Rating | Grade | Route | Gear style | Crag | Quality | Date | |||
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2753
points
| 31 | FA ★★★ Vixen - with Duncan | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | ★★★ Classic | Sun 17th Aug 2014 | |||
FFA. Boom! 8th day on it, 21? goes. Very enjoyable to climb on. The movement is top shelf. As for the grade, yes, it might be harder. Or not.
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2740
points
| 8a | ★★★ Schattenlinie (Schattenline) - with Sam | 20m | San Vito lo Capo | ★★★ Classic | Sun 12th Oct 2014 | |||
Oh yeah! Some guys were on it when I walked up so I had to queue. Decided to watch and make the most of it. Used my own beta on the crux and just managed to squeak through. A rare, magic moment of climbing for me.
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2608
points
| 30 | FA ★★★ Behemoth | 40m, 18 | Urbenville | ★★★ Classic | Sun 15th Jun 2014 | |||
FFA. Climbed this in long pants and a jumper, so it must have been good conditions. Very hard to grade this one. It's similar to One Hit To The Body. Such cool go-for-it moves up top. Lots of big falls.
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2509
points
| 29 | FA ★ Leviathan - with Duncan | 45m | Urbenville | ★ Good | Sat 6th Sep 2014 | |||
FFA. Sent first go of the day. This is the most difficult route I've ever had to grade. It's 24/5 for 35m, then a V8? morpho boulder problem for 10m. Stuffed if I know, certainly the hardest moves on the cliff.
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2442
points
| 7b+ | ★★★ Long white line - with Sam | 35m | San Vito lo Capo | ★★ Very Good | Thu 9th Oct 2014 | |||
Mostly fairly easy, until suddenly it's not and you're waaaay runout. 15m falls maybe? Lots of air up there.
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2442
points
| 7c 7b+ | ★★ Mal di Schiena - with JJ | 25m, 10 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★ Very Good | Tue 7th Oct 2014 | |||
This was pretty awesome. Big pockets up a steep wall of marble.
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2440
points
| 7c 7b+ | ★★★ Pipeline - with Sam | 28m, 10 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★★ Classic | Tue 30th Sep 2014 | |||
Rock quality to the max. Reminded me of the rock on the left side of Thaiwand Wall.
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2439
points
| 7b+ | ★★ Archeotalpa - with Sam | 19m, 10 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★ Very Good | Fri 26th Sep 2014 | |||
Deepest and steepest in the cave. Lots of stalactites with a punchy boulder finish.
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2439
points
| 7b+ | ★★★ Balu Yoghi e Bubu (Balu Yohi e Bubu) - with Sam | 25m | San Vito lo Capo | ★★★ Mega Classic | Fri 26th Sep 2014 | |||
Super psyched! Best route I have done here so far. Long, blobs, kneebars, roof. Big runouts.
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2410
points
| 26 | Garm - with Duncan | 40m, 18 | Urbenville | ★ Good | Sun 22nd Jun 2014 | |||
Thought this was 25 as well. Really hard to know with these routes. They're all similar.
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2392
points
| 8a | ★★ Teamwork - with Sam and JJ | 13m, 8 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★ Very Good | Tue 21st Oct 2014 | |||
This was surprising, and great. From not being able to get off the ground on my first try to totally walking it with near-French style. [2.1 :)]
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2389
points
| 7c+ | ★★★ L'ora degli eroi - with Sam | 15m, 6 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★★ Classic | Sat 27th Sep 2014 | |||
Thugging out a big overhung rib. Compression climbing, culminating in a dynamic throw to victory jug. [2]
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2351
points
| 28 | FA ★ Extremely Unseemly | 15m, 7 | Urbenville | ★ Good | Sun 25th May 2014 | |||
FFA. Climbed on the 1 year Spot X anniversary. A boulder problem which requires some pounce.
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2330
points
| 26 | ★★ Monster - with Duncan | 40m, 18 | Urbenville | ★★ Very Good | Sun 22nd Jun 2014 | |||
Flash placing the gear. I thought this was 25 at the time, could very well be 26 though.
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2317
points
| 7b | ★★ Tratt - with Erik | 33m | San Vito lo Capo | ★★★ Mega Classic | Thu 2nd Oct 2014 | |||
Super tufa roof into amazing headwall. 18 clips.
