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Mon 6th May 2024 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
25 | ★ Magic Beans — 2 attempts - with Elsie Hayford | 16m, 10 | |||||
Managed to work most the moves this session but still really struggling with the link in the middle.
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19 | ★★ Spicy Warm Up — 2 attempts - with JT | 15m, 9 | |||||
Cannot figure out how to get onto the left jug from out of the cave.
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20 | ★★ Barbarian - with Jack Heenan | 14m, 2 | ★ Good | ||||
Pretty goey! Crack too skinny for hand in many places and smeary feet. Pure crack experience for a few meters! Happy to get a 1 sit on toppie.
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22 | ★ Span Man — 3 attempts | 12m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Very nice! Great for a warm up being fairly easy until the final crux sequence.
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Sat 4th May 2024 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
23 | Crowbear — 2 attempts | 8m, 8 | |||||
Was a little confused by this one. Took the more obvious line to the left at the top but assuming that's not the intended route.
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Thu 25th Apr 2024 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Remembrance Wall | |||||||
15 | ★ The Final RV - with Byron Ebenestelli, jono | 78m, 1 | ★ Good | ||||
fun
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Thu 25th Apr 2024 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
21 ~22 | Flash Flood — 2 attempts - with Elsie Hayford, Bailey Anderson | 12m, 8 | ★ Good | ||||
If you're a shorty like me the first move off the ground is pretty cooked, had to do a mini dyno. Also a few technical sections thoughout but it all flows quite nicely once you know the moves. Ended up enjoying this one.
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19 | ★★ Spicy Warm Up - with Richard Lim, max | 15m, 9 | |||||
top ropped approximately 3/4 of the route as the top anchors weren't reached on the previous lead attempt, cool climb. Keen to lead in the future
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21 Hard | Double Agent (LH variant) - with Elsie Hayford, Bailey Anderson | 10m, 9 | Average | ||||
First try today. Definitely climbed much better than last week but the top was still tricky.
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Sat 20th Apr 2024 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
21 Hard | Double Agent (LH variant) - with Raechelle Gilmour, Dylan Rau | 10m, 9 | |||||
Thought this would be an easy tick after doing the RH variant but the ending on this is really awkward climbing. Definitely feels harder than 21 to me at the moment until I find better beta.
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21 | Double Agent (RH variant) — 2 attempts - with Raechelle Gilmour, Dylan Rau | 10m, 9 | ★ Good | ||||
Not too bad after working the moves but still pretty physical for the grade. Deserves a bit more traffic than it gets.
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Tue 20th Feb 2024 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
15 | ★ Under the Cling - with mark, damian, rebekah | 24m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
very cool climb gave myself some trouble 3/4 of the way up didn't traverse left enough and ran out of gas. Helping Damian finish out his guide rescue qualification =)
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13 | ★ Smiley - with mark, damian, rebekah | 23m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
went slightly off intended route which ended up being a touch more difficult enjoyable warmup regardless
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Sun 21st Jan 2024 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Pinnacle | |||||||
18 | ★★ Old, Fat and Broken - with Elsie Hayford | 23m, 9 | ★ Good | ||||
Got to the pinnacle way too early and climbed this in direct sun. Sweatiest climb I've ever done.
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Wed 10th Jan 2024 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
20 Hard | ★★★ Warlock — 2 attempts - with Bailey Anderson, Elsie Hayford | 18m, 8 | |||||
Glad to have finally ticked this one after years of procrastinating. Thanks Elsie for the catch and psych. Hard to grade this one with the exposure, I think the only strenuous crux for me was the very start and the rest was just techy. 20 might be fair but so would 21.
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Sun 7th Jan 2024 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
24 ~24 | ★★★ Death by Parsnip — 2 attempts - with Mick Lang | 14m, 10 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Managed to tick this despite some pretty horrid conditions - sick, bung shoulder, hot weather, march flies, and Bailey belaying. Gonna say it is easy for the grade as others have suggested, pretty similar to sushi quest in my opinion.
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Thu 21st Dec 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
20 ~22 | ★★★ Warlock — 5 attempts - with Jarrad Humphry, Sophie Gong | 18m, 8 | |||||
Cheeky route, my solution got a little bouldery, felt hard for the grade, fell several times.
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Sun 3rd Dec 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
24 ~24 | ★★★ Death by Parsnip — 2 attempts | 14m, 10 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Accidentally did an inbred version of this and sushi quest where I started on sushi quest and linked onto death by parsnip - would recommend. Gonna try the real climb next time.
