Ascents in Tongariro National Park as Red point or First free ascent

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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber
Sun 2nd Jun 2024 - Tukino
Margarets Leap
	M5	★★ Mixed Metaphor - with Jacob Kuchler, Jono Clarke 1 M5 Ice 2 Ice	Ice 30m, 15	★★ Very Good	Aidan Sarginson
Led after remembering moves. Need to go back and try the full line
Wed 24th Apr 2024 - Tukino
Leonard Cohen Memorial Buttress
	21	★★ Up To You — 2 attempts - with King Tu	Sport 10m, 4	★★ Very Good	Jay Bourke
some loose rock near the top
Sun 7th Apr 2024 - Mead's Wall
	21 Easy	★ But Where's The Moss? — 2 attempts	Sport 10m, 4	★ Good	Matthew SB
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 30th Mar 2024 - Mangatepopo Valley
Bomb Bay Cliff Lower Routes
	16	★★★ Bomb Arete 1 Second 2 Trad 3 Trad	Trad 110m		baz
super fun and felt like a proper adventure, keen to try something similar to this again soon!
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
Sat 24th Feb 2024 - White Falls
	29 Hard	★★★ First Breath after a Coma - with Tom Buckett, Chris Hailey	Sport 12m, 8	★★★ Mega Classic	Ryan Yang
Somehow managed to finesse my way up this incredible line. No weak sauce beta of course. Had a play on it last year and was immediately drawn to it. 5 solid sessions.
Sun 18th Feb 2024 - Mead's Wall
	12	★★★ Meads wall traverse - with Jacob Kuchler	Mixed trad 120m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Max Warren
Sun 18th Feb 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	19	★ Nausea - with sarah	Sport 20m	★ Good	Max Warren
Sun 18th Feb 2024 - White Falls
	26	Kneepad ★★ The Spider — 2 attempts - with Tom Buckett	Sport 10m, 5	★★ Very Good	Ryan Yang
	26	Kneepad ★ Krakatoa — 2 attempts - with Tom Buckett	Sport 10m, 6	★★ Very Good	Ryan Yang
Driest I've seen it so I had to do it. A fair bit harder now that the jug is broken off.
Sun 18th Feb 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	21	★ Mountain Madness — 3 attempts	Sport 20m, 7	★ Good	Jamie Bennett
Sun 18th Feb 2024 - White Falls
	26	★ Krakatoa - with Ryan Yang	Sport 10m, 6		Tom Buckett
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
Sat 17th Feb 2024 - White Falls
	26	★★ The Spider - with Ryan Yang	Sport 10m, 5		Tom Buckett
Ryan's heel first mantle beta did the trick.
Sun 11th Feb 2024 - White Falls
	29	★★★ Gastonberry	Sport 9m, 7		Reece Deacon
	29	★★★ Gastonberry - with Reece Deacon, Chris Hailey, Ryan Yang, Alex Popinga, VillaBot	Sport 9m, 7	★★★ Classic	Marnus
Mon 5th Feb 2024 - Mead's Wall
	19	★★ John Hard — 2 attempts	Trad 20m		George van der Beek
	21	★ But Where's The Moss? - with Flo Roeske	Sport 10m, 4	★★★ Classic	Matthew Seabright
Really good crux section.
Mon 5th Feb 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	25	★★★ Arturism	Sport 20m, 9	★★★ Classic	Tom Buckett
Sun 4th Feb 2024 - Mead's Wall
	16	★★ Nein Moss - with Matthew Seabright, Ari	Sport 19m, 6	★★★ Classic	Bre Stewart
	18	★ Rock Without Moss - with Flo Roeske, Ari, Bre Stewart	Sport 20m, 8	★ Good	Matthew Seabright
Tue 30th Jan 2024 - White Falls
	27	★ Infinite Monkey Theorem — 5 attempts	Sport 12m, 6	★ Good	Fynn
	26	★★ The Spider — 4 attempts	Sport 10m, 5	★★ Very Good	Fynn
Sun 28th Jan 2024 - Mead's Wall
	16	★★ Nein Moss - with James Wuu	Sport 19m, 6	★ Good	Joyce
#repeat Pretty straightforward, enjoyable 16 - might feel like a slightly spicy ‘runout’ move to the anchors, easier if you go right.
