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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Climber	Date
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	16	★★ Clandestiny	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar		Tim Vaughan	Mon 26th Jan 2004
	16 16 R	★★ Clandestiny	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Brad Taylor	2004
Great heady first pitch
	16 16 R	★★ Clandestiny	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Andrew Godwin	Tue 22nd Jul 2008
	16 16 R	★★ Clandestiny	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar		Mike Garben	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16	★★ Clandestiny	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Paul W	Sun 8th Apr 2007
think we did the g17 variant
	16 16 R	★★ Clandestiny	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar		Peter Grezl	Sun 25th Nov 2007
	16 16 R	★★ Clandestiny	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	John Wilson	Thu 20th Jul 2006
I ended up too far to the right and too far without gear at the start of this climb!
	16 16 R	★★ Clandestiny	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar	★ Good	Hugh Russell	Thu 1st Sep 2005
	16 16 R	★★ Clandestiny	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar	★ Good	kate Wright	Fri 23rd Nov 2007
	16 16 R	★★ Clandestiny	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Stuart McElroy	Sun 1st Jun 2003
with MickyB and Dude
	16 16 R	★★ Clandestiny	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Sat 17th Apr 2010
probably best as one long pitch
	16 16 R	★★ Clandestiny	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar	★ Good	Scott Godwin	Sat 1st Jan 2011
With Laura and Andrew. First pitch felt more like 18. Not much gear. I may have strayed away from the line. Second pitch is nice.
	16 16 R	★★ Clandestiny	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 13th Apr 2013
Onsight P1 and most of P2 (linked). Second clean the last 15m of pitch 2. Pretty good, but quite tricky for the grade if you follow the crack system the whole way, and the gear is rather widely spaced. Good climbing, but despite the grade I wouldn't recommend this as a beginner lead.
	16 16 R	★★ Clandestiny - with Max	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar		Adrian Kladnig	Tue 27th Sep 2016
	16	★★ Clandestiny - with Adrian Kladnig 1 lead by Adrian 2 lead by Max	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Max	Tue 27th Sep 2016
	16 16 R	★★ Clandestiny	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar	★ Good	pete kehoe	Fri 2nd Jun 2017
Great flowing second pitch. First and third pitch blergh.
	16 16 R	★★ Clandestiny	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Volten Schwing	Sat 24th Apr 2010
	16	★★ Clandestiny	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar		John Hollott	Sat 5th Dec 2020
	16 R	★★ Clandestiny - with ben, dave	Mixed trad 72m, 3	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Bisho	Sun 9th Apr 2023
P1 a little gnarly with minimal pro for first 10m or so. P2 was great and P3 less so. Nice trad multi to get me back in the game
	22	★★ Poltergeist	Mixed trad 48m, 1	Kaputar		Adam Bramwell	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	22	★★ Poltergeist	Mixed trad 48m, 1	Kaputar	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Sat 5th May 2012
Would feel a bit ghostly leading it, sparsish gear and black moss
	19	★ Red Disc	Trad 93m	Kaputar		Phil Box	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	21	★★★ Blood on the Moon	Trad 75m	Kaputar		Adam Bramwell	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	17	★★ Guided Missile	Trad 80m	Kaputar		duanne white	Tue 25th Mar 2008
Solid little number. not too unsolid rock either.
	21	★★★ Blood on the Moon	Trad 75m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Tyson	Wed 25th Sep 2002
fantastic gymnastics
	17	★★ Guided Missile	Trad 80m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Brad Taylor	2004
	21	★★★ Blood on the Moon	Trad 75m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Hugh Russell	Thu 1st Sep 2005
	20	★★ Tigger (is Unbounced)	Trad 93m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Hugh Russell	Thu 1st Sep 2005
	16	★ Bottled Neat	Trad 53m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	James	Sun 23rd Apr 2000
I heard spikey vines are growing on the 2nd pitch now making this decidely unpleasant, but it was super good when I did it in '00.
	17	★★ Guided Missile	Trad 80m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Paul W	Sun 8th Apr 2007
great consistent/varied climbing
	17	★★ Guided Missile	Trad 80m	Kaputar		Al	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	17	★★ Guided Missile	Trad 80m	Kaputar		Hayden Brotchie	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	21	★★★ Blood on the Moon	Trad 75m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Andrew Godwin	Tue 22nd Jul 2008
	21	★★★ Blood on the Moon	Trad 75m	Kaputar		@youngtuffdy	Thu 1st Feb 2001
Interesting! Scary in the wet!
