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17 | ★★★ Little Red Riding Hood - with Francois Pieterse, Desiree | 25m, 1 | Point Perpendicular | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 27th Jan 2019 | |||
This is sensational, my favorite at Pt Perp yet I think. But that end is quite an spicy runout!!
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17 | ★★★ Mari - with Tristan Walker, Vera | 35m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Fri 26th Jan 2024 | |||
Sensational, great gear. What a good start of the trip. Looks easy from the ground, but feels more interesting while climbing!
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17 | ★★★ Grey Mist - with Emily | 30m | Point Perpendicular | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 20th May 2018 | |||
Certainly the best 17 I've done in a while, probably ever!!
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17 | ★★ Playboy - with Aparna Ramesh | 22m | Mountain Quarry | ★★ Very Good | Tue 6th Sep 2016 | |||
Awesome climb with some challenging slab on top. The protection is pretty great for most of it..
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17 | Direct Route - with Heidi, Lizzie | 12m | Boya Quarry | Don't Bother | Sun 9th Jul 2017 | |||
Not 100% sure this is what I climbed, but if it is just left of Wise Crack, then the top is very very lose and dangerous. I don't recommend this unless you inspect the top and get rid of some big rocks first...
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17 | ★ Major - with Aparna Ramesh | 25m | Churchman's Brook | ★★★ Classic | Thu 14th Jul 2016 | |||
Extremely enjoyable. A little bit committing to step right after the block, and you gotta be confortable running it out a bit, but the crux is easy to work out.
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17 | ★ Editorial - with Emily Hoffmann | 30m | Churchman's Brook | ★ Good | Sat 19th Oct 2019 | |||
Gear is pretty thin on this one, but generally a good warm up. Good to test your small gear placements I guess.
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17 | ★★ Inner Space - with Emily Hoffmann | 15m | Wilyabrup | ★★ Very Good | Sun 3rd Nov 2019 | |||
This is a lot of fun!! And spicy committing finish! Didn't love the finish at the time, but glad I committed. At least the fall would be on a bomber #3.
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17 | ★★ Waterfall's Second Folly Direct Start - with Emily Hoffmann | 17m | Wilyabrup | ★★ Very Good | Fri 12th Oct 2018 | |||
Alzheimer onsight, since I might have been on this on top rope ~5 years ago. Awesome climb, although not the best first climb of the day because of the pumpy start, got me scared while trying to protect the beginning... Beautiful mid section and a spicy last move (I was glad to have a #4 C4 before the final move).
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17 | ★★★ Vulture Street - with James, Aparna Ramesh | 50m, 1 | West Cape Howe | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sat 14th Jan 2017 | |||
I think (not even sure) I top roped this back in 2012, but since I didn't remember anything, I am claiming the onsight. It was also my first proper lead at WCH, and it was even better than I expected, I absolutely loved it. Lot's of pro, and great nut placements. Take a lot of draws, cause you probably will be running out at the top otherwise!
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17 | ★★★ Flying Buttress Direct Finish - with Hugh Edwards | 110m | Moonarie | ★★★ Classic | Sat 10th Jun 2023 | |||
This was an epic adventure. Hugh lead the first and third (with the second roof) pitches, and I led the second (with the first roof) and fourth (with the direct epic finish) pitches. We kind of added a pitch to get to the real start and another one to leave the buttress, so it was a long day... I was quite scared at that first roof, and it felt tricky. The direct finish felt easier than the middle pitches. Good to have some big gear. We put the belays according to the verbal description in the book, but that doesn't match the topo so well. Epic climb, too bad I was quite cold the whole time.
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17 | ★★ Buckley's - with Hugh Edwards | 20m | Moonarie | ★★ Very Good | Mon 12th Jun 2023 | |||
This was better than I expected and well protected — good gear is useful!
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17 | ★★★ Sooky Sooky La La - with Emily Hoffmann | 22m, 2 | Devil's Peak | ★★★ Classic | Sun 15th Oct 2023 | |||
This is absolutely sensational! A bit of everything, but the step right onto the blank wall is the EPIC part. Find those underclings that make the impossible possible and go for glory (I used a slightly over cammed #4 there) the bolts at the top are ok , but the fixies were not. I managed to open the gates on one of them (when the screw part of the gate split in two) and I left an aluminium screw gate biner of mine to replace that one, but couldn’t open or replace the others by hand - need pliers next time.
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17 | ★★ Ozone Action - with Emily Hoffmann | 20m, 3 | The Cathedral | ★★ Very Good | Sun 9th Sep 2018 | |||
Really nice warm up!
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17 | ★★★ Psychopath - with Tim | 28m | Blue Mountains | Sat 11th May 2019 | ||||
This is AMAZING. I couldn't tell what's better, this or Eternity. And honestly this is nails, same grade as Eternity in my opinion — you actually MUST jam quite a lot, very little to nothing on the face to "cheat" the crack. Run out in the chimney as well, like every good chimney I guess...
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17 | ★★★ Flake Crack - with Flavia | 53m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sun 3rd Jun 2018 | |||
I did what most do — linked pitches 1 and 2 and didn't bother with the third hard one. Such a nice flake/crack in pitch 1, but the really cool stuff in my opinion is pitch 2, especially if you run out of big gear — it becomes intimidating So save those big cams for the end!
