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17 |
★★ Antigone
1
14
124m
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15
3
17
| 120m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Mon 10th Sep 2018 | |||
Did Driftwood start 60m, then middle pitch 45 m, then straight out through roof ( 17) finish which I think is Oedipus.
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17 21 | ★ Crack behind tree | 20m | Bulahdelah | ★ Good | Mon 14th Dec 2009 | |||
Would be OK if clean. Fiddly gear.
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17 18 | ★★ Raspberry Jam and Crackers | 25m | Mount Wellington | ★★ Very Good | Sat 8th Jan 2011 | |||
17 18 | ★★ Sustalyte | 32m, 5 | Sebastapol Bluffs | ★ Good | Thu 13th Jan 2005 | |||
take some wires
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5+ | ★★★ Sifuentes-Weber | 100m, 2 | Frey | ★★★ Mega Classic | Fri 11th Mar 2005 | |||
led all 4 pitches, weather good at last
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5+ | ★★★ Del diedro | 25m | Frey | ★★★ Classic | Wed 9th Mar 2005 | |||
fantastic crack system
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5+ | ★★ Ñaca Ñaca, Crunch Crunch | 110m | Frey | ★★★ Classic | Sat 12th Mar 2005 | |||
led all, a blast
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5b+ 5+ | ★ Diedro Grande | 32m | El Chalten | ★ Good | Tue 2nd Apr 2013 | |||
Golden granite it aint
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5b+ 5+ | ★★ Azules de Vergara | 20m | Anti-Atlas | ★ Good | Fri 14th Feb 2014 | |||
A novelty, le fissure bleu with tourist audience
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17 | ★★ Wizards Back | 10m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Wed 3rd Jul 2013 | |||
Not long enough and way easier than EK or IB for that matter
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17 | ★ Side-pocket Shot | 15m | Frog Buttress | Average | Sat 7th Jul 2018 | |||
Pretty wet after yesterday's deluge made it feel harder
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17 | ★★★ Smoked Banana | 40m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Fri 1st Aug 2008 | |||
Tricky off width bit and a long way jumping 2 cams
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17 | ★ Maximus | 13m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Mon 3rd May 2004 | |||
fun but spoojy
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17 | ★★ Swinging | 20m, 2 | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Feb 2013 | |||
A nice little route
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17 | ★★★ Maharajah Flake Start | 10m | Mount Buffalo | ★ Good | Sat 29th Dec 2007 | |||
First taste of Buffalo
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17 | ★★★ Maharajah | 42m | Mount Buffalo | ★ Good | Sat 29th Dec 2007 | |||
Pleasant dawdle
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17 | ★★★ Little Red Riding Hood | 25m, 1 | Point Perpendicular | ★★★ Classic | Sun 26th Sep 2004 | |||
setting sun gives it an extra emphasis
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17 | ★★ Oarsome | 20m | Point Perpendicular | ★ Good | Fri 3rd Jul 2015 | |||
Nice climb, couldn't feel fingers in the cold wind, nearly dropped a cam
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17 | Terrors of Pleasure | 18m | Point Perpendicular | ★ Good | Sat 28th Jan 2017 | |||
Dave didn't like this, but I thought it had some good moves, albeit crap rock in parts
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17 | ★★ The Tempest | 20m | Point Perpendicular | ★★ Very Good | Sun 10th Apr 2016 | |||
Much better than it looks
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17 | ★ Devilled Sloth | 28m | Kaputar | Average | Sun 24th Apr 2011 | |||
Another route never logged- with Ryan. Have written scary and poor pro.
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17 | ★ Protocol | 27m | Kaputar | ★ Good | Fri 13th Jul 2018 | |||
A different way to get to top of cliff, quite nice climbing, though gear at start is a bit dodgy. Probably not done for 2 decades. Deserves more traffic.
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17 | The Importance of Being Earnest | 40m | Kaputar | Average | Tue 24th Jul 2018 | |||
Instead of stepping left up the easy second pitch I went straight up which was apparently quite nice on second
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17 | ★ Swiss Made | 30m | Kaputar | ★ Good | Sat 28th Jul 2018 | |||
With Clive, a fine companion route to Yummikins.
