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Sat 18th May 2024 - Upper Gara Gorge
Downstream climbing areas The Bastille
22 Mountain Berry Blast - with Volodymyr K, Michael Moore, Matt Nethery Sport 25m, 8 Classic
SEND! No big deal in the end, just take my time and keep shaking out. Good stamina route for me

 
Fri 26th Apr 2024 - Upper Gara Gorge
Downstream climbing areas The Fortress
22 Cloud Grazer - with carol lee, Michael Moore, Matt Sport 18m, 6 Classic
Repeat for the paparazzi. Did something weird at the top and missed a hold and did a funky rockover to finish

 
Thu 29th Feb 2024 - Upper Gara Gorge
Downstream climbing areas The Fortress
22 Cloud Grazer — 2 attempts - with Michael Moore Sport 18m, 6 Classic
Had one flash pumpy burn, figured out the start which ended up being the quite straight forward and exactly how I originally thought it would go. Had a second hang at the 3rd bolt which is probably the true crux. Clean second go. The end feels spicy but you just keep moving and its totally fine.

 
Mon 30th Oct 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Steep Wall
23 Dictator in a Deerstalker - with Alex, Mark, Denni Heywood Sport 9m, 4 Very Good
Second go

 
Sun 11th Jun 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge
Central climbing areas Hope Buttress
17 Cross wired - with Todd Free, Denni Heywood, Mark, Alex, Peter, Jonas, a ton of kids Sport 8m, 4 Very Good
Fri 9th Jun 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge
Powers creek junction The Runway Wall
22 Jet B - with Todd Free Sport 10m, 3 Good
Clean on top rope first go, then took maybe 4 goes to get it clean on lead. Everything is subtle, every try I used different holds and took a while to settle on a sequence

 
16 Transit lounge - with Todd Free Sport 10m, 3 Very Good
Warmup

 
Sun 21st May 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge
Powers creek junction The Runway Wall
20 Jetlag - with Ben Vincent, Todd Free, Mark, Alex Sport 10m, 3 Good
Sun 16th Apr 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge
Powers creek junction The Runway Wall
23 Tarmac - with Volodymyr K, Soph, Todd Free Sport 10m, 3 Very Good
Got it clean 3rd go, worked out so high step beta for the second high crux

 
Sun 19th Mar 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge
Central climbing areas Shooting Star Block
24 Sweet Surrender - with Volodymyr K Sport 12m, 4 Classic
First go today

 
Fri 17th Mar 2023 - Upper Gara Gorge
Central climbing areas Shooting Star Block
23 Trapeze - with Alec Eastwood, Michael Moore Sport 15m, 5 Classic
Fresh body, turned up late when Michael had just sent and did it clean first go

 
Fri 3rd Feb 2023 - Ebor Gorge
Pub Buttress
16 Stonkey Kong - with Simon Porter Trad 15m Very Good
Great route with interesting crux, the top section needs more cleaning and wigged me out and I finished up to the right instead

 
16 Sunshine in a dress - with Simon Porter Trad 12m Very Good
Flowey

 
Sun 15th Jan 2023 - Glenrock Lagoon
Middle Earth
24 Grimy Wormtongue - with Ben Vincent Sport 12m, 4 Classic
I loved this to bits, one of the best sends of the trip and good to project something. In the end felt much easier than some of the much lower graded things that we've tried elsewhere. Great way to finish off the trip

 
Sat 19th Nov 2022 - Upper Gara Gorge
Downstream climbing areas The Bastille
20 ~20 Possum Magic - with Benji Dutaillis, Ben Vincent, Alec Eastwood Trad 13m Very Good
Sat 5th Nov 2022 - Upper Gara Gorge
Central climbing areas Hope Buttress
17 Cross wired - with Andrew Woolley, Georgie, Callum, Simon Porter Sport 8m, 4 Very Good
Fri 26th Aug 2022 - Upper Gara Gorge
Downstream climbing areas The Bastille
23 Green Jam - with Michael Moore, Todd Free Trad 13m Classic
YUS! 3 goes, first was typical flash pump first route of the day. Second was a pretty close one hang. Three is a charm! It is still winter but the sundeck was cooking

 
Fri 19th Aug 2022 - Upper Gara Gorge
Downstream climbing areas The Kitchen
16 Frog in a Blender - with Michael Moore, Simon Porter Trad 7m Very Good
Short and lovely. As we were packing up my new downie blew into the water and Simon was a champ and went for a brisk swim. Walk out was hard, slow, cramped up a lot

 
15 Get Nuked - with Michael Moore, Simon Porter Trad 7m Very Good
Lovely rock, perfect first lead for Simon. If only this went for 5 pitches

