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| Sat 13th Oct 2018 - Wharepapa Rock | ||||||
| Bumbly's Buttress | ||||||
| 19 |
★★ Speedy Gonzales
| 15m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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This felt pretty hard for the grade. Some sneaky knee bars and lots of bridging
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| 21 |
★ El Rayo-X
| 20m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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Felt easier than the 19 and 20s....
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| Thu 11th Oct 2018 - Kawakawa Bay | ||||||
| Cracks Wall | ||||||
| 22 |
★★★ Rohans Arete
| 28m, 11 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Lovely climbing. If I didn’t have a toothache today and was enjoying myself more, I may have given it classic
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| Wed 10th Oct 2018 - Kinloch | ||||||
| Kinloch Crag (K1) CLOSED | ||||||
| 20 |
★★ Electric Wizard
| 15m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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Excellent rock and interesting moves between pockets
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| 14 |
★ Waiting For The Ant
| 7m, 3 | Average | |||
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Getting used to the rock, it looks slippery
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| Sat 6th Oct 2018 - Waipari | ||||||
| Bete Noire Wall | ||||||
| 20 |
★ Ignimbrite
| 20m, 7 | Don't Bother | |||
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Climbs essentially the same as the crack, it should be further right and go up the groove and it might be ok
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| 19 |
★ The Exerstential Purple Thunderbolt
| 18m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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A bit of crack climbing up high, hard start on sore fingers
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| 19 |
★ Streetwise
| 15m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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Stout warm up due to pocket finding trouble
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| Sat 6th Oct 2018 - Waipari | ||||||
| Main Cliff | ||||||
| 16 |
★ Serife
| 20m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Really liked this for the grade
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| 17 |
★ Climatic Conclusion
| 20m, 7 | ★ Good | |||
| 19 |
★★ Climatic Extension
| 25m, 11 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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The finish makes the climb, though I didn’t find the start that easy
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| 17 |
★ Thunder Blaster
| 20m, 7 | ★ Good | |||
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Nice easy jugging with a steeper finish
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| 18 |
★ Power Pack
| 8m, 3 | Don't Bother | |||
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Dirty and short
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| 19 |
★ Total Energy
| 13m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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Nice, but fairly soft grade
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| Fri 5th Oct 2018 - Wharepapa Rock | ||||||
| Lower Tier | ||||||
| 17 |
★★ Girls, Girls, Girls
| 20m, 7 | Average | |||
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This was the first one we got on, generic pocket pulling
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| 16 |
★ The Grim Reamer
| 16m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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Had a steep groove to add interest
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| 16 |
★★ Fun Bags
| 20m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Steep fun juggy pockets
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| 17 |
★★ Virgin On Easy
| 23m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Nice positions, almost like tufa climbing instead of tuff climbing
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| 20 18 |
★★ Reamed By Percentage
| 24m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
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From under the roof I went up left side and then back over nose rather than bailing into the 17. Felt substantially harder than 18 but was very fun
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| Thu 4th Oct 2018 - Waipari | ||||||
| Bete Noire Wall | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Volcanic
| 18m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Really liked this, steep, face and slab styles
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| Sun 3rd Apr 2016 - Hanging Rock | ||||||
| West End | ||||||
| 15 |
★★ Speed King
| 22m | ★ Good | |||
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Quite hard getting established on this if short
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| Sat 2nd Apr 2016 - Motatapu Valley | ||||||
| Roadside Area Al Cove | ||||||
| 23 22 |
★★ Ferocious Weasel
| 20m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
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Not too hard
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| 23 |
★★ Roche Moutonnee
| 16m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Great novelty roof with per madras
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| 20 |
★ Cunning Linguistics
| 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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I made the top roof harder than needed
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| 22 |
★★ The Colonel's Secret
| 16m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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The draws were on to below crux. Felt pretty slippery, I appreciated the hand jams
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| Thu 31st Mar 2016 - Motatapu Valley | ||||||
| Riverside Main Wall | ||||||
| 20 |
★ You Crack Me Up
| 25m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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Feels easier than 20 now that you don't need to place gear
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| Thu 31st Mar 2016 - Motatapu Valley | ||||||
| Riverside Kerfuffle Wall | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ Te Whanau
| 20m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Some time in the past, Rpt warm up today. Hard start
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| 17 |
★ Terrain Spotting
| 20m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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Some time in the past
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| 17 |
★ Get Kerfuffled
| 20m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
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Sometime maybe 2010.
