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16 | ★ Hyper Space Express Route-Sickle | 90m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
16 | Padarn | 12m | Orroral area | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | |||||
16 | ★★★ Hermes | 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 7th Jun 2009 | ||||
Even in freezing sleety rain this is incredible can't wait to do it again
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16 | ★★ Ebony Quill | 15m | Orroral area | Fri 18th Jun 2010 | |||||
16 | ★ Carezza | 38m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Sat 23rd Apr 2011 | ||||
old skool gnarly in bits
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16 | ★ California Dreaming | 10m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Wed 28th May 2008 | ||||
16 | ★★ Tautology | 25m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Sun 13th Oct 2013 | ||||
try the traverse out if you have a death wish..
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16 | ★ Fearon | 65m | Orroral area | Thu 9th Jan 2014 | |||||
Pretty awesome route. Tricky moves to mantle out of the corner.
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16 | ★ Plastic Appearance | 25m | Orroral area | Sun 9th Feb 2014 | |||||
Did the bushbash. Did the climb. Got hot. Got thirsty. Went home. Bought a lemonade. Ate Maccas. No stars.
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16 | ★ California Dreaming | 10m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Sun 12th Oct 2014 | ||||
Decent finger crack.
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16 | ★ California Dreaming | 10m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Sun 12th Oct 2014 | ||||
Not bad.
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16 | ★★★ Hermes | 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Wed 3rd Dec 2014 | ||||
16 | ★★★ Hermes | 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Sun 28th Dec 2014 | ||||
Nice big crack. Great climbing for the grade
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16 | ★ Plastic Appearance | 25m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Sun 22nd Feb 2015 | ||||
Better without the bush
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16 | ★ Roots | 15m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Sat 14th Mar 2015 | ||||
16 16 R | ★★ Deep Space - with callum | 90m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Sat 5th Sep 2015 | ||||
Great fun, love the runout on the second (written) pitch. Combined first and second pitch - rope drag is heavy if you don't think about the gear placements.
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16 | ★★ Sickle - with callum | 80m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Sat 5th Sep 2015 | ||||
Great final pitch. Lots of fun.
Watch out for the nest on the walkdown, whatever is in it objects loudly to people walking near it |
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16 | ★★★ Deep Space - Sickle | 90m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Sun 24th Apr 2016 | ||||
16 |
★★★ Deep Space - Sickle
- with
Kate Ferguson
1
lead by
Phill
2
lead by
Kate
3
lead by
Phill
| 90m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Sun 24th Apr 2016 | ||||
for canberra its quite good just dont lose the path second pitch a bit of a hart throb but first and third ar pretty good
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16 | ★ California Dreaming - with Lazar Bodor | 10m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Sat 26th Nov 2016 | ||||
Good re-introduction to jamming. Didn't feel easy. Took a small amount of blood.
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16 | ★ Roots | 15m | Orroral area | Sun 8th Jan 2017 | |||||
16 | ★★★ Hermes - with hoppsiedaisy | 50m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Sun 26th Mar 2017 | ||||
Great second pitch
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16 | ★ Eagle Eye Direct - with Steve Phillpott | 65m, 1 | Orroral area | ★ Good | Mon 12th Jun 2017 | ||||
Top roped the first pitch, and led P2 & 3. P1 quite friable and mossy, with first bolt at 20m - be careful. Managed to fall off P2, but took more care on 2nd try. Again be careful, protection above the overlap is a marginal wire then a long runout on increasingly easy ground.
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16 | ★ California Dreaming | 10m | Orroral area | Sun 18th Jun 2017 | |||||
16 | ★ The Hyperspace Express Route | 80m, 3 | Orroral area | ★ Good | Sat 22nd Jul 2017 | ||||
16 |
★★★ Hermes
1
lead by
Tom
2
lead by
Caro
| 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Mega Classic | Thu 28th Dec 2017 | ||||
Awesome 2nd pitch, full value for the grade. I wouldn’t go back without that #5 cam though - it took me so long to commit through the crux section 2m above the last piece of gear I placed, a large hex.
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16 | ★★★ Hermes | 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 14th Jan 2018 | ||||
16 | ★ California Dreaming - with Bonnie | 10m | Orroral area | Wed 25th Apr 2018 | |||||
16 | ★ California Dreaming - with Arun Brenner and Isabelle | 10m | Orroral area | Sat 16th Feb 2008 | |||||
16 | ★★★ Hermes | 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Mega Classic | Mon 1st Oct 2018 | ||||
Glad to finally get on it. Great climb. A 5 cam is useful.
