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Africa South Africa Free State Mt Everest Guest Farm Mt. Everest Alternative Rock | |||||||
21 | ★ Buckets Full of Sickness | 7 | ★★ Very Good | Mon 17th Nov 2003 | |||
steep eh?
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22 | ★★ Keep the Change | 7 | ★ Good | Mon 17th Nov 2003 | |||
put the draws on!
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22 | ★★ Simply the Best | 7 | ★★ Very Good | Sun 16th Nov 2003 | |||
suddenly tricky
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21 | ★★ Some Girls Wonder | 12 | ★★ Very Good | Mon 17th Nov 2003 | |||
soft
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23 | ★★★ Opening Night | 10 | ★★★ Classic | Sun 16th Nov 2003 | |||
soft, bit scary. Everest classic
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Africa South Africa Mpumalanga Waterval Boven The Waterfall Crags The Last Crag of the Century | |||||||
19 | ★★★ Who's Your Daddy? | 32m, 12 | ★★ Very Good | Fri 31st Oct 2003 | |||
Alex (& Ed) its 18.
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23 | ★★★ Good Times | 17 | ★★★ Mega Classic | Fri 31st Oct 2003 | |||
twice as good as endless summer
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22 | ★★★ Endless Summer | 14 | ★★★ Mega Classic | Fri 31st Oct 2003 | |||
best route in world
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Africa South Africa Mpumalanga Waterval Boven The Island Never Never Land | |||||||
23 | ★ Operasie Bullie Bief | 8 | ★ Good | Wed 29th Oct 2003 | |||
layback when?
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22 | ★ Dance of the Satin Spider | 6 | ★ Good | Wed 29th Oct 2003 | |||
Africa South Africa Mpumalanga Waterval Boven The Island The Beach | |||||||
23 | ★ Africa Trip | 9 | ★ Good | Wed 29th Oct 2003 | |||
not too badly runout just don't fall off at top.
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Africa South Africa Mpumalanga Waterval Boven The Island The Gulley | |||||||
21 | ★ Face the Music | 9 | ★★ Very Good | Wed 29th Oct 2003 | |||
20 | ★ Rock Island | 8 | ★★ Very Good | Wed 29th Oct 2003 | |||
Africa South Africa Mpumalanga Waterval Boven The Island The Boulevard | |||||||
23 | ★★ Ripcurl | 9 | ★★ Very Good | Wed 29th Oct 2003 | |||
keeps on building
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Africa South Africa Mpumalanga Waterval Boven The Restaurant Crags The Gaper Face | |||||||
22 | ★ Grockel Mania | 7 | ★ Good | Tue 28th Oct 2003 | |||
21 | ★★ Gaper Caper | 7 | ★★ Very Good | Tue 28th Oct 2003 | |||
surprising
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23 24 | ★★ Pocket Rocket | 8 | ★★ Very Good | Tue 28th Oct 2003 | |||
never ever 25
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Africa South Africa Mpumalanga Waterval Boven The Restaurant Crags The Gaper Buttress | |||||||
24 | ★★★ Atomic Aardvark | 16 | ★★★ Classic | Tue 28th Oct 2003 | |||
Would've been interesting with old bolts
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Africa South Africa Mpumalanga Waterval Boven The Restaurant Crags The Restaurant Crag | |||||||
20 | ★★ Bonar | 14 | ★★★ Classic | Tue 28th Oct 2003 | |||
Even in the dark its a classic
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23 22 | ★★ Out Through The In Door | 13 | ★ Good | Tue 28th Oct 2003 | |||
Not up to the hype
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21 | ★★ Looking For The Lobster | 12 | ★★ Very Good | Tue 28th Oct 2003 | |||
1st route in SA
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25 | ★★★ Jambo | 13 | ★★★ Classic | Tue 28th Oct 2003 | |||
Wasps!
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Africa South Africa Mpumalanga Waterval Boven Triple Tier Crags He-Man Area | |||||||
20 22 | ★ IT (New Route) | 8 | ★★ Very Good | Fri 31st Oct 2003 | |||
Felt soft for 20+ 18?
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22 | ★★★ Actually You're a Wimp | 10 | ★★★ Mega Classic | Fri 31st Oct 2003 | |||
19 | ★★★ Incidentally I'm Macho | 10 | ★★★ Classic | Fri 31st Oct 2003 | |||
Africa South Africa Mpumalanga Waterval Boven Wonderland Area The Superbowl | |||||||
23 | ★★ Miss Mckinley | 9 | ★ Good | Fri 31st Oct 2003 | |||
clip 2nd bolt?