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| Wed 30th Mar 2016 - The Chasm | ||||||
| 22 |
★ Granite Gringo
| 15m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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Rock not as nice as at right hand end, some tricky moves
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| Tue 29th Mar 2016 - Castledowns | ||||||
| Bunny Gully | ||||||
| 17 |
★ Johnny Walker Wisdom
| 22m, 7 | ★ Good | |||
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A hidden hold under the matagouri
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| Wed 23rd Mar 2016 - Mapoutahi | ||||||
| Main Wall | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Greek Gift 2
| 20m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
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Feels quite airy
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| 20 |
★ Like a Lover Scorned
| 25m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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Some interesting arête moves if the sidepulls out of reach
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| Wed 23rd Mar 2016 - Mapoutahi | ||||||
| Eldorado Wall | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Jospe/Carr Route (When Yuppies Go to Hell)
| 25m, 10 | ★ Good | |||
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Some moments of interesting climbing up groove
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| Sun 20th Mar 2016 - Wharewerawera / Long Beach | ||||||
| The Caves | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Purple haze
| 10m, 3 | Average | |||
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Some nice jugs then easy run out top
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| Sun 12th May 2013 - Sheridan Hills | ||||||
| Chunderosa Buttress | ||||||
| 19 |
★★ School Bus Route
| 35m, 13 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Its only 19/20. LOts of good pocket pulling
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| Sun 12th May 2013 - Sheridan Hills | ||||||
| Flying Cow Buttress | ||||||
| 17 |
★ Pani Para Chha
| 15m, 9 | Average | |||
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Better than appearances
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| Sun 12th May 2013 - Sheridan Hills | ||||||
| Chunderosa Buttress | ||||||
| 21 20 |
★★ Hotter than a Hot Thing (Hotter Then a Hot Thing)
| 30m, 13 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Is 21 in guide on line
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| 18 |
★★ Hannah Louise
| 30m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
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The finish makes this route
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| 20 19/20 |
★★ Ball and Chain
| 25m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
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And off to the airport
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| Sun 12th May 2013 - Bayley Road | ||||||
| River Wall | ||||||
| 19 |
Sharpe Arete
| 12m, 3 | Average | |||
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Easy for grade
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| Sun 12th May 2013 - Mangaokewa | ||||||
| The Colosseum | ||||||
| 15 |
★★ French Ethics
| 18m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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Ok for grade
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| 20 |
★ Trojan Kat
| 16m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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Rock a bit average
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| 20 |
Diamond in the Rough
| 20m, 5 | Crap | |||
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The 4th bolt missing. Bailed onto pr
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| 17 |
★ Dogamatrix
| 20m, 5 | Average | |||
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It is pouring. It's dry.....
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| 21 |
★★ When Cavers go Climbing
| 18m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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A bit contrived
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| Tue 7th May 2013 - Waipapa | ||||||
| Main Cliff Millenium Wall | ||||||
| 22 |
★★ Sun Dried Tomatoes
| 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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Had some preplaced long draws
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| Tue 7th May 2013 - Waipari | ||||||
| Animal Biscuit Valley The Moon Boulder (The Australia face) | ||||||
| 17 |
★ Lazy Ass Aucklanders! (Route to left of mba)
| 16m, 5 | Average | |||
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The 10th route of the day
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| 21 |
★★ Lunar Leopard
| 20m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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Gymnastic start
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| Tue 7th May 2013 - Waipari | ||||||
| Animal Biscuit Valley Bring Your Daughter Wall | ||||||
| 22 |
★★★ Mister Daddy Long Legs
| 20m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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Found start hardest without first bolt clipped
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| Tue 7th May 2013 - Waipari | ||||||
| Main Cliff | ||||||
| 18 |
★ Roadweary
| 20m, 9 | Average | |||
| 16 |
★ Bonne Anne (Bonne Annee)
| 20m, 7 | Average | |||
| 20 |
★★★ Monsterpiece Theatre
| 25m, 10 | ★ Good | |||
| 19 |
★★ Safe Playing
| 20m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
| Mon 17th Sep 2012 - Hospital Flat | ||||||
| Sunnyside | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Hap Hazard
| 19m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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Shame about the ledge.
