Showing all 96 ascents.
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Thu 4th Apr 2024 - Indian Creek Canyon | ||||||
Along Road 211 Donnelly Canyon | ||||||
5.10a | ★★ The Drainpipe - with Amelie Beaudoin, Ayla | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Really sustained and hard for the grade.
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5.11d | ★★★ Dos Hermanos - with Amelie Beaudoin, Ayla | 29m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Repeat, really really good climbing
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Tue 2nd Apr 2024 - Indian Creek Canyon | ||||||
Along Road 211 Battle of the Bulge Buttress | ||||||
5.12c | ★★★ Digital Readout - with Amelie Beaudoin, Ayla | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sat 30th Mar 2024 - Indian Creek Canyon | ||||||
Along Road 211 Supercrack Buttress | ||||||
5.12a | ★★★ Coyne Crack - with Amelie Beaudoin, Ayla | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Fri 29th Mar 2024 - Indian Creek Canyon | ||||||
Along Beef Basin Road Sparks Wall | ||||||
5.10- | ★★★ Sparkling Zygote - with Amelie Beaudoin, Ayla | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
5.9 | ★★ Skraps - with Amelie Beaudoin, Ayla | 21m | ★★ Very Good | |||
5.11 | ★★★ Slings And Arrows - with Amelie Beaudoin, Ayla | 21m | ||||
Really struggled in the chimney
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5.10+ | ★★ Divide And Conquer - with Amelie Beaudoin, Ayla | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Was pretty spicy with only one #4
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5.10 | ★★ Sparkling Gefilte Fish - with Amelie Beaudoin, Ayla | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fri 29th Mar 2024 - Indian Creek Canyon | ||||||
The Optimator | ||||||
5.10+ PG13 | ★★★ Hayutake - with Amelie Beaudoin, Ayla | 37m | ||||
Alzheimer onsight, super cool climbing
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5.10 | ★★ Neat - with Amelie Beaudoin, Ayla | 30m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Very neat indeed
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5.11- | ★★ Soul Fire - with Amelie Beaudoin, Ayla | 24m | ||||
Mostly onsight
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Tue 26th Mar 2024 - Indian Creek Canyon | ||||||
Along Road 211 Scarface Wall | ||||||
5.11 | ★★ The Sicilian - with Ayla, Amelie Beaudoin | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Tue 27th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area | ||||||
24 | ★★ Goochs Crack - with Taib | 15m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Wed 14th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Main Cliff | ||||||
28 | ★★ The Bell's Line - with James Hockey | 60m | Don't Bother | |||
It was all too much, too hard, too chossy, too complex, too concerning for my belayer below. At some stage the rock is too bad to even aid. Didn't make it to the crux and stopped when I asked myself "why am I doing this???" It really made me appreciate how well-rounded is Lee's skillset.
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Fri 2nd Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Main Gully | ||||||
19 | ★ When the Axe Falls - with nathaniel glavurdic | 30m | ★ Good | |||
Aptly named, I believe the "axe" the route name refers to is a 15m long and thin feature that looks like it could detach from the cliff at any moment! Definitely felt full value for the grade as I didn't trust the rock I was stepping on or pulling on. Otherwise, I think it was a great climb. Fanny followed me and and didn't pull anything off so I guess I was just being paranoid.
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Wed 27th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Supercrack Area | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Land of the Giants — 2 attempts - with zac T | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
First Free Ascent. Very inspiring line that begged to be climbed. Not strictly crack climbing as all footwork is there and the wide crack can be underclung in the same fashion as it's thinner version Gravel Rash at the Underworld. Used #3#2#0.75 for the start anchor then 5x#6 (some shuffled from the very beginning) and #0.75#2 after turning the lip.
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Sun 24th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Superstar Cave | ||||||
23 | ★ Groundup Superstar - with nathaniel glavurdic | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Not every day you walk past an unclimbed classic roof crack, you've got the right gear, you've got the right partner and you onsight it ground up cleaning the loose rock on the way up, pull through perfect fists and hands with feet in the crack. Dream. I decided to continue up above the crack to top out on a scary mission on suspicious dinner plates, lose dirt, caving under boulder and emerge trough a hole. I do not recommend that bit! I will go back and clean it properly top down, this climb deserves to be one of the best cracks at the grade in the Blueys and beyond. Fanny agreed, this is an amazing find.
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Mon 18th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Main Cliff | ||||||
23 | ★★★ Sacred Ground - with Lee | 63m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Epic onsight in one monster pitch. Loads of gear shuffle to avoid rope drag and avoid running out of #4s. Crux was burly fist jams that made me work real hard but I didn't think I'd fall at any moment. For me doing this climb in one pitch made it truly memorable.
