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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Climber	Date
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	27	★★ Hiroshima — 2 attempts	Sport 26m	Waipapa		Dane Napier	Sun 5th May 2024
	27 Easy	★★ Hiroshima — 2 attempts	Sport 26m	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Mark C	Sun 5th May 2024
Great route. Techy moves through the roof then powerful over the lip
	27	★★ Hiroshima - with Elspeth Napier	Sport 26m	Waipapa		Dane Napier	Sun 12th May 2024
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	26	★★★ Three Steps to Heaven - with Tom	Sport 25m, 8	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Gee Rad	Sun 13th Sep 2020
Everything except that one slab dyno
	26	★★★ Three Steps to Heaven - with krippner	Sport 25m, 8	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Jason Watson	Fri 9th Apr 2021
Hard . A few hours on rope working it over maybe 2 sessions I’d say . Sent 2nd tie in to rp ( first tie in with light :p ) on edge .
	26	★★★ Three Steps to Heaven - with Kiera Montgomery	Sport 25m, 8	Waipapa		Aidan Sarginson	Sat 4th Mar 2023
Worked the multiple cruxes. One to come back for
	26	★★★ Three Steps to Heaven - with Ryan, Lizzy	Sport 25m, 8	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Aidan Sarginson	Sun 22nd Oct 2023
Checking out the climb again: Crux 1: Don't know what to do Crux 2: Know what to do, can't do it Crux 3: Know what to do, can do it
	26	★★★ Three Steps to Heaven — 3 attempts - with Kiera Montgomery	Sport 25m, 8	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Aidan Sarginson	Sat 27th Jan 2024
Crux 1: Know what to do, can do it (thanks to finding a new foot & Kiera's suggestion of stepping though) Crux 2: Know what to do, can't do it (weak fingers) Crux 3: Know what to do, can do it
	26	★★★ Three Steps to Heaven	Sport 25m, 8	Waipapa		Rickles	Sun 7th Apr 2024
	26	★★★ Three Steps to Heaven	Sport 25m, 8	Waipapa		Clément	Sun 28th Apr 2024
	26	★★★ Three Steps to Heaven — 6 attempts - with Clément, AJ Lee, AJ	Sport 25m, 8	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Albie Thomas	Sun 28th Apr 2024
High point left hand in pocket by 5th (foot popped ) black point from start of 2nd crux. Amazing slab 100000/10
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	23	★ Popeye	Sport 30m, 11	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Chris Hailey	Sat 8th Jun 2019
Great bouldery bottom section, top needs a clean https://youtu.be/6Q2voRIscaI
	23	★ Popeye (Popeye P1) 1 23 13m lead by Thibaut	Sport 13m, 11	Waipapa	★ Good	Thibaut	Mon 25th Apr 2022
I really should have onsighted this… #2ndGo
	23	★ Popeye	Sport 30m, 11	Waipapa		Blair Johnston	Thu 5th Jan 2017
	23	★ Popeye P1 - with Alex Popinga, Andrew 1 13 Sport	Sport 13m, 11	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Alexei Drummond	Mon 5th Feb 2024
Very close to onsight. Came off in sea of lichen over the lip after the crux.
	23	★ Popeye P1 - with Alex Popinga, Andrew 1 13m Sport	Sport 13m, 11	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Alexei Drummond	Mon 5th Feb 2024
Flubbed the transition to slab
	23	★ Popeye P1 - with Alex Popinga, Andrew 1 13m Sport	Sport 13m, 11	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Alexei Drummond	Mon 5th Feb 2024
Red point #3rdGo Nice route!
	23 ~22	★ Popeye - with Kiera Montgomery	Sport 30m, 11	Waipapa	★ Good	Aidan Sarginson	Sat 2nd Mar 2024
It is significantly easier than any of the other 23s at Waipapa. Even at 22 it'll be on the softer side.
