Ascents of Sidewinder having Beta

Little bit of a scary lead, must have had a fair bit of lichen growth which with the slab feet and minimal bolts made me a little frightened! Maybe good practice in trusting my feet aha

Did pitch 2&3 as one, super sick.

second pitch has to be harder than a 19 or once again maybe i suck

Unexpectedly slipped off onto the first bolt, lowered and pulled the rope for another go. Should have warmed up on something. Strayed too far right after that, hard to get back left. Might remember next time. Got up and off with just a few spots of rain, sheltered from the NE.

Awesome

First 3 bolts are a bit funky, then great climbing. Linked p2 and P3.

Bailed after first pitch as the ledge was an oven

Some sharp holds on the second pitch. Did it all as a single 60m climb but rope drag was a lot would be better to split it into first pitch and link together second and third pitches.

Hard to believe I've never done this, it's great. The name is all the beta you need. Pitch 2 is a wee ripper, dancing up the overhanging wall on decent jugs.

Lead P3

Pitch 1 felt 18, but a shorter reach might make for a different story. Rappelled off to the ground with 60m rope no problem.

One fall in overhung second pitch

One sizeable fall at 3rd bolt first pitch, 2nd and 3rd pitches clean.

James lead first pitch with one fall, I tried second pumpy overhung pitch with lots of attempts at above 5th bolt but failed, James lead 2nd pitch, 3rd pitch climbed clean by me.

1st pitch 3 stars. 1 star for the rest.