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22 Hard | ★★ Rust in Peace — 2 attempts | 14m, 10 | ★ Good | ||||
Don't want to admit how many sessions this took. Got forced out onto the face at the end due to some wet rock, this ended up being better beta for me thankfully.
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Thu 16th Nov 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Colorado Wall | |||||||
25 | ★★ Equilibre Instable - with Medieval Mystique, Elsie Hayford | 24m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Start up to the ledge was fun but that crux...
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Sun 29th Oct 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
19 | ★★ Spicy Warm Up - with Meg MacAuslan | 15m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Blew it after the last bolt/crux and had to take a rest on gear.
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Sun 29th Oct 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Jurassic Wall | |||||||
17 | Charmander - with Meg MacAuslan | 6m, 6 | ★ Good | ||||
Good little warmup.
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Sun 29th Oct 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Secret Garden | |||||||
20 | ★ The Wicked End - with Meg MacAuslan | 15m, 9 | ★ Good | ||||
Very hard second half. Got worked.
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Fri 27th Oct 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Big Slab Boulder | |||||||
16 | ★ Birthday Route - with Meg MacAuslan | 6m, 3 | ★ Good | ||||
Took a while to find the holds
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Thu 12th Oct 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
19 | ★★ Spicy Warm Up - with Ben Grove | 15m, 9 | |||||
Pumped and scared when the spice came on!
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18 | ★ Under The Radar - with Ben Grove | 8m, 7 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fun jugs with no obvious crux
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Sat 7th Oct 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
17 | ★★ Cannonball | 22m | |||||
2nd half of route is spectacular 👌
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Sun 10th Sep 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
19 ~20 | ★★ Spicy Warm Up — 2 attempts | 15m, 9 | |||||
2 goes on this, definitely sand bagged. I was trying to go right onto the face too early on my first go. A good pumpy route.
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22 | ★ Span Man | 12m, 8 | |||||
My kind of route. I don't think the span is that long though.
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Sun 3rd Sep 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
23 | ★★ Psychotron - with Josh Ellis | 8m, 7 | ★ Good | ||||
Sick climbing. Didn’t want to do any red pointing grades today but thought I’d give this a whirl. Got sprayed down by some lovely locals chicka and worked through cruz. Compared to sushi quest (more sustained) this is more cruxy with a couple cool powerful boulder moves.
Will come back for this! |
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19 ~20 | ★★ Spicy Warm Up - with Josh Ellis | 15m, 9 | ★ Good | ||||
Pumped and gassed putting draws on. Should’ve just read this as spicy. Not warmup 😂. Fun climb though and makes you think when you come out of the cavelet onto face. I’d give this a pumpy 20.
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25 | ★ Magic Beans - with Caroline Chang | 16m, 10 | Don't Bother | ||||
Start was interesting, middle section seems to involve climbing into “Death by Parsnip”, or a fairly contrived way that seems considerably harder (but not in a “good” way), didn’t fancy either so stripped it off the second last bolt.
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19 | ★★ Spicy Warm Up - with Caroline Chang | 15m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Indeed, quite spicy!
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22 | ★ Span Man - with Caroline Chang | 12m, 8 | |||||
Punted like a true punter.
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Sun 27th Aug 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
19 | ★ Midas Touch - with Josh Ellis | 10m, 12 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Kinda tricky to get onto this climb but the actual climb on arete is lovely with some good exposure and views.
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24 | ★★★ Death by Parsnip - with Josh Ellis | 14m, 10 | |||||
Was told this was easier than sushi quest but disagree. Was also rinsed and outta beans so came down.
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18 | ★ Under The Radar - with Josh Ellis | 8m, 7 | |||||
Shaky warm up. Still shaking the cobwebs off.
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23 | ★★ Sushi Quest - with Josh Ellis | 12m, 9 | |||||
Punchy movement with good flow. Getting back into it after being bit wobbly after taking a scary whip on gear few weeks back but did all the moves to blow the cobwebs out and felt good.
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19 | ★ Midas Touch - with Caroline Chang | 10m, 12 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Cool route with holds right where you need them, thought about doing the extension but it didn’t look to have an anchor? 🤔
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24 ~23 | ★★★ Death by Parsnip - with Caroline Chang | 14m, 10 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fun flowy route! I honestly found “Sushi Quest” harder though, and that seemed about 23 to me. Caroline Chang assures me this one is harder though. 🤷♀️
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23 Hard | ★★ Sushi Quest - with Caroline Chang | 12m, 9 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Spicy goodness! Got more pumped than expected on this one!
