Ascents as various tick types as aid by Paul Frothy Thomson

1.5 amazing pitches up the steep corner system, and lots of very average pitches. Sure, it's a soaring line, just one which contains much choss and doddle. A lot of the original bolts are in "exciting" condition. P1 - Onsight at 22M1, freeing the 2nd bolt ladder at 22. Lots of loose stuff, but the free-finale (after the first bolt ladder) is worthwhile. P2- Clean 2nd. Big loose flakes. Some exciting opening moves, then just lots of tenuous looseness. P3 - Onsight. Accidentally did a super-direct "new line" continuing above the "line" of the previous pitch through all the teetering jenga-blocks of death-shale to arrive directly at the base of the main corner. Ummm... hideous? P4 - 2nd Clean. The money pitch of the climb. Beautiful stemming and laybacking up a steep, fairly-clean corner. Almost a classic pitch. P5 - Great first half continuing up the corner, before it devolves to vegetation and muck. The finale was not enjoyable. we scrambled up a vertical garden to the right of the cave to escape.

Would be Mega Classic if not for the rubbish access pitch and the aid move off the belay of P2 (the first 6c pitch). Otherwise it is brilliant and varied on nearly immaculate rock, and quite demanding. The gnarly traverse and continuously hard P3 (6c), and the "improbably steep at the grade" P7 (6a), and classy groove-feature P8 (6a+) are the standouts. Onsight P1, P2, P3 (with an initial fall right off the belay when I thought I was off-route). P4, P5, and P7, clean 2nd P6 and P8. In alpine conditions with some snow on the ground.

Climbed the 22M1 version, leading all pitches. Very involved and complex at the grade, even the gr18 sections are tough, varied and super-exposed. I found the 2 x gr22 sequences tough at the grade, and the RP-protected corner was freaky and funky! The final chimney was wet which made for an exciting finale. Absolutely brilliant adventure!

5.10c C1+ graded based on what I onsighted (though attempted to free up to 5.11c). Managed to climb free heaps of the route, with some french-free, and only a few pitches of actual aid, over 2.5 days hauling 45kgs. Reached pitch 21 on the first day after battling past a swarm of clueless climbers clogging up the lower pitches. So much immaculate rock and climbing in a stunning position, and at relatively tame grades. A dream come true! Pulling 5.10c over 1000m clean air... INSPIRING!

Climbed this multi-day Big Wall route in a mega one-day push (car to car in 14 hours), made possible by attempting to freeclimb most of the pitches that are usually aided (I climbed 6 of 11 pitches free, all onsight to 5.10d... and together we only aided 3 pitches). I led (onsight) pitches 1, 2 & 3 (linked), 6, 8 and 9. A great moderately big Big wall, with great climbing on every pitch (except perhaps the last), and surprisingly enjoyable aid climbing. Great position.

My 1st bigwall. Done over 3 days. 2 hour approach hike, 300m of jumaaring fixed ropes to get to the climb, 900m of climbing over 19 pitches, and a 4 hour descent. Absolutely epic and physically taxing. The climbing is hard at the grade, loose, untraffic'd and sketchy, with moments of brilliance. I freed what I could up to 5.10c then aided the rest. Bivvied on a 1m wide rock ledge next to the void. Finished the last pitches in the dark, and back to the car at 0200hrs. Mega and masochistic.

My onsight ended going from the last crimp to the juggy break at the top, feeling sick from dehydration in the sun and utterly exhausted. With 45m of rope running from the ground it was some good airtime! The aid traverse at the start is hard work, but once the climbing begins its rock poetry. Good (varied) gear, amazing position, immaculate rock and brilliant face moves. The super-cruxy crimpy finale is a bit of a letdown (5m from the top). Got ropes snagged on abseil for a 40m prussik finale.

The bottom half is amazing, technical corner climbing on good holds in a stunning position. The top half is a dirty jug-haul. Still a classic. Polished!