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grade table for the masses 4-Jul-2010 At 12:33:44 PM BA

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On 3/07/2010 egosan wrote:

>Ok, can any of you climbing history boffins tell me what was the first
>grade 19 in Australia? What was the first 20?

Having a quick look through Ewbank's Blue Mountain guide:
Zacherius 19,M1 on Narrow Neck was done on 10/11/1964
Electra & Colosseum Corner, both 19, on Sublime Point were done on 14/1/1965
Gemini 20 at Piddo was done on 9/12/1966
Janicepts 21,(M0) at Piddo was done on 15/12/66

That should make things a bit easier to locate dates.

In the original Araps guide there were no climbs graded 19. In volume 2 of the Araps guide (the black guide), Werewolf was graded 18 and done in November 1966, The Rack was 19 (April 1968), Morfydd was 19 (29/6/1968), Death Row grade 19 was done on 30/7/1967

Death Row would appear to be the first climb graded 19 at Araps.