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23 | ★★ Psychotron - with Caroline Chang | 8m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Fun one!
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22 | ★★ Rust in Peace - with Caroline Chang | 14m, 10 | ★ Good | ||||
Felt kinda’ lost the whole way!
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Tue 22nd Aug 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags The Chocolate Factory | |||||||
16 | ★ Rainbow Drop - with Sarah Lynn | 14m, 12 | ★ Good | ||||
Nice climb.
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Tue 22nd Aug 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Jurassic Wall | |||||||
17 | Charmander - with Sarah Lynn | 6m, 6 | ★ Good | ||||
Easy beta method.
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Tue 22nd Aug 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
19 | ★★ Spicy Warm Up - with Sarah Lynn | 15m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Very good. Had a lot of rests.
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18 | ★ Under The Radar — 2 attempts - with Sarah Lynn | 8m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Cool route, fell at the third bolt. Very doable
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Mon 21st Aug 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
20 Hard | ★★★ Warlock | 18m, 8 | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
An outrageous pitch to top of a miraculous no fall day
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25 | ★★ Eclipsed | 15m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Something in the water today! Stoked to get up this one first go, had a foot slip at the top out but managed to hold it together. Amazing crimps up and engaging slabby face
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Mon 21st Aug 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
24 ~24 | ★★★ Death by Parsnip | 14m, 10 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Awesome climbing, similar to upper slider and very much my cup of tea. First onsight at the grade! But I'd say it's on the low end, although the pump in my forearms would suggest otherwise
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23 | ★★ Psychotron | 8m, 7 | |||||
Crux had me stretchedd out
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Mon 21st Aug 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags The Chocolate Factory | |||||||
22 | ★★★ Pure Imagination | 12m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Some great movement up this, if only the arete section were longer!
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16 | ★ Rainbow Drop | 14m, 12 | Average | ||||
Reminiscent of KP but without the good bits
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Sun 13th Aug 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
25 | ★★ Eclipsed — 2 attempts - with Elsie Hayford | 15m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Flows so nicely from start to finish. I would definitely give this 3 stars if it were a little bit longer.
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Sun 13th Aug 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
24 | ★★★ Death by Parsnip | 14m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Super fun! Good first burn getting up near the top.
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23 | ★★ Psychotron | 8m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Punchy warm-up
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Sun 9th Jul 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
25 | ★★ Eclipsed — 3 attempts - with Elsie Hayford | 15m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
I have zero criticisms for this climb, definitely the best face climbing I've done so far with an interesting finish. Glad to add it to my growing list of projects.
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Thu 22nd Jun 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
22 | ★★ Rust in Peace | 14m, 10 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Really fun moves with a nice powerful crux
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Thu 22nd Jun 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Jurassic Wall | |||||||
21 | ★ Charmeleon — 3 attempts | 6m, 5 | ★ Good | ||||
One hard move. Some nice moves but would be good if it was a bit longer
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Tue 20th Jun 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
23 | ★★ Psychotron — 2 attempts | 8m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
2nd shot. Fun boulder problem
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19 | ★★ Spicy Warm Up | 15m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Very interesting moves getting to the corner at the top
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Thu 15th Jun 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags The Chocolate Factory | |||||||
16 | ★ Rainbow Drop - with steve | 14m, 12 | Average | ||||
Sandbagged
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Mon 12th Jun 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
★★ Over The Green (Glens Project) — 2 attempts - with elsie | 18m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||||
First go for the year, two tie ins. All moves went but still feel like itll be a mission to link.
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Fri 9th Jun 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
25 | ★★ Eclipsed - with Meg MacAuslan, Jessica Robinson, Medieval Mystique | 15m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Cool crimpfest. Techy and sustained.
Pretty happy to get all the moves on my first attempt. 3 sits to rest those screaming fingers.
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16 ~17 | ★ Martin Direct - with Meg MacAuslan, Jessica Robinson, Medieval Mystique | 20m, 6 | Average | ||||
16 my arse
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Sun 23rd Apr 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Colorado Wall | |||||||
23 | ★ Pocket Passat! — 2 attempts - with Jarrah, Jessica Robinson | 13m, 7 | Average | ||||
Climbs hard off the low ledge then eases through the middle with an exciting finish. Couple of burns, got all the moves.
