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17 | ★ Go Further in Lightness.
Left hand route starting at the bottom of the gully. Nice scoops and small over lap to a deceptively steep finish. Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter, 2022 | 10m, 5 | Penrose Forest | ||
2021 | |||||
V2 | ★ Belly Ache
Start at the right hand end of the boulder, lowest point. Small ledges to belly flop. FA: Matt Tranter, Jul 2021 | 3m | Berrima Bouldering. | ||
V1 | ★★ Savage Love
Start on the small foot ledge, trend left to the obvious hold and then up to the immensity satisfying band of iron stone to top out. FA: Matt Tranter, 2021 | 6m | Penrose Forest | ||
V2 | ★ Glory Days
Centre of the slab on small holds. Exit on iron band ripple. FA: Matt Tranter, 2021 | 6m | Penrose Forest | ||
V2 | Georgia Rose
Obvious crack. Tricky start. Watch for finger jams. FA: Matt Tranter, 2021 | 6m | Penrose Forest | ||
2020 | |||||
V3 | ★★ Chalkstormish
Right in the middle of the wall. Small ledge for your foot. Balance up. Mantle to the top. FA: Matt Tranter, Dec 2020 | 4m | Penrose Forest | ||
V2 | ★ Beached as Bro.
Left hand edge. Balance to hold on left edge. Flop to the top. FA: Matt Tranter, Dec 2020 | 4m | Penrose Forest | ||
19 | ★ Frail Deeds.
FA: Matt Tranter, 16 Nov 2020 | 10m | Belanglo State Forest | ||
17 | ★ Age Shall Not Weary Them
First route at the bottom of the descent gully. Start by pulling with care on the rickety flake. Clip the low bolt to avoid dropping into the muddy abyss if you underestimate how tricky this little slab is. FA: Matt Tranter, 11 Nov 2020 | 10m, 5 | South Pacific | ||
18 | Dust to Dust
Just left of the trad crack. Run out in the middle. Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter, 23 Oct 2020 | 10m, 4 | New Nowra - Braidwood Road | ||
16 | ★ Happy Father’s Day.
First line of bolts in the orange buttress. Pull over bulge. Choose your yellow flakes with care. Anchor bolts over the top ledge. Set: Matt Tranter, Sep 2020 FA: Matt Tranter, 6 Sep 2020 | 14m, 4 | The Sanctuary | ||
V2 | ★ Spring
Straight up the middle FA: Matt Tranter, 1 Sep 2020 | 4m | Mount Alexandra Lookout Road bouldering. | ||
V1 | Sprung
Right side of the face on large ironstone holds FA: Matt Tranter, 1 Sep 2020 | 4m | Mount Alexandra Lookout Road bouldering. | ||
16 | ★ Shoot The Breeze
Arete. Set: Matt Tranter, Sep 2020 FA: Matt Tranter, Sep 2020 | 9m, 4 | New Nowra - Braidwood Road | ||
15 | Two Sheets to the Wind
Obvious corner crack. Large gear. Two belay bolts set well back from the top can be used to belay. Set: Matt Tranter, Sep 2020 FA: Matt Tranter, Sep 2020 | 10m | New Nowra - Braidwood Road | ||
17 | ★ Blows a Futile Horn.
Centre of the slab. Nowra slabs and ledges. Set: Matt Tranter, Sep 2020 FA: Matt Tranter, Sep 2020 | 11m, 4 | New Nowra - Braidwood Road | ||
16 | Wind of Change
The zig zag trad crack trending leftwards. FA: Matt Tranter, Sep 2020 | 14m | New Nowra - Braidwood Road | ||
V1 | East Coast Low.