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17 | ★ Lead Break - with Emily Hoffmann, Hugh Edwards | 17m | Raetjen's Gap | ★ Good | Sat 27th May 2023 | |||
Wow, makes you think to get through the crux. Well protected though, so a nice intro to the crag!
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17 | ★ Kentucky Fried Goat - with Chelsea Cook | 20m | Moonarie | ★ Good | Fri 7th Apr 2023 | |||
This is not bad and would be a classic in Adelaide! Getting through the bulge at the start is the fun bit, where I found a left hand jam to get up. Fiddly gear in the middle, but not too bad. Great intro to the Moon - only worth coming here if you have very limited time, like for us in the first day startig at 3pm.
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17 | ★ Not - with Emily Hoffmann | 18m, 1 | Wharewerawera / Long Beach | ★ Good | Sun 12th Jan 2020 | |||
Tricky for the grade, but fun!
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17 | ★★★ Interstate 31 - with Chris, Daniel Bush | 30m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 25th Nov 2018 | |||
Probably the best trad 17 I've done, certainly so as a crack! Take doubles of #1-3 and a #4 if you don't want to run it out. I had 2 #2, 1 #1 and 1 #3, and I had to really run out the top of this route. Not to mention shuffling gear up. My #1 was both my first and my last piece, and the only piece in the last 10m or so. Happy I didn't shit my pants!
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17 | ★ Suzuki Crack - with Jorge | 8m | Eaglestone Rocks | ★ Good | Sat 20th May 2017 | |||
Had to be talked into trying this but it turned out to be way more fun than I thought! I'd give it a star! Would give it 2 if it wasn't so short...
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17 | ★★ Wishbone - with James, Aparna Ramesh, Zaq | 15m, 5 | Eaglestone Rocks | ★★★ Classic | Sun 10th Jul 2016 | |||
Loved this, mainly due to the committing start on trad — I had no small cams, so placed only a small nut and got a bit scared, but damn that was a good placement, took me ages to get it out later!
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17 | ★ Striding Edge Direct - with Jorge Peres | 25m | Statham's Quarry | ★★ Very Good | Tue 25th Apr 2017 | |||
I really enjoyed the variety of moves in this relatively well protected route. I wish more people climbed it, since it was pretty sandy. But a nice practice, and also good opportunity to belay a second from the top on a hang belay using the new ring bolts. Also, for some reason (maybe I didn't climb at Stathams enough?) I can't edit the topo, but the line for this route is wrong here... It should start more to the right, according to the guide book.
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17 | ★★★ Little Red Riding Hood Direct - with Gundula, Tim, Daniel Bush | 30m, 8 | Point Perpendicular | ★★★ Classic | Sat 2nd Mar 2019 | |||
Fantastic route, even better than the original line. But it was a mistake to abseil down to the terrace below from the other wall (like I had done for Little Red Riding Hood). Definitely should have abseiled from the top of this route.
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17 | ★★★ Sweet Nightmare (Link-Up) - with Conti | 130m, 12 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 16th Sep 2018 | |||
This is SENSATIONAL. I didn't think Sweet Dreams could get better, but moving onto that steep face (reminded me of parts of Bunny Bucket Buttress) made it much better!
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17 | ★★★ Sweet Dreams Middle Variant (Sweet Dreams Variant #2) - with Emily Hoffmann | 120m, 12 | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sun 4th Mar 2018 | |||
Sensational, I loved the exposure in the final pitches. Cruisy climbing. But I would say bring all your cams, and don't forget bolt plates!
— this was logged 2 years ago, but on the wrong climb. I hadn't done Sweet dreams (original finish) with Em, we did this variant! Only realized this yesterday! |
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17 16 | ★ The Corner - with Desiree | 18m | Vaucluse | ★★ Very Good | Sat 30th Jun 2018 | |||
This is sensational!! And a grade 17 in the Sydney Guide app, which I think is more fair. Too bad it's a bit short and often wet, otherwise 3 stars fo sure!!
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17 14 | ★★ Electronic Flag - with Emily Hoffmann | 40m | Frog Buttress | ★★★ Classic | Mon 16th Jul 2018 | |||
This is sensational, super long and beautiful, lots of pro everywhere! At the end of the climb Emily had so much of my gear, it was hilarious! We did the sandbag 17 start, which is really hard for a 17 in my opinion, but I guess this is FB...
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17 | ★★ Preludes - with Patrick | 35m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sat 27th Jan 2024 | |||
Very cool, with some little bits of crack to practice (even finger locks!). Seconding Patrick at the end of the day — keen to jump on it on lead next time.
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17 |
★★ Sap P1
- with
Daniel Bush
| 34m | Wolgan Valley | Thu 3rd Oct 2019 | ||||
This is even better than it looks! We just did pitch one though.
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17 | ★ Roll - with Emily Hoffmann | 7m | Albany | ★ Good | Sun 29th Nov 2020 | |||
I sat on my gear before the crux. On a 7m grade 17. Silver lining: my climbing can only get better, right?
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