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Mon 2nd Oct 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Downstream climbing areas The Fortress | |||||||
23 | ★★★ Arrested Development - with Bryn Norris, Laura Price | 10m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Tricky finish! Set up a fixed line on the project to get some awesome photos of Bryn and Laura
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Sun 1st Oct 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
South-Western Boulders Powers Lab | |||||||
★ Powers Lime - with Volodymyr K, Bryn Norris, Laura Price, Soph, Emily, Simon Porter | 3m | ★ Good | |||||
Cleaned half of this and had a bit of an admittedly low commitment go
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V3 | ★★★ Powers Lab - with Volodymyr K, Bryn Norris, Laura Price, Soph, Emily, Simon Porter | 5m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Super classic, did a few laps on it including a no feet campus lap until the last mantle. This time we just took a single mat and moved / held it in place and way easier than trying to fix them in place with gear over the water
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Sun 1st Oct 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
South-Western Boulders Crack Boulder | |||||||
V3 | ★★★ The crack - with Volodymyr K, Bryn Norris, Laura Price, Soph, Emily, Simon Porter | 4m | |||||
V3 | ★★★ The crack - with Bryn Norris, Volodymyr K, Simon Porter | 4m | |||||
V3 | ★★★ The crack — 4 attempts - with Brendan Heywood, Volodymyr K, Bryn Norris, Laura Price, sophia, emily | 4m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Sun 1st Oct 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
South-Western Boulders Powers Lab | |||||||
V3 | ★★★ Powers Lab — 2 attempts - with Brendan Heywood, Volodymyr K, Bryn Norris, Laura Price, sophia, emily | 5m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
V3 | ★★★ Powers Lab - with Bryn Norris, Volodymyr K, Simon Porter | 5m | |||||
so sick!
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Sun 1st Oct 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Powers creek junction The Runway Wall | |||||||
18 | ★★ Pushback - with Bryn Norris, Nick Gresham, Sonia Komonen, Volodymyr K | 10m, 3 | |||||
Sun 1st Oct 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central climbing areas Psychosomatic Wall | |||||||
22 | ★★ The games climbers play - with Bryn Norris, Nick Gresham, Sonia Komonen, Volodymyr K | 15m, 5 | |||||
Sun 1st Oct 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central climbing areas Shooting Star Block | |||||||
21 | ★ Low Flying Angel - with Bryn Norris, Nick Gresham, Sonia Komonen, Volodymyr K | 8m, 3 | |||||
absolute wrestle of a mantle onto some spooky slab- really cool!
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23 | ★★★ Trapeze - with Bryn Norris, Nick Gresham, Sonia Komonen, Volodymyr K | 15m, 5 | |||||
22 | ★★ Joys of the Flesh - with Bryn Norris, Nick Gresham, Sonia Komonen, Volodymyr K | 8m, 3 | |||||
fun!!
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13 | ★ Shooting Star - with Bryn Norris, Nick Gresham, Sonia Komonen, Volodymyr K | 8m | |||||
Sun 1st Oct 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Powers creek junction The Runway Wall | |||||||
17 | ★★ Overhead compartment - with Laura Price, Volodymyr K, emily, Brendan Heywood | 8m, 2 | |||||
16 | ★ Transit lounge - with Laura Price, Volodymyr K, emily, Brendan Heywood | 10m, 3 | ★ Good | ||||
23 | ★★ Tarmac — 2 attempts - with Laura Price, Volodymyr K, emily, Brendan Heywood | 10m, 3 | |||||
Sun 1st Oct 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Powers creek junction Humpty Dumpty area | |||||||
20 | ★★ Idiopathic - with Laura Price, Volodymyr K, emily, Brendan Heywood | 8m, 3 | |||||
Sun 1st Oct 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
South-Western Boulders Powers Lab | |||||||
V3 | ★★★ Powers Lab - with Laura Price, Volodymyr K, emily, Brendan Heywood | 5m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sat 30th Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central climbing areas Psychosomatic Wall | |||||||
22 | ★★ The games climbers play - with Laura Price, Volodymyr K, Nick Gresham, Sonia Komonen, emily | 15m, 5 | |||||
Sat 30th Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central climbing areas Shooting Star Block | |||||||
23 | ★★★ Trapeze — 3 attempts - with Laura Price, Volodymyr K, Nick Gresham, Sonia Komonen, emily | 15m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
22 | ★★ Joys of the Flesh - with Laura Price, Volodymyr K, Nick Gresham, Sonia Komonen, emily | 8m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
21 | ★ Low Flying Angel — 3 attempts - with Andrew Woolley | 8m, 3 | ★ Good | ||||
Tue 26th Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Hydrological drought area | |||||||
V1 | ★ Into the challice | 2m | |||||
Hiking through. Nice foot jam possible
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Tue 26th Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||||
V0 | ★ Prayer note crack | 2m | |||||
Hiking through, need to come back in winter
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Sun 24th Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
South-Western Boulders Crack Boulder | |||||||
V3 | ★★★ The crack — 3 attempts - with Volodymyr K | 4m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Kind of freaky top but Volo's calming presence solved everything.
