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Grade Route Gear style Quality
Mon 3rd Jun 2024 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Dalpura Head The Lost Pillar
23 Wafer Thin Fin - with Hannah Kennedy
1 21 35m Sport
2 22 18m Second lead by Hannah Kennedy
3 23 18m Sport
Sport 71m Classic
Reminiscent of the totem pole, if the tote was a towering pile of choss. Way thinner than I imagined and a great day out on a crazy feature, fell off the first move on the 3rd pitch

 
Wed 29th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Centennial Glen Junket Pumper Area
27 Wrong Movements Sport 20m, 7 Very Good
Need stronger fingers for this one

 
Wed 29th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Porters Pass Sail Away Wall
25 Wipe Out Sport 30m, 8 Mega Classic
Cold brrrr, exciting finish

 
26 Sail Away Sport 25m, 9
Delightful climbing but I just couldn't figure out that crux

 
24 Black Heathen Sport 25m Classic
Great rock

 
Mon 27th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Memory Lane
24 Junction City — 2 attempts Sport 27m, 13 Very Good
Hard start followed by lovely wall climbing

 
23 Walking Wounded Mixed trad 20m, 4 Classic
Absolutely delightful movement on perfect rock. Somewhat bold start aswell

 
Mon 27th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County The 39 Steps
25 Toyland Direct Sport 30m Classic
Such a good route, had to fight pretty hard at the top

 
Fri 24th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
20 Hotel California
1 45m Sport
2 20 30m Second
3 17 40m Sport
4 10 35m Second
5 17 30m Sport
6 19 50m Second
7 20 30m Sport
8 18 25m Second
9 20m Sport
10 16 20m Second
Sport 330m
Great day out, The final headwall is a wild ride, especially with centerlink trying to call me the whole way, thankfully we topped out in time to get my payments sorted, perfect end to the day 😀

 
Thu 23rd May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Ben Trovato Wall
26 Sadomastication Sport 67m Very Good
2 goes. Nails crux

 
Thu 23rd May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Middle Cliffs Sweet Dreams Walls
19 Whymper Sport 150m Classic
Delightfully exposed

 
Tue 21st May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Porters Pass Self Portrait Wall
29 Self Portrait Sport 30m Classic
Wow this is good

 
Mon 20th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Heathcliff
18 Fake Blood Sport 20m, 10 Good
22 Bad Blood Sport 45m, 17 Very Good
Cool position up high

 
22 Ricardo Lagos Sport 20m, 9 Classic
So fun, poor man's taipan

 
19 Pete Rhodes Sport 25m, 9 Average
Sun 19th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Oronga Crags Banksy Wall
26 Terra Nullius Extension Sport 35m, 19 Classic
Punted at the 2nd last bolt on the os. So mega

 
23 Terra Nullius Sport 22m, 12 Very Good
So gooood

 
24 The Polar Opposite Extension Sport 33m, 19 Classic
18 The Polar Opposite Sport 20m Very Good
Sat 18th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Grey Slab
18 The Bandoline Grip Sport 18m, 6
18 The Answer is Obvious Sport 20m
Sat 18th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Blackheath Area Shipley Upper Hot Flyer Wall
22 Lardy Lady's Lats Sport 25m, 13 Very Good
19 Hot Flyer pitch 1 Sport 18m Very Good
19 Original Hot Flyer Sport 15m Good
Fri 17th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Boronia Point Ancient Mariner Buttress
14 Squashed Parrot Sport 18m
19 Ancient Mariner Sport 12m, 5
Fri 17th May 2024 - Blue Mountains
Mount Victoria Area Boronia Point Main Wall (Ferris Cave)
23 Euchre Sport 22m Good
Wet and slippy

 
24 Sydney Rose Sport 12m Very Good
Mon 13th May 2024 - Morialta
The Boulder Bridge
26 Geronimo's Cadillac Sport 17m, 4
Nice evening laps

 
24 Extra G Connection Mixed trad 17m, 2 Classic
16 Muesli Trad 18m Very Good
Sun 5th May 2024 - Arapiles
Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle
18 Aardvark Trad 18m Very Good
Cleaning up some old pink points

 
Sat 4th May 2024 - Flat Rock
West Flank
23 Uranium-234 Sport 30m, 10
26 Nuclear Winter Sport 35m, 14 Very Good
Still fun

 
29 City of Peace Sport 30m Classic
Great fun power pulling between pockets, keen to come back. Haard

 
Mon 29th Apr 2024 - Mitcham Quarries
Car Crash Quarry Sector 2 - Central
16 Exodus Sport 8m, 3 Average
18 Strawberry Shortcake Sport 10m, 3 Crap
Mon 29th Apr 2024 - Mitcham Quarries
Car Crash Quarry Sector 4 - Graffiti Wall
22 Suck Me Up the Vacuum Cleaner Sport 17m, 7 Average
Not horrible, not great either

 
Sun 28th Apr 2024 - Arapiles
Voodoo Area New Image Wall
22 Blackguard Trad 25m Very Good
18 Crooked Mile Trad 20m
Spicy start

 
Sun 28th Apr 2024 - Arapiles
Voodoo Area Rats Alley
19 R Rats Alley Mixed trad 25m, 1 Classic
Delightful

 
Sun 28th Apr 2024 - Arapiles
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Uncle Charlie
30 Ethiopia Mixed trad 30m, 3 Mega Classic
Magical. After falling numerous times on the rockover last year it was nice to come back and get it done relatively quickly this season, absolutely classic!