First route encountered. Sit start to knobs., Throw to small ledge. Finish standing on large mantle with hands on the pebbles. FA: Matt Tranter, 1 Aug 2020 | 4m | Penrose Forest | ||
17 | ★ All Rung Out
Just right of the rungs. Choose your starting holds with care until you reach the satisfying iron band ridges. Trend right. Fun. FA: Matt Tranter, Aug 2020 | 8m, 4 | Penrose Forest | ||
17 | ★ Should Have Brough a Husky
Middle of the next pillar. Long reach for the crux. Satisfyingly sequencey. Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter, Aug 2020 | 10m, 4 | Penrose Forest | ||
21 | ★ Puppy Love.
Start to the left of the crack. Pull up on sharp ironstone edges, trending left. Long reach to the final ledges and glory. Set: Matt Tranter, Apr 2020 FA: Matt Tranter, Aug 2020 | 4 | Penrose Forest | ||
17 | ★★ Operation Snowflake
Start on the irresistible orange and ascend the over hanging ledges. Grope over the lip for the hold, swing into space, take the hero photo and pull with care onto the head wall. Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter, 2 Jul 2020 | 12m, 5 | The Sanctuary | ||
V2 | The Umbrella Academy
Start on small handholds on the face. Trend right past ironstone Hole to first ledge. FA: Matt Tranter, 2020 | Penrose Forest | |||
V2 | Monsoon
Blunt right scoop / crack to second ledge. FA: Matt Tranter, 2020 | 5m | Penrose Forest | ||
V2 | Noah
Blunt arete to second ledge. FA: Matt Tranter, 2020 | Penrose Forest | |||
V2 | The Great Unwashed
Undercling crack and lunge for the top. FA: Matt Tranter, 2020 | Penrose Forest | |||
13 | ★ Thomas’s Thumb
FA: Matt Tranter, 2020 | 10m, 3 | Badgerys Lookout | ||
V1 | ★ Catacomb Calamity.
Sit start below mini ledge. Pull up trending left. Top out. FA: Matt Tranter, 2020 | 3m | Mount Alexandra Lookout Road bouldering. | ||
V1 | Lost.
Left hand end of slab. Sit start. FA: Matt Tranter, 2020 | 4m | Mount Alexandra Lookout Road bouldering. | ||
V1 | labyrinth
Middle of slab. Sit start. FA: Matt Tranter, 2020 | 4m | Mount Alexandra Lookout Road bouldering. | ||
V1 | ★★ Traverse half stack
Start at the far left of the crag. Use a mixture of ironstone bands and the large pebbled ledge. Drop at the nose. FA: Matt Tranter, 2020 | 8m | Penrose Forest | ||
V1 | Found.
Right hand side of the slab. Sit start. FA: Matt Tranter, 2020 | 4m | Mount Alexandra Lookout Road bouldering. | ||
2019 | |||||
V1 | Amon
Easy ramp leading to rounded top out. Finish standing on top of the boulder. FA: Matt Tranter, Dec 2019 | 6m | Penrose Forest | ||
18 | ★★ Dora the Explorer (and the lost crack of gold.)
Enter the crumbling ruins that guard the first high bolt. Crux move to second bolt. (Can be avoided by stepping far right.) Ramble through the ledges and moss filled cracks to the fabled city of gold. Fun. Long. Exit from chains on the final ledge. 60m is perfectly fine. Set: Matt Tranter, 2019 FA: Matt Tranter, 8 Oct 2019 | 30m, 10 | Mount Alexandra | ||
19 | Flu Season
Up mini crack and ledges. Thin and getting thinner as all the edges round off. Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter, 11 Sep 2019 | 8m, 3 | Penrose Forest | ||
16 | ★★ Tuffa on a Rope.
2 metres further right up the gully. 2 bolts on small features to the ironstone ledge before a difficult finish. Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter, Jun 2019 | 9m, 4 | The Monastery | ||
20 | ★ Back in the Saddle
2 metres right up the gully. Follow tufa to ironstone ledge, balance with difficulty to next ledge. Throw to sloppy top. Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter, Jun 2019 | 9m, 4 | The Monastery | ||
17 | Pioneers, rebels and mutineers.