	23	★ Popeye	Sport 30m, 11	Waipapa		Jackevans	Tue 4th Jun 2024
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	22	★★ Seattle Rain - with Alex Popinga	Sport 13m, 5	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Alexei Drummond	Sun 24th Nov 2019
Working this one. Topped it out with a little detour onto Mortality
	22	★★ Fingers Crossed	Mixed trad 25m, 4	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Sam Lancaster	Sun 19th Jan 2020
This is a beautiful line with some great variation, the handcrack section is epic! Climbed the trad section and clipped the first bolt cleanly but was too pumped so rested on the bolt. I'd say the crux for me is moving left after clipping the bolt (I'm tall which helps with clipping before moving left). I worked/dogged most of the rest of the route as I was just too pumped and the crux is tricky. This is a nice project for me, being efficient through the trad section is important to avoid pump!
	22	★★ Fingers Crossed	Mixed trad 25m, 4	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Sam Lancaster	Sun 15th Mar 2020
Lead the trad section bit smoother this time, got to the first bolt again but failed at the crux. Worked the moves to the second bolt but couldn't quite get it. Warm conditions and just didn't have the stamina.
	22	★★ Fingers Crossed	Mixed trad 25m, 4	Waipapa		Thibaut	Sat 19th Dec 2020
	22	★★ Seattle Rain	Sport 13m, 5	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Thibaut	Fri 15th Apr 2022
Amazing route. Should be on everyone’s radar as a benchmark for that grade.
	22	★★ Seattle Rain - with Thibaut, Nathan	Sport 13m, 5	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Alexei Drummond	Fri 15th Apr 2022
Didn’t really engage try-hard mode. Probably needed a break after training yesterday. But this is a very nice route and at least I did all the moves
	22	★★ Seattle Rain - with Samuel Malan, Sam Turner, Nathan	Sport 13m, 5	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Marnus	Sun 17th Apr 2022
	22	★★ Seattle Rain	Sport 13m, 5	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Pak	Sat 13th Aug 2022
Small balance move
	22	★ Mortality P1 1 15 Sport #2ndGo	Sport 15m, 13	Waipapa	★ Good	Thibaut	Sun 16th Apr 2023
	22 ~23	★★ Seattle Rain — 2 attempts	Sport 13m, 5	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Pak	Sat 3rd Jun 2023
	22	★ Mortality	Sport 31m, 13	Waipapa		Blair Johnston	Tue 24th Feb 2015
	22	★★ Seattle Rain	Sport 13m, 5	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Matthew Seabright	Sun 12th Nov 2023
Tricky start section. Cool route.
	22 Hard	★★ Seattle Rain - with Kiera Montgomery	Sport 13m, 5	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Aidan Sarginson	Sat 2nd Mar 2024
Hard smearing. If this is 22 then Popeye is 21. Could even be soft 23 as Robin felt slightly easier than this.
	22	★ Mortality - with Kiera Montgomery	Sport 31m, 13	Waipapa	★ Good	Aidan Sarginson	Sat 2nd Mar 2024
Quality pitch. Would recommend doing the 2nd pitch if you're up there.
	17	★ Mortality 1 17 15m Sport Top pitch way too mossy, and due to confusion went the wrong way and ended up 8m to the left of the route 2 16m Sport	Sport 31m, 13	Waipapa		Dane Napier	Sun 5th May 2024
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	20	★★ Ben’s Big Day Out	Mixed trad 22m, 3	Waipapa	★ Good	Thibaut	Tue 22nd Dec 2020
Difficult climbing on dirty holds with average gear. At my very limit. Recommended for climbers who are already very confident climbing on gear at 20/21, and I guess I barely make the cut...
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	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Dan	Wed 18th Apr 2007
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	steve nicholson	Sun 1st Apr 2007
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★ Good	Jess Dobson	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	steve nicholson	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa		steve nicholson	Fri 18th May 2007
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Nicole	2009
a most do climb!
	18	★★★ The Arches - with Peter Ramage, Rachael Siohane-Royle	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Mega Classic	Zachary Brierley	Sun 11th Nov 2012
Seconded clean. Using the start as a dihedrala nd not a lay back makes it soooo much easier. Awesome climbing.
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	kenny	Thu 5th Jun 2014
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa	★ Good	kenny	Thu 5th Jun 2014
	18	★★★ The Arches - with Stephen Bailey	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	John Pitcairn	Sun 13th Jan 2013
I must have been on this before surely?
