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Sat 21st Jan 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Pierces Pass West Side
24 The Iron Throne - with Jenna Brady Sport 110m Very Good
Repeat, leading oposite pitches than last time. Pitch 2 is still the crux pitch. Really enjoyed pitch 3 this time.

 
Sun 15th Aug 2021 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
23 Leif Ericsson Sport 93m Mega Classic
Repeat.Probably the best multi in the bluies. Fell off the start on 2nd and fell back to the tree, pulled back on and went to the anchors. One of the hardest, sustained grade 23 pitches around. The rest of the pitches went without any problems but still needed to put in a lot of effort. Brilliant!

 
22 Western Ring Road - with Jenna Brady
1 22 70m lead by Jason McCarthy
2 lead by Jenna Brady
3
Sport 70m Good
Only pitch 1 and 2 and then rapped off. Worth the effort on mostly good rock.

 
Sun 29th Nov 2020 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Logan Brae Main Cliff
23 The Never Believers Sport 15m, 8 Very Good
Repeat.

 
22 23 Creep Show Sport 18m Very Good
Repeat. Best warmup here.

 
Sun 1st Sep 2019 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Corroboree Walls Teenage Buttress
24 I Was a Teenager For the CIA Sport 58m Very Good
P1 Missed a hold on the onsight plus had some epic pump from the placing the tricky carrot plates and draws. Pity about the lower choss. Clean on 2nd. P2 Onsight - The arete felt very straight forward but the slightly damp headwall was a pumper.

 
Thu 22nd Aug 2019 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Hat Hill Crag
22 Fedora Sport 18m, 8 Very Good
Repeat warmup. Bit of a test piece at the grade.

 
Sun 18th Aug 2019 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Greenhouse Gully
22 Prussic Acid Sport 25m, 9 Good
Warmup. Felt really damp thus much trickier.

 
Sat 6th Jul 2019 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Centennial Glen Junket Pumper Area
24 Junket Pumper Sport 15m Very Good
Warmup laps x2

 
Sun 30th Jun 2019 - Nowra
The Grotto Cliffline P.C.
25 Escape From the Drilling Fields (Trigga Nigga) Sport 20m Very Good
Warmup repeat placing the draws. Yay I can still climb.

 
Sat 18th May 2019 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Celebrity Crags Sharon Stone
23 Sensory Overload Sport 20m, 12 Very Good
Repeat. One of the bestest 23's

 
Fri 26th Apr 2019 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Arrivals (Lower)
21 Jingle Bells Sport 15m Classic
2x laps warmup

 
Mon 22nd Apr 2019 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area The Freezer
22 Extension Lead Sport 20m Good
Good to see I still fell off the start of this.

 
Sun 24th Feb 2019 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag
23 Leif Ericsson Sport 93m Very Good
Stellar sustained multipitch. P1 2nd with a few falls, tough with damp holds and no chalk. P2 OS gets super thin. P3 2nd with a few falls, tough moves before the steep. P4 OS akward hard climbing to get started and around the roof. Keen to come back and clean this one up.

 
Thu 15th Nov 2018 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Boronia Point Main Wall (Ferris Cave)
22 Eucalyptus (Link-up) Sport 20m, 7 Very Good
Two laps warmup.

 
Sun 16th Sep 2018 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Ben Trovato Wall
23 Reigning Steel Sport 17m, 7 Very Good
Warmup.

 
Sun 12th Aug 2018 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Boronia Point Main Wall (Ferris Cave)
22 Eucalyptus (Link-up) Sport 20m, 7 Very Good
Warmup

 
Thu 9th Aug 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall
22 Lardy Lady's Lats Sport 25m, 13 Very Good
Two warm up laps

 
Sun 29th Jul 2018 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Boronia Point Main Wall (Ferris Cave)
22 Eucalyptus (Link-up) Sport 20m, 7 Very Good
Warmup

 
Fri 22nd Jun 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Grey Slab
16 18 The Bandoline Grip Sport 18m, 6 Good
Sat 9th Jun 2018 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Sunnyside
22 Seamstress Sport 22m, 10 Very Good
Wed 30th May 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall
24 Language of Desire Sport 28m Very Good
Repeat. EOD.

