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	Cotation	Voie	Style d'escalade	Qualité	Grimpeur
Jeu 25 Avr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec snapgate 1 8 18m En second 2 13 40m Trad 3 9 16m En second 4 8 45m Trad 5 13 21m En second 6 8 26m Trad	Trad mixte 170m, 10		davedave
Notes: Splitter condies. Rack: -21/2 ropes (60s but 50s would have been ideal). -anchor kits (just quads would have been fine) ~12 bolt plates -Bunch of alpine draws with bolt plate compatable biners -Few draws (would just bring alpines next time) -Few double slings -Set of nuts (unsed none) -single set cams equiv 0.3-3 Approx approx 1hr Raps3 approx 45 mins (low angle featured terrain, would have been better to bag/saddlebag), can see where groups stop too early. Pitched, approx 2.5hrs on route with some routefinding/carrot finding faff (hint- several belays are 'over the edge' on ledges and can be hard to spot). Belays mostly double carrots/GIMBs. Three star atmosphere/location, many bivy caves, route best framed as mountaineering adventure terrain, mostly rambling with a few spooky moves.
Mer 24 Avr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec enya	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Super classique	Jason Walker
Good quality rock, generally easy climbing, nice belays. Don't bring more than thr suggested gear, unless you want to skip bolts/lace it up.
Ven 15 Mars 2024 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Sam Tidswell 1 8 18 Trad 2 13 40 En second 3 9 16 Trad 4 8 45 En second 5 13 21 Trad 6 8 26 En second	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	Khush Dodhia-Shah
Sensational day, really couldn't have asked for a better Tom Thumb run! Apart from maybe a few more bolt plates haha! Cruisy climbing, a bitta wayfinding required but not too bad. We still managed to find some decent gear Shoutout to Sam, who downloaded the map from alltrails, so access was breezy.
Dim 3 Mars 2024 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Amanda Vipond	Trad mixte 170m, 10		Anthony Claxton
Cool adventure route!
Dim 18 Fév 2024 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13 Difficile	★★ Tom Thumb - avec kate slattery 1 18m Trad 2 40m Trad 3 16m Trad 4 45m Trad 5 21m Trad 6 26m Trad	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	Robert Brown
First multi-pitch in the blue mountains. Felt very wild with stunning surroundings. Fairly easy climbing on good rock, really enjoyable. Rolled the dice with a forecasted thunderstorm, had the place to ourselves, topped out just the bad weather arrived. Only took 2 carrot plates, plenty natural gear so no worries.
Sam 3 Fév 2024 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	Pat Grant
Great day. 9.5 hours car to car. We had a 5am start on a soggy misty morning. Rap chains were easy to find using a map on Sydney Rockies site --> http://sydneyclimbing.com/The+Fortress.html and a the katoomba topo map. We climbed as a party of three belaying caterpillar style, the slow way. Found the rock dry and better quality than expected. Pitch two was pretty sketch. Someone had built a little cairn to use as a step-off. Got two nuts in before the first bolt and regretted not bringing my grey #4 cam for use on the first big horizontal break. Clipped bolt. Moved right to big plates, then left to the arete then got lost towards the top and found myself 12 metres run out trying to find a bolt with two heavy dragging ropes pulling on me. There were a few moments on the climb when I couldn't find the next bolt, so placed a nut or threaded some ridiculous bollard only to find that the bolt was right in front of me at eye level. Next time might plan to extend every runner on the climb because the rope drag is a bit of a fun killer. Sun came out by the end as we were topping out. There’s a lizard that lives at the rap chains at the top. It will eat — with relish — any squashed flies a belayer may have to offer. Pays it forward.
Dim 19 Nov. 2023 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Zack	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	James Harrington
A fun scramble in an awesome location, can easily be done on majority trad gear. Jogged in and out.
Lun 23 Oct. 2023 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Mitch Baker 1 8 18m En second 2 13 152m Trad	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Super classique	John
Seconded pitch one, simul'd the rest, five hours car to car at a casual pace. Would love to run in and out and go for speed.
