Ascents in Barrenjoey as various tick types by Phil Ward

Thin and slabby - run out and desperate at times. This route is 18 not 15 as it says here!

Run out at the top, but it's pretty easy up there

Hand jams in the breaks and thin on the face

An easy romp - perfect for beginner lead.

Inadvertently soloed - dragging the rope up with me! Essentially a no-pro route.

The pro on this flaring rounded crack really isn't great - beware. Bailed and toproped instead - to my relief.

Really tough traverse from cavelet to crack - well protected by a bolt though, so I think that with the cam up in the top break I might run a pink at this in the future.

This version is very silly - do Direct variant instead.

A little chossy and unclimbed - but it's still a better route than CE.

A little run out at the bottom, but pro is good up top with cams between bolts.

The guide talks about a ripped hold, but I don't see how this could get any easier for a 19.

BJ classic - everyone should steam up this one.

Tough start but easy out of the roof throwing in cams all the way.

Reachy, balancy and great value

Flared, sandy breaks make for some dubious cam placements - you're happier when you clip those bolts!

Sustained throughout - some classic BJ thinness with great pro

Bring some big pro and wedge yourself in

Get inventive with the pro because it's a bit sparse to the first bolt

The cam placement mentioned in the guide looked pretty flakey to me, which is a great pity because this line has all the makings of a total classic. Oh, for a bolt!

Thin start to run-out first bolt

Very thin start then easy sustained climbing. The variant finish is much easier than E, but is more run-out without the standard route's top bolt.

Unprotected all the way to the bolt before the top-out. The microcam placement the guide mentions is wishful thinking.

Very chossy - and not worth a star

Easy to stray off route - and that makes things much harder!

Brain-shrinkingly large run-out before the bolt

A very thin start past the first two bolts - but he is the smearer after all!

Not great for the arachnophobes!

Crackalicious

Very thin start but good after that

Crimpy in places but mostly bomber.

The juggiest holds known to man.

Enjoyable and well protected.

Good bit of chimney at the top.

Fingery start much like MS.

Sex... in rock form.

Tough from the very beginning to the second bolt. Super fingery and unprotected start.

Sparse difficult beginning moves, but great for it!

Like MS and LI on this wall, Enterprise is the finger-master. Tough start but great climbing.

Sparse difficult beginning moves, but great for it!

Very fingery to start. Crux is at top - but well protected. A real make or break move!

Enterprise is the finger-master. Tough start but great climbing.

Lots of breaks for cams. Crux lies in top half, with section of sparse fingeriness.

Pro gets sparse towards the top - have to sling the large dinner plate flake or make longish ascent unprotected. Excellent footholds and bomber cam placement soon after, though.

Excellent sustained climbing - well protected.

Chimney start and fairly sparse on the face from then on. Short and no great rhythm.

Lots of breaks for cams. Crux lies in top half, with section of sparse fingeriness.

Easy climbing just like Jezebel - not as well protected though.

Fingery to start - greasy after rain.

Crimpy in places with the occasional bomber pocket. Satisfying.

Often used as an access path

Very fingery and smeary throughout. Long runout between BR2 and ring - bring the kevlar undies for this one late in the day.

Great climb with interesting overhang start at cave. Get grunting!

Sustained climbing - a good lead to kickstart the day.

Tough until you know the whereabouts of the top hold (up and right). Topout is a featureless domed sloper otherwise!

Sparse and smeary in places with some bomber underclings to rest. Recommend a 0.5 cam in left crack to prevent decking.

One of the more challenging chimneys at Barrenjoey. Good fun.

Fairly fingery - easy to get a pump on whilst clipping pro.

Great climb with interesting overhang start at cave. Pro is good - can see this being lead.

Really easy going - would be a good lead for a novice.

The climb is nothing to write home about - the view from the top is worth seeing.

Loads of bomber hand holds. Good clean fun.

Nice smeary, fingery between BR 1 and 2. Overhang at top also a good challenge.