Rating | Grade | Route | Gear style | Crag | Quality | Date | |||
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3119
points
| 5.13a | ★★★ Ruby's Café | 21m | Indian Creek Canyon | Tue 28th Mar 2023 | ||||
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3010
points
| 26 27 | ★★★ ORANGE JAM - with Brendan | 57m | Blue Mountains | Tue 13th Sep 2022 | ||||
boom
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2949
points
| 5.12b | ★★★ Swedin-Ringle Route | Indian Creek Canyon | Sat 8th Apr 2023 | |||||
yay
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2922
points
| 5.11d | ★★★ Desert Reality | Red Rock | Mon 17th Apr 2023 | |||||
Went up with 6 cams and placed half of that before running it out to the lip.
Then had a funny moment when I forgot how to mantle (now decently runout) and sat sideways, awkwardly toehooking the nose for probably a good 5 mins, too pumped to stand up or clip the anchor, which was now 3 inches from my face. Like riding a horse but sideways. And 40 meters in the air. Fun. |
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2909
points
| 25 | ★★★ Echo Crack | 190m | Blue Mountains | Sat 26th Nov 2022 | ||||
Laps. This time placing the crux gear, which I somehow haven’t done yet despite being up it so many times.
Never in doubt, but it was wetter than last time so I had a moment or two on the layback. Henry onsighted P4 without much rest after P3 - top work! |
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2895
points
| 25 | ★★★ Samarkand | 150m | Blue Mountains | Wed 12th Oct 2022 | ||||
Happy to get this done. Lead/seconded the same pitches as last time, but ticked P2 with more rest and less panic.
Helped by a big effort from Jacques, who put up with my stuck cams and slow progress (and even seconded p2 clean while dragging up a tree stuck in the haul line...) thanks mate! |
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2866
points
| 5.12c | ★★★ Digital Readout | 15m | Indian Creek Canyon | Sat 18th Mar 2023 | ||||
Hoolyyyy where the feet be at?
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2856
points
| 5.12 | Double Bock | 21m | Indian Creek Canyon | Sun 9th Apr 2023 | ||||
2851
points
| 25 | ★★★ Grasshopper - with Rick | 40m | Blue Mountains | Wed 18th May 2022 | ||||
Yay!
All things considered I must be the weakest climber to have done this. When I first had a look last year it was a solid 2 grades above my limit, and although I'm stronger now and can crawl up a 25 or two, the mental aspect remains. All in one pitch, naturally (shit pitch included 🙂). On that note, there are enough ways to bail from the mid anchor that I'd support it being removed. |
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2805
points
| 26 | ★★★ ORANGE JAM - with Mengdi | 57m | Blue Mountains | Thu 25th Aug 2022 | ||||
ooh
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2760
points
| 24 | ★★★ The Thin Line of Reprieve - with Patrick Chambers | 75m | Blue Mountains | Sat 12th Nov 2022 | ||||
Absolutely emptied the tank on this one. Last shot of the day, climbing into wild pump followed by foot slip after foot slip. Haven’t tried that hard in a while, and it’s the longest I’ve taken to do a 24 this year, but happy to get it done.
Also got to watch Pat double-icecream in much better style, which was rad. |
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2745
points
| 5.12b | ★★★ Swedin-Ringle Route | Indian Creek Canyon | Mon 27th Mar 2023 | |||||
Didditttt.
Toppie, but I’ve learned so much on this climb that I’m actually pretty ok with that! |
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2743
points
| 5.12b | ★★★ Swedin-Ringle Route | Indian Creek Canyon | Sun 19th Mar 2023 | |||||
One hang. This is becoming an oddly ringlock focused trip and I only got here lol. Why?!
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2743
points
| 5.12b | ★★★ Swedin-Ringle Route | Indian Creek Canyon | Sat 18th Mar 2023 | |||||
2736
points
| 22 | ★★★ Aladinsane - with Ash | 32m | Blue Mountains | Thu 1st Dec 2022 | ||||
Kept nervously awaiting the crux on each sequence... it never came 🥲
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2716
points
| 25 |
★★★ Samarkand
1
20
15m
2
25
35m
3
23
20m
4
22
35m
5
22
25m
| 130m | Blue Mountains | Tue 27th Sep 2022 | ||||
As I bum-slid backwards towards the bolt after p2, unable to stand up due to a mix of exhaustion, overheating and pure terror, I may have considered changing my name and moving to a lonely ashram somewhere in search of whatever the opposite of what I had just experienced was...
