Ascents of Fat Mattress

Three tricky bits for me, including a spicy exit. Fun and good pro- so many hexes!

Had to have a sit because it was hot and I was tired... and all the other excuses

A lot of fun, placed a lot of gear and took my time. Enjoyable climb!

Took the crack right from the bottom rather than the left hand bouldery mantle move. Found it to be pretty straightforward from the floor and very enjoyable. Acquiring the ledge and the move straight after are the tricky moments.

Very satisfying

Very convenient when you want to sneak in one last climb as it cleans well on rap. Not bad climbing.

Not bad

Nice jamming broken by ledges.

Advised Pete to get on this as it’s really nice. He loved it and should be done more often. Climb the groove 1m left of the direct which is protectable and climbs well.

Classic! Climbed better than advertised. Cruised up the crack, sure felt nice hitting the ledges! Start was a bit funky, slipped off the first move.. technically not an onsite I guess!

Pretty interesting climb, especially with Lee leading, we weren’t sure how to start as we were going of guidebook and he fell at the start, thankfully had a cam as first piece and caught him before he fell down that gap, we the. Thought to start left, and Lee thought was a bit sketch, he was a bit left of venom start and mantled, other than that when seconding opted to go with the venom start which was minging crimps and bumping and was pretty cool, around sick climb especially at sunset

Really enjoyed the first part to the ledge. Then found it a little reachy, had my right foot placed poorly and slipped on my attempt back to the ledge....so unhappy with myself and lost a bit of confidence after that but completed it nonetheless.

Cool start. Not 17 though. Just long and a little goey/reachy in places. Wasp nest has been vacated.

Warm up.

Nice warmup

Great gear, good exposure on crux and fairly consistent. Deserves more stars or the fact I did 4 hours on a crow bar the day before may have had an effect!

Really nice route, hard to get on, sandbag at 16

Interesting all the way. A bit broken by ledges but well worthwhile. The start is tricky and hard to protect - you can get a #6 Camalot in the flare to back up the other pieces if you have one.