	16	★★ Nein Moss	Sport 19m, 6		James Wuu
	17	★ Eyeball Moss — 2 attempts	Sport 20m, 8	★★ Very Good	Brendon Graf
Fri 26th Jan 2024 - White Falls
	29 Easy	★★★ Gastonberry — 4 attempts	Sport 9m, 7	★★★ Classic	Finlay cate
Wed 24th Jan 2024 - White Falls
	26 Easy	★★ The Spider — 2 attempts	Sport 10m, 5		Finlay cate
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
Wed 10th Jan 2024 - Mead's Wall
	16/17 Hard	★ Corners In The Moss	Sport 21m, 7	★★★ Classic	Daniel jacques
	16	★★ Nein Moss	Sport 19m, 6	★★★ Mega Classic	Daniel jacques
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 - Mead's Wall
	12	★★★ Meads wall traverse	Mixed trad 120m, 3		Clayton
Fri 5th Jan 2024 - Whakapapa Gorge
	18 Hard	★ Serial Pillar	Sport 20m, 5	Average	James Smith
Fri 5th Jan 2024 - Tukino
Tascmaster Wall
	23 Hard	★★ Flight of the Condors — 3 attempts	Sport 12m, 5	★★ Very Good	Chris Hailey
Very crimpy, wanders around the wall which is weird as it doesn't need to. Last clip is best to extend a little to make clipping easier. A good outing and again boils down to 2 x V3 boulder problems with a jug rest in the middle. https://youtu.be/TIzHLE7bLvg
	23 Hard	★★★ Stinging Riccardo — 2 attempts	Sport 18m, 6	★★★ Classic	Chris Hailey
Great climbing, took a decent amount of cleaning but now it's primed for summer!!! What a great line, overhanging crimp boulder leads to a no hands rest than technical face climbing on small crimps leads to a fun finish. If you are staying at Tukino nip over, it's only a 10 min walk. Probably on the hard side for 23 but maybe just sneaks under the radar. once you know the sequences its maybe 2 x V3 boulders with a rest in the middle 🤔 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7DgVVnalpI
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.
Thu 4th Jan 2024 - Tukino
Wall of Sound
	23 ~24	★★★ Ritual De La Habitual — 2 attempts	Sport 20m, 8	★★★ Classic	Chris Hailey
Brilliant route but right from the start move this wasn't a 23 for me 😂 maybe I didn't read it very well 🤔 Extend the 6th and 7th or risk the ride of your life. Hard, Wild, Spicy and Brilliant, looking forward to coming back for the other 2 lines that start at the same spot. https://youtu.be/8nt8R8JKRxI
	22 Hard	★★ Harakiri — 2 attempts	Sport 17m, 7	★★★ Classic	Chris Hailey
Excellent climbing, harder than most 22s but this is not a soft crag 😂 https://youtu.be/tr9cVfWzri0
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 10th Dec 2023 - Tukino
Child’s Play
	17	Eureka - with Morgan	Sport 12m, 4		Gee Rad
Repeat
Sun 12th Nov 2023 - Whakapapa Gorge
	26	★★★ Sous Le Monde — 3 attempts	Sport 40m, 5	★★★ Classic	Andy Sutherland
Sun 29th Oct 2023 - Mead's Wall
	19	★★ John Hard	Trad 20m		Andre v
Mon 23rd Oct 2023 - Mead's Wall
	16	★★ Nein Moss	Sport 19m, 6		Rickles
Sat 26th Aug 2023 - Tukino
Margarets Leap
	WI2	★★★ The Curtain - with Ryan T	Ice 50m		Aidan Sarginson
Finished off the day with a nice cruisy lead.
Sat 29th Jul 2023 - Tūroa
	WI2	First Finger - with Max Jenkins	Ice 15m		Aidan Sarginson
Right flow
	WI2	First Finger - with Max Jenkins	Ice 15m		Aidan Sarginson
Left flow
Thu 27th Apr 2023 - White Falls
	29 Hard	★★ Vulture culture — 2 attempts	Sport 12m	★★★ Classic	Chris Hailey
Really good climb... I even started to enjoy the bottom crux. The top just keeps giving it to you with no rest 😂 Great power endurance line found this one harder than Coma tbh https://youtu.be/O6smccfcsgA
Sat 15th Apr 2023 - White Falls
	28	★ Retaillack	Sport 12m, 8	★★ Very Good	Jackson White
Took way too long, >40 attempts. Used 5 different knee bars to eventually get it done.
