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New toy at Sublime Point 19-Aug-2009 At 12:18:06 PM f_ladou

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Hey Mike,

Three of us got up "Whymper" over the weekend. The weather was exceptionally warm for mid-August
and we figured that it was time to go back to the Blueys.

Overall, excellent climb on the usual, at times friable at time solid, Blue Mountains rock. The route
hasn't yet seen enough traffic and both hand- and footholds did brake off a couple of times along the
way. Nothing serious, though. Alex lead the first two pitches (18, 18) while I lead the third (19). Those
were very enjoyable but the real gem is the fourth pitch (19) which Dominik lead. There's plenty of
exposure after clipping that U, stepping right and committing over the lip. A great moment right there.
The last pitch (16) is what you might expect - a scramble.

For those interested, the whole thing, car-to-car, including the walk-in and -out, took us about four
hours. A party of two could do it substantially faster without sweating too much. But why rush things?
And if you feel you haven't had enough, you can walk back down and do Sweet Dreams.

François

P.S. Here's Alex leading pitch one