Ascents in Frew's Flutes having Beta

Whent out to give it a suss on top rope. First lap felt okay with a few sits and 2nd lap did it clean. It just goes and goes and goes and goes. Super fun day out. What could be better than toproping one of the best routes in the country and spending time up at the Ben with a friend!

Tooo longgg needs a few hanging belays and then maybe I can do it 🤧.

A magic line. Not quite as hard as I was expecting, but the gear might be where some extra difficulty comes in. 2 laps, 4 sits on the 2nd lap. So long!

A 5 could be nice, but take least two 4s.

can't really top louis' description of the day. after having a reasonably epic free few years we really tried to make one happen today. we left home at like 10am?? really tempting the ben gods. my first pitch felt long and stout but overall pretty reasonable, and i felt like i'd given enough grunt to pay my rent on the rock. turns out that was just a psychological ploy so the next few pitches would be more exciting. pitch 2 felt like grade 23. very fun on second and honestly I've never seen louis that insecure on a piece of rock before, was humanising to see. he graciously then lead pitch 3 when the bottomless corner crack wigged me out. luckily he is a competent scout boy and was able to top belay me on a munter when he realised at the top of P3 he'd left his belay device down the bottom. P4 was a multistage adventure culminating in a ridge ramble which is my favourite way to top out the day. highly recommend using GPS coordinates to find the walk down ! we made it back to the car just before total darkness (around 10pm), therefore getting close enough to epic territory to be exciting but so close as to actually be miserable

distinctly off route but still managed two really good long pitches. did a distinctly grade 20 pitch which was good too

Seriously tough. Pure finger locking on mostly shallow or difficult locks with very few face holds for respite. was fun but my fingers are now minced. Best I could manage was three sits on TR. So Fun!!

A day of toproping on the Ben (how civilised) Climbed this with two backpacks on. one on the back and one on the front. Was pretty hard.

beautiful climb and position. just eats gear of all sizes

Likely my favourite route in TAS so far? Every pitch was the money- best day out

The twin cracks and numerous face holds make for an excellent variety in both climbing and gear. You won't need more than a single rack, and can stem, jamb, layback, finger lock, or double-gaston wherever you please.

Very enjoyable - although after 2 laps on Master Blaster the day before, the back of my hands were not happy.

Just did the money pitch

A spectacular pitch of climbing with difficulty increasing the whole way. Absolutely magic

A sustained pitch of 👊 and 🤚 with some hard thin moments too. The jamming doesn't stop, a real workout. Classic climb just slightly dirtier than it's neighbors

Classy

brilliant! the best route on the Ben! hand don't fit: one sit on the second 19 pitch

We sidled up to the Bens great long climb after a late wake up and a very diligent racking routine from jeroen. I had told him we wouldnt use half the pieces he picked for the gear sling and tried to remember which they were to defiantly boycott their usage during my leads. We turned our attention to less petty concerns once we realised how hard this route was. First move off deck on the crux pitch ive gone for a double ring lock, stem and smear. Ben lomonds response: check mate. I was back on the ledge with sore heels this time. After a steadily accruing fall and sit count, we topped out, ditched gear at 5pm and arrived at an extremely mutual decision to celebrate with beers at the campsite with the mozzies. Middle 3 pitches were absolute lights out. A fantastic multi.

Johnny's still rocking. Very good climbing but classic adventure

4 excellent and varied pitches. Doesn’t get much better!

Brilliant fun, alternating leads with Giz, foot slipped on the start of third pitch lowered back to belay and went again, good quality rock the whole way up stonker gear take 2 #4s and a 5, save one of the 4s for the top of pitch one

Johnny's big day out!

Amazing, unlikely, climbing. Great lead by Steve. I managed to second clean, but it felt pretty hard. My lack of face climbing fitness was showing.

Onsight for the classic second pitch, which felt soft for 20. Maybe 18? Rapped and did Hickory Wind, then finished up the unpleasant exit pitch, which felt burly and scary with only one big cam. 2x 4s and 5 wouldn't go astray.

Got a bit lost on the first couple of pitches. Accidentally sent poor Nate up a pitch of unprotected chossy rubbish, and then a burly, awkward fist crack instead of the normal p2 chimney. Eventually got back on the route but with the late start, all the wasted time and a general lack of enthusiasm it seemed like a better plan to bail than to keep going up. Pretty lame, but you can't win all the time I suppose.

Swinging leads with Nate. I led the long crack pitches 2 and 4. Nate got the scungy access pitch, the crux finger crack, and the burly last pitch that we accidentally climbed instead of the shared last pitch of rockaday johnny. Awesome, sustained and varied route. I was having a high gravity day though and rested a couple of times on the pumpy fourth pitch.

Choose your own adventure. Swung leads with the lads.Tim went up mossy crack at about 19 for last pitch, super exciting!

1st pitch only then bailed. Shoulder not up to the job.

A fun day out on an extremely windy day. I lead all pitches. The route wanders a bit and route finding was tricky at times. Pulled on a few pieces on the last pitch in the interest of time as the day was getting on and the weather was coming in. A #5 cam is handy in a few places.

Linkup with Lay Lady Lay. Link pitch a perfect splitter we called "Worthy Dying For"

Climbed pitches 1-3 before continuing R on our route. Seconded the Firecracker pitch with rests to figure out the moves. Managed to link it all up free.

An epic day out, starting with a squeeze chimney, followed by my first aid pitch, then a varient finish with a nice hand crack to link up with the last pitch of rock a day johnny..

Take a lot of #6 camalots. Practice by wresting grizzly bears for a month in advance.

There seems to be a massive loose block that wobbles on the route. Done with Justin and Knox.

Great climb, one of my first big multipitches, good way to spend 30th bday. 2nd w/Phil and Taib

with Lorna

just amazing line,bugger to get to

Grade 18...but 160m up. Interesting.

interesting ridge day out