Ascents in Onkaparinga having Beta

Got it! Man that crux move (at the bolt) is tough. And I have no idea how you'd do it if you weren't 6 foot tall. Then finishing up the mini buttress is really desperate too, with one particularity sharp crimp. It'd be worth an extra star if it wasn't such painful desperation. Maybe when I'm stronger!

Finally climbed it clean! Really nice, interesting climb with good variety. Now that I've got a sequence, at my height it's a bit easy. But it took a while to get there!

Heaps good

Nice climbing covered in wasps and choss with poor bolting

Saw some punter pre-place some cams and claim the red point, ethics have gotten weak soft while I've been recovering from my injuries

Really cool, got a bit scared on the ground up attempt but dialled it in next shot. Burly boulder with a spicy exit high above your last piece

Oh wow! I got Greedy today First go after the warm up. Finally good weather conditions, after working it in the heat and baking sun for weeks.

Absolutely stunning route. Lots of techie sections linked together, where you can fall at any point, with a stopper move final dyno to the glory jug. Whilst a few people have ticked this route pretty quickly, I ended up spending about 15-20 sessions on it, so it was at my limit, so it felt pretty good to clip the chains today.

Chossy and easy to get lost

Ticky crux above second bolt

I did get to the chains, but I spent so much time on the rope that I think even hang dog is generous. Got an okay sequence though, might go on a good day (or after a bit more stamina development).

gotta keep the ethical high standards — I saw someone on it from some distance earlier in the day and draws were up, so a hard earned flash. So short, and yet felt hard at the top. Maybe this is this crag's peregrine, the perfect warm up Will be good to stop climbing around the horn...

This is a lot of fun, and I got much higher on my first go than I expected. That crux will take some time to learn properly though... Felt more complicated than most of my summit projects, but less endurance needed.

Completely unexpected send! The plan was to work on Greed but 1. it was in the sun, 2. after coming g off Envy at the top I had to give it one more go. So good! Oh, and it’s my second second ascent.

Stoked to get the tick, unexpected but very welcome

Yeaaooooooooooo! Finally got the send. Feels awesome to get this route as its soo fun.

Just focused on control, breathing steady and efficient use of the many rests. Felt fresh at the final roof. The headwall felt so nice using the pinch to properly stand up and gain the feet.

Does feel like it took a few too many sessions falling off at the headwall, however I did do them quite spaced out and had covid for at least one of them.

Very messy first burn today. Forgot my beta after the first good knee bar and at the final roof. Was sloppy. Did manage to find a really nice pinch at the top to help gain the headwall.

Also potentially spotted the culprit rock/blade for cutting ropes. In the final roof, there is a bolt above and below. The lower bolt has a long downward facing blade like feature slightly up and right (I use it as a footer in a stem at some point). On this blade is a hand size section really close to the bolt where the rope can run underneath. If a climber were to fall (at any point with the next draw clipped) while the rope was running underneath, the tension put on the rope can cause it aggressively rub over this bladed edge. I am certain that this explains what happened to the rope on my previous outing. Could potentially extend the last two draws before the headwall if worried about this or be very mindful and ensure the rope doesnt get caught underneath while climbing past it.

Great to finally send this! It went really smoothly. Classic route.

Pumpy, fun, still think clip into anchor is the crux

Always great! One of my smoothest runs on it today!

Came up to the same move in better shape, more rested and relaxed. It felt like it would go for a moment before my arms turned to jelly. Damn, next time!

On lower, I noticed my rope had sustained a pretty large tear in the sheath. Talking to my friends, it appears like it had to have happened on this burn however it just seems so strange to have happened on my rather small fall from the 2nd to last bolt. Rope must have been running funky through one of the roofs when it went into tension.

Fell at the 2nd last bolt, just gaining the head wall. Felt like I shouldnt drop it here but it all of a sudden feels so pumpy and hard to gain the last hold needed to just stand up. I felt pretty solid for the rest of the climb. Love the movement.

Kind of awkward but not too bad once I accepted it wouldn't be super nice

Still good.

TRS workshop. Very tough crux move, hard on the left, in middle of tough sequence. Worked it a bit and got up... But it'll be hard to do clean. Not even sure I like it ...

TRS attempt, came unstuck at the crux, but got it okay on second attempt (after a little looksie). V interesting climb with tricky start, crux and even the top.

Lengthy climb with many wasp nests this time of year

Great arete focused climb, with a scary clip into the anchor.

Cool extension of Around The Horn into the top of The Hat. Spent a lot of time eyeing down the wasps as I cleaned the anchor, luckily this time didn't get stung.

Little spooky traverse from the chains. Felt super awkward trying to avoid the wasp nest at the top of the chains while moving up and left. Put a sling on the first bolt I could reach from The Hat which required a lot of stretch and holding the sling biner in my mouth while pulling up the rope to clip. Noice

Great lil number in the corner here. The crag in general was very waspy today. 🙃

First time climbing in 3 weeks and recovering from the covid. One hang before the crux. Felt pretty solid and recalled most of the beta. Should be giving it some proper goes next session.

Seemed too easy, maybe we were off route?

Fun bouldery start then easy top-out.

2nd try very happy felt good

Challenging but fun

Always fun

Was a little rattled after the days events. Just going up to clean and ended up only sitting once after the crux.

This was way closer than I realised. Super fun and will have to come back promptly for the send. Stung by wasp on the headwall Clean on lower sucks!