Dim 15 Oct. 2023 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb 1 8 18m Trad 2 13 40m Trad 3 9 16m Trad 4 8 45m Trad 5 13 21m Trad 6 8 26m Trad	Trad mixte 170m, 10		Sean Ealey
Bolts are more for guidance than protection. Definitely felt like I was soloing for most of this climb as falling would have been a bad idea. probably only placed 4-5 pieces of gear on the whole climb as there aren't many options. rock is super choss so test everything before you commit
Lun 25 Sept 2023 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Aaron Wong 1 8 18m Trad 2 13 40m En second 3 9 16m Trad 4 8 45m En second 5 13 21m Trad 6 8 26m En second	Trad mixte 170m, 10		Laurie Bristow
Fun day out. Super easy cruisy but sparse gear leads to long runouts which could make for a scary time if you were less experienced on lead. Hard to fall tho! First abseil was fun, bit of exposure.
Dim 24 Sept 2023 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10		Greg Nagy
Broad-headed snake on pitch 2, under the roof, sitting comfortably in a handhold.
Sam 23 Sept 2023 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Laurie Bristow 1 8 18m En second 2 13 40m Trad 3 9 16m En second 4 8 45m Trad 5 13 21m En second 6 8 26m Trad	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	Aaron Wong
Views from the Fortress are always great! The climbing is alright. Not much gear needed. Although you could insist on climbing it more traditionally and eschew some of the carrots... which I ended up doing just to make it more interesting.
Sam 13 Mai 2023 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Dylan Glavas	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Erin Pearce
First multi pitch climb, unreal views!
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec erin, ashton	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Dylan Glavas
Nice and cruisy for Erin and Ashton's first multi, teaching them a few things
Sam 22 Avr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Adam Cufer, Jack Ferguson 1 8 18 Trad 2 13 40 Trad 3 9 16 En second grimpé en tête par Adam Cufer 4 8 45 En second grimpé en tête par Adam Cufer 5 13 21 Trad 6 8 26 En second grimpé en tête par Adam Cufer	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Jason Nguyen
Nice easy multi with Adam and Jack. Didn’t use much of the trad rack; think I only used a #2, #0.5 (but a 0.4# also fits) and a Bd 7 stopper. A few big run outs, take looong draws and alpine draws. 7hr 20mins party of 3; first time for all
Jeu 6 Avr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Noah Klugman, Liam Milne	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Super classique	John
Introducing Noah to the Blue Mountains and to outdoor climbing. Left my bolt plates in the car, thankfully I bought nuts.
Sam 21 Jan 2023 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13 Difficile	★★ Tom Thumb 1 8 18 Trad 2 13 40 En second 3 9 16 En second 4 8 45 Trad 5 13 21 En second 6 8 26 Trad	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Simon
32 inch tv sized block came off on pitch 6
Mer 7 Déc 2022 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Christian Pilarcik 1 8 18 En second 2 13 40 Trad 3 9 16 En second 4 8 45 Trad 5 13 21 En second 6 8 26 Trad	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Super classique	John
Christian leading like a boss after Monday (first trad lead). Such a glorious position - surrounded by Evans LO, Govett’s Leap, Pulpit Rock and Mt Banks.
Mer 30 Nov. 2022 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Nick Jacob	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Super classique	John
Such a good day out!
Mar 29 Nov. 2022 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13 Difficile	★★ Tom Thumb - avec root	Trad mixte 170m, 10	Dans la moyenne	Anthony Larbalestier
Made the rookie mistake of not rapping far enough on the 3rd abseil. Had an adventure trying to find the climb Quite a bit of suspect rock to watch out for. 90 degree bolt plates work better on the larger carrots
Sam 26 Nov. 2022 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Anthony Larbalestier 3 9 16m Trad 4 8 45m Trad 5 13 21m En second 6 8 26m Trad	Trad mixte 110m, 10		root
Bit on a epic on this one, ended up rapping to the wrong ledge and spending 2 hours trying to find the climb 🙃 Ended up finding the climb somewhere on pitch three and climbed from there
Sam 12 Nov. 2022 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Tony Kelshaw 1 8 18m 2 13 40m 3 9 16m 4 8 45m 5 13 47m	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Super classique	John
Super fun, epic location. Stunning. Had a spa down the canyon track afterwards.