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Sat 23rd Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central climbing areas Savage Amusement Buttress | |||||||
21 Easy | ★★ Capstone Project - with Noah Craven | 15m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Working and aided the moves
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19 | ★★ Springer - with Noah Craven | 15m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
The boulder start to this is really cool
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17 | ★ Keystone corruption - with Noah Craven | 15m, 3 | Average | ||||
I was originally going to do the real easy far right zig zag but got a bit sketched by the levitating arch. It seems solid but I definitely won't be putting gear near it. The move onto the slab is interesting but it's over too quick and the grassy ledge section at the top out is not ideal.
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Mon 18th Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
South-Western Boulders Tank Boulder | |||||||
V4 | ★★ Hard arete | 5m | |||||
Mon 18th Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
South-Western Boulders Crack Boulder | |||||||
V3 ~V4 | ★★★ The crack | 4m | |||||
Holy molyyyyy very fun very scary
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Mon 11th Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Powers creek junction The Runway Wall | |||||||
20 | ★ Jetlag | 10m, 3 | |||||
Sun 10th Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Downstream climbing areas Gate Boy Boulder | |||||||
V0 | ★★ Gate Boy Crack - with Michael Moore | 5m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Approach shoes with no pad. Great hands
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Sun 10th Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Downstream climbing areas The Bastille | |||||||
13 | ★★ Youth Beauty Fame - with Michael Moore | 18m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Super easy fun, the jugs rails would be amazing if they were on a steeper angle. The little chimney finish scrubbed up nicely for something a bit different
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16 | ★★ A Dash of Loneliness - with Michael Moore | 20m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Cruisy and flowly and a delight, just like impunity but more consistent. A #3 works in the first horizontal but a #4 is better
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27 | ★★★ Chicks Dig Scars - with Michael Moore | 25m | |||||
'Attempt' is being polite. I flailed on this hard. I've given Michael so many catches it was overdue I had a play. The first half is nice and easy but not trivial. Maybe grade 18 and I've often wondered about it being a route in its own right as the two sections are so different in style and grade. At the roof the doom music kicks in and its just ... hard. I may have done about 4 actual moves total on the head wall between sags
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Sun 10th Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Downstream climbing areas Gate Boy Boulder | |||||||
V0 | ★★ Gate Boy Crack - with Brendan Heywood | 5m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Approachie send
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Sun 10th Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Downstream climbing areas The Bastille | |||||||
18 Hard | ★★★ Innocence - with Brendan Heywood | 25m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
another lap on trs for funs while Brendan bolted
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13 | ★★ Youth Beauty Fame - with Brendan Heywood | 18m, 5 | |||||
no hands ascent other than the chimney at the top 😂
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16 | ★★ A Dash of Loneliness - with Brendan Heywood | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Just lovely
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18 Hard | ★★★ Innocence - with Brendan Heywood | 25m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
fuak, I couldn't see one of the carrots and thought it was gonna be some 10m runout on tricky slab with no chalk anywhere so I bailed. Once on the ground again I could see the carrot from the side so I went up again and sent. Mega rock quality and very engaging.
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27 | ★★★ Chicks Dig Scars — 3 attempts - with Brendan Heywood | 25m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Very close attempts but slipping on blooooood
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Sat 9th Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Moonscape area | |||||||
V5 | ★★ The Landing Zone - with Krysten | 3m | |||||
Barely managed to establish, those crimps are sllllllick
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V5 | ★★★ In plain sight SDS - with Krysten | 4m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Took a few attempts to even establish, but ended up feeling really close! Hopefully next time!
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V4 | ★★ Sloper rail - with Krysten | 1m | |||||
Man this feels HARD.
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V4 Easy | ★★ 25% crack - with Krysten | 3m | |||||
V3 | ★ Moonrise - with Krysten | 3m | ★ Good | ||||
V0 | ★ Easy target - with Krysten | 3m | ★ Good | ||||
VB | Cracktacular - with Krysten | 3m | Average | ||||
V2 | ★ Gollum’s Crack — 2 attempts - with Krysten | 3m | ★ Good | ||||
Needed a good clean, but a pretty sweet little romp out of the cave.
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V3 | ★★ In plain sight - with Krysten | 4m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Rad! Will have to come back for the SDS!
