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15 ★ Gopher Unknown 15m Coffs Harbour Sun 28th May 2006
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21 ★★ Airtime Over Pumicestone - with sgodwin Mixed trad 250m, 24 Mt Tibrogargan Sun 4th Nov 2012
The first pitch isn't inspiring but from half way through the second until the very end it's high quality fun all the way. Scott lead most of it while I lead the crux pitch.

  
22 ★★★ Pole Dancer - with Chris L, Pat Kirby, Tim Kirby, Fabien Mixed trad 40m, 12 Cape Raoul ★★★ Mega Classic Sat 24th Jan 2015
Utter mega classic. 3rd time lucky, the route is great even without the location, but certainly one of the best routes I've ever climbed. Rest at crux on 7th bolt and pumped out again at the mantle onto the top

  
22 ★★★ Pole Dancer - with Chris L Mixed trad 40m, 12 Cape Raoul Fri 2nd Jan 2015
Lead the easy first pitch with minimal pro. Then waited at the base for the other party to finish for ages. Got very cold as the winds built up and eventually decided to bail and very glad we did.

  
25 ★★★ The Free Route (The Free Route P2) - with Will Monks
2
Mixed trad 65m, 8 Fortescue Bay ★★★ Mega Classic Wed 22nd Jan 2014
Climbing is great, alternating crimp sets then good rests. Got super pumped after a fall on the crux and then numb jelly arms from then on.

  
24 ★★★ Deep Play - with Will Monks Mixed trad 20m, 6 Fortescue Bay ★★★ Mega Classic Wed 22nd Jan 2014
While belaying Will up, would attempt to dodge waves smashing the north wall and shooting up vertically well over my head. Stayed mostly dry until I pulled on and got my first 'deep play enema'. Aiding up wet rock using a 2m sling off the first bolt, then after drying feet easier to ledge. Fingers completely numb, climbing zombie style

  
18 ★★★ Innocence Mixed trad 25m, 5 Upper Gara Gorge ★★★ Classic Sun 28th May 2006
23 ★ Ego Mixed trad 20m, 5 Kangaroo Point ★ Good Wed 5th Dec 2012
Anchors we're down the slab a little so not a proper tick. The last slab move is hard, the rest of the route is probably 5 grades easier.

  
18 ★★★ Innocence - with Hamish Caddy Mixed trad 25m, 5 Upper Gara Gorge ★★★ Classic Sat 2nd May 2009
18 ★★★ Innocence - with Blue Mountains Orangutan Mixed trad 25m, 5 Upper Gara Gorge ★★★ Classic Sun 16th Jul 2023
So good, a couple spicy moves still but its all there

  
20 ★★ Rites Of Passage - with Michael Moore
1 Trad

Rapped in and scrubbed what I thought was the line. Got to second bolt and ventured right into nothing, footer broke and fell. Jugged up the rap line and did some lichen archaeology and found the real line and then resumed from the second bolt clean to the top. The crux is start of the arete at the 4th bolt and pretty happy to flash the real line. Honestly tempted to log the whole route as a flash just to see if @best_of_thecrag pulls me up on it

2 Trad

Kept going up this stellar hand crack as a single pitch.

Mixed trad 45m, 5 Upper Gara Gorge ★★★ Classic Sat 23rd Mar 2024
This one has been on the list for ages and I should have done it years ago, its one of the best routes in the gorge! It climbs well and it's in a top spot

  
17 ★ Modern Electrics Mixed trad 15m, 4 Ebor Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
21 Leaving on your Mind Mixed trad 20m, 4 Upper Gara Gorge Wed 30th Dec 2020
17 ★ Modern Electrics - with Hannah Smart, Nari Mixed trad 15m, 4 Ebor Gorge Sat 29th Jul 2017
21 ★★ Headbanger - with Ben Vincent Mixed trad 15m, 4 Ebor Gorge ★★★ Classic Mon 4th Jun 2018
I'm gonna make the bold call that this is one of the best routes I've done at Ebor. Feel like a sports route relocated from a completely different crag. Worlds apart from Tough customer in grade and style

