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| Thu 30th May 2024 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Middle Crag | ||||||
| 17 |
★ Visage
| 9m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
| 10 |
★ Significance
| 7m | Average | |||
| Thu 30th May 2024 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Smear Slabs | ||||||
| 14 |
★★ Without a Lead
| 15m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
| Thu 30th May 2024 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Central Gully | ||||||
| 12 |
★ Chutney
| 13m | Average | |||
| 18 |
★ Centennial direct finish
| 9m | Average | |||
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Off the couch after Covid. The walk up the hill was almost enough…
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| Sat 27th Apr 2024 - Watagans | ||||||
| Gate Crag Walls of 2000 | ||||||
| 15 |
Pinch me I'm dreaming
| 12m, 4 | Average | |||
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Rpt
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| 19 |
★ Midway
| 12m | Average | |||
| 15 |
★ Shanes 3
| 11m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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The top is definitely harder than 15, could easily be 18
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| 13 |
★ Shanes 2
| 11m | Average | |||
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Rpt, the mantle at top was tenuous with only one hand
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| 16 |
★ Spider Lair
| 10m | Average | |||
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Rpt
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| 19 |
★ Plain Dumb
| 10m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt
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| Sat 1st Jul 2023 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Middle Crag | ||||||
| 20 |
★★ Colour Card
| 16m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rpt.
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| 14 |
★★ I'd Rather be Canoeing
| 18m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, nice climbing, very spaced gear. I’ve done my due in past times
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| 17 |
★ Visage
| 9m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, much nicer today after a bit of traffic. Probably should be 19
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| 10 |
★ Significance
| 7m | Average | |||
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Rpt
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| 10 |
Marginal Existence
| 7m | Average | |||
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Done this a few times and the start is quite hard as is continuing up offwidth on lead. I will argue for upgrade. The start is at least a metre lower than the old days
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| 18 |
★ Mirror Mirror
| 12m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rpt
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| 15 |
Brand X
| 13m | Don't Bother | |||
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Some offwidth practice.
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| Wed 21st Jun 2023 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Middle Crag | ||||||
| 16 |
Bombayment
| 10m, 3 | Average | |||
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Rpt
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| 19 |
★ Davafly
| 10m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt
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| 20 |
Plum line
| 10m, 3 | Average | |||
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Rpt
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| 19 |
★ Vengemite
| 12m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt
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| 19 |
★ Marmite
| 12m, 5 | Average | |||
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Rpt
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| Sun 18th Jun 2023 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Smear Slabs | ||||||
| 14 |
★★ Without a Lead
| 15m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rpt to clean anchors
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| Sun 18th Jun 2023 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Stopper Walls | ||||||
| 23 |
★★★ Weena
| 30m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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2 sits, better friction than last week. Worth it to get john Wilde back in the saddle
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| 19 |
★ Clear and present danger
| 15m, 5 | Don't Bother | |||
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Rpt to put rope on weena
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| 13 |
★ Stopper (Direct)
| 35m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt
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| Sun 18th Jun 2023 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Turkey Walls | ||||||
| 22 |
★★ Turquosine
| 12m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
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A bit sandy after no ascents for years, did all moves after a brush.
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| 21 |
★★ Profanity
| 14m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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One slip in off fingers section
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| 19 |
★★ Bereska
— 2 attempts
| 18m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Felt too tricky as the warm up, did it later in the day
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| Mon 12th Jun 2023 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Stopper Walls | ||||||
| 23 |
★★★ Weena
| 30m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rpt to clean. 2 snakes visible but neither impacting the route. Required a few rests, was hot in the sun.
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| 21 |
★ Ghetto Blaster
| 7m, 3 | Average | |||
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Rpt to get out
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| 19 |
★ Clear and present danger
| 15m, 5 | Average | |||
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Rpt. Can climb quite nicely.