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16 | ★★★ Hermes - with Rohan Glover | 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 18th Nov 2018 | ||||
Awesome route. Only took a 3.5 camalot, but it fit alright. A #4 would be fine. #5 is definitely overkill.
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16 | ★★★ Hermes - with Harry Kadi, Eamonn | 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Sat 17th Nov 2018 | ||||
Pretty wild at the grade, especially not placing much gear so we could climb it as a giant single pitch without rope drag. Super high quality from the techo slab on the first pitch to the top of the second pitch's awesome corner.
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16 | ★ California Dreaming | 10m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Thu 20th Dec 2018 | ||||
16 | ★★★ Hermes | 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Wed 9th Jan 2019 | ||||
16 | ★★★ Deep Space - Sickle - with Andy | 90m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Wed 24th Apr 2019 | ||||
Sickle was a delight
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16 | ★★★ Hermes | 50m | Orroral area | Sat 20th Apr 2019 | |||||
My favorite climb of the trip. Beautiful second pitch with vintage laybacking on a massive flake which leads to a stemming corner below the mega roof. Place a bomber cam and get ready for a space walk, moves that rarely found and jams that will rarely fail will make you fall in love with this erotic piece of rock.
PS Doesn't require anything bigger than #4 cam |
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16 | ★★★ Hermes | 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Sun 16th Jun 2019 | ||||
Tougher than I thought it was be but a lot of fun to end the day
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16 | ★ Fearon | 65m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Sat 5th Dec 2015 | ||||
16 | ★ Eagle Eye Direct - with Dave McGregor | 65m, 1 | Orroral area | ★ Good | Tue 3rd Sep 2019 | ||||
16 | ★★★ Hermes | 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Fri 20th Sep 2019 | ||||
A 4 or 5 cam would be very nice and protect a few friction moves
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16 | ★★ Pelican Punch - with trad dad | 20m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Mon 7th Oct 2019 | ||||
16 | ★★★ Hermes | 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Mega Classic | Mon 7th Oct 2019 | ||||
16 | ★★★ Hermes - with Chris | 50m | Orroral area | Thu 10th Oct 2019 | |||||
Lead the money pitch; pitch 2. Fun laybacking and a thought-provoking traverse under the roof! 4 and 5 camalots where handy.
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16 | ★ Carezza | 38m | Orroral area | Sun 13th Oct 2019 | |||||
16 | ★★ Ebony Quill - with Bonnie | 15m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Sat 26th Oct 2019 | ||||
Good fun. The top needs a brush, but then it'll be in a regular rotation
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16 | ★ Roots | 15m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Sun 27th Oct 2019 | ||||
16 | ★★★ Hermes - with Byron Muir | 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Mon 31st May 2021 | ||||
Awesome climb! Decided to head up in the fading light, which made for a stunning sunset and and even more stunning lead through the roof in the dark! Thrilling for the grade
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16 |
★★★ Deep Space - Sickle
- with
Mikayla Green
1
16
90m
2
3
| 90m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Sun 6th Jun 2021 | ||||
Super awesome. First pitch is good, rock is good. Second pitch is super run out, no fall friction slab, very engaging but not too hard. After the slab I think you are are supposed to continue on easy slab further right, but I climbed the headwall above a somewhat suspect but bomber #1 RP. Pitch 3 is mega awesome crack, get on it.
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16 |
★★★ Hermes
- with
Harrie Van de Linde
1
16
50m
2
| 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 11th Jul 2021 | ||||
Unreal climbing in an awesome position! Absolute mega classic and must do for all jam frothers and granite lovers. First pitch is really nice but second pitch is the money. Awesome layback moves up a slab until you hit the roof then its basically hand jam campussing the roof crack with minimal feet! Absolutely mega!! Would do again.
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16 | ★★★ Hermes - with Dylan Glavas | 50m | Orroral area | Sun 11th Jul 2021 | |||||
Did second pitch, which is definitely the best one.
That roof crack is awesome climbing, hand jams and almost campusing. Bring a few yellow cams for it.
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16 | ★★ Ebony Quill | 15m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Sun 3rd Oct 2021 | ||||
16 | ★★ Sickle | 80m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Wed 17th Nov 2021 | ||||
Lead first two pitches, seconded next two pitches.
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16 |
★★★ Hermes
- with
Rhys, Sarah Birrell, Luisa Fernanda
| 50m | Orroral area | Thu 30th Dec 2021 | |||||
16 | ★★★ Hermes | 50m | Orroral area | Fri 25th Feb 2022 | |||||
16 | ★★★ Hermes | 50m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Sun 17th Apr 2022 | ||||
First pitch was kind of meh. For bonus value, commit to the roof crack, and avoid the temptation of the slab… otherwise it’s super chill if you just traverse the corner crack.
