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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber
Fri 6th Sep 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Cross	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Jordon
Sat 31st Aug 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Scott van Heerden 1 12 25m Second 2 14 20m Second 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Second	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Chris Bailie
Got a bit lost on p3. Mantled halfway along the Skink traverse before Scott pointed out my mistake and I reversed back into the corner.
Tue 30th Jul 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Riley Smith 1 12 25m Second 2 14 20m Second 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Jason Lu
Bit of a theme this trip with the amount of laybacking and stemming! (and a cheeky '6' bump)
	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Jason Lu 1 12 25m Trad 2 14 20m Trad 3 16 18m Second 4 16 32m Second	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Riley Smith
Lead in 2 pitches, I took the first two, Jason the second two.
Mon 29th Jul 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	jayden desmond
Tue 25th Jun 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Hilary Grimmer	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Sam Pearson
Sat 8th Jun 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Lizzie Stratford 1 12 25 Trad lead by Robert Varno 2 14 20 Second lead by Lizzie Stratford 3 16 18 Trad lead by Robert Varno 4 16 32 Second lead by Lizzie Stratford	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★ Very Good	Robert Varno
I appreciated the thoughtful laybacking, but my enjoyment was marred by a nagging fear that I had placed an overcammed cam and a dodgy nut. My worries came true as poor Lizzie was put to work trying to get the gear back. The nut was lost, but huge thanks to the pair behind us who were able to retrieve the cam due to cooler conditions. A good learning experience
Thu 23rd May 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Alisa 1 12 25m Trad 2 14 20m Trad 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3		root
absolutely worth the stars
Thu 16th May 2024 - Arapiles
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	16 Hard	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Craig, hugh sutherland, Craig 1 12 25m Second Easy climbing on a slightly run out slab. 2 14 20m Trad lead by Craig 3 16 18m Trad lead by Craig Some of the most beautiful, scary and wildy exposed climbing, was very thankful for the #5 Camelot, could also have found placements for a #6 too but my partner said that'd be cheating cause he's a c###. Must do climb. 4 16 32m Second Nice climbing on some polished rock.	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Craig George
Fri 3rd May 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Erin Pearce, Dylan Glavas, Issy Jukes	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Khush Dodhia-Shah
insaaaaaaaaaanely good climbing. incredible route, striking line, some hair tingling moves and enough to work you! Would do again and lead pitch 2, I had 3 this time
Mon 29th Apr 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Zeke Whitfeld
Fri 26th Apr 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Gav	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Wendy Law
Got to lead up this entire stunning classic. Linked pitches 2-3. Highly recommended.
Thu 25th Apr 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack 1 12 25m Trad 2 14 20m Second 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Sam Tidswell
Mon 22nd Apr 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Ben 1 12 25m Trad 2 14 20m Second 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	John
Such an intimidating and inspiring line. Worth the hype.
Mon 15th Apr 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Johnny Sullivan
Fri 12th Apr 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Will Turner	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Matt Singleton
Absolute beltah
Fri 5th Apr 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Tom 1 12 25m Trad 2 14 20m Second 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Second	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Michael Thorley
Thu 4th Apr 2024 - Arapiles
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	16 ~17	★★★ Watchtower Crack 1 12 25m Trad 2 14 20m Trad 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Andrew Durrer
Sun 31st Mar 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Cathy 1 12 25m Trad lead by Matthew Creahan Started too far left and made this much harder than it should have been 2 14 20m Second lead by Cathy 3 16 18m Second lead by Cathy 4 16 32m Second lead by Cathy	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Matthew Creahan
Absolutely outrageous. One of the highlights of the trip
Tue 19th Mar 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Lisa Posse	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Jonathan
Sat 16th Mar 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Liren Wang
Sat 2nd Mar 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack 1 25m Trad 2 20m Trad 3 18m Second 4 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★ Very Good	Connor Smith
Sat 20th Jan 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with ThorAss	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★ Very Good	Robert Lord
Mon 15th Jan 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with arthur 1 12 25m Second 2 14 20m Trad 3 16 18m Second A bit sloppy following Arty up through the squeeze, more effort than I should have needed 4 16 32m Trad Lots of grunting and fear. Felt awkward in the crack. Glad to have gotten it done clean.	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Rylo
Mon 1st Jan 2024 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Thomas Zambon 1 12 25m Trad 2 14 20m Trad 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Will Kluck
	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Will Kluck, T-R Climbs	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Thomas Zambon
Sun 31st Dec 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Will Kluck, T-R Climbs 1 12 25m Trad 2 14 20m Trad 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Thomas Zambon
Fri 15th Dec 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with anna	Mixed trad 95m, 3		jack jane
It is a classic for a reason.
