Ascents in Ōtākou / Otago by Vanessa Wills

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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Date
	25	★ Wind Me Up (Need to Unwind Direct Finish)	Sport 20m, 7	Diamond Lake	★ Good	Tue 4th Mar 2008
The guide books crap- but hey I tried hard cos I thought I was on a 23!
	24	★★ 10 Boy Scouts	Sport 20m, 8	Hospital Flat	Average	Sun 10th Jan 2010
kiwis cant crimp
	23	★★ Who the Fuck is Nick Cradock? (Who the Fuck is Nick Craddock?)	Sport 25m, 8	Motatapu Valley	★ Good	Sat 8th Mar 2008
nice reachy moves. Probably only 22, but its my style!
	23	★★ Hobo Humping Slobo Babe	Sport 15m, 5	Hospital Flat	★ Good	Sun 10th Jan 2010
tricky to chose the right crimp
	23	★★ Roche Moutonnee	Sport 16m, 8	Motatapu Valley	★★ Very Good	Sat 2nd Apr 2016
Great novelty roof with per madras
	22	★★ Everything but the Formalities	Sport 15m, 6	Motatapu Valley	★★ Very Good	Sun 9th Mar 2008
Worth the approach up the gungy ramp
	22	★ No Holds Barred	Sport 27m, 8	Wye Creek	★ Good	Wed 30th Dec 2009
Rather well spaced bolts. A full head trip!
	22	★ Epoxy Passion	Sport 20m, 8	Wye Creek	★ Good	Mon 28th Dec 2009
some OK moments. Hard mantle
	22	★★ The Colonel's Secret	Sport 16m, 6	Motatapu Valley	★ Good	Sat 2nd Apr 2016
The draws were on to below crux. Felt pretty slippery, I appreciated the hand jams
	23 22	★★ Ferocious Weasel	Sport 20m, 8	Motatapu Valley	★ Good	Sat 2nd Apr 2016
Not too hard
	21	★★ Tais-toi!	Sport 22m, 9	Wye Creek	★ Good	Sun 11th Oct 2009
A bit of a struggle
	21	★★★ Dream Thing	Sport 15m, 8	Wye Creek	★★ Very Good	Fri 28th Mar 2008
Sweet roof!
	22 21	★★ Hard Sun	Sport 82m, 31	Chinaman's Bluff	★ Good	Mon 12th Oct 2009
Great cleaning effort. Harder than 21
	21	★ I Need a Pie	Sport 17m, 4	Motatapu Valley	★ Good	Wed 5th Mar 2008
Scary bolting
	20	★★ Stick It In	Sport 20m, 8	Diamond Lake	★★ Very Good	Sat 8th Mar 2008
Would be classic if it wasnt bolted. FIngers to hands.
	20	★★ Matt's Joke	Sport 20m, 8	Wye Creek	★ Good	Fri 28th Mar 2008
Short roof, then more sustained than it looked.
	19 20	★★ Smellie Crack	Sport 25m, 10	Wye Creek	★★ Very Good	Fri 28th Mar 2008
Rather tricky for the grade.
	20	★★ Third World Assassin	Mixed trad 90m, 10	Chinaman's Bluff	★★ Very Good	Mon 12th Oct 2009
Led Pitch 2 and 4 with MB
	21 20	★★ Disco Inferno	Sport 15m, 3	Hospital Flat	★ Good	Sun 10th Jan 2010
arete humping
	20	A Steep Introduction	Sport 15m, 6	Mount Iron	Average	Fri 14th Sep 2012
A bit escapable
	20	★ Like a Lover Scorned	Sport 25m, 6	Mapoutahi	★ Good	Wed 23rd Mar 2016
Some interesting arête moves if the sidepulls out of reach
	20	★ You Crack Me Up	Sport 25m, 5	Motatapu Valley	★ Good	Thu 31st Mar 2016
Feels easier than 20 now that you don't need to place gear
	20	★ Cunning Linguistics	Sport 16m, 5	Motatapu Valley	★★ Very Good	Sat 2nd Apr 2016
I made the top roof harder than needed
	19	★ Cryptology	Sport 10m, 3	Motatapu Valley	Average	Mon 31st Mar 2008
OK warm up
	19	★ The Nutty Professor	Trad 15m	Hospital Flat	★ Good	Sat 29th Mar 2008
	18 19	★★ Feeling Rampant	Mixed trad 30m, 7	Diamond Lake	★★ Very Good	Sat 8th Mar 2008
Pleasant trad crack, then stiff move through roof to pleasant slab
	19	★★★ Fuckity Fuck Fuck	Sport 30m, 12	Diamond Lake	★★ Very Good	Wed 5th Mar 2008
Guide book says 6 BR- it has 12!