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16 | ★★ Deep Space | 90m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Wed 20th Apr 2022 | ||||
Couldn't find a marked path so bush bashed through heavy bush taking at least 45 minutes to get to the rock. P1 is fun climbing. P2 was slabby and very run out. P3 was even more run out..didn't place anything after belay ledge. Scrambled down as had to cross wet mossy slab to get to rap anchors and felt a bit sketchy. 30 min bush bash back to road.
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16 |
★★★ Hermes
- with
Greg Blachon
2
lead by
Greg Blachon
| 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sat 23rd Apr 2022 | ||||
Hard and easy enough
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16 | ★ California Dreaming | 10m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Fri 29th Apr 2022 | ||||
16 | ★★★ Cyclone Chimney - with Harrie Van de Linde | 28m | Orroral area | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sat 25th Jun 2022 | ||||
The hidden gem! Such a sick climb, really good rock inside the chimney. That tree in the roof has held really well and is still super bomber. Do this climb
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16 R | ★★ Deep Space - with Keyser, Bridget | 90m | Orroral area | Sat 29th Oct 2022 | |||||
About 45 minutes in to our epic bush bash, I was starting to question whether it was all worthwhile... But fear not, this route was fabulous and we had an awesome day out!
I combined P1 and P2 into one classy mega pitch, which works with about 2 m spare on a 60 m rope. This might just be the cowardly millennial in me, but I would personally say P2 is X-rated. From the gear at the top of P1 (about 25 m up), there is absolutely nothing until you reach the top of the main slab (couple of small, slightly suspect wires in little scoops by a bush) and then nothing for the last 8 m up to the finish. A slip on the thick moss and lichen higher up would potentially end in a ~50 m groundfall, so take your time and make sure you are fully committed before setting out. P3 (led by Shub) also has no gear above the starting finger crack, but here the surficial vegetation was a bit thinner and you'd only end up hanging on the slab below. Kudos to Bridget for keeping it together on her first multi-pitch! For approach notes, we didn't have much luck with the ones posted above and took at least an hour going in from the track (the bush in the second half is much denser than the first). We did better on the way out and here's some potentially useful way-points to get you in from the trail:
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16 |
★★★ Hermes P1
- with
Cads
1
25
| 25m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Sat 26th Nov 2022 | ||||
1st pitch only! Nice slab at the top
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16 | ★ California Dreaming - with Tom Bes | 10m | Orroral area | Mon 23rd Jan 2023 | |||||
some glorious fingerlocks MMMMM delish!! glad the book gave this no stars but still called it one of the better cracks around
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16 Hard |
★★★ Hermes
- with
Bruno Gontijo, Amy
2
lead by
Peter Melouney
Some nice laybacking and jams to get to the roof. The lower crack was wet so committed to roof crack with amazing hand jams. | 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Sun 9th Apr 2023 | ||||
Good value climbing. Has a bit of everything...chimney, slab, layback, jams!
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16 | ★★★ Hermes - with Jordi, jack, harry | 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Sun 23rd Apr 2023 | ||||
Brilliant outing, but poorly protected with serious consequences in a few places, if you don't carry a monster cam.
Mind blowing what they were doing in the 60's with gear they had.
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16 |
★★★ Hermes
- with
Mark Hoggard
1
2
| 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Tue 30th May 2023 | ||||
Such an epic line which goes through wicked terrain. My psych was down due to a 37km hike day before, but laybacking, jamming, traversing the roof, all was amazing. Mark - so long, and thanks for all the fish.
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16 | ★★★ Deep Space - Sickle - with Harrie Van de Linde | 90m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Mon 17th Jul 2023 | ||||
Great day out climbing! pretty fun multi, and probably my hardest trad lead to date (if pitch 1 is a gr.16). Wind was howling but just so stoked to me out on the rock again with my man Hazlid!!! camped at Honeysuckle and started way too late lol so only got in the one multi for the day. Fun cracks and slab.
