Ascents of Castor

No feet double chicken wing mantling had me workin'

and a second lap to actually enjoy the climbing...

Pretty committing moves for a 16! I was glad to have 2x #4 and a #5 on me and placed them all.

Hard yakka even on second, like mum's Sunday roast i was well cooked

sad to see this as a 16 on the crag but oh well. the climb that taught my to trust chockstones and to yank on them no end to get up the climb. my first ow moves at frawg! on day one! how good!

Didn't get my head stuck this time

Still great, still a sandbag. Turns out all the hard bits are way easier if you just crank on the face holds. Unfortunate that the anchor is so far up and on the other side of the little buttress.

andrew led the first section and lowered at the point where the crack gets wider due to lack of gear, went up to finish it. The offwidth if quite fun with good BD #4 placements.

Best with 2 #5s, save one for the top. Don't use a #6 instead and get it stuck, like I did.

Cool! May have mistakenly setup a belay at the ledge just below the actual finish ledge but it's a scramble from there so I'm counting it

Seconded this for the first of the day.. pretty tough move at the ledge for 16 and airy too! Fun enough climb

Great fun and the crux felt like a sandbag at the grade!

The actual climb is ~22m but it takes ~30m of rope to scramble to the anchor.

1 climb before the rain sent us packing.

10/10 great fun.

Fun climb, I didn't think this until I was at the hidden anchors behind the burnt tree. Knee jamB to victory.