Grade | Route | Gear style | Quality | |||
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Mon 27th May 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Memory Lane | ||||||
23 | ★★★ Walking Wounded | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Absolutely delightful movement on perfect rock. Somewhat bold start aswell
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Mon 13th May 2024 - Morialta | ||||||
The Boulder Bridge | ||||||
24 | ★★ Extra G Connection | 17m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | |||
16 | ★★★ Muesli | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sun 5th May 2024 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle | ||||||
18 | ★★ Aardvark | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Cleaning up some old pink points
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Sun 28th Apr 2024 - Arapiles | ||||||
Voodoo Area New Image Wall | ||||||
22 | ★ Blackguard | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
18 | ★★ Crooked Mile | 20m | ||||
Spicy start
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Sun 28th Apr 2024 - Arapiles | ||||||
Voodoo Area Rats Alley | ||||||
19 R | ★★ Rats Alley | 25m, 1 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Delightful
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Sun 28th Apr 2024 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Uncle Charlie | ||||||
30 | ★★★ Ethiopia | 30m, 3 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Magical. After falling numerous times on the rockover last year it was nice to come back and get it done relatively quickly this season, absolutely classic!
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Thu 25th Apr 2024 - Onkaparinga | ||||||
Red Cliff Main Wall - Lust sector | ||||||
24 | ★★ Mic Drop | 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really cool, got a bit scared on the ground up attempt but dialled it in next shot. Burly boulder with a spicy exit high above your last piece
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Sun 21st Apr 2024 - Arapiles | ||||||
Bluffs Bluff Major Bluff Major North Face | ||||||
26 |
★★★ Anxiety Neurosis P1
1
| 27m, 4 | ||||
So sick! I found the crux really quite hard
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Sun 21st Apr 2024 - Arapiles | ||||||
Pilot Error Cliffs Kryptonite Krack Area | ||||||
23 | ★★ Kryptonite Krack | 14m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Classy
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Sat 6th Apr 2024 - Arapiles | ||||||
Bushranger Bluff Main Wall | ||||||
24 | ★ Repo Man | 25m | ★ Good | |||
Guiding
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Mon 1st Apr 2024 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Right Preludes Wall | ||||||
19 | ★ Rosy Shy | 35m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Mon 1st Apr 2024 - Arapiles | ||||||
Far North PB Gully | ||||||
19 | ★ Tangent | 20m | ||||
23 | ★★ PB | 23m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great hidden gem
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Sun 24th Mar 2024 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Right Dreadnought Gully | ||||||
22 | ★★ Dreadnought Variant | 12m | ★★★ Classic | |||
So nice, classic moves on great rock
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Sun 24th Mar 2024 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Back Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ Braindrops | ★★ Very Good | ||||
A feisty little bulge indeed. 2nd pitch would be much better if it cleaned up a bit
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Sun 24th Mar 2024 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds Pharos Gully Spellbinder Area | ||||||
17 | ★★ Spellbinder | 27m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Cute
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Sun 8th Oct 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Front Wall and West Face | ||||||
12 | ★★ Hurricane Lamp Cracks | 120m | ||||
Sun 8th Oct 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
15 R | ★ Fiddle | 30m | ||||
Sun 8th Oct 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ The Wraith | 35m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Thin and delicate, great line. Some tricky sequences above small gear.
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17 | ★★ Dirge | 85m | ★★ Very Good | |||
The boys tricked me into thinking it was 14, safe to say it felt a bit tough... great fun up the top flake
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17 | ★★ Discord Direct | 25m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Skipped the bolts for a bit more fun, great route
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Sat 30th Sep 2023 - Waitpinga | ||||||
Cephalopod Wall | ||||||
23 | ★★ True North | 27m | ||||
Oh so good, just want you want out of a long slab pitch. Techy, sustained, thought provoking and plenty of droppable moves.
