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Mon 17th Dec 2018 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Urban Ethics - with Kym Campbell | 25m, 7 | ★★★ Classic | |||
That's right: this route is awesome.
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Thu 1st Feb 2018 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Hangten Buttress | ||||||
27 | ★★ Sweet Pea - with Kym Campbell | 16m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
This route is nails, and that's just the easier part. At least it was shady.
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Thu 29th Jun 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Mull Up Buttress | ||||||
16 | ★ Frustration and Contempt - with Rebecca Trigger | 25m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Thu 15th Jun 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
22 | ★ Shut 'em Down - with Marc | 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Too tired to finish the middle section. At least I worked out the first move again
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Thu 15th Jun 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Fuzzbucky Wall | ||||||
22 | ★★ Luck of the Draw - with Marc | 25m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | |||
A messy dog of an ascent on top rope. At least I made it all the way up this time.
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19 | ★★ Inside Out - with Marc | 25m, 11 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Good confidence-booster to come back to this and lead it cleanly.
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Sun 4th Jun 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Fuzzbucky Wall | ||||||
25 | ★★ The Wiz - with Paul Donovan | 25m, 10 | ★ Good | |||
Working the hard first sequence, to properly tire myself out. Worked!
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22 | ★★ Luck of the Draw - with Kym Campbell, Paul Donovan | 25m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Couple of boulder problems, some delicate slab, some technical face climbing. The whole package. Wish I was a stronger climber.
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19 | ★★ Inside Out - with Kym Campbell, Paul Donovan | 25m, 11 | ★★ Very Good | |||
First foray back to outdoor lead after a break. Suitably humbling. Good sequences - will come back to this one.
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Thu 16th Mar 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Mull Up Buttress | ||||||
20 | ★★ Dinosaur Killer - with Kym Campbell | 20m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Gotta trust your feet on this. Good moves, grade 20 feels about right.
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Thu 16th Mar 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ Conflation - with Kym Campbell | 12m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Redpoint attempt: got through the hard bit smooth-as, then slipped off the finisher. Careless, but not unhappy with this effort.
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Fri 3rd Mar 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ Conflation - with Kym Campbell | 12m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Had grand plans to practice then pink point this, but was not to be today. But now I know it's secrets!
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Thu 23rd Feb 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Mull Up Buttress | ||||||
21 | ★ Mull Up - with Kym Campbell | 23m, 6 | Average | |||
Tried this on lead to test my hard man credentials. Failed. There's some good climbing here, but it's not good enough to warrant the genuine risk you're putting yourself in to find it. I reckon there's a good reason we don't bolt them like this any more.
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Thu 23rd Feb 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Fuzzbucky Wall | ||||||
18 | ★ Equilibrium - with Kym Campbell | 20m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Nice warmup. I suspect I spent a bit much time in the corner.
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Tue 21st Feb 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
18 | ★★ The Ride of the Valkyries - with Kym Campbell | 25m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
I might have enjoyed this more if it hadn't started raining midway. Nevertheless, some good moves.
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Thu 16th Feb 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Fuzzbucky Wall | ||||||
20 | ★★ Double Happiness | 35m, 12 | ★ Good | |||
Clean as you like.
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Sun 5th Feb 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
24 | ★ Vombatia - with Paul Donovan | 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Thu 2nd Feb 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
22 | ★ Shut 'em Down - with Paul Donovan | 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Totally forgot how to do this
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19 | ★ Turbodiesel Excavator - with Paul Donovan | 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Thu 26th Jan 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Fuzzbucky Wall | ||||||
20 | ★★ Double Happiness - with Kym Campbell | 35m, 12 | ★ Good | |||
A good route with a variety of moves needed to finish. I should have had it clean the second try, but lost concentration and dogged it. Another day.
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Thu 19th Jan 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
19 | ★ Turbodiesel Excavator | 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
18 | ★ Motherlode | 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Sun 1st Jan 2017 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
21 | ★ Split Personality - with Kym Campbell, Paul Donovan | 20m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Old school climbing! In the sense of widely-spaced bolts, the first of which is a certainty of crippling injury in the event of a fall. I made that okay, and the second, but couldn't figure out the hard move to gain the third. Nonetheless, a great line that I'll come back to.
