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21 | ★★ Shock Wave - with Jerome | 13m, 5 | The Paradiso | ★★ Very Good | Mon 19th Feb 2024 | |||
Pretty good, but I was so tired I did not climb this very well and almost dropped it at the top — didn't see the hold on the left!
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21 | ★★ Looks Poxable | 15m, 4 | Berowra | ★★ Very Good | Sun 11th Feb 2018 | |||
Stoked with this route, an easy and super pleasant start, and a committing and delicate crux in the middle. I think this is my highest onsight!
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21 | ★★ Chasing Amy - with Emily Hoffmann | 22m | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 7th Mar 2020 | |||
Coisa linda! Technical but not so strenuous, loved it. Also well worth starting from the bottom, straight up, via the cool little small crack to the right of the waterfall. I did put a small cam in there though...
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21 | ★★★ Shakes and Flakes - with Roni | 30m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sun 12th May 2019 | |||
Bloody nails!!! It would have been easier if I had better technique I guess, but I was absolutely desperate. Felt like my hardest onsight ever!!
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21 | ★★ Werner Burner - with Gundula | 25m, 7 | Point Perpendicular | ★★ Very Good | Sat 2nd Mar 2019 | |||
Gundula's first climb at Point Perp. I should have chosen something a bit easier for us to warm up on Amazing climb though, but it's more like a mixed route if you start low enough. Pumpy at the end, but not that technical. Maybe soft for 21? I agree with the book's grade — 20.
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21 | ★★ Sylvia - with Emily | 20m, 9 | Mountain Quarry | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Jun 2018 | |||
I think this is a pretty cool climb, just super technical! I've been looking at it for a long time and being too scared to try it, but I think today I might have got my first 21 onsight! I'll come back to do that 17 route on top of it!
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21 | ★ Mull Up - with Jorge | 23m, 6 | Mountain Quarry | ★★ Very Good | Sun 20th Oct 2019 | |||
Wow, I loved this, I think it's a little gem in MQ. Just make SURE you have medium and small cams and that you comfortably climb this grade — there is a scary run out between the first bolt and the cam placements, but easy climbing there. Then scary run out after the slab, but safe I think. In terms of moves, the climb packs a variety of fun stuff, with hard slab where you are really climbing on friction to get through the crux — Mt Cuthbert feelings!! This should be a mixed route though, not sport...
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21 | ★ October - with Felipe | 12m, 3 | Morialta | ★ Good | Sat 11th Feb 2023 | |||
This is not bad, but I will not warm up on it — quite pumpy! Feels stiff for grade.
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21 | ★ The Natives are Restless P1 - with Josh | 10m, 3 | Norton Summit | ★ Good | Wed 22nd Mar 2023 | |||
That's probably a better warm up for me than Peregrine!
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21 | ★ B - with Emily Hoffmann | 18m, 7 | Narrabeen | ★★ Very Good | Sun 14th Apr 2019 | |||
Really enjoyed this, and had no problem with the top bit. But how does one avoid going into the cave like a skink? I find it a bit contrived to try to stay out of the cave, but maybe that's what less scared climbers do? Oh, that anchor needs rebolting too!!!
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21 |
★★ Mr Orange
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Robin
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20
20m
lead by
Robin
| 38m, 17 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sat 10th Nov 2018 | |||
The reason we came here, and it didn't disappoint. So stoked to onsight this. Exposed, and I think a proper 21 in the second pitch.
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21 | ★★ Girly Germs - with Robin | 15m | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sun 11th Nov 2018 | |||
This is fantastic, crimpy as hell! It was our "warm up" cause we got to the crag late (bloody frenchies partying all night in the campsite) and wanted to do a hard climb before the sun hit the wall!
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21 | ★ Dr No - with Andrew Dolan | 10m | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Wed 20th Sep 2023 | |||
Couldn't resist another short sport route on the way back to the car after Mr Big on our 'rest day'. Was stoked to onsight a 22 after the multi, but here it's 21 — moves felt a bit hard off the ground, but I guess you only have very few of these in a very short climb, so 21 makes sense. Like a boulder problem.