Sun 12th Nov 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Just Linder
Tue 7th Nov 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Alex Holroyd 1 12 25m Trad lead by Jack Leerson 2 14 20m Trad lead by Jack Leerson 3 16 18m Trad lead by Alex Holroyd 4 16 32m Trad lead by Alex Holroyd	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Jack Leerson
What an awesome way to end a trip. Did it in two pitches and oh was it good.
	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack 1 12 25m Second 2 14 20m Second 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Joe Bummer
Sat 4th Nov 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Tim Schofield	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Karina Schofield
Superb and very pleasant. Started the climb in the crack on the left which was a lot harder than the slab. Recommend taking at least a #5, I took a #5 and #6 and used both. Third belay station is kind of silly, they should just put two bolts there.
Sat 14th Oct 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack P4 - with Melissa 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 32m, 3		Alex Casar
only climbed the 4th pitch as we got here through Mr Chicken. our lack of big cams made this so runout and scary. but as scary as it was, it was also a very exciting and satisfying lead. even with this pitch alone i can say the climb is well worth its stars.
Tue 10th Oct 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack 1 12 25m Second 2 14 20m Trad 3 16 18m Second 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	The Condawg
Mon 9th Oct 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Jayden Bennett
Wed 4th Oct 2023 - Arapiles
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	16 ~17	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Jason, Isaac Truman 1 12 25m Trad 2 14 20m Second 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Matt Wilson
absolutely mega, slipped on the 4th pitch during the crux and literally shat myself, a sloppy and dark scramble to the top made me question my life choices
	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack 1 12 25m Trad Nice slab with surprisingly fiddly gear at the bottom. 2 14 20m Trad Steepish corner with one big move near the top. A few hollow sounding blocks on this pitch, and at the belay 3 16 18m Trad This was a battle and the most sustained pitch. Nice well protected chimney climbing to the first bolt, then tricky moves out around the overhang. I got two cams in the horizontal before making desperate offwidth-ish moves up. My biggest cam was a #4 so was a bit of a runout with tricky moves to the thank God bolt. Then got the #4 in a bit higher and was fighting for my life to the anchor, wishing I had a #5 or 6! Great pitch. 4 16 32m Trad Committing and stressful moves to the bolt. This was the pitch when I realized I don't know how to layback well. I plugged a #3 and #4 in above the bolt then was Elvis legging laybacking around the overhang. Plugged in a desperate #0.75 in a horizontal while foot jamming with my left leg, then found a bomber fist jam for my left hand to get me to ledge. Then it was all over with beautiful easy laybacking up the long slabby corner	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	TG
So good! This was a real battle for both Mary and I!
Mon 11th Sep 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Sarah McDonald
Mega climb, would recommend 5 and 6 for the 4th pitch.
Sun 6th Aug 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack 1 12 25m Second 2 14 20m Second 3 16 18m Trad Urine and guano encrusted ledge/crevice aside, not a bad climb at all, spicy without big cams. 4 16 32m Second	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★ Good	Inaki Voelcker
Wed 2nd Aug 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Conor White
Wed 28th Jun 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Laura	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Michael Christensen
Sat 20th May 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Chris Baker 1 12 25 Trad lead by Leandro Scholz 2 14 20 Second lead by Chris Baker 3 16 18 Trad 4 16 32 Trad Merged last two pitches.	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Leandro Scholz
Fri 19th May 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	jay hickel
Tue 16th May 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Cynthia F. 1 12 25m Trad 2 14 20m Second 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Second	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Rodolfo Bertozo
Sun 14th May 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack 1 12 25m Trad 2 14 20m Second 3 16 18m Second 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Sunny G
Wed 10th May 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Jordan R
Mon 1st May 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3		jack hatton
Tue 25th Apr 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Jake Follent
Sun 23rd Apr 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Daniel Borsi 1 12 25m Trad lead by Yuji Nakano 2 14 20m Trad lead by Daniel Borsi Top of second pitch smelled like piss and covered in bird shit 3 16 18m Trad lead by Yuji Nakano Two carrots, one before the rooflet and one right after. Three pitons for the anchor 4 16 32m Trad lead by Daniel Borsi One fixed hanger before the crux	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Yuji Nakano
Great climbing
Thu 20th Apr 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with cristobal rossi, ligia velez	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Guillermo Rossi
Wed 19th Apr 2023 - Arapiles
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	16 Hard	★★★ Watchtower Crack 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 50m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Jack Tho