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Thu 29th Dec 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Main Wall | ||||||
20 | ★★ On Edge - with Kym Campbell, Paul Donovan | 15m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
A very pleasant surprise, way better than expected. If it were at ground level, I'd describe it as "must try".
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Thu 29th Dec 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ Conflation - with Kym Campbell, Paul Donovan | 12m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Technical, interesting and unique moves. Will definitely come back and try doing this cleanly.
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Wed 28th Dec 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Main Wall | ||||||
21 20 | ★ Psychopath - with Ashley Felton | 42m, 10 | ★ Good | |||
The first pitch is fairly straightforward, the second is a lot more challenging (hats off to Kym). Second carrot on the 2nd pitch (after the hanger) is in a butt-clenchingly high spot.
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Tue 13th Dec 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Main Wall | ||||||
20 19 | ★ Sex, Cigarettes and Chardonnay - with Kym Campbell | 50m, 10 | ★ Good | |||
Good fun, though pretty damn tough for the grade. Needs a couple of hangers on the ledge at the natural top of pitch one. The sequence on the pitch two arete felt harder than 19, but I dogged through it eventually.
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Thu 1st Dec 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
19 | ★ Turbodiesel Excavator - with Kym Campbell, Paul Donovan | 16m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
I like this route, just not in the dark.
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24 | ★★ Monday Weak - with Kym Campbell, Paul Donovan | 15m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
I can do pretty much all the individual moves on this, while fresh. The trouble is stringing them all together.
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Sun 28th Aug 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
13 | ★ Bumble Sea | 11m, 4 | Average | |||
Setting up/retrieving gear for offspring to have a climb.
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Fri 26th Feb 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
24 | ★★ Monday Weak - with Kym Campbell | 15m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
More practise. More like, "Fingers Weak", this one
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Fri 26th Feb 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
14 | ★ Unknown (Plantaganet) - with Rodney | 19m, 7 | Average | |||
Thu 18th Feb 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
24 | ★★ Monday Weak - with Kym Campbell | 15m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Thu 18th Feb 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
17 | ★ Bumble Aye - with Rebecca Trigger | 12m, 4 | Average | |||
Thu 18th Feb 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
22 | ★ Shut 'em Down - with Rebecca Trigger | 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Wild contortions to get through the overhang, then efficient moves to scale the arete. It's pretty doable, once you know how.
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Sun 14th Feb 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
24 | ★★ Monday Weak - with Kym Campbell | 15m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Dunno if making the third clip counts as "working". Worked out one move, though. Will be a good sequence.
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18 19 | ★ Turbodiesel Excavator - with Kym Campbell | 16m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Forgot where the secret hold was on the hard move. Ah wells.
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Thu 11th Feb 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
22 | ★ Shut 'em Down - with Kym Campbell | 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Blasted straight through the crux this time, only to find that the next couple of clips are pretty hard work too.
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19 | ★ Aquaterra - with Kym Campbell | 17m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Has some interesting and chancy moves in the bottom half. Not ashamed to admit that having the beta made me feel a bit braver.
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18 | ★ Motherlode | 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Got it done cleanly this visit.
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Thu 28th Jan 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
22 | ★ Shut 'em Down - with Kym Campbell | 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Was very close to writing this off as an impossible waste of time, then worked out a way to get through the starting overhang. Bazinga! Will come back another day and try the lead.
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18 | ★ Motherlode - with Kym Campbell | 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Couldn't work out the first move on the first try, or the second, but eventually. A somewhat tricky start, but the rest is straightforward.
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Tue 24th Mar 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Running With the Bulls - with Kym Campbell | 18m, 8 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Tried the lead, had an awesome long fall and got freaked out. Went back on top rope to practice that 2nd crux sequence a bit more. Getting better.
