Ascents climbed between 2012-01-01 and 2012-12-31 as various tick types by PattyD

F u bursitis!

More interesting way to start Prometheus I. Guess at date.

Aid effiency practice... 22mins ground to ground going to chains on right. 10 mins faster than previous attempt!

First real climb since shoulder injury. Easing back into it very slowly.

Aid efficiency practice... 32mins ground to ground going to chains to the right.

More clean aid practice.

Shoulder still no good, so getting some aid practice. First trad aid lead. Went well up to the deep corner, then got awkward. Rhythm was reasonable but still very slow. Aid grading is probably C1, there is so much bomber gear you're spoilt for choice.

First "climb" since the shoulder injury. Climbing is pretty ordinary because it is a lot of bush bashing through ledges interspaced with sections of easy but very poorly protected climbing. But it is still a really fun choose your own adventure style climb. We knew where it started and where it ended, the rest we worked out by climbing upwards!

Awesome! Leading the start of P3 is exciting! Led 1, 3, 4 and 5. Rob led 2. Gear required: #1 C4 top pitch 3. Single set C4 #0.3 to #2 and set BD stoppers on pitch 5. Rest is bolts. Rapped the route with 100m half rope (50m rappels) in three pitches, only just managing to link 4 and 5 with rope stretch. Linked 1 and 2 easy. Grade is a stiff 17 and pretty consistent the whole way except P5 at about 14.

Fully bolted, 8 hangars, no chains at top, must top out and belay second up to clear the gear. A little bit sandy but I enjoyed it in a masochistic kind of way.

Better then you'd expect looking from the bottom... not too much bush bashing at all.

Cleaning the gear.

Really fun climb, only gets the 21 grade for the overhang. Should have onsited it but missed the pocket over the lip on first attempt, went easily second go.

Warm up.

Easy lap.

Cleaning the gear.

Rope up for friend.

Cleaning the gear.

Great warm up, really fun climb.

Led well by Murray and seconded terribly by me... I've got to get stronger to climb relentless walls like this. Absolute fantastic climbing though and in such an amazing position.

I dogged my way up from the bolt on the headwall but I still loved it. Classic climb and deserves three stars. Just when you think it's all over, you're in for another round...

This deserves extra difficulty grading just for the confidence you need to pull on those scary thin bits of rock!

Short but good fun.

Think I've got the crux sussed now. Still bloody hard!

Interesting climb, feels harder than the grade but once you get the moves it is pretty straightforward.

Easy warm up lead.

Typical Frog 16 and bloody hard, lucky I did not look at it before I committed to leading it... that first 15m is very thin and very exciting! Had to sit back on the gear a couple of times. I was so relieved to get my hand onto the jug at the top of the first crack. Not sure why it is listed as run out, there is gear everywhere. The rest of the climb is ordinary, but it does end up at one of the best belays at frog. This is one of those routes that reminds me why I climb, what a great day.

Awesome route, well lead by Murray. Would not want to do this without a big cam (#5 C4?) to protect that overhang at the start.

A #4 C4 makes this a lot easier! Glad to have ticked this after last trips micro epic. The upper crack is great, perfect fist size for me.

Murray's lead, glad about that too, the gear seemed a bit fiddly, it was fun to second though.

Seemed a lot easier that when I first did it 6 months ago, some improvements in crack climbing technique have helped.

First climb of the day, seconding Murray. Tough for me, my hands don't fit in the crack!

Ran into a friend with a rope up it so I went for a lap. Really easy when you're not thinking about the huge lead run outs.

Crux is hard! I was pumped at the chains and took a fall after getting into an awkward position. Annoyed not to get the onsight.

Can you say super run out? Second bolt is twice as high as the first, WTF? Funny, I thought I read it was an well protected sports route... no lower off either... maybe I was not on what I thought I was.

Same old easy KP route.

Cleaning the gear

Cleaning the gear

Cleaning the gear.

Super easy but fun

Easy arvo at the cliffs

Felt good to right up to the fourth bolt then relaxed and made a mess of the moves up the overhang onto the table. Had to hang on the fourth and think about it before moving on.

Warm up. Bit stressfull up top at night without a headtorch... thrashing around in the sand trying to find a hold by feel.

Cleaning the gear...

Grabbed the draw when I had an 'oh shit' moment at the overhang, damn. fun climb.

Interesting moves up the ridge, don't use the back rail, that's cheating

Big heal hooking fun!

I don't know how you do this if you're short! Pretty hard for an 18 but so much fun with slab, finger jams and big layback climbing crammed into it's relativly short length. I'm glad Mick had the cojones to lead it

3rd ascent of this great new route, one scary moment when a "handhold" broke off 3m above previous bolt not far from top. The start is probably closer to a grade 20-21 move.

Looks ok from the ground, not so good when you're in it

First climb of the Beulah Rock Festivus

Seconded first pitch, lead second. Damn that chimeny is tight!

So apparently I did this all wrong the first time round... stay out of the chimney to the left!

Nice easy trad route with good protection, we went on to complete blabbermouth proper.

Great route, good rock, nice mix of trad/sport and plenty of air. I led 1, 3, 5 and 7, Ian made short work of 2, 4, 6. Variant start is a great trad route in its own right. We went off route at top of pitch 2 and ended up on El Schorcho (21). No wonder it seemed like a very hard 16! At the third bolt I and traversed right to the right line. Pitches 4-7 are pretty chilled after the first three. I soloed the last pitch which goes at grade 10.

Another run up it on TR this time. Fun climb.