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24 | ★★★ Rude Bushmen | 15 | ★★★ Classic | Fri 31st Oct 2003 | |||
watch for the bat
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Asia Thailand Namphapayai Camp Bat Cave Wall | |||||||
6c 6b+ | ★★ Emmenez-moi | 13 | ★★★ Mega Classic | Fri 5th Jan 2018 | |||
Stunning climbing, beautiful rock, massive hueco, scoops, open hand pinches and slopes, spaced older bolts, deep layers of dust, bat shit, insecure, in a dark cave you can see out the top of, waves of bats pouring out on dusk, 60m rope stretcher. Get on it!
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4+ | Fourth World | 10m, 4 | ★ Good | Fri 5th Jan 2018 | |||
Sharpish but won't poliah
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5+ | ★ Ratatouille | 18m, 7 | ★ Good | Fri 5th Jan 2018 | |||
Sharp but won't polish.
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Asia Thailand Namphapayai Camp River Wall | |||||||
6c | ★★★ You are a Legend | 26m, 12 | ★★★ Classic | Wed 3rd Jan 2018 | |||
Technique to pump.
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7a | ★★★ Sweet Lip | 20m, 7 | ★ Good | Wed 3rd Jan 2018 | |||
punchy polished start. Doesn't go where you wish. Fun finish. Tad short.
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6b+ | ★★ Café Bolan (Cafe Bolan) | 28m, 12 | ★★ Very Good | Wed 3rd Jan 2018 | |||
steep rad trad on bolts.
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6a | ★ Sadao | 14m, 5 | Average | Wed 3rd Jan 2018 | |||
slightly less polish
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5+ | ★ Hin Tok | 12m, 4 | Average | Wed 3rd Jan 2018 | |||
polish
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4+ | ★ Tee Rek Soo Soo | 11m, 4 | Average | Wed 3rd Jan 2018 | |||
polish
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6b+ | ★★ The Most ... of the World | 30m, 12 | ★★ Very Good | Wed 3rd Jan 2018 | |||
Fun roof crankin'
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6a+ | ★★ Mineral Mystic | 20m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | Wed 3rd Jan 2018 | |||
Steep super fun
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6a | ★★ On the Rock | 28m, 11 | ★★ Very Good | Wed 3rd Jan 2018 | |||
Steep super fun
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Asia Malaysia Selangor Bukit Takun Battle Field | |||||||
6a+ | ★★★ Aaron Schwarzenegger | 24m, 10 | ★★★ Classic | Sun 24th Dec 2017 | |||
Stalactite hugging. Slick off the ground and super punchy.
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Asia Malaysia Selangor Bukit Takun Ana's Garden | |||||||
6c | ★★★ Flacid | 70m, 24 | ★★★ Classic | Sun 24th Dec 2017 | |||
Jams!!! Stunning rock, cool moves and a punchy jamming 3d crux.
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Oceania Melanesia South Pacific Decadence Wall | |||||||
18 21 | ★★ Champagne & Bolognese | 27m, 18 | ★ Good | Sun 27th Dec 2020 | |||
21 on Venus perhaps. More like 18-19. Good engaging climbing. Loses a star for the lower rock and loses another star for bolting the perfect middle crack.
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Oceania Melanesia South Pacific Underworld | |||||||
21 22 | ★ Two Months Off | 18m, 8 | Average | Sun 6th Dec 2020 | |||
20/21 1 bolt boulder to bolted crack. Fun top that's easy to get wrong.
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22 23 | ★★ Cowgirl | 18m, 8 | ★ Good | Sun 6th Dec 2020 | |||
No harder than 8 ball. Cruxier but better rests.
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22 | ★★★ 8 Ball | 18m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | Sun 6th Dec 2020 | |||
Quite sustained.
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Oceania Melanesia South Pacific Right Side Slabs | |||||||
20 21 | ★★ Deceptively Simple | 15m, 6 | ★ Good | Mon 7th Dec 2020 | |||
Not the warmup I was looking for. Great climbing, and pumpy with tech crux and route finding. Maybe 21 or just not warmed up. Tad short for 2nd star, although a lot of climbing in a little space.
