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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber
Tue 28th May 2024 - Cattlestop Crag
Solar Wall
	22	★ Space Dust	Sport 8m, 3	★★ Very Good	Bill Williamson
Dogged this route heavily but improved on each attempt, would love to come back and get it clean.
	16	★★ Footloose & Fancy Free	Sport 15m, 5	Average	Bill Williamson
	19	★★ Pssst	Sport 13m, 4	★★ Very Good	Bill Williamson
	20	★★ Solar Powered	Sport 13m, 4	★★ Very Good	Bill Williamson
Really fun climbing, took two attempts to get it clean.
Tue 28th May 2024 - Cattlestop Crag
Merlin Wall
	18	★★ Nuggets	Sport 8m, 3	★★ Very Good	Bill Williamson
Cool traverse climb.
Tue 28th May 2024 - Motatapu Valley
Riverside Main Wall
	20	★ You Crack Me Up - with Jess Cotton	Sport 25m, 5		Kyle Johnson
	19	★ Dirty Deeds Done Cheap - with Jess Cotton	Sport 15m, 7		Kyle Johnson
	23	★★★ Jack Be Nimble - with Jess Cotton	Sport 25m, 6	★★★ Classic	Kyle Johnson
Glad to get the clean repeat first try
	23	★★ Anti Walk Device - with Jess Cotton	Sport 25m, 10	★★ Very Good	Kyle Johnson
Another great route, climbed to the final roof clean but then lost my cool. Need to expose myself to roofs more I think
	25	★★★ Lollapalooza - with Jess Cotton	Sport 25m, 9	★★★ Classic	Kyle Johnson
Amazing climb, climbed it clean to the final roof. Where my lack of roof climbing got the better of me, managed to do all the moves but took a few attempts just to get over the nerves. Will come back for it
Tue 28th May 2024 - Britten Crag
Winter Wall
	19	★ Speak Hers Corner — 2 attempts	Sport 14m, 4	★ Good	Robin Wareing
The start feels really hard - or I made a hash of it?
Tue 28th May 2024 - Britten Crag
Angel Face
	21	★★ Out Of Africa	Sport 15m, 6	★★★ Classic	Robin Wareing
I last climbed this about 10 years ago - it's still awesomely good fun.
	16 Hard	★ Easter Rising	Sport 15m, 5	★ Good	Robin Wareing
	17	★ No Quarter	Sport 15m, 4	★ Good	Robin Wareing
Tue 28th May 2024 - Kura Tāwhiti / Castle Hill Basin
Quantum Field Map 34 Adios Gringos
	V6	★★ Safe Space — 4 attempts	Boulder 4m	★★★ Classic	Chris Hailey
Great low ball with a fantastic sequence https://youtu.be/UuEaBG6jfmM
Mon 27th May 2024 - Motatapu Valley
Riverside Main Wall
	24	★★★ Zoot Alors - with Jess Cotton	Sport 25m, 7		Kyle Johnson
Made an absolute meal of this climb. Lost my nerve after the start and couldn't recover
	24	★ Hasta Luego — 2 attempts - with Jess Cotton	Sport 19m, 9	★ Good	Kyle Johnson
Got a bit muddled in the corner beneath the roof on the onsight. Went 2nd go
	21	★ Honey I Blew up the Atoll P1 - with Jess Cotton 1 21 17m Sport	Sport 17m, 7	★ Good	Kyle Johnson
Mon 27th May 2024 - Motatapu Valley
Riverside Beginner’s Slab
	15	Unknown Name - with Jess Cotton	Sport 8m, 4		Kyle Johnson
	16	★★ Nab - with Jess Cotton	Sport 8m, 4		Kyle Johnson
	16	★ Purposeful Wandering - with Jess Cotton	Sport 9m, 4		Kyle Johnson
	16	★ The Valsalva Manoeuvre - with Jess Cotton	Sport 10m, 3		Kyle Johnson
	16	★ Generation X - with Jess Cotton	Sport 10m, 3		Kyle Johnson
Mon 27th May 2024 - Hospital Flat
Warm Leatharête
	22	★★ Doing the World a Favour	Sport 20m, 6		Zoe merity
Mon 27th May 2024 - Hospital Flat
Hangover
	23	★★ Pocket Edition	Sport 15m, 5		Zoe merity
	20	★★ She's a Little Goer	Sport 20m, 9		Zoe merity
Mon 27th May 2024 - Elephant Rocks Bouldering
Map 3
	V6 Hard	★★ NO.57	Boulder	★★ Very Good	Pippin Clearwater
Pretty hard, mono to 2 finger pocket to crimp, cool palming beta
	V0	★★ NO.36	Boulder	★★ Very Good	Pippin Clearwater
Nice layback. Good descent
	V2 Hard	★ NO.4	Boulder	★ Good	Pippin Clearwater
	V5	★ Erosion	Boulder	★ Good	Pippin Clearwater
Mon 27th May 2024 - Elephant Rocks Bouldering
Map 2
	V2	★ NO.62	Boulder	★ Good	Pippin Clearwater
	V1 ~V2	★ NO.61	Boulder	★ Good	Pippin Clearwater
Hard topout on monos
	V3	★★ NO.48	Boulder	★★ Very Good	Pippin Clearwater
	V4 Hard	★ NO.47	Boulder	★ Good	Pippin Clearwater
	VB	★★ NO.46	Boulder 4m	★★ Very Good	Pippin Clearwater
Nice wide bridging
	V6 Easy	★ NO.45	Boulder 4m	★ Good	Pippin Clearwater
	V3	★★ NO.44	Boulder 4m	★★ Very Good	Pippin Clearwater
	VB	★ NO.43	Boulder 4m	★ Good	Pippin Clearwater
	V1 Hard	★ NO.42	Boulder 4m	★ Good	Pippin Clearwater
	V1	★★ NO.41	Boulder 4m	★★ Very Good	Pippin Clearwater
	VB	★ NO.40	Boulder	★ Good	Pippin Clearwater
Mon 27th May 2024 - Mount Pleasant
Middle Cliff
	19	Didley Squat	Sport 2	Average	Robin Wareing
I got confused, can't tell if the climb is a bit tricky or I was making it hard...
