Ascents in Main Wall (Ferris Cave) having Beta

Wish I had the mental strength to skip both the QuickDraws, Classic #9 attempts

Bouldery moves first half, crux down low for me. Enjoyable vertical climbing up top too.

Wet and slippy

4 tries - final crimp is 👎

Miserable conditions

Beyond stoked to have ticked this off, the longest I've ever seiged a route - maybe a year and a half on and off? From high point after high point after falling off the second last jug to doing it on warm up the next morning. What a journey, a route that keeps you coming back for more. Thanks a million to all the legends who belayed me, especially Jing who came down without even tying in. Yew!

First attempt was feeling shaky (blame it on not being warmed up) Then second I zenned out, nailed the beta, didn't feel pumped at the headwall like my last attempts. Psyched!

Lost the flash at the big dyno move, then cruised on first red point attempt. Stoked after not feeing at 100% energy today

Way to tired from big week at work/training, worked out much better sequence through low hard moves so feel confident it will go next session comfortably

Harder than the direct I'd say. Great route

1st go

Punchy moves through the bulge to a great headwall, quality all the way

Tried pretty hard to drop the start.

Not comfortable coming from indoor bouldering keen to come back and try it later in the week!

Very fun climb! A lot of swerving

Second go this sesh, tried a few times way back.

Heaps fun. Dropped it 2nd attempt getting pumped before the throw (throw aim rightish). Crux to keep mud off the shoes on the starting feet. Very pretty crag.

Nice climbing, did it because it had draws up. Had one rest. Easy climbing but endurance was absolutely shocking. Need to get out of boulder mode

Progress. Solved the ground crux and linked most of the rest of the route, but by the list lap i was totally cooked

Climbed it pretty slowly so was pretty pumped clipping the anchors

Tough crux down low. The rest was really nice climbing

Very sharp rock. Feeling tired at the end of the day

Unsent last time, happy to resend end of day today. Such good fun and probably the best I’ve done the slab!

If i didn't faff around for the knee bar, I would have have got the tick. But happy I only sat once. I performed much better than the last visit 😁

Brutal first two bolts! Feels brick hard at 26

Perplexed on the first burn, pumped out returning to the same jug over and over again haha. Headwall on this one is great

Fun thuggery. Dropped the last droppable move

Couldn't get the first move but linked the rest. Rad climb. Added to the proj list.

Been meaning to try this for a while, but just always ended up being too busy.

Super awesome climbing and moves, will definitely need some more work to refine but everything went fairly smoothly, start wasn’t too bad at all.

Unsent!

Tried the tall man traverse out of curiosity, quickly remembered why I never did it that way. Back to pocket, pinch and jump.

No resemblance of a cairn on the ground, basically had to jump start? Didn’t want to stick the new shoes into the mud!

First 27!

Pumped out off the last draw. Closer than I expected after 2 sessions.

Send attempt finished up around 4th bolt after the big throw, hand was to central I wasted to much energy trying to shimmy it over for the match. All moves felt really good tho, feels like it will go comfortably once I get my endurance back a little post holiday

Onsight ended going to the 4th bolt, spent too much time faffing and trying to get the mud off my shoe too. Committing start (I have to jump to the pocket) but not too bad once you’ve got the sequence.

Second shot, nice and smooth.

yum

Varied classicness

32 degrees. Jugs.com

3 burns. Twice to the final jug flake.

Really cool. Did all the moves, but to link them will take some time.

Unexpected sendage on the warmup lap.