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Mon 4th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Adults Only Cave | ||||||
20 | ★★★ Haystack Madness - with Rick | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice climb, great gear
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Mon 4th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Electric Blue Area | ||||||
16 | ★ Kooks - with Rick | 25m | ★ Good | |||
Climbs much better than it looks, I really enjoyed it. I didn't clip the bolts, good gear all the way.
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Sun 19th Nov 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Shipley Lower | ||||||
23 |
★★★ Bowstring
- with
Heath Black
1
2
| 55m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great climb. Had to fight to onsight this one.
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Tue 31st Oct 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Pit Sector 'Pit Fighter' | ||||||
28 | ★★★ Pit Fighter - with James Hockey | 30m | ★★★ Classic | |||
6 shots total, fantastic climb. Is the grade a baseline for 28? I'm asking for feedback because I have no idea and I've been FA grading a fair bit of much harder 28s in the recent years. Thanks for letting me know what you think.
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Mon 18th Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Lunch Ledge | ||||||
19 | ★★ The Silk Road - with Anton Korsun | 130m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Awesome crack, we did it in two monster pitches
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Sun 10th Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Janicepts Area | ||||||
21 | ★★★ The Janicepts - with Brendan Coulter, Ayla, Amelie Beaudoin | 27m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Climbed with passive gear only, there's heaps, made the climb more interesting.
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Sat 9th Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Boycetown | ||||||
25 |
★★★ Iron Curtain P1
- with
Rick
1
| 58m, 10 | ★★★ Classic | |||
Pitch 1 only. Fantastic climb! My average sausage fingers could only juuuussst fit in the second lock at a precise angle, when I worked that out it was fairly easy to get through first crux. Second crux at exit went really well but I had to grunt.
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Wed 6th Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Medlow Bath The Underworld | ||||||
25 | ★★ Gravel Rash - with Rick | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Great crack, great gear, a bit too much undercligning to my liking but very inspiring line. All dry, great friction today!
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Fri 1st Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Boycetown | ||||||
22 | ★★ La Nina - with Seth | 58m, 1 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Wed 30th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Daydreamer | ||||||
28 | ★★★ Le Paresseux - with sare | 30m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Finally completing this long chapter placing all gear from ground to end. This climb is one of a kind.
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Sat 26th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area The Noisy Place | ||||||
22 | ★★ Die, Fox, Die - with Ayla, Amelie Beaudoin | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Harder than it looks from the ground. Perhaps the moist interior of the crack made it feel a bit stiff, perhaps being belayed by my 9yo little girl made it feel even stiffer 😉. Good little crack, will be more enjoyable after few months of summer drought.
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Wed 16th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Ikara, Victorialand, Odin Head, Thor Head Ikara Head | ||||||
20 | ★★★ Caladan - with Seth | 32m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
World class at the grade
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19 |
★★★ Telstar
- with
Seth
1
18
30
lead by
Seth
2
17
15
3
19
20
4
3
15
| 80m | ||||
Insane, I can imagine people freaking out on this one! Linked the 2-3-4 together.
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18 | ★★ Reincarnation - with Seth | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Really nice, end traverse unnecessary, should have anchors straight up at the break I reckon
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Thu 29th Jun 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Daydreamer | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Sloth Roof - with Seth | 20m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Got advised to upgrade to 24. Although all holds are big, half the gear is tricky and suspicious and this thing is horizontal. Would be three stars at piddo.
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Tue 27th Jun 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Blackheath Area Bald Head Long Routes | ||||||
18 R |
★★ Serendipitous Cracks
- with
Ben Carter
2
lead by
Ben Carter
3
We stopped at ledge, the rest was really uninspiring
4
5
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Wed 24th May 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Mount Victoria Area Ikara, Victorialand, Odin Head, Thor Head Ikara Head | ||||||
22 |
★★★ Blast Off
- with
Taib
2
lead by
Jacques Beaudoin
I got to say I had to fight real hard as I made several errors in a row towards the end of the crux and launched for a jug to the left and almost peeled off. Won't forget this one in a while! I have to thank the folks who cleaned/scrubbed this pitch, it had a reputation of being dirty and scary, it's great now good job! | 80m | ★★ Very Good | |||
22 ~21 | ★★★ Aladinsane - with Taib | 32m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Lost at Rock-Paper-Scissors for the onsight but the conveniently located tree combined with a sore neck preserved me from getting any info on my mate's ascent! Great climb, great moves, great rock, loved it!