 
Sat 26th May 2018 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Arrivals (Lower)
21 Jingle Bells Sport 15m Very Good
Wed 2nd May 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Porters Pass Dogs, Cats & Apples Wall
19 Powerbra Rangers Sport 23m, 8 Classic
Wed 4th Apr 2018 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Walls Lookdown
25 Let Freedom Ring
3 22 14m
4 24 32m
5 20
6 25
Sport 46m Classic
Awesome new multipitch. P3-P5 only. Stella rock and awesome exposure. P4 is super sustained, rad moves. Stoked to onsight the P5 pitch.

 
Mon 26th Mar 2018 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Access Ledge
23 You Crazy Diamond Sport 26m, 9 Very Good
Repeat. Classic bluies face climbing, nothing too hard. Definitely worth rebolting.

 
Sun 25th Mar 2018 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Diamond Falls Access Ledge
21 The Jewel Thief Sport 28m Classic
Repeat. Full value route. Harder then I remembered.

 
Sat 24th Mar 2018 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Yesterday's Groove Area
23 Rutger Hauer Sport 110m Very Good
Probably not as awesome I have heard it made out to be. Pitch 3 was the standout with some cool movement.

 
Mon 29th Jan 2018 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Centennial Glen Wave Wall
21 Jaws Sport 15m, 4 Classic
Haven't been on this for years. Awesome at the grade.

 
Wed 24th Jan 2018 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag Arrivals (Lower)
24 Wet Paint Sport 16m, 6 Classic
Repeat. Love this route, one of the best at bell.

 
Wed 24th Jan 2018 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bell Supercrag The Blowhole
20 Araldite Sport 20m Good
Wed 10th Jan 2018 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Little Triggers Wall
21 Dr Do Little Sport 15m Good
Repeat. Crux is still tricky

 
Thu 28th Dec 2017 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Absquealers
20 Penny Arcade Sport 54m Very Good
Linked p1 and p2. Awesome multi with heaps of great moves.

 
Thu 16th Nov 2017 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Little Triggers Wall
19 Little Triggers Sport 25m Very Good
Warm up. Always fun.

 
Sat 1st Jul 2017 - Wolgan Valley
Coke Ovens Upper
22 Dr Freeze Sport 82m Classic
Awesome route with very cool rock features and in a spectacular position. 2nd clean p1, Took 3 shots to stick the move on P2 before red pointing it. 2nd clean p3.

 
Mon 17th Apr 2017 - Nowra
The Grotto Cliffline The Grotto Proper
20 McStagger Direct Start Sport 15m Good
Ok climbing but a bit contrived.

 
Thu 23rd Feb 2017 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
18 Bunny Bucket Buttress Sport 270m Very Good
2.45 hr bottom to top. P1-P3 very enjoyable, the rest a bit boring.

 
Sun 29th Jan 2017 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Pindari
25 Voyage for Two Sport 55m Very Good
P1 Onsighted to the top crux move, which feels pretty much impossible at the grade for short people - I couldnt do it. Pity as the rest of the pitch was pretty cool. Massive thunderstorm arrived so seconded jenna on P2 aiding all the hard bits, looks like an awesome pitch. Prussic'd out P3 as it was all slime.

 
Sat 28th Jan 2017 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point East Faces New World Order
24 Trumpeter Sport 58m Classic
Repeat. P1 clean 2nd, P2 clean 2nd. P3 clean. Awesome P1 and very good P2.

 
Thu 26th Jan 2017 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Dalpura Head Dalpura Wall
19 M1 19 M1 Welsh Dragon Sport 88m Good
Enjoyed this only because it was a bit of type 2 fun. Aid pitch was very reachy, had to improvise with some top stepping in slings to reach some bolts. Mossy sandy rock with lots of fragile looking ironstone edges. Dangerous runout to P3 1st and 2nd bolt, pray you dont break anything. Climbing is straight forward and kinda interesting and was a good adventure. All bolts 'looked' perfect to me and none were missing.

 
Thu 26th Jan 2017 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Dalpura Head The Lost Pillar
23 Wafer Thin Fin Sport 71m Mega Classic
Absolutely spectacular. Up there with the Totem Pole and Ancient Art in the craziness factor. Rock quality is pretty average, no breakages just sandy. P1 clean 2nd, P2 O/S, P3 clean 2nd.

 
Sun 15th Jan 2017 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Pindari
20 This Sporting Life
1 lead by Jenna
2 lead by Jason
Sport 43m, 15 Classic
Awesome technical 1st pitch and then long slightly steep 2nd wth heaps of cool climbing. P1 2nd clean, P2 OS

 
Sat 14th Jan 2017 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Pulpit Rock Bellbird Wall area
18 Bellbird Wall - with Heath Black Sport 100m, 16 Very Good
30 minute ascent as part of #40pitches40years. Simul-climbed as one big pitch.