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2316
points
| 7b+ 7b | ★★★ All cats are black at night - with Sam | 20m | San Vito lo Capo | ★★★ Classic | Mon 29th Sep 2014 | |||
Perfect onsight route - very readable. Steep and fairly juggy. E got some good photos.
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2309
points
| 25 | ★ Geryon - with Duncan | 40m, 18 | Urbenville | ★ Good | Sat 6th Sep 2014 | |||
Used this as a warm up one morning which was actually sort of doable, because it was bouldery to a rest, bouldery to a rest, repeated.
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2288
points
| 25 | ★ Balor | 35m, 16 | Urbenville | ★ Good | Sat 28th Jun 2014 | |||
This one felt 25/6. Second ascent.
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2267
points
| 25 | ★★ I Have A Dream | 20m, 8 | Point Perpendicular | ★★ Very Good | Sat 19th Apr 2014 | |||
The top of this was sketchy AS on the onsight. No chalk. Somehow got through. Killer!
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2267
points
| 25 | ★★★ Vertical Romance | 30m, 11 | Point Perpendicular | ★★★ Classic | Sat 19th Apr 2014 | |||
This totally made my day. Not a skerrick of chalk, pure onsight drop the clutch action with several "I'm off!" moments. Just awesome.
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2266
points
| 7c+ | ★★★ Mega dave - with JJ | 25m | San Vito lo Capo | ★★★ Classic | Wed 22nd Oct 2014 | |||
This crag cooks all day long. But on the LAST DAY of the trip we scored this freak windy and cloudy day, so I could go back for this one. Thanks Sicily weather gods. Great route! [3]
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2266
points
| 7c+ | ★★ Spacelab - with Sam and JJ | 22m, 11 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★ Very Good | Tue 21st Oct 2014 | |||
The sun was inexorably creeping across the wall, no time to rest, go go go! I raced the sun and the sun won. But I ticked.
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2263
points
| 8a 7c+ | ★★★ Evil lurks behind every man's heart - with Sam | 55m, 21 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★★ Classic | Fri 10th Oct 2014 | |||
At 55m, makes Crossroads look short. About 4 or 5 cruxes which I really didn't want to blow. Maybe the longest pitch I have done. Biggest on wall. [2]
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2262
points
| 7c+ | ★★★ Superman - with Erik | 25m | San Vito lo Capo | ★★★ Classic | Thu 9th Oct 2014 | |||
JJ talked me into having a shot for photos in the sun. Lucky!
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2262
points
| 7c+ | ★★★ Comes true - with Erik | 30m, 15 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★★ Mega Classic | Mon 6th Oct 2014 | |||
Recent right hand variant finish adding 15m of new climbing. Flashed, but had climbed the start.
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2261
points
| 7c+ | ★★ Super Santos - with Sam | 20m, 11 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★ Very Good | Fri 3rd Oct 2014 | |||
Perfect white marble, vertical. Crazy crux I managed to solve with patented dyno-barndoor.
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2255
points
| 27 | FA ★ Foxy Cleopatra - with Sam | 17m | Urbenville | ★ Good | Sun 24th Aug 2014 | |||
FFA. Did this one in the rain, top headwall was wet. There's a bouldery crux throw that really gave me curry, so this might be harder, especially for shorties.
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2240
points
| 7b | ★★ Il Minotauro - with Sam | 30m, 14 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★ Very Good | Sun 12th Oct 2014 | |||
End of day destruction. Only just pulled it out. Placing gear.
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2218
points
| 7c+ 7c/c+ | ★★★ The Wish - with Sam | 30m, 14 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★★ Mega Classic | Mon 6th Oct 2014 | |||
Ultra high quality face route, probably one of the best at San Vito. Love. That pocket's drilled though :p [2]
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2216
points
| 25 | ★★ Cthulhu (full version) | 45m, 24 | Urbenville | ★★ Very Good | Sun 27th Jul 2014 | |||
One of the cleanest lines on the cliff thanks to Reido's work ethic. Good job dude!
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2215
points
| 29 28 | ★★ Knifey Spooney | 22m, 10 | Mt Coolum | Sun 4th May 2014 | ||||
Definitely a way to make Spoonman much harder. Props to Gareth, Antoine and Jimmy. Handful of tries over three days, one a few years ago.
