Ascents in Top Dam having Beta

Bit of a brawlfest on this one 😳

Finally got the start toe beta worked out after trying it at least once a year for the past 6 years. looking forward to my next commute south via this conveniently placed crag

perhaps soft

From 2022.

From 2022

From January

Felt nice to pull hard again. Keen for another session or two here.

Tom of attempts on the first move. Pulled on after first move and sent the rest of the climb easy. Just need to unlock the shouldery Gaston move.

It's a mantle problem

Big moves on good holds. Cave was filled with poop.

nice flowy movements on jugs to a high heel mantle

Every other time I've considered trying this over the years I quickly realised it was well out of my league. So am happy to have made quick work of it this time round. High tension shouldery moves get a big 👍 from me.

So keen to get this done on my birthday, quality quality line. the DOMS afterwards were heinous.

Fun session out in the sun

So stoked to send this powerful and fun climb!! I was keen to give it a good flash go, but evidently need to learn to balance being thoughtful of technique with some more try-hard factor

How does one climb fit so much funk into it?

It wasn’t very long ago this felt near impossible. Tommy Krauss beta & lots of training has paid off!

Much more of a battle than anticipated. Ended up finding different beta for the second move, more hard smaller moves rather than one big move. Still took two session to link it from the start after thinking it should go any attempt now. Worked for me but certainly stacks up and is up there with other 10's in the area in my opinion.

Finally worked out some beta that works better for me. Did it from one move in, then couldn't link it through to the end anymore. Feels very hard for me personally. Way too many sessions spent on this now over the years, looking forward to getting it done soon.

Put another couple of attempts into Jake's. Very hard for me still but making progress.

Managed the first move today. So that was nice. Now just to properly fire it.

Mantled felt way less sketch this time. So that was nice.

Almost forgotten link-up I hadn't done in years, real good fun

Made some good progress today, first session back in years, good fun!

Still figuring out that first move.

First shot today.

Goofed it in the approach shoes

Just the start move and the top out to unlock and she should be g2g

Fell off with the right hand on the mantle hold on the last shot of the day. One to come back to.

Seems to be an unpopular opinion but I think this climb is great!

Finally found my beta. A few laps while trying the linkup but this boulderer doesn't have that kind of endurance... yet.

a much nicer finish than rumble.

Surprisingly good

Felt significantly easier than congaline to me

Solid

Soft

So good! More sustained than the original with such a fun exit

So very good

3 years later! I finally beat this mantel

Rock in cave a little sus. Mantle is nice.

Happy to get back on this one. Really nice line that deserves more love. Looked as though it hadn't had traffic since I cleaned it up last year.