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Mon 22nd May 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Daydreamer | ||||||
24 | ★★★ Daydreamer - with Pedro V | 23m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Warming up, got a bit more pumped than expected
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Fri 13th Jan 2023 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Medlow Bath Colosseum | ||||||
23 | ★★★ Wake of the Flood - with Rick Webb | 50m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Linked all pitches together. I had three racks with me and used just a bit more than one. I occasionally walked up gear then build anchors at strategic locations. No rope drag whatsoever. I didn't notice I was in the middle of the crux of the third pitch when I questioned myself about putting long runners to reduce rope drag for the next pitch... so I downclimbed the thing to re-evaluate the sling strategy, then I realised where I was and went for it more carefully as I didn't want to blow my onsight ;-). Then every damn time I was 2/3rd up the sun was poking a hole through the cloud cover and blind me so I probably downclimbed the crux 4 times before the sun finally moved behind the cliff top so I could see and proceed with the last move which I could have done blind anyways. I think the grades for all pitches are right on the money, the crux is fair at gr23 as it's not steep, got heaps of footwork, great fingerlocks and ok hands. I really rate this climb done in one pitch as the rope management is a great part of the adventure and all climbing is super pleasant. Just avoid doing it in summer sun when it's straight in your eyes at 10-11 ish ;-)
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Sat 3rd Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's Northern Star Wall | ||||||
28 | FA ★★★ Northern Star - with Gwen, Ayla, Amelie | 17m | ★★★ Classic | |||
First Free Ascent. Two months of effort from cleaning to sending but had very bad conditions. I guess gr28 is fair. Finally a project I can tick in a matter of months rather than years...
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Tue 15th Nov 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Katoomba Area Katoomba Cliffs Echo Point Echo Point Walls | ||||||
25 | ★★★ Echo Crack - with anton | 190m | ||||
Mon 10th Oct 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Lunch Ledge | ||||||
25 |
★★★ Samarkand
- with
Anton Korsun
6
22
20m
| 150m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Went on this one firstly to support Anton's Redpoint of P2 but also to redpoint P1P3P5 which I only seconded in the past. It was meant to be an easy day out on easy terrain as I'm still recovering from finger injury. I didn't realised how tired I was from the day before jumaring all day. P1 was awful, super wet and struggling with Anton's rack. P2 was a great success as Anton's marathon ascent ended up in a redpoint, not so much for me. The haul rope was stuck in bushes and pulled me down the whole way, struggling cleaning gear was hell, running on empty at crux, still managed. P3 lead layback was hard as I didn't recovered from P2. P4 seconding was relaxing finally no struggles. P5 was beautiful until the wetness. Then it was ugly in every ways, the clipping jug for the second carrot was dripping wet and I had a mental breakdown holding the draw momentarily to clip then carried on climbing swearing my head off. Then topped out climbing on my knees in the mud grasping at trampled grass tufts contemplating falling off backwards, I was broken inside out. A day to remember.
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Sat 8th Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
The Pharos and Surrounds Pharos Gully Huey and Satellites Upper Pharos Gully | ||||||
19 | ★★ Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Gentleman | 18m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Man this climb got me thinking, not easy for 19 me think
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Fri 7th Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Dog Face | ||||||
18 | ★★ Howling Wolf | 28m | ★ Good | |||
yes the top is runout!
