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Sun 31st Mar 2024 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Horn Area The Horn | |||||||
14 |
★★ The Pintle
1
14
2
14
3
14
| 70m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Mon 11th Mar 2024 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - South Side Disabled Lookout Area | |||||||
M4 | ★ The Cream Machine | 14m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Sun 10th Mar 2024 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
Eurobin Falls | |||||||
14 |
★ Mother of Pearl
1
14
20m
2
12
35m
3
40m
4
35m
5
12
45m
| 180m | Average | ||||
Sun 10th Mar 2024 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Horn Area The Horn | |||||||
17 |
★★ Profanities
1
Climbed dick selector to second pitch of this climb
2
| 45m, 11 | |||||
Mon 4th Mar 2024 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - South Side The Waterfall South Side | |||||||
15 | ★★ Falls Corner - with Dan Bodd, Matt Wilson | 70m | |||||
real good, nice lead by matt on the second pitch
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Sat 27th Jan 2024 - Beechworth Area | |||||||
Mt Pilot Bakery Wall | |||||||
21 | ★★★ Beechworth Bakery | 20m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Sat 20th Jan 2024 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Hump Area Ariel Buttress | |||||||
17 | Black Serpentine - with Fraser Chadwick, Matt Chahda | 20m | |||||
Sat 20th Jan 2024 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - South Side Summit Rim | |||||||
17 | ★ Thin Wall Special Pineapple Delight | 18m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
16 | ★★ Fat Wall Ordinaire Banana Blasé | 30m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Fri 29th Dec 2023 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Horn Area Dreamworld | |||||||
16 | ★★ Buffalo Soldier | 13m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Sat 9th Dec 2023 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Hump Area The Hump | |||||||
18 |
★★★ The Initiation
1
2
3
| 90m, 1 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fri 8th Dec 2023 - Gorgeous Crag | |||||||
Sunshine Wall | |||||||
18 | ★★ Lion Heart | 12m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
18 | ★★ Lion in Chalk | 12m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
17 | ★ My Brother In Chalk | 11m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
16 | ★★ Stemming Snakes | 12m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
17 | ★ Leaping Lizards | 10m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
15 | ★ Stoneage Surgery | 10m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
12 | ★★ Bound To Ramble | 10m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Thu 7th Dec 2023 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - South Side Angels' Buttress | |||||||
17 ~19 |
★★★ Where Angels Fear to Tread
1
17
50m
2
16
40m
3
50m
4
17
45m
5
10
45m
| 230m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Absolute quality crack climbing but sure is a massive sandbag for the grade. French freed the hard stuff and did the easy stuff. My favourite parts were the chimney sections. Climbing in full sun with too little water not recommended. Dry tears were cried. The exit was cool, used the drawing that’s posted on the crag which helped a lot. Most painful feet I’ve had on a route. Even the last pitch has proper crack climbing moves.
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Sat 30th Sep 2023 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Horn Area Wall Of China | |||||||
7 | The China Way - with Simon Vincett | 49m | |||||
Sun 23rd Apr 2023 - Beechworth Area | |||||||
Mt Pilot Unearthed Wall | |||||||
17 | ★ Psycho Midget Madness | 15m, 6 | |||||
15 | ★★ Broken China | 10m, 4 | |||||
11 | ★ Lucky Charlie | 15m, 6 | |||||
15 | ★ Sticky Date Sunrise | 20m, 6 | |||||
17 | ★ Mount Pilot Unearthed | 20m, 3 | |||||
15 | ★ Derailed | 18m, 5 | |||||
17 | ★★ The Holy Grail | 20m, 6 | |||||
Mass self belay session on riding rest day. Ok crag to build granite slab skills, most routes have enough bolts for sanity as far as slabs go. May be a few more routes squished in then the wall justifies.
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12 | ★ Helmets On! | 20m | |||||
Fri 14th Apr 2023 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - South Side Angels' Buttress | |||||||
17 | ★★★ Where Angels Fear to Tread | 230m | |||||
Sun 12th Mar 2023 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - South Side Angels' Buttress | |||||||
17 ~18 | ★★★ Where Angels Fear to Tread | 230m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Just another classic Angels epic.
