Ascents in Blackheath Area

Pitch 1 only -though I kinda climbed some of the Project as well (it's a confusing bit of wall, here). Probably about gr23 the way I climbed it, though I would describe it as the most logical line. Old school, boulder-problems between mantles and ledges, with some huuuge runouts. Completely dry despite all the crazy rain.

Unbelievable!! A bit of a dream route ever since I first saw it in the 2015 guide and great to squeeze it in on my last day as a child. Pitch one was pretty cool with a couple of sequences of varying desperation depending on your height but it went down pretty quick. Pitch two was absolutely mega and one of the coolest pitches I've done. I took one proper fall and had two or three sits. I really enjoyed the bolting on this pitch generally. It was intimidating and committing but never actually scary and all together just a very fulfilling experience to get through each sequence and clip the next bolt. There were however two bolts that I struggled to clip from the presumably intended stances, but I think this is just because I'm very short and not because they are objectively poorly placed. A panic draw would probably alleviate this for any other small would be ascentionists and I would perhaps recommend it as it was enough of an issue that it may have cost me an onsight had that been on the cards. Pitch three was really cool but the bolting here was a tad scary for Pat I think and possibly a bit dangerous around the arete with weird rope-cutting-ledge-hitting fall potential. The climbing however with the newly scrubbed corner is definitely not hard at the grade though, especially if you have a bit of areting experience to get through the first bit. Really cool. Pitch four was easy, 18 at Piddo, and really fun if you love a layback as much as I do. The rock isn't quite as mega though. Pitch five was also great on rad rock. Again not too hard at the grade but if you are a mortal you are probably starting to feel tired at this stage and so the pump definitely chases you. Pitch six saw my wheels fall off a little bit as I just bungled a sequence and became immediately mega pumped and took a fairly big whip way up in the sky. Nice climbing in great position but not too special. Pitch seven is rad too on great rock. Super easy but I was absolutely shattered and really had to keep it together to stay on and get to the top. What a sweet day!!!

Onsight P1. Interesting climbing, but consists of actual disintegrating sand-choss for much of it.

Linked into P2 to try and climb it as a giant singlepitch, before getting scared of the rope grinding on the choss below and the alpine winds got the better of me. Reversed the crux and backjumped to the belay. Might be okay, but requires bolt plates, and probably a 0.5, 0.75 and 1 BD Cam to make it comfortable.

Pitch 1: Makes you work straight off the deck! Pitch 2: Tom had a jazz first but couldn't find a beta through one of the upper cruxes. I hopped on, slipped off the start, lowered, then RP'd past the upper crux only to slip off on the slab! Next time Pitch 3: A heady lead by Tom, feels pretty intimidating even on the follow. Pitch 4: Great, airy jug-hauling Pitch 5: Arete slapping good times, great little power-balance climb Pitch 6: Amazing exposure, stepping up onto the high arete is super rad! Lost in space. Pitch 7: A dance up some great rock, 3 feet for one hand!

What the fuck P3? 1 word panic

A great day out heckling and climbing. Unfortunately underwhelming climbing mostly on grey, dirty rock (probably from recent rains). The second pitch was by far the highlight and was super awesome!

What a journey! I've wanted to do this for years (we've all seen that photo of Greg Child on the roof cut-loose and mantle), especially because I've never heard of anyone ever doing it (even asking many of the local legends). If it ever gets rebolted and a bit of TLC, this would be a genuine multipitch classic!

I linked P1 and P2 into a giant 40m Onsight, then set up an improvised belay just below the roof (using 2 bolts and a #1 cam) so I could reduce the roof and mantle to a manageable boulder problem. These pitches are beautiful, sustained face climbing on great rock. P2 in particular follows a super-cool vague-flake thing with tricky feet, and finishes with an old-school "padding" traverse.

Ticking the roof and mantle took me a bunch of shots (initially cause I was using totally wack beta) and at one point involved such a massive sideways fall that I broke a biner. Once I sorted my beta and rested up, it went down surprisingly easy. I'd probably call the mantle a V3?