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21 | ★★ Lady Stardust - with Andrew Dolan | 21m, 6 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 23rd Sep 2023 | |||
Quite a nice climb — jumped on it to help me clean the 3 draws I had put on the 24 on the left after I bailed on that one...
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21 | ★★★ Mirrorball - with Francois Pieterse, Desiree | 49m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sat 24th Nov 2018 | |||
Probably the best grade 21 I ever did, sensational. My type of route — crimpy and almost perfectly vertical. It's sustained cause it goes on forever, so you must know how to rest on crimps. But the wall is beautiful, the exposure sensational. And hell it was windy! Best 21 ever for me, enough said!!
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21 | ★ Friendly Fire - with Zoe | 12m, 4 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sun 9th Dec 2018 | |||
Very good! Crazy high first bolt, but easier than it looks till there. Then it gets a bit thin and reachy.
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21 | ★★ The Good Life - with Hugh Edwards | 40m, 13 | Moonarie | ★★★ Classic | Sun 11th Jun 2023 | |||
This was sublime. It felt a bit spicy as I was in a hurry not to finish in the dark. Hugh had to finish it in the dark though, sorry mate A couple of runouts to keep you on your toes and a fantastic long technical arete. Absolutely loved it!
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21 | ★★ The Climb that was - with Daniel Bush | 18m, 7 | Joll's Bridge | ★★ Very Good | Sat 14th Sep 2019 | |||
This is fantastic!!
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21 | ★ Hustler - with Jorge | 22m, 8 | Mountain Quarry | ★ Good | Sun 20th Oct 2019 | |||
Hum, not sure I stayed left enough in the first two slabs now that I read the description. I tried, but it's really contrived on that point, I kept feeling I was between this route and Penthouse. Really loved the end of this climb, using that cool crack that goes left of the anchors!! Will maybe come back on another occasion and try to stay as left as possible before the 3rd bolt.
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21 | ★★★ Blades Of Glory - with Rika | 26m, 9 | Onkaparinga | ★★★ Classic | Sun 11th Dec 2022 | |||
This is such a gem, I loved it. Guide book said 22, so I'm a bit sad to see 21 here — thought I was getting stronger, but we all know I don't get stronger. Makes sense in hindsight — fair grade.
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21 |
★★★ My Way or the Highway
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Robin
1
20
24m
lead by
Robin
| 39m, 11 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sat 10th Nov 2018 | |||
What a route, absolutely loved it. Perhaps a tad soft for a 21? It's better than it looks, less scary than it looks too! A bit easier than Mr Orange nearby!
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21 | ★★ Desperate Housewives - with Mitch | 15m, 5 | Midgegoroo National Park | ★★ Very Good | Sun 5th Sep 2021 | |||
Nice, tricky thin holds at the start and then faith-slab at the top!
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21 | ★★ Unquenched - with Jerome | 8m, 4 | Sand River | ★★ Very Good | Wed 21st Feb 2024 | |||
Fun and easier than it looks, so a good warm up actually.
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21 | ★★ Whacking Moles - with Chris | 25m, 9 | Jane Fonda Workout Wall | ★★ Very Good | Sun 10th Feb 2019 | |||
Even better than the one on the right! Just as hard!
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21 | ★★ The Aimless Blade of Science - with Emily Hoffmann | 20m, 7 | Kalbarri | ★★★ Classic | Sat 10th Oct 2020 | |||
Fantastic climb! Difficult start, and then glorious arete. The anchor bolts are a bit far apart vertically, and there's another 4m of climbing after them, so it's easy to keep climbing to the top and think there's no anchor! Be aware!
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21 | ★ Ram it to the Hilti and Climbmax - with Hugh Edwards, Stu | 10m, 3 | Mitcham Quarries | Fri 29th Sep 2023 | ||||
A tad easier than Fading Light, but this time I saw Stu and then Hugh try before my first go. Really nice though, I'm more likely to jump back on this than Fading Light... definitely easier for me than that one.
