Ascents in Birdwood Gully

got to the arch. the landing is terrible

used the shelf. unsure if it is in

not very hard

send was very messy slipped 2 heels

hard

Found very easy

approach shoed it

COVID lockdown project close to home. Ticked this off today without using the eponymous surfboard. Fun playing around on good holds through a disorienting roof. Keen to get back on the long traverse finish soon.

Pretty filthy at this end but cleaned up ok. Not terrible warm up routes.

Felt fairly straight forward; think I got this on first or maybe second attempt. Mostly right hand- and foot-jams, with left hand using crimps and footers on the main wall. Tape-glove was useful (only really needed right hand for the stand start; although sit start needed a fairly rough fist-jam on left)

Adds a few interesting moves compared to the stand-start; I think it forces you left-handed into the crack first, meaning I had to rotate back around from a poor right hand fist-jam which I fell out of first proper attempt. Really fun, even if you get showered with sand for the first few attempts. Uncertain of grade given the limited amount of climbs of this style I've done; felt fairly similar to Minimal Dramatic Flare in Port Lincoln but that grade is unconfirmed by anyone else so far - stand start is mostly just techniquey, the sit start requires a bit more pulling and flexibility (so grade is probably much more subjective)

Good

I'm assuming this is a stand start, as the sit seems significantly harder than a V1 (only a slopey RH sidepull and poor cramped feet)

Nice looking line and climbs well, one of the nicer climbs here. First move from sit-start was good

Rock is pretty soft and snappy here - tried sit-start using what seemed like a solid looking divet as footer and a large chunk of rock snapped off. Briefly tried as a stand-start from the large pocket, but didn't trust the rock for the footers on the right face. If this climbs with left-hand up the arete, feels harder than a V2 (the line just to the right up the face feels V1-2ish), but that is probably from me not trusting the rock

Okay, if lots of dirt and leaf debris on upper holds