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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Climber	Date
	23	★★★ De Gaulle's Nose (The De Gaulle's Nose Route)	Trad 300m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	Gareth Llewellin	Sat 1st Mar 2008
awesome, with some gnarly bits. 5 degrees most of the day!
	20	★★★ The Lorax - with Kim Walls	Trad 390m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	David Tan	Mon 31st Dec 2018
Lead every pitch in a 12 hour hut to hut mission. The crack and traverse pitchs are incredible. Every other pitch was loose, mossy, and poorly protected....
	20	★★★ The Lorax	Trad 390m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★ Very Good	Tiburonny	Mon 23rd Dec 2019
80% headspace, 20% climbing, min distance between protections feels like 10m
	20	★★★ The Lorax - with steve postle	Trad 390m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	Kris Penn	Sat 22nd Feb 2020
Wild wild wild, an astonishing effort by Peter and Garn. Lead onsight alternating with Steve, the access pitch is horrendous and would highly recommend roping up for it, first few pitches are loose and spacey gear common to be 10m+ between pieces, money pitch is stonker gear, brining the belay 4m under the cave is highly recommended good belay and straight line to next belay, the ledge traverse is insanity, on the traverse pitch for belay definitely step around the arete to big ledge good gear in corner. We were pretty casual about it and naive in hindsight started at 9am 12 hours on the wall 14 1/2hrs hut to hut topped out in the dark. An emotional roller coaster, extraordinary position, classic line..... wow!
	19	★★ The Ninth of January	Trad 160m	Frenchmans Cap Area		Alex Mougenot	Sat 19th Dec 2015
Was going to get on The Lorax, but hearing the story of a climbing team who retreated off it the day before put us off. Maybe next year. Did this instead to smash out a shorter one, but ended up taking us longer cos of uncertain routefinding and us being unaware of the scramble-death topout! Pitch 2 was the standout. Bring double ropes! Would've been hell with a single.
	19	★★ The Ninth of January - with Mark Feeney 1 19 160m lead by Alec Landstra 2 lead by Mark Feeney 3 lead by Alec Landstra 4 lead by Mark Feeney 5 lead by Alec Landstra	Trad 160m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★ Very Good	Alec Landstra	Sat 9th Jan 2021
Very fun climbing on mostly good rock! Pitches 2 and 3 were excellent! Ended up climbing 3 more pitches on the headwall behind for an exciting finish. Not sure if these were part of an existing route as they were very dirty and Chossy. Best of all, we did it on the 9th of January!!!
	19 Hard	★★ The Ninth of January - with Tom Scott	Trad 160m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★ Good	Harley Mills	Thu 5th Jan 2023
Good climbing, very questionable rock at times particularly on pitch 1. The crux is unprotectable and run out, and is some of the scariest trad I've done... proceed with caution. Pitches 3 and 4 were cruisy and nice despite pulling some holds off! The tat for the rap off the top is old and questionable, probably worth replacing.
	19	★★ The Ninth of January - with Harley Mills	Trad 160m	Frenchmans Cap Area		Tom Scott	Fri 6th Jan 2023
Oh boy. Glad we did this route before attempting lorax. Really put the seriousness of the wall into perspective. Massive runouts, some questionable rock and gear. Glad Harley was leading the crux pitch. Super route, the traverson on P2 was crazy
	19	★★ The Ninth of January	Trad 160m	Frenchmans Cap Area		James Hockey	Sun 26th Feb 2023
Squeezing this in the day after Sydney probably added another year onto when I’d return, Three stars.
	18	★ Brisbane Line - with Phil Dolan	Trad 300m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★ Good	Dayle Gilliatt	Tue 14th Feb 1989
Bad route-finding led to a trouser-filling adventure.
	18	★★★ Cold-Steel Dawn - with Kim Walls	Trad 97m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	David Tan	Sat 29th Dec 2018
Lovely route with the right amount of spice. Pitch 1 is the good shit
	18	★★★ Cold-Steel Dawn	Trad 97m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	Tiburonny	Fri 27th Dec 2019
Fantastic climbing
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	Dan Handley	Sun 8th Feb 2004
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	Jeremy Goble	2006
climbed in 5 pitches. Outstanding!
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	topher	Fri 30th Dec 2011
With Jed. Heady traverse!
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom - with Geoffrey Hernandez	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	Jean-Philippe Dumas	Fri 2nd Jan 2015
New years eve trip with the Rasta Rockets!