Hectic bush bash in or out. Walked in from camp, found the 2nd little creek and trekked uphill from there. a few OK climbers tracks for the first half, but just pure bushbashing for the second half, just aim for the big rock! |
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16 |
★★★ Deep Space - Sickle
- with
Khush Dodhia-Shah
1
2
3
| 90m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Mon 17th Jul 2023 | ||||
an absolute stunner of a climb, which definitely makes up for the shit approach through the thick bush. 3 interesting pitches, P2 is super run out for sure buuuuut, its only like grade 12 so just dont look back till you make it to the ledge. khush started off well, then i finished the rest.
got a nut stuck on P1 so i climbed up once we got to the bottom again, will be sure to return here, for the harder slabs
PSA; Road will be open after winter!!!!!!!!
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16 | ★★★ Hermes - with Jyah S | 50m | Orroral area | Sat 26th Aug 2023 | |||||
16 | ★★★ Hermes - with Nat | 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Sat 16th Sep 2023 | ||||
Great climb and very engaging second pitch for a 16 - we’ll deserved classic!
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16 | ★ Roots | 15m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Thu 25th Jan 2024 | ||||
16 | ★ California Dreaming - with Matilda Elder | 10m | Orroral area | Wed 7th Feb 2024 | |||||
16 | ★ California Dreaming - with David Robinson | 10m | Orroral area | Sun 18th Feb 2024 | |||||
16 | ★★★ Hermes - with Tory Henson, Kye Henson | 50m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Sat 27th Apr 2024 | ||||
16 | ★★★ Hermes | 50m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Sat 27th Apr 2024 | ||||
16 | ★ Roots | 15m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Sat 4th May 2024 | ||||
Fairly vegetated but nice Jamming and beautiful laybacking
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15 | ★★ Hurricane Cracks | 55m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Sun 2nd May 2004 | ||||
Rapped in for 2nd pitch only
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15 | ★ After the Reiving | 30m | Orroral area | Average | Fri 30th Dec 2005 | ||||
Took the direct start up the hard slab. Just adequate pro. Not worth a star (considering how few ACT Granite gives). 35 degrees in the shade
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15 | ★ After the Reiving | 30m | Orroral area | Sun 1st Sep 2002 | |||||
15 | ★★ Determinant (original) (Determinant) | 140m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Tue 25th Apr 2006 | ||||
Some beta (but it's in the guide anyway). Classic alpine style. Me P2(not as scary as you would think)&4. Steve P1&3. Finished up Terminant Corner.
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15 | ★★ Hurricane Cracks | 55m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Thu 1st Apr 2004 | ||||
with Michael Batchelor
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15 | ★ Andromeda | 90m | Orroral area | ★ Good | 1997 | ||||
15 | ★ Baryon | 80m | Orroral area | Sun 1st Sep 2002 | |||||
15 | ★★ Determinant (original) (Determinant) | 140m | Orroral area | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | |||||
15 | ★★ Determinant (original) (Determinant) | 140m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Sun 19th Jun 1988 | ||||
Date TBC - Gary Matier
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15 | ★★ Carezzissima Finish | 22m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Wed 1st Nov 1995 | ||||
15 | ★★ Liz | 45m | Orroral area | ★★★ Classic | Sat 27th Aug 2005 | ||||
A real hidden gem. 7 hexes on each pitch... Great finish. Great position. Furry caterpillars.
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15 | ★★ Silk Degrees | 15m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | 1995 | ||||
15 | ★★ Deep Space Variant St. | 28m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | 1997 | ||||
15 | ★★★ Terminant Corner (Terminant Corner Finish) | 35m | Orroral area | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | |||||
15 | ★★ Peter Pan | 48m | Orroral area | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | |||||
15 | ★★ Silk Degrees | 15m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
15 | ★★ Hurricane Cracks | 55m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Sat 20th Oct 2007 | ||||
Crux very slippery on feet and hands.
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15 | ★★ Determinant (original) (Determinant) | 140m | Orroral area | Thu 1st Apr 2004 | |||||
15 | ★ Lay Lady Lay | 10m | Orroral area | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | |||||
15 | ★★ Hurricane Cracks | 55m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Tue 6th Apr 2004 | ||||
a bit of loose rock
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15 | ★ Baryon | 80m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Fri 1st Sep 1995 | ||||
15 | ★★ Determinant (original) (Determinant) | 140m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Sun 21st Mar 2004 | ||||
Lovely 2nd pitch, though still a bit of loose rock around on the belays
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15 | ★ Black Summer Rain | 15m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Sat 18th Jul 2009 | ||||
not bad... quite nice in bits, way easier than silk degrees
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15 | ★★ Liz | 45m | Orroral area | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | |||||
15 | ★★ Carezzissima Finish | 22m | Orroral area | ★★ Very Good | Sat 21st Feb 2009 | ||||
The perfect way to finish Possum!. Great exposure.
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