 
Sat 16th Jul 2022 - Upper Gara Gorge
Downstream climbing areas The Bastille
20 ~20 Possum Magic - with Michael Moore, Volodymyr K, carol lee, Simon Porter Trad 13m Very Good
Second go did it almost pure layback and much easier. A couple jams at the roof to rest, burned through the second layback section and got a no hands rest in the possum hole. Such a nice route

 
Fri 24th Jun 2022 - Mt Yarrowyck
The practice rocks
21 Easy Lattanzio's Lurch - with Benji Dutaillis, Michael Moore Trad 12m Very Good
A mix of slab and jams from tips to fists, nice finish to glory jug

 
22 Killip's Killer - with Benji Dutaillis, Michael Moore Trad 15m Classic
Real cool little line. Was expecting a fight but flashed it and felt solid all the way

 
15 Birchill's bomber - with Benji Dutaillis, Michael Moore Trad Good
Pretty cruisy, crack is a little gravelly

 
Sun 10th Apr 2022 - Upper Gara Gorge
Central climbing areas Hope Buttress
18 Anticipation - with Michael Moore, Clive Trad 20m
Broke in the new purple

 
14 Charity - with Michael Moore, Clive Trad 20m
16 Hope - with Michael Moore, Clive Trad 25m Good
Mon 21st Feb 2022 - Upper Gara Gorge
Central climbing areas Mad Woman's Breakfast Area
20 Mad Woman's Breakfast - with Benji Dutaillis Trad 10m Very Good
A sneaky 3 hour gorge trip before school pickup. Slowly chipped away over ~5 attempts. Benji worked it and sent it quite smoothly. I butchered it, did the crux and then fell off and got rope burn on my elbow. Next go I sent it despite butchering it even more. I didn't have a single solid jam just pure desperate levitation grovel. Grade is definitely harder than Savage Amusement (supposedly 22), Prime Cut 20, Luce 21. It's not 23, but I think 22 isn't unreasonable. Feels maybe on par with Pub Grubs at 3rd breakaway.

 
Sat 18th Dec 2021 - Ebor Gorge
Pub Buttress
18 Fist dunce - with Volodymyr K, Benji Dutaillis Trad 12m Very Good
Such a nice consistent climb

 
Sun 1st Aug 2021 - Ebor Gorge
Fourth Breakaway
19 Rooflet - with Benji Dutaillis, Ben Vincent Trad 15m Classic
Felt a bit anxious but went down. Did a little pop at the crux but caught it and kept going

 
Sat 10th Apr 2021 - Ebor Gorge
Second Breakaway
18 Fingers - with Benji Dutaillis, Todd Free Trad 8m Classic
Led it with a sag a meter from the top. Clean second go

 
20 Ilean - with Benji Dutaillis, Todd Free, Katrina Mixed trad 15m, 3 Classic
I really love this route, flows well

 
17 Modern Electrics - with Benji Dutaillis, Todd Free, Katrina Mixed trad 15m, 4 Good
The spicy finish never gets old

 
Sat 1st Aug 2020 - Beulah
Northern areas Blackberry boulders
17 Your Anger Is A Gift - with Ben Vincent Trad 10m Good
Ben led this and we thought it was an FA. I pink pointed and my sequence was very different, I had a solid knee bar in from the first move (of course I did) and I felt very secure dragging that back step up the whole way until you can stand for the easy vertical crack part

 
Sat 23rd May 2020 - Upper Gara Gorge
Central climbing areas Illusion Buttress
19 Heavy Metal - with Benji Dutaillis, Chloe Sport 18m, 4 Very Good
Two laps

 
Sun 16th Jun 2019 - Upper Gara Gorge
Central climbing areas The Schoolgirl Boulder
16 Svea - with Scott Camps, Vaschka Koboroff Mixed trad 10m, 3 Very Good
Love this, but the start is nails for a 16

 
Wed 6th Feb 2019 - Coffs Harbour
Glenreagh Waihoo Streaked Wall
19 Mickey G's - with Andrew Woolley, Phil, Ben Vincent Sport 15m, 4 Classic
Sun 10th Jun 2018 - Kaputar
Lindsay Rock Tops Barley Walls
19 Drill me Gently - with Alex Gerzha Sport 30m Classic
Really enjoyed this one, so nice to get on long sports routes like these

 
18 Fanciful - with Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Amy O'Toole Sport 30m Very Good
Loved this heaps. This little wall is gold

 
Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Ebor Gorge
Second Breakaway
18 Fingers - with carol lee Trad 8m Classic
I loved this route, naturally clean fist crack to perfect hands and just a bit of finger spice a the end. And a perfect clean topout. Led on Alan's gear but moved the gear around at the crux as it was in the way