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20 19 | ★★ Diva | 15m, 7 | ★ Good | Mon 7th Dec 2020 | |||
This is the warmup I was looking for. Nice balancy moves with rest stances. Prob 19, or just warmed up. A touch short for the 2nd star.
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Oceania Melanesia South Pacific Descent Gully - Left Side | |||||||
23 | ★★★ It Began In Afrika | 12m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | Sun 27th Dec 2020 | |||
Short but every move is good. Blew the flash on the final dyno, hand sliding out the soap dish. Oddly placed 4th? bolt. Dialled in static move to replace the final chuck and did laps. Benchmark 23.
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Oceania Australia Tasmania North East Hillwood (private land) Matto Grosso The Dungeon | |||||||
25 | ★★ Bozon | 12m | ★★★ Classic | Sat 12th Feb 2005 | |||
insecure 2nd clip. Onsighted the rest of it. Beautiful slopers. OS crux at 4th bolt. Misleading at 5th. A brush helps with the chalk down low.
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Oceania Australia Tasmania North East Hillwood (private land) Matto Grosso Golgotha | |||||||
22 | ★★★ The Long Kiss Goodnight | 25m, 12 | ★★★ Classic | Sun 13th Feb 2005 | |||
delicate feet. nicely bolted. slightly insecure. fun roof.
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Oceania Australia Tasmania North East Hillwood (private land) Matto Grosso The Wailing Wall | |||||||
20 21 | ★ Sugar Mountain | 10m | ★ Good | Sun 13th Feb 2005 | |||
Better than it looks
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24 | ★★ Hung on a Tree | 13m, 5 | ★★★ Classic | Sun 13th Feb 2005 | |||
23 | ★★ Wrath or Revival | 13m | ★ Good | Sun 13th Feb 2005 | |||
Fell off at 1st bolt.
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Oceania Australia Tasmania North East Hillwood (private land) Matto Grosso The Leviathan | |||||||
21 | ★★ Yuddy Boody Noo | 15m | ★★ Very Good | Sat 12th Feb 2005 | |||
Sidepulls. 1st route at Hillwood.
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23 22 | ★★ Pale Blue Sky | 15m | ★ Good | Sat 12th Feb 2005 | |||
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Oceania Australia Tasmania East South Sister Caramel Slice Buttress | |||||||
19 | ★★ Turn the Page | 18m, 7 | ★ Good | Tue 9th Mar 2021 | |||
Get suckered? Great TRS access. Pretty solid start into a very smear specific crux for me followed by a really fun top half. Solid for the grade. Would be near-classic anywhere else, but this is Tasmania!
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Oceania Australia Tasmania South East Kempton Quoin | |||||||
19 | ★ Gold Quoin | 12m | ★ Good | Sat 7th Nov 2015 | |||
Better rock. Short, steepish and fun.
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18 | ★★ Damage | 28m, 10 | ★ Good | Sat 7th Nov 2015 | |||
Nice intro to Quoin rock and style.
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21 | ★★ Another One Bites the Dust | 20m, 8 | ★★★ Classic | Sat 7th Nov 2015 | |||
Stunningly good. Hard face climbing to thought provoking finish. Easy to fall off everywhere. Great rock. Hopefully the rain removes the ridiculous number of tick marks.
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Oceania Australia Tasmania South East Tasman Peninsula Mount Brown The Paradiso | |||||||
21 | ★★ Man's Machine | 32m, 10 | ★★ Very Good | Wed 4th Nov 2015 | |||
Would be classic in the blueys. Bouldery crux that I did by going onto the right face. Fun climbing on spaced bolts, a little route-finding delicate step-around and not to be rushed finish.
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17 | ★ High Noon | 10m, 4 | ★ Good | Wed 4th Nov 2015 | |||
Fun introduction.
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21 | ★★ Shock Wave | 13m, 5 | ★ Good | Mon 4th Jan 2016 | |||
Climbs like it looks. Steep and fun
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Oceania Australia Queensland North Townsville Frederick Peak South Sentinel Jungle Gym | |||||||
20 | ★★ Made in the Shade (Terra Nullius) | 28m, 14 | ★★ Very Good | Sun 14th Aug 2016 | |||
Fantastic sustained steep stemming on much better rock than expected. Longer than it looks.
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19 | ★ Drill First Ask Questions Later | 19m, 11 | ★ Good | Sun 14th Aug 2016 | |||
Awesome steep top section. Cool off-balance move down low. Spoilt slightly by leftwards diversion, and again wondering whether to go direct.
