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Thu 13th Jun 2024 - Killarney Heights | ||||||
Crumbly | ||||||
V8 Hard | ★★★ Sushi Train — 2 attempts | 4m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
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Sun 9th Jun 2024 - Killarney Heights | ||||||
Crumbly | ||||||
V8 Hard | ★★★ Sushi Train | 4m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Don't know why I took so long to jump on this thing! Absolutely mega classic!
Took me a while to find a sequence that I was comfortable with for the top section and by that time I was too cooked for a send 😢! Managed to do the stand while working the sequence as a consolation prize! |
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V6 Hard | ★★ Sushi Train (Standing start) | 3m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Tue 16th Apr 2024 - Belrose | ||||||
616 The Unknown and known | ||||||
V8 | ★★ Gangalo — 5 attempts - with Tom, Marco Oshiro, Ace Villapando, Pat | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Tried once around 2 years ago and finally went back to finish it off. Such an awesome line.
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Tue 2nd Apr 2024 - RnR | ||||||
Valhalla | ||||||
V6 | ★★ Pythagoras - with Tom | 4m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Very cool tufa-like holds on the roof and a very enjoyable easy slab.
One of the starting holds used for the FA broke recently, but it still goes with a slightly difference sequence. Probably a tad harder but still fair at solid V6. |
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V3 Hard | ★★ Jackpot | 4m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Very cool compression feature leading to an easy top. Originally thought it was a 4, but just like on Mono a Mono I reconsidered after reclimbing it recently without sandy/damp holds.
Bad landing if you were to fall from the topout. |
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V4 Easy | ★★ Mono A Mono | 5m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Originally felt like a 5, but after climbing it again recently with less sand and less moisture I think easy 4 is fair for it.
Kind of spicy topout with good landing. |
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V5 Hard | ★★★ Commitment Issues - with Marco Oshiro | 6m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Absolutely mega classic. My favorite boulder of the entire area by far.
The holds/grips on this climb are pure perfection and the mantle felt very unique. Never did any mantles like that in a boulder, lots of pulling and pushing in a small box inside a cool feature. Originally thought it could be a 6, but the fear definitely makes you crank harder than you need. Probably fair at V5 |
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V5 R Easy | ★★★ Survival Instinct - with Tom | 7m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
So stoked with this one. Although it is not physically that hard it is definitely VERY COMMITTING. I'm on the fence between Hard V4 or Easy V5 (6c). But due to the high risk involved I'm going soft 5 because I don't want anyone getting hurt if they are bad at mantles (crux).
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V5 | ★★ Blind Movements - with Tom | 4m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Thu 21st Mar 2024 - Tambourine Bay | ||||||
Eastern Sectors | ||||||
V9 | ★★★ Sharik's Roof | ★★★ Classic | ||||
All moves done! Need to come back with skin and try hard ! Sick line.
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V7 | ★★ Tambourine Traverse | 4m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Sat 16th Mar 2024 - Bidjigal Reserve - Stevenson's Creek | ||||||
The Games Room | ||||||
V8 | ★★ Baiame - with Tom | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Burly and morpho, but some sick moves that are very body position dependant on this one!
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Fri 15th Mar 2024 - Bidjigal Reserve - Stevenson's Creek | ||||||
The Wolf Den | ||||||
V8 Easy | ★★ Alpha Wolf - with Tom | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Apparently cruisy and flowy until it's not anymore. Bring your A game mantling skills because the topout is a wrestle 😂
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V6 Hard | ★★ Lone Wolf | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Great climbing using some awesome features. 1 hard move to the lip and a potential heartbreaking mantle at the end.
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V3 Hard | ★★ Wolf Cub | ★★ Very Good | ||||
V2 | ★ Wolf Embryo | ★ Good | ||||
Thu 7th Mar 2024 - Bidjigal Reserve - Stevenson's Creek | ||||||
Whipper Real Estate | ||||||
V10 | ★★★ Whipper's Waterhole | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Slowly coming together!! It might actually be possible if I execute it perfectly and with good connies!!
Psyched!! |
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V8 | ★★★ Obsession | 5m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
I always avoided trying this again ever since I did the FA because I didn't want to unsend it. Well, turns out I did unsend on the first go 😂, but happy to see how far I've come when I cruised it with a lot to spare on the second attempt!!
Such a classic line !!! |
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V6 Hard | ★★★ Whipper's Hideout | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Sun 3rd Mar 2024 - Narrabeen | ||||||
Nashville The Rodeo | ||||||
V5 Hard | ★★★ Pancho and Lefty | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Amazing climbing on slightly overhang wall.