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area		Alex Mougenot	Thu 17th Dec 2015
(Sorry Gene. Couldn't be bothered with descriptions on my phone!) Brilliant. Just brilliant. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone, not even most people, but I highly recommend it for those with a head for adventure, spaced gear, and exposure! What a route, though. I discovered that a small part of me enjoys the delicacy required when climbing on choss (like the first and last couple pitches.
	19 17	★★ Tierry le Fronde Direct Variant - with Anthony Shilton, Mikey Musch	Trad 25m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	Andrew Connolly	Sun 24th Feb 2019
Very clean rock, very solid rock in great positions and some good movement. Given 19 on TheSarvo (and then confusingly listed as 16), this route is definitely 19 ! Aim for the 5m super clean wall with a splitter finger crack. We also started by pulling the rooflet at ground level right near the very bottom of the buttress. Was lulled into a false sense of rock-security here because everything was so solid
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	Tiburonny	Tue 24th Dec 2019
Absolute classic with beautiful pitches but definitely not for the faint hearted. Take lots of # 1s and peanuts plus the usual gear (micros, nuts, cams) double set doesn't hurt
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom - with Cameron Hickling	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	Matthew Robbins	Fri 27th Dec 2019
11.5 hour hut to hut. We soloed pitches 1+2 (it's basically a vertical garden) and then mossied our way up the remainder. That crack on pitches 4+5 is stonker and the traverse pitch is wild wild wild! Found that the scariest part of the day was scrambling up that effing col. Loose and steep scree plus big falls is mildy scary to say the least
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom - with Ryan Siacci	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	Dylan Tubaro	Thu 14th Jan 2021
One of the reasons I started climbing , two years ago i bivouacked at the summit and met crazy John & clair who topped out on the great flake on dark. That Definitely had a deep impact on my climbing journey. So happy to have done this route, can't wait to come back out and tackle some of the bigger harder lines!
	17	★★ Tierry le Fronde Direct Variant	Trad 25m	Frenchmans Cap Area		Michael Lehmann	Thu 14th Jan 2021
Did a huge run out going direct up the arete, rock was dirty but the movement was great with lots of exposure!
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom - with Tim Winterflood	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	Hunter Cole	Thu 21st Jan 2021
What an unreal experience! We got spectacular weather, however, quite a bit of seepage in sections. Good gear for most of the way (recommended rack as mentioned by others), yet, enough no fall zones you certainly want to be confident at the grade, especially for that goddam traverse! For sure the most exciting Trad adventure I've had so far!
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area		William Skea	Wed 16th Feb 2022
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	Rob Watson	Wed 16th Feb 2022
Incredible, this route has been on the life list for a very long time. A striking corner crack followed by an unprotected and butt puckering exposed traverse across the void to another corner system. Definitely the most serious but rewarding pieces of climbing I've had the pleasure of doing!. Wild
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom - with Josh Ring	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★ Very Good	Poppy	Sat 17th Feb 2024
A route that has lead me to reflect on my climbing deeply. The seriousness of this route had my full attention as we were climbing, so much so that I wasn't able to experience much else. Not excitement, joy, fear or otherwise. I was focused on being as safe as possible and succeeding. Both those goals were achieved, but a certain emptiness remains. Much more self reflection to come; on climbing and - as usual - how that relates to life. The morning walk to the start of the route was serendipitous, as sunrise silently rose over a sea of mountain peak islands bathed in the rising alpine fog. 3 day mish. 27km first day. Route the second. 27km out third. Would recommend taking more time to enjoy your time here. It's a lovely place.
	17 16	★★ The Sydney Route	Trad 380m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	benjamin james eichler	Fri 11th Jan 2008
amazing and so long. lose rock everywhere and variable weather adds to the flavour. this cliff is huge.....
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	Jeremy Goble	2006
Climbed predominantly in the rain
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area		Simon Dale	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	17 16	★★ The Sydney Route	Trad 380m	Frenchmans Cap Area		Simon Dale	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	Rod Smith	Wed 25th Jan 2006
Led every pitch. Serious alpine-style route. Two-day walk in with 32kg pack. Rewarded with fine weather.
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★ Good	topher	Wed 28th Dec 2011
With Jed
	17 16	★★ The Sydney Route	Trad 380m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★ Good	topher	Sat 31st Dec 2011
With Jed. Didn't find the chockstone at the end of the first pitch, but good gear at about 40m for a belay. If we were doing the correct 'obvious' line...Good finish
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde - with Rich	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★ Very Good	David	Tue 20th Jan 2015
Alt leads. Started at the wrong spot. strung 2 & 3 together. found the old piton on pitch 3 (looked like a cadbury flake) and a stuck nut in the crack system to the right of the line proper (poss fall? nasty roof move) Real alpine flavour, 32kg packs, 4 days walking, 2 days of snow, 1 day of climbing weather. Worth every moment!!
