Ascents in Barrington (Gosnells) Quarry by Kym Campbell

Balancy, enjoyable climbing. Worth a look.

Excellent protection, good footwork makes life easier.

Requires some thought and commitment. Interesting climbing, but loses some points for the gravel and clay topout.

Good warm up, gets you thinking.

easy to protect. Excellent trad practice.

Surprisingly technical for the grade, or maybe I was just doing it wrong. Short.

Godawful

I thought I'd been on this before, but it was the 23 to the left that I tried and fell off a while ago. This is a great, long route with a few tricky sections, mostly preceded by good rests. This wall is much better than I had thought.

Quite good. Pleasant wandering climb through the lower 2/3, then the crux is at the top. Got shut down for a while, but there's a good recovery ledge to retreat to, and I eventually pulled through with some desperation.

Nice climbing, well protected with small and medium gear. I'd give it a star. The topout is barely worth it, might as well finish at the loweroffs of Richard Caranium.

Short, unremarkable, no loweroffs. Not a lot to recommend it, really.

Very good warm up. Easy start, balancy crux.

Decent warm up.

Virtually worthless.

Thought about calling this a retro flash, but I remember the first part a bit too well to justify that. Tried it a couple of years ago when I thought it was Incinerator (which was graded 20 at the time) and fell at the 5th bolt. Seemed much more straightforward today. Nice route, well bolted. Another good morning at Barrington.

Fell at the first bolt on the onsight attempt. Got up ok next try. Decent slab route. The crux is at the bottom.

It's like Short Circuit at Statham's, but better.

Dusting off the trad gear.

Fell once on the onsight attempt, finished clean. Got it next time, though with an unscheduled interruption when a foothold broke off at the start. This is a terrific climb with a very technical bottom section that gets juggy and friendly higher up. Highly recommended.

Returned for the send. Great climb. Some say it rivals Real Life Ambition for the quality of the climbing. But perhaps not many.

Took 3 attempts. Pretty hard, especially making the last clip before the anchors, but great climbing.

Another golden Barrington 21. Confusing but rewarding climbing with some great moves, and consistent to the end.

Was looking forward to seconding this, but pulled the wrong end of the rope through the anchors of Richard Caranium and ended up having to lead it on pre-placed gear. Fortunately everything looked good.

Tried this one a few times before, now I don't have to do it again. It's ok, but it is not a 2 star climb.

Entertaining.

Was going to do it properly, but we decided to bail so I just toproped it. Not particularly memorable.

Quite good. Tough at the bottom, with some tricky weight transitions and long reaches on slopers. Worth coming back to.

Dogged the onsight. In spite of the nerve-racking move past the first bolt, and the long run out to the fat carrot, I liked this and would come back to it.

Dogged the onsight attempt by falling at one of the very few places I didn't think I was going to. Excellent, pumpy, gym style climbing with an especially insecure finish. I'll be back for the tick, and because it's fun.

Takes a bit of working out. Worth another shot next time.

Onsight attempt. Had a good fall trying to get to the 5th bolt, and didn't feel inclined to do it again.