Ascents of The Crunge

Not quite sure I can tick this! Guidebook says stay off the arete (which I did) but used one hand in 'Ill Equipt' about 2 feet above the letter box slot. Gonna compromise and tick as a red point, not a flash haha

Whatever the exact intended route is, it's a fairly pointless eliminate with some good moves!

Gotta disagree with the 'R' rating, found 3 great thin wires in the thin crack after leaving IllEquipt, hardest section to protect (for me) was the easy shared start with IllEquipt

Actual climb went really well, took a few false starts leaving the letterbox slot and placing incrementally higher wires before I was ready to commit to moving up to the break and was all sweet from there.

Warm up

Bad finger pump caused me to pop off of this on my warm down climb

Love the thin crack! Very technical

Cheers to Kim for the beta on that tiny crack

Ugh, things weren't going very well today

Did one lap on toprope and found it surprisingly easy. It wasn't so easy the second time when i was hanging around to place gear.

Fairly well protected where you need it. Micro x4s are great.

Personal Best Post Accident (PBPA)

Just to Confirm I could do it

Too bad the cool moves are over so soon.. The pro is actually pretty good.

Some reachy moves, pleasant enough.

Hopped on this after leading Illequipt.. Not quite as much fun, but still decent

smaller than a finger crack

will get it clean in a matter of days.

Surprisingly nice! Good gear, too, although my last piece was one wire just above the Illequipt branch.

A tricky little variant finish to Illequiped. Fairly mundane.

+6kg weight

Climbed with 6kg weight

Very cool for about five seconds, but it's well worth it for those five seconds :-D

Reachy moves for those with standard-issue fingers.

ran a couple of laps with Tom

ran a couple of laps with Tom

tricky