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Sam 8 Juil 2023 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
26 | ★★★ Church Of Christ - avec Simmo, Stephen Varney, Magdalena de la Torre | 15m | ★★ Excellent | |||
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Dim 26 Fév 2023 - Point Perpendicular | ||||||
Seaside Windjammer Wall | ||||||
23 Difficile | ★★ Some Weird Sin — 2 essais | 30m, 7 | ★★ Excellent | |||
Haha, I suck.
First attempt I forgot my shoes, so went for the "approach shoe send" -managed to get to the top bolt (terrifying!) but then couldn't even do the upper moves. Second lap with climbing shoes, it took me a few falls to figure out the crux sequence -which feels pretty gnarly to me! Essentially, 4 or so metres of really hard climbing, surrounded by gr20 or less. Can be contrived to be harder, though. |
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Sam 25 Fév 2023 - Bungonia Gorge | ||||||
North Wall - Main | ||||||
30 | ★★ Kevlar — 3 essais - avec Tom Collins | 25m | ★★ Excellent | |||
3 attempts -never even got close to touching the brief (but gnarly) crux sequence. Could do all the rest clean at 26/27, but wouldn't ever have a hope in hell of putting it all together for a tick.
Great rock, and awesome, steep climbing up a series of linked features. A bit more "conventionally grovelly" than most of the harder routes at Bungonia (which might explain why I could actually do most of it). |
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Dim 20 Fév 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Colliery Access Gully Area | ||||||
24 | ★★ Inverted Canaries - avec Julie Pon, Zuni Dierk | 20m | ★ Bon | |||
A couple of attempts. I was pretty happy with the progress I made given that I've never tried to climb this sort of roof offwidth (where I couldn't avoid using the proper technique), but I just couldn't quite finish it out. Bringing a more appropriate set of climbing shoes, socks, long pants, and spare blood would probably have helped as well Regardless, I certainly learned lots.
A pretty accessible way to learn these sorts of "pony shuffling" techniques in the Blue Mountains. Big congratz to Zuni on the FA! |
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Jeu 25 Mars 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Centennial Glen Wave Wall | ||||||
30 | ★★★ Microwave - avec Will Vidler | 25m | ★★ Excellent | |||
An EOD play since the draws were on it. Surprisingly cool climbing to the dyno, which didn't seem too hard, though is a bit frustrating to work. I didn't try the top couple of bolts.
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Sam 6 Fév 2021 - Bulahdelah | ||||||
Hoppy's Cave | ||||||
27 | ★★★ Pinching Pidgeons - avec Magdalena de la Torre, Lucas C | 25m, 6 | ★★★ Classique | |||
Couldn't touch the crux sequence today. The rock quality through the hard bit is bullet-hard and brilliant, but either the sweaty summer sun, or my own weakness, meant I just couldn't do the crux fridge-hugging sequence. Might try again in winter.
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Dim 13 Déc 2020 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Mr Wall | ||||||
27 | ★★★ Mr Magoo | 20m, 7 | ★ Bon | |||
Whipped off the crux a few times trying this as a warmup, then got over it very quickly. Rubbish conditions or not, I really don't think much of this route.
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Dim 28 Juin 2020 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau Marchant's Canyon Crags Highlander | ||||||
28 | ★★ Men Will Fear You - avec Will Vidler, Will's Dad | 17m, 9 | ★★ Excellent | |||
My 2nd favourite route at this crag! Awesome power-endurance style climbing from the cruxy undercling to the top. I was getting proper motivated on this one, but alas a key crux crimp took some damage which will necessitate a bit of TLC before this is climbable again. I bailed from the 2nd last bolt to avoid to any further damage to the hold, but I'll definitely be back!!!
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29 | ★★ Three Barbarians - avec Will Vidler | 15m, 6 | ★★ Excellent | |||
Concluding the Whitman's Sampler day of this crag... I did a bunch of the moves free... but also a reasonable amount of aiding on this. Punchy boulders between okay stances. Nothing seemed V-impossible, but we were out of time and daylight at EOD.
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28 | ★★ The Macleod - avec Will Vidler | 20m, 10 | ★★ Excellent | |||
Seems really cool, but it is not a good warmup Roofy bouldery start, then a scary middle, and a very interesting but committing upper face section that I ended up bailing from. Totally worth another lap when its not so cold, and I'm not doing it as a warmup.
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Lun 8 Juin 2020 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Main Cliff | ||||||
26 | ★★ Insert Name Here - avec Heath Black | 60m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Wow, monstrously huge and steep! Bailed 2/3rds of the way up when we realised we were running out of daylight, and were approaching "rope shenanigans" due the route length. Despite it being quite a mission to ground-up (especially as its so runout -there are 4 bolts in the first 20m!- and very traverse-y), I had a lot of fun on this, and am intrigued to return. I suspect its actually gr27.