	16	★ Tierry le Fronde Alternative Start - with Phil Dolan	Trad 65m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★ Good	Dayle Gilliatt	Wed 15th Feb 1989
Quite good. When combined with TLF it's a full-on adventure. Originally graded 19.
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde - with Geoffrey Hernandez	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	Jean-Philippe Dumas	Thu 1st Jan 2015
New Years with the Rasta Rockets! Epic start at 4:30pm to finish overhanging pitch at night to get back at the hut by midnight, and off to Chimes of freedom in the morning
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	Tomas Dorrington	Tue 6th Mar 2018
Last pitch discription is a little vague. Should be ‘Up for 5m, then climb the V shaped chimney to horizontal brake follow brake around to the right to an easy escape through the roofs”
	16	★★ The Sydney Route	Trad 380m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	Richard Pattison	Thu 24th Dec 2015
Great adventure, rock loose in places, protection far better with modern gear than the 1960s beta indicates. The devils traverse & belay was scary / memorable / unnerving / fantastic :o)
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde - with Kim Walls	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★ Very Good	David Tan	Thu 27th Dec 2018
	16	★ Waterloo Road Direct	Trad 300m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★ Good	Tiburonny	Thu 26th Dec 2019
Nice alternate finish to NoJ instead of the scramble up the gully. Only top pitches
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★ Very Good	Tiburonny	Wed 25th Dec 2019
	16	★ Tierry le Fronde Direct Start	Trad 45m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★ Good	Tiburonny	Wed 25th Dec 2019
	16	★★ The Sydney Route - with Cameron Hickling	Trad 380m	Frenchmans Cap Area		Matthew Robbins	Sat 28th Dec 2019
Done in 11 pitches (instead of 13 listed in guide). An incredible achievement for its day and a historic line. I can only imagine the grit that Bryden Allen and Jack Pettigrew had to pull off this line almost 55 years ago. The climb itself, while enjoyable, suffers from oodles and oodles of loose rock, moss and tricky route-finding. Finding the start was challenging (I'm still not sure we started in the right spot) and route-finding was tricky all the way up to the start of the traverse. Cam and I would regularly stop on lead and double check the route length and description to make sure we were in the right spot. All in all, it took Cam and I 14 hours hut to hut.
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde - with Cameron Hickling	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★ Very Good	Matthew Robbins	Sun 29th Dec 2019
Rounding out the Frenchmans Cap hat-trick! What was meant to be an "easy" day out but turned into 8.5 hours hut to hut. Not a huge day but considerably more than expected. Compared to The Sydney Route and The Chimes of Freedom, Tierry Le Fronde was the easiest line to find and follow. It also had the most outrageous exposure of the 3 routes. We are talking tiny belay ledges hanging on prows 200+ meters off the deck and chimneys with nothing but the sucking void beneath you. Radical stuff!!! For future climbers, pitch lengths from The Sarvo and the guidebook are likely incorrect (in our humble opinion). We found that the pitches are probably more like: P1 - 45m P2 - 35m P3 - 40m P4 - 30m P5 - 40m
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde - with Yants	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★ Very Good	Matty Lawler	Sun 30th Dec 2018
Amazing line, looking forward to climbing some more out at Frenchman’s
	16	★★ The Sydney Route - with Chris	Trad 380m	Frenchmans Cap Area		Andrew Serack	Thu 12th Mar 2020
The second closest I came to dying in Australia. Helluva day out.
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde - with Chris	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area		Andrew Serack	Wed 11th Mar 2020
Nice and consistent
	17	★★ The Sydney Route - with Mark Feeney 1 17 36m lead by Mark Feeney 2 36m lead by Alec Landstra 3 18m lead by Mark Feeney 4 36m lead by Alec Landstra 5 24m lead by Mark Feeney 6 30m lead by Alec Landstra 7 30m lead by Mark Feeney 8 30m lead by Alec Landstra 9 16 21m lead by Mark Feeney 10 33m lead by Alec Landstra 11 30m lead by Mark Feeney 12 30m lead by Alec Landstra 13 30m lead by Mark Feeney	Trad 380m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	Alec Landstra	Fri 8th Jan 2021
A fantastic outing! Pitches 6 onwards are fantastic! Couldn’t have asked for better weather
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde - with Ryan Siacci	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★ Very Good	Dylan Tubaro	Thu 14th Jan 2021
How's the fucking view on it. Outrageous at the grade for sure
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area		Michael Lehmann	Thu 14th Jan 2021
First 3 ish pitches? We linked a few so was hard to tell. Enjoyable climbing with spicey protection.
