Ascents in Scenic Rim as Tick

Top half, surprisingly good and well protected

Declined to do the off-width finish, did the chossy 14 to the right to get to theory ledge.

Great to get back on and do a lap of this banger!

Great Warm up

Had meant to do this for a while. Credit to yim for pulling this motley gang together to crack out the ascent while im still around. Yims barney on-the-ground recruitment, Thomas Zambon stormed up the slab and impressed everyone. Then yim stormed up to the beginning of the runout, explained that if it wasnt for the rubber on his shoes sweating, hed be interested in leading the runout. A heroic victory for the lads. Great to see some trad frothers getting thrown together for a day in the hills

Good fun with some lovely people. Really great day out! Thanks guys!

An amazing day out for sure. Great to get to climb with both Jack and Tom and looking forward to more trips with the both of them!

Gear

• Cams: 00-4 (DMM)
  • Doubles up to 2
  • Dragonfly 2-4 useful too
• Wires: small-medium
  • Half-nuts / RPs
• A dozen bolt plates or so
• No skyhook was necessary

Pitches

1. Robert Hartley, onsight

Accessing the 1 bolt belay at the top of the ramp wa a bit sketchy with all the grass in the way. Either start from the ground or take it easy!

Otherwise fun cruisy climbing with good gear throughout. The line wanders slightly, so bring some extenders.

This pitch felt closer to grade 18, and is certainly easier than pitch 3.

1. @Yimbo, onsight

Spectacular lead by Yimbo!

Very sparse & marginal gear until you get to the roof proper. Half-nuts / RPs might ease the mind a bit. Couldn't spot the stainless carrot mentioned in the description at all!

1. Robert Hartley, onsight

More fun climbing dancing between the corner and the arete to the left. Good gear throughout with a bit of a runout at the start.

0 (DMM) cams for the belay, and a very flexible peg!

1. @Yimbo, half-toprope-onsight

Spectacular top-rope by Yimbo!

Pulling the mantle above the aid section would be tricky if I were any shorter.

The top slab was definitely the standout for me! At first glance it appears improbable, but the hands and feet just keep coming where you need them. This would've been a heady lead though (great work Tom), and I'm psyched to come back and tick it myself!

Although this belay was cold and uncomfortable, I was warmed by Jack Seawright's and Thomas Zambon's heckling as Yim braved the upper slab. Poor bloke.

Coming back for this one now that I know the sequence at the crux. Thanks Matt Fingleton for another stellar route! Such cool moves all the way! 😍😁🙏🏼

Everything we were after plus a little. Started at 6 from lwr portals campground following kangaroo trails and the ridge line thru the Tom tums. Found ourselves a bit off route descending isolated (stay SE if not rappelling?). Wild views and exposure up north peak then followed a path of sorts into the lenticular cloud to gain east peak. Bailed on descending via savages opting for SE ridge instead. Arrived at yellow pinch just in time to avoid the impending thunderstorm, waited that out, and limped back to camp in time for a twilight swim. Circuit took us just shy of 12hrs. Great to spend time in the mountains with James but we ought have less preexisting ailments for our next adventure I think.

Bigwall style.

Cruisy 19 but calf burning

Big day out with Liana, starting at 5:45 at LP car park. The day held the most vertical bush bashing I'd ever done, plenty of back of forth route finding to get down some of the peaks, enjoying some pretty wild vistas, a bit of exposed slab and plenty of Grass trees to poke you in the ears, eyes and nostrils on ascent. We navigated around one of Toms Tums after staring at it and thinking 'that looks a bit much', going east around the base with some more bush bashing through the veg and battling with some stubborn vines. We came to a gully with a fixed line, pulled some moves to get up out of the gully and once again were faced with a bit more gardening. Staring over at Isolated Peak we had the same thoughts of 'that looks a bit much', but before we knew it we were well above our previous peak and hadn't had much bowel quivering exposure to contend with. We kept up a consistent pace, stopping at each peak to take in the views and the overwhelming size of the landscape around us. We had amazing conditions for most of the day with cool temps, sunshine and great visibility right up until entering the clouds on East peak. We descended via South Ridge as we knew we'd be hiking some of it in the dark and wanted a well marked option to easily find our way back to Yellowpinch, where a jar of pickles was waiting. We reached the car around 7pm, still laughing, smiling and maybe a bit delirious.

Didn't help I was cramping up after the first 2 pieces

Dave lead #1

Dave lead #2

Gear sorted

Some fittness laps and a lead to set up a toprope for the day. x4