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Ven 3 Jan 2020 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Heathcliff | ||||||
24 | ★★ Hawk's Nest - avec Heath Black, Stephen Varney | 22m, 9 | ★ Bon | |||
Clean Ricardo Lagos to the belay then started up this immediately without a rest... Couldn't stick the nails crimp-move mid-way up and after a bunch of falls I decided I was over it (seemed a bit of an ordeal as a warmup). Didn't really get to the meat of the climb, but it seemed a bit snappy. I'm willing to re-appraise my opinion of this when I come back to it at some juncture..
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Sam 21 Sept 2019 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Egg | ||||||
28 | ★★ The Floating Line (homage to an angel) - avec Emil Mandyczewsky | 22m, 7 | ★★ Excellent | |||
Bailed off the 2nd last bolt after taking an awkward fall that hurt my ankle (trying to jump clear of the rope to avoid flipping). Some cool moves, but feels very squeezy, and the bolting up high is weird. Might be keen to have another look at some point.
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Jeu 12 Sept 2019 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Porters Pass Dogs, Cats & Apples Wall | ||||||
27 | ★★★ These Dogs Must Be Pru's - avec Will Vidler | 20m, 8 | ★★★ Classique | |||
EOD lap re-remembering the moves. Most of the moves came together really well, but I DID choose not to do the final move to the anchor (which I've done before) as my tenacity was well and truly spent by then.
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Dim 30 Juin 2019 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline P.C. | ||||||
27 ~28 | ★★★ Hard Candy - avec Lucas C, Jason, Magdalena de la Torre, Jason Smith, Jason McCarthy | 18m | ★★★ Classique | |||
3 laps. Really funky climbing, with a rad slimper start, and a bloody hard pocketed finale. Linked to the last bolt but never really sorted the final moves of that sequence to the anchors. Bailed from the last bolt in the end.
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Dim 23 Juin 2019 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Railway Cliff | ||||||
25 | ★★ Cicatrix - avec Heath Black | 20m | Dans la moyenne | |||
Ugh. Yep, I remember why I never got back on this. Basically an epic dawdle surrounded by a single nails move where my height just leaves me hideously bunched. No thanks, there are 10,000,000 better routes in the Bluey to climb.
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Sam 8 Juin 2019 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Porters Pass Self Portrait Wall | ||||||
28 | ★★★ Vanity Case - avec Ben Jenga, Mitch Perkins, Jason, Heath Black | 30m | ★ Bon | |||
Ugh, I remember why I haven't been back on this. Wandery, sharp, ledgy and bouldery. The top was too wet today to make it to the anchors, so I bailed.
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Dim 2 Juin 2019 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Porters Pass Self Portrait Wall | ||||||
29 | ★★★ Self Portrait - avec Ben Jenga | 30m | ★★★ Classique | |||
Hideous conditions, and I was trashed from the previous day of climbing, but I can see why this is classic (even if I climbed it terribly). Didn't do the top mantle, and there was 1 move I never truly figured out (and a few that aren't truly "sorted"). Short, but intense. When it's on, it's on, and rest is a soon-forgotten notion.
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Dim 20 Jan 2019 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Departures (Upper) | ||||||
28 | ★★★ Gushing Gargoyles - avec Jason, Emil Mandyczewsky, Ben Jenga, Mitch Perkins, Stephen Varney | 25m, 10 | ★★ Excellent | |||
A bit of an exploratory lap. Slowly made my way up to the final bolt on the headwall (with much beta-loading from Jason ), but got a bit intimidated on those final moves and bailed. Kinda sharp in the face-y section, but cool moves. The headwall is mega, and mega steep. Efficiency will be key.
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Ven 4 Jan 2019 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Leura Sublime Point East Faces Subliminal Wall | ||||||
26 | ★★★ Sabbatical - avec Rob Medlicott | 80m, 20 | ★★★ Classique | |||
Sooo hot and humid. Dogged to the final crux, then was over it.
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26 | ★★★ Sojourn - avec Rob Medlicott | 80m, 18 | ★★★ Super classique | |||
Haha, shut-down by my own route. So spoogy and slimey today, that I couldn't even TOUCH the mono-boulder first crux.
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Mar 1 Jan 2019 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau Elphinstone Main Wall | ||||||
30 | ★★★ Tiger Snatch - avec Jason McCarthy | 25m | ★★★ Classique | |||
Amazing climbing on awesome rock, but I got moderately trounced by it (both the difficulty, and the 1,000,000 degree weather). Didn't even attempt the dyno crux, and bailed off the crimpy moves heading left a bolt past the dyno. Very inspiring, but quite beyond me at the moment.
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Mer 13 Juin 2018 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Lower Blue Mountains The Surgery | ||||||
V4 | ★★ Say aaaaaaaah | 4m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Repeat Attempt, not clean today... Couldn't stick the last move today for some reason, though much of this was "damp". Brilliant for a boulder problem.