 
Thu 25th Apr 2024 - Onkaparinga
Red Cliff Main Wall - Lust sector
24 Mic Drop Mixed trad 5 Very Good
Really cool, got a bit scared on the ground up attempt but dialled it in next shot. Burly boulder with a spicy exit high above your last piece

 
Sun 21st Apr 2024 - Arapiles
Bluffs Bluff Major Bluff Major North Face
26 Anxiety Neurosis P1
1 Trad
Mixed trad 27m, 4
So sick! I found the crux really quite hard

 
Sun 21st Apr 2024 - Arapiles
Pilot Error Cliffs Kryptonite Krack Area
23 Kryptonite Krack Trad 14m Very Good
Classy

 
Sat 13th Apr 2024 - Morialta
Thorn Buttress
30 Fred Radford Sport
Some promising links today! Great bit of climbing

 
Sat 6th Apr 2024 - Arapiles
Bushranger Bluff Main Wall
24 Repo Man Trad 25m Good
Guiding

 
Mon 1st Apr 2024 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Right Preludes Wall
19 Rosy Shy Trad 35m Very Good
Mon 1st Apr 2024 - Arapiles
Far North PB Gully
19 Tangent Trad 20m
23 PB Trad 23m Classic
Great hidden gem

 
Mon 1st Apr 2024 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Right Dreadnought Gully
25 No Exit P1 — 2 attempts
1 Trad
Mixed trad 65m, 1 Very Good
Feisty

 
27 Forced Entry Direct Mixed trad 9m, 2 Very Good
Didn't expect to stick the crux so had to hang around and get my trad rack thrown up so I could climb the rest of the route 😅. First move is desperate but the rest is great fun

 
Sun 24th Mar 2024 - Arapiles
Central Gully Central Gully Right Dreadnought Gully
24 Dreadnought P1
1 Trad
Trad 54m Good
First pitch only. Climbs better than it looks

 
22 Dreadnought Variant Trad 12m Classic
So nice, classic moves on great rock

 
Sun 24th Mar 2024 - Arapiles
The Pharos and Surrounds The Pharos Back Wall
21 Braindrops Trad Very Good
A feisty little bulge indeed. 2nd pitch would be much better if it cleaned up a bit

 
Sun 24th Mar 2024 - Arapiles
The Pharos and Surrounds Pharos Gully Spellbinder Area
17 Spellbinder Trad 27m Very Good
Cute

 
Mon 19th Feb 2024 - El Chorro
Frontales Frontales Medias Solarium
6b Estrella polar
1 Second
2 Second
3 Sport
4 Second
5 Second
6 Sport
7 Sport
8 Second
9 Second
10 Sport
Sport 240m Classic
Fantastic adventure through some really cool terrain. The overhanging corner was an absolutelt highlight. Linking pitches makes for some long and sustained sections, super fun.

 
Sun 18th Feb 2024 - El Chorro
Frontales Frontales Bajas Amptrax
6a Amptrax - with matt
1 3 35m Sport
2 5+ 30m Second lead by matt
3 5+ 15m Second lead by matt
4 6a 16m Sport
5 6a 20m Sport
6 5+ 25m Second
7 5 20m Sport
8 4 25m Second
9 3 25m Sport
Sport 210m, 16
Class, fun climbing throughout. Linked most of the pitches so did it in 4 excluding the start and exit scrambles. Great fun and barely noticed the supposed polish 🙂

 
Sat 17th Feb 2024 - El Chorro
Makinodromo Makinódromo
6c Life is Sweet Sport 32m, 13 Classic
Sure is

 
8a Lourdes Sport 35m Mega Classic
About as good as it gets. Had a good burn but would need at least another session

 
Fri 16th Feb 2024 - El Chorro
Encantadas Area Las Encantadas
7b Un lait fraiche pour monsieur Sport Very Good
Fri 16th Feb 2024 - El Chorro
Corral East
6a+ La caverna - with angus Sport 30m
One more for good measure

 
6a Three-Sixty Sport 230m
Nice solo jaunt, pretty meh bar the last pitch

 
Wed 14th Feb 2024 - El Chorro
Desplomilandia Como la Vida Misma
6c+ Al andalu Sport 18m Classic
Obvious line very traddy start followed by a really fun boulder problem

 
6c+ Al loro con el Xato Sport 18m, 5 Very Good
Really enjoyable climbing with some cool technical sequences, grades at this crag feel a bit more on point