Sun 26th May 2024 - Little Babylon
	23	★ Bish Bosh Bash — 3 attempts	Sport 12m, 4	★★ Very Good	Jeno Carr
Sun 26th May 2024 - Mount Pleasant
Middle Cliff
	24	★ Welcome To The 70’s	Mixed trad 3	★ Good	Robin Wareing
Very cool delicate climbing - unfortunately the wind got a little bit too wild for me. Would be very fun to get back on.
Sun 26th May 2024 - Britten Crag
The Alcove
	22 Hard	★ Wave Of Mutilation	Sport 12m, 4	★★ Very Good	Jay
Harder than some of the 23s Hard start and gets gradually easier
Sun 26th May 2024 - Hospital Flat
Whale Watching
	20	★★ No Thanks I'd Rather Walk	Sport 15m, 10	★ Good	Ryan Yong
	24	★★ Flensing the Stone	Sport 15m, 8		Ryan Yong
Sun 26th May 2024 - Hospital Flat
Tombstone Boulders The Tombstone
	18	★ Rusty Pins	Sport 15m, 6		Ryan Yong
Sun 26th May 2024 - Pōhara
Bo Peep Slab
	18	★★ Status Anxiety	Sport 25m, 8		Connor Williamson
Sun 26th May 2024 - Hospital Flat
The Main Cliff
	20 ~23	★★ Felines of Rata	Sport 10m, 4	★ Good	Pak
feel harder then some 24 around, or I misread the route?
	23 ~24	★ The System	Sport 10m, 5	★ Good	Pak
Sun 26th May 2024 - Hospital Flat
Whale Watching
	20 ~21	★ Ocean and Stone	Sport 20m, 9		Pak
	18	Guaranteed Dolphin Friendly	Sport 20m, 10		Pak
	24 Easy	★ Whale Rider — 2 attempts	Sport 16m, 5		Pak
	25	★★★ Moby Dick — 4 attempts	Sport 20m, 8	★★★ Classic	Adam Sanders
This was a real pleasure to send, Just flowed. Hung the draws & sent 3rd attempt.
Sun 26th May 2024 - Mount Iron
The Next Best Thing
	12	★★ No More 'Brownes Cows'	Sport 10m, 4	★ Good	David Jefferson
Setting up TR for 31 weeks pregnant partner.
Sun 26th May 2024 - Hospital Flat
Whale Watching
	25	★★★ Moby Dick - with Ryan Yong	Sport 20m, 8	★★★ Classic	Kyle Johnson
Not my best attempt, messed up my beta after the middle of the route.