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Dim 13 Mai 2018 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Porters Pass Sail Away Wall | ||||||
28 | ★★★ Returnity | 25m | ★★ Excellent | |||
2 x Exploratory laps. Bailed from the final moves, with the highpoint a few moves ABOVE the driveby crux. The crux section is high quality (though I found the setup sequence kinda sharp and unpleasant), with the sloper-pocket section and the driveby itself being particularly cool (on great rock), but I would definitely get sick of lapping the lower 15m to get to the Money on every shot. Kinda scary bolting.
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Sam 28 Avr 2018 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Pit Sector 'Sunny Side' | ||||||
26 | ★★★ Rolling Thunder | 30m | ||||
Bailed before I could get pissed off. Onsighted to the first crux. Took a few big falls into space piecing together the final moves to the next clip, followed by bumping back up the rope (which was 3x more tiring than any climbing to this point), and then having the joy of doing the entire sequence all over again, and just realised that I couldn't be bothered. I won't rate the quality of this route since I didn't get anywhere on it.
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Sam 6 Jan 2018 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Mr Wall | ||||||
28 | ★★★ Hairline 2000 | 18m | ★★★ Classique | |||
My worst efforts in weeks. Struggling with the lower "crimp crux" today, though the upper moves were -comparatively- easy. Stripped it before I could get pissed off.
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Dim 3 Déc 2017 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Waterfall Wall | ||||||
25 | ★★ Banana Man | 18m | Dans la moyenne | |||
Wasn't feeling the dyno on the onsight attempt, and bailed from there (though now that Neil has worked out how to do it as a deadpoint, it's definitely worthy of another investigative lap, as the rest of the climb was great). Very thin and punchy start to a stance, a big move, and pumpy to the top on good rock. The rubbish 2nd and 3rd bolt placements rob this climb of it's potential (a massively oversunk biner-breaker 2nd bolt which protects a runout, hard move; and a dangerous "you will crater if you blow the hard move" 3rd bolt), and I'll re-rate it if the bolting is fixed.
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Ven 1 Déc 2017 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Logan Brae Main Cliff | ||||||
25 | ★ Hilti's not Guilty | 16m | ★ Bon | |||
Cruised to the crux, then couldn't really stick the crux move this time (I don't remember my old beta at all), though I didn't really give it a proper effort. Contrived.
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Mer 27 Sept 2017 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Lower Blue Mountains The Surgery | ||||||
V4 | ★ Hope | 2m | ★ Bon | |||
I still can't campus... Can't hold the swing as I move out right.
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Sam 23 Sept 2017 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Pit Sector 'Pit Fighter' | ||||||
28 | ★★★ Sword Of Damocles | 25m | ★★★ Classique | |||
End of day training lap... I'd forgotten how intense this route is. Finally pieces together the mid-height crux that I hadn't been able to do previously, but bailed from the top crux due to tiredness, and having already taken up too much of my belayers' day faffing about on this. A great route, and one I'm psyched for.
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Mer 9 Août 2017 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Lower Blue Mountains The Surgery | ||||||
V3 | ★★ Mosquito clamps | 4m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Linked to the high-finger jug near the end (with only the easier traverse-off to do) but jumped off here, rather than doing the final few moves to traverse off.
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Dim 6 Août 2017 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Oronga Crags Banksy Wall | ||||||
27 | ★★★ Caveat Emptor Extension | 35m, 18 | ★★ Excellent | |||
Repeat (attempt) for training. Randomly decided to continue up this on link, but only had 2 Quickdraws (and a carabiner from my daisy chain). Leap-frogged the quickdraws all the way up to the main crux, skipped the pre-crux bolt and fell with my fingers on the first of the 4-main crux holds.
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Sam 15 Juil 2017 - The Woolwash | ||||||
The Junkyard Cave | ||||||
21 | ★ Scrambletown | 10m, 4 | Dans la moyenne | |||
Repeat (attempt). Haha, I suck. Fell off the crux a bunch of times as a warmup, and wasn't feeling it at all. I've ticked this before, so I bailed.
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Jeu 25 Août 2016 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point The Pocketed Wall | ||||||
24 | ★ We Do Okay | 10m, 4 | ★★ Excellent | |||
Cruised to the final move of the crux, then just spent the next 20mins lobbing at it with no success. Not sure why I couldn't do the move this time? Ended up bailing off the last bolt after my skin wore out.
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Jeu 18 Août 2016 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline The Colosseum | ||||||
22 | ★ Barbie's Bitchin' | 9m, 3 | Dans la moyenne | |||
After battling the spooge, sand and epic sandbag, I finally bailed off this at the sandpit mantle near the top. Life's too short to climb shit routes.
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Dim 14 Août 2016 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Betty Blue Area | ||||||
25 | ★★ Tickled Pink | 10m, 4 | ★★ Excellent | |||
Never stuck the last move to the anchors before I got sick of taking the swinging whip at the end of the day. I enjoyed the climbing, and I'll definately come back when fresh and in the shade. The 3rd bolt is in a Totally hollow flake about 1inch thick (????!!!!), and the 4th bolt should be about 2ft left to be on the fall-line (the swing part of the whip is totally unnecessary).