 
6a Kuki Sport 28m Very Good
Wed 14th Feb 2024 - El Chorro
Frontales Frontales Bajas Castrojo
5a Lluvia dorada Sport 11m
6a Un monton de chatarra Sport 35m
6a+ Luna Sport 28m, 12 Average
Mon 12th Feb 2024 - El Chorro
Frontales Frontales Medias Poema de Roca
7c+ Thunders Truck Sport 19m
Wet

 
7a Viejo amigo Sport 23m Very Good
Super fun, polished crux

 
6c Newie Sport 25m
7a Poema de Roca (L1) Sport 23m, 9 Very Good
Super cool, kalymnos style stalagtites. The polish is nowhere near as bad as its hyped up to be, just a Lil slippy in parts.

 
Mon 12th Feb 2024 - El Chorro
Encantadas Area Las Encantadas
7b+ Generación limite Sport Classic
Super sick and varied, technical slab, desperate finger locks and a super techy corner followed by an airy finish. Class

 
Sun 11th Feb 2024 - El Chorro
Encantadas Area Las Encantadas
6b Para que disfrute la canalla Sport
Great fun in the rain

 
Wed 7th Feb 2024 - Chulilla
Chulilla Town Pared de Enfrente Sex Shop
6c+ Panza Con Panza Sport 30m Very Good
6c+ La Diagonal P1
1 6c+ 35m Sport
Sport 35m
Jamming! P1 only

 
Mon 5th Feb 2024 - Chulilla
Pantano Balconcito
8a Easy Tequila sunrise Sport 38m Mega Classic
5 goes over 2 days. Epic route that kept me fighting the whole way, super technical crux that took a while to figure out but wasn't to bad once dialled, followed by epic wall climbing and a droppable finish. Definitely a soft touch, but its still the hardest thing I tried this trip and it really pushed me, so very happy regardless

 
Thu 1st Feb 2024 - Chulilla
Pantano Master
6c Lluvia negra Sport 43m, 20 Very Good
7c Barreiros — 2 attempts Sport 35m Mega Classic
Somehow was able to piece this together after a prolonged dog. Incredible movement, varied and sustained up a beautiful face, absolutely desperate at the top. Felt pretty honest for 7c compared to the others I've done here

 
Wed 31st Jan 2024 - Chulilla
Chulilla Town Muro de las lamentaciones
6c El ramallito Sport 35m, 16 Very Good
6b Bavarian purity Sport 35m, 15 Very Good
6c+ Contacto con el space Sport 35m, 16 Very Good
7a+ El pescador de oncejos Sport 35m, 17 Good
Mon 29th Jan 2024 - Chulilla
Pantano Chorreras
7b Los caminantes (L1) Sport 32m Classic
7c Los caminantes (L1+L2) Sport 55m Mega Classic
This was as mega as I hoped, What a workout. Lovely 7b followed by 20m of strenuous offwidthing and tufa stemming, almost puked from exhaustion at the chain. The offwidth would probs be 18 at araps 😅

 
7a Sendero Luminoso Sport 37m Classic
So fun, bit of everything. Only slightly more inspiring than its namesake the in adelaide

 
Sat 27th Jan 2024 - Chulilla
Pantano Algarrobo
7a Top of the rock Sport 30m, 13 Classic
Maybe the best of the grade I've done here. Continually interesting and not a give-away. Polish isn't to bad if you just trust the feet

 
7c Hipotermia — 2 attempts Sport 20m Classic
Bouldery crux and sustained top section with some cool face and tufa climbing, surprised myself

 
Fri 26th Jan 2024 - Chulilla
Barranquillo - Falfiguera Frailecico
7a Llegar y besar el santo Sport Very Good
7b Too fanatic Sport Classic
Sick face fighting

 
7b+ Free valtonic Sport Good
One os go, punted

 
6c Barbijaputa Sport Very Good
Really cool despite friable rock

 
Thu 25th Jan 2024 - Chulilla
Pantano Chorreras
7a+ Pim Pam Pons (L1) Sport 20m, 10 Classic
Wed 24th Jan 2024 - Chulilla
Pantano Chorreras
7c+ Pim Pam Pons (L1+L2) — 2 attempts Sport 40m, 16 Mega Classic
Super techy slab boulder at half height followed by an eternity of enduro tufas. Was absolutely flamed at the top, probably soft as with most things here, but I found it hard and had a bloody good time regardless

 
Tue 23rd Jan 2024 - Chulilla
Pantano Oasis
7a Plan Z dos Sport 28m, 13 Classic
Tue 23rd Jan 2024 - Chulilla
Pantano Chorreras
7b La paz del borrego Sport 38m, 16 Mega Classic
Also tufa quest

 
7b Los merenderas Sport 40m Mega Classic
Tufa quest

 
Mon 22nd Jan 2024 - Chulilla
Pantano Fuente del Tato
6b+ Echame esos polvos Sport 30m, 10 Classic
Tree climb! Tree climb!

 

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