 
Fri 23rd Jun 2017 - Frog Buttress
West of the access track
18 Gladiator - with Ben Vincent Trad 20m Very Good
Wed 21st Jun 2017 - Brooyar
Eagle's Nest
17 Free Range Heggs - with Ben Vincent, carol lee Sport 20m, 8 Average
Cruisy but would not want to fall on it

 
22 Prima Donna - with Ben Vincent, carol lee Sport 8m, 3 Good
Second clip looked high but it's easy

 
15 Miss Kandy Kane - with Ben Vincent, carol lee Sport 20m, 5
Tue 20th Jun 2017 - Mt Tibrogargan
Slider Wall
22 Slider - with Ben Vincent, carol lee, Alan Ezzy, Thor Sport 16m, 7 Classic
Great to back to this finally

 
23 Squealer - with Ben Vincent, carol lee, Alan Ezzy, Thor Sport 21m, 6 Classic
Fell at last bolt on first burn, second almost the same but slightly higher just got hands tangled, third go clean.

 
Mon 19th Jun 2017 - Mt Coolum
26 Three Men and A Ladder - with carol lee, Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy, Thor, Nathan Sport 10m, 5 Classic
Completely intimidated by this but quickly also got very psyched. Wild moves through the roof and proper knee bar tactics are gold. After the second burn a bee stung me on the right calf. Got it third try

 
Sun 18th Jun 2017 - Mt Coolum
25 Hung Like A Fruit Bat - with Ben Vincent Sport 8m, 5 Classic
Also fell on the start! Felt less easy the second time but did the top fine. Munted my right ankle a little and Ben and carol both did similar damage

 
Sun 6th Nov 2016 - Upper Gara Gorge
Downstream climbing areas The Sea Cliff
25 Bullet with Butterfly Wings - with Alan Ezzy Sport 7m, 4 Very Good
Sick! I haven't climbed here in roughly 17 years, and the last time was hilarious as a complete bumbly with no guidebook attempting one of these routes and failing epically. Maybe half a dozen burns. Is great to siege a hard sports route, it's been a long long time...

 
Tue 20th Jan 2015 - Fruehauf
21 Plastic Erection - with Chris L Sport 18m
Felt like I found twice as many micro crimps this time

 
Sat 20th Dec 2014 - Mount Wellington
Sphinx Rock Main face
22 Walk Like an Egyptian - with Adam Bogus Sport 12m, 5 Classic
Sun 17th Aug 2014 - North West Bay River
Dog Leg Bend Main Cliff
20 Golden Chihuahua - with Chris L Sport 15m, 5
Nice

 
Sat 9th Aug 2014 - The Paradiso
17 Mixed Groceries - with Chris L Sport 10m, 3
16 Unzip - with Chris L Sport 13m, 5
17 High Noon - with Chris L Sport 10m, 4
Sun 22nd Jun 2014 - Mount Wellington
The Organ Pipes Northern Buttress
17 18 Raspberry Jam and Crackers - with sgodwin, laura Trad 25m
Quick run up after scotty

 
Sat 21st Jun 2014 - Waterworks Quarry
18 Bastard Cancer - with sgodwin Sport 15m, 4
20 Serial Driller - with sgodwin Sport 20m, 9
20 Opening Festering Wounds - with sgodwin Sport 20m, 8 Good
21 Totally Awesome - with sgodwin Sport 21m, 9
Sun 27th Apr 2014 - Waterworks Quarry
18 Phantom Stone Thrower - with Linda & Alex Sport 20m, 5
Linda did awesome on the lead

 
15 Weetbix - with Linda & Alex Sport 11m, 4
Sun 19th Jan 2014 - Mount Wellington
The Organ Pipes Flange Buttress
23 22 Berts Butter Menthol (Train of Thought) - with Will Monks Sport 30m Very Good
Cleaned it up, I really dig this route

 
Sat 18th Jan 2014 - Fruehauf
22 General Benefit - with Matt Hannay Sport 15m, 4 Good
Every time I do this I seem to find an easier sequence. Dialled finally

 
20 General Discipline - with Matt Hannay Sport 18m, 4
20 Bondage and Discipline - with Matt Hannay Sport 18m, 4
Warmup

 
Sat 11th Jan 2014 - The Paradiso
21 Shock Wave Sport 13m, 5
16 Unzip - with Tim and Pat Sport 13m, 5
Sat 12th Oct 2013 - Waterworks Quarry
19 20 Ruddiocracy - with Sam Sport 15m, 5
12 Eye Bolt Route Sport 10m, 5
17 Don't Buy a Cheap Ryobi Sport 10m, 4
18 Death Unto Racists - with Sam Sport 15m, 4

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