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21 | ★ Hard Stone City - with Hugh, Stu, Oscar | 12m | Mitcham Quarries | ★★ Very Good | Fri 4th Nov 2022 | |||
Got ALL of the beta from my mates and it made all the difference. Easier than sunfish WITH that beta, but i can't imagine figuring that beta out myself. Would be bloody hard to onsight. Awesome awesome line though, keen to get back on it.
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21 | ★ Edge of Darkness - with Hugh | 12m, 3 | Mitcham Quarries | ★ Good | Thu 17th Nov 2022 | |||
Pretty good for around here — all in those first 4-5m.
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21 | ★★ Sister Moon - with Álvaro, Daniel Bush | 15m, 6 | Alfords Point | Sat 16th Nov 2019 | ||||
Pretty awesome!
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21 | ★★ Jaws - with Andrew Dolan, Ross Paynter | 15m, 4 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sun 7th Apr 2024 | |||
First route of the trip, pretty cool to do something here first go, even if it's too easy for a warm up for most people here!
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21 | ★★ Jingle Bells - with Daniel Bush | 15m | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sun 18th Nov 2018 | |||
Got talked into "warming up" on this. Great climb, though, just not a warm up for a weakling like me!
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21 | ★★ Duck Tits - with Andrew Dolan, Ross Paynter, Tom | 16m | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Tue 9th Apr 2024 | |||
Good warm up for here, some bits with tiny crimps. Top is fun too.
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21 | ★ Special Forces - with Chris | 18m, 4 | Boya Quarry | ★★★ Classic | Thu 16th Mar 2017 | |||
Awesome climb, that traverse at the top must be the highlight. Stoked that I flashed this after Chris took a fall — I gotta enjoy these rare moments before he is fully recovered from his accident
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21 | ★ Trade Embargo - with Ross Paynter, Emily Hoffmann | 4 | Onkaparinga | ★ Good | Sun 21st Apr 2024 | |||
gotta keep the ethical high standards — I saw someone on it from some distance earlier in the day and draws were up, so a hard earned flash. So short, and yet felt hard at the top. Maybe this is this crag's peregrine, the perfect warm up Will be good to stop climbing around the horn...
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21 | ★★ Technicolour Sunfish - with Hugh | 12m, 4 | Mitcham Quarries | ★★ Very Good | Fri 28th Oct 2022 | |||
harder todaym feeling pumped at the end, but got the redpoint this time!
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21 | ★★★ Real Life Ambition - with Emily Hoffmann | 15m, 6 | Statham's Quarry | ★★★ Classic | Sat 23rd May 2020 | |||
Still a classic. The fallen block took a little bit away from it, but sill one of the best climbs in Perth for sure, and the difficulty is just a little bit less now I think. Crux unaffected. Also happy to see that my old and fat current self can still climb this, kind of surprised to be honest.
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21 | ★ Left Lateral Portside Smidgen Winkler - with Ashlee, Chris | 25m | Statham's Quarry | ★★ Very Good | Sun 22nd May 2016 | |||
I love the slab at the start, delicate and a work of faith. This route is another good mix of slab, one mantle, and climbing on a flake to finish. Committing move at the end to the anchor. Red pointing is mentally hard due to the second bolt (need hangers). I can place all other draws/hangers, but scared of that one... Got it second go after working the start a lot in the first go...
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21 | ★★ Black Lung - with Aparna Ramesh, James | 15m, 6 | Bob's Hollow | ★★★ Classic | Sun 5th Jun 2016 | |||
Very nice, a mental challenge to get out of the rest cave on top onto the final moves on the roof. I couldn't have onsighted this on the same day that I got my first grade 20 onsight, could I? Lost the onsight while staring at the anchors at eye level, a bit heart breaking... Soft for 21 really, if this is 21 then Constructive Vandalism has to be a 22! Maybe the mental challenge of tackling the roof on top is what gives this one its grade...
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21 | ★ The Fading Light — 3 attempts - with Hugh Edwards, Stu | 12m, 3 | Mitcham Quarries | ★ Good | Fri 29th Sep 2023 | |||
Better than I thought, and a bit harder than I expected, but only for a couple of moves. Still, it only went third go cause I watched Hugh solve the puzzle — on the first dog I went way too left...