Started off mid-morning, this would be my first dose of quality granite crack climbing and I was bloody excited. First and second pitch were incredible. Until I whipped near the top of the second pitch. Clean fall but caught my foot/ankle real bad on the wall. After bringing up my second, I got up to lead pitch 3 and nopeee. Unable to weight my foot much, I mix freed and aided. By pitch 4 I could no longer weight or move my left foot at all. With my partner having never lead on trad before, I had to keep pushing, 1-footed aid-climbing. No layers and just a single headlamp meant we were well into epic territory by the last pitch at 11pm. The slightest pressure on my foot was excruciating, nevertheless, found myself on the last move of the entire climb, mantling a ledge while levering on one foot against a cam, as I stepped up the cam blew out the top of the crack and (Having bumped cams the entire way up) I took the biggest whip I've ever taken and landed back at the belay gently on top of my partner. This was no good for my already sub-par ankle. Managed to get up the top eventually and drag myself around a rock to belay. Rescue entailed with thanks to Josh Street. 3am back to car after many hours of hauling, crawling and piggy backs. Glad I cut my teeth solo on Ozy a couple weeks ago for some Aid training haha. Overall, Had a great time and can't wait to get back. |
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Sat 4th Mar 2023 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Horn Area The Horn | |||||||
17 |
★★ Profanities P2
2
| 45m, 11 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Tue 14th Feb 2023 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
Buckland Slabs Upper Cliff | |||||||
16 | Dirty Dancing - with Karina | 75m | Average | ||||
Ended up being quite a bit of an adventure climb with lots of gardening required.
First pitch is poorly protected until reaching the right facing corner crack. Traverse to Old Hands is also poorly protected. Set up an intermediate belay in crack after traversing across to Old Hands due to rope drag and climbed up to belay ledge as an extra pitch. Due to messing up the pitches, I was looking for pitch 3 (instead of 2) and ended up sieging a path directly up a wet and dirty crack up and left from the ledge. In theory you can traverse further left to follow a much cleaner line. |
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Sat 11th Feb 2023 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Horn Area The Horn | |||||||
18 | ★★ Crowlands | 25m, 6 | |||||
Sat 28th Jan 2023 - Beechworth Area | |||||||
Mt Pilot Bakery Wall | |||||||
15 ~17 | ★ Breakfast at the Ponderosa | 15m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
16 | ★★ Solo Man | 12m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Fri 27th Jan 2023 - Albury Quarry | |||||||
Back Wall | |||||||
12 | ★ Unnamed #2 | 15m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
15 | ★ Tree House | 15m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
13 | ★ The Slippery Dip | 10m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
13 | ★ Quartz Ridge | 12m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
19 | ★★ Foxy Lady | 12m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Jan 2023 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Hump Area The Hump | |||||||
18 | ★★★ The Initiation | 90m, 1 | |||||
Thu 29th Dec 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - South Side Burston's Crevasse | |||||||
21 | ★★ Backless - with benwiessner | 20m | |||||
Would be better from the new carrot belay
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Wed 28th Dec 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - North Side North Wall | |||||||
10 M4 | ★★★ Ozymandias Direct - with Dav Myl | 300m | ★ Good | ||||
Three tough days in the sun. Slept at the base night before, then Big Grassy day 1, under Gledhill roof day 2 and topped out day 3. Awesome experience with great gear and exposure. But even after getting more water on the first night 4 litres per person each day was not enough on 30 degree days. Ended up severely dehydrated and with an upset stomach couldn't eat for the last day and a half which made progress really slow.
Either way this line is a serious undertaking. Glad we spent a few days practicing aid and hauling technique in the lead up and that we both have a wide range of rope skills under our belt. Definitely not the place or conditions to be learning new skills. The nut off the fifth anchor is actually on the right at the base of the climb. Didn't realise that's where it came from until day 2. |
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Wed 28th Dec 2022 - Beechworth Area | |||||||
Mt Pilot Unearthed Wall | |||||||
15 | ★★ Broken China | 10m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
11 | ★ Lucky Charlie | 15m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
15 | ★ Sticky Date Sunrise | 20m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Tue 27th Dec 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Horn Area Wall Of China | |||||||
19 |
★★ Lucinda P2
2
| 42m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
We only did P2, in an attempt to avoid the sun. Highly recommended, a great shady option. Abseil in from rusty carrots at top. This pitch written up as grade 16, but seemed closer to 14.