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Sun 10th Sep 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds Pharos Gully Ethereal Buttress | ||||||
18 | ★ Whacky-Did | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Cool crux sequence
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18 | ★ Today | 15m | ||||
Delightful
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21 | ★★ Ethereal | 20m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Much more fun on the pointy end
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Sat 9th Sep 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds Yesterday Gully Lower Gully | ||||||
22 | ★★ Ephemeral Direct Finish | 22m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great route, just enough gear where you need it
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Thu 31st Aug 2023 - Norton Summit | ||||||
The Cave | ||||||
23 | ★ Peregrine Pitch Two | 14m | ||||
Good training for kalymnos?
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Sun 16th Jul 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae Agamemnon Area | ||||||
11 | ★★★ Agamemnon | 40m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Sun 16th Jul 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Front Wall and West Face | ||||||
8 | ★★ Spiral Staircase | 100m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Downclimb
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10 | ★★ The Shroud | 120m | ★ Good | |||
Sun 16th Jul 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Uncle Charlie | ||||||
30 | ★★★ Ethiopia | 30m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
A dog I’m pretty happy with, fell on the crux rock over twice with my hand on the good pinch. So close.
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Sat 8th Jul 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Uncle Charlie | ||||||
16 | ★★ Coming on Chris | 25m | ||||
Afternoon delight
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Wed 5th Jul 2023 - Warren Gorge | ||||||
18 | ★ Pestilence | 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Cute
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18 | ★★ Lepus Offus | 15m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fun!
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Mon 3rd Jul 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Kitten Wall Area Kitten Wall | ||||||
12 | ★★ Cheshire Cat | 22m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Delightful
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Sat 1st Jul 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
9 | ★★ Conifer Crack | 80m | ★ Good | |||
Sat 1st Jul 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle | ||||||
20 | ★★ Cadenza | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Unsung gem
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Sat 1st Jul 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall & Toccata Wall | ||||||
20 | ★★★ Tannin Direct | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great fun, would be 3 stars anywhere else
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Mon 8th May 2023 - Norton Summit | ||||||
The Cave | ||||||
15 | ★★ AUMC Route DF | |||||
Everything you want in a good adventure, choss, dirt and bird poop with the occasional bit of fun climbing. The top stem corner is totally wild and must be one of the most exposed positions in the hills
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Thu 20th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Central Organ Pipes | ||||||
11 | ★★ Piccolo | 33m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Wed 19th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Right Dunes Buttress | ||||||
13 | ★★ Dunes Direct | 100m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Mon 17th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Dog Face | ||||||
18 | ★★ Jackal | 25m | ||||
Good fun jamming, a bigger cam would've been nice for the top half
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Sun 16th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Voodoo Area Voodoo Buttress | ||||||
20 | ★★ Wasp | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
21 | ★★ Aussie Logic | 23m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great fun, bolts are sticking out a bit
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Sun 16th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face | ||||||
20 | ★★ Fly Lichen Eagle | 90m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Led 1st pitch
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20 R | ★★ Gollum | 60m | ★★★ Classic | |||
So bloody good. Climbed as one mega pitch for full value, epic position
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Sat 15th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Moby Dick Pinnacle | ||||||
17 | ★★ Moby Dick | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Sat 15th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Hellspite Wall | ||||||
22 | ★★ Hellspite | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Feisty little number. Got spat off placing gear before the crux, figured it out and managed to scrape up it 2nd shot.
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Thu 13th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae Muldoon Area | ||||||
25 | ★★ Fail Safe | 18m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
Felt desperate. 2nd go
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Wed 12th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Atridae Agamemnon Area | ||||||
22 | ★★ Collision Course | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Cooool
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24 | ★★ Female Friends | 27m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great fun, wanted to do for a while. Was stoked to go up placing the gear
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Tue 11th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Brick Wall | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Squeakeasy | 30m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Took a huge whinger off this years ago, was nice to finally come back and do it. Didn't feel much easier and was definitely fighting the pump near the top. Thought the gear was all really good it just took a bit of hanging around and getting pumped to sort out
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19 | ★★ Quisling | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sun 9th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
King Rat Area King Rat Gully Skydiver Wall | ||||||
23 | ★★ Beside Myself | 30m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fun, exciting top
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22 | ★ Spasticus Autisticus | 17m, 3 | ||||
22 | ★★ Easy Does It | 12m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
22 | ★★ Free Admission | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sun 9th Apr 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
King Rat Area King Rat Gully Right Fork | ||||||
18 | ★★ King Rat | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fun, a lot more pleasant than it looks
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Sun 26th Mar 2023 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre | ||||||
Taipan Wall - North | ||||||
29 | ★★★ Serpentine | 75m, 11 | ||||
Wow wow wow, need to quit my job and come back.