	18 19	★★ Quick Fix	Sport 15m, 5	Hospital Flat	★ Good	Wed 5th Mar 2008
Quite pumpy
	19	★ Vas-y Mollo (Easy Tiger (vas-y-mollo))	Sport 15m, 5	Wye Creek	Average	Mon 28th Dec 2009
not very memorable
	19	★ Hap Hazard	Sport 19m, 6	Hospital Flat	★ Good	Mon 17th Sep 2012
Shame about the ledge.
	19	★★ Burning Sky	Mixed trad 24m, 1	Wharewerawera / Long Beach	★ Good	Sun 20th Mar 2016
I'm a bit spoilt by fine sea cliffs. This is a bit chossy, but nice moves
	19	★★ Triple Treat	Trad 25m	Lovers Leap	★ Good	Mon 21st Mar 2016
A little Ledgy, but nice
	19	★★ Walk Of Shame	Trad 14m	Lovers Leap	★★ Very Good	Mon 21st Mar 2016
Not long ( after the chain ascent) but a bit burly
	19	★ Jospe/Carr Route (When Yuppies Go to Hell)	Sport 25m, 10	Mapoutahi	★ Good	Wed 23rd Mar 2016
Some moments of interesting climbing up groove
	19	★ Greek Gift 2	Sport 20m, 8	Mapoutahi	★ Good	Wed 23rd Mar 2016
Feels quite airy
	18	★★ Lucalucki	Sport 32m, 13	Wye Creek	Average	Fri 7th Mar 2008
Weird bolting.
	19 18	★★ Honey I Bolted The Crack	Sport 15m, 5	Hospital Flat	★ Good	Wed 5th Mar 2008
Hmm, could well be done on gear
	18	★★ Dog in Town	Sport 18m, 5	Gorge Road	★ Good	Wed 19th Mar 2008
The move over the roof is nice I suppose.
	17 18	★ Up the Creek (Up the River)	Sport 30m, 9	Wye Creek	★ Good	Fri 28th Mar 2008
Good the first time round, but would get tedious after a while.
	17 18	★★ About Time	Sport 30m, 13	Wye Creek	★ Good	Fri 7th Mar 2008
Novelty climbing. Weird swirling rock.
	17 18	★ Rusty Pins	Sport 15m, 6	Hospital Flat	★ Good	Sun 10th Jan 2010
tricky in places
	18	★ Purple haze	Sport 10m, 3	Wharewerawera / Long Beach	Average	Sun 20th Mar 2016
Some nice jugs then easy run out top
	18	★★ Te Whanau	Sport 20m, 5	Motatapu Valley	★★ Very Good	Thu 31st Mar 2016
Some time in the past, Rpt warm up today. Hard start
	17	★★ The Crack	Trad 15m	Hospital Flat	★ Good	Sat 29th Mar 2008
Great gear. Its not Arapiles though.
	17	★★ Headbangers Arete	Sport 20m, 5	Hospital Flat	★ Good	Sat 29th Mar 2008
	17	★ Get Kerfuffled	Sport 20m, 8	Motatapu Valley	★ Good	Thu 31st Mar 2016
Sometime maybe 2010.
	17	★ Terrain Spotting	Sport 20m, 6	Motatapu Valley	★ Good	Thu 31st Mar 2016
Some time in the past
	16	Infinite Inveigling (infinite inviegeling)	Sport 10m, 4	Motatapu Valley	Average	Sat 30th Dec 2006
	16	★★★ The Mission	Sport 28m, 9	Wye Creek	★ Good	Fri 7th Mar 2008
the start doesnt flow. 3 star view though.
