Ascents in Whakapapa Gorge as Red point or First free ascent

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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber
Sat 6th Apr 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	21 Hard	★ Mountain Madness — 2 attempts	Sport 20m, 7	★ Good	Matthew SB
Sun 31st Mar 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	22	★★ Chocolate Coated Mammaries - with James Wuu	Sport 15m, 6	★★ Very Good	Tom Buckett
	22	★★ Chocolate Coated Mammaries	Sport 15m, 6		James Wuu
Sat 9th Mar 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	23	★★ Electric Earth — 2 attempts	Sport 40m, 7		Nan
	23	★★ Electric Earth — 2 attempts - with frank the tank	Sport 40m, 7		Kali Marie
Sat 9th Mar 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
Halfmoon Crag
	17	★ Luna	Sport 4		Chris Taylor
Sun 18th Feb 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	19	★ Nausea - with sarah	Sport 20m	★ Good	Max Warren
	21	★ Mountain Madness — 3 attempts	Sport 20m, 7	★ Good	Jamie Bennett
Sat 17th Feb 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	17	★★★ Scoopage - with Luke Gardner	Trad 45m	★★★ Classic	Max Warren
	10	★★ Trenchtown - with Luke Gardner	Trad 40m	★★★ Classic	Max Warren
Mon 5th Feb 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	25	★★★ Arturism	Sport 20m, 9	★★★ Classic	Tom Buckett
Sun 14th Jan 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	25	★★★ Arturism — 4 attempts	Sport 20m, 9	★★★ Classic	Andy Sutherland
Sat 13th Jan 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	18	★ Serial Pillar - with Morgan	Sport 20m, 5	★★ Very Good	Gee Rad
Nice
	23	★★ Electric Earth P1 - with Morgan 1 23 15m Sport	Sport 15m, 7	★★ Very Good	Gee Rad
Retro flash
Tue 9th Jan 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	24 ~25	★★★ Ape to Angel — 3 attempts	Sport 20m, 9	★★ Very Good	Andy Sutherland
Great climb, pumpy crux. Big move in the Crux so would be much harder for shorter climbers(add two hard moves for shorties) to get through it.
Fri 5th Jan 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	18 Hard	★ Serial Pillar	Sport 20m, 5	Average	James Smith
Thu 4th Jan 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	19	★★ Mountain Mantle	Sport 15m, 7	★★★ Mega Classic	James Smith
Done this a few times now and its always a joy. Well recommended.
Tue 2nd Jan 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	18	★★ Positively Volcanic	Sport 45m, 12		James Wuu
Mon 1st Jan 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	23	★★ Electric Earth - with James Wuu	Sport 40m, 7	★★★ Classic	Tom Buckett
Send train with Tim and James 👍
	23	★★ Electric Earth	Sport 40m, 7		James Wuu
Sun 12th Nov 2023 - Whakapapa Gorge
	26	★★★ Sous Le Monde — 3 attempts	Sport 40m, 5	★★★ Classic	Andy Sutherland
Sat 8th Apr 2023 - Whakapapa Gorge
	18	★★ Positively Volcanic	Sport 45m, 12	★★ Very Good	Sam Lancaster
Repeat
	18	★★ Authorised Version	Trad 45m	★★ Very Good	Sam Lancaster
Great long pitch, repeat.
	19 Easy	★★ Mountain Mantle	Sport 15m, 7	★★ Very Good	Sam Lancaster
Repeat
Sun 12th Mar 2023 - Whakapapa Gorge
	24	★★★ Ape to Angel - with Sam Turner, Nathan	Sport 20m, 9		Marnus
Sun 19th Feb 2023 - Whakapapa Gorge
	17	★★ Under Heavy Manners 1 15 15m Sport 2 17 25m Second	Sport 40m, 14		Kevin Shea
	18	★★ Authorised Version - with Kiera Montgomery, Alex M	Trad 45m		Aidan Sarginson
	20	★ Pride of the South - with Kiera Montgomery, Alex M	Mixed trad 45m, 11		Aidan Sarginson
	17	★★ Under Heavy Manners - with Kiera Montgomery, Alex M	Sport 40m, 14	★ Good	Aidan Sarginson
	17	★★★ Scoopage - with Jacob Kuchler, Holly G 1 17 Trad lead by Max Warren 2 17 Trad lead by Jacob Kuchler	Trad 45m	★★★ Classic	Max Warren
	20	★ Pride of the South - with Frank	Mixed trad 45m, 11	★ Good	Max Warren
	18	★★ Positively Volcanic - with Brett Gardner	Sport 45m, 12		Max Warren
Sat 18th Feb 2023 - Whakapapa Gorge
	10	★★ Trenchtown	Trad 40m	★★ Very Good	Max Warren
	23 Easy	★★ Electric Earth - with Kiera Montgomery, Alex M	Sport 40m, 7	★★ Very Good	Aidan Sarginson
First go best go. To me it felt soft
	18	★★ Positively Volcanic - with Kiera Montgomery, Alex M	Sport 45m, 12	★★ Very Good	Aidan Sarginson
	17	★★★ Scoopage - with Kiera Montgomery, Alex M	Trad 45m	★★★ Classic	Aidan Sarginson
Linked both pitchs on doubles
Wed 30th Nov 2022 - Whakapapa Gorge
	27	★★★ Kismet — 3 attempts	Sport 20m, 9	★★★ Classic	Charlie Birch
Sun 30th Oct 2022 - Whakapapa Gorge
	26	★★★ Sous Le Monde — 2 attempts	Sport 40m, 5	★★ Very Good	Charlie Birch
Thu 1st Sep 2022 - Whakapapa Gorge
	18	★ Serial Pillar - with Kiera Montgomery	Sport 20m, 5	★ Good	Aidan Sarginson
	18 19	★ Nausea - with Kiera Montgomery	Sport 20m		Aidan Sarginson
Sat 7th May 2022 - Whakapapa Gorge
	21	★★ Name Unknown	Sport 20m, 7	★★★ Classic	Sam Lancaster
Stoked to get this 1st go today fairly smooth, 3rd go overall. Some great moves, fun rising traverse.