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Lun 8 Août 2016 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point Betty Blue Area | ||||||
23 | ★★ Black Beddy | 8m, 3 | ★★ Excellent | |||
Fell off going for the anchor on Onsight. Had a bit of a play on the last move, but I wasn't here for this and daylight was running out. Mostly finger-jugs the whole way, but for the last 2 moves... which were PUNCHEEEE.
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Sam 30 Juil 2016 - The Hide Away | ||||||
The Prow Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★ Poppin Tags | 15m, 6 | ★ Bon | |||
Slaughtered. I never managed to work out the crux move before I got frustrated and pulled through. Slipped off a damp sloper halfway through the traverse and gave up. I didn't enjoy the crux, though objectively the route might be okay. I just didn't have the patience left to find out. The traverse seems intriguing and a bit intimidating.
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Ven 29 Juil 2016 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall | ||||||
25 | ★★ Time Slips By | 25m | Dans la moyenne | |||
Bailed off the last bolt. Onsighted to the bolt below the roof (2nd last bolt - About gr24 to here), then whipped off halfway between the crazy runout to the next bolt. Eventually figured out the moves up the flaky, mossy, dirty, unworn headwall to the "excitingly" placed final bolt... But couldn't work out the last 2m of climbing to the anchor, and eventually just got pissed off. A few bits of "okay" climbing, but super-contrived in the lower half (I had to FORCE myself not to touch any of the holds on the neighbouring routes), with flaky, grainy rock. And dirty, mossy and badly bolted in the top headwall. Hard for the grade? I wouldn't give it another lap.
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Dim 24 Avr 2016 - Bungonia Gorge | ||||||
North Wall - Main | ||||||
28 | ★★ Jealous Mistress | |||||
Had no idea what this was, but it was DRY! Climbed the first 4 bolts (10m) to the MISSING 5th bolt, then tried to do the traverse left to the 6th bolt (without the 5th bolt) before breaking a footer and whipping off. Okay technical climbing to this point... but the bolt quality is rubbish, and the missing hanger makes the traverse ridiculous. Bailed from the 4th bolt.
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Sam 5 Déc 2015 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Mr Wall | ||||||
26 | ★★ Mr Wendle | 10m, 5 | ★★ Excellent | |||
Stripping the route for a friend. Climbed to the last bolt (with rests) then backjumped and down-climbed to clean. Steep and pumpy!
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Dim 22 Nov. 2015 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Ben Trovato Wall | ||||||
26 | ★★ The Road Not Taken | 18m, 8 | ★★ Excellent | |||
With Neil having a play on this, I thought I'd refresh my memory of this route by trying to repeat it... and getting utterly slaughtered. Made it to the 5th bolt before bailing! The 6m crux section is utterly desperate, and features such a complex sequence that I had no chance on it today. I remembered NOTHING of my original First Ascent sequence. Perhaps not well equipped for "working" the route, due to an absense of dogging bolts. Bring a stick clip if you want to "work" it. Some dubious rock.
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Sam 21 Nov. 2015 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Arrivals (Lower) | ||||||
24 | ★★ Insidious | 12m, 7 | ★★ Excellent | |||
Yay, I suck. In keeping with the theme of the day, I couldn't stick the move through the roof, and decided to strip the route. As JengA said on the day: "if you're gonna fail... at least fail spectacularly". My empty tick list today (despite nothing being actually hard) shows just how well I was listening to him.
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Sam 21 Nov. 2015 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Fox Hole | ||||||
24 | ★★ The Apricot Slot | 14m, 9 | ★★ Excellent | |||
Fun thugging with a short and tricky crux. Once again I couldn't seem to conjure the energy to stick the slopey, reachy crux move, and chose to bail off the route.
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23 | ★★ Mango Chutney | 16m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Felt sustained and hard at the grade to me, but consistently interesting and engaging. I thought I was doing okay until I reached the last moves to the anchor. After a few goes I didn't manage to stick them today (I've managed that feat in the past) and chose to come down.
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Sam 12 Sept 2015 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Pit Sector 'Pit Fighter' | ||||||
27 | ★★ Point Insertion | 25m | ||||
Batman'd to the ledge. After falling off the crux moves leaving the ledge (past the 3rd bolt) a few times and taking the irritating swing onto the bolt 2m right (??????) I bailed. This might be a great climb (according to Jenga), but the start and the bolt location didn't do anything to inspire.
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Dim 6 Sept 2015 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Pit Sector 'Sunny Side' | ||||||
24 | ★ Cruisin' for a Bruisin' | 20m | ||||
Bailed at the 3rd bolt. The larger holds were damp, and were just shredding my skin as I slowly slid off. With no chalk on this, I just wasnt having fun. Ill abstain from rating this until I can give it a real attempt.
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Ven 31 Juil 2015 - Alfords Point Bouldering | ||||||
V6 | ★★ Jetski Jerks | 5m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Put together all the moves, but haven't tried linking them. I still need to commit to the crimps on the headwall. Funky steep traversing, then some committing and desperate thin moves up the headwall. Good fun.