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| Fri 14th Sep 2012 - Mount Iron | ||||||
| Ironside | ||||||
| 20 |
A Steep Introduction
| 15m, 6 | Average | |||
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A bit escapable
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| Sun 10th Jan 2010 - Hospital Flat | ||||||
| Whale Watching | ||||||
| 24 |
★★ 10 Boy Scouts
| 20m, 8 | Average | |||
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kiwis cant crimp
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| 23 |
★★ Hobo Humping Slobo Babe
| 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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tricky to chose the right crimp
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| Sun 10th Jan 2010 - Hospital Flat | ||||||
| Tombstone Boulders The Tombstone | ||||||
| 21 20 |
★★ Disco Inferno
| 15m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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arete humping
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| 17 18 |
★ Rusty Pins
| 15m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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tricky in places
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| Sun 3rd Jan 2010 - Babylon | ||||||
| Left Hand Wall | ||||||
| 17 26 |
★★ The Obvious Weakness (The Obvious weakness Pitch 1)
| 36m | ★ Good | |||
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It was dry in the rain
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| Wed 30th Dec 2009 - Wye Creek | ||||||
| South Side Main Wall | ||||||
| 22 |
★ No Holds Barred
| 27m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
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Rather well spaced bolts. A full head trip!
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| Mon 28th Dec 2009 - Wye Creek | ||||||
| North Side Eweniverse Wall | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Vas-y Mollo (Easy Tiger (vas-y-mollo))
| 15m, 5 | Average | |||
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not very memorable
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| 22 |
★ Epoxy Passion
| 20m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
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some OK moments. Hard mantle
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| Mon 12th Oct 2009 - Chinaman's Bluff | ||||||
| Ravages Area | ||||||
| 22 21 |
★★ Hard Sun
| 82m, 31 | ★ Good | |||
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Great cleaning effort. Harder than 21
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| Sun 11th Oct 2009 - Wye Creek | ||||||
| North Side Eweniverse Wall | ||||||
| 21 |
★★ Tais-toi!
| 22m, 9 | ★ Good | |||
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A bit of a struggle
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| Mon 31st Mar 2008 - Motatapu Valley | ||||||
| Riverside Beginner’s Slab | ||||||
| 19 |
★ Cryptology
| 10m, 3 | Average | |||
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OK warm up
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| Sat 29th Mar 2008 - Hospital Flat | ||||||
| The Main Cliff | ||||||
| 17 |
★★ Headbangers Arete
| 20m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
| Fri 28th Mar 2008 - Wye Creek | ||||||
| South Side Main Wall | ||||||
| 17 18 |
★ Up the Creek (Up the River)
| 30m, 9 | ★ Good | |||
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Good the first time round, but would get tedious after a while.
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| 19 20 |
★★ Smellie Crack
| 25m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Rather tricky for the grade.
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| Fri 28th Mar 2008 - Wye Creek | ||||||
| North Side Black Wall | ||||||
| 20 |
★★ Matt's Joke
| 20m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
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Short roof, then more sustained than it looked.
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| Fri 28th Mar 2008 - Wye Creek | ||||||
| South Side Main Wall | ||||||
| 21 |
★★★ Dream Thing
| 15m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Sweet roof!
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| Sat 22nd Mar 2008 - The Chasm | ||||||
| 18 20 |
★★ Another One (MT to CN belay RIGHT)
| 15m, 6 | Average | |||
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A few weird slimy traverse moves.
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| 18 20 |
★★ Another One (White rope to CN Belay)
| 15m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | |||
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The best stint of grade18 sports climbing ever. Now I want to do the top pitch
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| 19 17 |
★ Unnamed 17 (Mainly Tramping)
| 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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Nice recent addition and a better way onto the wall than the tree.
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| Wed 19th Mar 2008 - Gorge Road | ||||||
| Main Wall | ||||||
| 18 |
★★ Dog in Town
| 18m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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The move over the roof is nice I suppose.
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| Mon 17th Mar 2008 - Paynes Ford | ||||||
| Globe Wall | ||||||
| 22 |
★★ Electricorp Production
| 17m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Is the flowstone out? Nice pocket!
