Ascents in Katoomba Area having Beta

Seconding Monty on the FA. Not clean -I got too scared on second on the traverse crux at the start (given there was 35m of rope in the system) and aided off a bolt out to the arete. It then also took me a bit to figure out the mid-height crux.

A very cool mixed route, IMO. The start is a funky bit of traversing (who doesn't love a traverse crux, right?) and the face section is more varied face climbing.

Exciting second pitch and ridiculous chimney squeeze on the thirds.

Bah, not winning Fell off a key hold well-above the cruxy start that for some reason was covered in sand. Its okay, future ascensionists, I've cleaned it up for you now

The start is hard, but super rad when you figure it out. The roof is strangely easy, given its absurdity, and the climbing above is relatively cruisy.

Totally worth your time!

Amazing second pitch and amazing chimney. Really enjoyable climb

Fell off the start, reset and onsight the rest.

First ever first ascent! 5 days cleaning and bolting and then two to send.

Crux move is quite condition dependant, and i thought it was going to be much much harder after attempting it in the sun. But a night time ascent with nice cool temps had the crux crimp feeling good and making the movement much easier. Totally wild position for the grade and well worth the effort despite being less sustained than hoped.

Probably grade 21 for the first 10m then chills considerably. Totally psyched and an awesome experience!

Found a way to clip the crux draw that totally won’t be desperate on link or anything like that. Not much progress otherwise.

Finished the whole traverse but my fingers were so numb I could not really feel the holds and do the last couple of moves to the rest. Lesson to be learned, I guess.

Happy to tick off one of my elusive back-of-the-sock-drawer 22s Could not for the life of me do it on TR afterwards

Super classy hardish move at second bolt. Crux is the whole traverse, but especially going RH to glued on crimp rail thingy and then matching it (and then clipping somehow? lol). Another heartbreaker move right before the cave under the anchor. So much harder than it looks from the ground. My brain will never learn that big chalk =/= big hold.

Me weaker.

Really good! Took 2 falls on the second bolt! Got everything else clean! Good effort coulda sent, was so pumped but got 2 kneebars

Really nice!

So rad. Keen to send it on lead!

Figured with the draws on I’d have a fiddle - didn’t want to commit to getting to the top of something with the finger playing up.

The parts I did were super fun, but a few too many crimps to be happy pulling. Keen to come back when feeling strong

Punchy start, then pumpy to the top. All this time off has got me getting pumped on everything. Fun and full value, but not enough long sequences - just 2 moves to break repeatedly

Fun corner smearing, but it’s all jugs after which is a bit sad.

Might be a bit easier with my secret new beta of “jump to the jug to avoid the hard moves”. Said jug then pulling off the wall a couple minutes later was a little bit engaging though

Deserves the stars. Excellent first route at far side

Close on the flash, then progressively worse as the day went on.

very exciting beta progress for moving between the two jug rails after the flake!

Nails crux

Crux felt really hard, could maybe go with a better shoe to heel hook.

Soft but fun 🤣

An enjoyable couple of days to get this sorted. Climbed as 2 pitches (linking the top two). Good crack and face climbing, with all the hard moves being bolt protected roofs. Marred solely by some sections of average rock.

Taking Yui abseiling / climbing with Caitlyn

One hang, 2nd go

Fun!

hard crux, if I even made it to the crux. This one feels a little further away. Ripped open my finger mis-throwing the right hand and called it a day.

I did all the moves - maybe this could go with some work!

Absolutely goddim’d

Top rope hero! Pleased with this, given it was fourth day on and skin was running low. Two attempts, first on lead to work it, then decided to TR - didn’t think I would have it in me to lead and send, but thought there was a chance on TR. Really nice climbing!

The approach was a lot of fun, very adventurous. The sudden exposure on pitch 1 caught me by surprise, despite the prior warnings. Glad Tom led because it's a bit run out in places.

Great morning out, loved the approach, fun little climb

This is a really enjoyable little route. More solid rock like the Araplactic end of crag and good holds and just enough placements for a few handish sized cams between the bolts. Nice belay ledge at top of route to bring second up and enjoy the view together

This is one of those routes not to confuse easy grading with suitability for beginners. True old school run-out feel and crappy rock (although not as bad as Dream Machine in either aspect). Can protect the belayer with medium-large cams if worried about the drop-off behind