Apart from that, it was a pretty rad day out, where everything went mostly as planned and I got to do all other pitches clean! Thanks Henry for coming along and swinging leads 🙂 |
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2706
points
| 25 | ★★★ Echo Crack | 190m | Blue Mountains | Tue 15th Nov 2022 | ||||
Happy to throw a clean lap on this, tho I seconded p3 and 4 this time - definitely stronger than a few months ago. In half the time and not as tired.
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2621
points
| 5.12a | ★★ Sig Saur | 21m | Indian Creek Canyon | Sat 1st Apr 2023 | ||||
2597
points
| 5.12- ~5.11+ | Sparkling Spurs | 46m | Indian Creek Canyon | Sun 2nd Apr 2023 | ||||
Flashed the 11+ to the first chains, and it looks like the party is just getting started there.
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2593
points
| 5.12- | Quarter of a Man | 43m | Indian Creek Canyon | Sun 19th Mar 2023 | ||||
One hang on the flash. Better rests than Swedin, but also like 3 Swedins stacked on top of each other.
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2557
points
| 22 |
★ The Pillar
- with
Jason
1
20
2
20
3
18
4
18
5
21
6
21
7
22
| 200m | Blue Mountains | Wed 2nd Nov 2022 | ||||
Possibly the first repeat by someone not on the FA team (neither Jason nor I knew anyone else who had done it) - and I have to say this is a brilliant addition to Blue Mountains climbing!
Despite some soft rock that can be expected on a long new route, almost all the loose stuff will clean up with another few repeats and all belays are protected from rockfall. There isn't anything too ugly, and gear is much better than expected (look both ways in the chimney). When it comes to large gear, we brought three 4's a 5 and a 6. The 5 and at least two of the 4's are necessary, but the 6 only protected the first few ~gr18 moves of P1 and spent the rest of the climb sandbagging the follower. P1 - Not the best gear, whether you bring the 6 or not. Up worrying flake or corner with care. P2 - Brilliant climbing and gear once past the chossy start, very much Samarkand P2 in style but 5 grades easier! P3/4 - If you want the full value ~60m marathon chimney experience, end P3 early below chimney/roof (hanging stance off threads - do it 🤪). Then P4 quests forever into the void... we had a 70m rope, not sure if a 60 reaches. P5 - Funnily enough, the most dangerous part of the route is probably the fully bolted ~gr15 traverse. Easy, but be careful with breaking footers on second, you don't want to take that swing! P6 - Is ok. Bolts. P7 - Is absolutely insane for the grade - brilliant and relentless face climbing. I think that the true "line" wanders left after 3 meters, and stays left of the first bolt (don't clip it! climb left of it entirely on gear) before rejoining the bolts at the 2nd bolt and questing up past the 3rd and some more gear. Whatever I climbed felt every way 22, but going direct and clipping the first bolt looked even harder. All in all: great climbing and good gear, easy access and wild hanging belays - go do it! |
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2518
points
| 23 | ★★ Kryptonite Krack | 14m | Arapiles | ★★★ Classic | Sun 6th Mar 2022 | |||
Another lap straight after the pink placing all the traddy stuff - not that 4 cams is much to place...