  
16 ★★ A Dash of Loneliness - with Michael Moore Mixed trad 20m, 4 Upper Gara Gorge ★★ Very Good Sun 10th Sep 2023
Cruisy and flowly and a delight, just like impunity but more consistent. A #3 works in the first horizontal but a #4 is better

  
19 ★★ When the Levee Breaks - with Ben Vincent Mixed trad 20m, 4 Point Perpendicular ★★ Very Good Fri 13th Jan 2023
17 ★ Modern Electrics - with Benji Dutaillis, Todd Free, Katrina Mixed trad 15m, 4 Ebor Gorge ★ Good Sat 10th Apr 2021
The spicy finish never gets old

  
26 The Proverbial - with Ben Vincent Mixed trad 15m, 4 Ebor Gorge Fri 28th Jun 2019
Belayed Ben on this and we bailed on second bolt

  
20 ★★ Ilean Mixed trad 15m, 3 Ebor Gorge Tue 11th Jul 2006
20 ★★ Sucking Faces Mixed trad 15m, 3 Ebor Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
17 ★ Yuppie Mixed trad 18m, 3 Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
16 ★ Svea Mixed trad 10m, 3 Upper Gara Gorge ★★ Very Good Sat 8th Jun 2002
20 ★★ Sucking Faces - with Amy O'Toole Mixed trad 15m, 3 Ebor Gorge ★★ Very Good Sat 5th Sep 2015
Love this classic

  
25 ★★★ Picnic at Hanging Rock - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy Mixed trad 10m, 3 Upper Gara Gorge ★★★ Classic Sat 31st Oct 2015
Utterly frothing over this! Tried this a bunch over the years - the last time was at least a decade ago. Alan Ezzy worked it out, then Ben Vincent did it smoothly, then I went up with no (or low?) expectations, pulled on easily, forgot to unclip, unclipped mid crux statically, chilled out then moved smoothly through the awkward bit to the top rope. I've been so shut down on this before and I couldn't be happier. Probably should have done it again on lead like the others but stoked regardless.

 
20 ★★ Ilean - with Hannah Smart, Nari Mixed trad 15m, 3 Ebor Gorge ★★★ Classic Sat 29th Jul 2017
Really dig this

  
15 ★★★ Impunity - with Blue Mountains Orangutan Mixed trad 20m, 3 Upper Gara Gorge ★★★ Classic Sun 16th Jul 2023
Fun and flowy, fairly consistent and a great warm up for Innocence in a similar style

  
17 ★ Keystone corruption - with Noah Craven Mixed trad 15m, 3 Upper Gara Gorge Average Sat 23rd Sep 2023
I was originally going to do the real easy far right zig zag but got a bit sketched by the levitating arch. It seems solid but I definitely won't be putting gear near it. The move onto the slab is interesting but it's over too quick and the grassy ledge section at the top out is not ideal.

  
19 ★★ Springer - with Noah Craven Mixed trad 15m, 3 Upper Gara Gorge ★★ Very Good Sat 23rd Sep 2023
The boulder start to this is really cool

  
21 Easy ★★ Capstone Project - with Simon Porter, Ben Vincent Mixed trad 15m, 3 Upper Gara Gorge ★★ Very Good Fri 24th Nov 2023
Lots of mental rehearsal. Once you commit and get into it it’s not too bad, holds are pretty juggy and the mantle is probably technically the crux.

  
16 ★ Svea - with Scott Camps, Vaschka Koboroff Mixed trad 10m, 3 Upper Gara Gorge ★★ Very Good Sun 16th Jun 2019
Love this, but the start is nails for a 16

  
20 ★★ Ilean - with Benji Dutaillis, Todd Free, Katrina Mixed trad 15m, 3 Ebor Gorge ★★★ Classic Sat 10th Apr 2021
I really love this route, flows well

  
19 ★ Unknown face - with Ben Vincent, Richard Curtis, Alex, Carol, Iliane Beuke, Narelle Mixed trad 12m, 3 Ebor Gorge Sun 26th Jul 2015
Mostly onsight with a few stops to do some gardening. Face moves are nice once clean