Stiff as hell 🥵🥵🥵 |
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V0 | ★ Lucille | |||||
V0 | ★ Jolene | |||||
V1 | ★ Phonetically "Ph"ine | 4m | ||||
Sat 2nd Mar 2024 - Bidjigal Reserve - Heidi Place | ||||||
The Frontier | ||||||
V6 | ★★ Mind Over Matter | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Absolute banger! great slab/compression problem.
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V6 Hard | ★ 6 Foot 6 or 5 Foot 10 | ★ Good | ||||
a bit of an ugly one mover, but I liked the challenge !!
Most likely impossible if you are too short, hence the name!! |
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V1 | ★★ Here And Now | ★★ Very Good | ||||
V3 | ★ Borrow Pit | ★ Good | ||||
V5 | ★★ Achilles Heel — 3 attempts | ★ Good | ||||
V4 Hard | ★ Breakout | 3m | ★ Good | |||
V6 | ★★ The Wong Way | 3m | ★★ Very Good | |||
cool rose move to start. lots of tension.
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V10 | ★★★ Old Fashioned | 3m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
Absolute mega classic.
Definitely need good conditions for this one. Summer/Spooge was a baaaad idea. |
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V4 | ★★★ Under Pressure | 3m | ★★★ Classic | |||
V2 | ★★ Feel The Pressure | 3m | ||||
V8 | ★★ Belly Scratcher | 3m | ★★ Very Good | |||
V4 | ★★ Triple B | 5m | ★★ Very Good | |||
V6 Easy | ★★ Grazed and Confused | 3m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Did it with a cheap handjam that made standing up on the slab a lot easier.
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V4 Hard | ★★ Angel Lust | 3m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Would be better and slightly easier if the big side pull wasn't always wet !!
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V1 | ★ The Title Fight | 3m | ★ Good | |||
V7 | ★★ The Singularity | 3m | ★★★ Classic | |||
V7 Easy | ★★ Twingularity | 5m | ★★★ Classic | |||
V2 | ★★ A Train | 3m | ★★ Very Good | |||
V0 | ★★ D Train | 3m | ★★ Very Good | |||
V1 | ★ Push It Away | 2m | ★ Good | |||
V1 | ★ Lots of Nothing | 2m | ★ Good | |||
V5 | ★★ The Unicorn | 5m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Fri 1st Mar 2024 - Bidjigal Reserve - Heidi Place | ||||||
Limitless Cave | ||||||
V10 | ★★★ Limitless - with Tom | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Absolute banger and probably my proudest first ascent. Sick 360 sequence in the roof on some small edges !!!
Not quite sure about the grade, could be solid 9, could be 10. I don't have enough experience to tell. Compared it to 3x 10s and 2x 9s that I've done recently and it was the hardest for me. So I went with 10. Consensus will tell over time, but Mega Classic regardless. |
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V4 | Keep Your Distance | Average | ||||
Would be way better if it wasn't that dabby. Cool features and moves though.
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V5 | ★★ Low Blow | 3m | ★ Good | |||
Thu 22nd Feb 2024 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Lip | ||||||
V9 | ★★★ All The Tables Are Reversed In My Private Universe — 4 attempts - with Tom | 3m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Once I understood the knee bar it went quite quickly!!
Will come back for the low start! |
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Sun 18th Feb 2024 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Lip | ||||||
V7 Hard | ★ Little Hell | 3m | ★ Good | |||
Inspired by Tom send I decided to go for a hail mary attempt and it went!!
Satisfying and very fucking tricky to figure out the beta!! |
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V7 Hard | ★ Little Hell | 3m | ★ Good | |||
Came for the 10, got caught up trying the apparently chossy 7... 5 hours of effort to figure out a beta that works, but no energy left to send.
Was very cool and hard to figure out the beta. Will come back when it's not 35C 🤣 |
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V3 | With compliments | 2m | ||||
V5 | ★ The Melon Baller | 2m | ||||
Wed 14th Feb 2024 - Bidjigal Reserve - Stevenson's Creek | ||||||
Chandelier Cave | ||||||
V2 | ★★★ The Saddle | 3m | ||||
Sun 4th Feb 2024 - The Balkans | ||||||
The Lip | ||||||
V7 | ★★ Whats Blue and Green and Red All Over? — 4 attempts | 3m | ★★ Very Good | |||
V9 | ★★★ All The Tables Are Reversed In My Private Universe | 3m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Probably not the best idea to try it in 38C.