2 metres further right. Start on the flake of rock, up the clean slab and over the overlap. Romp to top. FA: Matt Tranter, 26 May 2019 | 20m, 8 | Mt Gibraltar | ||
16 | ★ Winters Coming
Straight up the guts of the wall. Protect with small Friends. FA: Matt Tranter, 24 Mar 2019 | 11m | Point Perpendicular | ||
20 | ★ Bring Back Winter
Start on the scree slope and single bolt of No Country For Old Men and head right. Follow the right slanting thin crack using the crack as far as you like, breaking for the slab when you feel like it. Hard to clean. Exit with care through right hand break in summit cap and Belay from large tree at top. Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter, 2 Jan 2019 | 22m | Hillbilly Highway Walls | ||
17 | Late to the Party
Face climbing to nice ledges. Trend slightly right. Set: Matt Tranter, 2019 FA: Matt Tranter, 2019 | 9m, 4 | Penrose Forest | ||
17 | Tree Huggers Delight
start left of the tree. Use the tree for as long as your legs can reach. Pull up the ledges to a tricky top. Can you do it without the tree? Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter & Adam Rabjohns, 2019 | 10m, 4 | The Monastery | ||
17 | ★ Lurch
Dynamic reaches between iron stone bands. Easier for the tall. Take care with clipping. Set: Matt Tranter, 2019 FA: Matt Tranter, 2019 | 8m, 2 | Penrose Forest | ||
2018 | |||||
18 | ★★ Look Ma, No Hands
First route on the mini slab. Pull past horizontal break and then up to the reinforced hold. Micro holds all the way to the final over lap and jugs. Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter, 19 Dec 2018 | 15m, 8 | Mt Gibraltar | ||
17 | ★★ Paved With Good Intentions
Right hand side of the slab. Start on the conveniently positioned old tree trunk. Pull up slab into curving crack, lay back with style and surmount the head wall with care. Set: Matt Tranter FFA: Matt Tranter, 18 Dec 2018 | 15m, 10 | Mt Gibraltar | ||
18 | ★★ Here be Dragons
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Start at the very low point of the crag. Meanders up through the old descent gully on really cool features.
Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter, 18 Sep 2018 | 52m, 4, 32 | Mt Gibraltar | ||
12 | Checkpoint Charlie
The leftward slanting crack, starting at The Bridge and ending at the anchors of Cereal Killer. Clip the first (and second if you like you ankles to remain undamaged) bolts on The Bridge and then trad it up to the convenient anchors at the top of the crack. FFA: Matt Tranter & Simon Vaughan, 16 Sep 2018 | 12m, 1 | Nowra | ||
17 | ★ The Golan Heights
2 metres right of Cereal Killer, up through gold towards the honeycomb roof. | 10m, 6 | Nowra | ||
12 | ★ Orb
First route on the wall. Easy jug hauling. FA: Simon Vaughan & Matt Tranter, 14 Apr 2018 | 10m | Point Perpendicular | ||
15 | Smooth as Silk
Up through the cheese following the slight hanging flake. Trend right at half height or when you can be bothered. 2 bolts set back from the lip to avoid the bash through the spider infested jungle. FA: Matt Tranter & Simon Vaughan, 14 Apr 2018 | 11m | Point Perpendicular | ||
12 | ★ Foot fetish
Bay to the left of Snitches. Left hand crack and wall. Exit left onto slash Wall ledge. FA: Simon Vaughan & Matt Tranter, 7 Apr 2018 | 11m | Point Perpendicular | ||
16 | ★ A face full of bush