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Tue 5th Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Downstream climbing areas The Bastille | |||||||
27 | ★★★ Chicks Dig Scars - with Alec Eastwood | 25m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Sat 2nd Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Powers creek junction The Runway Wall | |||||||
18 Hard | ★★ Pushback — 3 attempts | 10m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Nice puzzle.
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16 | ★ Sideslip | 10m, 3 | ★ Good | ||||
15 | ★ Soft field | 10m, 3 | ★ Good | ||||
Fri 1st Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central climbing areas Private sector | |||||||
3 | Elevator | 7m | Average | ||||
14 | Wild Dog | 10m | ★ Good | ||||
Dirty but nice holds.
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Fri 1st Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Powers creek junction The Runway Wall | |||||||
16 | Short Field | 10m, 3 | ★ Good | ||||
First lead sport climb. Fun one.
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Fri 1st Sep 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central climbing areas Hope Buttress | |||||||
16 | ★★ Hope | 25m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Great climb to lose the Gara V-card. First half of crack was a good challenge second half easy. Topped 3 times.
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Sun 27th Aug 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Below the bridge | |||||||
V5 | ★★★ Shawarma - with Volodymyr K | 3m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Pulled on and did the crux move, got to the rail and kinda lost steam. Very tired after the last 2 days in the gorge
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V1 | ★★ Turbot St Exit - with Volodymyr K | 4m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Covered in pine needles, started to sprinkle
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V0 | ★ Stuart - with Volodymyr K | 4m | ★ Good | ||||
Sat 26th Aug 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central climbing areas Psychosomatic Wall | |||||||
22 | ★★ The games climbers play - with Brendan Heywood, Alec Eastwood | 15m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Fun climbing with a punchy start. The challenge set is to establish a direct start and eliminate the current 2m rest from the ground.
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V4 | ★★★ Tactical vomit — 8 attempts - with Brendan Heywood, Alec Eastwood | 7m | |||||
What a bottler of a boulder. Amazing how often you walk past a potential classic. A great battle for the end of the day, providing plenty of laughs and a little bit of spew.
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Sat 26th Aug 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central climbing areas Savage Amusement Buttress | |||||||
22 | ★ Southern Comfort - with Brendan Heywood, Alec Eastwood | 10m, 3 | ★ Good | ||||
A little more prepped than it’s neighbour. Classic Gara crimps with a fun finish!
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22 | ★ Tac Tic Toe - with Brendan Heywood, Alec Eastwood | 8m | ★ Good | ||||
A punchy, short and sharp number. Was please when enough stayed on to get the send. Really needs some key holds glued if it is to last.
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Sat 26th Aug 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central climbing areas Psychosomatic Wall | |||||||
V4 | ★★★ Tactical vomit - with Ben Vincent, Alec Eastwood | 7m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Man oh man what an experience! Thing thing was such a find but I wasn't sure where or how it would finish. After we all had a few goes unlocking it bit by bit I got to the far right fantastic side pinch and then prepped to grovel my way up and out of the chimney. I fought and wrestled and thrutched and thought I was off a few times and then finally back my back pressed high and dry and was basically done and then ... slid out. Gutted! Utterly exhausted and a dry mouth wreck, had a gulp of what in hindsight was waaay too much fluid and then felt much worse. Spent the next 10 mins retching. Meanwhile Ben sends it and they're egging me to get back on it while I feel like death. Then finally I have a couple vomits of red poweraid, and after a few more mins I'm good to go, shoe up and, this time actually using some technique instead of brute force, send it! Stoked with the send and feeling elated I then take 2 steps and sink to the ground retching again for good measure
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22 | ★★ The games climbers play - with Ben Vincent, Alec Eastwood | 15m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
After a few goes it looked like this thing might be way too staunch. Micro beta sorted it out, little far right side pull, lean left to chip and very careful match, then power through the slopers and up to the easier stuff before gravity realized what you did. It's hard to judge how many goes when you get shut down on the second move, maybe 5
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Sat 26th Aug 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central climbing areas Savage Amusement Buttress | |||||||
22 | ★ Southern Comfort - with Ben Vincent, Alec Eastwood | 10m, 3 | ★ Good | ||||
Glad to finally get on this and send after its long incubation period, got it 3rd go
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Sat 26th Aug 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Downstream climbing areas The Bastille | |||||||
27 | ★★★ Chicks Dig Scars - with Ben Hope | 25m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
2 laps, both one hangs.