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17 | ★★ Yummikins | 33m | Kaputar | ★ Good | Fri 24th Feb 2006 | |||
solid bridging and good gear
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17 | ★ Blood on the Tracks | 30m | Kaputar | ★ Good | Mon 10th May 2010 | |||
Pleasant warm up
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17 | ★★ The Fantastic Four | 30m | Kaputar | ★ Good | Sat 21st Apr 2012 | |||
Chain at top
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17 | ★ Night Moves | 30m, 14 | Kaputar | ★ Good | Fri 14th Apr 2017 | |||
Excellent line, nice and long, possibly a retro bolt by someone other than Herb, as on rings.
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17 | ★★ Slush Puppy | 25m | Mt Maroon | ★★ Very Good | Wed 29th Jul 2020 | |||
Pleasant warm up
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17 | ★★ Psychadelia | 15m | Orroral area | ★ Good | Sun 17th Mar 2019 | |||
A bit too short, but nice, and you can continue up to the top of the summit boulder
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17 | ★ Blood for a Silver Dollar | 12m, 2 | Gibraltar and Corin Road | ★ Good | Tue 19th Mar 2019 | |||
A bit damp, but ok
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17 | ★★★ Blue Meridian | 90m | Mount Wellington | ★★ Very Good | Tue 8th Nov 2022 | |||
A bit of wobbly rock on second pitch, first pitch was nice, I think there’s better17s at the pipes.
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17 | ★ Stone the Crows | 25m | Mount Wellington | Average | Tue 6th Nov 2012 | |||
.Greasy start, then major offwidth, fortunately a bit easy than first appeared.
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17 | Commoner's Crown | 25m | Mount Wellington | Average | Fri 24th Nov 2017 | |||
Had to do as 2 pitches as used our 2 # 3 before the ledge and essential for after. Dave led the second pitch. All a bit too wide for me to feel comfortable
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17 | ★★★ Superfly (the Movie) | 15m | Sisters Beach | ★★ Very Good | Wed 30th Mar 2022 | |||
Would have preferred passive protection, but I didn’t need to test it. Great novelty value.
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17 | ★ Arch Dig | 12m | Mt Horrible | ★ Good | Fri 18th Mar 2016 | |||
Turned this into a way more difficult route than graded
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17 | ★★ The Crack | 15m | Hospital Flat | ★ Good | Sat 29th Mar 2008 | |||
Great gear. Its not Arapiles though.
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17 | ★★ Surface To Air | 30m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Sun 2nd May 2004 | |||
jug haul
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17 | ★★ lphigenia | 45m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Wed 25th Mar 2009 | |||
a few nice sections, one pitch
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17 | ★ Crescendo | 35m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Thu 6th Nov 2014 | |||
Ledgy, but some nice climbing
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17 | ★★ Dirge | 85m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Wed 27th Apr 2011 | |||
last route at araps for the trip
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17 | ★ Sue's Climb | 36m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Wed 27th Apr 2011 | |||
Hard to find a bad route at araps
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17 | ★ Golliwogs Cakewalk | 40m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Mon 14th Oct 2013 | |||
Short, but good- went up prow and stepped across to our fixed rap rope
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17 | ★ Gumboots | 12m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Mon 10th Nov 2014 | |||
Great holds, quite stout I felt for grade. Over too soon
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17 17 R | ★★★ Missing Link | 30m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Sat 28th Mar 2009 | |||
not classic in my book, but nice rock
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17 | ★★ Garden Gnome | 20m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Sat 14th Mar 2020 | |||
Fun route, heaps of gear. Sure ive done it twice before, but all my ticks seem to have disappeared for this area
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17 | ★★★ Oceanoid | 75m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Sat 6th Sep 2008 | |||
Did this about 10 years ago with Marty. Led P1, second pitch 2, I still recall towing the back pack
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17 | ★ Crack Attack - with The moves through the roof are fun, but it's all over too quickly | 15m | Arapiles | Average | Mon 17th Sep 2018 | |||
17 | ★★ Spellbinder | 27m | Arapiles | ★★ Very Good | Fri 16th Oct 2015 | |||
Nice route tucked away now with bonus loweroffs
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17 | ★ Hyperbola | 13m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Mon 12th Oct 2015 | |||
Yep, fairly committing move around the lip for the grade
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17 | Echo System | 13m | Arapiles | Average | Tue 8th Nov 2011 | |||
decided TOH direct start was not a good warm up and retreated to this
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17 | ★ Hell's Bells Direct | 11m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Sat 8th Oct 2016 | |||
17 | ★★ Edgell Gerber Memorial Flake Climb | 30m | Arapiles | ★ Good | Tue 11th Dec 2007 | |||
pumpy placing pro
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17 | ★★★ Subpoena | 21m | The Black Range | ★★ Very Good | Mon 26th Oct 2015 | |||
Would get classic except for bees at top
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17 | ★ 14 Carrot Gold | 35m | Blue Mountains | Average | Wed 28th Dec 2022 | |||
A bit of this, a bit of second pitch of something else. It was ok. Friend enjoyed the multipitch experience
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17 | TAFE | 11m | Fingal Gym | Average | Sat 11th Feb 2006 | |||
scrappy slab
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17 | ★ Cliff Limit | 11m | Fingal Gym | Average | Sat 11th Feb 2006 | |||
better on a cool morning!