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19 | ★ Arguable Arrogance | 40m, 16 | ★ Good | Sun 14th Aug 2016 | |||
Started right of WttJ up easy ramps to 1st FH. Very nice climbing with good crux at 2nd bolt and some more harder stuff higher. Spoilt by the climbing up the broken pillars and wondering whether you're meant to go direct. Long. Rapped to ground on single 60m from lower anchors to right. Don't know if 60m rope will get you down from anchor chains.
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Oceania Australia New South Wales and ACT Southern Tablelands The Loony Bin The Loony Bin | |||||||
20 | ★ Mad Patty. | 12m | ★★★ Classic | Sat 27th Aug 2016 | |||
Crag classic. Every move at the grade with deep pulls, bad feet, multiple variations and some sneaky moves to bring it to the grade. Quite the pumper.
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21 | ★★ Good Morning Nurse Ratched | 12m, 5 | Average | Sat 27th Aug 2016 | |||
Two good but slightly contrived moves 7 grades harder than the rest of the climb does not a 3 star classic make.
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Oceania Australia New South Wales and ACT Southern Tablelands Mt Gibraltar Slab Walls | |||||||
19 | ★ Orchid Alley | 90m, 17 | ★★ Very Good | Sun 27th Oct 2019 | |||
Nice first pitch with a sustained few moves. Some fun and friction follows.
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17 | ★★ Mad Dogs and Englishmen | 60m, 18 | ★★ Very Good | Sun 27th Oct 2019 | |||
Fun 1st pitch. Couple of interesting moves after that.
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20 | ★★ Riding Shotgun (Underneath the Hot Sun.) | 15m, 8 | ★ Good | Sun 27th Oct 2019 | |||
Sustained slab bottom with interesting top. Happy for lots of bolts and draws on.
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17 | ★★ The Devils Tears | 45m, 16 | ★ Good | Sun 27th Oct 2019 | |||
First route at the Gib after 20 years of trying. Insecure start and then nice slab.
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16 | ★★ Gripping Yarn | 95m, 13 | ★★ Very Good | Sun 8th Nov 2020 | |||
More pleasant tale than gripping yarn. Awesome friction slabbing at an amenable grade with lots of bolts ... for a slab.
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17 | ★★ Nintendo 64 | 70m | ★★ Very Good | Sun 27th Oct 2019 | |||
A whole bunch of everything.
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Oceania Australia New South Wales and ACT Southern Tablelands Mt Gibraltar Main Wall | |||||||
18 20 | ★★ Big Bird | 65m | ★ Good | Sun 8th Nov 2020 | |||
2nd pitch is nice, the rest is forgettable. Pretty soggy at 20, especially for the Gib.
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19 | ★ Monsterpiece Theatre | 50m, 14 | ★★★ Classic | Sun 8th Nov 2020 | |||
All killa no filla.
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Oceania Australia New South Wales and ACT Southern Tablelands Mount Alexandra The Main Cave | |||||||
23 | ★★★ Diagonal du Fou | 15m, 10 | ★★★ Classic | Sun 21st May 2017 | |||
20 year repeat. Start was about as devious as I remembered. Top was pretty cruisy, every hold a jug, so I must've gotten slightly better. Lost a lot less leg skin this time.
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19 | ★ What Would You Say if I Said to You that this Gun was Loaded? | 20m, 8 | ★★ Very Good | Sun 9th Apr 2017 | |||
Much easier/harder than it looks? Nice steep climbing.
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Oceania Australia New South Wales and ACT Southern Tablelands Mount Alexandra Manchester United Wall | |||||||
21 | Green Gate | 12m | Average | Sat 12th Dec 2020 | |||
Great moves but but in reality its 2 bolts long.
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25 | ★★★ Quickie Quim Fill (Quickie Quimsil) | 12m | ★★ Very Good | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | |||
probably 24
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24 25 | ★★★ Quickie Quim Fill | 12m | ★★ Very Good | Sun 9th Apr 2017 | |||
17 year anniversary repeat. Stunning 3-d climbing, to thank $deity lock, mono-lock and glory knob. If only it was longer. So 23 downgrade was a sandbag but no more than FA 24 (even with the extra polish).