Pitch three is quite easy, but has a proper gripping traverse at the grade. I'm glad I didn't fall off.

Linked Pitches 1 and 2 cause I couldn't be bothered to rebelay... Not recommended (the rope drag was terrible!). P1 would be about gr21, but for a 2m V4/V5 sequence. I wouldn't say I worked out the crux in question, but I also didn't really try. Fun enough, but not one of the better aretes here. P2 had some cool climbing at the start, but was crazy runout (6 bolts in 25m!) I don't think I'll be back.

All time mega classic. A solid effort to get up this thing, everything you’ve heard is true. P2 is crazy crimpy and consistently committing. P3 is scary and committing to the wet crux with bad fall potential was an exercise in sphincter clenching. Leading the first 3 cooked me and Louie took the reigns for 4 and 6 while I managed to deliriously onsight my way back to the car and a few beers.

Climbed this as a giant 50m pitch from the ground as well. This was by far the better of the 2 routes here, with better rock and climbing on every pitch. P3 might be the best pitch of the day!

P1 was a great sustained burly quest.

Fell off 2 bolts from the top of P2 on the onsight -got a bit lost from the bolt positioning and ended up in no man's land.

P3 was awesome rock and "oozy" style climbing.

My unchalked onsight of P2 ended at the 3rd last bolt (and the last real move) when I finally made a footwork mistake, with all the hardest climbing in the bag . Despite being aesthetically ugly, the moves on both pitches are brilliant, and I had to pull out every slab-climbing trick in the book on the onsight effort of P2. It was dissappointing to drop the ball right at the try-line, but it wasn't absent a whole-hearted effort -I tried hard.

Linked both pitches from the ground with minimum rope drag.

The start of P1 is rather nails, but the initial moves its only about gr21 to the top.

I've always seen this wild looking system of rock and wanted to try it. Rain protected aswell.

Broke a hold on the variant finish up yaks in space and an airy fall. Very good route.

3 raps to get down with dbl 60s (last rapp was off bomber tree) route in shade after 1230. P1 crux felt a little desperate.. Maybe could have figured it out but it being at the start of the multi my partner and me both aided it (which was easily done) the rest had sone good climbing.. 2 fun little roofs a delicate arete and a long orange wall were the highlights.

Pitch one is and exciting traverse. Pitch two is definitely the money. A worthwhile adventure route. Climb out option is available after the placement of a few additional bolts. Above final anchors to ledge, left through cave and up. Rock quality is terrible but may be more enjoyable than the ‘rap-reverse-jug’ option. Probably depends how much choss you can handle

after flailing around all morning with out any success at bardons, we went for the multipitch, rapping in my confidence wasnt too high but in the end lead the exposed last pitch at dusk so it fekt good ill definetly come back to this wall for another multi.

the culmination of many years of aspiration. and it delivered! its incredible to have so much sustained climbing at the grade. despite the bad omens of the dirt road to perry's being closed, and the rain drops that sprinkled on the windshield on the way over, this ended up as really nice day out, trying hard and getting spanked but occasionally also doing some justice to the cool sequences. 9.5 hours car to car, including 6km of walking on dirt roads, and taking it pretty easy. P5 was very thin, thanks to the person who slung some rope around one of the cruxy draws to extend it to a sane level for an average height person!

What a stellar route! Some of the most sustained 22's, must be the length. No really any defined cruxes, just defined rests...got back to the car before dark. So stoked with this. One hang on pitch 5 due to forearm & arm cramps, best pitch although.

An awesome route that explores a range of features and climbing styles. Certainly on the pumpier end of ‘22’ but still a thoroughly enjoyable adventure!

Bring a load of extenders for the winding monster pitches and warm your fingers up for the first pitch - it’s incredible.

It doesn't get much better than this! Got scared, pumped, freezing cold and sunburnt!