	17	★★ Guided Missile	Trad 80m	Kaputar	★ Good	Mark Gamble	Sun 31st Mar 2002
Dave started up P1 & I 2nd, Dennis & Jenny came up. I lead up P2, with Dennis belaying me & Dave belaying Jen up P1, but they bailed when they realised it was too late in the day. Dave lead P3 & topped out just as the sun went down, leaving me to climb it in the dark. I had to leave one piece of gear consequently which we collected the next day. P1 is a bit full on, but all up a nice climb.
	16	★ Bottled Neat	Trad 53m	Kaputar		Jim Croft	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	16	★ Bottled Neat	Trad 53m	Kaputar		jameswcroft	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	21	★★★ Blood on the Moon	Trad 75m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	shaunm	Sun 30th Sep 2007
p 1 * ,the rest ok,fell on p1
	17	★★ Guided Missile	Trad 80m	Kaputar		Phil Box	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	21	★★★ Blood on the Moon	Trad 75m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Steven Martin	Sun 30th Sep 2007
Techy bottom pitch. Hold blew on the crux, take prussicks
	21	FA ★★★ The Recidivist Direct	Trad 90m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Richard Curtis	Fri 1st May 1981
	17	★★ Guided Missile	Trad 80m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Scott Godwin	Mon 9th Apr 2012
With Graham. Three pitches of consistently interesting climbing. Great gear the whole way.
	19	★ Smike	Trad 83m	Kaputar	Average	Vanessa Wills	Sat 5th May 2012
Sun went down at mid belay. Scared, scarred, loose blocks, vegetation and moss. It had it all.
	17	★★ Guided Missile - with Dave	Trad 80m	Kaputar	★ Good	Vanessa Wills	Tue 23rd Oct 2012
First pitch only - started to rain
	20	★★ Borrowed Time	Trad 90m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Vanessa Wills	Tue 23rd Oct 2012
Led P1 and P3. Dave P2. First pitch really good. Others OK, worth doing for sure.
	19	FA ★ Pure and Simple	Trad 70m	Kaputar	★ Good	Richard Curtis	1979
	21	FA ★★★ Blood on the Moon - with Jim N	Trad 75m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Richard Curtis	1979
	20	FA ★★ Air Raid - with Brian	Trad 80m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Richard Curtis	1977
Park staff spotted us from a helicopter and a short time afterwards ordered us off the cliff. Climber / Park Staff negotiations took place that evening (thanks to Joe Friend), the ban was lifted and we completed the climb the next day.
	18	FA Acid Drop	Trad 60m	Kaputar		Richard Curtis	1977
	18	FA ★ Shake, Rattle and Roll - with Brian	Trad 53m	Kaputar	★ Good	Richard Curtis	1979
	16	FA ★ Bottled Neat	Trad 53m	Kaputar	★ Good	Richard Curtis	1976
	18	FA ★★ The Real McCoy - with Kevin	Trad 85m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Richard Curtis	1982
	22	FA ★★ Gun Control - with Richard	Trad 80m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Richard Curtis	1981
	24	FA ★★ The Millionaire Touch - with Kevin and Paul	Trad 100m	Kaputar		Richard Curtis	1982
Tight rope seconding the crux!