While I've only sampled a wee fraction of Araps, this takes the cake of the best crack I've been on anywhere! The wild sideways gymnastics just left me sad it wasn't longer. |
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2517
points
| 5.11+ | Desert Eagle | 26m | Indian Creek Canyon | Sat 1st Apr 2023 | ||||
2507
points
| 24 23 | ★★★ Disbelief - with Jacques Beaudoin | 15m | Blue Mountains | Fri 28th Jan 2022 | ||||
2474
points
| 21 | Country Club Punters | 10m | The Cathedral | Average | Mon 31st Jan 2022 | |||
FFA. Cheers for cleaning this one Tom Bes! Unfortunately it gathers run-off so I pretty much had to reclean the entire crux while humourously grovelling up and down the mantle 😅
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2446
points
| 21 | ★★★ The Kraken - with Zi Hui Lie | 40m | Blue Mountains | Thu 28th Oct 2021 | ||||
Yay! This was a thoroughly enjoyable climb. Some stemming to be found but don't forget to crank when you gotta crank 😊
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2446
points
| 23 |
★★★ Wake of the Flood
- with
Joyu
| 35m | Blue Mountains | Thu 28th Oct 2021 | ||||
Supertrad! We split it up in a funky way, but it all works out (including rapping on a 60m if you're clever and careful)
P0: soloed up corner ramp to tree. Easily linked P1 + P2 from there with no drag or drama. |
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2434
points
| 23 | ★★★ Gentlemens Drag (Gentleman's Drag) | 28m | Blue Mountains | Sun 30th May 2021 | ||||
Six Steps to a Successful Send
(a.k.a. A battle between Murphy's law and myself)
Yea there's only five steps... but assonance, y'know? |
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2389
points
| 27 | ★★★ ORANGE JAM - with Zac Lazatin | 57m | Blue Mountains | Sun 24th Oct 2021 | ||||
Crackin' conditions, crackin' company, and my oh my a crackin' crack!
Pleasantly surprised to get all the moves (and some juicy links). The walk out in the dark and rain may be harder than the climb itself - how do people usually get out? |
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2375
points
| 21 | ★★★ Vincent HRD | 28m | Blue Mountains | Sun 7th Mar 2021 | ||||
2359
points
| 22 | ★★ Die, Fox, Die - with Gavin | 15m | Blue Mountains | Sun 20th Mar 2022 | ||||
Probably my longest standing project, mostly because finding a belayer for "desperate ringlocks with nothing else to do at the crag" has proved difficult... maybe I should change my marketing strategy?
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2334
points
| 22 | ★★★ Blunt instrument/Burning spear P2 Link-Up | 35m, 8 | Fortescue Bay | Wed 29th Dec 2021 | ||||
Team sends with Zac
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2318
points
| 20 | ★★ Pilot Error | 12m, 1 | Arapiles | Sat 5th Mar 2022 | ||||
2306
points
| 23 22 | ★★★ Blast Off - with Patrick Sparks | 80m | Blue Mountains | Sun 26th Sep 2021 | ||||
With uni late the night before, and work that arvo, we set out for a speedy smash 'n grab. Rapped in. Sent. Walked out via lower track. Didn't get fired.
If I say nothing of getting Pat's ropes hopelessly stuck, the day was almost perfect! Lovely views of climbers enjoying Telstar too 😉 |
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2296
points
| 5.12b | ★★★ Swedin-Ringle Route | Indian Creek Canyon | Wed 29th Mar 2023 | |||||
2296
points
| 5.12b | ★★★ Swedin-Ringle Route | Indian Creek Canyon | Tue 28th Mar 2023 | |||||
2295
points
| 5.12b | ★★★ Swedin-Ringle Route | Indian Creek Canyon | Sat 25th Mar 2023 | |||||
Almost did it this time. Slipped moving past the last bad lock.
Note to self: hitting bumholes with alternate hands is way less pumpy than swimming through them… make of that what you will I guess 🤷♂️ |
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2277
points
| 20 |
★★★ Solomon
- with
Joyu
| 51m, 4 | Blue Mountains | Fri 22nd Oct 2021 | ||||
This is a good climb!
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2262
points
| 22 |
★★★ Echo Crack (Echo Crack P4)
- with
Zac Lazatin
| 40m | Blue Mountains | Sun 2nd May 2021 | ||||
“I was trying to get on to Echo Crack…”, read a message from Zac. I did a double take.