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V7 | ★★★ Stringybark Massacre | 6m | ★★★ Classique | |||
Climbed from the block at the end of the traverse slopers to the top, but can't do the 1m of slopers on the traverse. I was putting together an alternative using the underclings, but need to spend more time on it to get it dialled. An enjoyable long-ish problem on good rock and with a nice mix of holds. The topout is fun.
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Dim 12 Juil 2015 - GFC | ||||||
Tiger Wall | ||||||
25 | ★★ Smoke, Mirrors, Lightning | 15m, 8 | ★★ Excellent | |||
Bailed off the top headwall. With some tickmarks and scrubbing it would be fine, but as it was I was shredding skin lobbing for stuff in the hope that they were holds. Good climbing up to the crux. The crux itself took me quite a few falls to figure out (I cant use Matt's tricky kneebar beta cause my knee doesnt fit) but when I EVENTUALLY figured it out the moves went STYLISHLY. The crux bolt needs moving, as it is I cut a sling on it after only a few falls, and a quickdraw kept opening its gate
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Mer 3 Juin 2015 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Equaliser Wall | ||||||
26 | ★★ Slay Ride | 20m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Bailed from the bolt after the rooflet (and no-hands rest). I'd been on this long enough trying to put it together, that my skin was torched, and my belayer bored. I didn't think I was enjoying it at the time, but in hindsight it was pretty awesome. The lower crux is briefly powerful and sharp, followed by easier but engaging climbing. I never managed to put together the top boulder (after the ledge), but didn't REALLY try all that hard. Might be worth coming back to.
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Dim 31 Mai 2015 - The Woolwash | ||||||
The Junkyard Cave | ||||||
23 | ★ Penriff girls put out. | 7 | ★ Bon | |||
Yep, even after 3+ years I still can't do the last hard move to gain the good holds below the anchors. After messing around on this for 15min on warmup, I reversed the traverse and finished up Liverpool Girls.
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Sam 18 Avr 2015 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Mr Wall | ||||||
28 | ★★★ Hairline 2000 | 18m | ★★★ Classique | |||
Via LHV. An exploratory lap of this classic in the middle of a hurricane. Bailed from the last move of the crux (to the ironstone, then to the horn) - I'd been on it for a while working out moves, and it was time to trade out with my belayer. Burly, but intriguing climbing. I think I could link to the jug before the crux, but I found the moves to get into the crux bloody hard (in particular, getting left hand solid on the undercling). A very very very longshot.
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Mer 5 Nov. 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Binary Cave | ||||||
25 | ★ Digitalicious. | 20m, 12 | ★★ Excellent | |||
I made it to the first pocket okay, then got utterly shut down trying to get my right hand to the second (worse) pocket. I refused to commit to the throw to the small pocket and after playing around for a bit I came down. Interesting climbing to there.
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Mer 29 Oct. 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Logan Brae Main Cliff | ||||||
25 | ★ Hilti's not Guilty | 16m | ||||
Height (or more specifically: too much of it) seems to be a factor on this one. Flash to the very obvious crux. Couldn't come up with any tricky way to do the crux move short of bouldering it out face-on (and good luck linking THAT into the rest of it at 25). Seems dangerously easy to cop-out onto holds on the 23's either side. Bailed from the crux.
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Mar 28 Oct. 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Pindari | ||||||
25 | ★ Vets Over Verdon | 20m | ★ Bon | |||
Quick exploratory lap on the crux between Genes shots on the top pitch of JoJ, then bailed once this joins JoJ higher up. Super intense, hard and tenuous arete climbing. I eventually figured out the moves, but putting it all together will be HARD. Needs a lot of cleaning, just like JoJ did.
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Jeu 23 Oct. 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Duck Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Pluck-a-Duck | 22m, 10 | ★★★ Classique | |||
In the full sun, after 6hrs of bolting, and straight after coming down from Daffy... I was asking for a spanking and I got it. After faffing about at the lower crux, I backjumped it and went home.
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Lun 8 Sept 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Ben Trovato Wall | ||||||
26 | ★★ The Road Not Taken - PROJECT PAUL | 18m, 8 | ||||
2 attempts, burning energy, psyche and skin. Some crazy crimpy compression moves. A lot harder than I was expecting (I was thinking 20/21, originally). Needs one more bolt added to the crux section (I was taking some pretty big falls from the middle of the crux). I need some time to dial the crux sequence, as it stands I couldn't link the last part of it into the rest of the sequence. Could be worthwhile.
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Mer 13 Août 2014 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline Area Q | ||||||
V5 | ★★ Arms Race | 6m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Never managed to stick the dyno, though I didn't find the opening moves easy either.
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Mer 13 Août 2014 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline Front and Centre | ||||||
V4 | ★★ Diplomatic Immunity | 3m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Couldn't stick the last hard move to the slopers. After a few goes working the top section... I then couldn't stick the opening moves anymore as finger strength vanished rapidly. Tough, but intriguing.
