Ascents: Ascents by linna having Distinct route

	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Date
	18	★★★ Skink - with marcusglue 1 12 25 Trad lead by linna wore the wrong pair of shoes to do slabs and smears. Pat told me to save a #4 to build the anchor but i couldn't figure out where it would go. built my 2nd anchor close to the edge of the block, not knowing i'd have to rebuild it at the dihedral later. Marcus also checked all my placements and sat on all the gear. after all this faff, it started pouring and Marcus wanted to bail so bad from the impending difficulty. 2 18 40 Second lead by marcusglue the sun came back and we were on our way. there was back and forth communication on route finding and 'watch me's' even though i lost sight of him ages ago. after the initial exposed section, climbing the stacked blocks tucked away in the dihedral reminded me of the choss at mt wellington. i overgripped until the chimney, which was unpleasant to shimmy up with a bag on. the carrot bolt marked the start of the traverse (thanks Marcus for protecting that well). forearms were pumping out as i was trying to figure out the beta between the traverse and the anchor. a tight belay saved me and i got to the awkward hanging belay. 3 17 42 Second lead by marcusglue sweaty from the crux, i soaked in the beautiful view of the flat plains and mitre rock at sunset, safe at a 5-piece hanging belay. rotated between 3 different belay positions for the next 2.5 hours. it was really nice to see Marcus in his flow state and being pedantic about protecting the first flake (before realising he wouldn't have enough gear). after last light, the rock turned icy cold and wind chill set in. route-finding was an issue as was running low on gear (thankfully the last bit was cruisy). i found solace in listening to the sheep baa'ing and the cows moo'ing in the distance. i was also wondering why on earth i was hanging in the middle of a cliff late at night. i was also able to calculate Marcus' climbing speed. he averages 20m per hour. plus an extra 30-45 minutes to build a bomber anchor. all the millipedes came out when it was time to climb. i was shaking so much from the cold and trying to focus on not squishing the millipedes. doing the slabby crux in the dark was a struggle but was well rewarded with the staircase after. sat in silence and soaked in the beauty of the supermoon once at the anchor. i proposed we exit by walking down the gully but Marcus insisted on doing the two-pitch abseil. joined Pat/Amelia's rope with ours with 2 EDKs and an eight-block then single strand rap'd off to where we left our shoes 10.5 hours prior. and that concluded a 5 hour belay day.	Trad 110m	Arapiles	Wed 30th Aug 2023
instead of getting some quantity on low grade climbs, we decided to hop on the watchtower. the sole reason was to share ropes with Pat and Amelia for the abseil down. glad they didn't wait because we topped out 9 hours after them. a type 2 fun kind of day. we learnt that we're more capable than we think, to always carry a warm jumper for the belayer, and not to complain about belaying for 3 hours the day before.
	18	★★★ Entertainer - with Lucas Low	Trad 20m	Arapiles	Sun 1st Oct 2023
ice cream. had time to do one last climb before the trek back home. mentally prepared for this route including all the rests and gear placements (thanks Nic & Sarah). didn't factor in that one of the rests didn't exist, and that i would be super pumped and needed to downclimb many times after placing gear. was well rewarded with the last sunset of Arapiles and an OTR soft serve (highly recommend!)
	18	★★★ Scorpion - with Lucas Low	Trad 30m	Arapiles	Tue 26th Sep 2023
absolute terrifying start into the bottomless chimney. quite stiff for the grade. feet were sweating and slipping in the chimney, overgripped when i heard the sound of hollow stacked rocks and continued to the sustained crack near the top out. so so fun!!
	18	★★★ The Eternity	Trad 22m	Blue Mountains	Fri 26th Apr 2024
trying to crack but end up laybacking a lot one quick lap before rushing through traffic

1 12 25 Trad lead by linna

wore the wrong pair of shoes to do slabs and smears. Pat told me to save a #4 to build the anchor but i couldn't figure out where it would go. built my 2nd anchor close to the edge of the block, not knowing i'd have to rebuild it at the dihedral later. Marcus also checked all my placements and sat on all the gear. after all this faff, it started pouring and Marcus wanted to bail so bad from the impending difficulty.

2 18 40 Second lead by marcusglue

the sun came back and we were on our way. there was back and forth communication on route finding and 'watch me's' even though i lost sight of him ages ago. after the initial exposed section, climbing the stacked blocks tucked away in the dihedral reminded me of the choss at mt wellington. i overgripped until the chimney, which was unpleasant to shimmy up with a bag on. the carrot bolt marked the start of the traverse (thanks Marcus for protecting that well). forearms were pumping out as i was trying to figure out the beta between the traverse and the anchor. a tight belay saved me and i got to the awkward hanging belay.

3 17 42 Second lead by marcusglue

sweaty from the crux, i soaked in the beautiful view of the flat plains and mitre rock at sunset, safe at a 5-piece hanging belay. rotated between 3 different belay positions for the next 2.5 hours. it was really nice to see Marcus in his flow state and being pedantic about protecting the first flake (before realising he wouldn't have enough gear). after last light, the rock turned icy cold and wind chill set in. route-finding was an issue as was running low on gear (thankfully the last bit was cruisy). i found solace in listening to the sheep baa'ing and the cows moo'ing in the distance. i was also wondering why on earth i was hanging in the middle of a cliff late at night. i was also able to calculate Marcus' climbing speed. he averages 20m per hour. plus an extra 30-45 minutes to build a bomber anchor. all the millipedes came out when it was time to climb. i was shaking so much from the cold and trying to focus on not squishing the millipedes. doing the slabby crux in the dark was a struggle but was well rewarded with the staircase after. sat in silence and soaked in the beauty of the supermoon once at the anchor. i proposed we exit by walking down the gully but Marcus insisted on doing the two-pitch abseil. joined Pat/Amelia's rope with ours with 2 EDKs and an eight-block then single strand rap'd off to where we left our shoes 10.5 hours prior. and that concluded a 5 hour belay day.

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