“Either tomorrow or next weekend”, read the next one. And so it began. “Tomorrow” and next weekend, and the weekend after and… Considering how many days our happy little vertical conga line has spent hanging around here, we’ve done cockatoo’s diddly squat actual climbing (and I've taken just as many photos). Yesterday unravelled in much the same way. I quickly discovered that:
But I accepted my fate, and quietly began jugging my rope, clipping my gear and shitting my pants. Back at the alcove (after freeing the rap and going down again for P3) we found ourselves armed with one bosuns chair and one headlamp, which are about as useful as a coconut and a mandolin when the sun begins to set. Oh, “and the send?” you ask. Yep, I was happy to get P4 clean, but the highlight (punny right?) of the day was Zac seconding it in total darkness without a headlamp. He will deny, but I’m convinced it was all a secret plot to boost his employability with a certain physiotherapy clinic, for which he is only a few wooden chocks away. |
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2260
points
| 5.10b | ★★★ Jo Jo | 26m | Yosemite National Park | Sun 14th May 2023 | ||||
probably the single most splitter crack ive done!
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2255
points
| 20 | ★★★ Caladan | 32m | Blue Mountains | Mon 9th Aug 2021 | ||||
2249
points
| 5.11b | ★★★ Three Strikes You're Out | Indian Creek Canyon | Sat 8th Apr 2023 | |||||
2247
points
| 5.10 | Hefeweizen Corner | 18m | Indian Creek Canyon | Sun 9th Apr 2023 | ||||
2243
points
| 5.10b | ★★ Railroad Tracks | 15m | Indian Creek Canyon | Sat 18th Mar 2023 | ||||
2240
points
| 21 | ★★★ The Janicepts | 27m | Blue Mountains | Wed 7th Sep 2022 | ||||
Pitch 4 of PIAD. Too much rest, Jacques fell asleep. Difficulty was on par with the Eternity today because I left that one for pitch 11 lol
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2240
points
| 21 |
★★★ The Kraken (The Kraken P1)
| 25m | Blue Mountains | Wed 7th Sep 2022 | ||||
Pitch 3 of PIAD. Probably not fully warmed up, as this felt the hardest of any climb today, certainly harder than Jammycepts.
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2233
points
| 21 | ★★★ The Janicepts | 27m | Blue Mountains | Sun 14th Aug 2022 | ||||
Good to be back! Used totally wack beta leaving the chimney (almost laybacked it, like I'm becoming a sport climber or something!)
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2217
points
| 20 | ★★ Blunt Instrument | 20m, 2 | Fortescue Bay | Sun 26th Dec 2021 | ||||
2198
points
| 25 | ★★★ Grasshopper | 40m | Blue Mountains | Sat 7th May 2022 | ||||
As close as it would be possible to get to the send without getting the send 😟 Breezed through the crux pretty solid but dropped the very very very last move before the rest cave (it's like a gr20 move wtf?).
Anyway, large whip ensued which deposited me well below the mid-anchors. I now own one less ball-nut than I did yesterday. I have this route frustratingly wired. Like, it's actually uncomfortable that I can render it perfectly in 3D at the most inopportune moments. |
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2196
points
| 25 | ★★★ Grasshopper - with Jacques Beaudoin | 40m | Blue Mountains | Mon 2nd May 2022 | ||||
In good news I am alive, did everything clean with no dramas, onsighted both lower "pitches" which I had not yet worked, and following that ripped only two wires!
Thats one ripped wire more (better? 🤔) than Jacques did so I guess I should be happy... or something... In "other" news, I greatly underestimated how downright terrifying this is on lead (especially in send mode). There is truly no room for error once the hard bit starts - clip it or whip it, and the whips will be big. |
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2167
points
| 28 | ★★★ Beyond Belief - with Jacques Beaudoin, Evan | 40m | Blue Mountains | Sat 19th Mar 2022 | ||||
Pretty stoked to check this out. Mostly went up to do the 180 move, Ben's photo of which got me keen on cracks in the first place!
That went well, so I kept going to the birth canal. Surprised to do all moves (and clip all gear) free! But I know it gets harder later... Working a ground-to-birth-canal send could be a nice short-term project (Jacques suggested 25 to there but I found it a huuge step up from the 24 version 🤷♂️) |
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2166
points
| 22 | ★ Flame | 22m | Wolgan Valley | ★ Good | Sun 16th May 2021 | |||
Top rope solo with rest at the hanging block. That thing sounds hollow, is a pretty key hold and remains there by the grace of all the saints and spirits you can pray to.