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2213
points
| 28 | ★★★ Beautiful Thing - with Robbie | 16m, 5 | The Pulpit (private land) | Sun 27th Apr 2014 | ||||
Fitness lap #1
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2213
points
| 28 | ★★★ Beautiful Thing - with Robbie | 16m, 5 | The Pulpit (private land) | Sun 27th Apr 2014 | ||||
Fitness lap #2
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2208
points
| 27 | FA ★★ Wyvern - with Duncan | 45m, 20 | Urbenville | ★★ Very Good | Sat 22nd Mar 2014 | |||
FFA. This blew my mind at the time as my first route on the cliff.
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2199
points
| 25 | ★ Hulking | 40m | Urbenville | ★★ Very Good | Sun 1st Jun 2014 | |||
Just barely squeaked this flash in. Was gibbering on the topout
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2193
points
| 32 | ★★★ The Singularity | 17m | The Pulpit (private land) | Sun 27th Apr 2014 | ||||
Quick burn on Robbie's send day - 6th shot! That's the third ascent.
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2187
points
| 27 | FA ★★ 16,000 Dead - with JJ | 20m | Urbenville | ★★ Very Good | Sun 12th Jan 2014 | |||
FFA. Pretty cool, especially up high. Dunc smashed this out second go.
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2185
points
| 7a+ | ★★★ Tears of freedom - with JJ | 35m | San Vito lo Capo | ★★★ Mega Classic | Thu 9th Oct 2014 | |||
This is probably the King Line of the cliff. Mighty blob and tufa pitch. Don't grab the anchor Bianca.
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2183
points
| 7a+ | ★★ Alfa Romeo - with Sam | 17m, 11 | San Vito lo Capo | ★ Good | Fri 3rd Oct 2014 | |||
Slippery tufa outing, much loved at this easy access sector. Felt nails.
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2183
points
| 7b 7a+ | ★★ Safari - with Sam | 30m | San Vito lo Capo | ★ Good | Thu 2nd Oct 2014 | |||
Very short crimpy balancy crux out of character with the rest of the route which is a super nice romp.
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2180
points
| 7a+ | ★★★ Scusassi - with Erik | 36m, 18 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★ Very Good | Wed 24th Sep 2014 | |||
Some tricky slab stuff down low and then graciously relents into steeper tufa pulling thank god.
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2180
points
| 7a+ | ★★★ Banana Biologica - with Sam | 22m, 10 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★ Very Good | Wed 24th Sep 2014 | |||
The first half of this up to the point where it gets hard is mega classic. Beautiful marble.
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2141
points
| 7c | ★★ Nella Bolla - with Sam and JJ | 20m | San Vito lo Capo | ★★ Very Good | Fri 17th Oct 2014 | |||
I think that was the most desperate send of the trip so far, due to exhaustion. Somehow managed to snag the dyno. Need rest day!
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2131
points
| 27 28 | ★★★ Toxic Shock Syndrome - with Duncan | 15m, 8 | Urbenville | ★★ Very Good | Sat 13th Sep 2014 | |||
Re-sent in it's v2.0 configuration. These routes evolve.
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2129
points
| 27 | ★★ Banyan - with Duncan | 40m | Urbenville | ★★ Very Good | Sat 6th Sep 2014 | |||
No dramas on shot #2. Punchy moves I really liked.
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2122
points
| 24 | ★★ The Omen | 22m, 13 | Point Perpendicular | ★★ Very Good | Sat 19th Apr 2014 | |||
This is the pound of flesh route, whippers galore.
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2103
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen - with Duncan | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | ★★★ Classic | Sun 17th Aug 2014 | |||
Shot 1 - got numb fingers and fell high on the headwall
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2103
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen - with Duncan | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | ★★★ Classic | Sun 17th Aug 2014 | |||
Shot 2
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2101
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Wed 13th Aug 2014 | ||||
Shot 1
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2101
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Wed 13th Aug 2014 | ||||
Shot 2
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2101
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Wed 13th Aug 2014 | ||||
Shot 3
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2101
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Wed 13th Aug 2014 | ||||
Shot 4
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2101
points
| 26 | FA ★★ Banshee | 45m | Urbenville | ★★ Very Good | Sun 25th May 2014 | |||
FFA. This is a big beast which took me a couple of goes - Duncan later onsighted, awesome effort.
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2101
points
| 29 | FA ★★ Vulcan Mind Meld | 20m | Urbenville | ★★ Very Good | Sat 24th May 2014 | |||
FFA. Pure vertical, ultra technical. This is the first time I can remember my abs and legs failing on a vertical route. 4 or 5 days. Thanks to Glenn for encouraging me to persist with this thing.