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17 | ★ Blubber Boy | 12m | Fingal Gym | ★ Good | Wed 18th Jan 2006 | |||
smallish gear
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17 | Trad Lad | 20m | Bulahdelah | ★ Good | Sat 1st Jun 2013 | |||
A steep little climb, good gear
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17 | ★ Jack Sparrow (Corner crack) | 20m | Bulahdelah | ★ Good | Mon 14th Dec 2009 | |||
better than it looks
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17 | ★ Zoro's Toaster | 28m | Wolgan Valley | ★ Good | Mon 28th Oct 2019 | |||
A couple of #3 s would have been handy. It’s own anchors too.
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17 | Bird of Omen | 42m | Point Perpendicular | Don't Bother | Sun 6th May 2007 | |||
What was Ian Brown on? Arapilesian rock! Excellent pitches! Led P1
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17 | ★ Bluebeard | 35m | Point Perpendicular | ★ Good | Sat 20th Dec 2014 | |||
Better than it looked
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17 | ★★ Submission | 15m | Ebor Gorge | ★ Good | Fri 20th Oct 2017 | |||
Bulging wide hands for me, felt harder than than the 20 next door.
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17 | ★★ Fear and Loathing | 15m | Ebor Gorge | ★ Good | Fri 20th Oct 2017 | |||
Fairly straightforward crack
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17 | ★★ Thunderbird | 110m | Kaputar | ★ Good | Sun 6th May 2012 | |||
Memorable. Led P2 and 3 together. Some stout moves. Take 2 #3 cams and a #4 and dont be afraid of run outs on choss.
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17 | ★★ Absolute Alcohol | 23m, 1 | Onkaparinga | ★★ Very Good | Sun 26th Feb 2017 | |||
Nice with a little steepness
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17 | ★★ Pagoda Original (Pagoda) | 100m | Moonarie | ★★ Very Good | Mon 7th Oct 2013 | |||
Led P2/3, an interesting feature
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17 | ★★ Buckley's | 20m | Moonarie | ★★ Very Good | Mon 7th Oct 2013 | |||
Great position, long reach
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17 | ★ Tashtego | 10m | Freycinet National Park | Average | Sat 31st Dec 2011 | |||
The start was super wide hands and overhung, did some crazy heel hook mantle to get onto route
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17 | ★ Change My Tune | 10m | Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ★ Good | Wed 16th Nov 2022 | |||
V grooves are not my thing, but this wasn’t too bad and easier than 16 to the right
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17 | ★★ Loose Money, Juice Money | 25m | Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ★ Good | Fri 26th Apr 2019 | |||
Full body workout
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17 | ★★ Well Then Bruvvers | 25m | Launceston (Cataract) Gorge | ★ Good | Mon 2nd Mar 2020 | |||
Felt greasy in the sun. The grovelly start detracts.
