Ascents in Krottenseer Forst

The second pitch is definitely easier than "Alter Weg", but I still don't believe the traverse after falling over to the tower is possible for 5+.

Ab dem Band stecken jetzt 2 Bühler an den richtigen Stellen.

I'm proud to have made it to the top. The slings before the anchor are in very bad shape. I used a blue dragon cam after the third bolt and a yellow one below the slings. Had to rest in both of them; I could blame it on the crack being dirty and full of cobwebs, but I guess I just wasn't ready for it. Should have worn crack gloves or at least tape, couldn't stick the jams well enough; it could also be that one or the other foothold in the right wall broke off, so now you don't have any other option than to climb it as a full-on hand crack. I'll be back.

Easy dihedral with perfect slots for nuts.

FFA.

Harder for small people.

The chimney between the two towers starts at a height of 3 m over the ground, which makes it incredibly strenuous to get in. Funny business.

If the legs of the climber are too short, there is a need of a daring drop hands first from one brother to the other to get into the chimney. ("Hände hoch, das ist ein Überfall." -belayer). Getting into the chimney was the hardest part. Would say it's definitely again some classic 3+ ;-) chimney climbing. Smaller climbers have more fun in this one .

Didn't have a chance at all above the bolt. Fell off a few times and tried until the holds got too slimy. Has certainly not been climbed a good while, probably because you need to protect the first half with nuts and the second half has got old slings. Also probably has nothing to do with 7+.

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Headlamp climbing. Funny crawl through the hole in the tower. #lastrouteoftheday

Nice chimney-like groove, a bit dusty and mossy, but not too bad.

Nice little summit. Difficulty is to get over the rusty peg, the rest is easier. Now with new summit box and book.

The easiest way to the summit in great rock. Installed new summit box and book.

A route with lots of character. Not done often since it’s a lot of effort for so little climbing. We didn’t find the easiest way to the top of the opposite wall, but it was funny bushwhacking. The step over to the tower isn’t too bad, but the few moves afterwards are quite tough. Almost messed up the start of the second pitch, there aren’t any holds in the crack! Keep a bit left.

Interesting finish that looks much harder than it is if you got the technique.