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Crag & Route Beta

Area	Location	Sub Location	Crag	Links
VIC Arapiles	Bushranger Bluff	(General)	Back Wall	[ Arapiles Guide \| Arapiles Images ]

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2-May-2015 At 11:11:51 PM simey

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On 30/04/2015 bentobox wrote:
>...is the Arapiles guide taking the piss when they've called it at 13?

>How do you think it compares with other climbs (Arapiles and out yonder)
>of a similar grade? Do you think Bard/Muldoon/Lamplighter are much easier/harder?

I really don't know why this climb has been singled out as being hard for the grade. I would say it was definitely easier than Orange Crush (graded 14) which is on the same wall and has a bouldery start and then a much pumpier continuation. And it is no where near as difficult as The Ghost of Melville (15) and Hangman (15), both on the Shady Side of Bushrangers Bluff.

As for comparing it to Bard, Muldoon and Lamplighter... well I consider all of those to be more demanding leads than Trooper Two.

Trooper Two is in a friendly location, on good rock, with good wires. It needs to have something slightly challenging about it for it to get the grade of 13. This is the first time I have heard that the grade is out of whack and to be totally honest I'm not convinced that it should be changed.