Ascents of Satan's Smokestack

Unforgettable climb. Hated it and loved it. I thrutched!

Chicken wing and heel toe attempt: Was in there for 15 minutes, grovel up one inch, slide back down half an inch.

Just grab the rolling chockstone attempt: Done in 10 secs but without the pride.

What follows after the start is probably the coolest feature I have ever climbed. A 4 dimensional chimney (drops mic*)!!!

Full value!

Unlikely at the grade!

Next time be sure to rack gear thin enough on sides (not back) to fit into off width to gain access to smoke stack. Super run At this part out unless bigger than #6. Inside can do heaps of wires and smaller cams.

Adventurous and bizarre.

I don't know how this thing doesn't get 3 stars. Bloody unreal.

Sketchy protection up the chocs (though placed a #8 offset that we couldn't dislodge), then squeezed through to the chimney (encumbered by a double rack), bridged my way up until the top of the lower pillar using the hand crack for pro, then climbed the arete up to the anchors. Consistent chimneying with plenty of stylistic freedom.

Couldn't get a nut out, and got hit in the eye with an alpine draw. Apart from that, the climb was great! Very unique.

Was a lot of fun and a very unique place to be climbing. Definitely surprising after the first section, just how deep you get in there!

2 gruelling hours of very slow and endless uncomfortable skin grating offwidth manoeuvres while desperately circling around for 30 metres trying in vane to find a way my body could chimney up this tunnel of misery. The start went well, but upon realising the thrutch was far from over I sat on a nut to rethink my life and try convince myself I was going to have a good time. In hindsight, it's probably the most unique climbing I've done, and I'm sure once the scabs have healed I'll forget how desperate and painful of an experience it was.

Did this in the dark by headtorch, it made it harder. there would be better climbs to do at night. it was good anyway.

3 Camalot is useful for the move off the top of the lift shaft. Excellent wires and chimney make up for the grunty start.

Got stuck in the offwidth just before getting into the chimney proper... Bailed.

Seconded it after Daniel was so kind as to lead it

Finally jumped on this after putting it off for so long... definitely worth a lap!

Avoiding getting sucked in at the start was worth it, also not going out to the face when you exit the chimney

Great feature to climb in.

Utterly unique - what a wild ride!

Three times in a few weeks. Wondering if there’s something wrong with me... On the bright side, I’m starting to get the hang of offwidth!

Fuck. A desperate fight. Pretty sure I stopped at least 3 times and declared I had nothing left. Somehow, someway, I clambored on and was birthed out the top an absolute mess.

It completely destroyed me for the rest of the day.

Best. Climb. Ever.

team ascent!

smokestack party on sunset! It was epic. face climbed around the horrible thrutch at the bottom, chimney is quite sustained and then watched satan himself aka Jacob ascend in the dark with out of the red glowing chimney