Be warned, the first move is quite hard if you aren't 6ft and in possession of grasshopper legs. First pitch is only memorable for the runouts as you climb over recently broken holds. A fantastic knee jam will get you through the crux on the second pitch. Big gear is unnecessary, there is a bolt to protect the second pitch, and there is surprisingly good gear in the chimney. An incredible morning out (even if it was in 40 degree heat).
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Tue 10th Jan 2017 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
16 M2 | Determination Walls | 82m | Don't Bother | ||||
What a choss pile. Dont think this has seen another ascent in years. Is only an aid climb as no one has bothered to free it.
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16 M2 | Determination Walls - with Gavin | 82m | Don't Bother | ||||
Nice first pitch
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Tue 27th Dec 2016 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
19 | ★★ Flying Spectacles - with Heath Black | 70m, 15 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Quite good varied face climbing. Really runout (and with bolts in weird locations), but it COULD be supplemented with gear. Clean 2nd P1 and Onsight P2. Both pitches felt rather tough at the grade.
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Wed 28th Sep 2016 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | |||||
18 | ★★★ On Both Sides of the Glass | 80m, 10 | |||||
Tue 26th Apr 2016 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Tough for the grade
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Sun 21st Feb 2016 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with julia viertel | 95m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
good to see julia' progressing on trad, her first proper lead
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Wed 13th Jan 2016 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Andrew Harward | 95m | ★ Good | ||||
Sat 22nd Aug 2015 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
19 | ★★ Flying Spectacles | 70m, 15 | |||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | |||||
Sun 16th Aug 2015 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | |||||
Sat 30th May 2015 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy - with Andrew Stevenson | 95m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Great old school trad climbing with 3 varied pitches, a bit of everything
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Sun 1st Mar 2015 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
The 2nd and 3rd pitch are sweet. There are 2 carrot bolts so take some plates with you.
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Fri 31st Oct 2014 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
22 | Western Ring Road | 70m | Don't Bother | ||||
Don't bother. How does this get 4 stars in the guidebook? Not even worth one star.
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Thu 7th Aug 2014 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
20 | ★ The Inconvenient Truth | 90m | ★ Good | ||||
Tue 10th Jun 2014 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
19 | ★★ Flying Spectacles | 70m, 15 | |||||
Sat 8th Feb 2014 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
I didn't think I was that fat !
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Tue 21st Jan 2014 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fri 20th Sep 2013 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | |||||
Wed 21st Aug 2013 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
18 | ★★★ On Both Sides of the Glass Direct | 60m, 10 | |||||
Sat 17th Aug 2013 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
23 | ★★★ Leif Ericsson | 93m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
With JengA. P1 - Clean Second. P2 - Onsight. P3 - Clean Second. P4 - Onsight. Nails hard 1st and 3rd pitch at the grades (where written-up grades are irrelevent), but starkly different climbing between each pitch, and an overall stellar route. P1 is an absolute unrelenting thin face test piece, and a pitch I'm coming back to repeat on lead. P2 is interesting but typical slabbing. P3 - varied and tough pumper. P4 - A bit cruxy, surrounded by much easier climbing. Classic.
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15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Warm-up, with JengA. P1 - Onsight. P2 - Clean Second. P3 - Onsight. An easy-ish old school classic with varied climbing, and some rather spaced (or creative) pro. The second pitch has some rad off-widthing (large cams might be good for the headspace), and the third pitch has some exciting chimneying. Good value at the grade, and it's great to soak in the history.
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23 | ★★★ Leif Ericsson | 93m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Hoo Ray I finally got back to finish this beast after getting spanked a couple of years ago.
Really great multi with hard and very varied climbing on all pitchs, a really gem.
First pitch is nail, very porters like.
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15 | ★★★ Fuddy Duddy | 95m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Old school repeat. Classic trad multi with good and interesting climbing on all pitchs. The top chimney surprisingly had good gear and fun climbing.
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Sat 8th Jun 2013 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | |||||
Sun 24th Mar 2013 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
A real classic, very suitable for a hot and easy day. Hard to find though (see Sam's comment below).
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13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Deservedly classic, the second pitch is totally unique. Make sure you climb up through the cave and out the roof!
Also note that the guidebook says to walk down a gully to your left to get to the abseil, this is wrong, the gully is on the right and then you go straight down! |
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Sun 10th Mar 2013 - Blue Mountains | |||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||||
15 | ★★ Grand Traverse | 210m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Long, Adventurous old-school trad multi, very run-out, dubious rock, fiddly gear, difficult route finding... But EXCITING. Done as 7 Pitches in 8 hours car to car. Also added a variant 8th pitch up a steep chossy flake and corner (instead of scrambling out the gully). Very old school, very trad. The crazy run-out "bum traverse" pitch is stunning and terrifying. But there are some great sections on the entire route. Don't let the easy grade lull you into a false sense of security.
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