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18 | ★★ Jackal | 25m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Very fine crack, I really enjoyed this one
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Fri 7th Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Central Gully Left Pebbles and Bam Bam | ||||||
20 | ★★ Bam Bam | 12m | ★★ Very Good | |||
I guess you can onsight twice if you have such a bad memory
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Sun 2nd Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
King Rat Area King Rat Gully Skydiver Wall | ||||||
21 | ★★ Skydiver | 30m | ||||
Repeat, I onsighted this in the past, just went left this time for a change
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21 | ★ Smile | 12m | ★ Good | |||
Surprisingly great, nice moves
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Sun 2nd Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
King Rat Area King Rat Gully Left Fork | ||||||
15 | ★ Scylla | 15m | ★ Good | |||
Very pleasant, great way to get to the Dinosaur wall
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Sun 2nd Oct 2022 - Arapiles | ||||||
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Gully Organ Pipes Gully Right Side | ||||||
15 17 | ★ Saint Peter | 10m | ★ Good | |||
Nice crack albeit short, no way this is 17 if you know how to jam
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Tue 16th Aug 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Mother Earth | ||||||
31 | ★★★ Mother Earth - with Anton Korsun | 24m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
First Free Ascent without pre-placed gear (redpoint). I have no words, it has been a long journey. Well worth it. I can't thank my belayers enough. Shot #1000000
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Mon 2nd May 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Pierces Pass East Side | ||||||
25 | ★★★ Grasshopper - with Anton Korsun | 40m | ||||
Onsight attempt. I was really psyched to give it my best shot in one single pitch, armed with my 8.9mmx100m French weaponry. It was quite obvious that the dirty first pitch section wouldn't be the most pleasant but I managed without complaining too much. Shortly after passing the first anchor, I pulled on a crimp and I felt it moving and that was enough to disgruntle me. I sat on my gear inspecting the rock to find out that the crimp was only a part of a flush chockstone, and I didn't even have to use it. I put my shit together and although the true proper onsight was gone, I continued in an onsighting mode. I was too short to reach easily the hold before the mid anchor and really had to pull hard with foot in the crack real high and deadpoint. Went easily through the rooflet but the V hold was so greasy and my gear was so bad (crunchy Z4-0.1) I sat on it and managed to place a good DMM offset nut just before the cam set itself free, pfffff. At that point I was running out of med nuts and stripped the nut in the rooflet as I was very pleased with the DMM crux nut. I brushed a bit the V hold and gave it a better shot which didn't worked out too well, the small fall turned out a bit more epic than expected when the crux nut popped out and I travelled through space and time until the nut + long sling I placed next to the mid anchor held me. Man it was a pretty big fall. I called it a day at that point.
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Wed 26th Jan 2022 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Mount Banks Banks Gully Amphitheater | ||||||
24 |
★★★ The Thin Line of Reprieve
- with
Paul Frothy Thomson
1
24
75m
2
| 75m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
I was longing to get back on this one since my failed onsight attempt few years ago. This is an amazing line with great climbing set in a stunning area. World class. Thanks to Paul for a great day out
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Fri 21st Jan 2022 - Evans Crown | ||||||
Googolplex Crag | ||||||
30 | ★★★ Fight Club | 15m | ||||
Great day with lots of laughers and not so much actual mm of climbing. I quickly figured out I'm not an offwidth climber. Quote of the day: This is not Rock Climbing, it's Rock Clowning. There were other better quotes but they would too offensive to post here. Oh perhaps... Zac: "What you haven't done this (meaning offwidth) before?" Me: "no, I'm not into anal"
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Thu 18th Nov 2021 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Supercrack Area | ||||||
24 |
★★★ Supercrack P3
- with
Pedro V
| 65m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Didn't live up to it's name. The real Supercrack is in Indian Creek. I didn't bother looking at the 2 first pitches. The third pitch was a pleasant 22 up to the two last jams then I had to shift gears a bit so I guess the gr24 is fair. I was quite frankly disappointed to find jugs as I was hoping for a pure crack. I also regret I used some footwork; I should really have kept my feet in the crack all the way, it felt magical when I did. I didn't top out the chimney, just downclimbed when I saw my last cam walking towards an old stuck cam. Overall a good little climb.
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Wed 7th Jul 2021 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
19 | ★★ Sorcerer's Apprentice | 30m | ★★ Very Good | |||
17 | ★★★ Smoked Banana | 40m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Awesome climb, I found myself giggling it was so ridiculous, absolutely loved it.
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Sat 3rd Jul 2021 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
East of the access track | ||||||
17 | ★ Fat Mattress | 30m | Average | |||
Very convenient when you want to sneak in one last climb as it cleans well on rap. Not bad climbing.
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20 | ★★ Erg | 25m | ||||
Just climbed the true line without thinking about the "not bridging" bullshit. We're not at the gym folks, no red or green holds... I remembered afterwards when I onsighted the direct version few years back it felt just wrong and artificial to eliminate footwork within reach.
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16 | ★★ Materialistic Prostitution | 20m | ★ Good | |||
Enjoyable hand jams in there, all over too soon
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Sat 26th Jun 2021 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
20 | ★★ The Great Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine | 33m | ||||
Enjoyed the beginning practicing my fist-hand and double fists stack. When I got tired of it I just groveled my way up in the most ugly way. Was good fun.
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Sat 19th Sep 2020 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Mother Earth | ||||||
26 | FA ★★★ Titan - with Will Vidler | 20m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
FFA. FFA Redpoint as a warm up on third day on, four shot total
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Mon 29th Jun 2020 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County The 39 Steps | ||||||
23 | ★★★ Gentlemens Drag (Gentleman's Drag) - with Carol | 28m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Amazing moves, varied size, unbelievable gear, just perfect. Felts easy for a 24 as suggested in SC guidebook, def 23 if not less. Regardless, such a good climb!
