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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Climber	Date
Unknown
	14	Lichen Lichen	Unknown 7m	Handsome Crag	Average	Clint Siggins	Sun 1st Feb 2004
lick the lichen as you crawkl like a wombat round the ledge
	19 ~20	★★ Fear of Flying - with hamish	Unknown 35m	Handsome Crag	★★ Very Good	Jamie Spencer	Sun 6th Aug 2023
Spicy pro and rock. Decent(ish) nut for the moves before pulling onto the upper slab helps the mood. Might be 19, but honestly felt like 20 for me today!
Trad
	19	★★ Touchstone	Mixed trad 15m, 1	Handsome Crag	★★ Very Good	topher	Fri 1st Apr 2005
really nice now i know how to jam. best line here
	15	Orchid Corner	Trad 10m	Handsome Crag	Crap	Clint Siggins	Sun 1st Feb 2004
loose & dirty
	20	★★★ Enola Gay	Trad 40m	Handsome Crag	★★★ Classic	topher	Tue 21st Dec 2004
with stephan. great climb. full value, and leaves the real sting for the last 5m. 1 rest 3m from top.
	20	★ Suck the Kumara	Trad 18m	Handsome Crag	★ Good	topher	Sun 1st Dec 2002
top part was very strenuous
	17	Timbertop	Trad 15m	Handsome Crag	Average	topher	Tue 21st Dec 2004
beware of choss!
	15	Orchid Corner	Trad 10m	Handsome Crag	Average	topher	Sat 25th Jun 2011
	16	Eat, Shit, Bolt	Trad 10m	Handsome Crag	Don't Bother	topher	Sat 25th Jun 2011
	22	★★ No U-Turns	Trad 15m	Handsome Crag	★★ Very Good	topher	Sat 25th Jun 2011
Sport
	24	Underhanded	Sport 15m, 7	Handsome Crag	Crap	topher	Fri 1st Apr 2005
pure shit after first couple of moves
	24	Underhanded	Sport 15m, 7	Handsome Crag	Average	o_g	Wed 29th Dec 2010
Hard getting established on the slab. Took a few goes to work out a sequence. Climbed to left of bolt. Right foot on sloper.
	24	Underhanded	Sport 15m, 7	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 14th Aug 2011
A quick end of day burn. Felt strong to crux. Didnt pull through it, think I would have got it.
	24	Underhanded	Sport 15m, 7	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 21st Aug 2011
2nd shot today. fell at crux on first shot. not sure it fell and hurt knee, or if knee hurt so fell off. No problem 2nd shot.
	18	★★ Gratuitous Steel Insertion	Sport 15m, 5	Handsome Crag	★★★ Classic	topher	Fri 1st Nov 2002
LUVLY
	18	★★ Gratuitous Steel Insertion	Sport 15m, 5	Handsome Crag	★ Good	Clint Siggins	Sun 1st Feb 2004
could do with 'U' bolts instead of those shitty oversized carrots
	18	★★ Gratuitous Steel Insertion	Sport 15m, 5	Handsome Crag		Matt McMinn	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	18	★★ Gratuitous Steel Insertion	Sport 15m, 5	Handsome Crag		Emlyn Jones	Sun 10th May 2009
	18	★★ Gratuitous Steel Insertion	Sport 15m, 5	Handsome Crag	★★ Very Good	o_g	Sat 11th Dec 2010
Awesome climb. Have done several times before.
	18	★★ Gratuitous Steel Insertion	Sport 15m, 5	Handsome Crag	★★★ Classic	Thomas Kohl	Sat 11th Dec 2010
	18	★★ Gratuitous Steel Insertion	Sport 15m, 5	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 31st Jul 2011
Great route. Warm down.
	18	★★ Gratuitous Steel Insertion	Sport 15m, 5	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 14th Aug 2011
Warm up (& draw hang on CF)
	18	★★ Gratuitous Steel Insertion - with Nathan Steves, Ondrej Lang	Sport 15m, 5	Handsome Crag	★★ Very Good	Chris L	Sun 25th May 2014
	18	★★ Gratuitous Steel Insertion	Sport 15m, 5	Handsome Crag	★★ Very Good	Nate S	Sun 25th May 2014
	18	★★ Gratuitous Steel Insertion - with Fabian	Sport 15m, 5	Handsome Crag	★★★ Classic	Chris L	Tue 31st Mar 2015
Must do
	21 18	The Dog Killed the Video Star	Sport 12m, 4	Handsome Crag	Average	o_g	Sat 11th Dec 2010
Feels easy using the arete (Gr19?). Contrived not using thr arete though.
	21 18	The Dog Killed the Video Star	Sport 12m, 4	Handsome Crag	Average	Thomas Kohl	Sat 11th Dec 2010
Rest on second bolt, needs cleaning
	21 18	The Dog Killed the Video Star	Sport 12m, 4	Handsome Crag		o_g	Wed 29th Dec 2010
Repeat as warm up
	21 18	The Dog Killed the Video Star	Sport 12m, 4	Handsome Crag		topher	Sun 20th Feb 2011
	23	★ Creme Fraiche	Sport 12m, 4	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 31st Jul 2011
Quick play at start after GSI.