Long reaches to good ledges. Trend right. Exit with care into bush above. 2 bolts over the lip to access or lower from. FA: Matt Tranter, 7 Apr 2018 | 11m | Point Perpendicular | ||
12 | ★ Last of the summer wine
Mini wall with the descent station of Raptures Wall on it's far left side. The obvious crack on the right hand side of the wall. FA: Matt Tranter & Simon Vaughan, 4 Apr 2018 | 11m | Point Perpendicular | ||
17 | ★★ Barking Knuckles Pitch 3 Crack Finish
Set: Brendon Flanagan Set: Jeffrey Crass & Brendon Flanagan, 12 Dec 2017 FA: Brendon Flanagan, Jeffrey Crass, Kip Newing, Matt Tranter, Phuong Ho, Geoff Cooper, Sandy & Ian, 18 Mar 2018 FFA: 18 Mar 2018 FA: Brendon Flanagan, Jeffrey Crass, Phuong Ho, Matt Tranter, Geoff Cooper, kip, Ian Ryan & Sandy, 18 Mar 2018 | 55m, 3, 19 | Mt Gibraltar | ||
13 | ★ Barking Knuckles
Three good easy pitches going leftwards up the spine of the buttress
Set: Jeffrey Crass & Brendon Flanagan, 12 Dec 2017 FA: Brendon Flanagan, Jeffrey Crass, Phuong Ho, Geoff Cooper, Chanté Fisk, kip, ian, sandy & Matt Tranter, 18 Mar 2018 | 60m, 3, 19 | Mt Gibraltar | ||
17 | ★★ Barking Knuckles Pitch 3 Crack Finish
Set: Brendon Flanagan Set: Jeffrey Crass & Brendon Flanagan, 12 Dec 2017 FA: Brendon Flanagan, Jeffrey Crass, Kip Newing, Matt Tranter, Phuong Ho, Geoff Cooper, Sandy & Ian, 18 Mar 2018 FFA: 18 Mar 2018 FA: Brendon Flanagan, Jeffrey Crass, Phuong Ho, Matt Tranter, Geoff Cooper, kip, Ian Ryan & Sandy, 18 Mar 2018 | 55m, 3, 19 | Mt Gibraltar | ||
17 | ★★ Mad Dogs and Englishmen
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Start, walk about 40m R of The Road less travelled etc at a body high flake you can just squeeze thru (or walk around).
Set: Matt Tranter & James FA: Matt Tranter, 11 Feb 2018 | 60m, 3, 18 | Mt Gibraltar | ||
16 | ★ Half Mast
The left most route as you arrive after the scramble down the descent gully. Thankfully stops before the band of choss is encountered. Short and fun warm up. Set: Matt Tranter, 2018 FA: Matt Tranter, 21 Jan 2018 | 10m, 5 | Point Perpendicular | ||
20 | ★★ Riding Shotgun (Underneath the Hot Sun.)
Middle of the slab. Thin moves well protected. FA: Matt Tranter, 2018 Set: Matt Tranter, 2018 | 15m, 8 | Mt Gibraltar | ||
2017 | |||||
17 | ★ Im The Party Pooper
Clip the first two bolts from the ground to avoid swinging. Heel hook for all you are worth. Avoid anything that is not a massive hold (everything else my well give way!) and thug your way to the top. Enjoyable, surprisingly. | 5m, 4 | Belanglo State Forest | ||
17 | ★★ Captain Barnacles
2nd route on the wall as you face the cliff. Great climbing with the exception of one band of choss. Great holds all the way up. Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter, 17 Sep 2017 | 15m, 8 | Point Perpendicular | ||
20 | ★ Proof of Life
First line of bolts on this wall. Start 3 metres into the gully. Steep start, long lunge, beautiful holds. Short and fun. FA: Matt Tranter, 20 Aug 2017 | 8m, 4 | Nowra | ||
15 | ★★ The Gruffalo
Right of Snooze. Pull over two bulges and onto the crack and slab. Romp up the nice looking orange rock to the anchors shared with Snooze. The route starts just left of the bush 2m up, watch the tree when lowering!! FA: Matt Tranter, 13 Aug 2017 | 24m, 9 | Mount Alexandra | ||
12 | ★ Schools out for Summer.