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde - with Pauly G, Eugene	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★ Very Good	Nut Busting Unicorn	Sat 13th Feb 2021
Epic & exposed what a climb 🤩
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde - with Zi Hui Lie, Brandon	Trad 160m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	Anton Korsun	Mon 15th Feb 2021
A fun day with quality climbing until the last "roof" pitch which is unfourtunately quite loose and showered us with 3 painful blocks. Luckily no serious trauma or core shots, but we took the time to patch up and climbed slower for the remaining 1.5 pitches. Upon descent we agreed that aspining ascentionists would appreciate some sympathetic beta for the rooves. If you, my friend, believe that the meaning of life is found under a driving range of death blocks piled higher than the Great Pyramid, read no more... But for the mortals, go 5-6m up juggy crack from grassy corner belay. Then easily traverse right across the gearless wall to good rest under two black gullies. Do not take the left gully. Instead head up the right gully/chimney to good ledge. From there a short (10m?) escape pitch remains. (Total length thus feels 160m or 220m with the solo approach gully) Despite the delay, climbing at night in the heavy mist that descends upon the Cap at dusk was a truly surreal experience and reminded me of why we do this to ourselves. Enjoy!
	16	★ Tierry le Fronde Direct Start	Trad 45m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Sat 20th Feb 2021
Better than the gully.
	17 16	★★ The Sydney Route	Trad 380m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	Kieran Norwood	Sat 22nd Jan 2022
	16	★★ The Sydney Route	Trad 380m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★ Very Good	Rob Watson	Wed 16th Feb 2022
An epic alpine adventure complete with huge exposure, plenty of loose rock and less than desirable belays. Fantastic!
	16	★★ The Sydney Route	Trad 380m	Frenchmans Cap Area		William Skea	Mon 21st Feb 2022
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area		William Skea	Mon 21st Feb 2022
	16 ~18	★★ The Sydney Route - with Tom Scott	Trad 380m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★ Very Good	Harley Mills	Sat 7th Jan 2023
Wow what a day. Was off route pretty considerably for the first 4 pitches, but then pretty sweet once on route. The pitches leading up to the crux were awesome and full value. Lots of moss, dirt, plants, loose rock/boulders and the like. Crux pitch is for sure harder than 16. An inverted staircase, 300m off the deck, that has some decent protection and rest stances, but is definitely harder than 16... All in all, an awesome, full value day!
	16	★★ The Sydney Route	Trad 380m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	James Hockey	Sun 26th Feb 2023
Such a rich experience to climb at Frenchman’s, not all positive, not all negative but all memorable. Managed to catch a beautiful 5 day weather window and all our routes were bone dry. I got the pointy end of the rope on the Devils staircase which Is more than a bit stiff at 16. Also finding the start was a whole ordeal and I assume I was somewhere near the original. I went up the main gully, sus traverse on vegetation to a grassy ledge then up a “botanically influenced” crack for a full rope length until I spied the chimney on P3. Second tick off the lifelist in a week.