	22	FA ★ The Promised Land - with Kevin	Trad 96m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Richard Curtis	1982
	20	FA ★★ Tigger (is Unbounced) - with Jim G	Trad 93m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Richard Curtis	1976
	17	FA ★★ Guided Missile - with Jim G	Trad 80m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Richard Curtis	1976
	20	FA ★★ Borrowed Time - with Brian	Trad 90m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Richard Curtis	1977
	18	FA ★★ Pooh Invents a New Game - with Jim G	Trad 93m	Kaputar	★ Good	Richard Curtis	1976
	19	FA ★ Red Disc - with Jim G	Trad 93m	Kaputar	★ Good	Richard Curtis	1976
	21	FA ★★★ Micawber - with Brian	Trad 77m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Richard Curtis	1977
	19	FA ★ Smike - with Brian	Trad 83m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Richard Curtis	1979
	19	FA ★ Our Man in Nirvana - with Richard	Trad 55m	Kaputar	★ Good	Richard Curtis	1986
	21	★★★ The Recidivist Direct	Trad 90m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 13th Apr 2013
A VERY demanding line. Has this had a repeat? We broke the 2nd pitch into 2 halves via a fully hanging belay after running out of small gear. P1 - Onsight, P2 - Tick (could be a flash). P3 - Second Clean. The first pitch is tricky, the second pitch is nails, could easily be a 23. Sustained, tenuous, desperate, with spaced gear of marginal quality through all the hardest moves. My partner took a massive gear ripping fall, so I ended up leading it with much terror. Classic, but monstrous.
	19	★ Smike - with Richard	Trad 83m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Ben Vincent	Tue 3rd Dec 2013
Great line, I found the start of the second pitch to be the crux. It went a little easier after some choss removal.
	20	★★ Tigger (is Unbounced) - with Richard	Trad 93m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Ben Vincent	Wed 4th Dec 2013
A fantastic route with solid jams where you need them. The roof on the 1st pitch requires a tricky/committing mantle but a couple of cams below is good for morale. There's a runner fixed to a shrub at the first belay and some good pro to back it up. Three quarters up the 2nd is a chossy corner but you can navigate this without too much trouble. Top of the 3rd you can break left or follow the interesting obvious line which ends abruptly in an undercling, offering one last challenge to the climb
	20	★★ Tigger (is Unbounced)	Trad 93m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Richard Curtis	Wed 4th Dec 2013
My younger (and much fitter) self caught up with me on this one and bit me on the bum! Redeemed myself slightly by getting up the final pitch in slightly better style.
	19	★ Smike	Trad 83m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Richard Curtis	Tue 3rd Dec 2013
Got a shock when Ben turned nasty and threw a shoebox-sized block at me while doing a one-handed layback at the start of pitch 2.
	21	★★★ Blood on the Moon	Trad 75m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 19th Apr 2014
With Neil. Stoked, this was one of my goals for the trip. P1 - Onsight. P2 - 2nd Clean. P3 - Onsight. The first pitch is the money on this one. Nice thin slabbing with very thin, spaced (dubious?) gear to gain the roof, then committing technical climbing up and around the roofs. An amazing number of moves are necessary to do this with finesse. The "bold-ish" traverse left at the end is memorable! P2 and P3 are both quite good with good pro and interesting moves.
	21	★★★ Micawber	Trad 77m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 19th Apr 2014
With Neil. Brilliant and demanding! P1 - 2nd Clean. P2 - Onsight. Pitch 1 is as good as The Recidivist Direct (P2), but probably less dangerous. Enjoyable climbing to gain the stemming corner, then stemming bliss up impossible blankness on bomber rock. Wild and improbably moves to gain the steep crack, then pumpy, strenuous jamming to the top. Wild! Pitch 2 is pleasant and very pure "trad" up a corner/gully with some real moves to make it worthwhile.
	21	★★★ Micawber - with Richard Curtis	Trad 77m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Ben Vincent	Sun 7th Jun 2015
A very inspiring climb. This route has it all, and yes, pro just when you need it. The first pitch is sustained and absolutely golden. The second pitch is enjoyable climbing and allows you a bit of recovery from the first. Richard just cruised up the bloody route a silly amount of years after he did the first ascent.
	16	★ Bottled Neat 1 15 lead by Richard 2 16 lead by Carol	Trad 53m	Kaputar	★ Good	Richard Curtis	Tue 6th Oct 2015
Perhaps the crux at the start of pitch 2 deserves 17 (delicate and airy). The 'spiky vines' mentioned by someone else at the start of the final crack are not spiky and are avoided by stepping onto the easy right wall.
	17	★★ Guided Missile - with Alan Ezzy, Brendan Heywood	Trad 80m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Ben Vincent	Sun 12th Jun 2016
The Governor delivers again. A quality climb. I led the first, good pro, nice overlaps to a series of weathered anchor slings around an Olearia shrub (collectively pretty solid - still added my own). Skip skillfully led the delicate second (a little shattered), before Al brought us home on the third, another quality pitch. Good times!