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Tue 27th Dec 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Horn Area The Horn | |||||||
17 ~16 | ★★ Profanities | 45m, 11 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Felt at least a grade easier than Parrot on a Stick (16).
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Mon 26th Dec 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Horn Area The Horn | |||||||
16 |
★★★ The Pintle Left Hand Variant P3
- with
Mitchell
3
| 20m, 1 | |||||
15 | ★★ Big Fun - with Mitchell | 25m, 7 | |||||
11 | ★ Extra Fun - with Mitchell | 20m, 2 | |||||
Sat 24th Dec 2022 - Gorgeous Crag | |||||||
Sunshine Wall | |||||||
17 | ★ My Brother In Chalk | 11m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
15 | ★ Stoneage Surgery | 10m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
18 | ★★ Lion Heart - with Mitchell | 12m, 7 | |||||
17 | ★ My Brother In Chalk - with Mitchell | 11m, 6 | |||||
17 | ★ Leaping Lizards - with Mitchell | 10m, 6 | |||||
12 | ★★ Bound To Ramble - with Mitchell | 10m | |||||
Thu 22nd Dec 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - North Side North Wall | |||||||
10 M4 | ★★★ Ozymandias Direct | 300m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Part 3:
Yim and i spoke briefly on the walk out about whether we would become aid climbers, probably a fairly standard conversation to have after australias 'the nose' of aid climbs that initiates so many into the world of the big walls. Yim mentioned he was keen to use the skills for exploratory trips (new routes) one day but wouldnt really make established big walls a priority over free climbing. For me, it was time to come clean about my feelings for big wall climbing: Categorical fuck no, not interested. I cant understand why one would put up with all that faff, routine 3 hour belays, sleeping and eating like animals, all to not even climb rock? There were for sure some good moments, but on the whole, i recall being uncomforable, tired, abit stressed (probably more a symptom of poor preparation) and generally distainful that i could see a stack of 3 star free climbs from the wall that we had foregone to tether our way up this wall. Whats more is that we were doing the best aid route in the country with ideal weather conditions.
Im tremendously grateful to have had this experience and owe our mate yimbo a beer (that he'll not doubt drink a quarter of and go make himself a hot choccy instead) for book sourcing all our literature and coordinating most of the gear we used for the trip. I think alot of people never try things like this because they assume they wont like it or convince themselves their life is good enough to not bother having an experience like this; if it werent for yims enthusiasm and zest for new experiences, i would have been one of them. I suspected i wasnt cut out for big aid missions. I was right in this case. Im glad to know this now for sure. Keen to continue reserving my aid climbing for free routes a little above my paygrade and continue kicking around climbing rocks! |
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10 M4 | ★★★ Ozymandias Direct | 300m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Part 2:
The following morning, first light woke us and the beautiful views of the sun lighting up the porepunkah valley were juxtaposed quickly by the first event of the morning: Laying cable into a fucking sandwich bag. Yim captured the literal second of mine on camera and im not sure how i feel about it; yet to see the photo. Ill decide on instagram worthiness later on. We packed up the circus and i got into climbing (almost without the haul line). I got back to the start of the 22 and decided i was too cunted to put climbing shoes on and aided the pitch, something i still kind of hate myself for. It was my mistake at the end of this pitch though that dished us the biggest epic of the journey. I set up at the wrong anchors (the carrots at the top of the corner). Only 4m from the real anchor on the arete but the pig did not agree with being pulled up the slab on the 6th pitch and promptly got itself trapped on a bolt. Unable to lower the pig out of its predicament, yim used the hexagonal fixture on his nut tool to try to loosen the bolt, only to have the bolt explode out on him and fall to the valley below. We have included a separate note on the route description in relation to this, please refer to that if this is of concern to you. The pig was free and dragged up to the carrots. We made a pretty efficient go of the roof, yim evidently turned the corner on cam hooks, which i realised on the prussik up the corner above that was pretty free of trad gear. It was my job as seconder of the roof to free the pig and due to our anchor location, our poor piggy that wed become close with in the last day was about to take a king swing across the wall. I was reasonably sure all the waterbottle tethers had been prepared but i still couldnt bare to look as the load soared through the air along a sagging arc. The pig handled the exposure like a champ and didnt spray plastic and shit everywhere to our relief. Looking pretty good for time, we tucked into lunch at gledhill. The fang pitch (8th) was my lead and is a truly unique pitch, which i think can still be enjoyable (and awkward) as an aid lead. Supposedly 22 but definitely would be nuts to free. Yim got us to the plaque at about dinner time just as it was starting to dim and i knew after the haul line faff that i was about to become apart of the benightment club, after such an improbable run of all daytime finishes. The jap curry was now well and truly sour and even our hungry, depleted bodies were rejecting the concoction. Aiding the offwidth with the lights of bright(?) glowing in the distance was an oddly calming experience. "I prefer stars; natural light" yim hit back after i offered my thoughts. Ok mate. The no.6 that we only included on the rack upon recommendation from pauly and brad in the carpark on monday was as essential as a climbing rope to get up thr final 5m! Wrapped my hand around the tourist lookout rail at 10pm, ripped yim up the final pitch so we could commence the walk back to the car and our bivy spot at echo point which now seemed like the marriot penthouse.