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17 | ★★★ Centaur | 48m | Mount Wellington | ★★ Very Good | Thu 28th Nov 2019 | |||
Some thoughtful passages without much gear. Nice belay station, 35 m to ground
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17 | ★★★ Chancellor Direct - with DG | 60m | Mount Wellington | ★ Good | Tue 19th Feb 2013 | |||
Led P1, 2nd P2. DId everything to avoid handjam. Spoky rock after araps.
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17 | ★★★ Moon Struck | 80m, 5 | Twin Stream | ★★★ Classic | Wed 2nd Feb 2005 | |||
Lovely crack with run out slab. Magnificent
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17 | ★ Asylum for the Insane | 22m, 3 | The You Yangs | Average | Fri 19th Jan 2024 | |||
A quick diversion while waiting for the ferry
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17 | ★★ Overkill | 23m | Summerday Valley | ★ Good | Sun 13th Jul 2008 | |||
Shame it wasnt longer. Nice crux move
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17 | ★★ Gerontian | 46m | Bundaleer Area | ★ Good | Thu 26th Mar 2009 | |||
Led to top from ground. 2nd pitch hard. Finished straight up.
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17 | ★ A Good Day to be a Duck | 24m, 4 | Blue Mountains | Average | Sun 1st Mar 2009 | |||
Does anyone go to the top?
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17 | ★★★ Fire Bug | 63m | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sat 28th Aug 2004 | |||
loved pitch 3
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17 | ★ Freewheeling | 26m | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Mon 7th Jan 2008 | |||
Take a few cams for low down
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17 | ★ Ballrace | 73m | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Wed 15th Jun 2016 | |||
Quite hard start for grade ( by today's soft standards). Fun.
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17 | ★ Cardiac Arete | 38m | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Oct 2010 | |||
NIce rebolt- still heady. Some rap bolts would be useful. Had a long walk to above Angular crack to get down
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17 | ★★ Viparete | 30m | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Mon 7th Jan 2008 | |||
well trodden classic. Raced the dark and the rain
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17 | ★ The Knights of Nee | 20m | Blue Mountains | Crap | Tue 27th Dec 2022 | |||
Grungy, loose etc. not sure how it scored 2 stars in the guide
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17 | ★★ Technical Stuff | 20m, 6 | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Sun 8th Feb 2015 | |||
Did 4 yrs ago
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17 | ★ Schizophrenic Sideburns | 12m, 4 | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Sat 1st Apr 2006 | |||
hard start
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17 | ★ Flare Crack | 5m | Watagans | Average | Sun 26th Jul 2015 | |||
About grade 8!
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17 | ★★ Plagiarism Blues | 25m | Watagans | ★★ Very Good | Mon 11th May 2020 | |||
Been looking at this for 18 years. Finally did it. Rebirthing finish, my helmet got stuck and I had to take it off.
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17 | ★ Daniel's Climb | 6m, 2 | Watagans | Don't Bother | Wed 2nd Jun 2004 | |||
dirty and spiders
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17 | ★ Wroof Variant (Roof Variant) | 10m, 1 | Watagans | ★ Good | Wed 21st Jul 2004 | |||
contrived to staf off 3rd runner
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17 | ★ Apple Core | 12m | Watagans | ★ Good | Wed 27th Oct 2004 | |||
more interesting than it first appeared
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17 | ★ Fellatio | 10m | The Slot | Don't Bother | Wed 3rd Nov 2004 | |||
17 | ★ Sitting on the Potty | 10m | Treatment Plant | ★ Good | Wed 29th Sep 2004 | |||
nice laybacks
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17 | ★★ Lonely On The Lead | 25m | Charleston | ★ Good | Wed 12th Mar 2008 | |||
almost as scary as the Zawn!
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17 | ★★ Stinger | 30m | Charleston | ★★★ Classic | Wed 12th Mar 2008 | |||
Pleasant the whole way
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17 | ★★ Navarre | 75m | Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre | ★★ Very Good | Mon 5th Oct 2015 | |||
Led p2,3. Gear a little subtle
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17 | ★ The Green Eyed Monster | 22m, 3 | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Sat 15th May 2004 | |||
gotta love those fixed hangers!
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17 | ★★ The Allied Chemical News | 25m, 3 | Blue Mountains | ★★ Very Good | Fri 9th Apr 2004 | |||
airy and run out- great
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