Ascents of Sordid Orchids Direct

Stumped by the little mingers on the crux...

Someone needs to put a double bolt belay on this route. However it is a fun consumer route.

26th 26! =)

Not much harder than SO P1, but feels twice as long and adds some really cool moves! (2nd shot)

EOD attempt. .. would be a classic in the Blueys. Not as much a crimpfest as the description might lead you to think. Damn, Monty, this aint no softie at the grade! Tough (and scary) all-gear start on tiny wires up a fused frictionless flake culminating in an exciting runout to the first bolt (above good gear). Then very hard and complex sequences between super-juggy holds, all the way to the top. I used a total of 4 crimpy crimps on this pitch, the rest was rad taipan-esque climbing.