	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Justin Wimmer 1 12 25m Trad 2 14 20m Second lead by Justin Wimmer 3 16 18m Trad In the 🌧️ 4 16 32m Second lead by Justin Wimmer	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Isaac
Mon 17th Apr 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Nicolas Di Campli	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Sarah McVicker
total privilege to lead all the way on the mega classic, frickin loved the last pitch, beautiful jammy burly 3D movement, my absolute cup of tea
Thu 13th Apr 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack 1 12 25m Second 2 14 20m Trad 3 16 18m Second 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Myles
Tue 11th Apr 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Jaime 1 12 25m Second 2 14 20m Trad 3 16 18m Second 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Jamie Spencer
	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Lawrence Wonhas 1 12 25m Trad lead by Liam Mangan-Smith A down climb by Lawrence led to me leading the start. Was a simple slab with less gear that other climbs. Really fun though. 2 14 20m Trad lead by Lawrence Wonhas Big blocky pitch with great protection. A slightly spicy traverse into the cave. 3 16 18m Trad lead by Liam Mangan-Smith God damn the absolute money pitch. So beautifully exposed with such thoughtful moves. Really considered everything before committing. A #5 and #6 cam was a welcome addition to the rack, but not totally necessary to protect. 4 16 32m Trad lead by Liam Mangan-Smith Another set of hard commuting moves where the jugs run out. Technique was important and some weird off-width jams made for some comfy gear placements. The feeling when you get onto the easy slab is something else.	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Liam Mangan-Smith
Mon 10th Apr 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Liam Mangan-Smith 1 12 25m Second 2 14 20m Trad 3 16 18m Second 4 16 32m Second	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Lawrence Wonhas
Amazing. Has an aura to it.
Sat 8th Apr 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack 1 12 25m Trad 2 14 20m Second 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Second	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Daniel G
Mon 3rd Apr 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Rosalyn Hunt, Gary Meyrick	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★ Very Good	Lukey G
Led 4th pitch. Very good, but less scary with big gear
Sat 1st Apr 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Nicole Colback 1 12 25m Trad 2 14 20m Trad 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Zedekiah colback
Fri 17th Feb 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack P4 - with Tommathy swift 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 32m, 3	★★★ Classic	Kat Hayhoe
only p4 to exit mr chicken. decided to go full offwidth tech to the bolt which was definitely a choice but i am comfier doing that than trying to layback with my only gear being 2 pitons. i cant layback for shit.
Sat 11th Feb 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack 1 12 25m Trad 2 14 20m Trad 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Dan Bodd
Absolutely mega climb. First pitch was a big surprise and the rest was an expected fight
Thu 9th Feb 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack P4 4 16 32m Second	Mixed trad 32m, 3		Leah Soo
Out from Mr Chicken, and out the other end!
Wed 1st Feb 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Eric rixon
Linked pitches 1+2 and then 3+4
Sat 21st Jan 2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with ChiaChiaHsu	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Joseph Yin
2023 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Rosalyn Hunt, Gary Meyrick	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★ Very Good	Lukey G
Thu 29th Dec 2022 - Arapiles
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	17	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Eddie 1 12 25 Trad lead by Alex Holroyd 2 14 20 Trad lead by Alex Holroyd 3 17 18 Trad lead by Alex Holroyd 4 17 32 Trad lead by Alex Holroyd	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Alex Holroyd
Mega route! I found it harder than expected, maybe because I spent too long stemming on P3 and got pumped! Eddie laybacked and had an easier time. Had a few goes at P4's steep, awkward crux before getting through. Crux moves would be safe enough but pretty spicy without the #5 and #6. No RPs needed for P3 anchor as the book suggests, 3 bomber pitons instead
Thu 22nd Dec 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack 1 12 25m Second 2 14 20m Trad 3 16 18m Second 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Ben Dixon
Wed 14th Dec 2022 - Arapiles
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	16 Hard	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with TiniestFury 1 12 25m Second lead by TiniestFury 2 14 20m Trad 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Trad	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	hipyhop
Mon 12th Dec 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Lachlan Harris
Tue 15th Nov 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with mr_president	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Alec Landstra
Done in 2 pitches. Lead the upper pitches for a mega pitch
Mon 14th Nov 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack 1 12 25m Trad 2 14 20m Second 3 16 18m Trad 4 16 32m Second	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Jay
Mon 12th Sep 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Ben Day	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Angie
Beautiful line, engaged and varied climbing. We did it with only one #4 cam what made p3 and p4 veeery exciting. Would strongly recommned at least a #6. Worth all its stars.