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area		James Hockey	Sun 26th Feb 2023
	16 ~17	★★ The Sydney Route	Trad 380m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	BoPangYang	Wed 15th Jun 2022
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★ Good	BoPangYang	Wed 15th Jun 2022
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	James Collins	Fri 17th Feb 2023
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde - with Lee Prescott	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	Dylan Glavas	Mon 12th Feb 2024
So so nice, good crack moves, walked back to vera hut after this day
	14	★★ The Sydney Route Direct Start	Trad 62m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★ Good	Stephen White	Mon 6th Jan 1997
started on a nice sunny day and finished in the clouds
	14	★★ The Sydney Route Direct Start	Trad 62m	Frenchmans Cap Area		Simon Dale	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	14	★★ The Sydney Route Direct Start	Trad 62m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★ Good	michael batchelor	1999
	14	Fleur-de-lis	Trad 210m	Frenchmans Cap Area		Simon Dale	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	14	★★ The Sydney Route Direct Start	Trad 62m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	topher	Sat 31st Dec 2011
With Jed Awesome middle pitches! Even the 'climb the overhanging wall on bad rock' bit was great! Pitch 3 is just plain scary though. No gear until after pulling over the big slimy overhanging, bad rock, all while directly over a big, spiky block... Definitely a route with a bit of character
	14	★★ The Sydney Route Direct Start - with Mark Feeney 1 14 62m lead by Mark Feeney 2 lead by Alec Landstra	Trad 62m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★ Very Good	Alec Landstra	Fri 8th Jan 2021
	12	★ Surf Slab	Trad 69m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★ Good	Jeremy Goble	2006
	12	★ Surf Slab 1 12 lead by Chris 2 12 lead by Paul	Trad 69m	Frenchmans Cap Area		Chris Trengove	Tue 6th Dec 2005
	12 ~16	★★ Deceptive Gully - with Tom Veit	Trad 120m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★ Very Good	Jay	Wed 1st Jan 2020
	10	★ Southern Parapet	Trad 200m	Frenchmans Cap Area	Average	Richard Pattison	Fri 25th Dec 2015
Our plan was to climb Tierry le Fronde, but the forecast was an afternoon storm, so we elected for a minimal commitment route in case the storm came early. We chose this route because it involved a bit of bushwalking, interesting route finding descent to the base, and a different view of the mountain. Climbing wasn't great.
	25	FA ★★★ De Gaulles Direct	Mixed trad 310m, 2	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	Gareth Llewellin	Sat 1st Mar 2008
Wow. Mind blowing. Unbelievable good climbing on even better rock.
	22	★ TLF No Pants Variant - with Grace Bloom, Lachlan Short	Trad 25m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★ Good	Michael Lehmann	Thu 14th Jan 2021
Climbed directly from the Mike law variant. Annoyed I blew the onsight, kept slipping with wet feet and hands, took a couple of big whips onto the belay. The exposure at the crux is full value adventure trad!
	20	★★★ The Lorax - with Dylan Glavas	Trad 390m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★ Very Good	Lee Prescott	Sat 10th Feb 2024
A serious undertaking! Spent 15 hrs on the wall total as a party of three, only the last pitch in the dark thankfully. Roped up first pitch 'scramble' was wet and sketchy, the crux pitch felt a bit harder than 20 and the traverse was my favourite part- the only actual 3 star part of the climb. Gets three for the location and length though. Was in my head about the last two sparsely protected pitches, but after getting to them the gear was better than anticipated with modern RP's and microcams. Still have to pull a few hard moves above minimal gear, but the challenge is route finding. An epic day out with two good friends, lots of traumatic bonding and appreciating life through the taste of death.
	19	FA ★ The Newcastle start to Sydney route	Trad 80m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Sat 20th Feb 2021
We couldn’t suss out the start the day before due to the amount of rocks being dropped by a party on the route, so just headed up early morning to see if the super direct approach worked. Any placements we had needed major excavation, so whilst it’s possible the line has been done it didn’t feel like it. Felt a bit R even for Frenchman’s standards, but was enjoyable in a type 2 fun way.
	17	FA ★★★ The Ninth of January Variant	Trad 25m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	Tiburonny	Thu 26th Dec 2019
Climbs very nice, don't scramble up the gully after, instead lead top pitches of Waterloo Road Direct
	16	★★ The Sydney Route - with Harley Mills	Trad 380m	Frenchmans Cap Area		Tom Scott	Fri 6th Jan 2023
What a day, completely off course at the start but just kept questing up and right until we rejoined. Another serious climb, but an amazing one. Harley did an amazing job leading the crux (no way its 16). The whole experience was amazing Probably no rain on the mount for 12 days before we went up (and temps hovering in the high 20s), but the top of the route was still pretty wet. Would really want to pick your windows for this. Pitch 8 was super run out and wet holds really added to the spice
	20	★★★ The Lorax - with Anthony Shilton	Trad 390m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	Andrew Connolly	Thu 28th Feb 2019
Probably the most significant ascent of my climbing life to date. An astonishing route in a breathtaking location taking the middle of the highest vertical cliff in the country. I have solo'ed heaps of stuff in my time, but I do not recommend solo'ing up to the start as per the guide. Too much vegetation, too much loose stuff and too wet. Instead, park yourself directly under the super-shiny slab near the top of the broken cliff and lead it normally up to there. It's 60m from the ground and places you in the right spot for the rest of the route. From there, it's all climbing to the top. Pitch 1 was okay, 2 was a nice crack / corner ramp, 3 was a highlight (correctly graded at 20 and the gear is good, but you'll still want a very good head). Pitch 4 is the outrageous traverse which teases you when you have to leave the ledge - something I'll never forget. Pitch 5 is a good clean crack and pitch 6 starts with the hardest moves on the route through the rooflet. Pitch 7 was fun - we were running out of daylight so I speed-led it in ~10 minutes or so to top out on one of the great finishes ... you climb right to the very top of the cliff and belay with your feet hanging over 400m of air. Finished with the last light of the day and made it back to the hut in the dark. Led pitches 0, 2, 4, half of 6, and 7. One of the great moments for me.