The second route as you walk in, located on the slab used by pesky abseilers. Bolted for the beginner leader and for the short (or more accurately a six year olds height.) FA: Matt Tranter, 2017 | 15m, 7 | Mount Alexandra | ||
18 | ★ Crocodile
Start at the far right of the crag in the cool little gully. Up the middle of the little wall. Hard start, cool holds to finish. FA: Matt Tranter, 2017 | 14m, 6 | Belanglo State Forest | ||
19 | Boulevard of Broken Dreams
one missing bolt mid route as of 10/12/2017 Start up the fine finger crack and proceed with care through the bands of weird rock to an easy finish. Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter, 2017 | 20m, 7 | Belanglo State Forest | ||
2016 | |||||
16 | ★★ The Eiger Sanction
Start in the cave. Back and foot up the chimney (if you are too young to know what that means then google it youth). Take care after the third bolt as it is run out, stay in the cave where it is nice and safe. Exit left with the grace of a goat or the flop of a whale to the anchor of Dole Bludgers. | 12m, 6 | The Sanctuary | ||
18 | ★★ Dole Bludgers
Crimpy moves flowing nicely up the faint line of weakness. Start 2metres left of the narrow cave. FA: Matt Tranter, 15 Sep 2016 | 12m, 6 | The Sanctuary | ||
21 | ★ luz en una cueva
luz en una cueva (light in a cave) Opposite this route is a cave that has a gold circle of light that shines late afternoon like there is a lamp inside. Anyway, very technical and challenging climbing past 4 bulges on amazing rock. Only 1 star because of the batman to the first bolt. Set: Simon Vaughan FFA: Simon Vaughan & Matt Tranter, 11 Jun 2016 FA: Simon Vaughan & Matt Tranter, 11 Jun 2016 | 14m | Nowra | ||
21 | ★ luz en una cueva
luz en una cueva (light in a cave) Opposite this route is a cave that has a gold circle of light that shines late afternoon like there is a lamp inside. Anyway, very technical and challenging climbing past 4 bulges on amazing rock. Only 1 star because of the batman to the first bolt. Set: Simon Vaughan FFA: Simon Vaughan & Matt Tranter, 11 Jun 2016 FA: Simon Vaughan & Matt Tranter, 11 Jun 2016 | 14m | Nowra | ||
2015 | |||||
20 | ★ No Country For Old Men
The big crack. Adventure trad. Dirty, loose and thruchy. Mmm. The large pillar at the bottom of the route recently detached so protect is a little limited for the first 3 metres. Have fun. Bolt added December 2018 to protect the landfall section. Care still required. Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter, 10 Jan 2015 | 18m | Hillbilly Highway Walls | ||
2014 | |||||
14 | Short and Curly
Up crack and then step left on to blocks. Finish at tree. FA: Matt Tranter & Ryan Hanvey, 2014 | 9m | Mt Gibraltar | ||
2013 | |||||
17 | Mostly Harmless
Same start as Ruined Childhood. At big ledge take the right hand thin crack. Care required with gear. FA: Matt Tranter, 2013 | 20m | Area 51 | ||
17 | Schadenfreude
Large crack on the main face. Start in the small cave. Either pull straight up at a grade harder or wimp out to the better rock on the right. Belay from the tree at the top. FA: Matt Tranter, 2013 | 20m | Area 51 | ||
15 | Ruined Childhood
2 metres down hill from Schadenfreude. Up dirty dirty ledge to corner crack. Up to top. FA: Matt Tranter, 2013 | 20m | Area 51 | ||
19 | ★ Lapérouse
10 metres further around the headland. The next detached pillar. Climb crack until small roof. Round roof on right to loose top. FA: Matt Tranter, 2013 | 18m | Kiama | ||
