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17 Down Under - new book and ticklist

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 Rog Wilko 06 Jan 2016
I have invented a new ticklist based on a new book "17 Down Under" by John & Steve Morris which list 50 classics of Grade 17 or less in Victoria.
Unfortunately, I cannot complete the list as a handful of them aren't in the climbs database and I don't have the relevant guidebooks. If anyone knows enough to add these routes to the database and let me know you've done it I can complete the ticklist. These are the missing routes:
Where Angels Fear to Tread DF (not sure if the DF is a typo) at Buffalo
Jerry Pot Direct at Cathedral Range
Afternoons at Mt Beckworth
Quartz Route at Mt Beckworth
Thousand Watts at Red Rock.
OP Rog Wilko 07 Jan 2016
In reply to Rog Wilko:

If there's any folk in Australia looking at this and they know the Morrises maybe they could be tempted to upload photos of some of these routes.
OP Rog Wilko 09 Jan 2016
In reply to Rog Wilko:

Here's the link in case anyone's interested.
http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/set.php?id=1365
 Solaris 10 Jan 2016
In reply to Rog Wilko:

I've just uploaded a photo of Xanthene to my gallery. This is a thoroughly recommended route, well worthy of the list, but some of the Morris's choices look a bit unusual to me. Note the number of single star routes on their list; surely "classics" should be 3 star? There are plenty of them in Vic that deserve to be on the list, and as you rightly say, the list is rather biassed towards Araps.

There's details of Jerry Pot Direct (which warrants a Good-Very Good quality rating whilst Xanthene rates as Classic-Mega Classic) here:
https://www.thecrag.com/climbing/australia/the-cathedral-range/area/1195741...
I haven't checked for other routes on your missing list.
OP Rog Wilko 15 Jan 2016
In reply to Solaris:

Thanks for that. Will add route when I have time
OP Rog Wilko 17 Jan 2016
In reply to Rog Wilko:

Bump
 barney800 17 Jan 2016
In reply to Rog Wilko:

Good one! Jerry-Pot Direct (with search-confusing hyphen) is here:
Jerry-Pot Direct (14)
Details on 100 Watts are here:
http://www.thecrag.com/climbing/australia/mt-cole/route/666816075
Details on the Mt Beckworth climbs are here:
http://www.thecrag.com/climbing/australia/mount-beckworth/area/13069963
If I ever get up to Mt Beckworth I'll add it to the database (it's in one of my guidebooks) but I tend to just keep on going to the Gramps if I'm heading out that way.
OP Rog Wilko 18 Jan 2016
In reply to barney800:

Thanks for your reply. I'll need half an hour to complete the job sometime.
 Karl Bromelow 18 Jan 2016
In reply to Rog Wilko:

I've added the details for Quartz Route and Afternoons. The are in the 2011 Rockclimbs Around Melbourne guidebook.

Cheers, Karl
OP Rog Wilko 19 Jan 2016
In reply to Karl Bromelow:

That's great, thanks.

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