Ascents in Cape Raoul as various tick types by Will Vidler

Kind of scary on the friable rock but generally not terrible.

A much nicer pitch than the previous one. Kind of tenuous start and then awesome easy cruising to the top with plenty of exposure.

An awesome adventure. I led the stegosaur pitch and got very lost trying to find the bolts. Located them eventually and pulled a bunch of rope through, putting my second on belay and thinking he was climbing but really the pitch was much shorter than we thought and because of the rope drag I had only pulled a small amount through, thinking the weight on the rope was him and so we were both sitting there for 10 minutes or so with each other on belay and no one climbing. this was eventually sorted out when Dave led through and had a chuckle at us. We then easily made our way to the pillars. All up it was a 15 hour day as a party of four moving at a fairly laconic pace. We fixed a bunch of ropes which sped things up but just generally had a great time out there.

An absolutely unbelievable pitch. So much fun in such a wild location. Basically soloed up the first pitch (one piece of gear in case I fell and pulled Harry off) and then belayed Harry on the money in crazy wind. I was a bit nervous sitting at the base of such a classic route and watching Harry fly up it but as soon as my turn came and I pulled on it was so mind-blowingly good that I just felt like I was pulling grade 16 up there. The arête is an ever present jug that just doesn't want you to fall off and all the other flakes and foot holds are so perfectly positioned as to propel you up the wall. An unreal experience cruising easy moves up a pillar of that size. Get on it!!

Led this as one giant pitch from the ground to the top which resulted in hilariously horrific rope drag on the final section. Not as good as Pole Dancer but still a great route and topping out the other pillar is super rad too. If you are you mega-pitch-mega-rope-drag enthusiast definitely climb it from the ground for the full experience.