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10 M4 | ★★★ Ozymandias Direct | 300m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Part 1:
Lot of work for a 10.
Monday arvo was when the adventure started. We lugged the gear from the base of angels to the ground bivy at the base which was way harder than i anticipated. Bushbashing with a portaledge and haul bag is exhausting work and yim seemed completely depleted of energy; a great way to be at the start of a 2 day aid route. I have to admit i was within a hair of turning us around and not going through with the climb a few times on this approach, especially after the creek crossing. We found the base at 9pm and bived down. Surprisingly good sleep. Up at 6, i refilled our 8 waterbottles (which frighteningly were coming undone from their tethers on the walk in because i had incorrectly copied the knots from a youtube tute) and ushered yim to get to work setting the pig family up at the base (the big marn takes some encouragement to wake up at the best of times). We were on the wall aiding at 8ish. P2 was my coming of age with cam hooks; Only good experiences for me, but that all changed on yims lead of P3, taking no less than 5 (five) [V if roman numerals are your choice for counting] whips in half an hour. Id never seen an aid whip before but ive now seen 5. Impressively, he stepped out the top of the crux that had beat him up on a triumphant skyhook (!) and continued to big grassy. Having never successfully set our ledge up on the wall, i was keen to stop decorating our wall lodge with fixed lines and gear displays and get to making sure we could lie down for the night. It was yim that made the break through wed missed at kp which was loosening the fuck out of all the straps to fit it together, a fairly obvious sounding solution in hindsight, but with old gear, i fell into the trap yet again of assuming the worst of the uqmc club gear (sorry lachie). We had the ledge set at 6pm just in time to pack some food in before fixing the pitches above. This was one of the best moments of the wall experience, providing some reprieve from the anxiety of this big undertaking we were backing ourselves on. The japanese curry wed cooked 8 serves on was starting to sour abit but by portaledge standards it was fine. I fixed p5, wanted to free p6 (best 22 at buffalo) but didnt have enough appropriately sized gear so rapped down to do it in the morning. The sleep was again surprisingly decent on the ledge, and it turns out sleeping mats actually arent essential we found out as i lay comfortably while yim laughed and told me to look where my sleeping mat was. I thought it was under me. It was under my feet and 70% hanging off the end of the portaledge. Fuck. Dig heels in, do a sit up, and grab the mat that was all to happy to oblige to the evening breeze that was wishing to claim it as another piece of ozymandian space junk. |
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Mon 19th Dec 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - South Side Angels' Buttress | |||||||
17 | ★★★ Where Angels Fear to Tread | 230m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
450am alarm goes off. I spring out of bed. After 5 hrs gear preparation the day before, we were about to embark on our biggest climbing mission yet! 530 just as we pulled bags over shoulders, a dirtbag mobile rolls up with 2 dirtbags in it. Even before they stop, we see haul bags through the window. An awkward discussion ensued between the 4 of us and we realised once they mentioned their bags were at the bottom that we would not be climbing ozymandias today. Instead we accepted a bribe of 4 mountain goat tinnies and lugged our stuff to the start of angels. Yim walked the haul bag down the gully like it was a toy poodle. I went to fill the water from the creek and dropped the cap into the stream. Fuckn day is cursed. We climbed angels in 4 long pitches which worked quite well. The finger crack finish before the first big ledge gave me the most curry. But plenty of moments provoking some thought. Skipped caligula instead opting to nap in prep for attempt 2 at ozy tomorrow.