Fri 6th May 2022 - Whakapapa Gorge
	19	★★ Mountain Mantle	Sport 15m, 7	★★ Very Good	Sam Lancaster
Repeat. Nice warm up.
Sun 24th Apr 2022 - Whakapapa Gorge
	24	★★★ Ape to Angel	Sport 20m, 9	★★★ Classic	Fynn
Very cool, great powerful crux that felt quite hard for 24
	25	★★★ Arturism	Sport 20m, 9	★★★ Mega Classic	Fynn
Awesome fridge hugging
Mon 18th Apr 2022 - Whakapapa Gorge
	18 19	★ Nausea	Sport 20m	★ Good	Sam Lancaster
Repeat, warm up
Sun 6th Mar 2022 - Whakapapa Gorge
	23	★★ Sculpin - with Alex Popinga	Sport 5	★★ Very Good	Chris Hailey
A very funky outing, weird climbing but really good. be careful of the 3rd bolt, using standard length quick draw today the rope is in position to be cut between draw and sharp edge, extend this draw or don't fall 😂
	25	★★★ Arturism	Sport 20m, 9	★★ Very Good	Chris Hailey
Jumped on this because the draws were on and it was the end of the weekend, got the retro flash and did it the fridge hugging way that everyone talks about. Just proving to myself that inverted knee bar beta for this one is still king... fridge slaps are still fun though.
	26 27	★★★ Kismet	Sport 20m, 9		Reece Deacon
2nd go. Probably not 27.
Sat 5th Mar 2022 - Whakapapa Gorge
	18 19	★ Nausea	Sport 20m		Aidan Sarginson
Repeat
	19	★★ Mountain Mantle	Sport 15m, 7	★ Good	Aidan Sarginson
Repeat
Tue 1st Feb 2022 - Whakapapa Gorge
	18	★ Serial Pillar	Sport 20m, 5		cinthy lorena jimenez silva
Mon 31st Jan 2022 - Whakapapa Gorge
	26	★★★ Sous Le Monde - with Sam Turner, Samuel Malan, VillaBot, Nick Morrow	Sport 40m, 5	★★★ Classic	Marnus
Very unique and enjoyable boulder problem. Happy with the send, got it 3rd try.
Sun 30th Jan 2022 - Whakapapa Gorge
	21	★ Mountain Madness - with Sam Turner, Samuel Malan	Sport 20m, 7		Marnus
	26 27	★★★ Kismet - with Sam Turner, Samuel Malan	Sport 20m, 9	★★ Very Good	Marnus
Got it third try. Very happy with the send either way. Good efficient face climbing to an undercling rest will lead to a bouldery sequence.
	21	★ Mountain Madness - with Marnus, Samuel Malan, VillaBot, Jarod, Lee	Sport 20m, 7	★ Good	Sam Turner
3rd attempt. Really strange boulder in the middle with very easy climbing either side
Thu 20th Jan 2022 - Whakapapa Gorge
	24	★★★ Ape to Angel — 2 attempts	Sport 20m, 9	★★★ Classic	Charlie Birch
	23	★★ Electric Earth	Sport 40m, 7	★★ Very Good	Charlie Birch
Wed 22nd Dec 2021 - Whakapapa Gorge
	26 27	★★★ Kismet	Sport 20m, 9	★★ Very Good	Ryan Yang
Fell off the last move twice and cruised it on the 3d go. Soft 26 at best imo.
	23	★★ Electronomicon	Sport 15m, 5		Ryan Yang
First draw is pointless and a fall between the 1st and 2nd is potentially dangerous. Safety aside the climb itself has some fun moves and probably worth the risk.
Mon 20th Dec 2021 - Whakapapa Gorge
	23	★★ Electric Earth	Sport 40m, 7		cinthy lorena jimenez silva
Sun 19th Dec 2021 - Whakapapa Gorge
	19	★★ Mountain Mantle	Sport 15m, 7	★ Good	Aidan Sarginson
	20	★ Pride of the South	Mixed trad 45m, 11		Aidan Sarginson
Almost got the onsight but missed the side pull undercling. Jug overhang is not my thing..
