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Daily Grind - Berowra 24-Jun-2009 At 10:20:44 AM TonyB

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On 24/06/2009 pmonks wrote:
>I suspect that part of what makes Berowra more confusing is the inconsistency
>in the gradings - Wall Thing (19) for example is nowhere near as hard as
>Ladder of Gloom (also 19), either in terms of its hardest single move or
>the sustained nature of the climbing.

I sometimes wonder if some routes seem like sandbags because I've missed the "trick" move. I thought Ladder of Gloom was fairly hard for the grade but I went up on the horizontal cracks on the left, then right across to the ladder. I later saw another fellow go up from directly under the ladder ... reaching up to the ladder balancing with no hands, making it look incredibly easy.

Talking about trick moves, I still can't figure out Pickaxe (22) at Narrabeen steep side. I've now made it up Relax(23) right next to it, with a bit of dogging, but it seems much more straightforward than Pickaxe.