Ascents as various tick types as sport by Kurt Doherty

Decent climbing. First pitch was pretty straightforward for the grade, everything else was pretty casual scrambling. So good to get outdoors and top out Tibro. Was pretty hot, but cloud cover and a good wind kept things sane. We simul-climbed from the midway rap anchor of pitch 2 to the top. About an hour on the wall. Descended via caves route to cave 1 then rapped down Zeitgeist.

Gear back on for Matt. Tough little crux on this one; I used hard beta but worked out something better on the way down that Matt used to send.

TR up for Mum and Dad. Mum sat once on her first go, Dad flashed it on lead, then mum sent it on TR.

End of day send. Almost came off turning the lip, then again above the second last bolt. Blew another big chunk underfoot that almost hit Jack. Much pump, many screams, lots of choss. Great movement, but never again. [3]

Second bolt to the lip of the cave was great. Spacing between first and second was a bit yuck and some chossy rock at the start. Anchor bolts are too close together too. Probably not the worst route here, but definitely not the best.

Okay chimney-ing to a steep little crux.

Just enough in the tank to pull through. Had to climb fast though. Great punchy climbing! I really rate this and Waterline. Thanks Ross! [2]

Easy done this time. Great wall climbing. I take back what I previously said about the anchor placement...it's fine, I just wasn't using a good sequence to equip/clip them. With the anchor clip sorted, this feels on par with some of the vert 24s I’ve done recently. [5]

Warm up and TR setup for Mum. She did outstanding on this. Smashed out the slab start in good style, then proceeded to crank through the steep terrain to the start of the cracked face. She had to sit here and at the next two bolts, but once through the step-over, she cruised to the anchors! So good!

Only just. Was working pretty hard from the fourth on. Thought the broken hold was going to make it more awkward/difficult, but didn’t seem to make too much difference.

After Matt's send. Dad did really well on TR too. This really is an excellent route. Was pouring rain when Matt got down, so I just went up on TR to get the gear off fast.

P1 only. Failed to read the route description properly and thought there was a midway belay that Mum and Dad could top-rope on. No bueno! Went up after Matt to clean the gear. In hindsight, I should have given P2 an attempt, but I wasn't warm at all and I wanted to get the others on different routes.

Cleaning gear after Matt's onsight.

After Matt. Dad had one sit on this on TR.

Warming up after Matt. Dad sent this on TR after warming up on Snake Charmer.

Warm up and gear on for Matt. He sent!

Had lunch and a long break after Jack's send to make sure I felt good enough to go again. Cruised all of it and got to the anchors feeling nicely warmed up... Overall, I think this is 24; lots of jugs and kneebars and overall quite short. Initial roof may be hard for shorties though. [3]

TR up for Dad. He managed a clean ascent! Super good to see after being off rock for a while.

TR up for Dad. He did well; found moving above the first bolt a touch hard, but worked a sequence out then went from there to the chains.

Some interesting movement in sections. Holds I used felt surprisingly solid despite looking like dried mud. Definitely some recent breaks, so I wonder if it's harder now. The way I climbed the start, I'd suggest 17, but I didn't bother looking for an easier sequence when I lowered off, so could just be due to poor choices during the onsight. Will be interesting to see how this route evolves...

Was blowing up on this. Combination of the route being much more consistent than I expected and reading things a bit poorly. Should be pretty good when it cleans up more. 21 felt right for my onsight, but could be 20 if climb more intelligently

Warm up. Gear on Darklight for Matt on the way down.

Climbed the start really well, but forgot to take draws (sigh), so had to come down. Climbing back up with draws, I pulled off decent chunk of rock that almost hit Matt Managed to stay on and had no issues getting through to the anchors. Fun climbing, but not as nice as others round here. On the soft side [3]

Warm up and cleaning gear.

Cleaning gear.

Gear on and warm up.

Cleaning gear after Matt's attempts. Really do enjoy this one.

Surprisingly good. Climbs really well, with a stiff little start. Felt like an onsight, but had seen others on it before.

Cleaning gear.

After Matt's onsight. Around the 17/18 mark.

Warm up

Boom! Was really only expecting to link to the dead point, but managed to execute that perfectly and found myself below the head wall. Managed to just scrape through the final hard move and clipped the chains. Solid and really good value for the grade. Another great line Tom Reid! One of my favourites here. [3]

Warm up. Clipped across to Metamorphosis on the way down and extended the last bolt and dead point bolt so I can clip them early.

Draws were on. Not as valuable as a linkup when compared to Asymptomatic, but a fun variation to Darklight nonetheless. [1]

Warm up and gear on for Matt.

It's a little forced, but I really enjoyed going through Darklight's hard start before frothing through YH's on more tired arms. Feels like a lot of climbing and makes the route more difficult overall, despite the restful middle. Stoked to get this on the same day as the send of YH. Had to put up a huge fight to get through YH's crux and not fall going to the anchors. I think YH is already borderline 25, so suggesting this is 25 just because of the harder start. Interested to hear what others think (if anyone bothers with this link) [1]

Woo! Helps when you're fresh. Quite a punishing crux sequence. Borderline 25? [6]

Warm up. Didn't have to sit this time. Maybe some fitness is coming back.

Good fun. Cleaning gear after Matt just missed the onsight and didn’t have enough in the tank to get it second shot.

More warming up. Matt put the gear on. TR up for mum and dad

Warm up. Matt put the gear on. TR up for mum and dad

Surprise send. Somehow managed to piece it all together, finding some better beta for the start as I climbed. Middle section went easily and soaked up the rest before the steep finish. The rests definitely help keep this in the 23 territory. [2]

Climbed really well; finish felt easy (no idea why I got so spooked by it last session). Feels a grade easier than COVID-22. I think it's a worthwhile (and obvious link-up) and should present as really good warm up option. [2]

Cleaning gear after Matt's cuisy redpoint, and Mum and Dad's TR attempts. They both did really well, doing most of the moves with just a few rests! So good to see them have a strong session on the rope!

Cleaning gear after Matt's confident onsight. Really quite good for KP. We pre-clipped the first when lowering off Halva.

TR up for Mum and Dad. Mum got a new hight point, climbing to the start of the crux without sitting. One sit there, then through to the mantle. A few attempts there and she unlocked the sequence and went on to the chains. Awesome effort. Dad had a good fight on this one too managing a clean send on TR.

Cleaning gear after Matt's onsight and Dad's flash. Some reasonably interesting sections on this one.

TR up for mum and dad. Mum sent without taking a sit! So good.

Epic send train with Jack when neither of us thought we'd survive the pump. I barely did. So good!

Matt's beta was key for me on this one. Worked a treat. Fun crux with an enjoyable slab at the start. [3]

Arrived at KP to drizzling rain. Looked like it was going to burn off so jumped on this. Some wet holds, but largely dry. Rain unfortunately stuck around so had to pack up and head home. Mum and Dad both did well on this on TR despite everything becoming more wet by the minute.

Warm up. Worked out better beta for crux than what I used for the onsight last time; feels like it could be 18 to me.

Tricky crux into some great jug hauling to a great position at the top of the pillar.