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Jul 2019 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
21 | ★★★ Cock Corner | 30m | ||||
18 | ★★ Gladiator | 20m | ||||
18 | ★★★ Plume | 25m | ||||
22 | ★★★ Old Guard | 40m | ||||
20 | ★★ Dream of Purple Peach Popsicles | 32m | ||||
19 | ★★★ Thor | 30m | ||||
23 | ★★★ Deliverance | 45m | ||||
19 | ★★ Hollywood Rattlesnake | 18m | ||||
15 | ★ Bad Company | 20m | ||||
18 | ★★ Elastic RURP | 20m | ||||
Jul 2019 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
East of the access track | ||||||
16 | ★ Castor | 22m | ||||
20 | ★★ Egotistical Pineapple | 14m | ||||
Fri 14th Jun 2019 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | ||||||
28 | ★★★ The Great Divide (The Great Divide Project) | 15m | ||||
6th day on. Started trying to pink point lower crux up to end of Spinning Blades. Sequence at lower crux is getting there, need to tape first knuckle of left index finger and both pinkies. Worked a bit on the climbs crux to gain Ironstone Traverse, it's real hard. I managed to stem from last good jam reaching just the bad part of Ironstone, seems like I'll need to reset in the two next bad jams to gain control on the transition. Explored the Ironstone Traverse to the alcove which is awesome fun climbing, felt totally unmotivated to go further after pulling on bad rock in the alcove and thought the climb should stop here.
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Tue 30th Apr 2019 - Arapiles | ||||||
Central Gully Upper Central Gully Cecilia Wall | ||||||
23 | ★★★ Intransience | 25m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Was close to onsight, but the beginning got me because I put the gear all wrong. Top was surprising easy and ok to protect. Did it second go with no fight after sorting out which cams to use. This is a fantastic climb.
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Tue 30th Apr 2019 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | ||||||
21 | ★★ The Left Crack - with Ben Carter | 40m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Wow, great climb. Few delightful long moves on (what I perceived as) good hand jams on quite steep territory. It really doesn't look that steep from the ground. Rock is pretty clean and gear is solid as, not advisable for sensitive skin... but I think the prickles inside the crack will eventually clean up nicely with traffic. Ben thought the grade was stiff, I thought it was honest but mmm if I compare to The Kracken, ok it might be a bit harder.
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Wed 25th Jul 2018 - Blue Mountains | ||||||
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park Disbelief Cave | ||||||
24 | FA ★★★ Disbelief - with Julie Anderson | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
FFA. Tried ground up first free ascent but figured out real quick it was safer to clean up few loose chockstones and dirt. Subsequent ascent was FFA of the short version to where a dramatic increasing angle, width and associated difficulty appeared. Again, I always thought Disbelief should not be a proper climb and recorded as such but it's obvious now with increased popularity that the short version of Beyond Belief lives.
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Jul 2017 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
16 | ★★★ Satan's Smokestack | 40m | ||||
2017 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
East of the access track | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Erg Direct | 25m | ||||
22 | ★★★ Black Light | 25m | ||||
22 | ★★★ Child in Time | 25m | ||||
18 | ★★★ Resurrection Corner | 25m | ||||
2017 - Frog Buttress | ||||||
West of the access track | ||||||
22 | ★★★ Yankee Go Home | 26m | ||||
20 | ★★★ Short Order | 30m | ||||
21 | ★★★ The One That Got Away | 35m | ||||
21 | ★★★ Conquistador | 45m | ||||
20 | ★★★ Devils Dihedral | 45m | ||||
20 | ★★★ Piranha | 45m | ★★★ Classic | |||
22 | ★★★ Insomnia | 40m | ||||
19 | ★★★ Infinity | 40m | ||||
Wed 24th Feb 2010 - Joshua Tree National Park | ||||||
The Real Hidden Valley Area The Land That Time Forgot The Thin Wall East Face | ||||||
5.10a | ★ No Calculators Allowed | 15m | ||||
Wed 24th Feb 2010 - Joshua Tree National Park | ||||||
Lost Horse Candlestein Pass The IRS Wall | ||||||
5.10a | ★★★ Tax Man | 24m | ||||
Wed 24th Feb 2010 - Joshua Tree National Park | ||||||
Quail Springs Hound Rocks Baskerville Rock | ||||||
5.10a | ★★ Right Baskerville Crack | |||||
Wed 24th Feb 2010 - Joshua Tree National Park | ||||||
The Real Hidden Valley Area The Land That Time Forgot The Sentinel West Face | ||||||
5.10b | ★★★ Illusion Dweller | 30m | ||||
Fantastic climb
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