Ascents climbed between 2021-00-00 and 2030-12-31 by Vanessa Wills having Trad CPR

Hadn’t really looked at guide. Great moves to a literal nails crux but I think I could do it, though I was doing a karate kick to the right after matching on the thin rail. Sticking the thin rail was the only move I didn’t do.

Got to half way mantle clean and almost got through it it, then easy to the crimp crux and faded on the top third again.

P2 and3 , got through the first half of P2 to the mantle, then faded towards end. P3 start is dire, then gnarly finger crack that will be tricky on lead

FFA. Unless someone else wants to claim it, spotted this line last year, it took way too much skin and climbing days (3) but finally got the 3 sequences linked(success rate after figuring out the moves 70% first, 20% second, 30% third). Not that keen on having an accident on Flinders, so led it with 3 bits of gear- red C3, small wire, purple C3 and one more red C3 to top out.

Well the start and end were good, suspect some rope assistance through the low crux and the upper one needed more work. Spent some time brushing someone else’s excessive chalk and tick marks- lest anyone think it was us, but it needs a good shower to clean it off. Will have to get fitter and return

FFA. Great slab moves, through a Rooflet, a slab Dyno and then a nice finger crack.

FFA. Dave and I had quite different beta, esp for the top. Reachy but possible.

Apart from the start, a nice route but with spaced bolting post crux when you are getting pumped

great day with some stunning climbing. Had a rest on P2 . Thought the route could be renamed chalk is cheap given the excess! Back to the van before the rain

Not as good as the original, the traverse right to join BB is best done quickly on a low spooge day

FFA. Team FFA, amazing what a bit less humidity can do. Interesting to compare our sequences which were quite different, especially on the left traverse. Worth the long walk from killiecrankie instead of Docks forachange

Maybe only 24, but we weren’t placing gear on lead. Great fun. A direct start looks possible which would definitely be 25. Well protected but could feel fiddly on an onsight attempt.

Led pitches 1,3,5 all clean. P2 clean. The crux pitch, did all moves free but needed a few ( quite a few) rests. The God of death, that’s how you feel after doing the 45 m overhanging hand crack. Mega classic.

Gave the rebolt a whirl. A 0.75 needed above last bolt. One of the easier 24 s at MF, nice moves. The direct start awaits.

Hasn’t had much traffic lately

I am pretty sure I belayed the FA of this a decade ago and declined to do it due to skin and reach. I was obviously more sensible back then. Everything today felt quite spoogy. This took a few more goes than it should have for the first 4 metres. I just kept sliding off the hold at the end of the crux next to the wire placement. It’s really a direct start to Psalm 69

FFA. Grade from the exit traverse, though good moves from the start. The linking traverse done low is kinder IMO having done them both, as the gear post traverse feels better. But the upper line is good too.

Had to redeem myself for the slip on Fin crack

Pleasant, nice face climbing.

Second go today, put some gear in, managed to hang on despite muffing sequence

It’s a link up, but a good one that does the best bit of the crack and avoids the vegetation.

Double ropes, placed all the gear on lead, I did suss the #3 RP placements before hand, but had to problem solve a fair bit due to the fact that the gear fills some of the better holds. Quite pleased, there’s a few run outs and some of the gear placements are fairly blind, now I can just enjoy top roping it in future!

2 sits, better friction than last week. Worth it to get john Wilde back in the saddle

Rpt to clean. 2 snakes visible but neither impacting the route. Required a few rests, was hot in the sun.

A couple of rests remembering the sequence post footer breakage

Nice but suffered from being climbed on when wet a couple of days ago.

A bit tired and sore skin and shoulder after 2 days at Nowra, but cleaning the house can only take up so much time. Fell off a few things due to not concentrating on sequence. Pretty cold and windy.

Lead it with a couple of falls, then top roped a couple of times. Can do it clean with my umbilicus at first bolt, but starting off the ladder is a touch too low for me to get established and very finger skin destroying so it wasn’t worth more time. Lovely moves on flakes and lots of gear. Generously bolted.

Waiting for the water streaks on the main wall to dry up. The bolt on the new project makes cams almost redundant. We used a 0.5

Thanks to whomever put in the new anchors since I was last here. This I think is my favourite route in the gorge. Got here a bit late, and it was damn hot, so had a single go to reacquaint myself, with one slip on the lower part, then time to go packrafting the Gorge!

I had to divert back into holiday after falling off the thin finger crux to make upward progress then moved right again. The stalactite feature was amazing but vibrates.

Painful and not appealing

To sort bolt placements. Rebolted.

This felt pretty easy even in a post viral fog. Pitch 1 only

Rpt

Exploring options for a rebolt. Nice climbing, shame about the rock. Second go after a bit= a lot of brushing.

Just lovely. The boulder start looks tricky to protect, maybe a wire on a stick. When we got there a woman was trying and did it on top rope and was in raptures which was great to see which convinced us to try. Took a couple of goes to sort short person starting beta, then hung on all the way up the crack.

Pretty hot in the afternoon sun, called it a day

Having seconded this a long time ago cleanly, I didn’t give it proper respect and botched the hand sequence on the Alzheimers OS attempt. Then got rained on twice,though fortunately the lower part of the route stayed mostly dry

Led P1, it is really nice once you get to the actual start. P2 has 2 vegetated ramps that detract, and difficult to create top belay, especially if you are on a 60 m rope. I had to simulclimb about 3 m to give Dave enough.

Led P2. P1 and 2 are really nice. P3 a bit average with some suspect rock.

Another great tricky and technical stemming route. Finishes at second sharks Fin belay via hand crack. Starts level with SF start at single bolt, where Zorro heads right. Linking Zorro start into this is an awesome 45 m route

Tried more layback on first go which was possible but very strenuous and then more conventional jamming second go. Nice to be back on rock after 3 weeks off.

We had to leave before we led this. Climbs quite nicely

Been on both halves before, a fantastic route.

3 laps, two of them clean. The plan was to improve the style but the 3 snakes 2 m below the anchor in the horizontal crack, and the fact I forgot the wires, and the unforecast shower were the excuses not to lead it today

FFA. If it wasn't for the start it would be classic, still damn good, amazing rock, and solid lead by Dave

Rpt, didn’t have wires with us. Fun route.

A quick lap, in borrowed shoes. Pretty thin

About 4 grades easier than claw. Lots of gear. Nice enough.

Did this in 2011 with Monty and Nick

Had forgotten pretty much everything from a couple of years ago, but managed it second shot today. Worth a lead this trip. A bit of a hidden gem