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V5 | ★★★ Sloper-Dan Milosevic | 5m | ★★★ Classique | |||
One more proper attempt Fell off on the usual last move. Got frustrated and left. No longer fun.
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Sam 2 Août 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Sunnyside | ||||||
26 | ★★ Seamstress Direct | 20m | ★ Bon | |||
Gave it two working attempts. Can do like 50% of the moves in the opening 7m sustained boulder crux, but even those I can't do easily. Not a chance of any real linkage for me. Seems short, intense, bouldery, technical and hard. The top half is quite easy.
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Mer 30 Juil 2014 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline The Far Side | ||||||
V5 | ★ The Low Side | 2m | ★ Bon | |||
I can't do the last move to the jug, and have no idea how to do it. All the rest of the moves are dialled and seem easy.
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Mer 30 Juil 2014 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline Frontline Right Hand Side | ||||||
V5 | ★★ Armistice Day | 5m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Solved the moves with Gene to gain the corner, now need to work out the moves up the corner to the roof. Some daylight and different shoes might be useful, I think.
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Mer 30 Juil 2014 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline Front and Centre | ||||||
V5 | ★★★ Sloper-Dan Milosevic | 5m | ★★★ Classique | |||
Maybe 10 more shots? Every single time, left hand on crimp, right hand on intermediate, foot on the point, but I just can't do the rock-over to the jug on link. Today this stopped being fun and just put me in a pissed-off mood for this whole session.
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Mer 23 Juil 2014 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline Front and Centre | ||||||
V5 | ★★★ Sloper-Dan Milosevic | 5m | ★★★ Classique | |||
Lots and lots of shots until my hands were destroyed. Not optimum conditions, but that certainly wasn't what was letting me down. Came close a few times (one time even fell off the finishing jug due to a lack of commitment), but the climb is as dialled as it can be... Now I just need to keep it together for a send.
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Jeu 10 Juil 2014 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline Front and Centre | ||||||
V5 | ★★★ Sloper-Dan Milosevic | 5m | ★★★ Classique | |||
Linked and completely dialed to the final move to the jugs (or the flat sloper out right), but haven't put together the top (final) hard move yet. Great climbing, and tough for one who hates slopers. I will be back for the send. This is my boulder-problem goal for the year.
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Jeu 10 Juil 2014 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Frontline The Eastern Bloc | ||||||
V7 | ★ Swiss Cheese Mind | ★★ Excellent | ||||
Spent quite a bit of time working this, but can't quite put it together.
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Ven 25 Avr 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag The Outpost | ||||||
23 | Grouted Trout | 18m, 8 | Pourrie | |||
Sorry Lloyd, maybe the slab next to it is okay, but this is utter rubbish. Bad rock, badly bolted. I took a big (and awkward) fall trying to clip the 3rd bolt (i'm 6'2) because you have to do it from one of the crux holds, then took another bad fall after breaking off one of the crucial holds at the 4th bolt. Bailed from the last bolt after removing some more of this climb. Strangely no one else wanted a shot. Pox.
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Lun 21 Avr 2014 - The Hide Away | ||||||
The Prow Wall | ||||||
Jenga Project | 4 | |||||
Exploratory lap, accepting that this HASN'T been properly cleaned by JengA yet. The start is okay though pretty gritty and the 2nd clip could be bad if you blew it. I'm not sure the moves from 2nd to 3rd bolt are even possible. The moves from the 3rd bolt to the roof are committing and technical, but not too hard. I committed fully to gain the roof, but found my hand in a bucket of sand and had an exciting fall for such a short route. I didn't get to try the moves through the roof to the anchors
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28 | ★ Seam of Much Scrubbing - Closed Project | 10m, 5 | ★ Bon | |||
Actually a pretty cool (albeit short) intense boulder-problem... I need to move the anchors to the last bolt (before the ledge) and finish it up there. All the moves go, but the "middle crux" is quite hard (26, maybe?) and the top crux (to the last bolt) is probably a ~25 move. Not a crag classic, but could be a good challenge in the style. I didn't manage to do the move in the middle crux as part of the sequence, hence the "ghost".
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Sam 5 Avr 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Farside Main Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★ Malevolent Mallard | 20m, 8 | ★★ Excellent | |||
Wow, dissappointing. I couldn't put together the bouldery lip-turn sequence at the end of the roof at all, despite numerous attempts and many different sequences. It seemed very snatchy and desparate to me, but maybe I'm just weak. Bailed to spare my belayer a long and tedious belay.
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Dim 30 Mars 2014 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point The Fossil Cave | ||||||
25 | ★★ Rabbit Trap | 12m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Took a big fall at the jug at the lip, and couldn't be bothered bumping back up to try and finish it. Pretty cool roofing on mostly juggy holds (with some tricky foot movement). I think that this might go with a few more laps to consolidate, but I was just getting too tired. One for another day.