Well, all moves done at least. Hopefully it will go in decent connies!! Classic, but probably way harder if you don't have the span! |
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Sat 6th Jan 2024 - Forestville | ||||||
The Wall | ||||||
V9 | ★★ Nina Blue Eyes | 7m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Had 4 good attempts where I ended up dropping on the crux move of the V6.
Decided to test a few other sequences for the start when I was too tired for some proper burns and ended up finding a much easier/quicker solution than what I was trying. New beta I get to the start of Nina in just 7 moves and almost no footwork vs 11 moves and a lot of footwork with my older sequence. Hopefully will go next session with the new sequence. |
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V6 Hard | ★★ Nina | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
repeated a few times to optimize beta for the 9 !
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V7 ~V6 | ★★★ Bing | 4m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Wed 3rd Jan 2024 - Forestville | ||||||
The Wall | ||||||
V9 | ★★ Nina Blue Eyes - with Pat, Marco Oshiro, Ace Villapando | 7m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Did all the moves in isolation, just have to connect it all next time!
A bit dabby if you are tall. Definitely will remove the pads for the first 2-3 moves on the send go |
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V6 Hard | ★★ Nina - with Pat, Marco Oshiro, Ace Villapando | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Felt tough last time, still felt tough today! Luckily I managed to keep it together at the end of the sesh!
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V8 | ★★★ Frank - with Pat, Marco Oshiro, Ace Villapando | 4m | ★★★ Classic | |||
All moves done, but couldn't connect in todays heat.
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V7 ~V6 | ★★★ Bing — 3 attempts - with Pat, Marco Oshiro, Ace Villapando | 4m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Beautiful crimpy line, but feels soft for 7 and definitely easier than Nina.
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Mon 1st Jan 2024 - The Greenhouse | ||||||
Off ya tree cave | ||||||
V5 ~V3 | ★ Blood Brother - with Tom | 5m | ★ Good | |||
Shared with the 9 so no flash.
V3 probably |
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V5 ~V4 | ★ Love you to Death - with Tom | 6m | ★★ Very Good | |||
First go but shared with the 9 so no flash.
More like a V4 |
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V9 | ★★★ Compression Session - with Tom | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Would be a mega classic if the topout was cleaned! But still a classic even with the jug finish!
First go today! |
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Sat 30th Dec 2023 - Balmoral | ||||||
Lawry Plunkett Reserve | ||||||
V10 | ★★★ Love and Pride — 8 attempts - with Tom, Marco Oshiro, Pat, Phillip Booth | ★★★ Classic | ||||
what a great way to finish the year! Stoked to stand at the top of this one today!!
To me, it's the best and most logical line in the cave !! Unfortunately it's a bit morpho and WAY harder if you are short, but what a great piece of rock !!! |
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Wed 27th Dec 2023 - The Greenhouse | ||||||
Off ya tree cave | ||||||
V5 ~V4 | ★★ The Greenhouse | 8m | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great climb with cool moves, but realistically more like a v4.
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V4 Easy | ★ Off the cuff — 2 attempts | 3m | ★ Good | |||
V9 | ★★★ Compression Session | 15m | ★★★ Classic | |||
Good first session on it sussing the beta out.
Had one good burn where I punted after the crux was done and then couldn't pass the crux again 🥲! Definitely coming back for a send, it's a classic! |
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Sat 23rd Dec 2023 - Bidjigal Reserve - Stevenson's Creek | ||||||
Starcourt Mall | ||||||
V10 ~V9 | ★★ The Cottees Kid | 2m | ★★ Very Good | |||
As good as it gets for a 1.5m high and 2m long boulder! Just not a classic because it's too small and everything else around it is SO GOOD!
Maybe 20 attempts over 2 sessions. Used an alternative beta to the original that is considerably easier. |
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Mon 18th Dec 2023 - Bidjigal Reserve - Stevenson's Creek | ||||||
Starcourt Mall | ||||||
V10 ~V9 | ★★ The Cottees Kid | 2m | ★ Good | |||
This is as good as it gets for a 2m boulder.
Done all the moves with a few sneaky toe hooks on the right side arete instead of the original left HH beta. Probably around V9 with this new sequence, but the boulder climbs completely different. It should almost be considered a variant to the original. Will come back for a send when the skin grows back! |
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Tue 12th Dec 2023 - Bidjigal Reserve - Stevenson's Creek | ||||||
The Portal Blocs | ||||||
V5 R | ★★★ The Rock Slider — 2 attempts | |||||
Spent roughly 5 hours cleaning the whole slab, worked the sequence on the rope and sent it 2nd go from the start.