Sam 5 Nov. 2022 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Taylor Cassady 1 8 18m grimpé en tête par Saxon 2 13 40m grimpé en tête par Saxon 3 9 16m grimpé en tête par Saxon 4 8 45m grimpé en tête par Saxon 5 13 21m grimpé en tête par Taylor Cassady 6 8 26m grimpé en tête par Taylor Cassady	Trad mixte 170m, 10		Saxon
Good adventure, very comfortable cruisy climbing. Should've trimmed the rack a bit for the sake of the approach, only needed 4 pieces (mid sized cams and a nut).
Sam 15 Oct. 2022 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	Geoff Cooper
Rope got stuck on a ledge on first abseil. Walked across to belay and did pitch 5 and 6 only. Good to know this is possible without being stranded on the ledge
Mer 10 Août 2022 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Greg Nagy, Geoff Cooper	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Sonja B
Wonderful day out at a cool climb.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	Geoff Cooper
8hrs car to car this time with 3 people. 3.5hrs actual climbing
Sam 30 Juil 2022 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Ryan Cooper 1 8 18m grimpé en tête par Ryan Cooper 2 13 40m grimpé en tête par Jacob Henwood 3 9 16m grimpé en tête par Ryan Cooper 4 8 45m grimpé en tête par Jacob Henwood 5 13 21m grimpé en tête par Ryan Cooper 6 8 26m grimpé en tête par Jacob Henwood	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Jacob Henwood
Take snacks. I can't climb 170m without snacks. I can't do much without snacks. I'm weak like that.
Dim 26 Juin 2022 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Brandon	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Anton Korsun
Third lap! 5.5 hours car to car, which is cool considering we pitched everything out and climbed at a pretty relaxed rate of speed.
Mer 26 Jan 2022 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	11	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Alex Mantaut 1 8 18m grimpé en tête par Alex Mantaut 2 10 40m grimpé en tête par Jay 3 9 16m grimpé en tête par Alex Mantaut 4 8 45m grimpé en tête par Jay 5 11 21m grimpé en tête par Alex Mantaut 6 8 26m grimpé en tête par Jay	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	Jay
Pretty much a run out sport climb - didn’t need much gear. Pitch 5 is by far the best pitch!
Sam 16 Oct. 2021 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb 1 8 18m 2 13 40m 3 9 16m 4 8 45m 5 13 21m 6 8 26m	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Andrew
A very good climb. Extremely windy on the day. Spent plenty of of time on abseil untying the ropes. The climb itself its a solid alpine adventure.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	Geoff Cooper
Extremely windy day. Brought static for first abseil to avoid pulling ropes and getting them stuck. Retreived the abseil rope at the end of the day. Led P1,2,3,4,6
Dim 26 Sept 2021 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Brendan Davies	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Greg M
A great outing with a bit of everything. Probably best done on a cool day with early start. Well protected with seemingly new bolts although still need gear to protect when starting off from some belays. Use twin/double ropes if you intend falling or swinging around as there are lots of edges. I love a good hex placement...
Dim 4 Juil 2021 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Katie Bowers	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	Nathan Murdoch
The raps sucked a fair bit of time. I led every pitch and it took a few to get our systems dialled after having some time off trad/ multis. Beautiful winters day, low winds yet cool. Had to hustle to finish the last pitch by sunset, hiked out in the dark. 10.5 hrs car to car.
