Ascents of Gerontian

The second pitch would have been less stressful if I had carried larger cams!

Linked all pitches

Linked all 3 pitches (which I don’t recommend). Loved the layback pitch.

Done in one long pitch. Some perfect laybacking and funky moves over the bulge

Such a cool climb...

Originally led P1 & 2, Seconded P3 with Ramon2 8/04/02. Awesome 17

Classic goodness! Had a lot of fun busting my freckle on this 17! Done in two pitches.

Linked the first and second pitch and then did the third. Super old school fun!

Fantastic 2nd pitch, mega exposure 3rd. Great.

Very cool moves!

Fun climb. p1 led by me. No surprises here. Good warm-up for what comes next. p2 led by Michael. Crack was fun, but we didn't see a 17 here, more a 16. p3 led by me. Tricky to find hands after the bulge. Ended up bellyflopping onto the bulge and then take it from there. We both sat in the rope on p2 and p3.

Linked P1+2 - not advised if you want to stay safe. 2nded p3.

Great climbing!

Such a fun day out. Only climbers at the crag and trained it up on one rope. Plenty of Space on the ledges for all of us. Happiness is best when shared, a real highlight of the trip! Excellent Climbing! Leads: Stan p1, Rachel p2, Will p3

hard

you really want the #4 and #5 camelot!

Good. Don't remember doing it at all. 20 years between drinks = onsight I reckon.

Really nice corner on the first pitch. I thrashed around getting over the bulge on the second but made it in the end.

Excellent, with pitch 2 and the start of pitch 3 being the good bits. Be sure to take BD #3 and #4 size cams, or 2 #4s, as there is no other protection except a severely rusted old piton for the crux start of the 2nd pitch. P3 is surprisingly easy, with just one difficult section in the thought-provoking pull around the end of the huge flake.

Really good fun on pitches 2 and 3. I'd run pitches 2 and 3 together if I did it again. A bit soft for the grade?

Recently attempted this with one #4 Camalot and backed off - the wires aren't convincing. Tried to do it in one pitch, which is also not great as the ledge causes the rope to pull out on your gear. Best to belay on the ledge.

Led up the arete on the left. Linked p1 and p2. A bd 4 cam would have been great for p2! P2 was excellent.

Followed Anthony up - both pitches in one. Great

Good fun and good warm up , the last pitch is a bit awkward to climb

Led the first pitch. Jeremy led the last two.

Led to top from ground. 2nd pitch hard. Finished straight up.

Technical 2nd pitch