Sat 13th Feb 2021 - Whakapapa Gorge
	23	★★ Electric Earth	Sport 40m, 7	★★ Very Good	Ryan Yong
Mon 1st Feb 2021 - Whakapapa Gorge
	23	★★ Electric Earth	Sport 40m, 7	★ Good	Jason Watson
Repeat . Sent 3 times this weekend , the first time was a real meal ... embarrassing . Next two times were smooth
	24	★★★ Ape to Angel	Sport 20m, 9	★★★ Classic	Jason Watson
Repeat . Dogged as a warm up , sent next go as warm down .
Sat 30th Jan 2021 - Whakapapa Gorge
	24	★★★ Ape to Angel	Sport 20m, 9	★★★ Mega Classic	Steven gavin
Sun 13th Dec 2020 - Whakapapa Gorge
	24	★★★ Ape to Angel - with Tom, Honza	Sport 20m, 9	★★★ Classic	Gee Rad
Tue 2nd Jun 2020 - Whakapapa Gorge
	9	★ Even Flow	Sport 12m, 5		Affrikah Smart
Wed 12th Feb 2020 - Whakapapa Gorge
	24	★★★ Ape to Angel	Sport 20m, 9	★★★ Classic	Ian
	23	★★ Electric Earth	Sport 40m, 7	★★ Very Good	Ian
Sat 4th Jan 2020 - Whakapapa Gorge
	23	★★ Electric Earth - with Raenee Wilson	Sport 40m, 7	★★★ Classic	Chris Hailey
Repeat for fun... great warm up hahaha... gets them Guns firing
	22 21	★ Mountain Madness (It Doesn't Have To Be Fun to Be Fun) - with Raenee Wilson	Sport 20m, 7	★★ Very Good	Chris Hailey
Repeat for fun
Thu 2nd Jan 2020 - Whakapapa Gorge
	24 24/25	★★★ Electric Angel	Sport 20m, 8	★★★ Mega Classic	Chris Hailey
Someone must have done this before me but what a cool route, make the crux of electric earth then head up into the overhang of ape to angel, sent it first go at the end of today’s session... onsight/flash but I knew the moves all apart from the link which was pretty straight forward
	22	★★ Chocolate Coated Mammaries - with Raenee Wilson	Sport 15m, 6	★★★ Mega Classic	Chris Hailey
did a lap for filming in dry conditions and turns out this one is a sick route!!! Loved it
	20	★ Pride of the South - with Raenee Wilson	Mixed trad 45m, 11	Average	Chris Hailey
I’m pretty sure I did this one just using the bolts no trad gear. Thought it was a bit spicy
	20 21	★★ Name Unknown (Mountain Madness) - with Raenee Wilson	Sport 20m, 7	★★★ Classic	Chris Hailey
Lapped for fun
Sun 22nd Dec 2019 - Whakapapa Gorge
	23	★★ Electric Earth - with Alex Popinga 1 23 15m	Sport 15m, 7	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond
Second redpoint of this route on my sixth go overall. This one was much tidier than the first send, but I still mucked around getting over the bulge after clipping the fifth bolt. I am very happy with a tidier repeat though! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuC89GVIgKg
	23	★★ Electric Earth - with Alex Popinga 1 23 15m	Sport 15m, 7	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond
Redpoint. Although the left hand press beta to get the undercling for the 4th bolt was desperate. I also fought a long time in an insecure knee-bar below the fifth bolt before getting up over the bulge. Not pretty, but clean
Sat 21st Dec 2019 - Whakapapa Gorge
	23	★★ Electric Earth - with Alexei Drummond	Sport 40m, 7	★★★ Classic	Alex Popinga
Yaaaas!!! Finally sent this today on my 11th go After getting all the way through my crux (past 4th bolt) and clipping the 5th bolt, Alexei helped out for the bulge section by pointing out a high right jug (above the pinch). So I grab the little knob with my left hand, move the feet to the left, then pull with everything that's left to get the high jug with right hand. Then shift weight into semi gaston and get into laybackto the left just to be safe. Farther left is super awesome rest area where you can clip the 6th bolt, and then easy as to the anchor ♡
Sat 9th Feb 2019 - Whakapapa Gorge
	24	★★★ Ape to Angel	Sport 20m, 9		Michael Cartwright
Odd bolt locations - better once the draws are on (and the one on the traverse is extended).
Mon 6th Feb 2017 - Whakapapa Gorge
	24	★★★ Ape to Angel	Sport 20m, 9	★★ Very Good	Blair Johnston
Took a long time, many tries and all the dirty tricks i could come up with
Sun 21st Feb 2016 - Whakapapa Gorge
	17	★★ Under Heavy Manners - with Andrew Wilkinson 1 15 lead by christian 2 17 lead by andrew	Sport 40m, 14	★★★ Classic	Christian Richardson
Thu 9th Apr 2015 - Whakapapa Gorge
	25	★★★ Arturism	Sport 20m, 9		Jason Watson
2nd go