Ascents in NE Buttress Sector as Red point

Super wet rock, and very careful considered climbing. A fall on wet, slabby terrain with reasonablly spaced bolts was a concern.

Felt like I got away with something after setting up the anchor and pulling a single arm-length of rope before hearing "that's me!"

Just as spicy as I remember it being, made trickier by the single cloud in the sky deciding to darken the already hard-to-read Tibro rock for the duration of this pitch.

Thoroughly enjoyed the part where a three-finger crimp in the crux section decided it no longer wanted to remain attached to the wall, and instead turn into a mono. Somehow managed to hold on, probably because I knew I'd already skipped a couple of bolts by this stage in the name of rope-drag management and a fall would've been disasterous.

Top belaying on the final pitch was utterly serene. Being completely alone on a moonlit cliff and watching lightning dance in a distant storm is something I won't soon forget.

Stiff 16. Felt run out even with trad placements (not great gear before first bolt, if you did the variant start for pitch 1).

This was the most fun of all the pitches.

SKetchy and run out!

Stellar lead by Stevie C

Great to come back and lead this pitch! Really fun climbing.

I maintain my original opinion of the grade, even on lead it’s a soft touch. Stiff 18 / solid 19 in my opinion.

Great second by Andre!

A few hard moves off the belay, and then you’re off! Mellows very quickly into a scramble.

Great lead by Andre, especially given my pooly remembered description of the pitch… Handled the runouts excellently.

Didn’t miss the first bolt this time, had a good chat to the party of three ahead. Chose to do El Scorcho than make a crowd at each belay.

Beautiful climbing linking these two pitches together. I skipped pretty much every second bolt on both to reduce rope drag.

Harder than I remember (did this back in 2016 or 2017), but it was graded a 21 back then. Interesting how perspective affects the perceived difficulty level. It was a walk in the park for a grade 21, so I remembered it as being 'easy'. 19 does feel about right though.

Definitely run out compared to some of the other pitches. Would be nice to take some of the bolts from P4 & P5 and chuck them up here! Not particularly hard climbing, but a big fall on slabby rock is a nasty thought.