Would be a nice lead if the block was reinforced. |
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2162
points
| 5.10b | ★★★ Owl Crack | 24m | Indian Creek Canyon | Fri 17th Mar 2023 | ||||
2129
points
| 19 | ★★ Judas-Messiah Connection | 35m | Blue Mountains | Sun 12th Dec 2021 | ||||
2116
points
| 25 |
★★★ Grasshopper P2
- with
Zac Lazatin
2
25
40m
| 40m | Blue Mountains | Tue 10th Aug 2021 | ||||
Helping Zac out with belays, banter and beta. I can do the top crux reliably now, leaving only the the lower one to unlock.
That top sequence is totally rad! Like... it's rad enough on toprope but I froth hard at the prospect of punching through it on lead while pumped. Gotta be some of the best rock I've climbed. |
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2102
points
| 24 | ★★★ The Thin Line of Reprieve | 75m | Blue Mountains | Sat 15th Oct 2022 | ||||
Literally fell out of a rest. Pretty embarrassing. Almost hands free, one sequence from victory… then feet free as well 😢
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2099
points
| 24 | ★★★ The Thin Line of Reprieve | 38m | Blue Mountains | Thu 6th Oct 2022 | ||||
Fantastic! A bit gripping on the first lap without gear beta.
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2097
points
| 25 |
★★★ Grasshopper P3
3
25
20m
| 20m | Blue Mountains | Sun 6th Jun 2021 | ||||
Toppie solo lap of P3 to remind myself that a recent streak of Janicepts, Echo P4 and Gentlemans does not currently extend to Mother Earth 🤔
An incredible, inspiring line, but I found the cruxes hard (first crux) and confusing (second). Almost like I need to get stronger or something... |
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2095
points
| 21 | ★★★ The Janicepts | 27m | Blue Mountains | Fri 14th May 2021 | ||||
2092
points
| 19 |
★★★ Snakes & Ladders (Snakes & Ladders P1)
- with
Zac Lazatin
| 30m | Blue Mountains | Mon 9th Aug 2021 | ||||
I don't know if what I climbed has just seen its first ascent, but for the self-preservation of prospective ascentionists and their belayers, I hope it's seen its last.
A grand adventure of strangely masochistic attraction, that follows whichever stack of hollow blocks appears to pose less chance of death. Keen for pitch 2, but Zac's leading this next time 🙃. |
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2082
points
| 25 |
★★★ Echo Crack
1
13
30m
2
18
45m
3
25
45m
4
22
40m
| 160m | Blue Mountains | Sat 17th Apr 2021 | ||||
Taking the jumars out for a walk, following Zac on the upper pitches
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2067
points
| 20 | ★★★ Solomon | 51m, 4 | Blue Mountains | Sun 14th Aug 2022 | ||||
Repeat. Still my favourite climb at piddo - wins a full star over Eternity imo, but I haven't met anyone yet who shares that view.
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2045
points
| 19 | ★★ Thruxton | 57m | Blue Mountains | Sun 7th Mar 2021 | ||||
2027
points
| 5.10- | ★★ Elephant Man Pitch 1 | 24m | Indian Creek Canyon | Sat 25th Mar 2023 | ||||
Was told this was 5.11 and kept awaiting some heinous crux monstrosity. Easier than chokky corna for me.
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2022
points
| 18 | ★★ Fer De Lance | 25m | Blue Mountains | Sat 9th Jul 2022 | ||||
Recovering from a cold, so went partnerless today and played around with lead solo systems.
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2010
points
| 5.10a | ★★ Chocolate Corner | 18m | Indian Creek Canyon | Sat 25th Mar 2023 | ||||
1999
points
| 24 |
★★★ Supercrack (Supercrack P3)
- with
Zac Lazatin
3
24
25m
| 25m | Blue Mountains | Sun 7th Nov 2021 | ||||
1984
points
| 5.10c | ★★★ East Buttress | 360m, 9 | Yosemite National Park | Tue 16th May 2023 | ||||
Up was fine. But Sloan-bagged once again, we simulrapped straight down the wrong gully (apparently marked “NO!” on mountainproject).
