Ascents: Ascent of Ruby Of India by Robert Hartley having trad-cpr or ascent-date

Rating		Grade	Route	Gear style	Crag	Quality	Date
1794 points		16	★★★ Ruby Of India - with Nicole 1 14 45 Second lead by Nicole I think my opinion of this pitch is hindered by my chimney ability. I don't much care for it. When I do it next, I'll probably take the route to the right around the pillar and cop the rope drag. Great lead by Nicole! 2 13 45 Trad lead by Robert Hartley Awful rope drag. In future I will stretch pitch 1 an extra 10-15m to avoid it. Go no more than 3m beyond the grass tree before turning left. 3 16 45 Trad lead by Robert Hartley The best pitch of the climb by far, albeit quite ledgy. Takes great gear the whole way up, particularly wires. The crux is protected by a small wire and microcam (0.5 Totem). 4 13 28 Second lead by Nicole Pretty nondescript climbing, but a great lead by Nicole! The adventure I'd encourage you to choose is the line which runs straight up, slightly right of the right. 5 14 45 Trad lead by Robert Hartley The first 20m or so is a bit lack lustre, but the top makes up for it. Reasonably fun, with a brilliant #3 DMM hex placement protecting the last 10m. I'd recommend exiting the "prominent crack" near the top onto the face to the right.	Trad 210m	Mt Maroon	★★ Very Good	Sun 11th Jun 2023
A great day out with Nicole before heading down to the Warrumbungles! Ruby of Ledges is bit overhyped in my opinion, but I'll probably still do it again. Double ropes made the drag tolerable on all but the second pitch. I would ignore the suggested shortcut to the start of the route and just follow the tourist track. It's well worn and involves no bush-bashing. Gear A single rack is sufficient. 00-6 (DMM) + Dragonfly 4 +0-2 if you want Wires & offsets #3 hex (DMM) Plenty of extenders

1 14 45 Second lead by Nicole

I think my opinion of this pitch is hindered by my chimney ability. I don't much care for it.

When I do it next, I'll probably take the route to the right around the pillar and cop the rope drag.

Great lead by Nicole!

2 13 45 Trad lead by Robert Hartley

Awful rope drag. In future I will stretch pitch 1 an extra 10-15m to avoid it.

Go no more than 3m beyond the grass tree before turning left.

3 16 45 Trad lead by Robert Hartley

The best pitch of the climb by far, albeit quite ledgy.

Takes great gear the whole way up, particularly wires.

The crux is protected by a small wire and microcam (0.5 Totem).

4 13 28 Second lead by Nicole

Pretty nondescript climbing, but a great lead by Nicole!

The adventure I'd encourage you to choose is the line which runs straight up, slightly right of the right.

5 14 45 Trad lead by Robert Hartley

The first 20m or so is a bit lack lustre, but the top makes up for it. Reasonably fun, with a brilliant #3 DMM hex placement protecting the last 10m.

I'd recommend exiting the "prominent crack" near the top onto the face to the right.

Ascent of Ruby Of India by Robert Hartley having trad-cpr or ascent-date

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