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Sun 18th Dec 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - North Side North Wall | |||||||
25 |
★★★ Ozymandias (free version)
- with
Dave Cook
3
25
30
Too wet and scared
4
24
35
Psyched to get this one while removing the wires with a nut tool - calf pump was real!
5
22
30
2 sits, what a wild pitch amazing moves. So cold belaying as the corner went into the shade
6
22
35
Pulled on 2 carrots, mossy, wet and cold tips!
7
19
15
Needed more #2’s didn’t commit to any run outs
8
14
20
Wet and mossy, stood on the piton - on route to the trolls toll to the boy soul
9
10
25
Rope got stuck so self belayed! Lost a gate, a small price to pay the toll troll to enter the hole!! Sunshine was welcomed | 190m | |||||
Abseiled into big grassy! 1 shivering night on the ledge, freed 90% despite dogging every pitch other then the 24 and the troll toll hole to sunshine glory. Dave really was the MVP - the power of friendship got this one done! A little above my pay grade but stoked to aim to free this rig with little to no climbing of late
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Sat 10th Dec 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Hump Area The Hump | |||||||
18 | ★★★ The Initiation - with bret | 90m, 1 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fantastic afternoon out! I played support to mates who wanted to do the climb, and enjoyed every bit of it.
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Fri 9th Dec 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Horn Area The Horn | |||||||
15 | ★★ Big Fun - with FabianSchuelke | 25m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Mon 5th Dec 2022 - Beechworth Area | |||||||
Mt Pilot Bakery Wall | |||||||
17 | ★ Big Fatty | 8m, 3 | |||||
16 | ★★ Solo Man | 12m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sat 26th Nov 2022 - Albury Quarry | |||||||
Back Wall | |||||||
22 | ★ A walk in the park | 7m, 2 | |||||
Aid assist from belayer
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Thu 3rd Nov 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - South Side The Waterfall South Side | |||||||
23 | Dizzy Limits | 40m | |||||
Needs a bolt belay (in case the leader slips off, bounces off the little belay ledge and drags the belayer to their doom. Also needs a brush because of understandably infrequent ascents!
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Thu 3rd Nov 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - North Side The False Modesty Pinnacle | |||||||
21 | ★ Ant Jamb - with Jeremy Boreham, Mike Wust | 25m | |||||
Seconded JB on the first ascent ('89)
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22 | Seclusion - with Jeremy Boreham, Mike Wust | 30m | Average | ||||
First Ascent in '89
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Thu 3rd Nov 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - North Side Wilkinson's Lookout | |||||||
21 | ★★★ Silk And Satin - with John Schwerdfeger, early 90s, maybe | 25m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Wed 2nd Nov 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - North Side Queen Victoria Buttress | |||||||
24 M1 25 M1 | ★★ Eureka Uprising - with Jeremy Boreham ('96) | 370m | ★ Good | ||||
A big undertaking (13 pitches)!! Desperately needs a few dodgy screw-in bolts replaced on pitches 2 and 3.
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22 | ★ Magnum - with Jeremy Boreham | 50m, 2 | ★ Good | ||||
Crux pitch only (as part of first ascent of Eureka Uprising)
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18 | We Are Not Amused - with Russell Crow, Jeremy Boreham ('91) | 30m | Average | ||||
24 | Send Out For More Pizza - with Russell Crow ('91) | 85m | Average | ||||
24 | ★★ Statute Of Limitations - with Jeremy Boreham ('95) | 50m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
23 | ★★ Wall To Wall - with David Jurke ('91) | 50m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
24 | ★★ Gaia - with Tony Marian ('89) and Malcolm Matheson ('18) | 75m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Did first ascent of this back in Dec '89. More recently added a direct start and retro-bolted and straightened the top and added rap/belay anchors. Now much better!
