Ascents of Rage

Hard sport climbing par excellence. They simply do not get better. 12 days work since the middle of August. Definitely a sandbag, I’d give it hard 29 to the break where it meets Serpentine, with a pumpy 27 to the top. Maybe close to 31?

Absolutely incredible! Second time up on this part of the whole and it's the best. Can you get any better?

The best thing! Excellent line up the mighty shield. Second shot after working the moves the day before and having done Serpentine ten years ago. Brilliant sequence through the arete.

1 exploratory lap, Top Rope Solo. Only a single utterly nails move I couldn't do (a monstrous move from a fingernail crimp with bad feet, to an okay edge), which is substantially harder than any single move on Serpentine. Not as classy as its hyper-classic neighbour -being more of a crimp-ladder-, though still very worthwhile. The moves above the aforementioned crux (especially slapping up the vague groove to the right) are fabulous, and the finale to rejoin Serpentine is funky.