Ascents of Invitation Mixte having Beta

Excellent route. One of my favorites at D'Argent.

Tope rope clean -- happy with that. Need to think about leading it...

Need to learn the sequence, then try leading it. Will be harder on gear... important holds will be lost.

Well protected, but needs a few small cams (0.1 to 0.75). The crux is "ok" protected with a well placed nut. Very nice technical climb.

Another top-rope up this climb, though this time it actually felt quite easy through the crux section to me. Maybe I was climbing quite well that day, or, maybe, I should think about leading it.

Fairly easy climbing before and after a solid 5.10b crux section of very thin moves, though quite doable on top-rope. On lead, I'd be worried that the only good holds are, also, the only good placements.

I say the difficulty is easy because the three or four crux moves seem to be solid 5.10a/b material, but the climbing up to the crux if more 5.8ish and the slab at the finish is also pretty easy. But the thin crack work at the crux is delicate and satisfying.

Lots of interesting climbing on this one. It is not as easy as it looks from the ground.