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Maybe in the past when you got a baker’s dozen you only got 13 but not anymore. Tom O’Halloran just upped the ante to 35 – yep 35. If you get any less than 35 with your baker’s dozen you’re being ripped off, mate.

The reformed Queenslander now calls the Blue Mountains home and being surrounded by vast amounts of stone has obviously been great for him. When he sent his new route Baker’s Dozen at the Bluey’s crag The Pit in June he became the first #Strayan to clip the chains on a 35. That’s le mythique 9a for you Francophiles. Onya mate.

Watch the sweet video Vertical Life and Kamil Sustaik made of the man and his route.