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21 | ★ Rainbow Wall — 3 attempts - with Emily Hoffmann | 8m, 3 | Mitcham Quarries | ★ Good | Wed 17th Jan 2024 | |||
Hard move at the top, as it's so tempting to shove your right hand in the corner for a hand jam (which I did in one of the attempts). In my last attempt I managed without the corner, which is contrived, but worth it for the challenge. Beta from Em made it possible!
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21 | ★★ Palm Sunday - with Desiree | 15m, 3 | Berowra | ★ Good | Sat 7th Jul 2018 | |||
This is pretty good, got it on second go. But in the first try I was terrified to clip the third bolt!
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21 | ★★ So, Said The King - with Daniel Bush | 20m, 9 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 22nd Feb 2020 | |||
Such a cool route, balancy and technical.
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21 | ★★ Exhilarating Heights - with Jorge | 20m, 6 | Boya Quarry | ★★★ Classic | Thu 1st Dec 2016 | |||
Yes yes yes, finally! I really like this route, it's after the long move (that you think is the crux) that things get delicate and interesting. Love the whole second half of this, definitely the best climb in this quarry, and one of the best 21s in Perth.
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21 | ★★ Bodgy Dolts - with Emily Hoffmann | 30m, 6 | Churchman's Brook | ★★★ Classic | Sun 28th Oct 2018 | |||
FINALLY!!! Em seconded clean!!
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21 | ★★★ Stainless Steel - with Ashlee | 30m, 3 | Wilyabrup | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sat 4th Jun 2016 | |||
What a climb, it gives you the full Wilyabrup experience. I couldn't wait to tick this. Now I can't wait to try the redpoint!! The final two meters are the icing on the cake.
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21 | ★★ Peregrine - with Andrew Dolan | 9m, 3 | Norton Summit | ★★ Very Good | Fri 29th Mar 2024 | |||
bare feet ascent for something different! I think my climbing shoes are so old and shit that I almost didn't feel the difference...
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21 | ★★★ Exhibition Wall - with Felix | 30m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sat 4th Aug 2018 | |||
This is absolutely sensational. Maybe 3 or 4 falls in the first try, and then I sent it on the second proper try. I didn't have to take the first couple of falls, but I reckon the delicate top would have always got me on the onsight attempt... What a beautiful route, well worth doing the first moves (without aiding), piecing the middle sections together calmly (plenty of rests, especially a no hands rest in the middle), and then challenging your mind to keep calm on the moves to the anchor!!
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21 | ★★ Flash Flood - with Che | 18m, 7 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 23rd Mar 2019 | |||
Fell on the onsight for trying something stupid — I need to improve my route reading! I thought this was a bit difficult for a 21!
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21 | ★★ Constructive Vandalism - with Trent Potts | 15m, 5 | Bob's Hollow | ★★★ Classic | Sat 22nd Oct 2016 | |||
Finally got it, very sustained, and the rests are not that great, I just kept staying too long on them and getting pumped. Moving quicker worked for me!
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21 | ★ Obsessive Compulsive Disorder RHS — 2 attempts - with Josh | 14m, 4 | Mitcham Quarries | ★ Good | Tue 28th Mar 2023 | |||
Not a bad warm up — using OCD to get its second bolt clipped, then coming down and climbing the RHS variant!
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21 | ★★ Urge Surfing - with Jorge | 20m, 3 | The Stirling Ranges | ★★ Very Good | Wed 6th Jan 2021 | |||
Again, I feel like some important holds broke here, otherwise the clipping is very committing and it feels hard for the grade. Second best climb here though - thanks Jorge for figuring out the crux!
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21 | ★ Fear The Smear - with Jorge, Sam Davies | 14m, 6 | Eaglestone Rocks | ★★ Very Good | Sat 20th May 2017 | |||
Sam showed me how to be short and do that first move. I almost almost almost got it. But also almost lost some nails on the attempts and couldn't stick the move... Next time!
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21 | ★★ Bless Its Pointed Little Head - with Tim Dove | 20m | Blue Mountains | Sun 18th Aug 2019 | ||||
Holy shit, I need to try that first move again after I lose a couple of Kgs...
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