Ascents in Arapiles as various tick types by Ben Hanley

First shot hanging the draws in the first half for grace. Second shot came off at the crux moves above the 3rd bolt. Third shot linked the route on Grace's gear for the top section.

Challenging thin climbing in the bottom half to a great rest at halfway, where you can build an absolute nest of cams, to easier climbing above.

Tricky start to easier climbing and better gear above.

Didn't want to try the jump, but thankfully could place several pieces of gear from the ground before pulling on to the harder start. Tricky sustained climbing with a good rest at halfway.

Two shots on top rope, second time clean. Very easy to set up an anchor and rappel in from above. The start was quite tough and looked like it would be challenging to protect well.

Flailed around on the crux moves on my first go, trying to work it all out again. Went second go. Total 6 shots across two trips.

Good climbing and gear the whole way. The old rape and tat anchor at the top leaves a little to be desired.

A great route that climbs rather differently than how you would expect looking at it from the ground. Good gear and big jugs if you look for them.

Was meant to be a quick outing for a rest day morning. Ended up taking several hours and mostly sitting in the cold shivering. Some good climbing, but definitely should not have linked the last two pitches as the rope drag was horrendous.

Climbed to set up a tip rope for grace on debutantes. Kinda committing getting established on the right wall. Good gear.

Much better when you know the beta and where to chuck in your gear.

A massively underrated route I reckon. Looks kinda terrible from the ground but it climbs really well, with the exception of a short thrutchy section in the middle. Can get away without any big gear.

Great movement on nice holds. The gear gets a bit spaced up high, but seems pretty solid.

Felt more comfortable knowing the beta

Fun movement on mostly good gear, a little run out through the middle

Some nice moves on rock not very typical of Arapiles.

Couldn't quite relax enough to enjoy this one. Good gear.

First route of the trip. Feeling a bit shaky after 2 weeks not climbing.

Lead as a single pitch, and safe to say this is a mega classic! Well protected the whole way except for the final few metres, but there is bomber gear beforehand.

tricky moves to start (although much easier when taller) leading to enjoyable juggy climbing above.

great first pitch, but the traverse and then grovelly chimney of the second pitch took away from the enjoyment of the route. Also don't really know how it took us 4 hours....

enjoyable face climbing.

Great climbing through interesting terrain. Jamming is a required skill for the initial crack, with fun moves through the overhangs higher up.

Haven't had much experience with traversing so this felt pretty gripping. We got a bit lost on the second pitch and ended up following second coming up to its achor after the mantleshelf instead of traverse further right. Rapped small distance back to start of P3 and then finished as planned.

Some comitting moves but well protected throughout.

some pretty outrageous moves for the grade, particularly at the end of P1. Felt the first pitch left a bit to be desired in terms of protection prior to the hard moved. Second pitch very enjoyable juggy climbing.

pretty spicy for the grade. Mostly decent gear, but often quite spaced out. Even after having rapped down it beforehand while descending from Thunder Crack and checking out some of the gear, it still felt pretty stiff.

the bottom crux took me a bit of time to commit to, and after that was a well protected mi of jamming and stemming. Classic route!

retro-onsight. several technical cruxes separated by good resting stances. what a classy route! some jamming skills required.

enjoyable climbing, but the greasiness (or maybe just my sweatiness) of the crack took away a bit from my enjoyment of it.

amazing exposure for the grade. The traverse on P2 was epic, a lot easier to start with than expected, with come comitting moves to finish it. Found several nuts stuck by the last party through, freed by the contracting rock overnight.

good fun. enjoyable moves through the roof up high. done as single pitch.

great climbing through the flake systems, trying to get used to arapiles rock and pro again. Pitch one only.

interesting climbing on this holds with small, but very good gear. I was glad i decided to take all the small cams i had.

engaging first pitch following the crack system. Getting started on P2 through the roof was definitely a challenge, apparently its easier if you're short.

easy route to finish off the day.

was not very relaxed while climbing and did not enjoy it as much as i should have given the quality of the route and moves

felt a lot more relaxed going for this one. some fiddly gear in sections, but overall great climbing.

to get to tannin/wraith

easy start to an interesting traverse in the middle. good pro

lots of walking without a whole bunch of climbing. The roof on the final pitch was awesome though.