Ascents in Sarah's Cracks

fucked up, probably at the same spot again mega

pretty sweet line, this is for sure. couple of real hard locks i had to think about and placing gear in a rush while shaking and slipping out of a jam is always fun. real technique type operation it was, but seams like one of the only fairly graded hard cracks this place has to offer.

would say the grade of this is a bit easy. perfect jams and a bit slab off vert. did it in hiking boots and cruized up for first climb of the day.

Unfinished Business

seconded oscar at the start of the day and tested out the rope solo rig once everone had left. perfect!

the perfect crack.

bit tough, will send next time!

juicy

as one of the few billy joel songs i can stand, this climb was surprisingly heinous (for those wondering: we didn't start the fire is #1 for me, as cliche as that may be)

Unlike the crack around the corner, this has a wide variety of sizes from fingers, thin hands and the odd hand jam. A smorgasbord of jamming technique. Fun to top rope. Glad I didn't lead it.

Does what it says on the tin. Most pure handcrack I've ever done. Dreamy

Even when it closes up, there are still plenty of hand jams to go round!

Fun and cruisey! Definitely not as sandbagged as the other 17s at Billy Billy.

Lovely.

Just can't pass up a lap when I'm at Billy Billy.

I could happily do laps on this all day.

Second attempt, but still no dice. Needed two rests after bungling the crux and fumbling with a cam. Next time.

Challenging but something I could look at again.

It is a must do while at billy billy.

Could climb this all day.

Very good and a bit sustained. Took a couple of tries to sort my footwork coming out of the wide bit.

Geoff

A great pitch with its neighbour Piano Man being even better.

top notch crack climb

Couldn't resist doing another lap on it!

Excellent!

worth the hike for this climb alone.

Just phenomenal. The kind of hand jams where you know its just impossible to fall out of it. Sensational find - the crag classic.

solid jams the whole way