  
21 Easy ★★ Capstone Project - with Noah Craven Mixed trad 15m, 3 Upper Gara Gorge ★★★ Classic Sat 23rd Sep 2023
Working and aided the moves

  
21 Easy ★★ Capstone Project - with Simon Porter Mixed trad 15m, 3 Upper Gara Gorge ★★ Very Good Sun 15th Oct 2023
Route was naturally a bit dirty again, takes slight bit of shine off. Progress was made. Route is in shade until 10am

  
21 Easy ★★ Capstone Project - with Ben Vincent Mixed trad 15m, 3 Upper Gara Gorge ★★ Very Good Fri 1st Dec 2023
Did the traverse fine and then gassed myself on the mantle. Needed to just get much deeper and palm up and fight a bit more. Don't think my commitment level was the same with time limit and heat. I think I was expecting it to feel a lot easier the second time round.

  
25 ★★★ Picnic at Hanging Rock - with Michael Moore Mixed trad 10m, 3 Upper Gara Gorge ★★★ Classic Fri 29th Apr 2022
Glad Michael made me get back on this, super stoked to get the 3rd bolt on the first go. Worked the top a bit and got the second crux, didn't do the top slab.

  
21 ★★ Wired World of Sport Mixed trad 10m, 2 Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
21 ★ Faith Mixed trad 20m, 2 Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
21 Funky Homo Aretus Mixed trad 10m, 2 Upper Gara Gorge Sat 8th Jun 2002
17 ★★ Bovine Mixed trad 12m, 2 Upper Gara Gorge 2005
18 ★★★ Sacred Site - with Tim and Pat and Max Mixed trad 30m, 2 Fortescue Bay ★★★ Mega Classic Sun 12th Jan 2014
Finally after 2 years got back and finished business. No storms in sight this time

  
24 ★★ New Blue Dress - with carol lee Mixed trad 10m, 2 Ebor Gorge ★★ Very Good Sat 29th Jul 2017
No grunting, clean. Was keen to have a red point attempt but got distracted

  
24 ★★ Heaving Falcons - with Ben Vincent Mixed trad 15m, 2 Upper Gara Gorge ★★ Very Good Wed 1st Aug 2018
Utterly stoked to second this clean, one of the hardest brawls I've had with a route. The first layback gets you warm quickly. Was able to rest properly this time in the first roof, busted across and then managed to find an almost comfortable full lie down rest with a knee bar holding me in. Pulled the lip expecting to pop and just held on breathing hard and trying to slow down for the rest. Just lay down for 5 mins at the top trying to breath and not dry retch

  
18 ★★★ Eurydice - with Ben Vincent Mixed trad 65m, 2 Arapiles ★★★ Classic Tue 13th Aug 2019
On pitch 1 had a little fun fishing out one of bens big cams which was in deep and I couldn't quite get my chest in deep enough to release it. The move over the lip to the midway ledge is cool. Ben started up the second pitch on dusk and I went up by headlamp

  
18 ★★★ Sacred Site - with Ben Vincent, Iliane Beuke Mixed trad 30m, 2 Fortescue Bay ★★★ Mega Classic Sun 8th Feb 2015
Cruisy! Only put in 3 bits of gear, a bit windy at the start but awesome cool conditions considering it was forecast to be 28

  
16 ★ Eat The Meat Mixed trad 10m, 2 Coffs Harbour Sat 6th Jan 2007
21 ★★ Destructive Wombats - with Ben Vincent Mixed trad 20m, 2 Point Perpendicular ★★★ Classic Fri 13th Jan 2023
Super fun! I think this might be my fav route of the day, the second half of pockety goodness is bouldery and very happy to pick my way through the swiss cheese

  
19 ★ Don't Chew The Fat Mixed trad 10m, 2 Coffs Harbour Sat 6th Jan 2007
20 ★★ Bounty's Revenge Mixed trad 15m, 2 Coffs Harbour Sat 6th Jan 2007
24 ★★ New Blue Dress - with Nari Mixed trad 10m, 2 Ebor Gorge ★★ Very Good Sat 29th Jul 2017
Made some quality grunting noises