 
Thu 29th Dec 2016 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
20 Randy Rabbit Ridge Sport 280m, 99 Good
An enjoyable day out and much better than being on the crowded BBB. Led onsight pitches 2, 4, 7-8, 9-10. Great pitch 2 and 8. The rest were average. The dodgy bolting on the first pitch and part of the 2nd was not to bad.

 
Sun 30th Oct 2016 - The Cathedral
Main Crag
20 Retro Crack Sport 25m, 8 Classic
Super fun quite strenuous. Did a 2nd lap to get my draws back.

 
Sun 4th Sep 2016 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Perry's Lookdown
25 The Regular Route Sport 190m Mega Classic
Back again, this time from the ground. Pitch 1 clean 2nd, fun climbing and solid warm up. Pitch 2 dog - Amazing climbing that is very sustained and scarily runout in places. Neil saved me on the big sideways runout by leaving a long sling. Pitch 3 - 24M1 climbing the arete direct, I enjoy this pitch the way I climb it. I had forgotten this was quite a scary pitch. P4 clean - Wet start but enjoyable climbing. P5 2nd clean - mega pitch. P6 clean - Exposure pulling the roof! P7 2nd clean - Struggled on this one today, pitch 2 wrecked me.

 
Sun 28th Aug 2016 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Perry's Lookdown
24 25 The Regular Route Sport 190m Mega Classic
We climbed a bit of a variation of this route, we skipped P1 and P2 and instead climbed P3 of 'Upstaged'. Absolutely amazing climbing on mostly perfect rock. Great bolts and belay ledges. This would have to be the best sport multipitch I have ever climbed. Dogged two of the 24 pitches but the rest clean.

 
Thu 30th Jun 2016 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bowens Creek Main Wall Left
20 Kraut Pleaser Sport 15m, 6 Very Good
Repeat. Always a great warmup

 
21 Mr Pink Sport 15m, 5 Very Good
Repeat. Super fun warmup

 
Sun 26th Jun 2016 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County The 39 Steps
25 Toyland Direct Sport 30m Mega Classic
Clean repeat. Jenna was working this and it was too late to try something else. Just as good the 2nd time around.

 
Sat 25th Jun 2016 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall
19 Flaming Flamingo pitch 1 Sport 18m Very Good
Warm up. Tricky.

 
Tue 14th Jun 2016 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Bald Head Serendipitous Walls
21 Purkinje Arette
1 21 lead by jason
2 21 lead by jenna
Sport 75m, 34 Very Good
Quality! First pitch has a burly start and then continually engaging climbing for a long way. 2nd pitch - Exposed arete climbing with som fine moves. Both pitches are a little dirty/mossy but expected for a low traffic route. Excellent way to end the day.

 
Sat 11th Jun 2016 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Bowens Creek Main Wall Left
20 Kraut Pleaser Sport 15m, 6 Very Good
Warm up

 
Mon 16th May 2016 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Boronia Point Main Wall (Ferris Cave)
23 Lyptus Sport 23m, 8 Classic
Done this before but dogged my way up it as a warm up. Did it clean 2nd shot to redeem myself.

 
Mon 9th May 2016 - Bare Rock
Main Face
26 27 Ride the Lightning Sport 200m Very Good
P1- many rests on 2nd, technical thin climbing. Found this quite challenging and very body position dependent. P2/P3 linked these together. Found clipping the 3rd bolt very desperate and the fall wouldnt be nice. Once the bolt was clipped I didnt find the traverse tricky at all (21). Really enjoyed the last 6 bolts of pitch 3. Rapped off after pitch 3.

 
Sun 8th May 2016 - Bare Rock
Boneyard
23 White Powder Warmup (To the 7th Bolt) Sport 12m, 7 Very Good
Really enjoyed the climbing on this warmup, though it got me pretty flash pumped.

 
Sat 7th May 2016 - Bare Rock
Boneyard
26 Vapour Trail (Pitch 1) Sport 25m Classic
Just one massive boulder problem that leads up to a big low percentage huck. Struggling on the first 3 bolts, its sucking way to much energy. 3 shots.

 
Wed 4th May 2016 - Bare Rock
Easter Rising Face
25 Easter Rising Sport 40m Very Good
Initially I didnt enjoy this, very old school climbing through a wall of blocky rock that did not inspire me. I stuck with it and ticked it 2nd shot, much more enjoyable with some intense sequences surrounding a whole lot of technical climbing and in a very exposed location.