Mar 22 Juin 2021 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb 1 8 18m 2 13 40m 3 9 16m 4 8 45m 5 13 21m 6 8 26m	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Jarrah Turner
Great day out.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb 1 8 18m 2 13 40m 3 9 16m 4 8 45m 5 13 21m 6 8 26m	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	James Hockey
Classic ramble
Dim 13 Juin 2021 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb 1 8 18m grimpé en tête par Patrick Sparks 2 13 40m 3 9 16m grimpé en tête par Patrick Sparks 4 8 45m grimpé en tête par Patrick Sparks 5 13 21m 6 8 26m	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	Patrick Sparks
Did it as a group of three. Carrots were super hard to find which led to some big runouts. If done again, wouldn't bring as much trad gear. Had multiple holds break off on us so be careful and definitely bring helmets
Sam 29 Mai 2021 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb 1 8 18m 2 13 40m 3 9 16m 4 8 45m 5 13 21m 6 8 26m	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Kalang Kedumba Jones
We did our best to start late and make this a true epic (but also ignore the coordinates on the crag they are wrong!) Enjoyed the adventurous route-finding and the odd bomber placement. It was difficult to spot all the carrots in the dark and amongst the juggy ironstone, I can't imagine why... Used double ropes (50+70m worked fine), 9 bolt plates and a rack to #3. Do it in daylight to get more views!
Sam 24 Avr 2021 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Jacinda 1 8 18m 2 13 40m 3 9 16m 4 8 45m 5 13 21m 6 8 26m	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Dave OS
Hangdog. When you've gotta go, you've gotta go.
Sam 3 Avr 2021 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Super classique	James
First time with Jesse and Bri. I led P1, 3, 4 and 6. Jesse led P2 and 5. Awesome adventure - spent 1.5hrs chilling in a cave so another party could pass. Walked out as the sun was setting!
Mer 3 Fév 2021 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Zi Hui Lie 1 8 18m grimpé en tête par Anton Korsun 2 13 40m grimpé en tête par Anton Korsun 3 9 16m grimpé en tête par Anton Korsun 4 8 45m grimpé en tête par Zi Hui Lie 5 13 21m grimpé en tête par Zi Hui Lie 6 8 26m grimpé en tête par Zi Hui Lie	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Anton Korsun
Much faster than last time. 7 hours C2C pitched out (not including sunset lunch).
Sam 16 Jan 2021 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Phuong Ho 1 8 18m grimpé en tête par Phuong Ho 2 13 40m grimpé en tête par Brendon Flanagan 3 9 16m grimpé en tête par Phuong Ho 4 8 45m grimpé en tête par Brendon Flanagan 5 13 21m grimpé en tête par Phuong Ho 6 8 26m grimpé en tête par Brendon Flanagan	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	Brendon Flanagan
Finally ticked it off! Very consistent for the grade. Started at 7 and took us 10 hours car to car but that was probably due to having a coffee while enjoying the view for 20 mins before we rapped in. Rope drag on 2nd and 4th pitch were tolerable. Carrots were difficult to locate so ran it out in a few places which wasn't anything to worry about considering how easy the climb is. Take a few short slings as cam and nut placements may not be available when you want them or may not appear to be of a trusting quality. Had a piece of iron stone ledge brake off in my hand while leading the final pitch. If you start this climb late ensure you bring sun protection.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	Geoff Cooper
Led all pitches on a perfect sunny summers day (with Karen, Ev, Matt, Brendon & Phuong)
Sam 7 Nov. 2020 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Simon Sharples
Pleasant climb with dave and Jarrah. The approach is amazing walking along fortress ridge. Climbing was very easy but route finding was difficult in sections with two of the pitches zig zagging a lot. Definitely would like to go back to this spot and climb the wind cries Mary!
Sam 12 Sept 2020 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	rickau
Easy climbing, hardest part is route finding. Some of the carrots are hidden amongst chossy iron stone. Climb isn’t direct rather it wonders around the face.
Mer 15 Juil 2020 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Anton Korsun
Date approximate, mid-July I think, led all pitches. Climbed as a cold and wet waterfall in the rain
Ven 15 Mai 2020 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Jimmy O'Reilly
A scramble more than anything but to be expected for the grade. The Abseil points were pretty clear. Ended up doing it in a 4 pitches with a bit of rope drag.