2010 | |||||
20 | ★ Back to the Future
Climb up the Arete. Short and Sharp. Originally no protection, soloed by Tim Cartwright, now bolted. Start in the alcove below the Arete. Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter, 2010 | 8m, 4 | Mount Alexandra | ||
2007 | |||||
17 | Loosing Your Virginity
Slab and crack system. For abseil, take a longer rope or two ropes as one of the pitches is longer than 30m. FA: Martin Haworth & Matt Tranter, 2007 | 100m, 3, 20 | Midgard | ||
2004 | |||||
{UK} HVS 5a | ★★ More fun than shopping for shoes
2 expansion bolts anchor. FA: Matt Tranter & Ben George, 2004 | 34m | New Territories | ||
{UK} HS 4c | ★★★ Doppelganger
Same anchor as More fun than shopping for shoes. FA: Matt Tranter & Ben George, 2004 | 34m | New Territories | ||
{UK} E1 5a | ★★★ Broadway
FA: Matt Tranter & Ben George, 2004 | 34m | New Territories | ||
{UK} E1 5a | ★★ Seamless
Trad anchor + 1 bolt. Scramble down for the descent (to the right facing the cliff). FA: Matt Tranter & Ben George, 2004 | 34m | New Territories | ||
{UK} E1 5b | ★★ Tailor Made
FA: Matt Tranter & Ben George, 2004 | New Territories | |||
{UK} VS 4b | ★ Big boots
FA: Matt Tranter & Ben George, 2004 | New Territories | |||
{UK} S 4a | ★★★ Clothes line
FA: Matt Tranter & Ben George, 2004 | New Territories | |||
{UK} S 4a | Zipper effect
FA: Matt Tranter & Ben George, 2004 | New Territories | |||
{UK} S 4a | Suits you sir
FA: Matt Tranter & Ben George, 2004 | New Territories | |||
{UK} S 4a | Big boots rule
FA: Matt Tranter & Ben George, 2004 | New Territories | |||
2003 | |||||
19 | Nurse Hoogenbusum.
Easy buttress starting directly out of the Kloof bed. Trending right, Double ring bolt lower-offs. Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter & Martin Haworth, 2003 | 22m, 7 | Windhoek | ||
Unknown year | |||||
V1 | Flat Foot
Face climb. Sit start. Behind small tree. FA: Matt Tranter | 3m | Mount Alexandra Lookout Road bouldering. | ||
18 | Heffalump
Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter | Spitzkoppe & The Pontoks | |||
V3 | ★★ Traverse full stack.
Complete the first half of the traverse and continue traversing until the end of the sector. FA: Matt Tranter | 8m | Penrose Forest | ||
V2 | ★ The Keep
Right hand arete. FA: Matt Tranter | 5m | Mount Alexandra Lookout Road bouldering. | ||
16 | ★ Hound
Start in the recess with the overhung book corner. Step right and romp to the top. Anchors over the lip in the top gold band. FA: Matt Tranter | 14m, 6 | Area 51 | ||
V2 | Same as The Last but Thinner.
Sit start. Behind the big tree. Thin. FA: Matt Tranter | 3m | Mount Alexandra Lookout Road bouldering. | ||
V0 | Shelter From The Storm
Left hand end of the cave. Up large holds past two ledges. FA: Matt Tranter | 4m | Penrose Forest | ||
V3 | ★ Damsel in Distress
Shallow arete / runnel. FA: Matt Tranter | 5m | Mount Alexandra Lookout Road bouldering. | ||
18 | ★ A symphony of sass
Start under the bookend corner. Trend left on large holds. A couple of great dynamic moves on dinner plate iron stone. Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter | 12m, 6 | Area 51 | ||
V2 | Tea Time
Start at Hole. Sit start. FA: Matt Tranter | 3m | Mount Alexandra Lookout Road bouldering. | ||
17 | ★★★ Last Breath
FA: Martin Haworth & Matt Tranter | 22m | Midgard |