Ascents of Disbelief

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyaKl6Qy3Zk footy of the send! amazing. zero jugs, just stemming and jamming. trad bliss. will come back equipped for beyond belief

A great warmup if you like steep jamming. More involved climbing than you'd expect from the ground. Great rock, and kinda intimidating.

It felt about gr23 for the Onsight to me, sans jammies or tape -the crux was too wide for me to jam, and too tight to fist properly- so maybe 22 for the redpoint or with jammies?

I used 0.5, 0.75, 2 x 2, 2 x 3.

One of the best crack lines I've been on! Incredible area with some striking lines, cheers to Jac for showing us! Cruisy jams, classic sandstone cheese grater jamming.

Some bloke said I’d never flash 5.11 on gear. My fragile ego couldn’t handle that

What a stunning location. Amazing acoustics for grovelling up such an epic route too.

FFA. Tried ground up first free ascent but figured out real quick it was safer to clean up few loose chockstones and dirt. Subsequent ascent was FFA of the short version to where a dramatic increasing angle, width and associated difficulty appeared. Again, I always thought Disbelief should not be a proper climb and recorded as such but it's obvious now with increased popularity that the short version of Beyond Belief lives.

Such a sick sick line!!! Couldn't believe this fucking cave!! To get the full send on the 28 would be sick, and the great divide looks awesome!!! First burn my left tape glove ripped off so I barebacked the last cruxy moves after ripping the glove off. Fucked the onsight due to fluffy errors but got second shot, right to the last jam. Pissed out so much blood on the route near the top. Can't believe the overhanging fist jams at the top !!! MEGA!!!!

Last time I thought Supercrack was better and wasn't in a hurry to return. Happy I did - this actually ROCKS!!

Clean repeat, gear was in. This time kept going.

Stoked to put down one of my dream lines. What an absolute masterpiece of a crack!

The send is a little bittersweet as I came off right at the chains on the onsight when going to the final hand jam… I gave it my all (zero warmup) but didn’t quite nail it 🤷‍♂️

I was so flash pumped from jamming I couldn’t open or close my hands for 5 minutes.

The pink point burn was absolute flow and went down quickly. It sounds a little silly but a pink point doesn’t quite feel respectful to the climb, will need to come back for a redpoint 😅

1 lap for a warmup and then a comfy pink point. Trying to link Disbelief into Birth Canal turns out to be fiercely pumpy.

Getting cleaner and cleaner.

Cruise.

Brilliant, so satisfying to get off a climb absolutely exhausted. Even managed to squeek out a few Matthew Robbins inspired power screams. Would love to get back out there for a crack at Beyond!

Chill warmup dog to get to the real business of the day.

Warm up dog to get to the business of the day.

I had a spare day over the Easter weekend after the crew disbanded so decided to do some recon on dream projects. Having seen pictures of Disbelief Cave pop up over the years, I knew I had to see Disbelief and Beyond Belief in person.

Hooooly... But pictures simply do not do this place justice! As a self-identified crack climber, this is, for me personally, probably the single most inspiring line I've seen. Mind absolutely blown, Disbelief/Beyond Belief are the perfect names. Can't wait for the day to get the chance to tie in for this.