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| Sat 10th Jun 2023 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Smear Slabs | ||||||
| 17 |
★ Cadbury Flake
| 12m, 3 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rpt
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| 14 |
★ Hang in there Baby
| 20m | Average | |||
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Rpt, cleaning
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| 22 |
★ A Bridge Too Far
| 16m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, though I did sneak in a bridge up high
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| 17 |
★ Electric Turkey
| 20m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, cleaning
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| Sat 10th Jun 2023 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Space Ape Area | ||||||
| 14 |
★ Orangutang
| 6m | Average | |||
| Tue 6th Jun 2023 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Middle Crag | ||||||
| 17 |
★ Visage
| 9m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
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For a short climb this is full on. Gave it a good brush.
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| 10 |
★ Significance
| 7m | Average | |||
| 10 |
Marginal Existence
| 7m | Average | |||
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Chicken wings
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| 20 |
★ Jonas' arete
| 12m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, the grade 12 start is one of the harder aspects
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| 18 |
★ Mirror Mirror
| 12m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rpt, cleaned out pockets. Sandbagged self on own FA. Had to have a second go.
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| Mon 5th Jun 2023 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Smear Slabs | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Providence
| 16m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Old school 18 for sure. Good slab moves though
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| 20 |
★★ Smear to Oblivion
| 15m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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Brushing en route, nice and almost feels as secure as JTD these days
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| 19 |
★ Jear to Delerium
| 15m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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Still desperate at 19
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| 14 |
★★ Without a Lead
| 15m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Nice, shame rock isn’t better, looks like it has been cleaned recently
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| 19 |
★ Giraffe
| 10m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
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Not clean today because it was pretty mossy. Gave it a brush but needs more
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| 15 |
★ Live 'n' Learn
| 10m, 3 | Average | |||
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Cleaning session. I quite like this, though short
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| Sun 28th May 2023 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face The Ramparts | ||||||
| 23 |
★★ Taipan Wall
| 25m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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A couple of rests remembering the sequence post footer breakage
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| 21 |
★ Strapidbisectomy
| 17m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
| 15 |
Adrenaline Wall
| 25m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
| 22 |
★ Waynes Route
| 25m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
| 19 R |
★★ Garbage Blaster
| 26m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Getting out at least despite feeling poorly
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| Thu 11th May 2023 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Central Gully | ||||||
| 12 |
★ Chutney
| 13m | Average | |||
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Yep, shoulder unhappy laybacking.
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| 18 |
★ Centennial direct finish
| 9m | Average | |||
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Rpt. Shoulder playing up today.
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| Thu 11th May 2023 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Turkey Walls | ||||||
| 19 |
★★ Bereska
| 18m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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19 in a parallel universe. Always requires thinking Mc the middle part has changed over the years
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| Sun 30th Oct 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Gate Crag Walls of 2000 | ||||||
| 13 |
Anniversary climb
| 40m | Average | |||
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A bit of a waste of bolts, but it was useful for multipitch “training” I guess.
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| 21 |
★ Dumb Struck
| 10m | ★ Good | |||
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Couple of clean goes straight up for crimp training
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| 19 |
★ Plain Dumb
| 10m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt
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| 16 |
★ Spider Lair
| 10m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, probably the most thoughtful climb
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| 13 |
★ Shanes 2
| 11m | Average | |||
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Rpt
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| 15 |
★ Shanes 3
| 11m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt
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| 19 |
★ Midway
| 12m | Average | |||
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Rpt
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| 15 |
Pinch me I'm dreaming
| 12m, 4 | Average | |||
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Rpt
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| Sun 21st Aug 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Dora Pinnacles Dark Side | ||||||
| 8 |
★ D2 crack
| 8m | Average | |||
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Would be good if it was longer, an actual splitter hand crack that would repel many a sport climber…
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| Sun 21st Aug 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Dora Pinnacles Rhinegold Wall | ||||||
| 15 |
★ Rhinegold Direct
| 25m, 6 | Average | |||
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Would be good with traffic. The abseilers moved in and prevented further action on the wall
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| Sun 21st Aug 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Dora Pinnacles Main Pinnacles | ||||||
| 14 |
Avon
| 10m, 1 | Average | |||
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Rpt rope solo interesting on traverse
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| 17 |
Battle of Rahmizies
| 20m, 2 | ★ Good | |||
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The crack was pretty clean but the top needed a bit of brushing
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| 21 |
★★ Rabies
| 17m | ★ Good | |||
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Totally blue sized jams- except for the chicken wing section. Not sure I will ever get this
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| Sat 6th Aug 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Gate Crag Central Buttress | ||||||
| 21 |
★ Fat lipped
| 15m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt
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★★ Titania
| 18m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rpt x2.