	17	★★ Guided Missile - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy	Trad 80m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Brendan Heywood	Sun 12th Jun 2016
I lead 2nd pitch, scary looking collapsed column to climb through
	18	★★ The Real McCoy - with carol lee	Trad 85m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Ben Vincent	Sun 21st May 2017
After a couple of days of heavy rain the rock was surprisingly wet. Not the most elegant of starts. P1 - lead (Red Point). Spooged-off above the second ring bolt of the traverse. Some hard-loved chalk nads and my game face got me through the wet hold section. Interesting first pitch. P2 - second (clean). Nice confident lead up corner by Caz, rock was drier here. A better pitch than the 1st. P3 - lead (clean). Really enjoyed the overlap. This was my pick of the pitches with TRM getting better with elevation.
	21	★★★ Blood on the Moon - with carol lee	Trad 75m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Ben Vincent	Mon 22nd May 2017
Was a little intimidated about getting on this one but so stoked that we did. P1 - lead (clean). Best pitch I've done at Kaputar to date. Nice sporty slab to warm into the route, pro gets a little spaced above. The upper section and traverse are committing, exposed, gripping and memorable! Some damp holds at the end of the T added some extra spice. Added a cordelette to what looks like a historical collection at the first anchor. P2 and P3 - second (clean). A little bit of an anticlimax after P1. Nice lead by Caz up crack and straight through obvious goey line in buldge (which was also wet). With 60m twins Caz decided to link the last two P’s, finishing up an interesting techy little slab split by a finger crack.
	17	★★ Guided Missile - with Taib 1 lead by Adrian 2 lead by Taib 3 lead by Adrian	Trad 80m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Adrian Kladnig	Fri 1st Sep 2017
Fantastic first pitch.
	20	★★ Borrowed Time - with Taib 1 lead by Taib 2 lead by Taib 3 lead by Adrian	Trad 90m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Adrian Kladnig	Fri 1st Sep 2017
The stemming on the first pitch was just awesome. All round brilliant climbing.
	17	★★ Guided Missile	Trad 80m	Kaputar		Steffen & Saskia Bollmann	Sun 1st Apr 2018
	22	★★ Gun Control	Trad 80m	Kaputar		Johannes Hendriks	Sat 6th Oct 2018
	17	★★ Guided Missile	Trad 80m	Kaputar		Johannes Hendriks	Sun 3rd Mar 2019
	16	★ Bottled Neat	Trad 53m	Kaputar		Johannes Hendriks	Sun 3rd Mar 2019
	21	★★★ Micawber - with Ben Hanley	Trad 77m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Grace Mackie	Thu 27th Aug 2020
Had a complete wobbly on this one, and I wasn't even leading... Ben did an amazing job on the onsight but I got totally shutdown by the crack at the end of P1 😢 Jamming skills definitely still need a lot of work. Didn't super enjoy the second pitch as the rock was pretty average, broke off 3 or 4 decent-sized holds. Also had to sacrifice a nut to the trad gods to top it all off. Probably a classic but not my best performance.
	21	★★★ Micawber - with Grace Mackie 1 21 42m lead by Ben Hanley 2 17 35m lead by Ben Hanley	Trad 77m	Kaputar	★★★ Mega Classic	Ben Hanley	Thu 27th Aug 2020
Absolutely mega first pitch! Felt a lot harder than some other 21's that I've done recently 😆 Onsighted both pitches on lead. P1- fairly straightforward climbing to start with until you hit the stemming corner. Managed to find a hands-free rest partway through which helped manage the calf-pump. Found it pretty tricky getting myself out of the corner to reach out to the hand-crack. Much more strenuous crack moving than I have done in a while but got much nicer the higher I went. I think my brain was tired after this pitch because I rigged one of my least comfortable bays ever... P2- pretty shitty pitch but required to top out, and pretty sure I was in the correct corner system. Quite vegetated and lots of friable rock. Breaking off 4 footholds in the first 5-10m certainly did not inspire much confidence.