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Sam McEwan	Sun 21st Dec 2014
Getting onto the ledge was a struggle and a half. Apart from that, amazing.
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Mega Classic	james ritchie	Fri 2nd Jan 2015
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Tara	Fri 2nd Jan 2015
	18	★★★ The Arches - with shichang	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	John Pitcairn	Sun 13th Sep 2015
Following Lenka and ShiChang. Supposed to be a warmup but feelin' pretty tired. You can get 3 people up this by tying the second into the middle of a 60m rope.
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Evan Hudson	Wed 23rd Oct 2013
Start is way harder than 18. Possibly 20. Awesome climbing.
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit - with Caleb Hudson	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Evan Hudson	Thu 23rd Oct 2014
Really hard start. 21 start?
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Doug91	Thu 31st Dec 2015
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa		Doug91	Thu 31st Dec 2015
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Mega Classic	Dean Garner	2010
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa		Miles Mason Winther	Sun 25th Oct 2009
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa		Christian Gamst	Sun 18th Feb 2018
	19 18	★★★ The Arches - with Andrew Wilkinson	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Christian Richardson	Sat 8th Sep 2018
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit - with Andrew Wilkinson	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Christian Richardson	Sat 8th Sep 2018
	18	★★★ The Arches - with Gareth, Wez Wright	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	John Pitcairn	Sun 9th Sep 2018
Been a while. Clean and controlled. Nice top belaying in the sun. Prob not the best Waipapa intro for Matt.
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa		ChrisBlake	Sun 16th Sep 2018
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa		ChrisBlake	Sun 16th Sep 2018
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Christian Richardson	Sat 8th Sep 2018
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa		Adam H	Thu 11th Oct 2018
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa		Adam H	Thu 11th Oct 2018
	19	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Wez Wright	Tue 30th Oct 2018
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa		John Pitcairn	Sat 10th Nov 2018
Not the best choice for first route of the day. Interesting but considerably harder than 18 start, sat a couple of times, eventually got to the crack fingerlocks, couldn't pull up above to get my feet onto the slab before 3rd bolt. Downclimbed and cleaned. Might consider a ball nut next time.
	18	★★★ The Arches - with Shaun Brown	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa		Sam Brien	Sat 8th Dec 2018
	18	★★★ The Arches - with Charlie	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Sam Lancaster	Sun 23rd Dec 2018
Wicked climb. I suck at crack climbing so struggled with the first few bolts. Interesting varied climbing.
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa	★ Good	Sam Lancaster	Sat 2nd Mar 2019
Pretty hard lower section with some thin feet. Took a couple of falls (grating myself in the process) and several rests working out how to get up to 3rd bolt, much easier once I worked out the right way to go. There is a loose block on the right at the bottom which I avoided weighting. Much easier ground after 3rd bolt. Not recomended as a warm up!
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Chris Hailey	Sat 8th Jun 2019
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Chris Hailey	Sat 8th Jun 2019
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Mega Classic	Travis Rangi	Sat 22nd Jun 2019
	18	★★★ The Arches - with Hannah Rose	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Kris Penn	Sun 8th Sep 2019
First climb in NZ couldn't work out the pockets brilliant climb shouldn't have burnt the onsight on this one
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Thibaut	Fri 4th Oct 2019
	20 18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa	★ Good	Thibaut	Fri 4th Oct 2019
	18	★★★ The Arches - with Alexei Drummond	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Alex Popinga	Sat 23rd Nov 2019
Super fun, deserves its * * * rating! Up the crack at the start, shifting hands upward and smearing feet against slick face (the feet follow the hands on this one - opposite of the advice I was given for "Easy Lay" haha). I try to wedge my left foot into the crack as I go for a little extra purchase, too (dunno if helps really). I actually moved onto the face after clipping 2nd bolt, grabbing little chalked chip/pocket with right hand and then putting right foot into little pocket too, stemming with left foot against side of other face, moving left hand into little slopey pockets on face too. After that it gets easier, with better and better holds for both hands and feet, as you go diagonally up/right and then fully horizontal to the right. Eventually there is a beautiful juggy flake just above each bolt as you shift along the long traverse. I kept ensuring I found solid feet to keep the pump at bay, and the only pump I felt was in my feet! Haha. The mantle onto the belay ledge was fine with the help of a high right heel hook
	18	★★★ The Arches - with Alex Popinga	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Alexei Drummond	Sat 23rd Nov 2019
This is a really nice climb. But I screwed up my flash attempt moving onto the face after the 3rd bolt. I got stuck and called for a take. Bad day confirmed. Did the rest of this long traverse cleanly including the mantle. One take hangdog Don't try to clean this one on the way down! It should probably be cleaned on the way up by a second on top-rope. It took me ages to clean it on the way down and it was a bit scary when I was tired and trying to redirect through the anchors of another climb. I realised almost too late that a big swing was possible just before I got my end of the rope in.
