Ascents climbed between 2022-00-00 and 2022-12-31 by Vanessa Wills having Trad CPR

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Rpt

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

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

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

Been on both halves before, a fantastic route.

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

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

Led p1, second P2, we did a direct finish to the right. Starts off mossy and not great, but then nice twin cracks and amazing moving to belay. The traverse is quite hard, then good steep moves up to top. Our rap ring and tape from last year at the station still looks good.

Really nice route. Because it’s hidden behind the annoying bush I will mention a #4 is handy. Did quite different approach to Dave due to reach at the start to get crack. Then quite sustained climbing but good stances for gear.

Nice climbing, when it feels like it’s getting hard reaching left seemed to work in a few spots

Not too bad for a sandstone crack

Rpt to get the slab brain in gear

FFA. Good crack followed by unlikely finish on interesting pockets

Really nice slab and super grippy rock. Not sure about lead on spaced bolts

Pretty easy up the start but needs rebolting urgently. Second bolt sticks out and third moves. Bolt plates also hard to fit, had to put on from underneath and twist each

Kind of a dark pink point, took a single rack to #5 after dave left some gear in especially to protect start.Hard start, but nice varied climbing

FFA. For technical crack lovers. I wanted to call it the Lube Tube, it was particularly slippery in the morning, but a sunset send by Dave in better but much hotter conditions was done. #4 very useful for the tricky tube bit.

FFA. Had spied this after our rope got stuck in a crack earlier and I had to jumar up. A really nice link up, with a tricky traverse made interesting by the buttress namesake making an appearance. Double ropes needed, but well protected.

FFA. Great exposure, and nice varied climbing. Hard to give a reliable opinion after the work involved putting it up, and walking in to do this and Dave’s route as a day trip. Again, the cracks were a bit damp in parts after a 50 mm rain event. Shady in the morning, gets some afternoon sun. Would go at 19A0.

Led up to crux ( again) but not sure what to do, go right or left, but with a bit of beta spray managed it on top rope. It’s all about a super high right foot cam. Oh well, it partially clears up the old dog….

Oops, I was meant to be warming up on Nativity. I thought the jugs were a bit small. The bottom half is good, just abseil off the rings.

Not that good, contrived, rather ugly bolts

Dogged it, chalked up all the holds then seconded to clean as darkness approached. Quite a lot of long moves and I elected to do the traverse to the top rack at foot level rather than dislocate my shoulder

Shame about the ledge at half height. Great climb in 2 parts. I actually found part 2 as bad as hard as part 1. Body to left and right foot on flake before going up with hands is note to self along with tape/ crack glove left hand….

The third pitch is stupendous classic climbing, though it’s easier than the first 2 feisty pitches which are also very good, but first pitch a little spoogy. Descent in 2 raps from above golden ticket to pinnacle then down with a 70 m rope gets you to ground

Rpt, half wet but dripping. The rest of the cliff to the right was like a watering can.

FFA. For a change I found this easier than Dave, the undercling traverse may suit the short.

Nice moves, but would be a bit of a scary onsight

The most comfortable I’ve felt on this

Rpt. Good climbing, though quite Sandy in places