Grade | Route | Gear style | Quality | |||
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Sat 13th Oct 2018 - Wharepapa Rock | ||||||
Bumbly's Buttress | ||||||
19 |
★★ Speedy Gonzales
![]() | 15m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
Excellent rock and interesting moves between pockets
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14 |
★ Waiting For The Ant
![]() | 7m, 3 | Average | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
A bit of crack climbing up high, hard start on sore fingers
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19 |
★ Streetwise
![]() | 15m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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 | |||
Really liked this for the grade
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17 |
★ Climatic Conclusion
![]() | 20m, 7 | ★ Good | |||
19 |
★★ Climatic Extension
![]() | 25m, 11 | ★★ Very Good | |||
The finish makes the climb, though I didn’t find the start that easy
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17 |
★ Thunder Blaster
![]() | 20m, 7 | ★ Good | |||
Nice easy jugging with a steeper finish
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18 |
★ Power Pack
![]() | 8m, 3 | Don't Bother | |||
Dirty and short
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19 |
★ Total Energy
![]() | 13m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Nice, but fairly soft grade
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Fri 5th Oct 2018 - Wharepapa Rock | ||||||
Lower Tier | ||||||
17 |
★★ Girls, Girls, Girls
![]() | 20m, 7 | Average | |||
This was the first one we got on, generic pocket pulling
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16 |
★ The Grim Reamer
![]() | 16m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Had a steep groove to add interest
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16 |
★★ Fun Bags
![]() | 20m, 6 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Steep fun juggy pockets
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17 |
★★ Virgin On Easy
![]() | 23m, 9 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Nice positions, almost like tufa climbing instead of tuff climbing
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20 18 |
★★ Reamed By Percentage
![]() | 24m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
Not too hard
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23 |
★★ Roche Moutonnee
![]() | 16m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | |||
Great novelty roof with per madras
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20 |
★ Cunning Linguistics
![]() | 16m, 5 | ★★ Very Good | |||
I made the top roof harder than needed
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22 |
★★ The Colonel's Secret
![]() | 16m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
Some time in the past, Rpt warm up today. Hard start
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17 |
★ Terrain Spotting
![]() | 20m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
Some time in the past
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17 |
★ Get Kerfuffled
![]() | 20m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
Sometime maybe 2010.
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Wed 30th Mar 2016 - The Chasm | ||||||
22 |
★ Granite Gringo
![]() | 15m, 3 | ★ Good | |||
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 | |||
A hidden hold under the matagouri
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Wed 23rd Mar 2016 - Mapoutahi | ||||||
Main Wall | ||||||
19 |
★ Greek Gift 2
![]() | 20m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
Feels quite airy
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20 |
★ Like a Lover Scorned
![]() | 25m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
Is 21 in guide on line
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18 |
★★ Hannah Louise
![]() | 30m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
The finish makes this route
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20 19/20 |
★★ Ball and Chain
![]() | 25m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
And off to the airport
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Sun 12th May 2013 - Bayley Road | ||||||
River Wall | ||||||
19 |
Sharpe Arete
![]() | 12m, 3 | Average | |||
Easy for grade
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Sun 12th May 2013 - Mangaokewa | ||||||
The Colosseum | ||||||
15 |
★★ French Ethics
![]() | 18m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Ok for grade
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20 |
★ Trojan Kat
![]() | 16m, 4 | ★ Good | |||
Rock a bit average
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20 |
Diamond in the Rough
![]() | 20m, 5 | Crap | |||
The 4th bolt missing. Bailed onto pr
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17 |
★ Dogamatrix
![]() | 20m, 5 | Average | |||
It is pouring. It's dry.....
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21 |
★★ When Cavers go Climbing
![]() | 18m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
A bit contrived
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Tue 7th May 2013 - Waipapa | ||||||
Main Cliff Millenium Wall | ||||||
22 |
★★ Sun Dried Tomatoes
![]() | 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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 | |||
The 10th route of the day
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21 |
★★ Lunar Leopard
![]() | 20m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
Shame about the ledge.
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Fri 14th Sep 2012 - Mount Iron | ||||||
Ironside | ||||||
20 |
A Steep Introduction
![]() | 15m, 6 | Average | |||
A bit escapable
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Sun 10th Jan 2010 - Hospital Flat | ||||||
Whale Watching | ||||||
24 |
★★ 10 Boy Scouts
![]() | 20m, 8 | Average | |||
kiwis cant crimp
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23 |
★★ Hobo Humping Slobo Babe
![]() | 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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 | |||
arete humping
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17 18 |
★ Rusty Pins
![]() | 15m, 6 | ★ Good | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
not very memorable
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22 |
★ Epoxy Passion
![]() | 20m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
A bit of a struggle
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Mon 31st Mar 2008 - Motatapu Valley | ||||||
Riverside Beginner’s Slab | ||||||
19 |
★ Cryptology
![]() | 10m, 3 | Average | |||
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 | |||
Good the first time round, but would get tedious after a while.
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19 20 |
★★ Smellie Crack
![]() | 25m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
Sweet roof!
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Sat 22nd Mar 2008 - The Chasm | ||||||
18 20 |
★★ Another One (MT to CN belay RIGHT)
![]() | 15m, 6 | Average | |||
A few weird slimy traverse moves.
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18 20 |
★★ Another One (White rope to CN Belay)
![]() | 15m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
Is the flowstone out? Nice pocket!
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Sun 16th Mar 2008 - Pōhara | ||||||
Cathedral Rock | ||||||
19 18 |
★★ Stella Blue
![]() | 30m, 10 | Average | |||
Couldnt really get into this one, probably knowing it was the scene of a tragedy.
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18 |
★★ Ambrosia
![]() | 26m, 8 | ★ Good | |||
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 | ||||
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 | |||
the rebolted direct start to Ranger. Nails!
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21 |
★★★ R for Ranger, D for Danger
![]() | 27m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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 | |||
Worth the approach up the gungy ramp
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14 |
Roadside Rage
![]() | 8m, 3 | Don't Bother | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
Novelty climbing. Weird swirling rock.
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16 |
★★★ The Mission
![]() | 28m, 9 | ★ Good | |||
the start doesnt flow. 3 star view though.
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18 |
★★ Lucalucki
![]() | 32m, 13 | Average | |||
Weird bolting.
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Wed 5th Mar 2008 - Hospital Flat | ||||||
Warm Leatharête | ||||||
18 19 |
★★ Quick Fix
![]() | 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
Quite pumpy
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Wed 5th Mar 2008 - Diamond Lake | ||||||
Hotline Corner | ||||||
19 |
★★★ Fuckity Fuck Fuck
![]() | 30m, 12 | ★★ Very Good | |||
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 | |||
Scary bolting
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Wed 5th Mar 2008 - Hospital Flat | ||||||
Warm Leatharête | ||||||
19 18 |
★★ Honey I Bolted The Crack
![]() | 15m, 5 | ★ Good | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
first taste of TS perfection. An 80m intricate slab. Best ¨16¨Ive ever done
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