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Fri 24th Mar 2023 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre | ||||||
Taipan Wall - North | ||||||
25 | ★★ Divided Years | 16m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great little gem in a wild position. The groove is awesome but unfortunately fairly short
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Mon 20th Mar 2023 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre | ||||||
Taipan Wall - North | ||||||
22 | ★★★ The Seventh Pillar LHV (Consumer Version) | 25m | ||||
With Patrick's gear in. Good fun up the flake feature!
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25 R | ★★★ Medusa | 35m, 3 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Absolutely fantastic, 2nd go. Long varied pitch with a pretty cool crux! Not sure why it gets an R, the runout really isn't all that bad
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Sun 19th Mar 2023 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre | ||||||
Taipan Wall - North | ||||||
23 | ★★ The Seventh Banana Pitch 1 | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fun!
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8 | ★ Mission Over Tokyo Gunigalg Gully Connection | 50m | ||||
Retrieving a stuck abseil rope.. good fun however
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23 M1 | ★★★ Dance of Life Clean Sweep Connection | 45m, 1 | ||||
Amazing! Was intending to do dance of life but opted to finish up this instead! Great long pitch that would get 3 stars anywhere else, nothing too hard but was definitely fighting the whole way. With a long stick clip the aid faff isn't too bad and is fine from the ground so don't let it put you off!
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Mon 13th Mar 2023 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre | ||||||
Taipan Wall - North | ||||||
26 | ★★★ Father Oblivion | 52m, 7 | ||||
Had it in the bag then my finger tip decided to explode on the sharp crimp sending me plummeting into the sky. One to come back for
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Sun 12th Mar 2023 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre | ||||||
Taipan Wall - North | ||||||
20 |
★★ Ukrainian Geranium
1
2
| 45m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great route, got pretty gripped on the 2nd pitch corner trying to fiddle in rps but it ended up being easy enough haha
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Sat 11th Mar 2023 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre | ||||||
Taipan Wall - North | ||||||
21 | ★★ Sirocco Pitch 1 | 20m, 1 | ||||
Good fun jugging
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Sat 11th Mar 2023 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre | ||||||
Grey and Green Walls The Green Wall | ||||||
22 |
★★★ The Navigator
1
19
20m
2
22
40m
3
20
20m
4
15
15m
5
19
25m
| 120m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Bloody good, some wild positions on pitch 3. Linked 3&4 but it ended up being a bit of a rope drag nightmare haha
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Sun 5th Mar 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Back Wall | ||||||
14 | ★★★ Lamplighter | 78m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Sun 5th Mar 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Golden Fleece Wall | ||||||
11 | ★★ Pedro | 36m | ||||
Delightful
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18 | ★★ Golden Fleece | 35m | ||||
Pleasant indeed
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Sun 5th Feb 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Front Wall and West Face | ||||||
17 |
★★★ Oceanoid P1
1
17
45m
| 45m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Lived up to the hype despite being slightly wet, will return for the 2nd when it isn't a waterfall
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Sun 5th Feb 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Uncle Charlie | ||||||
28 | ★★ The Great Escape | 20m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
One hard sequence down low, the top half is classic with some kneebar funkery. Next time! Doesn't seem soft, but most likely I'm just soft...
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Sun 5th Feb 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos The French Crack Area | ||||||
17 | ★★ French Crack | 11m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Little ripper!
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Sun 5th Feb 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Death Row Pinnacle | ||||||
23 | ★★★ Birdman of Alcatraz | 30m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Misread the slightly runout crux sequence and took a sizeable lob, at least falling onto doubles is comfy. Can't win them all haha, I'll get back on it soon enough
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Sun 5th Feb 2023 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Front Wall and West Face | ||||||
20 | ★★★ Five Fingered Mary | 110m | ||||
A grand old time, don't listen to the haters, this route is mega!