	18	The Dog Killed the Video Star	Sport 12m, 4	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 31st Jul 2011
	23	★ Creme Fraiche	Sport 12m, 4	Handsome Crag	★ Good	o_g	Sun 14th Aug 2011
2nd shot. Bouldery start is excellent. Top wall a bit so-so.
	18	The Dog Killed the Video Star	Sport 12m, 4	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 14th Aug 2011
Warm up
	18	The Dog Killed the Video Star	Sport 12m, 4	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 21st Aug 2011
Warm up
	18	The Dog Killed the Video Star - with Nathan Steves, Ondrej Lang	Sport 12m, 4	Handsome Crag	Average	Chris L	Sun 25th May 2014
	18	The Dog Killed the Video Star	Sport 12m, 4	Handsome Crag	Average	Nate S	Sun 25th May 2014
	23	★ Creme Fraiche - with Fabian	Sport 12m, 4	Handsome Crag	★ Good	Chris L	Tue 31st Mar 2015
Mad bouldery start, to mellow face climbing. I liked it.
	18	The Dog Killed the Video Star - with Fabian	Sport 12m, 4	Handsome Crag	Average	Chris L	Tue 31st Mar 2015
	22	★ Southpaw	Sport 10m, 3	Handsome Crag	★ Good	o_g	Sun 31st Jul 2011
Missed the slap at the top on the onsite. Ran out of juice second shot. Fun route.
	22	★ Southpaw	Sport 10m, 3	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 14th Aug 2011
Hard route I think. Really punchy moves.
	22	★ Southpaw	Sport 10m, 3	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 21st Aug 2011
No problem today. Ben and Tom put some time into it.
	21	★ One Too Many - with Nathan Steves, Ondrej Lang	Sport 10m, 3	Handsome Crag	★ Good	Chris L	Sun 25th May 2014
Fun climb that requires a powerful move.
	21	★ One Too Many - with Nathan Steves, Ondrej Lang	Sport 10m, 3	Handsome Crag	★ Good	Chris L	Sun 25th May 2014
	21	★ One Too Many	Sport 10m, 3	Handsome Crag	★ Good	Nate S	Sat 22nd Nov 2014
	22	Rhino Eyes	Sport 15m	Handsome Crag	Don't Bother	topher	Fri 1st Apr 2005
pulled off hold in crux, glad the crusty carrots still hold. sandy.
	25	Sticky Business	Sport 30m	Handsome Crag	Average	o_g	Sat 11th Dec 2010
Fun climbing at grade 20, to second last bolt. Cant do boulder problem. A lot of sandy and fragile holds on route.
	23	★★ Via Ferrata	Sport 30m	Handsome Crag	★★ Very Good	o_g	Wed 29th Dec 2010
Good route on positive holds and pockets. Just missed the onsight.
	22	This is My Kitchen	Sport 15m	Handsome Crag	Average	o_g	Wed 29th Dec 2010
Ok route, but a bit of choss on the steep, and lichen on the slab detracts.
	23	★★ Via Ferrata	Sport 30m	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 9th Jan 2011
Misread top sequence first time, got it second time. Great route.
	22	★★ Gorilla Monsoon	Sport 30m	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sat 11th Jun 2011
Felt hard. Need a bolt bracket for bolt below roof.
	23	★★ Via Ferrata	Sport 30m	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sat 11th Jun 2011
Climbed to set top rope.
	22	This is My Kitchen	Sport 15m	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 31st Jul 2011
	22	This is My Kitchen	Sport 15m	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 14th Aug 2011
Tom's project. He's close to the tick!
	25	★ Assagai	Sport 35m	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 21st Aug 2011
Started up Gorilla to get to start. Damp conditions. Hard climbing. Lots of dogging and draw pulling.
	22	This is My Kitchen	Sport 15m	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 21st Aug 2011
Felt straightforward today
	22	★★ Gorilla Monsoon - with Fabian	Sport 30m	Handsome Crag		Chris L	Tue 31st Mar 2015
Strong for a 22. Got drained on a move below the square roof.
	22	This is My Kitchen - with Fabian	Sport 15m	Handsome Crag	★ Good	Chris L	Sun 1st Mar 2015
	22 Hard	★★ Gorilla Monsoon - with hamish	Sport 30m	Handsome Crag	★★ Very Good	Jamie Spencer	Sun 6th Aug 2023
Adventurous and committing for the grade. Quite handsome It has a bit of everything in it, and keeps you thinking to the very top. Needs some more traffic, and then it will clean up and climb nicely
Boulder
	V4	★★★ Setting Sun	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag	★★★ Classic	o_g	Sun 9th Jan 2011
Done many times before. A great problem.
	V3	★★ Atomised	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag	★ Good	o_g	Sun 9th Jan 2011
Nice steep problem.
	V4	★★★ Setting Sun	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 27th Mar 2011
	V2	★ V2 Stand	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 27th Mar 2011
	V2	★★ Vitriol Stand (Vitriol)	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 27th Mar 2011
	V2	★★ Straight Lines	Boulder 2m	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 27th Mar 2011
	V5	★★★ Hang Me Out to Dry	Boulder 3m	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 27th Mar 2011
Didnt feel very close.
