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did the sydney thing...headed up to the blue mountains for like 7 days. The first route i did was rope solo 'the eternity' at Mount Piddington, it's 18 which is like 5.9 or 10a. The trigger wires blew when I was 1/2 way up the route. I later put them back together with fishing wire and white tape.
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Did another super classic flake crack it was ~5.8. Really fun and a harder top rope to the right of it.
camping out at night in the free area in the blues.
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 the supergenius cooking system. Credit: crazy horse |
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awesome climbing
This one was like the crux on top of steck salathe but with jugs and bolts grade 19 so 10a or so.
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 cool wall way up there Credit: crazy horse |
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 sweet traverse on bolts Credit: crazy horse |
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Decent weather and cool smith rocks style routes. Everything from trad to sport to routes bolted with all carrots which are just ground down machine bolts hammered into a hole with some epoxy back there some of the time. if you forget bolt plates (removeable hangers) you have to throw a nut over the top and cinch it up. Locals call the nut/carrot combo 'scareys'.
headed off to bungonia gorge. Killer limestone bolted routes, no fee camping that includes a communal cooking shelter/barbecue, nice flush toilets, and hot water showers. The most dialed campsite in all of Oz i think.
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 sweet limestone Credit: crazy horse |
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 lower down is way out in space!! Credit: crazy horse |
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 neil monteith, getting totally rad on his route death starred Credit: crazy horse |
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Neil got his redpoints!! Yeah bro!!
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 was awesome climbing with Lee Credit: crazy horse |
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You can find out about these routes in the australian route register
actually more than a few routes up this mega wall!!
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down to mt. buffalo. reminiscent of the needles but less bolts and granier rock.
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picked my buddy Bram up in melbourne and hit up arapalies for easter weekend. it was a mad house, but it was also really rad for meeting up with random cool people, film festival called goatfest, etc
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 wheatfields on fire on the way out Credit: crazy horse |
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got a fair bit of the pre trip information from chockstone
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really cool climbing
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 little solo up the via ferratta Credit: crazy horse |
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 little chain link up Credit: crazy horse |
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 cool bolted routes. This is 'have a good flight' ~12b. You can see where the name comes from if you look at the gap between the bolts Credit: crazy horse |
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 kangaroos everywhere Credit: crazy horse |
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 hit up the grampians sport climbing Credit: crazy horse |
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 aussie home boy gary on a 19 Credit: crazy horse |
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 sandinista its supposed to be ~11b but it's pretty sandbagged I would say. Credit: crazy horse |
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cruised to moonarie after that
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 bram on downwind of angels at moonarie Credit: crazy horse |
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 interesting pro. That's a #3 hb. Credit: crazy horse |
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 casa blanca moonarie Credit: crazy horse |
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back to grampians
Dance of life...steep face climbing protected with gear on perfect blue/orange stone. The route was either thin crimps or big slopers. The grade went at ~12a.
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 rapping off dance of life 24 Credit: crazy horse |
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and in araps for a few days more
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 auto de fe 21 ~.10d. The crux was a little lower thin edging with a micronut for pro. Credit: crazy horse |
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 love camping in the pines Credit: crazy horse |
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 ate tastey food Credit: crazy horse |
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back in CA!!