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| Thu 30th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Gate Crag Central Buttress | ||||||
| 24 |
★★ Moonlight Raid
| 20m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Did everything but the short person crux. Was in good form when I last did this,
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★★ Titania
| 18m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rpt
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| Wed 22nd Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Central Gully | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Centennial direct finish
| 9m | Average | |||
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Sometimes it feels like ground hog day, but it was good to see Louise tackle this on lead
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| 12 |
★ Chutney
| 13m | Average | |||
| Wed 22nd Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face The Ramparts | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Red-Belly Black Flake
| 25m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt
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| 14 |
★ Terminally in Traction
| 14m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt
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Easy Meat direct start
| 18m, 6 | |||||
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A half baked attempt, it’s very friable, just do the original
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★★ Taipan Wall
| 25m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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Nice but suffered from being climbed on when wet a couple of days ago.
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| 21 |
★ Eastern Brown
| 25m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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Nice moves, but would be a bit of a scary onsight
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| Mon 20th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Big Banana Buttress & The Extremes | ||||||
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★★ No Support for the Monarchy
| 15m, 5 | ||||
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The bolts were out, drill dust everywhere, I was meant to be evaluating new bolt positions but it was too crozzly to be sure.
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| Mon 20th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face The Ramparts | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Red-Belly Black Flake
| 25m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, end of day, Dave still sandbags everyone claiming it’s a 17…
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| 14 |
★ Terminally in Traction
| 14m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, a little mossy on the upper part
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| Mon 20th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Central Gully | ||||||
| 12 |
★ Chutney
| 13m | Average | |||
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Rpt no 50 or so
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| 18 |
★ Centennial direct finish
| 9m | Average | |||
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The crag warm up now with bolts
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| Mon 20th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Turkey Walls | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Killer’eska
| 17m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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Was pressured into leading it….
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| 21 |
★★ Profanity
| 14m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rpt. A little greasy today, but not enough rain to make it dirty
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| Fri 17th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Central Gully | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Centennial direct finish
| 9m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, to try out the new ring bolts. A consumer classic now!
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★ Centennial direct finish
| 9m | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, to try out the new ring bolts. A consumer classic now!
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| Fri 17th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Stopper Walls | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Clear and present danger
| 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt. A bit dirty today but the holds are now all solid it seems
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| 24 |
★ Speak Easy
| 6m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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MF answer to a campus board. A little bit of rope assistance on the crux move, but quite happy with my crimping today
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| 21 |
★ Ghetto Blaster
| 7m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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Rpt, pumpy and exposed for such a short route
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| 23 |
★★★ Weena
| 30m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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One brief foot misstep, felt pretty good otherwise. The usual brown tree snake just below anchors. It didn’t move.
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| Tue 14th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Turkey Walls | ||||||
| 19 |
★★ Bereska
| 18m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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The pinch pillar below the roof has partially disappeared but it doesn’t affect the grade
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| 19 |
★ Killer’eska
| 17m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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A different start that’s more crimpy, the crux is still on Bereska which is quite sandbagged at 19
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★★ Profanity
| 14m | ★★ Very Good | |||
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The most comfortable I’ve felt on this
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| Tue 14th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Monkey Face Central Gully | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Centennial direct finish
| 9m | Average | |||
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Now all on ring bolts
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| 26 |
★ Jacob's Ladder
| 20m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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I’m still keen on a right hand start. Super bouldery funky moves I can barely do, and the start feels harder than 26
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| Sat 11th Jun 2022 - Watagans | ||||||
| Gate Crag Central Buttress | ||||||
| 20 |
★★ Titania
| 18m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Two laps, distracted by trying to find emergency dentist
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