Ascents of The Gold Lead

Fun moves up the crack, then the traverse under the roof felt tough and cramped.

Bit funky

Good crack, but confusion at roof, unclear route and bolt placement.

Lots of webs and spiders hiding in the cracks, between that and some humid conditions I was rather put off. Retreated several times from the roof traverse and resorted to stick clipping to the top.

missed an obvious but invisible jug on top arete and pumped off. 19 in new guide

18... right

Seriously an 18 !! which village idiot is setting some of these grades here ..... the climb up to the traverse was not too bad. After that was pretty crap

Been a while since I dogged an 18, the killer hangover didn't help.

Definitely wouldn't climb it again

I liked it a bit more once I was back on the ground. It's not 18. It might be better with beta.

No way 18, the crack is great ! But the traverse under roof is hard and awkward..

2nd shot. Man you got to work for 18 these days.

Found it harder than than the 20 and 21 - cazy step across.

good in parts, seeing it was pouring nice to have a warm up