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24 25 | ★★★ Quickie Quim Fill | 12m | ★ Good | Sat 12th Dec 2020 | |||
Still 24, still a pumper. Wide variety of moves, and the route crux to the knob is a bit thrutchy like I did remember. Still wonderfully insecure and the fingerlock is pretty spesh.
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20 | ★★ Manchester United | 15m | ★★ Very Good | Sun 18th Dec 2016 | |||
Huck you meat.
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20 23 | ★ Drill Attack | 15m | ★ Good | Sun 18th Dec 2016 | |||
Easier than Man U. Crux is clipping third bolt and stressing over levering biner.
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Oceania Australia New South Wales and ACT Southern Tablelands Mount Alexandra Central Area | |||||||
14 | ★ Snooze and You Lose | 24m, 9 | ★ Good | Tue 1st Nov 2022 | |||
Surprisingly insecure corner followed by airy juggy arete
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15 | ★★ The Gruffalo | 24m, 9 | ★ Good | Tue 1st Nov 2022 | |||
Nice long beginner route with obvious step around the bulge to knock a couple of grades off
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20 | ★ Kiddies Chorus | 20m, 8 | Average | Sun 18th Dec 2016 | |||
Bad house with nice position. Half an interesting move with fun split finger hold. Started up D.
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Oceania Australia New South Wales and ACT Southern Tablelands Mount Alexandra Vox Populi Wall | |||||||
18 20 | ★★ Iclimb - with Jason | 15m, 6 | ★ Good | Sun 21st May 2017 | |||
A couple of really fun lay awayish moves with just enough holds and some interesting positions. Easy to get suckered straight up rather than going out left. More sustained than 3.5 thousand. 20 is very generous.
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20 | ★★ Three and a Half Thousand | 16m, 7 | ★★ Very Good | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | |||
18 20 | ★★ Three and a Half Thousand | 16m, 7 | ★ Good | Sun 21st May 2017 | |||
2nd every 7 year repeat. New years day '02 comment was 'committing crux'. Now just another sport climb. 1 cool slopey (for both hands and feet) move. Very generous at 20.
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17 | ★ The Red Room - with Jason | 16m | ★★ Very Good | Sun 21st May 2017 | |||
Some burl and then stunning balancy moves with just enough coming to hand when you need it. One of the best routes here. I thought more like 19. Felt harder than anything on Vox Populi.
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Oceania Australia New South Wales and ACT Southern Tablelands Mount Alexandra Between the First Cave and the Vox Populi wall | |||||||
18 20 | ★★ Corner from Heaven | 20m, 7 | ★ Good | Sun 18th Dec 2016 | |||
Another retrod trad climb with bonus grades!
13 years between Alexandra drinks.
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20 21 | ★ Chicken | 16m, 7 | ★ Good | Sun 18th Dec 2016 | |||
Made the start a bit harder than needed. Punchy headwall.
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20 | ★★ Chook | 16m | ★ Good | Sun 18th Dec 2016 | |||
Nice first move, and punchy headwall. Keepin' it real.
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Oceania Australia New South Wales and ACT Southern Tablelands Mount Alexandra The First Cave | |||||||
23 | ★★★ Los Hermanos de la Denitente | 10m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | |||
sustained classic
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22 | ★★ Progress Comes to Shitsville | 10m, 6 | ★★★ Classic | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | |||
* even more devious and tenuous
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20 | ★ Death of a New Car Salesman | 10m, 5 | ★ Good | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | |||
devious
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Oceania Australia New South Wales and ACT Southern Tablelands Cinderella Crag Pitt Street Wall | |||||||
21 23 | ★★★ Unchained | 25m | ★★★ Classic | Fri 27th Jul 2018 | |||
Top to bottom stunning moves. Such a wonderful mix of flowing movement on great stone. The pocket pulls, the locked in high traverse, the funky finish.
Suited my style, good conditions? But 4 weeks on the couch and a gammy knee? 21 seems right. Maybe the low traverse is 23 - looks slopy and awkward enough. |
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20 | ★★ Django | 15m, 5 | ★ Good | Fri 27th Jul 2018 | |||
real mix.
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19 | ★ Wee Bean | 12m | ★ Good | Fri 27th Jul 2018 | |||
Oceania Australia New South Wales and ACT Central Tablelands Blue Mountains Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone National Park The Rain Cave | |||||||
24 | ★★ The Saint Andrews Cross | 16m | Tue 13th Apr 2010 |