	20	★★★ The Lorax	Trad 390m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	Dimsim	Fri 25th Feb 2022
What a day! What a route! Lead free: 4, 5 and 7
	20	★★★ The Lorax - with Lee Prescott, gerrard 1 Second 2 Trad 3 Second 4 Trad 5 Second 6 Second 7 Second	Trad 390m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	Dylan Glavas	Sat 10th Feb 2024
Goddamn what a route, most exposed position I've ever been in and biggest and most beautiful wall I've seen, so fucking sick. Have so much appreciation for everything now. Was wigging at that exposure, was tired, cooked finger etc. it's just about getting to the top of the cliff. Lowered off crux and lee went up, ledge traverse was nuts exposed!! Sick route, 15.5 hours on the wall with party of 3 and a bit of fucking around. Full write up in tahune hut logbook
	19	★★ The Ninth of January	Trad 160m	Frenchmans Cap Area		James Hardy	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★ The Ninth of January	Trad 160m	Frenchmans Cap Area		holly	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	19	★★ The Ninth of January - with Mikey Musch, Anthony Shilton	Trad 160m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	Andrew Connolly	Fri 1st Mar 2019
Takes a great feature. Led pitches 1 & 3 (Mikey led P2 and Anthony P4). I did, however, manage to break a hold on P3, hit a ledge and break my foot - although I wouldn't discover this until I'd hiked out and returned to Melbourne ! Aside from the odd bit of fractured rock (and bone !) it's really atmospheric, leaving you hanging out over the valley below, while climbing on grade 8 jugs. Finished by simul-walking up the gully. Could probably find a better line on the main cliff behind the tower if we tried hard enough to finish it in style, but by this point we were ready to return home.
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area		James Hardy	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area		@g-funk	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	17	★★ Electra	Trad 100m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	2011
Excellent first pitch. Amazing glassy quartzite
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Sun 2nd Jan 2011
In sleet and rain. Wet cracks. Numb hands. As mountaineering as you can get in OZ
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	hugh sutherland	Fri 15th Feb 2019
Getting to the start of the route is quite dangerous. There is a loose rock gully that you have to scramble up. Wear a helmet and dont be underneath your partner.
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom - with Anthony Shilton, Mikey Musch	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	Andrew Connolly	Wed 27th Feb 2019
The second best route here. Pitches 4 & 5 linked together as a single pitch is surely the best on the mountain. Easy hand jamming with feet on smears to your right for 50m. We did that with only 1 x #1 and #2 camalot ... there are large wires everywhere although more cams would make it easier. The pitch 6 rising traverse is pretty unforgettable too - put in a little bit of gear at the start, then leave the crack and trust your climbing skillz ! Led pitches 3, 6 & 8
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom - with Matthew Robbins	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area		Cameron Hickling	Fri 27th Dec 2019
11.5 hours hut to hut
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom - with Zane Priebbenow	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	Paul Priebbenow	Tue 10th Nov 1992
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom - with Zane Priebbenow	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	Paul Priebbenow	Tue 10th Nov 1992
	17	★★★ The Chimes of Freedom	Trad 270m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Classic	Dimsim	Wed 23rd Feb 2022
Lead free:2, 4, 7 Spectacular but heaps of wet rock (first and second pitch, finish of pitch 5, the corner crack of p 6) Was raining the previous day
	17 16	★★ The Sydney Route	Trad 380m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	Mike Patterson	Wed 25th Jan 2006
Simply Amazing
	17 16	★★ The Sydney Route	Trad 380m	Frenchmans Cap Area	★★★ Mega Classic	robbie houlihan	Sat 12th Jan 2008
what an epic, what more can i say
	19 16	★ Tierry le Fronde Alternative Start	Trad 65m	Frenchmans Cap Area		David Adam Stiles	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16	★★ Tierry le Fronde	Trad 150m	Frenchmans Cap Area		@g-funk	Tue 13th Apr 2010

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