Dim 3 Mai 2020 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	Geoff Cooper
Led P2, P4, P6. Great day and perfect weather. Just needed to get an early start at 8am at the carpark, returning at 5pm (with Slava)
Sam 28 Mars 2020 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Daniel Sun
Lead pitch 1 3 & 5. 2nd time doing it and I still don't understand pitch 3
Sam 21 Mars 2020 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Anne Weckert	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	Chris Bennetts-Cash
Swung pitches with Anne. She chose evens and got all the long pitches Access has had some impact in the fires but the route is untouched.
Lun 11 Nov. 2019 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec James Manson 1 8 18m grimpé en tête par Nathan Mas-Stephens 2 13 40m grimpé en tête par James Manson 3 9 16m grimpé en tête par Nathan Mas-Stephens 4 8 45m grimpé en tête par Nathan Mas-Stephens 5 13 21m grimpé en tête par Nathan Mas-Stephens 6 8 26m grimpé en tête par James Manson	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Nathan Mas-Stephens
A fun, easy climb. Lots of protection (some unnecessary). Saw a brown snake hanging around at the bottom of the first pitch. Guide book says the start is marked by a cairn. Didn’t find cairn but someone has marked the rock with a big ‘TT’ .
Dim 14 Juil 2019 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Hayden L	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Nicolas Di Campli
Only lead pitch one before the cold and the wind got the better of us. Still a spectacular climb and great first multi!
Sam 15 Juin 2019 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Elliott Vercoe	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Mac Labine-Romain
a lovely intro back into blueys climbing
Sam 1 Juin 2019 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	Geoff Cooper
Another great day on this classic. Led all pitches, but accidentally linked P3 and P4. Just enough rope (60m) but quite tough rope drag. I thought winter would be a challenge with the shorter daylight, but it worked out perfectly. No wind (critical) and cloud cover which made for very pleasant climbing. Our timing with a party of 3 was as follows: 8:15 - 9:15 hike in 9:15 - 11:00 gear up and 3 abseils 11:00 - 2:30 climb up 2:30 - 3:00 late lunch and pack up 3:00 - 4:15 hike out. 8hrs car to car. The abseils soak up quite some time with all the flaking and rope tangling in trees (with Vanessa and Karen)
Sam 27 Avr 2019 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Joel Ovington
Good day out and adventurous for the grade. Good mix of natural pro and carrots where needed (if you can find them)
Sam 13 Avr 2019 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	12	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Alie Repetto 1 12 150m 2 3 4 5 6	Trad mixte 150m, 10	★ Bon	aidan.io
Fun day out, overall ok climbing. Can be climbed as runout sport if you're happy to belay off one carrot on the second pitch.
Sam 5 Jan 2019 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Greg 1 8 18m 2 13 40m 3 9 16m 4 8 45m 5 13 21m 6 8 26m	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	George Kenelm Kerswell
Mega windy day so plans changed from Margarine Ridge to Tom Thumb. First abseil was tough in the wind, but the route felt relatively sheltered once we got on it. It presented a nice mix of easy climbing in a great location. Having a rack of a few cams and nuts meant I felt the climb was well protected on the first and second pitches where there were less bolts/carrots around.
Dim 25 Nov. 2018 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	Geoff Cooper
Great climb in a really exposed environment. We got a little lost so directions are as follows: 700m take right fork onto fire trail 800m take left fork onto smaller track Follow track for 2km until you reach the top of the upper Fortress wall Take the right hand fork down to the back of this ridge (western side) for 200m Turn left at small cairn Follow path under upper cliff line for 80m then zig zag down for 40m to chains We took around 1:15 to walk the ~4km. My advice for attempting this climb: Avoid windy days. We were lucky to have no dramas on the 3 abseils, but the wind picked up whilst climbing. Bring a whistle to help with communication. Bring a headtorch and start early if climbing outside of daylight savings. I used 3 litres of water. Single rack of cams (#0.3 to #3) with no doubles. Single rack of wires and no hexes. Wear a helmet. The rock quality was reasonably good however there is a lot of ironstone that could break off. We used 2 beefy ropes and clipped alternatively to avoid rope drag. Pitch 1 - led by Geoff Pitch 2 - led by Ben Pitch 3 - led by Geoff Pitch 4 - led by Geoff Pitch 5 - led by Ben Pitch 6 - led by Ben
Sam 14 Juil 2018 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	SiGuy86
Fun adventure, a great day out. Pitch 5 was the best. The first rap in was commiting.
