Ascents in Mt Stapylton Campground having Beta

Just made a desperate grab to the jug at the crux, glad it did turn out to be a jug.

First half especially is awesome.

Fun climb with interesting crux. Rope drag on a sharpish edge made cleaning slightly annoying

Fun!

Should be a classic of the crag. Considerably more fun than anything I did at west flank yesterday. I might be warming up to you I forgot

Actual quality route, a serious must do of the crag. Very happy to get it this quick despite being day 3 and everything hurting

I think it could’ve gone with another burn but we had to head off. Insanely fun climbing. Genuinely one of my favourite crags at the Grampians - some nice powerful routes but also good variety when you’re not feeling it. Bit of choss but that’s ok. Thank you bolters!

Relief

The overhang was pretty on, glad I didn’t warm up on this one. Definitely a cool climb if you ignore the very tempting boulder.

Awesome route. Thought provoking in a good way (cerebral but not terrifying).

Very easy unless you stick to the intended beta. Sticking to the left face is contrived.

Took a HUUUUGE whipper on this because I missed the last bolt on the send attempt and fell making the clip on the stiff mussy hook. Thanks to Robert Varno for the soft catch

Actually quite nice

Bloody fingers and a big grin. Staying calm made the difference

Didn’t know the beta so struggled to commit on the onsite, calling take in shame. Comfortably went second go

The only way media puzzle should be done. Fantastic finally monkeying along the roof keeps you going till the chains. Cleaning fucking blows.

Nice!

This was sport!

rested below the crux because i couldn't make the psyche necessary to high clip

Uegh… Cbf today

Go to bed earlier you fucking goofball

First sport climb outdoors

Yeah…

Closest send to date

Okay this was actually good, it’s not all negative.

Chossy choss and pretty tough at 23, this crag is bizarre.

Seems to be the theme for this crag, bolt choss and give it stars?

Direct start. Meh

Very good for the grade.

got past the 4th bolt first try and then dropped it (F**k!) then attempted it another 3 times and couldnt figure out how i managed to get past the 3rd bolt. Ill come back to it.

Punchy

Would have liked to have gotten the send but got washed out before I could get back on

Holy FUCK

I’m gonna call it a classic cause it’s my style and I like it. Jugs and big moves - perfect. First go was surprisingly close. Second go my finger started gushing with blood after a throw. Third go I didn’t use feet and got nowhere. Fourth go I moved quick and had good footwork, as always feels easier when you climb properly.

Warming up when climbing in winter seriously sucks. The hard stuff for this one is at the start when your fingies are coldest : (

If I was to name this route it would be “National Average” as all the fun is over in a couple of minutes! Nevertheless, it’s a great route. Too bad there’s no direct start.

A fun one move wonder. Heaps soft if you have a good span, could be 21/2 without it. Good fun!

Sweet route albeit quite chossy. Start got a bit spooky but managed to fight through. Quite a variety of moves, very fun climbing.

Eugh. Humbling. Climb isn’t that bad I’m just a silly sausage. Jugs into a one move wonder. Got too excited because of how close the onsight was so didn’t take consecutive attempts seriously. Then when I switched on my fingers were gone. Needed to drill the crux move after the first burn and take proper rests between attempts. Lesson learnt. Sick route though.

Actually pretty good aside from the choss flying down. Might get 2 stars just because of the start

Unsure if I’m doing a bunch of soft climbs or if I’m actually improving. Interesting climb regardless, fun little traverse.

Repeat