Ascents as sport by Ben Vincent

What a beauty. Skippy has outdone himself here. A fine line with plenty of interest. Plenty of prawning action and forgot to unclip my first draw. But the psych was high. Another Fortress classic!

After a few failed starts I tried something new and got going. A really surprising route that has a bit of everything. Classic find Skippy!

Wow, what a route. Three distinct sections of different styles. I was trying pretty hard for the onsight and went home with a dog. Spent an age chalking up a spoogey key hold and gave it my best. Great job Skippy, an instant Gara Classic

Fun climbing with a punchy start. The challenge set is to establish a direct start and eliminate the current 2m rest from the ground.

A little more prepped than it’s neighbour. Classic Gara crimps with a fun finish!

Love the start sequence

A funky number!

A real gem. Gets going from the get-go.

Sick. Can’t believe it took me so long to get on this!

Got this clean on TR but was initially reluctant to unclip my only directional draw to top out. Did so anyway after a wee pause. Gonna be another quality route at the Runway

A short but really good unsuspecting independent climb with three distinct sections in the coolest of places.

Awesome climbing and a thought provoking crux

Amazing. Love a bit of 3D climbing!

this just kept on going. Some tricky moves up around the arete for the grade. Very nice!

A really nice line

short but excellent climbing

very nice!

I see Skippy mentioned 'Prawn'....haha, classic! I think he's referring to our bouldering stamina!

My first route at Mt. Alexandra. Very nice!

Nice corner variant

Great climbing and excellent crux sequence that had me properly stumped for a few shots. Got there in the end and it was well worth it.

Believe the hype. A stellar line in an unsuspecting but stunning location. A gara classic. Nice job fellas.

More limestone joy.

Pumped out on this one towards the top. Endurance aint what it used to be. Wonderful thought provoking climbing.

Amazing features, incredible rock. My first roped route on limestone and here at Landro

Very good route with a bouldery start. Couldn't possibly be 6b+ though, more likely 7a+. Would be a nice one to come back to. A nice technical finish at the top of the slab too!

phwoah! Got to the arete clean and fumbled around here for an age learning moves and milking the rest. Threw for it and ended up dangling. Another class Coffs route.

A tough, spacey 20. Was cool to have Arty on-hand to shout us up it.

..but then I remebered this thinig was here and so we had to have a burn. clean until the last clip and then pumped out again.

Benji's very first Coffs line.

Pretty sure it's been 8 years since Al first coaxed me up this thing. Since then I'd come close a few times and got shut down on various other occassions. It was a very sweet moment to finally get up this thing. Second shot of the day - YEEEEWWW!

It was all going so well and then my forearms decided they'd had enough for the day...This thing is high quality!

Guessing at the grade. I don't know if this felt hard because it was sharp or felt sharp because it was hard...either way it was freakin sweet!

Hardest 21 at Gara. Did Carol grade this? I reckon its a 23 at least and possibly 24. 21 pffft! A scenic and exposed very cool climb on small crimpers. Classic Gara at it's best. Will have to come back and work it for a clean send.

Such a different style to the stuff we were doing earlier in the day.

Impressive to see Alex get up this after 2 years of no climbig

An epically good day out. Got down early and gave ourselves time to take it all in. P1. Very good, straight into the crimping. P2. Classic, solid and very memorable start. P3. Mega Classic, quite sustained and the highlight pitch for me (but for the record they’re all sick). P4. Classic, very airy, exposed and nice to see some sun. P5. Classic, this thing just keeps on giving. (Solid effort Mitchy!). P6. Very good, some fun moves to finish it all off (but well short of the suggested 20m). Great ring placements throughout. Thanks again Blueys!!

A good granitey number