Sam 9 Juin 2018 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	Luke
Everyone likes an easy trad epic
Ven 25 Mai 2018 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Harley Von	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Tim gayton
Beautiful view and great exposure. The walk in and out is all part of the adventure. It’s a very easy climb but good to blow the cobwebs out if you haven’t climbed in a while. Would highly recommend if you were taking a beginner. It’s a mix of a scramble and a climb.
Sam 3 Mars 2018 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	12	★★ Tom Thumb - avec David Shapira	Trad mixte 170m, 10	Pas la peine	Gavin
Long, isolated but boring. The climb follows no real line, just meanders up a generic piece of rock. Could be worth taking beginners to for their first long climb if it wasn't such a faff.
Sam 17 Fév 2018 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	Chris Bennetts-Cash
Hot.
Dim 4 Fév 2018 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10		Michael Garland
Fun and adventurous
Sam 2 Sept 2017 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Keith Davison 1 grimpé en tête par myself 2 grimpé en tête par keith 3 grimpé en tête par myself 4 grimpé en tête par keith 5 grimpé en tête par myself 6 grimpé en tête par keith	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	Daniel D
nice little trad-venture. massive walk-in (1hr!). from the carpark, walk to gate and down onto the fortress ridge walking track (clear track; no bushbashing) for about 1hr. you'll reach a massive rock outcrop on your left, look for a cairn and turn left onto a track here. go down the obvious track and you'll eventually (~10min?) reach the abseil chains. 3 abseils. bring 2 ropes for this. gear used: 1 standard set of nuts, 1 set of cams from #0.3 through to #3 camalots (do not bring more gear), 8-10 bolt plates. beginning of the climb is clearly marked with large 'TT' in chalk. pitch 1: once you reach the top of the bulge and clip the first bolt plate, look very carefully to find the other carrot - it is ~50cm behind it (both are at ground level). belay from here. pitch 2: starts with a fun boulder move. easy if you are flexible enough to get a high right toe or heel. was able to place a #4 camalot but not worth the size/weight as there is a bolt nearby. once you move right after the bolt, i could not fit a size #0.3 in the horizontal crack so used a yellow(#5) bd nut instead. pitch 3: really short pitch. you'll reach 1 carrot bolt and need to build a trad belay to back it up. i used a #0.4 silver camalot and a yellow(#5) bd nut. pitch 4: basically all on carrot bolts so grab all the plates. pitch 5: basically all on carrot bolts so grab all the plates. i only found 1 placement (#1 red camalot). total sport pitch. pitch 6: few bolts here but lots of cam placements available if you prefer. walk back out the same way you came in. too much walking vs climbing time imo. but a good trad/mixed multi for a beginner. total climb time was ~3h45m
Jeu 1 Juin 2017 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec James Waddell	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	Match
Really nice movements up the cliff, not the most exposed line. However a nice little outing that is quite remote. 10 draws is plenty. largest cam I used was a BD #3 P1 Mitch P2 Mitch P3 Mitch P4 Mitch P5 James P5 James
Sam 6 Mai 2017 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Dad	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	Will Vidler
first outing with our new cams
Mer 28 Déc 2016 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Patrick	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Super classique	James
Fun day out with Pat and Nate. Beautiful views. Needed to take more water!