 
Mon 2nd May 2016 - Bare Rock
Main Face
24 Godhead's Lament Sport 25m, 11 Very Good
Blew the onsight at the first crux. Sent on my 2nd burn, the final moves felt much more desperate than I was hoping. Some cool moves and rare steepness for Bare Rock.

 
Sat 16th Apr 2016 - Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton)
Van Diemen's Land
22 Terminal Insomnia Sport 30m, 7 Very Good
Onsighted this a couple of years ago, today it felt pretty desperate.

 
Sat 16th Apr 2016 - Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton)
Amnesty Wall Area Amnesty Wall
20 The Flying Emu Sport 18m, 6 Good
Warm up. Fund climbing but all the shitty wedge bolts are loose. Legged it afterwards for more shady crags

 
Wed 24th Feb 2016 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Logan Brae Main Cliff
22 Room With a View Sport 15m Very Good
Warmup. Its still a hard move at the end.

 
Fri 19th Feb 2016 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Yesterday's Groove Area
24 Yesterday's Groove Sport 110m Classic
Pitch 1 OS - Awesome long pitch up the corner, was pretty tired by the end of it. Pitch 2, 2nd - Probably easier climbing than pitch 1 up until the crux just before the anchor. Took a few falls on 2nd to get through the crux, wet crimps made this hard. Wicked climbing. Pitch 3, dog - Mega pumpy traverse up to some hard moves that took a couple of goes to work out. Awesome route, will be back to clean up the dogs.

 
Wed 3rd Feb 2016 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Lunch Ledge
24 23 Bionic Booger Boys Sport 100m Very Good
Pitch 1 O/S - long pitch of fun climbing ona variety of interesting holds. Pitch 2 - had a couple of goes at the starting moves on 2nd before linking it clean. Hard start but the climbing tapers off quickly to an exposed traverse/crawl. 3rd pitch - Couldn't work out the tough moves above the 2nd bolt on my onsite attempt, sorted it after a rest. Started from belay and climbed the pitch clean. Classic climbing up an awesome line. 4th pitch - Clean on 2nd, looks rubbish but still climbs ok.

 
Sun 30th Aug 2015 - Hayes Creek
Spider Gully
19 Palmerstone Sport 25m, 10 Good
Another warmup lap.

 
Sun 17th May 2015 - The Apostles
North Apostles Twin Towers
21 Gluon Sport 10m, 3 Very Good
Always good fun to do a lap.

 
Mon 4th May 2015 - Col's Crag
23 24 You'll never never know if you never never go Sport 25m, 8 Very Good
Rested on the second bolt so I could cut down the banyan tree, this didnt make it any easier though. Still a great climb and unsure if this is 23 or 24.

 
Mon 4th May 2015 - Cypress Wall
25 Julbo Sport 18m, 7 Classic
Happy to easily repeat this route. Great fun.

 
Wed 4th Mar 2015 - Mt Coree area
Lost Vegas Main walls
20 Aces High Sport 20m Average
Good technical climbing in the middle. Ruined by the hardest moves above an ankle crushing ledge. Anchor should of been one ledge lower.

 
Sat 7th Feb 2015 - Cape Raoul
17 Terrible! Access/Exit Pitch Sport 50m Crap
Badly bolted, horrible rock and dangerous. Needs more bolts so it can be aided.

 
Sat 3rd Jan 2015 - The Paradiso
17 High Noon Sport 10m, 4 Good
Fun warm up.

 
Thu 2nd Oct 2014 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Lunch Ledge
24 Weaselburger
1 22 lead by jason
2 24 lead by jenna
3 23 lead by jason
4 19 lead by jenna
5 22 lead by jason
6 21 lead by jenna
Sport 190m Mega Classic
Awesome route! Every pitch was a great. Start of 2nd pitch is tough, definitely 24 - Jenna and I both had a sit. First two pitches were pretty painfully as we were pretty cold. Best multipitch I've done in the bluies.

 
Sun 11th Dec 2011 - Mt Ngungun
Lower Cliffs The Lower Main Cliff
17 AWOL Sport 18m, 4 Very Good
Really nice climb

 
17 Absentia Sport 20m, 6 Very Good
Great Climb.

 
Sat 23rd Jul 2011 - The Apostles
North Apostles Twin Towers
18 Al Colada Sport 10m Average
Once over the bulge its just easy climbing on jugs.

 

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