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Tue 17th Mar 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Running With the Bulls - with Kym Campbell | 18m, 8 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Working, still working. At least I got to look at the easier top section today. Watching Kym put it all together was a great incentive!
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Mon 16th Feb 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Hangten Buttress | ||||||
24 | ★★ Hang Ten - with Kym Campbell | 12m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Finally nailed this cleanly on lead, despite my apparent desire to reinvent half the moves each time I climb it. Classic!!!
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Tue 10th Feb 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Hangten Buttress | ||||||
24 | ★★ Hang Ten - with Kym Campbell | 12m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
The practice finally paid off with a clean ascent. A personal best! Back soon to try for the clean lead.
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Wed 4th Feb 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Hangten Buttress | ||||||
24 | ★★ Hang Ten - with Kym Campbell, Joe Hewitt | 12m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Just putting in the work.
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Wed 4th Feb 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
22 | ★ Crazy Horse - with Kym Campbell, Joe Hewitt | 16m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fell on the last move. Bah.
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Wed 4th Feb 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
22 | ★ Playmate - with Kym Campbell, Joe Hewitt | 16m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
The start is good, anyway.
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Wed 4th Feb 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Hangten Buttress | ||||||
24 | ★★ Hang Ten - with Kym Campbell | 12m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Good work session. Learned the start, worked out the best way through the crux, practised the hard move after that. Totally doable.
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Sun 1st Feb 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Mull Up Buttress | ||||||
20 | ★ The Perfidious Potoroo - with Richard, Andrea | 15m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
A super-satisfying, technical crux move.
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16 | ★ Frustration and Contempt - with Richard, Andrea | 25m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Snatched a quick lead, between helping out the kids.
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Wed 14th Jan 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
18 | ★ Penthouse - with Kym Campbell | 28m, 7 | Average | |||
What's the opposite of sandbagged? An okay climb, but it's barely harder than AWA.
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Wed 14th Jan 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Running With the Bulls - with Kym Campbell | 18m, 8 | ★★★ Classic | |||
We can do the first crux sensibly now. Progress!
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Wed 14th Jan 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
19 | ★ Turbodiesel Excavator - with Kym Campbell | 16m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
A good warm-up.
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Tue 6th Jan 2015 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Running With the Bulls - with Kym Campbell | 18m, 8 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Upon spending more time working this route, I'm prepared to update it to classic status. The crux seems to be a superb series of moves that need to be done exactly right to carry it off. The big project for 2015.
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Wed 17th Dec 2014 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Main Wall | ||||||
23 | ★ Rage - with Kym Campbell | 23m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Had a decent try at the start of this - so that's what a 23 crux move feels like. Watched Kym pull it off, so I know it's possible. Another day.
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22 | ★ Outrage - with Kym Campbell | 23m, 7 | ★ Good | |||
A good route, with one very nervy clip (the fourth) and a strenuous crux move straight after (took a couple of tries to work it out). The rest is straightforward.
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Wed 10th Dec 2014 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
22 | ★ Crazy Horse - with Kym Campbell | 16m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
A variety of technical and balancy moves makes this a really satisfying one to tick off. Got the two overhang moves dialled tonight.
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22 | ★ Crazy Horse - with Kym Campbell | 16m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Take your time making the first clip, it's surprisingly nervy to make that step up.
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Wed 3rd Dec 2014 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Running With the Bulls - with Kym Campbell | 18m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Haaaaaaard on the fingers, this one. A new aspiration.
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22 | ★★★ Urban Ethics - with Kym Campbell | 25m, 7 | ★★★ Classic | |||
A clean lead on a classic route, and a new personal best at that. In the sunshine. Life feels pretty good.
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22 | ★★★ Urban Ethics - with Kym Campbell | 25m, 7 | ★★★ Classic | |||
One last practice ascent.
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Wed 26th Nov 2014 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Urban Ethics - with Kym Campbell | 25m, 7 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Not quiiiite ready to try the lead. Soon.
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22 | ★★★ Urban Ethics - with Kym Campbell | 25m, 7 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Still trying to get this properly dialled. First go is always messy.