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2101
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Sun 10th Aug 2014 | ||||
Shot 1
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2101
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Sun 10th Aug 2014 | ||||
Shot 2
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2100
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Sat 9th Aug 2014 | ||||
Shot 1 - Made it through the crossover twice today
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2100
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Sat 9th Aug 2014 | ||||
Shot 2 - 1 hung the route, game on.
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2100
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Sat 9th Aug 2014 | ||||
Shot 3
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2098
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Sat 2nd Aug 2014 | ||||
Shot 1 - all moves done
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2098
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Sat 2nd Aug 2014 | ||||
Shot 2 - linked 4-8 for the first time
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2098
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Sat 2nd Aug 2014 | ||||
Shot 3 - held crossover from ground
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2098
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Sat 2nd Aug 2014 | ||||
Shot 4 - held crossover from ground
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2096
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Sat 26th Jul 2014 | ||||
Shot 1
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2096
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Sat 26th Jul 2014 | ||||
Shot 2
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2096
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Sat 26th Jul 2014 | ||||
Shot 3 - 1 hung to the 7th bolt.
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2096
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Sat 26th Jul 2014 | ||||
Shot 4
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2094
points
| 31 | ★★★ Vixen | 20m, 9 | Urbenville | Sun 20th Jul 2014 | ||||
First climbing on the route.
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2086
points
| 26 | FA ★★ Hard Drinkin' Lincoln | 15m, 7 | Mt Ninderry | ★★ Very Good | Sat 5th Apr 2014 | |||
FFA. The open project link up is done. Had been keen to try this for years. In the end, really not bad. Juggy and kneebarry most of the way. [2]
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2059
points
| 28 27 | ★★★ La Resistencia Es Inutil | 26m | Pages Pinnacle | ★★★ Classic | Sat 18th Jan 2014 | |||
Second ascent of Ross' super route. Stoked to do this in a day. 80m rope and some careful rigging made this a pleasure. [3]
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2045
points
| 7a | ★★ Passepartout - with Sam and JJ | 20m, 9 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★ Very Good | Mon 20th Oct 2014 | |||
The mono is NOT the hard bit!
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2042
points
| 24 | ★★★ The Throne | 20m, 8 | Point Perpendicular | ★★★ Classic | Sun 20th Apr 2014 | |||
Rapped down this to access the wall and thought it looked cool. It was!
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2039
points
| 7a | ★★ The Riddle - with Sam | 15m, 6 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★ Very Good | Fri 3rd Oct 2014 | |||
8a.nu confirms low onsight percentage on this one! Aptly named.
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2039
points
| 7a | ★★ Beam Me Up Scottie - with Sam | 18m, 10 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★★ Classic | Fri 3rd Oct 2014 | |||
This was hard! Or I was tired! Or both! Great though.
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2038
points
| 7a | ★★ Monsun wedding - with Sam | 30m, 14 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★ Very Good | Mon 29th Sep 2014 | |||
Primo rock quality. A couple of hard pulls on tiny pockets. Should finish 10m lower before it climbs into coral.
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2016
points
| 7b+ | ★★★ Walk the line - with JJ | 26m | San Vito lo Capo | ★★ Very Good | Wed 22nd Oct 2014 | |||
Tickety tick. Last route in Sicily Now signing off theCrag. Back to work.
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2015
points
| 7b+ | Araba-ttati | 19m | San Vito lo Capo | Average | Thu 16th Oct 2014 | |||
Once sorted, easy. Who is clipping the anchor off that pocket? Not me, that's for sure!
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2010
points
| 7b+ | ★★★ Feistus reglettas | 27m | San Vito lo Capo | ★★★ Classic | Thu 2nd Oct 2014 | |||
Thought I better get back on for a damp lash. Slipped and slided to success. [2]
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1990
points
| 26 | Typhon | 35m | Urbenville | Average | Sun 27th Jul 2014 | |||
This is my least favourite of the routes on the wall, only because it kicked my arse and the crux is really hard for me!
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1984
points
| 25 | FA ★ Gryphon | 40m | Urbenville | ★ Good | Sun 15th Jun 2014 | |||
FFA. This is cool. It has a ton of big rests with steep jugging in between. The top is mucho exciting. Needs a second ascent.
