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HASHISH

Grade 32 is a big one in Oz. Afterall, ours was the first in the world – even if it was put up by a German – when in 1986 Wolfgang Güllich linked that shiny series of baby bums up the left side of the Pharos at Mt Arapiles to create Punks in the Gym. But, climbers know the shady story of Punks better than four-year-old girls know the travails of Elsa, Princess of Arendelle, so we searched out something new.

It took longer than we expected as we ran through the alternatives: The Wizard of Oz at the Star Factory (was it 32, though?) Bandula at Elphinstone (not much of a story); Whistling Kite at Frog Buttress (is it really that good?); Attack Mode (doesn’t go to the top); The Don (put up by

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