Ascents of Illusion

Expect some bloody and sweaty thrutching in the final offwidth.

Nice stemming moves followed by a tough yet rewarding chimney finish.

Such a good thrutchy finish

The top had me stumped and regretting my decisions before I found the holds

Got rope stuck on Iron Mandible so ended up on this thing in the dark.

Bloody foot kept slipping in the offwidth section resulting in me getting caught by the ribcage. Feel like this would be a climb for Will West with his sick chimney obsession and long-ass feet

Bomber chockstone-slinging opportunities at the top with a quad length runner

Hard 15. Struggled all the way but got it with rests.

The first half was really fun. The second half was a bit thrutchy. The guidebook says 16 and I reckon it's pretty stiff for a 15

Small hands causes you to chimney until the crack gives way to lovely hand sized jambing. After that, it widens to an awkward finish.

Quite the interesting finish. Heaps of fun!

Finished the day off with this as we had a top rope there. Managed to get myself stuck in a spot I could not move out off. Took a sit and used a hold on the corner of the arete and then it was all over.

3 stars for the first 2/3, -2 stars for the top. 1 star.

Fun climb with a great bit of wide at the top.

classic

Didn't want to thrutch

This was an onsite attempt. The beta is correct. It's pretty ugly getting out of the cave. Had a fall when a No 6 Cam busted out.

Got scared at the thrutchy bit and downclimbed a couple of times. Decided to give it one more shot before I give up and managed to send.

Lovely start, and the top is actually decent too!

Some thought provoking moves. Very fun.

Varied climb, tight bodywidth moves near top over chock stones.