Ascents in Queensland by Sam Pearson

Quick morning burn to introduce Chip to seqld climbing. Ran into the Roma St swift water crew on the way up who swiftly began sledging Chip about his choice of footwear (cowboy boots).

Blew it just past the crux with a beautiful clean whipper. Stunning line!

Don't be a kook and drag a #5 & #6 up there like I did.

Found this pretty undeserving of the ledge fall reputation. I think most people deck because their belayer can't see. Push your belayer further out from the cliff so they have a good visual and plug the corner right up. Plenty of good gear until it seams. Crack was super pumpy!

Thanks to Matt for beta and ticks. Placing the gear on lead would be doable but you'd want it pretty dialled if you value your ankles.

BEST 23 AT FROG! Went a lot easier with knowledge of the key footer.

2x fitness burns

Always used to find this tough at the start of the season, both movement and gear. Very happy to cruise it, felt like a different route to memory

A lot easier these days, but still a pretty tough read a few m off the ledge

Fuarrrk what an absolute ripper. Best 23 at frog I reckon, and every bit of the grade at that. Pure thin and off fingers. Missed a key footer that spat me off but keen for round two!

Great committed lead by Dan. Blasted the crux like a mini moonboard problem leading to a pretty decent runout. A great time on second despite a bit of surgery on a few stuck cams.

Bit scarier on lead with the gear down low. Trick is to stay in tantrum instead of busting out to the arete as early as possible. Kind of a shame because the low arete moves are great and there is a chopped bolt there.

Absolute banger. Up there with time for tea with movement quality.

Crux took a while to figure out but got there in the end. Rad moves

Really nice line

Quite techy and awesome. Would've liked a second shot at it but, alas, didn't have the time.

Fuarrrrrk fell agonisingly close on the flash burn. Literally fell with the rope in my hand attempting to clip the chains. Great beta and encouragement from Jack helped it go down relatively easily second shot.

Nearly OS, probably the best and least sandbagged line in cave 5

Sandbagged and chossy at the start

Could have been the shit Connie's but this was quite brutal getting to and then clipping the anchor, particularly if you're short. Good onsight burn from Dan

Took a massive whipper after dry firing off the 'mourge' mantle. Bruised the booty a bit and hence declined a shot at the afterlife

Bloody rough on the skin and quite cryptic

Few burns to decide on L heel or toe. Settled on the heel

Hard in full sun

Tricky mantle, flexibility and high feet are key

Mega mega mega!! Hands down the King line of tibrogargan. This was a surreal experience that will stay with me for the rest of my life. I thought the climbing would ease up after getting to the ear, but it stays on ya for another 5m up an essentially blank seam until you get your first bit of good gear just beneath the roof. Absolutely terrifying but well stoked and keen to come back for the redpoint. Huge thanks to Scotty for keeping the faith on a 2.5 hour belay and firing the traverse on second like a champ.

P1 was epic! Great crack! Definitely 22 max for the first pitch.

Excellent addition and vision Matthew Robbins. I'd say the grading is spot on too. V4/5 on a rope!

Not as good as tangled for movement quality and bolting but an epic line nonetheless. Hard to beat for the position. Total kneebar fest the entire way! Was cool peering though the ear at OOTB

Dayumm the second pitch is the money pitch on this thing! Superb sequences! Quite absorbing trying to find the route without any chalk. Go get it!

First proper attempt at the traverse. Made it under the overhung ridge but didn't commit to climbing into it because I couldn't see any gear, and the moves up would've been irreversible. Need to recce where the mythical halfway placement is, otherwise I don't think I can commit to the traverse in good conscience. A fall here would be met with a nasty swing into the sharp rock sticking out of p1. Headgame getting better each time!

Struggled to find 'the position' on this. Ended up mostly facing in instead of out. P3 is pretty cool. Worth doing. Sat for a wire.

Great addition Troy McAndrew! Definitely harder than 25 IMO

Best 25 on the hill hands down. An example of a perfectly bolted route. Feels way more exposed than the Achilles and IBD sector due to the bolting, steeper climbing and steeper approach, and boy was I feeling it. There's plenty of gear for the first 10m. Use a 120cm sling on the first bolt and 60cm slings on the next three otherwise you'll be hosed with rope drag.

First two pitches only to rescue Dan and Jaime. Good to get back on the big T after 4 years. Plenty of gear, particularly with totems, just need a bit of creativity to find it.

Stunning line! Best 24 on the hill, better than halfway house routes. Absolute shit show up at summit caves rescuing Dan and Jaime, absolute punters.

Hold has to be broken for sure. This was absolute nails.