Ascents of Heavy Metal

Testing taz lov3 on a TRS. Hardest crux on a 24 I have ever encountered, went right onto Washed Up Punks.

The one thing I learned from this, is that top rope solo falls are scarier than trad falls. Climb felt nice but hard to see that through the terror

Second go

Very happy with the retro flash 🤙

Amazing route! Lost a lot of fitness after being injured half of summer, got a bit pumped!

Pink point flash

umm wtf crux? blank. dare i say lanky.

3rd attempt today if you don’t count climbing washed up punks to put the gear on. Good fun, took a little longer than I thought to get the crux dialed . Someone should put an extra bolt between 5th and 6th it’s easy but heck that’d be a 10m whip without rope stretch/lifting belayer

Stuffed up the crux but loved the climb. Keen to get on it again.

Second try, same if not easier then punks

Had to wait until the commercial abseil group moved off this, and the wall was then in the sun. Sigh. Crux is super interesting and easy to bugger up, as it turns out. Dropping the onsight of this will haunt me forever.

Last climb for the day, one tricky move but very similar to washed up punks

Wicked line. Proud of this

Awesome crux moves to pumpy as all hell clip. Finished through the Washed up Punks roof. I think going that way makes more sense then what the guide book suggests.

Awesome. Got it on 5th try. Hard crux moves and enjoyable run outs! Really really good!

Went for the flash, and got flash pump instead! Took a legendary whipper, almost decked

Delicate crux and strong exit

Hard crux sequence, but good climbing throughout. Should get it next time.