Tue 6th Sep 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Ella	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Ewan Barry
Sensational climb with a bit more bite than expected. Swallow's nest on middle of second pitch, which can be avoided. Previous parties have made the second pitch 'nice cave belay' now the 'pee cave belay.' Beautiful top out with a stonking rope anchor to sit and belay with.
Sat 3rd Sep 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Matteo
Thu 25th Aug 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Paul Norris 1 12 25m lead by Aidan Cox 2 14 20m lead by Paul Norris 3 16 18m lead by Aidan Cox 4 16 32m lead by Aidan Cox	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Aidan Cox
Incredible. Paul generously gave me the last two pitches which I linked. Absorbing and incredible the entire way. Mega mega route
Wed 13th Jul 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with JakeSouthen	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Lean Listerine
thrilling carrot bolt slinging on crux pitch. a helmet would have been nice
Tue 31st May 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Aaron Lowndes	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Andrew Prentice
Historic tick of a great climb, thanks for giving me the opportunity to onsight the whole route Aaron
Sun 29th May 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack 1 12 25m 2 14 20m lead by Matt Sheppard 3 16 18m 4 16 32m lead by Matt Sheppard	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Matt Sheppard
Wed 11th May 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Daniel Razzino
I lead all pitches Was going to combined pitch 1 and 2 but silly error clipping my rope straight into a cam made to much drag. Ended up doing in 4 pitches Almost slipped off one of the layback moves on pitch 4 polished footers We ended up taking a 4 and 6 cam
Sat 7th May 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Will Hosking 1 12 25m lead by Will Hosking 2 14 20m lead by Will Hosking 3 16 18m lead by Will Hosking 4 16 32m	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Chen Wang
Epic
Wed 4th May 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Kieran Norwood
Wed 20th Apr 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Bonnie
mega, totally lives up to the hype. led p2, p4
Mon 18th Apr 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Jarrah Turner
#7 Tricam essential gear.
Wed 13th Apr 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	James Collins
	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Charles Keene	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Samuel Vella
The finale climb for Charles this trip! This route was so engaging and amazing. We linked the first two pitches to speed things up, and then did the rest. We placed a no. 6 cam three times which was satisfying. I plugged in a bomber 0.75 cam at the crux move. Take one up and find it! Beautiful climbing on the last two pitches.
Sun 10th Apr 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Mani	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Sienna Rhazouani
truth be told - was classic. even found some knee jams to avoid laybacking the whole thing
Wed 16th Mar 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Patrick Everitt
Led p2,p4, Mike got p1,p3
Sun 13th Mar 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Shaggy Horse 1 12 25m lead by Andrew Wallace 2 14 20m lead by Shaggy Horse 3 16 18m lead by Andrew Wallace 4 16 32m lead by Shaggy Horse	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Andrew Wallace
So, so good. Went too far right at the crux of pitch three and had to do a bit of a strenuous downclimb, but shook it out and finished the pitch.
Wed 23rd Feb 2022 - Arapiles
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	17 16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Jade Burns	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Tyson
So good.
Sun 23rd Jan 2022 - Arapiles
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	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Yaniv	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Kalang Kedumba Jones
Sun 16th Jan 2022 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face
	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Adam Deverix
Sun 9th Jan 2022 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face
	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Finn Irving
Sun 5th Dec 2021 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face
	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	James Hockey
Fri 26th Nov 2021 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face
	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Mattia Fornari
Fri 7th May 2021 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face
	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Stas, Nick	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Adam Flower
Midnight ascent. Epic!
Tue 4th May 2021 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face
	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with caleb, shane	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Riley Gaddes
Mega Mega Classic
Mon 26th Apr 2021 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face
	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack	Mixed trad 95m, 3		Bradley Ransom
Fri 23rd Apr 2021 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face
	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with Sean Peters 1 12 25m lead by Dean 2 14 20m lead by Sean Peters 3 16 18m lead by Dean 4 16 32m lead by Sean Peters	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Classic	Dean
nice variety and plenty of options to climb with either offwidth technique or holds. got the ropes stuck on the big cams when hauling them up to the belay after the 3rd pitch - ended up being a pretty straightforward rap to retrieve them though. I guess that makes me the cliched bumbly on Watchtower Crack the kiwi graffiti/poetry in the toilets alluded to though.
Sun 18th Apr 2021 - Arapiles
The Watchtower Faces Right Watchtower Face
	16	★★★ Watchtower Crack - with katherine 1 12 25m 2 14 20m 3 16 18m 4 16 32m	Mixed trad 95m, 3	★★★ Mega Classic	Dave OS

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