	16	★ Generation X	Sport 10m, 3	Motatapu Valley		Fri 31st Mar 2006
	15	★ Super Size Me	Sport 10m, 4	Motatapu Valley		Fri 31st Mar 2006
	14	Roadside Rage	Sport 8m, 3	Motatapu Valley	Don't Bother	Sun 9th Mar 2008
Warming up
	14	★ Right Ascension	Sport 10m, 4	Motatapu Valley		Fri 31st Mar 2006
	15 14	★ Occupational Therapy	Sport 10m, 4	Motatapu Valley		Fri 31st Mar 2006
	14 12	Zoftig	Trad 12m	Motatapu Valley		Fri 31st Mar 2006
Think I did all these with andrew stock in 2006. Ticked in the book.
	23	★★★ Jack Be Nimble	Sport 25m, 6	Motatapu Valley	★★ Very Good	Sat 29th Mar 2008
Nice flake moves.
	22 23	★★ Steelworks (Steelworks(i))	Sport 15m, 5	Mount Iron	★ Good	Fri 3rd Dec 2010
	25 23	★★★ Blood On The Tracks	Sport 27m, 10	Wye Creek	★★ Very Good	Wed 13th Jan 2010
Probably only 24. Shame about the start, the rest is superb!
	21 22	★★ Shark Chirac	Sport 16m, 5	Hospital Flat	★ Good	Wed 21st Dec 2005
crimpy goodness
	22	★★ Sisters of Mercy	Sport 16m, 5	Hospital Flat	★ Good	Wed 21st Dec 2005
nice and technical and easier than the pumpy 20s
	22	★ The Oatmeal Savage	Sport 15m, 5	Motatapu Valley	★ Good	Sat 8th Mar 2008
sustained up a seam
	22	★★★ Take No Prisoners	Sport 20m, 8	Diamond Lake	★★ Very Good	Sun 9th Mar 2008
Super moves, super setting.
	22	★★ Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden(j))	Sport 15m, 5	Mount Iron	Average	Fri 3rd Dec 2010
	22	★★ Bush Lawyer (Bush Lawyer (C))	Sport 20m, 5	Mount Iron	★★★ Classic	Fri 3rd Dec 2010
grade 22 in guidebook
	21 22	★ Frogaroo (Frog Arms)	Sport 12m, 5	Wye Creek	★ Good	Tue 12th Jan 2010
lots of holds, not all of them good
	22	★★★ Side Effect	Mixed trad 24m, 5	Lovers Leap	★★ Very Good	Mon 21st Mar 2016
Yay, not so much jamming
	21 22	★ End of the Eweniverse	Sport 20m, 5	Wye Creek	Average	Mon 28th Mar 2016
Not sure how I didn't fall off this. Short on holds around the second bolt
	20 21	★ 74HQ	Sport 16m, 4	Hospital Flat	★ Good	Wed 21st Dec 2005
one big move
	22 21	★ Jokers Gone Wild (Venus then off to the right)	Sport 30m, 9	Diamond Lake	★ Good	Sat 8th Mar 2008
Tricky bottom to the arete
	20 21	★★ Hearts & Minds (Hearts and Minds)	Sport 30m, 12	Diamond Lake	★ Good	Tue 4th Mar 2008
Interesting through bulge
	21	★ Chink in the Armour	Sport 15m, 5	Mount Iron	Average	Sun 10th Jan 2010
sandbagged and told it was a 17 warm up
	20 21	Urban Hang (Left end)	Sport 15m, 5	Mount Iron	Average	Fri 14th Sep 2012
	21	★ Reefer Madness	Sport 16m, 7	Motatapu Valley	Average	Sat 2nd Apr 2016
Didn't like this that much, felt very pumpy
	21	★★ Aretenaphobia	Sport 13m, 3	Motatapu Valley	★★ Very Good	Sat 2nd Apr 2016
Have done before, about 10 years ago.