  
24 ★★ Roof crack project - with Ben Vincent Mixed trad 15m, 2 Upper Gara Gorge ★★ Very Good Sat 21st Jul 2018
Wow! The chossy start is a little off-putting but this thing is great quality after that. The traverse is good, the roof crack is great, pulling the lip is an utterly sick move getting almost inverted, and the sustained offwidth after that is just plain sickening I laybacked most of the offwidth cause that's how I roll, but it burnt me out, when I finally dragged my arse over top I wanted to chuck. Rope drag was bad, needs lots of long slings.

  
23 ★★★ Lean Cuisine - with Benji Dutaillis Mixed trad 7m, 2 Upper Gara Gorge ★★★ Classic Mon 8th Jun 2020
I'd forgotten how good this route is, perfect rock, big dyno move (couldn't make it) or alternate left sequence

  
21 ★★ Wired World of Sport - with Todd Free, Denni Heywood, Mark, Alex, Peter, Jonas, a ton of kids Mixed trad 10m, 2 Upper Gara Gorge Sun 11th Jun 2023
Really dogged this and had to aid to the last bolt. Surely something has ripped off, the start is great but then getting to the sloper ledge is either a big dyno, or a massive ape span, or off super minging sharp crimps. Second bolt isn't in the best position.

  
24 ★★ New Blue Dress - with Benji Dutaillis, Todd Free Mixed trad 10m, 2 Ebor Gorge ★★ Very Good Sat 10th Apr 2021
Had a dangle on top rope, always feels crazy hard and takes a few goes to re-figure out the sequence

  
24 ★★ Heaving Falcons - with Benji Dutaillis, Ben Vincent Mixed trad 15m, 2 Upper Gara Gorge ★★ Very Good Mon 24th Jan 2022
Arvo mission mostly doing support. Bloody hot so mostly hunkered in the shade until dusk when I wasn't belaying. Yoyo lead the first section ok but a bit flash pumped. Traverse wore me down, and the roof just felt totally impossible. Jumared out and then ruined myself hauling gear and belaying Ben up on horrendous drag

  
19 ★ Going Steady Mixed trad 15m, 1 Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
17 Eeor's Tail Mixed trad 12m, 1 Coffs Harbour Sun 28th May 2006
21 ★ Poetic Justice Mixed trad 10m, 1 Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
23 ★★ Chocolate Barbarian Mixed trad 15m, 1 Ebor Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
18 ★★ Layabout/Going Steady Connection Mixed trad 18m, 1 Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
21 ★ Don't Get Cute Mixed trad 18m, 1 Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
21 ★★ Pork Orgy - with Ben Vincent, Iliane Beuke, Richard Curtis, Alan Ezzy, Amy O'Toole, carol lee Mixed trad 15m, 1 Kaputar Sat 11th Jun 2016
15 ★ Swinebeater Mixed trad 10m, 1 Upper Gara Gorge 2005
17 Blow by Blow - with Liam Jackson Mixed trad 18m, 1 Frog Buttress Sat 19th May 2007
14 ★★ Zip wire - with Andrew Woolley, Georgie, Callum, Simon Porter Mixed trad 5m, 1 Upper Gara Gorge Sat 5th Nov 2022
19 Larry The Leisurely Lounge Lizard Mixed trad 15m, 1 Coffs Harbour Sat 6th Jan 2007
21 ★★★ Kachoong - with Ben Vincent Mixed trad 25m, 1 Arapiles ★★★ Mega Classic Fri 16th Aug 2019
At this stage I believed I'd lost my camera on either Lamplighter or bouldering somewhere, and either way we didn't have an extra photographer so we weren't really expecting to come away with the clichéd money shot. So when we hooked up with Jose, William and Winnie it worked out awesomely, thanks a ton to William for the shots. As Ben started up it started raining, he was moving fast and only put gear in at the roof. I had thought I'd be cleaning it, but I ended up placing more gear on second so the others could lead on that after me. New tick type?? The whole route is great not just the roof - and despite the glory jug at the lip being a puddle which just made it more memorable!