Dim 9 Oct. 2016 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Super classique	Nick van der Kooi
Finding the beginning of the climb is a touch difficult. There is a buttress out on which the anchors are--it helps to know exactly what this looks before setting off. Researching this and the walk in as much as possible helps--we did and still added 30 minutes due to getting lost. The abseils are good. I was thinking of a 150m vertical abseil, so looking out over the ledge each time was reassuring. It's more like a slope which is broken with dirt, rock/scrub horizontals, so that the one abseil pitch is like 15m, 25m and then 10m. It can be quite difficult to avoid vegetation and tree branches, and also knocking off rock. Helmets are required on those below, and they should be conscious of where they are standing and where the abseiler is. The climbing is easy. The major difficulty is route finding - and by route finding is to say finding the bolts. My friend lead this and then I'd find carrots that he missed and then the climber after me would also find missed carrots. It is so juggy, when you look up it's not a vertical wall that you can follow the bolts - some parts its just when you're right in front of it - not below it or above it or to the side. Gear - whether cams - does not place. For me as my first multi-pitch, as a seconder it was awesome. The climbing is good, no worries, i think even anxious climbers would be fine. My lead climber did not mind some mammoth run outs on due to missed carrots. Leading it for this reason does require a good head and a lot of people would not mind long run outs on grade 12 - but if you do, the exposure would make this unpleasant. The start of the 2nd pitch is not a grade 12. The climb starts 1.2m off the grade--the ledge is a cave, getting the feet onto this lip is a seriously hard move--on a single pitch climb there would be a pile of rocks at the bottom for this first move. Finding the bolts on the 4th pitch was extremely difficult. This is a grade 8. I wasn't leading, but the basically the guide said you start up to the right, then move left and straight up. The leader did, and then could not see a single bolt, anywhere, moving around. If there were markers of where the bolts were leading this would be jolly good fun. As my first multi-pitch, I have rated this as a mega classic for the grade (13). A sport 150m multi-pitch in a UNESCO Heritage Listed National Park, an abseil down into the Grose Valley, the stunning nature of the walk in--there would be nothing remotely like this for its grade elsewhere in Australia, and the fact that it is so good, I honestly don't know what more could be expected.
Sam 30 Juil 2016 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Patrick	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Super classique	James
Awesome, adventurous day out! Beautiful location and jugs almost the whole way!
Dim 26 Juin 2016 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Steve Phillpott	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Alex Rogers
Nice day out on a sunny winters day. First move on P2 a bit stiff, otherwise easy fun. Hard to avoid rope drag, and super sharp ironstone edges shreddded the sheath of my skinny rope - bring your beefy old beater.
Sam 25 Juin 2016 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	Chris Bennetts-Cash
With Denise and kate
Lun 25 Avr 2016 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Angi Kim	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	Stephen 'scuba' Ayling
Injury = ticking some easy classics of the list. Completed in 3 pitches using little or none of the carrots (and without trad) P1/p2 - used 3 carrots (big rope drag) P3/p4 - soloed P5/p6 - used 4 carrots (big rope drag) Get a great view of the valley and the money climb 'The Wind Cries Mary GR20' (Next on the list)
Mar 19 Avr 2016 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Jack Hinde, Scott	Trad mixte 170m, 10		Trevor Kettlewell
My introduction to big-wall, multipitch climbing. The date was more characterised by fear than exhilaration: we didn't exchange numbers, and I don't know that we'll be seeing each other again...
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Trevor Kettlewell	Trad mixte 170m, 10		Jack Hinde
Me: led pitches 1,2,6. Scott: led pitches: 3,4,5
Sam 9 Avr 2016 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Kerrie Hammond	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Dave Carter
Great day out! fun climbing in a beautiful location
Dim 27 Mars 2016 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Callum Cruickshank 1 grimpé en tête par sandra 2 grimpé en tête par sandra 3 grimpé en tête par me 4 grimpé en tête par me 5 grimpé en tête par sandra 6 grimpé en tête par me 7	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	Jarred
great fun, very enjoyable
Lun 1 Fév 2016 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Kenton Horsley
Very pleasant day out, great belay ledges, somehow forgot bolt plates which made things a bit more interesting...