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Tue 14th Feb 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
18 | ★★ Hard Rain | 22m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Cool climb with some fun, committing moves
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Sun 12th Feb 2023 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
24 | ★★ Par 3 | 6m, 5 | |||||
A couple of burns working the moves
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Sat 19th Nov 2022 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
23 | ★★ Psychotron | 8m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
A boulder with a rope. I love the crux.
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Sun 30th Oct 2022 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Fortress | |||||||
25 | ★★★ JGB project - with jono, elsie | 28m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Slab headwall is great! Roof is trickier then I thought when bolting.
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Sun 2nd Oct 2022 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
19 | ★ Big Pink Custard Pig Farm - with jono | 19m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Cool movement, felt sketch for being above holiday ledge but reading thecrag description I may of been to far right not using GA chockstones. Great nonetheless and finger didn't hurt!
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Sat 17th Sep 2022 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
17 | ★ Eye of the Tiger | 20m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Love a good stem. Fun finish heading left at the top
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19 | ★★ Simple Pleasures | 20m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Great route with a couple of mandatory jams
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Sat 17th Sep 2022 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
19 | ★★ Spicy Warm Up | 15m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Warm up, got the send.... Just
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Sun 21st Aug 2022 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Pinnacle | |||||||
24 | ★★ Midlife Crisis - with Steven Ioannou | 30m | |||||
Done in one pitch
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Sat 23rd Jul 2022 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
25 | ★ Magic Beans | 16m, 10 | Don't Bother | ||||
first part is really nice, the middle part seems to have lost quite a few holds
Top part nice jugs But not really worth it |
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Sat 2nd Jul 2022 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
10 | ★★★ Crutch Rot | 15m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
My first team solo with the big guy!.. After he racked and roped, then took his harness off 1m up. He threw the rope and harness on the ledge so i chucked my shoes on and followed on. Great movement and no hands photo ops. Abit less stress than trying to clip the second bolt on warlock. Luckily it turned into a very memorable route afterwards. Thumb press in the flake in particular felt cool. Glad we persisted with the day after some very anti-outdoor-climbing-looking weather at the carpark and a shakey ascent of cannonball.
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Thu 30th Jun 2022 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Great Wall | |||||||
18 | ★★★ Deliverance | 100m, 1 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Stuey! This felt like the one to have done if we do only get 1 day here. A mixed bag of styles, 2 crux pitches very different challenges, a whack traverse, a huge and completely unnecessary runout of the entire final pitch by death-wish-yim. Best moment was when the route crossed our fixed rap rope on the second pitch and yim, again wildly runout, finally fiddled some gear in and accidentally clipped the fixed line in.
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Sat 25th Jun 2022 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Pinnacle | |||||||
24 |
★★ Midlife Crisis
2
24
15m
| 30m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
First crack on the 2nd pitch. Figured out the first crux after a couple of microbeta changes but struggled with 2nd crux moving up after the traverse left onto sharp sidepull. Surprised to get through the rest of the climb without coming off.
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Sat 11th Jun 2022 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Pinnacle | |||||||
21 |
★★ Midlife Crisis (Midlife Crisis P1)
- with
Jarrah
| 15m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
P1 good fun short route with a nice mixture of balancy and committing moves.
P2 After Jarrah blasted through the crux and was on for the send... A hold broke, ejecting him, and gashing his finger in the process. Maybe sending this IS his mid-life crisis 🤔
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18 | ★★ Old, Fat and Broken - with Jarrah | 23m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Quite crimpy and technical for a warm up but it did the job
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Sat 28th May 2022 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
17 | ★ Eye of the Tiger - with Richard Lim | 20m | ★ Good | ||||
First outdoor climb
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Fri 6th May 2022 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Wall of the Four Winds | |||||||
19 | ★★ Candle in the Wind - with Medieval Mystique | 45m, 4 | |||||
Abseiled in to do 2nd pitch.
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Wed 23rd Mar 2022 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
14 | Pathetic Journey Variant Start - with Rachael | 19m | Average | ||||
Top was fun!
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13 | ★ Sea Wasp - with Rachael | 14m | |||||
The v groove was great wish it was longer.
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Sun 20th Mar 2022 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
25 | ★ Magic Beans | 16m, 10 | |||||
Amazing start but got stuck after the two finger pocket
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Fri 11th Mar 2022 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Pinnacle | |||||||
14 | ★ Chi | 30m | ★ Good | ||||
Type 2 fun! the exit isnt to dangerous as a bolt on suspended animation is in the perfect position as you exit the chimney.