What was meant to be easy raps with a 60 became absolute ropestretchers with our 70m, mostly off little shrubs and requiring exposed down-aiding, unbelayed because the shrubs would probably rip. When the trees were bomber we would simulrap again, comically running across the wall in search of further non-existent anchors for the “easy raps with a 60”. |
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1955
points
| 26 | ★★★ Titan | 20m | Blue Mountains | Sat 23rd Jul 2022 | ||||
Progress! Sent the first crux clean from the beginning to where the next hard bit starts. Everything after that was seeping so just had a casual aid look.
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1952
points
| 26 | ★★★ Titan | 20m | Blue Mountains | Fri 15th Jul 2022 | ||||
We only had mother earth rack (which isn't much!) so I only got to sample the first crux. Every move I did was some combination of jam and kneebar, which in other words means "awesome"!
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1935
points
| 18 | ★★ Loki | 12m, 3 | Blue Mountains | Wed 22nd Sep 2021 | ||||
Actually pretty rad once I remembered how to climb rocks. Shorter climbers may diasagree.
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1934
points
| 18 |
★★★ Blast Off
1
18
20m
2
| 20m | Blue Mountains | Sat 18th Sep 2021 | ||||
A veritable waterfall. Shhh Pat, don't tell them we left booty...🤫
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1904
points
| 5.11 | ★★★ Jupiter crack | 30m | Indian Creek Canyon | Sun 2nd Apr 2023 | ||||
Had a bad time. I don’t know if this counts as an offwidth (was told it’s not), but I do know that I went up with two 5’s and a 6 and basically shat myself from pure terror.
So yea, it’s probably an offwidth. |
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1903
points
| 5.9 | ★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy - with Henry Burt | 170m | Yosemite National Park | Mon 8th May 2023 | ||||
The snow cut the first pitch in half - so good!
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1903
points
| 5.9 | ★★ Meat Grinder p1 | 20m | Yosemite National Park | Sun 7th May 2023 | ||||
Thought both pitches got .10c - it definitely felt that way.
Later we got on a bolted .11 and bailed after one bolt due to scary runout. This place is hard. |
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1899
points
| 20 | ★★★ Caladan - with Ash | 32m | Blue Mountains | Thu 1st Dec 2022 | ||||
1891
points
| 5.9 | ★★★ Unknown 5.9/lightning bolt crack | 15m | Indian Creek Canyon | Mon 27th Mar 2023 | ||||
1882
points
| 20 | ★★★ Trunkline - with Zi Hui Lie, Brandon | 30m | Blue Lake | Thu 10th Dec 2020 | ||||
Yay!
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1872
points
| 18 |
★★★ Rajah (Rajah P1)
- with
Brandon
1
18
40m
| 40m | Ben Lomond | Fri 26th Feb 2021 | ||||
Felt good to get the os. Long struggle with a 4 meter downclimb from the crux to save the pump.
Bring all the 2's and 3' you can find. |
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1870
points
| 18 | ★★★ Sacred Site - with Brandon | 30m, 2 | Fortescue Bay | Sat 20th Feb 2021 | ||||
1834
points
| 24 23 | ★★★ Disbelief - with Zac Lazatin | 15m | Blue Mountains | Sun 14th Nov 2021 | ||||
1829
points
| 19 | A Perfectly Positioned Pocket | 30m | Blue Mountains | Average | Sat 11th Dec 2021 | |||
FA. Hard to call this onsight as we split it into 2 pitches for gear and drag, thus lowering to the ledge.
Largely average, but the way you move between the arete and corner is unique I guess. |
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1825
points
| 5.10 ~5.10+ | Flat Line | 18m | Indian Creek Canyon | Sun 2nd Apr 2023 | ||||
1823
points
| 19 | ★★★ Lemmington | 30m | Arapiles | Sat 20th Nov 2021 | ||||
2nd shot after sussing out the (quite thin and particular) gear on the first. Favourite 19 at any crag so far!
