Ascents in Cow Tracks

Such a beautiful climb, good variations, nice fist jams. Can't wait to do get on it again, thanks Jo and Tony ☺

I'm in love with this climb, the top chimney if you short its so good, love every moves. Well done Tony and Joe ☺ such an amazing climb. Thanks gurus

Still love this climb, best climb this section in the morning and move to holy cow in the afternoon. .. nice breeze ☺

Scary but awesome. Ok so the climbing here all awesome ...everything..!

What an epic adventure with two of my favourite climbing buddies! Thanks Matt Fingleton and Scott for keeping me super safe and taking me up this spectacular climb into the sky!

FFA. Looking around for new routes we could see some potential above Q plus who doesnt want to climb a 3 star hand crack. Great rock and climbing culminating in a spectacular traverse that tops out the wall. Bring a photographer for the last pitch.

Fun route that climbed better than it looked in the top half. Have now installed DBB to access second pitch and make belay and rapping safer.

Went for the first ascent and almost pulled off the onsight but fell at the end of the roof exit ripping a micrcam. Pulled back on and after much thought solved problem with pure friction stemming to classy rockover move to exit. Easily up wide cracked corner to top.

Reclimbed this to access Nightowl to attempt FFA.

Snagged the FFA two days after falling at the end of the crux on the FA. The stemming beta I had worked out worked a treat. Amazing climbing doing moves I have never done before on the most incredibly frictioned rock. One of my most proudest First ascents and a great climb. Added a DBB at top.

Such an adventure! Loved it and definitely a 3-stars in my opinion! A hard off-width middle crux with a few small crimps which were life saver! second pitch starts hard again and then gets very cruisy and fun! BIG cams are a must for this one! Could barely get number 6 in! maybe need #7s?

I had to pull on gear through the steep start, but once I got out onto the face OMG! An awesome finger crack awaited me that then turned into an offwidth that required zero offwidthing ability. This climb also featured the worlds best belay ledge and a noteworthy second pitch that took us all the way to the top of the cliff.

Ninja lead the first pitch and I lead the second. Pretty cool traverse under the roof.

Biggest sandbag I've ever been on. Bailed off the bolt after many struggles.

Had to have a few goes to get past the tricky start. The sun was absolutely cooking us.

Super nails hard start up a super thin crack that I had to aid. But the corner was stellar and the second pitch was okay too.

Much better than it looked from the ground.

The first pitch would actually be really good if not for all the dead grass and dirt. The second pitch is nails hard. After an initially attempt I aided through the hard section and lowered to try the moves. They go, but would be around 24/25, although placing gear through that section would be tricky on redpoint. The roof on the third pitch isn't that hard and I was able to link it with the second pitch.

Oh. My. Wow.

Wasn't feeling very strong this trip, so mostly stuck to the easier climbs, and explored the place for 'next time'. Bashed our way up to Cow Tracks and figured out where things were. At the bottom of this, I thought it looked cool, and like it might have decent gear, a belief backed up by the description. Decided to have a crack, fully prepared for an aid session if I chickened out.

At the beginning, my biggest concern was fending off all the spiders that have made that corner system their home. Reasonably good gear and good climbing as long as you are careful about the odd loose block down low. By halfway up the first pitch, it was telling that I was really no longer aware of the spiders; this was not because there was any change in their numbers, but rather because I was now otherwise focussed. The technical crux was here, just before the traverse, in avoiding the loose rock. You don't need to use the loose stuff, and there is great gear, you just need to be careful.

I then embarked on the traverse. The only thing that kept me going was the description. 'It's 18. It's 18. Good holds. It's 18'. There was gear, but definitely not an overabundance of it. There would be no aiding through this. I spent an age there on the jugs, breathing deep, trying to calm myself enough. I peeked around the corner; no gear there. How to retreat? I couldn't undo those moves. My retreat option was to take the king swing; and I was not willing. 'Good holds'. Dammit; Trust the description and go! Up! Good holds. Thank heavens! Plug in some gear!

Stepping around the arete and gaining the roof was technical and fun, and with bomber gear right beside you this was far less intimidating than it might appear. Or else I was just all out of fear for the day? Suggest setting the belay low so you aren't dragging the rope around the roof or into the crack.

The second pitch was exactly as described - harder than it looks, however it takes excellent gear and doesn't have the intimidation factor of the first pitch - merely excellent climbing.

I had to take a star off for the patches of crummy rock on the way up the corner. So I only gave it 3. This is the most awesome and memorable climb I've ever done.

If you were to follow the rule of giving a climb the lowest number you can while keeping a straight face, I think a sadist could give this 16. The movement is not difficult, just scary. It really deserves the 18 for commitment though.

Airy. Scary. Spectacular. Incredible. Improbable. Shockingly, all there. This is what Cania is about. This route is the Cherry Bomb!

Mad props to the FA.

Oh. And it ate my half rope. Be careful of the crack when lowering your ropes. RIP orange halfie. Still worth it.

Pulled through the offwidth section on gear a couple times. Didn’t feel like using all my energy on the first day, and had already lost enough skin.

Bloody good fun !