Mon 10th Apr 2023 - White Falls
	29 ~29	★★ Them Crooked Vultures — 2 attempts	Sport 15m, 8	★★ Very Good	Chris Hailey
Hard boulder followed by an epic thug fest to the end, I found the bottom boulder to be pretty intense, similar difficulty to coma imo, 2 more line from this start before I get to move on 😂 https://youtu.be/WGTD9TSgPWo
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
Fri 7th Apr 2023 - Mead's Wall
	17	★ Eyeball Moss	Sport 20m, 8		Sam Lancaster
Sun 12th Mar 2023 - Tukino
Leonard Cohen Memorial Buttress
	13	★★ A Street	Trad 8m	★★ Very Good	Elspeth Napier
	18	★ Osteoarthritis	Sport 20m, 7		Dane Napier
Sun 12th Mar 2023 - Whakapapa Gorge
	24	★★★ Ape to Angel - with Sam Turner, Nathan	Sport 20m, 9		Marnus
Sat 11th Mar 2023 - Tukino
Tascmaster Wall
	18	★ Pleasant Thrutching - with Brett Gardner	Trad 20m		Max Warren
Sat 11th Mar 2023 - White Falls
	30	★★★ Snake Oil — 2 attempts	Sport 14m, 9	★★★ Mega Classic	Chris Hailey
Started this battle long ago... Didnt give it much thought this year until last weekend when I hopped back on and realised it was ready to go... first go today froze... second go ✅ Im not quite sure how the crux stuck as I improvised new beta 😂 the rest was the battle I deserved and I finally got my draws back... Thanks for reading... the video will be up some day soon... The End. https://youtu.be/rHEz6ryK0XM
Sun 5th Mar 2023 - White Falls
	29	★★★ First Breath after a Coma	Sport 12m, 8	★★★ Classic	Reece Deacon
v cool climb
Sat 4th Mar 2023 - White Falls
	27	★ Infinite Monkey Theorem — 4 attempts	Sport 12m, 6	★ Good	Chris Hailey
Enjoyed this line more than the spider and more than I thought I would. a great no hands knee bar in the middle then powerful climbing with a cool finish. overall I thin it took 4 go's over 2 days... Would have been second go if I could learn how to put knee pads on properly 😂
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
Sun 19th Feb 2023 - Mead's Wall
	12	★★★ Meads wall traverse	Mixed trad 120m, 3	★★ Very Good	Max Warren
From right to left
Sun 19th Feb 2023 - Whakapapa Gorge
	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
Sat 11th Feb 2023 - White Falls
	29 ~29	★★★ The Coriolis Effect — 2 attempts	Sport 10m, 7	★★★ Classic	Chris Hailey
On a wet hung over day I decided to do the real version with the coma crux... Far better than the weak sauce knee bars, I feel like a real boy now 😂
Tue 7th Feb 2023 - Mead's Wall
	16/17	★ Corners In The Moss	Sport 21m, 7	Average	Josh James Healey
Tue 24th Jan 2023 - White Falls
	26 ~27	★★ Fracking — 4 attempts	Sport 8m, 6	★★ Very Good	Fynn
Epic route, so cool to have the crux on hand jams. Idc what the crag says, rock deluxe north says 27 so I'm taking it!
Sun 15th Jan 2023 - White Falls
	30 ~30	★★★ Civil Unrest — 2 attempts	Sport 12m, 8	★★★ Mega Classic	Chris Hailey
An awesome line!!! Harder than coma with the start adding to the power endurance... I got both pumped and powered out and nearly dropped it a few times https://youtu.be/hWGA04ghi2E
Sat 14th Jan 2023 - White Falls
	28	★ Retaillack - with Chris Hailey	Sport 12m, 8	★ Good	Marnus
Fri 13th Jan 2023 - White Falls
	25	★★ The Cockroach - with Ashkan, Kristov	Sport 10m, 5	★★ Very Good	Marco Lefebvre
Tue 3rd Jan 2023 - White Falls
	29 Hard	★★★ First Breath after a Coma — 2 attempts	Sport 12m, 8	★★★ Classic	Chris Hailey
great line except that first hold 😂 https://youtu.be/N5W_fnaRnuc
2023 - Mead's Wall
	16/17	★ Corners In The Moss	Sport 21m, 7		HMcL
Sun 4th Dec 2022 - Mead's Wall
	17/18	★★ I Can't Believe It's Not Moss - with Julian, Sienna	Sport 20m, 10	★ Good	Gee Rad
In a pitch
	19	★★ John Hard - with Julian, Sienna	Trad 20m		Gee Rad
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 - Mead's Wall
	18	★ Rock Without Moss - with Kiera Montgomery	Sport 20m, 8	★ Good	Aidan Sarginson
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.