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Mon 9th Jan 2023 - The Bluff | ||||||
Bandaid Wall | ||||||
20 | ★★ Bandaid | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Repeat, classic little number, needs some love
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Mon 9th Jan 2023 - The Bluff | ||||||
The Shaft Slabs | ||||||
18 | ★★ Richards Route DF | 18m | ★★★ Classic | |||
So so good! Thought I was on the original but no complaints as the finish was great. Defs an Adelaide classic
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Tue 3rd Jan 2023 - Waitpinga | ||||||
Cephalopod Wall | ||||||
18 | ★★ Dutchy's Route - with Emily Gilev | 48m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Such a good time, plenty of dirt and vegetation near the top to keep it interesting
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Thu 8th Dec 2022 - Hospital Flat | ||||||
The Main Cliff | ||||||
14 | ★★ The Big Corner | 20m | ||||
Fri 11th Nov 2022 - Morialta | ||||||
Far Crag | ||||||
15 | ★★ Shedidit | 13m | ||||
18 | ★★ Illequipt | 14m | ★ Good | |||
22 | ★★★ Barad Dur | 20m, 1 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Always wanted to lead this after toproping it years ago. The top crack is incredible and suprisingly sustained however the route is definitely let down by the chossy bottom half. Felt fairly sketchy up until the bolt, then glorious fingerlocks to the top!
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Sun 2nd Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Back Wall | ||||||
22 | ★★ The Second Coming | 57m | ★★ Very Good | |||
A great start to an oppressive day
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Sun 2nd Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | ||||||
18 |
★★ Creon - Tales of Brave Ulysses
- with
alex, ale, Alex MacAdam
| 100m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Very fine 2 pitch outing
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Sun 2nd Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos South Face | ||||||
20 20 R | ★★ Dazed and Confused | 20m | ||||
Very enjoyable. Would be better if the holds didn't feel like they were going to blow off in your face
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24 24 R | ★★ Delirium Tremens | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
What a journey! After watching Alex's onsight I opted for toprope inspection before going for the lead. A thin, technical sequence with crazy exposure and a distressing lack of protection. Won't forget that one in a while! The crux is incredible, just a shame the rest of the route is a bit average. Big fall potential but you could maybe be okay with a really good belay.
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Sun 2nd Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Back Wall | ||||||
22 |
★★ Shivers (Shivers P1)
1
22
55m
| 55m | ★★ Very Good | |||
1st pitch only. Slumped on the rope defeated on the start of kingdom come then did the rest. Fantastic outing combining 2 fantastic routes via some unreal climbing. Alex attempted the 2nd pitch but took a nasty fall so we called it a day
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Sun 25th Sep 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Kitten Wall Area Kitten Wall | ||||||
19 | ★ Puss 'n Boots | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Pleasant
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Sat 24th Sep 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds Yesterday Gully Lower Gully | ||||||
21 21 R | ★★ More of the Same | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really good, a touch spicy but probably not deserving of the R
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Thu 22nd Sep 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face | ||||||
14 | ★★ Mantle - with Emily Gilev | 90m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fantastic
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Thu 22nd Sep 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Watchtower Faces Left Watchtower Face | ||||||
15 | ★★ Sundance | 140m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Enjoyable ramble
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Tue 9th Aug 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Memory Lane | ||||||
18 | ★★★ The 80 Minute Hour | 30m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Awesome, felt tricky and unprotected at the start up to the first piece. Maybe I missed something?
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17 | ★★★ Interstate 31 | 30m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
19 | ★★ Bairds Effort | 37m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Final crack is sick
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Sun 31st Jul 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Back Wall | ||||||
29 | ★★★ Masada | 28m, 1 | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Awesome piece of rock. Moves sorted so keen to put some time into it over the coming weekends
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Sat 30th Jul 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Grotto Wall Area Grotto Wall | ||||||
18 | ★★ Llareggub | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
A cute little number
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