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Tue 6th Sep 2022 - Beechworth Area | |||||||
Mt Pilot Lower Bakery Wall | |||||||
16 | ★★ Sarah's Slab | 6m | |||||
Tue 31st May 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Horn Area The Horn | |||||||
20 | ★★★ Peroxide Blonde - with Nicki Clothier | 18m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Amazing, two stars for the atmosphere alone
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Thu 5th May 2022 - Beechworth Area | |||||||
Mt Pilot Eastern Slabs | |||||||
17 | ★★ Flake Off | 12m, 2 | |||||
Mon 25th Apr 2022 - Beechworth Area | |||||||
Mt Pilot Bakery Wall | |||||||
17 | ★ Little Fatty | 8m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sat 16th Apr 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - South Side Angels' Buttress | |||||||
17 |
★★★ Where Angels Fear to Tread
- with
Ben Taylor
| 230m | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
This route has everything!
Hand jams thin and loose, fists, hand/fist, off width, tight worm chimney, strange 3D stemming, scary slab traverse, tight finger jams with a crux so tight I could only fit in a pinky.
Most pitches felt much harder than the grade listed. If you can't jam, you won't make it 😂 Next time, bring a #5 (and/or more than two #4's) and more than three #3's. We took five #2, five #1, four green, four purple plus doubles down to .2 and we used it all! Really no need for wires. |
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Thu 14th Apr 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Cathedral | |||||||
20 | ★★★ Sultan - with Ben Taylor | 65m | |||||
I led the middle 'easy' pitch.
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Thu 14th Apr 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - South Side Devilled Cream Buttress | |||||||
18 | ★★ Vortex | 92m | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Good fun! However, be prepared for running it out with small gear!, on the crux pitch - very funky moves and very exhilarating lead.
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Mon 11th Apr 2022 - Beechworth Area | |||||||
Mt Pilot Lower Bakery Wall | |||||||
19 | ★★ Straight Up | 6m | |||||
Sun 10th Apr 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Cathedral | |||||||
12 | The Mudshark | 91m | Average | ||||
12 | The Mudshark - with Albert Griggs | 91m | |||||
Mon 28th Mar 2022 - Gorgeous Crag | |||||||
Sunshine Wall | |||||||
18 | ★★ Lion Heart | 12m, 7 | |||||
Sun 27th Mar 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Cathedral | |||||||
17 | ★★★ Maharajah - with Andrew Wallace | 42m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Sat 26th Mar 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - South Side Summit Rim | |||||||
16 | ★★ Fat Wall Ordinaire Banana Blasé - with Andrew Wallace | 30m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fri 25th Mar 2022 - Beechworth Area | |||||||
Mt Pilot Bakery Wall | |||||||
16 | ★★ Solo Man | 12m | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fri 25th Mar 2022 - Gorgeous Crag | |||||||
Sunshine Wall | |||||||
18 | ★ TR 2 | 14m | |||||
Thu 17th Mar 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Gorge - North Side North Wall | |||||||
25 |
★★★ Ozymandias (free version)
- with
Tom, Tristan, Duncan Brown, Emily
3
25
30m
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Pretty rad to be down playing on this wall. Not sure how many opportunities i’ll have to try the route whilst working on this film about Duncan with Tristan and Tom for TNF but was cool to have a play as Duncan rested. Seconded pitch one first go which was pretty chill and then did three back to back laps on the 25 pitch. I went up it first to figure it out and fell off a few times, came down to the stance just above the balancy start and climbed from there to the top but figured I should do it properly so lowered back down to the belay and did it pulling the rope through the grigri the whole time which was a bit brutal. Hopefully it feels easier on lead.
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Mon 14th Mar 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
Mackeys Lookout | |||||||
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★ Good Luck & Good Management 510m 14
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15
50m
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45m
3
60m
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Reservoir Environs Mt Dunn | |||||||
15 | ★★ Strawberry Jam | 10m | |||||
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Le Souef Plateau The Castle | |||||||
21 | ★★ Silver Girl | 18m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | ||||
16 | ★★ Corner And Crack | 25m | |||||
Thu 10th Mar 2022 - Mount Buffalo | |||||||
The Horn Area The Horn | |||||||
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★★★ The Pintle Left Hand Variant
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70m
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Superb 2nd pitch
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16 | ★ Hoi Polloi | 18m, 4 |