Dim 27 Sept 2015 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Hugh Ward 1 grimpé en tête par Hugh Ward 2 grimpé en tête par Brett Gilbert 4 grimpé en tête par Hugh Ward 5 grimpé en tête par Brett Gilbert 6 grimpé en tête par Hugh Ward	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	BG
Simulclimbed the first pitch then swung the lead to the top. Really fun adventure for the grade. Location Location Location.
Sam 11 Avr 2015 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	James B
A fun big day out. Allow plenty of time for the hour and a bit walk in, 3 abseils, the climb and walk back out. Bring at least 10 bolt plates and set of cams from .3-3.
Sam 7 Fév 2015 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	Sam May
Less interesting the second time round. A good one to take your canyoner/bushwalker mate on though. Not getting the ropes stuck on the abseils and rope drag are the cruxes.
Jeu 13 Mars 2014 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10		Jake Griffiths
First Multipitch a while back, thought I logged it but apparently not. Last pitch in the dark with head torches haha
Dim 11 Août 2013 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	John Thirlwell
Pitch 5 easily the best - seemingly the only section of real climbing
Dim 14 Juil 2013 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Richard Pattison
A nice day out with excellent views across the Grose Valley. The under-cut start to pitch 2 seems harder than a 13.
Mer 15 Mai 2013 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10		Quentin Twigg
Led P1 & P3 with Alex and Batey. Easy ramble, fun day out
Sam 11 Mai 2013 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec Quentin Twigg, Adrian Batey	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Alex Rogers
Led Pitches 2 & 4, Quentin led 1 & 3, then diverted onto Great Rum Beer Chimney as slower party was in front of us. Great climb, would happily do again to get the last two pitches in as well. Great easy all day climb.
Mer 9 Jan 2013 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	Sam May
How do people write off this route? Is 150m of blazing jugs not good enough for you?! 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th pitches all fantastic. Mostly clean and solid.
Jeu 3 Jan 2013 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★★ Classique	James
Led all the pitches, sharing a rack with Sam in two groups of two. Climbed with Blair and Nick. Great day out. Not chossy. great belays, awesome views.
Sam 24 Nov. 2012 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	John Drake
An adventurous outing in a beautiful location, but the rock wasn't great and the climbing was average. We had fun, but won't be rushing back for a second ascent.
Mar 14 Fév 2012 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb - avec alisha borglund, Alisha Borglund	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	William Borglund
Great day out. Fun rap in and easy climbing out.
Mar 28 Juin 2011 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	Dans la moyenne	Gareth Llewellin
Tom thumbs down. with Simey and Steve Moon
Sam 2 Avr 2011 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	Dans la moyenne	Ryan Whelan
Could be called a sport route or a bushwalk. Might be better at night.
Mer 24 Nov. 2010 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	Jack
Not so nice in the summer sun. Fun day out!
Sam 28 Mars 2009 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	Pourrie	Niall Doherty
Dirty, dangerous and disgusting.
Dim 13 Avr 2008 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Dave Rigter
really nice intro to multipitch climbing. Great views
Mar 1 Mai 2007 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	jenka
Went back and lead it.
Sam 10 Fév 2007 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	Jim Croft
With David Eckstein, alternate pitches, I failed to start the second pitch in the right place and ended up doing a pitch to the left behind the belay and finished it at the top of the last rappel station. we then traversed right to the correct belay.
Sam 22 Avr 2006 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★ Bon	Sarah-Jane Allen
Fun, except for the tricky start on the second pitch (it's not kind to short people).
Sam 8 Avr 2006 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Richard Fielding
Nice easy climb with a few fun bits
Dim 2 Avr 2006 - Blue Mountains
Leura The Fortress
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Peter Davis
Top day out, not too chossy, scenic position! A great one for our first long multi-pitch.
	13	★★ Tom Thumb	Trad mixte 170m, 10	★★ Excellent	Peter Davis
Top day out, not chossy, scenic position! A great one for our first long multi-pitch.