The 50 year old classics

On a whim, I did a search for all the starred routes that were done in 1967 and 1968, and are having the 50 year aniversary of their FA.

Here they are, collect them all!

First Ascent in 1967:

Stars	Name	Length	Grade	Area
*	Scimitar Spur	500m	12	Frenchmans Cap
***	Fiddlesticks	55m	14	Flange Buttress
*	Andromeda	26m	14	Northern Buttress
*	Claret Corner	109m	15	The Columns
**	Faust	85m	16	Central Buttress
**	Skyline Major	90m	16	Northern Buttress
*	Breaker Spur	82m	16	Bulging Buttress
*	Chancellor	55m	16	University Buttress
*	The Plenipotentiary	155m	16	Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair
**	Excalibur Direct (ED)	8m	17	Rocky Tom
*	Double Column Central	77m	17	The Columns
*	The Cordoban	93m	17	The Columns
**	Ophthalmia	81m	18	Step Tier
*	Firebrand	80m	20	The Columns

First Ascent in 1968:

Stars	Name	Length	Grade	Area
*	Twisted Towers and South-East Summit		13	Frenchmans Cap
*	Fleur-de-lis	210m	14	Frenchmans Cap
**	Bismark	25m	15	Lowdina
**	Nefertiti	60m	15	Great Tier
*	Passiona	50m	15	Great Tier
***	Hood	30m	16	Lowdina
***	Tierry le Fronde	150m	16	Frenchmans Cap
*	The Melbourne Variant	370m	16	Frenchmans Cap
*	Waterloo Road	310m	16	Frenchmans Cap
***	Centaur	48m	17	Northern Buttress
***	The Chimes of Freedom	250m	17	Frenchmans Cap
*	Pooh Corner	72m	17	The Columns
***	Icarus	78m	20	The Columns
**	The Shield	55m	20	The Columns
*	Firebrand	80m	20	The Columns
**	Bismark	100m	24	The Columns

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