	24	★★ Flensing the Stone - with Ryan Yong	Sport 15m, 8	★★ Very Good	Kyle Johnson
Surprised myself sending this as my warm up route, done it before but normally need a couple routes in me to get the fingers working
	24	★ Whale Rider - with Ryan Yong	Sport 16m, 5	★ Good	Kyle Johnson
Climbed it but I definitely went off route in the middle was more of a mix of the 2 routes. Will need to come back and try it properly
Sun 26th May 2024 - Elephant Rocks Bouldering
Map 2
	V0	★ NO.52	Boulder 4m		Pippin Clearwater
	V3	★ NO.51	Boulder 4m	★ Good	Pippin Clearwater
	V1	★★ No.50	Boulder	★★ Very Good	Pippin Clearwater
Scary top slab
	V3 Easy	★★ NO.34	Boulder	★★ Very Good	Pippin Clearwater
	V7	★★ Doctors Smoke More Camels — 4 attempts	Boulder	★★ Very Good	Pippin Clearwater
First v7! Stoked. Minging crimps and poor feet to crimpy small monos
Sun 26th May 2024 - Elephant Rocks Bouldering
Map 1
	V2 Hard	★★ NO.21	Boulder	★★ Very Good	Pippin Clearwater
	V2 Hard	★★ NO.21	Boulder		Pippin Clearwater
	V1	★★ NO.10	Boulder	★★ Very Good	Pippin Clearwater
	V0	★★ NO.5	Boulder	★★ Very Good	Pippin Clearwater
	VB	NO.4	Boulder	Average	Pippin Clearwater
Sun 26th May 2024 - Diamond Harbour Crag
	12 ~14	Totter	Sport 11m, 4	Average	Doug Wright
Decent
	19 ~18	★ Binders Butter Beans	Sport 12m, 7	Average	Doug Wright
Alright. Stick right to start
	16 ~17	★★ Medicinal champagne	Sport 12m, 5	★ Good	Doug Wright
Varied moves with face climbing on slab to finish
	18	★★ Wharton’s Warple	Sport 12m, 5	★★ Very Good	Doug Wright
Great climb with varied moves
	21 ~20	★★ London Lassitude	Sport 12m, 4	★ Good	Doug Wright
Jugs over the lip then straight forward face climbing
Sun 26th May 2024 - Hospital Flat
Little Big Wall
	21	★★ Left Right Out — 2 attempts	Sport 11	★★★ Mega Classic	Kirill Hantayev
	23	★ Little Bit More	Sport 18m, 6	Crap	Kirill Hantayev
	23	★★ Little Big Bloke	Sport 15m, 8	★★★ Classic	Kirill Hantayev
	20	★ Wickedness Increased	Sport 15m, 6	Average	Kirill Hantayev
Sun 26th May 2024 - Pōhara
Cathedral Rock
	18	★★ Stella Blue	Sport 30m, 10		Connor Williamson
	17	★★ Stairway Of The Gods	Sport 25m, 9		Connor Williamson
	17	★★ Marisol	Sport 26m, 13		Connor Williamson
Sun 26th May 2024 - Mount Bradley
The Main Cliff
	21	★★ Jubilee - with Romain	Trad 35m	★★ Very Good	Gee Rad
After Sam's lead. Cool flare down low. Wet and dirty in the upper crack
	22	★★★ White Wizard - with Romain	Trad 35m	★★★ Classic	Gee Rad
Back with more small cams. Recommend doubles from 0.1-1, single 2 & 3, and wires
Sun 26th May 2024 - Mount Bradley
Right Cliff
	16	★★ Zaccharius - with Romain	Trad 18m	★★ Very Good	Gee Rad
	19 Hard	★★ Lamentations - with Romain	Trad 15m	★★ Very Good	Gee Rad
Quite a good rock climb!
Sat 25th May 2024 - Pōhara
Cathedral Rock
	17	★ Il Bar	Sport 8		Wilson
	16	Bravo Riamondo	Sport 12m, 6		Wilson
	16	★ Muccavello	Sport 10m, 5		Wilson
	14	★ Onde di Pietra	Sport 9m, 4		Wilson
Sat 25th May 2024 - Hospital Flat
Hangover
	18	★ Sloppy Drunk	Sport 20m, 9	Average	Gomez Garcia Gonzalez
Okay apart from the start. Linked into Fur Breath.
	22	★★ Fur Breath	Sport 15m, 7	★ Good	Gomez Garcia Gonzalez
From the ground as a long pitch
Sat 25th May 2024 - Hospital Flat
Warm Leatharête
	27	★★ Sumo	Sport 25m, 8	★ Good	Gomez Garcia Gonzalez
Bouldery fun
Sat 25th May 2024 - Paynes Ford
Globe Wall
	20	★★ Calling Ruthie	Sport 13m, 3	★★ Very Good	Logan Olausen
Sat 25th May 2024 - Britten Crag
Cabbage Tree Wall
	23	★★ You Beauty — 2 attempts	Sport 15m, 7		Leonardo Correa
Excellent sustained climb with assorted type of holds. Still need to figure out how to clip the 4th bolt.
	23	★★ Cabbage Patch Kids — 2 attempts	Sport 8m, 3		Leonardo Correa
Good climb, steep on great holds. Doesn’t feel like a 23 though. Almost got it on the second attempt. Need to trust more on the hold on the left.
	23	★★ You Beauty	Sport 15m, 7		Leonardo Correa
Sat 25th May 2024 - Britten Crag
Angel Face
	16	★ Easter Rising	Sport 15m, 5		Leonardo Correa
	17	★ No Quarter	Sport 15m, 4		Leonardo Correa
Sat 25th May 2024 - Hospital Flat
The Conservatory
	20	★ My Hovercraft is Full	Sport 9m, 4		Pak
	22	★ Short Sharp Shock	Sport 10m, 5		Pak