Showing all 21 ascents.
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18 |
★★★ Mirrorman
- with
Daniel Bush
| 90m, 4 | Wolgan Valley | ★★★ Classic | Sun 29th Sep 2019 | |||
Bloody amazing mix of climbing styles. And the last pitch delivers in awkwardness!!! My only concern is that a fairly big block (which is an important jug through the crux of pitch 4!) looks loose and moves a bit — if that thing comes flying you can easily kill your belayer...
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18 | ★★★ Sacred Site - with Emma | 30m, 2 | Fortescue Bay | ★★★ Classic | Sun 18th Feb 2024 | |||
Sensational, will so happily come back! We scrambled the first 'pitch' before roping up. Glorious to have done this as my first climb in Tassie!
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18 | ★★ Apron Strings - with Daniel Bush | 32m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Classic | Sat 22nd Feb 2020 | |||
This is bloody awesome. Sure, chossy rock, but great pro and pleasant climbing, and super dry in rain. Bring doubles or triples of cams sizes 0.5-0.75 or run the top out like a legend!!
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18 | ★★ Corpus Delecti - with Emily Hoffmann | 20m | Wilyabrup | ★★ Very Good | Fri 12th Oct 2018 | |||
Again, an Alzheimer onsight after seconding it (maybe?) years ago with Chris. I loved this route, one of my favorites at Willies actually. Great to be able to abseil from the top.
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18 | ★ Mr Hitachi - with Emily | 20m, 3 | Pinjarra | ★ Good | Sun 27th Aug 2017 | |||
Really cool, start is easy but fun, and standing on that block feels great! Top is a super sharp slab, well protected by three bolts.
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18 | ★★ Terrathea - with Morgan | 20m | Morialta | ★★ Very Good | Sun 27th Nov 2022 | |||
I loved this — plenty of gear and great moves. And you can climb up to the first good piece and downclimb as much as you want if you are feeling worried about the first good piece being high. I finished on the anchors to the left, but it looks like going right would be better actually.
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18 | ★★ Illequipt - with Chelsea, Uday, Gioele | 14m | Morialta | ★★ Very Good | Sat 1st Apr 2023 | |||
This is quite good, but the gear at the start does not feel very good. Make sure to bring small stuff up... At least a bomber 0.5 before the crux (and after!) makes you feel happy to run that section out a bit. Stoked to onsight it!
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18 | ★★★ The Eternity - with Felix | 22m | Blue Mountains | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 5th Aug 2018 | |||
One of my favorite trad routes. Ever. Easier than it looks, but I was very scared at the top, so it felt amazing to finish it clean! I just did the first pitch, apparently that's what everyone does — those carrots for the hard next pitch look dodge...
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18 | ★★ Juluka - with Tim Dove | 110m | Peak Charles | ★★ Very Good | Sun 27th Sep 2020 | |||
This scared me more than I thought it would, but while doing pitch 2 I had the best time. Great gear and what position. I must come back to lead it. I just hated the runout end of pitch 1 and the belay after that pitch was also a bit light on gear. But Tim reckons I'm just a soft sport climber. Coming back down was also an adventure on two long epic abseils on the other side of the gully, really cool.
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18 | ★★ Boulder Dash - with Emily | 16m | Statham's Quarry | ★★ Very Good | Sun 2nd Jul 2017 | |||
Pretty happy to onsight a trad route on this grade, not many under my belt yet! This one is super fun, good holds everywhere and great pro, just gotta be aware of a few lose rocks...
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18 | ★★ The Birthday Party - with Tim Dove | 90m | Peak Charles | ★★ Very Good | Tue 29th Sep 2020 | |||
Just pitch 1 due to starting late, but an awesome and committing pitch, loved it.
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18 | ★ Juggernaut - with Trent | 25m, 3 | Bob's Hollow | ★★ Very Good | Sun 27th Nov 2016 | |||
It's a nice warm up, but definitely not worth doing the run out at the top for Shaved Cat's anchors... It's an interesting thrill, but pretty dangerous really, especially since the rock is crazy sharp up there!!
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18 | ★★★ The Climb - with James, Robin | 23m | West Cape Howe | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 15th Jan 2017 | |||
This WCH trip was basically a mission to climb this magnificent route. Despite the fact that the grade is not that impressive, the exposure of this route makes it a difficult mental game for me, I have sweaty hands just remembering it. Definitely one of my proudest ascents ever, and also one of my hardest trad leads. I am sure I'll be back!
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18 | ★★ Boomer Crack - with Emily Hoffmann | 18m | Pinjarra | ★★ Very Good | Mon 5th Apr 2021 | |||
Finally!! My other try at this was so long ago this could almost count as an onsight, but I won't cheat this time... So much fun, but if I remember to keep calm next time I might not fill the 'scream/swear jar' so much.
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18 |
★★ Sophocles
- with
Bruno Alves Buzatto
1
18
lead by
Chris
2
15
lead by
Sam
3
14
lead by
Chris
4
16
lead by
Sam
5
15
lead by
Chris
6
12
lead by
Bruno
| 290m | The Stirling Ranges | ★★ Very Good | Sat 17th Oct 2015 | |||
My first long multi-pitch (6 pitches). Chris and Sam were nice enough to let me lead the final pitch, which was super easy (I am giving it a 12 due to the difficulty in not throwing massive rocks on your belayer's head, the moves are more like of a 10!). Still scary stuff when you are that high But not as exposed as we were wishing, cause originally we planned to do Sophocles pillar but bailed out of the scary overhang in the fourth pitch. Maybe next time...
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18 | ★★ Aardvark - with Seb | 18m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sat 8th Oct 2022 | |||
This was absolutely increadible. I top roped it as we were coming drom from D minor, but so keen to lead it one day — the climbing is amazing, but I wonder whether I can lead it... probably not... maybe after top-roping it a couple more times and scouting the gear.
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18 R | ★★ Brainrack - with Emily Hoffmann | 19m | Morialta | ★ Good | Sun 10th Sep 2023 | |||
There was a top rope on this set up by two awesome friendly guys who let us jump on — we were about to leave and didn't want to mess around with another trad lead. Glad to top-rope this first though: I can see now that it has a R here, and the little gear at the crux explains it! Seems like just before the lip you can plug some good small cams, but even getting your hands in that spot is tricky and not sure how you can protect the 'brain'... would be a spicy lead! Lots of sand on top too, so I'd happily absail down for a brush before leading it.
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18 | ★★★ Lucifer's Dream - with Chris, Mark Edele, Bruno Alves Buzatto | 91m | Albany | ★★ Very Good | Wed 31st Dec 2014 | |||
18 | ★★★ Hey Joe - with Chris | 20m | Walpole | ★★★ Classic | Fri 3rd Apr 2015 | |||
18 | ★★★ Iron Mandible - with Emily Hoffmann | 24m | Frog Buttress | ★★★ Classic | Mon 16th Jul 2018 | |||
What a sensational line, superb crack climbing. But it also reminded me how I can't actually climb cracks... A humbling lesson, I ran out of big gear at the top and I was so pumped and scared that I felt like throwing up when I got to the anchors. But must come back!
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18 | ★ Vitez Right Finish (Vitez) - with Daniel Bush | 25m | The Cathedral | ★ Good | Sun 24th Nov 2019 | |||
Really nice, but I had a fall at the start, damn!
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