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Wed 19th Nov 2014 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Urban Ethics - with Kym Campbell | 25m, 7 | ★★★ Classic | |||
A clean ascent, on the second go. A time or two more to dial in the moves, and it'll be time to try this on lead.
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22 | ★★★ Urban Ethics - with Kym Campbell | 25m, 7 | ★★★ Classic | |||
First shot, to relearn the moves.
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Sun 26th Oct 2014 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Mull Up Buttress | ||||||
20 | ★ The Perfidious Potoroo - with Kym Campbell | 15m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
A great line. Gets progressively trickier, with precise footwork and nerves of steel required for the crux move. I never would have managed it if I hadn't just seen it pulled off. Still took me many minutes of procrastination to get it done.
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Wed 22nd Oct 2014 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Hangten Buttress | ||||||
24 | ★★ Hang Ten - with Kym Campbell | 12m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Initial work on a classic route. Gotta spend more time on the hangboard!
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Wed 12th Feb 2014 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Running With the Bulls | 18m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Still a work in progress, this one.
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22 | ★★★ Urban Ethics | 25m, 7 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Mastered the arete, made the middle look easy, completely choked on the upper ledge and finish. Superb, classy route.
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Tue 11th Feb 2014 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Running With the Bulls | 18m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Got the first couple of moves worked out. Deft footwork is certainly required for this one.
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Sun 5th Jan 2014 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
15 | ★ Aerobics with Alan | 20m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Sun 5th Jan 2014 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
19 | ★ Turbodiesel Excavator | 16m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Sun 5th Jan 2014 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
13 12 | ★ Black Slab (Placeholder) | 18m, 6 | Average | |||
OK for a warm-up.
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Tue 31st Dec 2013 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Main Wall | ||||||
19 | ★ Sex, Cigarettes and Chardonnay | 50m, 10 | Average | |||
Getting a grip on the leading edge of the overhang (start of second pitch) feels pretty hairy. Decent for practicing multi-pitch.
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Tue 26th Nov 2013 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Skywalker Wall | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Urban Ethics | 25m, 7 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Without doubt, one of the best lines in Perth - a classic. I couldn't get around the base of the first arete cleanly; something to come back to.
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Sun 24th Nov 2013 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
19 | ★ Turbodiesel Excavator | 16m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Sun 24th Nov 2013 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
14 | ★ Unknown (Plantaganet) | 19m, 7 | ||||
Tick!
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16 17 | ★ Bumble Aye | 12m, 4 | Average | |||
16 | ★ Bumble Bee | 12m, 4 | Average | |||
Decent warm-up.
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Wed 20th Nov 2013 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
16 17 | ★ Bumble Aye | 12m, 4 | Average | |||
Not bad. More balance than strength needed.
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Wed 20th Nov 2013 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
19 | ★ Turbodiesel Excavator | 16m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Sun 17th Nov 2013 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
15 | ★ Aerobics with Alan | 20m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Always fun.
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Sun 17th Nov 2013 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Mull Up Buttress | ||||||
21 | ★★ Sylvia | 20m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Extremely strenuous and sustained climb; heck of a workout for the arms. Note there is a ledge you could play tennis on for a rest, half way.
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Wed 13th Nov 2013 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Playboy Area | ||||||
21 | ★ Hustler | 22m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Very good climb. Some delicate footwork required to perch on thin crimps.
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Wed 13th Nov 2013 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Mull Up Buttress | ||||||
16 | ★ Frustration and Contempt | 25m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Tue 12th Nov 2013 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Mull Up Buttress | ||||||
20 | ★ Mortal Wombat | 20m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice, varied climb. Alternates between sketchy and safe. Would take a better climber than I to stay on the right for the whole route.
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Tue 12th Nov 2013 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
The Black Bay | ||||||
18 19 | ★ Turbodiesel Excavator | 16m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Fun times. The last move feels a little dicey 'til you find the hidden hold!
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Tue 25th Oct 2016 - Mountain Quarry | ||||||
Fuzzbucky Wall | ||||||
18 | ★ Equilibrium | 20m, 5 |
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