Ascents in Left Main Wall as Red point by Mark Gamble

Always a nice lead.

Nice to get revenge on this one in style.

With Jodie. Pretty wobbly, but got there in the end.

Bloody hell, hand wasn't complaining at all. Ruth liked it.

Very sketchy, but got there in the end. With Jodie.

Simon belayed. Rather hot & muggy.

Fair scared Grant with the gear :-0

Not exactly confidence inspiring to see my second pull off the football size block that I'd used to step across on at the top out - a good 5m above my last gear!

Always good gear, but forgot the extenders = not good.

With Justin. Quite a bit of lose rock on it, but still nice moves. With some dedicated avoidance of the crux move, I thought it was more like a 14. The direct line would probably be a 17. A tad overdone with 8 FHs.

With Dave = all good. Some question of that last tricam placement.

With Justin. Better this time, once I was into it.

Really got my knickers in a twist at that 2nd crux, but all good after that. Justin was very patient on belay

Really got my knickers in a twist at that 2nd crux, but after that was all good. Justin was very patient on belay

With Alli. Memorable for my being a ginormous scardycat. First time on the rock in 4 mths.

With Alli. Much better after that initial shock.

With Alli. This one went better after the initial shock on DA.

With Ron. Aside from one C3 at the start, no cams used.

With Ron & Steve. The challenge this time was not to use a cam! Used the new Tricams & Slider Nuts a lot! Love 'em.

Woohoo!!! Finally got this sucker clean after 2 years. That does a lot for my confidence! Unfortunately Damien ripped a finger nail & had to bail.

With Ron. This feels more like a 16. Always a nice climb tho.

A quick run up it to get a TR on my next trad project. Gabby liked it.

With Ron, Dan & Craig. Good to get revenge on this mother.

With Ron.

With Ron & Alastair. I wrestled with the crux again, a fall could be nasty.

With Ron & Alastair.

Finally worked up the courage to do it. Has some nice moves on it, needs more protection below 2nd overhang to protect nasty run-out above dodgy gear. With Ron,Dan then Proude showed up.

With Ron & Dan. Ron did very well, got up it 'onsight' on 2nd, no rests = well done!

Thanks to Adam's encouragement, I made it thru the crux clean to end off a nice morning's climbing.

This one has gotten easier each time. Ron 2nded clean again.

With Ron. He had some troubles at the first crux, but did well after that.

Slightly less pathetic, at least I made it this time. Ron 2nded.

Just managed to get up it clean. Dave 2nded.

Well, compared to the last 2 trad leads at KP, this one is quite nice, good placements. Although I'd say it's more like an 8.

Finally got it. Unfortuately, very unfortunately, Ron couldn't get past the crux, so I grabbed Megan Randall to clean the gear. 18 peices of gear in and I wouldn't fall on one of them!

First lead of this sucker. The broken crumbly rock at the top-out will stay vivid for a while. I'd say about 50% of the gear was OK.

Thank God no one saw me thrashing & thrutching my way up this or my reputation as a whimp climber would be ruined! Always a pleasure to show Ron KP in its present day & get him back on the rock.

An honour to do it with Ron. Feeling pretty battered with this sotmach virus.

After all the horror stories I've heard about this one, thought I'd give it a go. Pro's pretty damn good, & all the way to the top. Sarah belayed & 2nded.

Well I think it's good. Sarah belayed & 2nded.

What a terrific line, why on earth did someone put all those bolts right next to trad placements? Dan belayed.

With Johan. I really like this one, great moves and good gear most of the way, pity about the bolts tho.

Some hang-ups at the crux, but a little encouragement from my belayer resolved the issue, I loooovvvee that top out, it's a buzz! Dave belayed & 2nded.

You gotta stay focused for this one, the big runout to 2nd bolt, although I didn't stay true to the line, but wandered into SET. Street Ruffians looks interesting, will give that a go soon. Dave belayed & 2nded.

Bit of a struggle, given my weak condition, but made it in the end. Dave belayed then pink pointed it.

Dave belayed. I like this route, the gear's thought provoking, the moves are nice.

Spicy move 2m off the deck, the rest is straightforeward. Terry belayed & 2nded. The last climb of the morning & a bloody hot and sticky one too.

With Dave. Went better than Halva.

Very much a mindset thing clipping that 5th bolt. Dave belayed & 2nded.

I had to practice the first bit on TR before I was confident to lead this one again. But then it was a breeze to clip the first bolt. David 2nded.

Always a nice lead, top crux is my standard for grade 15. David thought it ridiculous for a 15 compared to the Spanish grade equivalent.

Always a nice lead. David from Spain 2nded and got up it with a struggle. Good effort.

With Terry & Lillian. This route is such a joy, never get tired of doing it - although it has been quite a while since I was on it, with Kachoong actually way back when...

With Terry & Lillian. Once again, one of my absolute favorites at KP.