Ascents in Ancient Mariner Buttress having Beta

Cool climb.

Couldn't stick the first move both hands on the slope. Need more core

Fun stuff. Bit wet from the recent deluge. Campused the bottom on the second burn for the hell of it.

In approach boots to clean, wet up top but still doable.

Wasn’t planning to pull on today but Grape Hour had a 5 person line, maybe 20 people including 3 kids and 2 dogs at main wall???

First lap placing draws and brushing, sent second lap. Didn’t climb the bottom very well but recovered on the jug enough to send it! Don’t build a cairn, even I have to jump!!

Placing draws for Van and Caitlyn

Second go everything felt really good, smacked my hand on the big crimp to right of second draw. But intended to take anyway to work out better footwork for the two finger pocket. So feel it should be workable in a session or two

Nice climbing, pointless runout to anchors

Fun alternative start.

First lap, draws on and figuring out beta. Long draw on the 4th and clip low! Still went left at the end, going direct seemed… improbable.

Second lap, fell off on throwing to the break in line with the anchors, hit sloper instead of jug. Third lap, fell off slightly lower again. Might have to consider minging that little crimp direct and seeing how I go with that next time..?

Cruise lap then clean lap

Second lap to put the rope back up for Laura to top rope

Repeat, warm up

Good one

In the dark to clean anchors

Got the lead tick after last time top roping it in the rain to get the gear down, funnily enough way less scary when dry

Way more fun than the right hand 19, a lot less pumpy

Big first moves but then over once you get around the lip, decent run out towards the top tho even with loads of room for a bolt

Quite a hard / cruxy start; bit of a run out at the top!

Repeat, thanks for having the bolt plates and draws on Chris!!

It’s a route I haven’t done

Awesome little climb with some really nice moves.

Tricky section between first and second bolt.

Always though this looked cool! steered clear after a friend said it wasn't great but i think it's well work climbing! Short with an interesting move but flows well.

Close to the onsight. Explosive first move, followed by a hard but cool sequence. Very nice. Hard moves for 21

Pumpy, nice moves. Surprisingly good warmup. Shame it’s not longer.

Quite nice.

Top rope run because a monster of a storm decided to greet us with rain and hail as Jason got to the top

Small window in the weather and had left the rope up so I could run up to clean it, glad we did because I slipped off more than a few holds up top from slippery holds but managed to stay on, would have been spicy if leading

Warm up for the day, some absolute mega jugs along the way

Nice and dry considering the storm we had to take cover from

Pulling out from the roof was a bit tricky but I think that was just a tall guy problem over anything else

Route stayed quite dry despite the rain, good fun

Still a little bit pumpy, yes. Heaven opened up on us when I pulled onto the top slab.

Small hail stones when being lowered!!

Repeat, nice

Ironstone edges into erosion.

300th Bluies ascent, some kind of milestone. Flew off the first time then flew up.

good stuff. catch first climb second, with Sam Rose. bouldery diverse climbing with weird high feet, hand jugs and good holds the whole way.

spongy in the arvo. dropped on-sight from pump after funky start beta.

Cool climbing up to the second bolt. Struggled to work out getting to the third.

With draws pre-placed. Originally there to just check the crag out but got stoked seeing it. Went back to the car to get the gear, got back, Sam and Ben kept saying I had to try it - so I tried it. Cheers for setting the draws, Sam

Could not get the start UNTIL I finally found the lil pocket, niceee climb

Cheeky little start

The route is fully bolted, the 1st move is the hardest.

Pretty pumpy for such a short climb at the grade

Very easy but fun

Really nice climb however the start is the trickiest part of the climb. No chains or rings at the top.