Ascents as various tick types by Gareth Llewellin

Better defined than it’s neighbours. Feels less squeezed.

Somehow I’d never done this before. One move

3m are classic

Always good

Had done this one for ages

with Steve

with Steve

with Steve

with Steve. Worth doing. Nice rock

Great climbing. A little bit heady off the couch especially with brand new shoes. Why has it taken me so to do this route? I climbed Simpleton 25 years ago!

The start had smaller holds than I though but they were closer together than I thought.

Steeper than it looks at the top

I missed something and it seemed tricky.

Over pretty quickly but worth doing

Discontinuous but climbs pretty well.

Surely i've done this before and not recorded it.

Great little wall this one. Super smeggy/sauna day. Nice to tick even with bad conditions. The gear is all there but not straightforward, either to see or place.

Somehow I'd never done these ones!

Onsight solo. Haha! Funny that's a tick option now. Down the gorge.

Thought I was going to fall off this when I missed some holds haha! I also somehow missed a clip. I even already had a draw on it!

Really good but unfortunately eases off in the top half. 7 or 8 move sequence on nicely featured rock.

Seems a litttle contrived here and there. If it was the only route in the area it'd be popular and clean! The rock is good.

I got 5 rp's in on the lower wall (including a #0 that Mark happened to have on his rack). Surely one of them would've held. The middle section of this is quite nice but not long enough and then there's the dodgy block.

The second and third pitch are quite good, better than the first pitch I think. Rough idea of pitch grades P1 17 one stand up move at the bolt P2 18 P3 16

Steep on mostly good jugs but not that long.

Interesting climbing. Easier and better than it looks and it looks pretty good to start with!

Great rock but not super consistent. Easy jugs, one hard move and then slightly awkward groove bit. The position on this wall is magic. Would be super popular if it was closer to the car or ground.

I might've done this twenty years ago but don't remember. Great climbing.

Three good sections. The slabby crux is fun. Well protected if you look for it.

Tricky to figure out. Went pretty easily on the second go. There is a good cam under the roof. It's a bit tricky to see exactly where but it's a #1 camalot about 1m right of the "tooth" flake. It's also a bit perplexing figuring out where to go over the lip of the roof. Good route altogether. Great rock apart from the one flake under the roof which probably won't go anywhere.

A couple of good grunts through the steep bit. The headwall is good I thought. Slightly overhanging and keeps going

Double ropes are great on this! Ran it out between the bolts. It would be a long but ok fall.

A couple of racey but well protected bits. Really good. You could link 2 and 3 but probably better to link 3 and 4.

I went too far right trying to avoid Fish Disco the first time. Got it second go. You actually climb left of the crux bolt, over near the bolt on Fish Disco. A couple of thin pulls at the crux, very hard for 22. The next section after the bolt has thin and fiddly gear (1 and 2 RPs) and feels a bit committing.

A much friendlier alternative finish to BaL.

Committing up the last 5m. You definitely want a 0.4 or 0.3 camalot size piece after the crux to get you to the anchor. You might not break your leg but it probably wouldn't be fun to fall off. You can get down with a single 60 if you do a short rap leftwards to GB's anchor then a second rap from there. You might reach from the top anchor on stretch (we didn't try).

Got down with a 60 just.

nice climbing. Feels a little run out.

I was sure I'd done this before but now I'm not sure. Steep but a bit short. I stayed left after the ledge and went direct up the little wall to finish.

Light on gear but nice climbing.

Great (cold) day! Really good pitches until the last rambly bit which is still ok. Relatively un-epic for the black.