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Sat 19th Aug 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central climbing areas Private sector | |||||||
23 | ★ Trajectory Direct — 7 attempts - with Edgar | 10m, 3 | |||||
Took a while to work the beta, some interesting moves
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Sat 19th Aug 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central climbing areas Illusion Buttress | |||||||
19 | ★★ Heavy Metal - with Edgar | 18m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Top roped for a second time and then led. Hardest lead so far
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Fri 21st Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central Boulders Mozzie Rock | |||||||
V4 | ★★ Mozzie Rock - with Brendan Heywood, Noah Craven | 4m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Some more neat and fairly unique climbing on some quality river washed granite.
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Fri 21st Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Below the bridge | |||||||
V5 ~V5 | ★★★ Shawarma - with Brendan Heywood, Noah Craven | 3m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
I think the problem should be more around the V5 range personally, but definitely some pretty neat and fairly tricky climbing.
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Fri 21st Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Scultpure garden | |||||||
V3 | ★★★ Open up and say - with Brendan Heywood, Noah Craven | 3m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
I honestly think this could be one of if not the most sandbagged problem in all of Australia. Its definitely pretty fun to figure out though.
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Fri 21st Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Evan Stone area | |||||||
V7 | ★★★ The West Face - with Brendan Heywood, Noah Craven | 3m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
A bit of a banger one move wonder. I think the grade is debateable depending on your dimensions, but otherwise its definitely a neat little climb.
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Fri 21st Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Yoda's cave | |||||||
V5 | ★★★ Swingers Club - with Brendan Heywood, Noah Craven | 5m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Nothing like an exposed, proud highball on slick granite to get you going.
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Fri 21st Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central Boulders Vulcanology area | |||||||
V6 | ★★★ Vulcanology - with Brendan Heywood, Noah Craven | 4m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Just such dreamy climbing on some of the best quality granite you'll likely ever get your hands on. How this only has 2 stars is beyond me.
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Fri 21st Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
South-Western Boulders Tank Boulder | |||||||
V0 | ★★ Layback - with Ash Powell | 2m | |||||
V2 | ★ Tank face - with Ash Powell | 2m | |||||
V0 | ★ Easy peasy - with Ash Powell | 2m | |||||
Fri 21st Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Scultpure garden | |||||||
V3 | ★★★ Open up and say - with Ash Powell | 3m | |||||
V2 | ★ The Moat - with Ash Powell | 1m | |||||
Fri 21st Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Moonscape area | |||||||
V4 ~V2 | ★★ 25% crack - with Ash Powell | 3m | |||||
V3 | ★ Full moon - with Ash Powell | 3m | |||||
V2 | ★★ Gravity well - with Ash Powell | 3m | |||||
V3 | ★★ Gravitational lock — 3 attempts - with Ash Powell | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
Fri 21st Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Evan Stone area | |||||||
V0 | ★ Rail - with Finn, Noah Craven | 3m | ★ Good | ||||
V0 | ★ Rubik's cube - with Finn, Noah Craven | 3m | |||||
Fri 21st Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Scultpure garden | |||||||
V3 | ★★★ Open up and say - with Finn, Noah Craven | 3m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fri 21st Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Below the bridge | |||||||
V1 | ★★ Turbot St Exit - with Finn, Noah Craven | 4m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
V5 | ★★★ Shawarma - with Finn, Noah Craven | 3m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fri 21st Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central Boulders Vulcanology area | |||||||
V6 | ★★★ Vulcanology - with Finn, Noah Craven | 4m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Still no resend but pretty happy to be slapping the last hold a few times
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Fri 21st Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central Boulders Mozzie Rock | |||||||
V4 | ★★ Mozzie Rock - with Finn, Noah Craven | 4m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Mon 17th Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Downstream climbing areas The Bastille | |||||||
18 | ★★★ Innocence - with Brendan Heywood | 25m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Great slab climb. Slipped off a few times, could do with some brushing if you are rapping in and 2 #3 or #4s for the breaks.
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Sun 16th Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Downstream climbing areas The Bastille | |||||||
15 | ★★★ Impunity - with Blue Mountains Orangutan | 20m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fun and flowy, fairly consistent and a great warm up for Innocence in a similar style
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18 | ★★★ Innocence - with Blue Mountains Orangutan | 25m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
So good, a couple spicy moves still but its all there
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Sun 16th Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Central Boulders Triangle Boulder | |||||||
V0 | Acute Angle | ||||||
V0 | ★ The Hypotenuse - with Oliver Walker | 3m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Great warmup. Love it.
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Sun 16th Jul 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge | |||||||
Cascade boulders Moonscape area | |||||||
V3 | crimp left face - with Oliver Walker | 2m | ★ Good | ||||
Not sure where to start hands. Used a heel hook on the crescent shaped crimp (about chest height)and tried to start with R hand also on this crimp and L hand pressing into a different crimp. This seems doable but I was unsuccessful.
Was successful when I used the crimp above my head for my R hand.
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