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Ven 28 Mars 2014 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point The Pocketed Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★★ The Hustler | 28m | ||||
Backed off after attempting the crux move off the ledge. Definately wasn't feeling it.
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Sam 15 Mars 2014 - Craftys | ||||||
23 | ★★ Not Waving, Drowning | 14m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Fell off at the end of the final (high) traverse... Couldn't hold the sloper dish wet and chalk-less. The end of a massive linkup, starting via The Fishing Line, reverse the traverse of Pican Passage, gain the cave of Aquarius, then traverse all the way back left via Not Waving, Drowing. Pretty rad moves, and quite committing.
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Jeu 6 Mars 2014 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Centennial Glen Wave Wall | ||||||
25 | ★★★ Rubber Lover | 20m, 5 | ★★ Excellent | |||
Climbed to the crux then back-jumped for a warm-up... But couldn't help having a play around on the crux while there. Cruised to the crux sequence, but still found the crux very hard (I cant get my fingers into the pockets!) Think I've got a sequence worked out, though... if I ever come back to use it.
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Jeu 27 Fév 2014 - Lindfield Rocks | ||||||
Pipeline Wall | ||||||
V5 | ★★ Corals | 3m | ★★ Excellent | |||
I've got a rad technical sequence that makes this balancy and tricky rather than crimpy and strenuous... Now for the tick.
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Jeu 27 Fév 2014 - Lindfield Rocks | ||||||
Bum Crack/Pocketed Face | ||||||
V4 | ★★ Kim's Arete | 3m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Tricky. So very close.
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Jeu 27 Fév 2014 - Lindfield Rocks | ||||||
She-Oak Wall | ||||||
V3 | ★★ The Golden Triangle | 3m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Not even close on the sit start. Heel popped on the last hard move of the route.
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Dim 19 Jan 2014 - Cinderella Crag | ||||||
Pitt Street Wall | ||||||
23 | ★★★ Unchained | 25m | ||||
Not as a warm-up. First climb of the day, straight from the Django anchors without resting and got lost as the OBVIOUS finish above is the finish for 22 to the right? Downclimbed and tried to traverse back on-line, but fell off. Potentially okay climbing, but pretty contrived.
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Sam 21 Déc 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Access Ledge | ||||||
26 | ★★ Family Jewels - CLOSED PROJECT | 25m, 8 | ★★ Excellent | |||
Put together the sequence for the lower (main) crux, but am still a long way from linking the climb. Big falls onto my cams in the horizontal is mangling them pretty badly... Might be time to replace the cams with a bolt.
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Ven 8 Nov. 2013 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Iceman Wall | ||||||
23 | ★★ Iceman | 20m | ||||
A few attempts to get off the ground. I make it clean to the third bolt and the heavens opened up and we bailed as the rain came down. Today really isn't my day. The hard start is a bit crap.
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Ven 8 Nov. 2013 - Nowra | ||||||
Thompson's Point The Very Nice Wall | ||||||
24 | ★★ Pale Yellow Underwear | 10m, 5 | ★ Bon | |||
I bailed on the first crux (about 2/3rds up the climb) when I couldn't put the move together easily. Okay climbing to there, but hardly great (and the top deadpoint is nothing to write home about). There are better climbs here.
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Dim 6 Oct. 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Pierces Pass East Side | ||||||
25 | ★★ Cicada - PROJECT PAUL | 45m, 16 | ★★★ Classique | |||
Pitch 3 - Still can't do the crux move, even after rapping the route and working out a new sequence. The move is there, and it will go, I just need to actually TRAIN to be able to send it. This one could be a bit of a long haul.
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Dim 29 Sept 2013 - Wolgan Valley | ||||||
Coke Ovens Cliff | ||||||
26 | ★ Anzac Day | 25m, 5 | ★★ Excellent | |||
Much tougher than it looks, technical and demanding. Climbed to 1/2 way between 3rd and 4th bolt (2/3rds of the climb) before backing off, and it was stiff 23ish to there. Committing moves a long way above the last bolt throughout the climb. We bailed on the crux (?) sequence, which involved serious committment to a non-obvious sequence with scary fall potential. Probably needs to be sussed and cleaned (very dirty) on rap for the tick The bolts are in strange places. Designer danger, anyone?
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Dim 22 Sept 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount York Buddha/Engineering Area | ||||||
23 | ★★ Buddha and the Chocolate Box | 25m | ||||
Broke a footer at the crux at the second bolt, took a huge (painful) fall, and made a mess of one of my fingers. Climbed to the runout between the 3rd and 4th bolt, but my psyche was no longer there, my boldness pass for the day had expired, and I was tired. So I backjumped to the last ring and bailed. Might be pretty good, I just need to come back and see. The rock is a bit questionable.