  
17 ★★★ Little Red Riding Hood - with Ben Vincent Mixed trad 25m, 1 Point Perpendicular ★★★ Classic Fri 13th Jan 2023
Very cruisy fun with a nice finish

  
14 ★★ Zip wire Mixed trad 5m, 1 Upper Gara Gorge Thu 1st Sep 2022
Really cool rock features

  
14 ★ Deep Water - with Ben Vincent, Iliane Beuke, Richard Curtis, Alan Ezzy, Amy O'Toole, carol lee Trad 15m Kaputar Sat 11th Jun 2016
17 ★★ Guided Missile - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy Trad 80m Kaputar ★★ Very Good Sun 12th Jun 2016
I lead 2nd pitch, scary looking collapsed column to climb through

  
14 ★★★ Lamplighter - with Ben Vincent
1 10 30m lead by Brendan Heywood
2 14 30m lead by Ben Vincent
3 13 18m lead by Brendan Heywood
Trad 78m Arapiles ★★★ Classic Wed 14th Aug 2019
I'd been slightly off ever since I left home, felt worse this morning and you know it's bad when a grade 10 knocks you around

Second pitch was great though as soon as I got warmed up, and the chimney finish was right up my alley, weird semi-caving stuff

  
21 ★★ Chewin Fat With The Paleo Brat - with Ben Vincent, carol lee Trad 20m Ebor Gorge Fri 28th Jun 2019
Gave Ben a catch on this. Jeez this is nail biting even as the belayer, marginal gear, technical, loose in parts. Ben fought it valiantly for maybe 45 mins and then unzipped from the top then we bailed.

  
22 ★★ Inertia Trad 10m Upper Gara Gorge Wed 30th Dec 2020
I've been on this a couple times on top rope and lead but I don't think it was prior to the route changing. I have a feeling there is two distinct routes, the original where the bolts are and the obvious crack a few meters left

  
22 ★★ Inertia - with Volodymyr K, Michael Moore, Laura Price, Bryn Norris Trad 10m Upper Gara Gorge ★★ Very Good Sat 30th Apr 2022
First time I've been on the 'real' inertia, always been confused by the bolts. This route is quality. Take care to extend gear over the sharper lips to save your rope. Was lightly raining, the cross through move at the lip shut me down and was a bit rushed to spend time working it.

  
16 ★★ Hope Trad 25m Upper Gara Gorge ★ Good Sat 11th Jul 1998
13 ★★★ Snakeskin Flake Trad 70m Moonbi slabs ★★ Very Good Sun 29th Apr 2007
15 ★ And So It Goes Trad 20m Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
14 ★★ Action - with Gretta Axelsen Trad 150m Dangars Gorge ★★★ Classic Sun 28th May 2006
Sam tooks photos, on flickr

  
15 ★ Seizure Trad 14m Ebor Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
17 ★ The Joker Trad 12m Ebor Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
8 Pink Freud Trad 10m Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
13 ★ Illusion Trad 15m Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
14 ★★ Charity Trad 20m Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
16 ★★ Reunion Alternate Finish Trad 20m Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
3 ★ Epileptic Chimney Trad 10m Ebor Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
22 ★★ Fury Trad 8m Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
14 Interlude Trad 10m Ebor Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
15 ★★ All the Young Punks Trad 25m Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
6 ★ Staircase Chimney Trad 15m Ebor Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
14 Layabout Variant Trad 25m Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
14 Jail Bait Trad 30m Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
17 ★★ Submission Trad 15m Ebor Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
13 ★ Shooting Star Trad 8m Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
18 ★ Anticipation Trad 20m Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
13 ★ Snakes and Ladders Trad 15m Ebor Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
12 ★ Expiry Date Trad 10m Upper Gara Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
15 ★ The Removalist Trad 15m Ebor Gorge Sun 28th May 2006
20 ★★ Bombay Duck Trad 15m Ebor Gorge Sun 28th May 2006

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