	18	★★★ The Arches - with glenda rowlands	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Nick Boldt	Sat 9th Nov 2019
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa	★ Good	Janne Antikainen	Sun 1st Dec 2019
Didnt quite get how to do the start right. I had two falls just after the wider crack. Managed to eventually figure the move over the next section.
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Raenee Wilson	Tue 24th Dec 2019
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa	Average	Raenee Wilson	Tue 24th Dec 2019
	18	★★★ The Arches - with Eric Horn	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Andy Baird	Mon 30th Dec 2019
	18	★★★ The Arches - with Andy Baird	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Eric Horn	Mon 30th Dec 2019
Loved it! Walrus-mantled to the finish
	18	★★★ The Arches - with Joyce kwong	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa		Justin Wimmer	Thu 11th Jun 2020
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit - with Joyce kwong	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa		Justin Wimmer	Thu 11th Jun 2020
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Joyce	Thu 11th Jun 2020
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa	Average	Joyce	Thu 11th Jun 2020
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa		Ian Mckinney	Fri 11th Sep 2020
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Reece Deacon	Sun 13th Oct 2019
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa		Steven Cox	Tue 26th Nov 2019
One fall right at first bolt, for leanbacking keep feet nice and high. Guide wrong about draws, 9 to mid belay (perma draws), 5 for traverse.
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa		Steven Cox	Tue 26th Nov 2019
Off shared mid achor, crux getting out of crack, easy beyond.
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa		Adam H	Sat 22nd Feb 2020
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa		Adam H	Sat 22nd Feb 2020
	18	★★★ The Arches	Sport 35m, 13	Waipapa	★★★ Classic	Joyce	Sat 28th Nov 2020
Just as good as I remembered. Probably the best 18 I've ever done! Exciting layback sequence up to the third bolt, rock is pretty slippy under the first bolt so I'd probably have first clipped before starting, helps to lean into the other wall too with the shoulders/hips. Then really beautiful, cruisy traverse across and up to the anchors.
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa	Average	Joyce	Sat 28th Nov 2020
Short people beta warning: once you leave the crack, pull on the super high left hand pocket, hoping the left foot smear doesn't fail, right hand jam changes to a gaston situation and match the right foot up to it. Then haul! Lower part is fun with jamming involved - the crux is getting out of the crack onto the face. Then the upper part is mostly good, with one little traverse that's a little thin.
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa		Simon	Tue 15th Dec 2020
	19 18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa	★ Good	Thibaut	Tue 15th Dec 2020
Repeat. Hard to grade as it’s just that one hard section around grade 20-21 while the rest is pretty cruisy. 18 still feels stiff though...
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit - with Alex Popinga	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Alexei Drummond	Fri 18th Dec 2020
First go. Flash attempt failed after third bolt. Then went to top.
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit - with Alex Popinga	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Alexei Drummond	Fri 18th Dec 2020
Second go. Same place. Depressing.
	18	★ Gauche mais pas Maladroit - with Alex Popinga	Sport 20m, 10	Waipapa	★★ Very Good	Alexei Drummond	Fri 18th Dec 2020
Redpoint. This was the first time I needed more than one go on an 18 in 2020! Well I am not quite an 18 climber yet But at least I learned how to finger lock and foot jam today

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