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Sat 13th Nov 2021 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Pinnacle | |||||||
22 |
★★★ Romancing the Stone
- with
Byron Ebenestelli
| 60m, 12 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
What a fun climb! Did it as a trio on double ropes. Spewing I slipped off a few moves from the top of the 2nd pitch. Serves me right for forgetting my chalkbag 🤦♂️
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Thu 28th Oct 2021 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Pinnacle | |||||||
20 | ★★ Megalith - with Byron Ebenestelli | 50m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Free large BD nut now on the first pitch. Thorn tree is still very much alive. Don't worry about gear larger than BD 2.
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Mon 25th Oct 2021 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Pinnacle | |||||||
22 | ★★★ Romancing the Stone - with Glen Hayford | 50m, 12 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Second pitch takes gear. Third pitch feels a fair bit easier than 20?
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Sun 17th Oct 2021 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Jurassic Wall | |||||||
17 | Charmander - with Nick, Scott | 6m, 6 | |||||
Barefoot
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Thu 7th Oct 2021 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Acacia Wall | |||||||
21 | ★ Green Lantern | 18m, 5 | |||||
Fell once, ripped a hold off into my right eye
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16 | ★★ Pooky Love - with Meg MacAuslan, Rachael | 25m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Easy climbing on the smallest of gear. Wasn't a 100% on it.
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Sun 3rd Oct 2021 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Colorado Wall | |||||||
23 | FA ★ Zac's Project - with Byron Ebenestelli | 13m, 7 | |||||
FFA.
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Sun 3rd Oct 2021 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
19 | ★★ Spicy Warm Up | 15m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Warm up.
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Thu 30th Sep 2021 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
Secret Crags Under the Radar | |||||||
21 | Flash Flood - with Rachael | 12m, 8 | Average | ||||
Wasn't keen on repeating this one as its pretty average route. Putting draws on for jack/ was ment to be a warm up.
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Tue 28th Sep 2021 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
15 | ★ Under the Cling - with Nut Busting Unicorn | 24m | |||||
Even though I didn't lead this, the rock for the lower gear placements looked a little unnerving (behind flakes or semi-attached blocks). Don't think you'd want to fall onto the gear in the lower 3rd of this route.
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Mon 27th Sep 2021 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
17 | ★★ Cannonball - with Matthew Robbins | 22m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Tricky/little pro at start but the top part was a hoot 🥳
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Mon 27th Sep 2021 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Pinnacle | |||||||
21 19 | ★★ Non Son Girate - with Nut Busting Unicorn | 35m, 1 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Where do I even start with this? It was an unforgettable climb. 😅
After 3 days on, Em and I scrambled our way down to the base of the pinnacle full of froth and stoke. After a short hiatus to fend off a green ant attack (little bastards!), we found the base and roped up. I immediately felt the fatigue when I pulled on and realised I was a little short on cams; double #4s would have made the starting 6-8 metres much nicer. After bumping/shuffling a 3+4, I flopped onto the first rest ledge! The next 10 metres of layback flake was absolutely divine. Super enjoyable climbing on good gear with beautiful lay-backing and jamming up the flake. I had a small lead fall when a footer blew; footers did seem to be constantly popping, and Em later noted she was getting sprayed with rocks while I was climbing. So here I am, end of the flake, stoked as heck, surrounded by small wire placements, analysing how to tackle the roof when I slipped (or a footer blew, who even knows!) and I take the biggest god damn trad whip of my life. The universe switches into slow mo so I can see my self yeeting down the cliff towards the ledge, hear my two nuts and a cam pop and so I can watch Ems shocked expression as I plummet. I stop roughly a metre above her, close enough that we could fist bump, maybe 2 metres from the deck. The grand whipping total is 15 meters, almost half the route! 🎉 Somehow I am completely unscathed. If the 4th piece had blown or Em hadn’t done a ground anchor or if I tapped the ledge or if I’d been slightly higher up, I’d at the very least have two broken legs and more likely have been much worse. I think I’m going to have to think a lot about the circumstances around the fall and figure out what factors led into such a big whip. I definitely was very lucky today and am going to take away a few life lessons thats for sure! |
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Sat 25th Sep 2021 - Mt Stuart | |||||||
The Playground | |||||||
19 | ★★ Simple Pleasures - with Nut Busting Unicorn | 20m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Very pleased that this was my first climb in Townsville, such a nice one! Pretty straightforward if you can jam.
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