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1808
points
| 5.9 | ★★★ Generic Crack | 33m | Indian Creek Canyon | Fri 17th Mar 2023 | ||||
Yay rock climbing again!
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1807
points
| 23 | ★★ Trojan (The Illiad Pitch 2 Variant) - with Dmitry Linkov | 25m | Blue Mountains | Sun 15th Aug 2021 | ||||
Arguably better protected than the corresponding section of the Iliad (if you can place any of it on lead).
I found a different sequence for the top than shown in photos, and surprised myself with a few unlikely links. Still quite desperate and scary. |
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1793
points
| 18 17 | ★ Ballrace | 73m | Blue Mountains | Sun 12th Dec 2021 | ||||
1st pitch only to the thread. Maybe I was cooked after back to back days of climbing, but the finger crack felt on par with anything on Judas difficulty wise.
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1788
points
| 23 |
★★ Welcome to the Jungle P2
- with
Zac Lazatin
2
23
30m
| 30m | Blue Mountains | Sat 12th Jun 2021 | ||||
Seconding Zac on P2. Gave it a little scrub on the way down but it wasn't as dirty as expected.
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1783
points
| 23 | ★★★ Gentlemens Drag (Gentleman's Drag) | 28m | Blue Mountains | Sat 29th May 2021 | ||||
The effects of very poor sleep the night before were quickly overcome with the adrenaline of taking a 6+ meter upside down flogger after the last roof.
(Stitched up an otherwise safe fall by glancing a cam with my foot and going for a flipparoo) With my headgame hit worse than my head, I retreated into Jeffrey's hammock for an afternoon of sleeping, eating chocolate and not climbing. |
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1782
points
| 23 | ★★★ Gentlemens Drag (Gentleman's Drag) | 28m | Blue Mountains | Sun 23rd May 2021 | ||||
Dog log. Woof.
I guess this has to go before finals, lest my enthusiastic tail-wagging gets flagged as a breach of academic integrity (sub-clause 3(b): attempting to communicate during an examintion). |
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1779
points
| 23 | ★★★ Gentlemens Drag (Gentleman's Drag) | 28m | Blue Mountains | Sun 16th May 2021 | ||||
1779
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| 22 | ★★★ On Edge | 28m, 5 | Blue Mountains | Tue 8th Nov 2022 | ||||
1776
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| 17 | ★★ Master and the apprentice | 45m, 5 | Blue Mountains | Sat 16th Oct 2021 | ||||
A fun bolted slab - like Tom Thumb meets the Wolgan! Bring loong extenders (even double em up) as I feel the bolting requires them.
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1776
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| 20 | ★★★ True dreams - with Dmitry Linkov | 40m | Blue Mountains | Sat 16th Oct 2021 | ||||
Tradddyyy. A bit of a grunt down low but a fun, fun, fun splitter is your reward! An abundance of no-hands rests gives it the grade.
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1746
points
| 5.10b | ★★ Railroad Tracks | 15m | Indian Creek Canyon | Tue 28th Mar 2023 | ||||
Repoot. Warmuup.
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1740
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| 18 | ★★★ The Eternity | 22m | Blue Mountains | Wed 7th Sep 2022 | ||||
Pitch 11 today - ok now I'm feeling it. Almost slipped out of the first few moves and took more rests than on Psychopath (pitch 9).
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1740
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| 18 | ★★★ Amen Corner | 30m | Blue Mountains | Wed 7th Sep 2022 | ||||
Pitch 5 of PIAD
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1736
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| 16 | ★ The Titan - with Ash | 30m | Blue Mountains | Thu 1st Dec 2022 | ||||
Rebolt... and downclimb. Way better than it looks, bomber gear and rock the whole way and not dirty at all.
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1733
points
| 17 | ★★★ Interstate 31 | 30m | Blue Mountains | Sat 29th May 2021 | ||||
1733
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| 18 | ★★★ The Eternity | 22m | Blue Mountains | Sun 14th Aug 2022 |
Then a loooong sit to work out the roof. Pretty pooped on that one but it went. Double kneebar. Rad.