Ascents: Ascents by Lee Cujes having Distinct route

	Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Date
	25	★★★ Samarkand - with @1293 1 23 15 lead by @1293 2 25 35 lead by Lee Cujes 3 23 20 lead by @1293 4 22 35 lead by Lee Cujes 5 22 20 lead by @1293	Trad 130m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Sat 29th Dec 2018
I led the even pitches and Aaron the odd and even better — all onsight, a no falls day. . It was pretty close for me on the crux pitch as I happened to run out of the cams I needed for the crux section at the 30m mark. I placed some pretty junky gear and hesitated for a long time, hanging off a jug on an overhang before finally committing to the overhung off-finger-sized crack. In full sport climbing mode I laybacked up it, got one working fingerlock and swung out of the layback (and almost off completely) before latching a jug with some desperation. It was exciting! . Fun morning with a great (ever psyched) friend and back home in time for lunch. Very pleased to have finally done this one, and keen for more
	25	★★ Crystal Ships	Mixed trad 20m, 4	Tomaree Head	★★★ Classic	Sun 18th Feb 2007
Happy not to blow this punchy number. Intricate upper section on RPs almost had me stymied. Not a pure onsight as I'd rapped past it.
	25	★★ The Low Down	Mixed trad 25m, 2	Arapiles		Wed 20th Nov 2002
My hardest flash yet! Thanks for setting it up Doug =)
	25	★★★ Mr. Joshua Pitch 1	Mixed trad 28m, 8	Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre	★★★ Mega Classic	Sun 5th Mar 2006
The best pitch I did here. Thanks phil_nev for the beta!
	25	Crack glove ★★★ Echo Crack - with Aaron Jones 1 Second lead by Aaron Jones Quite the minefield of lookout-launched trash to navigate on the way. Could be a good Clean Up Australia Day site. 2 Trad lead by Lee Cujes Scary and hard, I thought. Felt at least 22. 3 Second lead by Aaron Jones Pitch was wet and slimy. Mega effort from Aaron to get it done with no crack gloves or tape, sliding out of the crack with bloodied hands. I somehow stayed on, all credit to the crack gloves. A few odd pieces, then 4x #2 camalots in a row, then all #3's to the belay. 4 Trad lead by Lee Cujes The hardest I've worked for a pitch of climbing in a long time. I was peaking. Admittedly it was wet, but even in the dry I would have struggled. Cracks are not my thing, and there's no escape on this pitch. For me personally, this was only slightly easier (1 grade?) than the crux pitch. I used 6x #3 camalots, 2x equivalent-sized hexes, 2x #4 camalots and this was only just enough for my level of comfort (4m+ runouts). You need all the big gear to adequately protect the pitch - you cannot supplement with anything smaller anywhere on the pitch. If I did it again (I never will) I would take 10-12 #3 camalots. A little safety note on the top-out: After clipping some carrots to stand on a ledge with a final 5m headwall to finish. This is protected by one carrot. If you only clipped this carrot (like me) and then fell on last moves topping out, the rope wouldn't even have a chance to take up before you broke both legs on the flat ledge below. Instead, there is a cam slot that is hard to see as it's in your handhold above your head. Roughly #1 camalot size. Use it! (I would strongly advocate the addition of a final bolt to mitigate a potential future catastrophe - you have just clipped 4 or 5 in a row, after all)	Trad 190m	Blue Mountains	Average	Fri 8th Mar 2024
Cracks are hard.
	25	★★ Barbed-wire Canoe	Trad 27m	Frog Buttress	★★ Very Good	Sat 5th Jul 2003
Flashed on 2nd, by the absolute skin of my teeth. Pure desperation!
	25	★★ End Of Days p3	Trad 120m	Blue Mountains	★★★ Classic	Fri 2nd Jan 2009
Pull out your old school bag of tech tricks to onsight this! Flashed on second.
	25	★★ Hard Nose	Trad 25m	Frog Buttress	★★★ Classic	Sat 8th Jul 2006
working shot. [1/2]
	25	★★ Dagda	Mixed trad 20m, 4	Mt Tibrogargan	★★ Very Good	Sun 18th Oct 2009
Linked in from Voluptuous. Dogged to remember moves.
	25	★★★ Debutantes and Centipedes	Mixed trad 15m, 3	Arapiles		Sun 17th Nov 2002
1st shot (TR) 01/1998 to crux. 2nd shot 11/2002 all moves bar crux top roped
	25	★★★ Physical Meditation	Mixed trad 30m, 5	Mt Stuart	★★★ Classic	Mon 1st Jun 1998
only got to crux
	25	★ Dolphin	Trad 20m	Tomaree Head	★ Good	Sat 17th Feb 2007
"A 23? Okay I'll try this!" JJ's a sandbagger!

1 Second lead by Aaron Jones

Quite the minefield of lookout-launched trash to navigate on the way. Could be a good Clean Up Australia Day site.

2 Trad lead by Lee Cujes

Scary and hard, I thought. Felt at least 22.

3 Second lead by Aaron Jones

Pitch was wet and slimy. Mega effort from Aaron to get it done with no crack gloves or tape, sliding out of the crack with bloodied hands. I somehow stayed on, all credit to the crack gloves. A few odd pieces, then 4x #2 camalots in a row, then all #3's to the belay.

4 Trad lead by Lee Cujes

The hardest I've worked for a pitch of climbing in a long time. I was peaking. Admittedly it was wet, but even in the dry I would have struggled. Cracks are not my thing, and there's no escape on this pitch. For me personally, this was only slightly easier (1 grade?) than the crux pitch. I used 6x #3 camalots, 2x equivalent-sized hexes, 2x #4 camalots and this was only just enough for my level of comfort (4m+ runouts). You need all the big gear to adequately protect the pitch - you cannot supplement with anything smaller anywhere on the pitch. If I did it again (I never will) I would take 10-12 #3 camalots.

A little safety note on the top-out: After clipping some carrots to stand on a ledge with a final 5m headwall to finish. This is protected by one carrot. If you only clipped this carrot (like me) and then fell on last moves topping out, the rope wouldn't even have a chance to take up before you broke both legs on the flat ledge below. Instead, there is a cam slot that is hard to see as it's in your handhold above your head. Roughly #1 camalot size. Use it! (I would strongly advocate the addition of a final bolt to mitigate a potential future catastrophe - you have just clipped 4 or 5 in a row, after all)

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