Ascents as Tick by Brendon Flanagan

Typical Piddo old school grading, much harder than the grade. First pitch has some decent rests with placements for medium cams, medium nuts and large nuts. Take a couple of #5's for the second pitch or simply bump as you go. Excellent climbing!

Second lap

A second lap.

Tricky start followed by some amazing chimney work. Good holds both hidden and obvious with medium size placements. Felt harder than an 8, but shouldn't expect anything less at good old Piddo. Ran out of time so will return to do the second pitch. Rapped off the small shrub closest to the start of the second pitch (brown pants).

Gemma practised her top belay while I second.

Warm up and training Chante on cleaning a route.

Cruisy slab to some very fun and interesting feature climbing. A quick jam and lay back to the double fixed hanger belays. Well worth it.

Haven't done this climb in over a year. Still a challenge straddling the nose.

An easy send to the overhang then a high feel around for the hidden holds. Brilliantly climb!

Thin edge of the crack is solid and great to layback on. Whatever you do don't use the ring bolts on the adjacent climb to send the route

Did it on top rope and topped out in my approach shoes as a few of us were leaving before the others. Not worth it.

One for the kids and beginner leaders.

Returned to this climb to lead the second and face the natorious overhanging traverse. Happy to say I now own that traverse. The crux of the 1st pitch was thin which is forgotten about. The traverse on the 2nd was much easier tba what I recall. The 3rd was much easier than my previous send if it although I kept bumping my head near the exit as I'm a tall fellow.

Easy send with technical moves

Barn door time! A great climb and a great challenge but one that offers a little barn dooring if you don't stay switched on!

Easy problem with solid holds and footers.

A great little warm up problem. Solid crimpers and footers, smearing action and ledges. Excellent.

An amazing arête with solid jugs all the way to the top. Leaning back, test your holds, weight them and send the rock. You'll loose your spotter once you start the vertical but they can still put the pad beneath you. after watching GChris FA it I used the beta and finally finished it! Exciting problem for the grade it sits at.

Excellent start, fun little leap. Enjoyable mantle with a hairy and diecy top out. Bring your brass balls for this one!

Got in on the 7th attempt. A committing move if you're not use to suck a move. Once I got the solid ledge I repeated the move another 4 times out of pure joy! Commit and there will be problems! Fantastic problem, physically easy for a V4 but mentally up there!

You can never EVER go wrong with this little bad boy! Good holds all the way through. Using my favourite tool from my arsenal I through some much needed heel hooks in to get through the crux. Jugs, pockets and ledges on good protection. Someone has kindly left a single locking crab on the anchor making it much safer and easier to attend to.

This is the 'easier' of the two variants. The holds are more evident and flow quite well.

Some more traffic is needed at this end of the boulder. The starting footers haven't been weathered that great so they're still falling apart with use. Condition of footers should be established after another 20-30 sends. Otherwise a great problem!

A great sit start for the boulderer who has never done one before. Solid holds, fun moves which make for a fun problem.

The hold you need to commit to may seem unsure at first but trust it and you'll make your way through the crux.

A highball full of juggy goodness! Slow and steady the entire way. Throw in a few smears during the traverse and then up the solid jugs to an easy top out.

My first V2 ever. Did it several years prior to the logging of it. Excellent crux offering a fun challenge!

Once you get your second hand into the crack you're good for the rest of the problem. Getting established into the crack is another thing altogether! Felt like a messy send.

Excellent problem once you figure out how to solve the crux!

Slow and steady results in an excellent problem! Aggressive shoes certainly got me through it. Excellent problem!

I do this climb every time I come to this crag. Why? Give it a go and find out!

Always a fun climb, especially for the double knee jam. Look mum NO HANDS!

An amazing climb, and amazing roof, and amazing crux! Cant wait to do it all over again!