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Sam 21 Sept 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Pierces Pass East Side | ||||||
25 | ★★ Cicada - PROJECT PAUL | 45m, 16 | ★★ Excellent | |||
P3 - I Broke off a hold I'd always planned to use, and couldn't do the crux between the 2nd and 3rd bolt. There are other holds here out left, but I haven't explored/cleaned them, and was just throwing to them blind (and getting tired of taking big falls trying). I need to rap the route again and clean/tick-up what I need to use before I can get the send. Since I couldn't pull through this move, I ended up backjumping and bailing. Technical and strenuous to the crux moves. Could be great.
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Dim 21 Juil 2013 - The Cathedral | ||||||
Main Crag | ||||||
23 | ★★★ Anticoagulant Direct Finish | 8m | ||||
Had a bit of a play around on the moves above the first bolt (on the top headwall). Dirty, wet, and clearly never climbed. With a decent clean this could be a good little testpiece.
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Dim 14 Juil 2013 - Nowra | ||||||
The Grotto Cliffline Donutland Leftside | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Rainbow Wreckage | 25m, 10 | ★★ Excellent | |||
EOD as the sun went down. Clean to the first moves into the main horizontal roof (steep and scary to there). Then I realised I wasn't going to have time to deal with a fall into the void, bump back up, and clean, so I climbed bolt to bolt doing the moves in-between, to the end of the major roof, then backjumped. Fully bolted (in weird places), super chossy, but bloody unique crack climbing. This will go, but it definately needs a like minded climbing partner with plenty of time...
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Dim 31 Mars 2013 - Beulah | ||||||
Northern areas Donger Boulders Finger-Ripper Boulder | ||||||
V2 | ★★ Finger-Ripper Sr. | 2m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Tough, bouldery moves on razor-sharp crystals. I couldn't link the last hard move to the easy top-out into it, though it definitely would have gone with more time (and skin). Thumb-wrap-crimp on a knife-edge crystal to start... now that's just awesome. The FA can go to someone else next year, I suppose.
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Jeu 14 Mars 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Lower Blue Mountains The Surgery | ||||||
V4 | ★★ Photocoagulator | 4m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Nooooo... Fell off trying to match on the last hold. Felt really good today, just couldn't quite put it all together. Next time, dammit! Funky, technical climbing.
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V2 | ★ Necrosis | 4m | ★ Bon | |||
Still can't stick that last move. Conditions didn't help, but regardless I find that move nails for a V2. Maybe next time?
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Mer 6 Mars 2013 - The Woolwash | ||||||
The Junkyard Cave | ||||||
24 | ★★ Beep Beep Big Love. | 17m, 8 | ★★ Excellent | |||
An extremely dissappointing effort, definately has me doubting myself after not being able to even do the final (crux) moves to the anchors. Two tough-ish mantles, to a tough dynamic roofy sequence to gain the crux (Brooksie beta for the win!) and then the looooong crux off rubbish holds. I'm keen to find out how Neil did it with a knee-bar, that sort of jiggery pokery sounds like my kind of beta. Ran out of light to finish playing on it.
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Mar 5 Mars 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Lower Blue Mountains The Surgery | ||||||
V3 | ★★ The Hyperhidrosis Problem | 6m | ★ Bon | |||
Attempting to free this line. Thin, balancy, a bit grimy... Have climbed to within 1m of the topout mantle, but haven't managed to commit to the final moves (trust in "invisible footers" with no hand holds is necessary).
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V4 | ★★ Photocoagulator | 4m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Really good. Couldn't link it but did every move. Spent most of my time destroying my knees to come up with a wicked knee-bar sequence that makes the crux move much easier. Looking forward to getting back on this, I think it will go.
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V2 | ★★ Teflon | 3m | ★ Bon | |||
Repeat. No tickage today, couldn't campus the final move due to conditions. Very good climbing.
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V2 | ★ Necrosis | 4m | ★ Bon | |||
Hard. Couldn't hold the final sloper to make the move to the victory jug... But even getting there felt nails. Not bad, but a bit painful.
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V3 | ★ Roof Pocket | 5m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Couldn't quite link it all, though more due to fear of the last move in todays conditions than anything else. Quite a few good (and weird) moves. Enjoyable!
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Mer 13 Fév 2013 - The Woolwash | ||||||
The Junkyard Cave | ||||||
24 | ★★ Communal Spoon - Bundy Project | 15m | ★★ Excellent | |||
Climbed up to the last crux (with a few rests) so I could backjump to retrieve the draws. Climbs surprisingly well, with an obvious line and some cool moves. When Bundy ticks this, I'd say it will be a worthwhile climb to get back on.
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Dim 3 Fév 2013 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Porters Pass Dogs, Cats & Apples Wall | ||||||
25 | ★★ Ness is Best | 20m, 8 | ★ Bon | |||
Every bolt is in a stupid position, a shame since I really enjoyed the climbing. Bailed from the last bolt when I realised I couldn't clip it mid-crux, and didn't feel like landing on the half way ledge (unavoidable from that far up) if fell. I think that if I get on this again, I will place the crux draw on a runner lowering off from the anchors of Dragon Egg.
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Thanks Magui for trying to help me with the crux beta