	20	★ Mum's on the Run	Sport 14m, 3	Hospital Flat	★ Good	Wed 21st Dec 2005
pumpy
	20	★ Hey George	Sport 30m, 14	Diamond Lake	★ Good	Wed 5th Mar 2008
A bit dirty, tricky up high
	19 20	★ Out There on the Edge (Out there on the Edge (k))	Sport 15m, 5	Mount Iron	Average	Fri 3rd Dec 2010
	20	★★ No Thanks I'd Rather Walk	Sport 15m, 10	Hospital Flat	★ Good	Sun 10th Jan 2010
a bit loose near the top
	19 20	★ Full Empty	Sport 18m, 6	Wye Creek	★ Good	Wed 13th Jan 2010
the start was tough
	20	★★ Bowels of Mercy	Sport 14m, 3	Wharewerawera / Long Beach	Average	Sun 20th Mar 2016
A few nice moves then rambling top
	22 19	★★ Falcon Screech (Falcon Steep)	Sport 25m, 7	Hospital Flat	★ Good	Tue 4th Mar 2008
Pumpy crimps. Choice bro.
	19	★★ Basic Instinct	Sport 30m, 11	Diamond Lake	★ Good	Tue 4th Mar 2008
Nice juggy top section
	19	★★ Dried and Bagged	Sport 28m, 11	Diamond Lake	★ Good	Sat 8th Mar 2008
apparently this only used to have 4 bolts in 25 metres. Better now.
	19	★★ In Flagrante Dilecto	Sport 20m, 5	Motatapu Valley	★ Good	Sun 18th Dec 2005
better than the slush around Pioneer Hut
	19	★★ Chinese Hospitality	Sport 15m, 6	Motatapu Valley	★ Good	Sat 2nd Apr 2016
Interesting feature
	18	★★ Jock the Frotterer	Sport 18m, 5	Motatapu Valley	★ Good	Sun 18th Dec 2005
pumpy for the grade
	17 18	★★ Don't Be Deceived	Sport 32m, 8	Wye Creek	Average	Fri 7th Mar 2008
! good move.
	18	★ Nasal Excavations	Sport 14m, 5	Motatapu Valley	★ Good	Sun 1st Feb 2004
nice for schist!
	17 18	★ Incy Wincy Spider	Sport 15m, 4	Wye Creek	Average	Mon 28th Dec 2009
makes the trad route redundant
	18	★★ Hell Hath No Fury...	Mixed trad 25m, 6	Mapoutahi	★★ Very Good	Wed 23rd Mar 2016
Nice stemming
	18 17	★ Heart of Darkness	Sport 25m, 10	Gorge Road	Average	Wed 19th Mar 2008
Not sure if this was it. Better than it looks.
	19 17	Jug of Speights	Sport 25m, 13	Motatapu Valley	Average	Mon 31st Mar 2008
Competes with the Nutty Professor as the biggest sandbag in Wanaka
	17	★★ Golden Showers	Sport 20m, 8	Mapoutahi	★ Good	Wed 23rd Mar 2016
Quite nice
	15	Glen's	Sport 25m, 8	Motatapu Valley	Average	Sat 8th Mar 2008
nice views of the river from the top
	25	★★ Irony	Sport 15m, 5	Mount Iron	★ Good	Fri 14th Sep 2012
3 visits, not a bad route
	25	★★★ Lollapalooza (Lollapallooza)	Sport 25m, 9	Motatapu Valley	★★ Very Good	Thu 31st Mar 2016
Took a while to stick the low roof moves. The top is just rather pumpy.
	24	★★ My Little One	Sport 20m, 7	Diamond Lake	★★ Very Good	Sun 9th Mar 2008
Another onsight that got away. (2) Hard all the way.
	24	★★★ Zoot Alors	Sport 25m, 7	Motatapu Valley	★★ Very Good	Sat 29th Mar 2008
Tried to do the 30 by mistake, but even when on track itTook a few more attempts than it should!
	24	★★ Equilibrium	Sport 22m, 9	Wye Creek	★ Good	Mon 28th Mar 2016
Quite desperate even second go as I wobbled up this
	22	★★ Doing the World a Favour	Sport 20m, 6	Hospital Flat	★★ Very Good	Sun 10th Jan 2010
was going fine til the top

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