Ascents as sport by Doug

Still beating the rain with Matt. Jugalicious.

Finally paid a climbing visit. Stitches didn't rip. Beat the rain with Matt

Plenty of options. Roof is not worth the effort.

Burly from go to wo. Not the warmup.

Pumpy top, still a bit iffy down low as a sport route.

Leg breaker as a sport route, maybe cams will make it sane? Went right past last bolt up obvious, preferred sidepulls to end up in DiD. Loved the super delicate pebble pinches, but not the thought of helicopter rescue.

Lots of classy climbing to heartbreak. Start from the ground. Tree is a bit of a problem post fires with new shoots.

Packs a lot in a little space. From near flash to flogged.

Pumpy powerful climbing. So weak. Prob needs a grade or two. Spoilt a little by sandy start.

Awesome climbing but hard and not a warmup in my current state. Bolts are tricky to clip. Grade is somewhere between 19-22.

Way better than it looks.

One move.

Packs a punch from the ground to the chains. So much funkiness.

Blind slap. All a bit meh.

Varied slabbing

Delicate slabbing

nice little holds.

Engaging from the ground

This is so much better than I remembered. Finessed from go to wo, with nary a pull. So nice without the pump.

It was always soft for 24. Pretty engaging bottom, burly getting off the ramp to the first crimp like I remembered, and then a ladder to the top with so many fantastically positive holds. Way better than I remembered. Some wonderful, how am I still on burns.

Really happy to get up first go putting draws on. Crux draw actually felt easy to get on - hooray for rings. Should def put it on from above. Such wonderful climbing. Benchmark old-skool 22.

Much nicer than I remembered. Long, quality sustained climbing.

Exemplary older style climb. Nice engaging sections to keep interest piqued to the top. Old-skool 21, modern 22.

Not the best warmup. Really nice climbing and sustained start, even once you've found the right holds.

Too short to be classic but it does cram the good stuff in. Better than I remembered. 20 years gets me deja-flash, but geez we musta got strong fingers faffing with carrots. 22 for old times sake.

Beautiful and surprisingly insecure.

Classic line. Always fun.

Not as nice as it's neighbours. FUn 3-d start. Insecure intro to the crux gives it the spice.

Big boulder problem move, easier if you're tall. Really fun slab. Probably 23.

Interesting climbing and cool crux. Lots of intermediates and a kneebar mean you'd have to be pretty short to not reach.

Very classy climbing

Tasty.

Super fun and not as gnarly as it looks, but with a sting. Calf cramp! Still scratching the surface 30 years later.

Bwahaha, still pulling on draws.

Not a warmup. Piked onto McStagger. Probably onsighted last millennium.

Mid 90s. So good and just as sustained and even more improbable than I remembered.

First 29 I've failed to onsight.

25 years later and still crap. A pretty wall and nice start ruined by bolts trying to make a route that's not there and a crap, snatchy thin crux.

Pretty burly/tricky crux with blind feet.

Pretty rad n steep, true Nowra 17

A few nice moves.

Pretty steep for a slab

Why the hell are routes at Wastelands described right to left?! Explains why it felt hard for 20. Can confirm there is no devious undercling. Dyno seems nails. Start from ground to increase route length by 25%!

Rap it and brush it. Start moves are not the best warmup. Classy climbing bottom to top. Sydney to Gong with the Coledale DJ!

Fantastic. Pebble pulling didn't feel delicate today. Can't believe I OSd this and thought it was soft. Must be the extra covid pounds.

Nice boulder problem, but it has real potential to go bad.

Pretty cool for 11

Tree root and 0 cam for anchor! Then whipped on it a bunch for giggles. Surprisingly tech start into devious crux for the grade.

Nice long beginner route with obvious step around the bulge to knock a couple of grades off

Surprisingly insecure corner followed by airy juggy arete