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| Sun 16th Mar 2008 - Pōhara | ||||||
| Cathedral Rock | ||||||
| 19 18 |
★★ Stella Blue
| 30m, 10 | Average | |||
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Couldnt really get into this one, probably knowing it was the scene of a tragedy.
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| 18 |
★★ Ambrosia
| 26m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
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Felt kinda stout at the second bolt.
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| Sun 16th Mar 2008 - Paynes Ford | ||||||
| Fish Wall/Rhinoceros Wall | ||||||
| 19 |
★★ Gobble, Gobble, Yum Yum
| ★★ Very Good | ||||
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SUper novelty fun. Just like Thailand!
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| Fri 14th Mar 2008 - Paynes Ford | ||||||
| Stone Symposium Wall | ||||||
| 20 21 |
★★ Jimmy The Torn Piece of Paper (Jimmy...)
| 10m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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the rebolted direct start to Ranger. Nails!
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| 21 |
★★★ R for Ranger, D for Danger
| 27m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Some awesome parts, and rather scary
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| Sun 9th Mar 2008 - Motatapu Valley | ||||||
| Roadside Area Roadside Attraction | ||||||
| 22 |
★★ Everything but the Formalities
| 15m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Worth the approach up the gungy ramp
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| 14 |
Roadside Rage
| 8m, 3 | Don't Bother | |||
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Warming up
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| Sat 8th Mar 2008 - Motatapu Valley | ||||||
| Riverside Garden Bar | ||||||
| 23 |
★★ Who the Fuck is Nick Cradock? (Who the Fuck is Nick Craddock?)
| 25m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
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nice reachy moves. Probably only 22, but its my style!
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| Sat 8th Mar 2008 - Diamond Lake | ||||||
| Pencil Dick Wall | ||||||
| 20 |
★★ Stick It In
| 20m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Would be classic if it wasnt bolted. FIngers to hands.
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| Fri 7th Mar 2008 - Wye Creek | ||||||
| South Side Main Wall | ||||||
| 17 18 |
★★ About Time
| 30m, 13 | ★ Good | |||
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Novelty climbing. Weird swirling rock.
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| 16 |
★★★ The Mission
| 28m, 9 | ★ Good | |||
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the start doesnt flow. 3 star view though.
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| 18 |
★★ Lucalucki
| 32m, 13 | Average | |||
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Weird bolting.
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| Wed 5th Mar 2008 - Hospital Flat | ||||||
| Warm Leatharête | ||||||
| 18 19 |
★★ Quick Fix
| 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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Quite pumpy
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| Wed 5th Mar 2008 - Diamond Lake | ||||||
| Hotline Corner | ||||||
| 19 |
★★★ Fuckity Fuck Fuck
| 30m, 12 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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Guide book says 6 BR- it has 12!
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| Wed 5th Mar 2008 - Motatapu Valley | ||||||
| Roadside Area Roadside Attraction | ||||||
| 21 |
★ I Need a Pie
| 17m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
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Scary bolting
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| Wed 5th Mar 2008 - Hospital Flat | ||||||
| Warm Leatharête | ||||||
| 19 18 |
★★ Honey I Bolted The Crack
| 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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Hmm, could well be done on gear
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| Tue 4th Mar 2008 - Diamond Lake | ||||||
| Sharon Stone | ||||||
| 25 |
★ Wind Me Up (Need to Unwind Direct Finish)
| 20m, 7 | ★ Good | |||
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The guide books crap- but hey I tried hard cos I thought I was on a 23!
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| Sat 30th Dec 2006 - Motatapu Valley | ||||||
| Riverside Beginner’s Slab | ||||||
| 16 |
Infinite Inveigling (infinite inviegeling)
| 10m, 4 | Average | |||
| Fri 31st Mar 2006 - Motatapu Valley | ||||||
| Riverside Beginner’s Slab | ||||||
| 14 |
★ Right Ascension
| 10m, 4 | ||||
| 16 |
★ Generation X
| 10m, 3 | ||||
| 15 14 |
★ Occupational Therapy
| 10m, 4 | ||||
| 15 |
★ Super Size Me
| 10m, 4 | ||||
| Wed 2nd Feb 2005 - Twin Stream | ||||||
| Half Moon Slab | ||||||
| 17 |
★★ Moon Rise
| 80m | ★★★ Classic | |||
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first taste of TS perfection. An 80m intricate slab. Best ¨16¨Ive ever done
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