	17	★★ Guided Missile - with Clive	Trad 80m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Chris Bentham	Sun 22nd Nov 2020
Lead all 3 pitches, 1-o/s, 2 - fall, 3 -o/s, pitch was one is a classic for the grade. Pitch 2, i was carefully climbing around the loose blocks midway up when a 100kg+ section came out completely unexpected smashing to the ground, gear was good. Pitch 3, nice climbing and gear. Pitch 2, i reclimbed the section after the fall, now that block has falled out its a little more secure, but care is needed.
	20	★★ Tigger (is Unbounced) - with Stephen Varney	Trad 93m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 16th Jan 2021
Lead both pitches. Some great moves (especially through the roof on P1, and the crack system immediately above) but just has so much crap rock on it that it's hard to just enjoy the climb. The start of P1 necessitates some caution.
	22	★ The Promised Land - with Stephen Varney	Trad 96m	Kaputar	Don't Bother	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 16th Jan 2021
One of the few times I've ever bailed off a trad route. After climbing 4 bodylengths above my last good gear, placing wires of hideous quality and facing rubbish rock going into the crux of P1, I flicked out my shit wires, did a dangerous and tenuous downclimb, left behind some gear and bailed.
	20	★★ Tigger (is Unbounced) - with Paul Frothy Thomson	Trad 93m	Kaputar	★ Good	Stephen Varney	Fri 22nd Jan 2021
Following Paul. I'm glad to not be leading this kinda thing. The moves are fun but the rock is shite
	17	★★ Guided Missile - with Alison Greenhalgh	Trad 80m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	stephen waite	Wed 21st Apr 2021
Loose block on pitch 2 has now fallen off. All good now
	17	★★ Guided Missile (Guided Missile P1) 1 17 30m	Trad 30m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Joel Porgand	Sat 24th Apr 2021
First pitch only. Pretty good, rock quality was OK. Found the belay ledge very uncomfortable.
	16	★ Bottled Neat	Trad 53m	Kaputar	★ Good	Joel Porgand	Sat 24th Apr 2021
Little bit wandery & vegetated. Climbing was quite nice on mostly good rock.
	18	★★ Pooh Invents a New Game - with Clive, Ben, Court	Trad 93m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	Michael Moore	Sat 16th Apr 2022
So I started up with the intention of doing Red Disk but soon after the crux I ended up further left than intended and would’ve have to do a sketchy traverse with little gear to get back on track, so decided to keep heading up doing pitches 2 and 3 of this route. Which was rad anyway! So all and all, good day out 🤙
	18	★★ Pooh Invents a New Game - with Clive, Michael Moore	Trad 93m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Ben Hope	Mon 18th Apr 2022
First ever multi, thanks to Michael Moore for leading (and on-sighting) all pitches on this one! One of my best experiences on a rope so far. Great day out with Clive and Court as well! So chuffed I got up this this thing without falling or resting. Second pitch off-width grovel made my day!
	17	★★ Guided Missile	Trad 80m	Kaputar	Don't Bother	Vanessa Wills	Thu 6th Apr 2023
Rpt first pitch which is not too bad and worth doing but suggest abseil off tree. The loose blocks on P2 are still there and it was an unpleasant experience. P 3 ok. Going don’t bother because it’s a potentially dangerous route at present
	21	★★★ Micawber - with Luke Hef	Trad 77m	Kaputar	★★★ Classic	nathaniel glavurdic	Sat 2nd Sep 2023
Led this in one pitch, really fun stemming most of the way, a small section swimming of amazing hand jams.
	21	★★★ Blood on the Moon - with Luke Hef	Trad 75m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	nathaniel glavurdic	Sun 3rd Sep 2023
Wow... talk about a heady climb, this one will keep your resume honest on the onsight! Absolutely stella climbing 👌... will have to come back for the full tick as we found lower off slings at the top of the first pitch, decided to taste test other things.
	17	★★ Sunset Strip	Trad 60m	Kaputar	★ Good	Jezza Danielsen	Sun 23rd Mar 2008
1st pinnacle social trip
	19	★★★ Sago Entrée	Trad 75m	Kaputar		Adam Bramwell	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	10	Learner's Permit	Trad 50m	Kaputar		Hayden Brotchie	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	17	★★ Sunset Strip	Trad 60m	Kaputar	★★ Very Good	Mark Gamble	Mon 1st Apr 2002
I lead up P1 which has this really cool start through a hole/chimney. P2 isn't much of anything.

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