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1979
points
| 26 | ★★ Giant - with Duncan | 38m, 16 | Urbenville | ★★ Very Good | Sat 21st Jun 2014 | |||
This has some great rock and you really need to climb. More sustained than most Crossroads routes. [3]
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1961
points
| 26 | ★★ Seamstress | 30m | Point Perpendicular | ★★ Very Good | Tue 22nd Apr 2014 | |||
A searing, white, marble seam which splits off the old classic Windjammer, at half height. I preplaced the gear (tiny wires) like the first ascent team. It's certainly doable placing the gear, and doable to onsight - for a trad gun
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1958
points
| 30 | ★★★ Behemoth | 40m, 18 | Urbenville | ★★★ Classic | Sun 15th Jun 2014 | |||
Shot 1
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1958
points
| 30 | ★★★ Behemoth | 40m, 18 | Urbenville | ★★★ Classic | Sun 15th Jun 2014 | |||
Shot 2
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1955
points
| 30 | ★★★ Behemoth | 40m, 18 | Urbenville | Sun 8th Jun 2014 | ||||
Shot 1
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1955
points
| 30 | ★★★ Behemoth | 40m, 18 | Urbenville | Sun 8th Jun 2014 | ||||
Shot 2
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1955
points
| 30 | ★★★ Behemoth | 40m, 18 | Urbenville | Sun 8th Jun 2014 | ||||
Shot 3
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1955
points
| 30 | ★★★ Behemoth | 40m, 18 | Urbenville | Sat 7th Jun 2014 | ||||
Shot 1
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1955
points
| 30 | ★★★ Behemoth | 40m, 18 | Urbenville | Sat 7th Jun 2014 | ||||
Shot 2
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1955
points
| 30 | ★★★ Behemoth | 40m, 18 | Urbenville | Sat 7th Jun 2014 | ||||
Shot 3
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1946
points
| 26 | ★★ Dark Days Ahead | 28m | Urbenville | ★★★ Classic | Sat 1st Mar 2014 | |||
On my earlier onsight attempt with JJ I fell after the last bolt which I am way more proud of than the actual send. This route kicks arse. It'll make you toss and turn at night. [2]
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1937
points
| 25 | FA ★ Herculaneum - with JJ | 23m | Urbenville | ★ Good | Sat 11th Jan 2014 | |||
FFA. Glue-in's. A portion of shitty rock at the top of the corner, but it's no big deal. The top is super cool and not easy. I expected to have to do a lot more cleaning but climbed it first go.
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1935
points
| 25 | FA ★★ Pompeii - with JJ | 27m, 14 | Urbenville | ★★★ Classic | Sat 4th Jan 2014 | |||
FFA. Yes, did the first ascent on the 41 degree day. Sauna training. Dunc reckoned this is one of the best 25's around.
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1914
points
| 23 | ★ Lorch - with Duncan | 18m | Urbenville | ★ Good | Sun 24th Aug 2014 | |||
Some really cool holds on this one - very solid rock generally. Not easy.
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1899
points
| 6c+ | ★★ Training segreto - with JJ | 17m | San Vito lo Capo | ★★★ Mega Classic | Wed 22nd Oct 2014 | |||
Every hold a big pocket. Just super!
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1897
points
| 6c+ | ★★ Gaspare - with Sam | 28m | San Vito lo Capo | ★ Good | Thu 16th Oct 2014 | |||
I only barely, BARELY stuck the lower mono move. Pretty impressed with the Mrs
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1896
points
| 6c+ | ★★ Red Peroni - with Sam, JJ, Erik | 25m, 12 | San Vito lo Capo | ★★ Very Good | Mon 13th Oct 2014 | |||
Huge chimney-cleft. Wild overhung moves to exit onto the headwall, then crux pawing on prickle-slopers.
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1886
points
| 23 | ★★ Lava Lamp | 27m | Urbenville | Sat 24th May 2014 | ||||
JJ's route. I was a bit wigged out for the first third climbing this as a warm up. Not the bolting. Just feels a bit insecure. Leany-offy.
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1876
points
| 23 | ★★ I Once Was A Cyborg | 22m, 8 | Point Perpendicular | ★★ Very Good | Sun 20th Apr 2014 | |||
You have to wrestle with a pebble. It's like a peanut. This would also be a tough read with no chalk on it.
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1872
points
| 8a | ★★ Teamwork - with Sam and JJ | 13m, 8 | San Vito lo Capo | Mon 20th Oct 2014 | ||||
Got back on it after seeing some French guys kill it. Did all the moves in sweaty conditions. No French style though. Grunting, sweating Australian. Sigh.
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