	V7	★★ Chain Gang	Boulder 3m	Handsome Crag		o_g	Sun 27th Mar 2011
Can match, rh up to crimp, then fail...
	V2	White Noise	Boulder	Handsome Crag	Average	o_g	Sun 27th Mar 2011
Nice. Big reach to pocket out right.
	V3	★★ Ca va	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag	★★ Very Good	o_g	Sun 27th Mar 2011
Have done before, but not today...
	V2	★★ The Seduction Traverse	Boulder 6m	Handsome Crag	★ Good	o_g	Sun 27th Mar 2011
Nice problem. Slopey!
	V5	★★ Everything is Illuminated	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag	★★★ Classic	o_g	Sun 27th Mar 2011
Can do SDS, get through pockets (50%), then gets scared. High point is sidepull above crimp rail.
	V3	★ Illumination Traverse	Boulder 5m	Handsome Crag	Average	o_g	Sun 27th Mar 2011
Felt easy
	V5	★★★ Hang Me Out to Dry	Boulder 3m	Handsome Crag		Gareth Llewellin	Tue 13th Sep 2011
with Adam. Managed to fall off the very top easy bit and miss the mat, whiplashing my back! before ticking this one.
	V2	★★ Bonjour	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag		Gareth Llewellin	Tue 13th Sep 2011
	V3	★★ Ca va	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag		Gareth Llewellin	Tue 13th Sep 2011
	V5	★ Ca va Bien	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag		Gareth Llewellin	Tue 13th Sep 2011
	V2	★★ The Seduction Traverse	Boulder 6m	Handsome Crag		Gareth Llewellin	Tue 13th Sep 2011
	V6	Dave's Arete	Boulder	Handsome Crag		Gareth Llewellin	Tue 13th Sep 2011
	V4	★★ Crack of Doom	Boulder 6m	Handsome Crag		Gareth Llewellin	Tue 13th Sep 2011
	V2	★★ Vitriol Stand (Vitriol)	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag		Gareth Llewellin	Tue 13th Sep 2011
	V4	★★★ Setting Sun	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag	★★★ Classic	topher	2010
	V4	★ Bug, Powder, Dust	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag	Average	topher	2010
	V3	★★ Don't Fight It	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag	★ Good	topher	2010
	V3	★★ The Panics	Boulder 5m	Handsome Crag	★ Good	topher	2010
	V5	★★ See Ros Run	Boulder 8m	Handsome Crag	★★ Very Good	topher	2010
	V4	★★ Crack of Doom	Boulder 6m	Handsome Crag	★★ Very Good	topher	2010
	V2	★ V2 Stand	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag		topher	2010
	V2	★★ Vitriol Stand (Vitriol)	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag		topher	2010
	V5	★★★ Hang Me Out to Dry	Boulder 3m	Handsome Crag		Tommy Krauss	Wed 15th Aug 2012
	V6	★★ Block Buster	Boulder 3m	Handsome Crag		Tommy Krauss	Wed 15th Aug 2012
	V5	★★ Sledgehammer	Boulder 3m	Handsome Crag		Tommy Krauss	Wed 15th Aug 2012
	V3	V3 SDS	Boulder 3m	Handsome Crag		Tommy Krauss	Wed 15th Aug 2012
	V3	★ Illumination Traverse	Boulder 5m	Handsome Crag	★★ Very Good	Tommy Krauss	Sat 22nd Oct 2011
	V5	★ V5	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag	★ Good	Tommy Krauss	Sat 22nd Oct 2011
	V8	★★★ Chain Gang Bang	Boulder 3m	Handsome Crag	★★★ Mega Classic	Tommy Krauss	Tue 25th Dec 2012
Very cool last move,....lots of fun, one of the best ones of the area.
	V7	★★ Chain Gang	Boulder 3m	Handsome Crag	★★ Very Good	Tommy Krauss	Tue 25th Dec 2012
Two moves to glory,....great climbing!
	V5	★ Smear Test	Boulder 5m	Handsome Crag	Average	Tommy Krauss	Thu 27th Dec 2012
Kind of lose hold at the top but seems fine nevertheless.
	V6	★★ Pocket Full of Pulleys	Boulder 5m	Handsome Crag	★★ Very Good	Tommy Krauss	Thu 27th Dec 2012
Very good and long first move,...topout needs cleaning if heading straight up, otherwise traverse out to left or right.
	V2	★★ Vitriol Stand	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag	Average	Tommy Krauss	Thu 27th Dec 2012
Not so sure about the grade of this one,...Don't know why it has 3 stars in the guide really,...did it in two different versions,...one might be just V2 other one might be V4.
	V6	★★ Ball and Chain	Boulder 3m	Handsome Crag	★★ Very Good	Tommy Krauss	Thu 27th Dec 2012
Took me a while to figure out the beta,....hard and long last move and wicked left foot side smear start,.....good fun!
	V2	★★ Bonjour	Boulder 4m	Handsome Crag		o_g	Tue 1st Jan 2013

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