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Tue 12th Dec 2023 - Bidjigal Reserve - Stevenson's Creek | ||||||
Whipper Real Estate | ||||||
V10 | ★★★ Whipper's Waterhole | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Done all moves except the last big slap (crux).
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V8 | ★★★ Obsession | 5m | ★★★ Mega Classic | |||
My proudest FA to date. Absolutely stoked with this one!
100+ attempts falling on the crux move from the start. This was by far my longest boulder project and the hardest battle mentally after thinking I was not good enough to do it. |
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V9 | ★★★ A Husky's Hurdle | |||||
couldn't stick the dynamic move in the middle yet.
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V6 Hard | ★★★ Whipper's Hideout | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Tue 12th Dec 2023 - Bidjigal Reserve - Stevenson's Creek | ||||||
The Penthouse | ||||||
V4 R Hard | ★★ High Stakes | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Did it first go from the ground after cleaning/working the boulder on the rope.
Use the tree to bail if you are not sure what to do at the top. |
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V3 | ★ Booby Prize | ★ Good | ||||
Tricky top out.
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V9/10 | ★★ Moving Lines - with Stephen Rawls | ★★ Very Good | ||||
could barely do the moves individually, linking it all together seemed almost impossible to me.
I broke a key hold before Liam did the FA, so it still goes, but definitely a lot harder if you a short. |
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V4 | ★★★ Retribution | ★★★ Classic | ||||
Great moves through the roof and a cool sequence before the easy top out.
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V2 | ★ Dylan's Traverse - with Stephen Rawls, Tom | ★ Good | ||||
V4 | ★★ Death From Above - with Stephen Rawls, Tom | ★★ Very Good | ||||
Looks scarier than it is.
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Tue 12th Dec 2023 - Bidjigal Reserve - Stevenson's Creek | ||||||
The Basement | ||||||
V7 | ★★★ Divergence - with Stephen Rawls, Tom | ★★★ Classic | ||||
This cave looks dark and ugly, but damn the moves on this thing are mega! Very tensiony start leading to a scary move above the drop.
Place the pads wisely and bring a good spotter. |
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V4 Hard | ★★★ Closing The Gate | |||||
A b00ge sandbag! Got so pumped and then I was spooked by the scary top out.
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Tue 12th Dec 2023 - Bidjigal Reserve - Stevenson's Creek | ||||||
The Games Room | ||||||
V3 | ★ Backboard | ★ Good | ||||
Scary topout
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V7 | ★★★ A Man's Trail of Slime | ★★★ Classic | ||||
I don't usually enjoy traverses, but this is a fucking good one. Stoked to put this one down.
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V6 | ★★ Snakes And Ladders | ★★ Very Good | ||||
V8 | ★★ Baiame | |||||
very morpho, but I really enjoy the moves. hard to move through the slopers on the scoop
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V9 | ★★★ Song Lines | |||||
more like a sport route than a boulder. no move is harder than a v5, but there's A LOT of them.
Gotta keep it together for the sketchy topout while pumped out of your brains. |
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Tue 12th Dec 2023 - Bidjigal Reserve - Stevenson's Creek | ||||||
Avocado Bloc | ||||||
V5 | ★★ The Essence Of Hass | ★ Good | ||||
Tue 12th Dec 2023 - Bidjigal Reserve - Stevenson's Creek | ||||||
The High Road & Hallux Cave | ||||||
V5 | ★★ Phallax | ★ Good | ||||
V4 Hard | ★ The Hallux | |||||
very tricky. bad beta will get you spanked at this grade!
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V2 | ★ Cut The Cheese | |||||
V1 | ★ Cheesy Smell | |||||
Tue 12th Dec 2023 - Bidjigal Reserve - Stevenson's Creek | ||||||
Double Domino Area | ||||||
V4 | ★ Tiddlywinks | ★ Good | ||||
Tue 12th Dec 2023 - Bidjigal Reserve - Stevenson's Creek | ||||||
Renaissance Wall & The Amber Room | ||||||
V6 | ★★★ Vitruvian Man | ★★★ Mega Classic | ||||
Mega classic. very spicy topout, make sure you give it a scrub before attempting the top.
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V7 Hard | ★★ Coffee and Contemplation | ★★ Very Good | ||||
just need one good attempt at hitting that first move
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Tue 12th Dec 2023 - Bidjigal Reserve - Stevenson's Creek | ||||||
Starcourt Mall | ||||||
V6 Easy | ★ Scoops Ahoy | ★ Good |
The first V8 I ever put my hands on, many years ago, and that I thought it was something I would never be able to climb. This is for sure a special one!!