Ascents in The Cathedral

Lovely fun

Fun, soft for the grade but I’ll take it

another day at the theej, another day warming up on vitez and nearly dropping said warmup

yay got it! way more offwidth than i remembered, which may be required for the greenpoint bc there is no way you are placing gear in that crack while laybacking? not bc thats hard, which it is, but i found the gear to be WAAAAY in the back

contrived with an oh so tempting hand jam right at the crux. managed to contain myself and climb this thing without bridging, giving me that sweet sweet sweet 23 tick! very surprised. tho knees were used in that sorta inelegant way people say you are not meant to do. and to that i say nonsense. climb with your knees folks. be the change you want to see in the world.

Still whacky, this is the sort of thing I like

Whipped on the first go. Kept it together on the second go. Fuck yeah! My legs were shaking like a leaf starting from the crux on the extension

This thing punched me in the nose again

Showing Vincent the beta

Been wanting to do this on gear for ages... super fun and good placements where you want them.

That low crux is definitely a tough one! Took a couple of goes to get it worked out. Ended up doing a thumb press on two tiny pebbles to help with the stand up. Hopefully they stay there for a long time! Overall an awesome climb, can't wait to return to try the extension.

Warm up for the day

another send at the Theej! not totes sure about the anchor placement though? I ended up topping out at top of the fridge kind directly above last bolt. but did feel easy for 23 once i knew what to hold

I am on my way to climbing every route here! (glacis is gonna be a toughie though). I have said it before and I will say it again - bury me at the Cathedral

Oh woah this gets 19? maybe? feels stiff for 18 down low sure, but 19? probs checks out. this climb is delightful though! thin hand crack start, to 3D nonsense, to sport climbing past a few bolts. it may actually be the best warmup here! so bring a rack folks and stop warming up on wacky tabacci

Back on the horse. I would be honoured for this to be my first 25. All moves go, and honestly was pretty stoked to link to the penultimate bolt. The next lil sequence is wild, and there is one move that surely is not the beta but it just might work?

climbed this to attempt the extension, but seeing as i got this clean, im ticking it! esp considering my shocking attempt the other day. moves from second bolt to third are probs my second fav sequence at the Theej

wow first go today! pretty stoked but i do believe its a tad easier for the taller folks. would love to hear some beta from shorter folks - what on earth do you do up there?! great final sequence - maybe my fav crux sequence at the Theej?

hard onsight so i ticked the heck out of it. also vvv sandy - this climb needs a lil more love

first attempt saw me to the top, so gave it another burn to see if i could pull off something incredible. i could not. but stoked to link to and clip the last bolt. the next sequence is sick af but oh so hard by that point. excited to show mr buns this one. and omg this is a way better greenpoint than hercules - bomb nasty gear the whole way!

always a pleasure and always a chore

yay a send! new tick on the crag for me but i have climbed this thing. not sure if clean though! waaaay harder than i remembered!

a day of some sending, more not sending, and a healthy amount of unsending

final climb of the day (7/7) and it was a gd shocker

plugged in my dial up for this one

tried the direct - yet another day being mystified but cruxes of the cathedral. clean once i swallow my pride and stepped into the crack. will come back for the 22 version

A much more relaxed send this time, good to get some chimneying happening again!

My memory was poor, screwed up several sequences, but somehow managed to hold on and get a clean repeat. Always a fun climb!

Took 4 sessions to finally piece the crux together! It was a long process, but the sequence is really cool. I know a few strong boulderers have talked about a dynamic method, mine was fully static.

wahoo! stemmed and hand jammed to clip the 6th bolt. then a few moves in the crack before coming back onto the face. maybe 21 this way? or easier? was i meant to do more of the overhanging crux face? maybe? but could i? no way so why bother

top was way too cryptic (read hard af). bailed onto prevenge. couldn't do that either so bailed onto dobsters. sydney guidebook thankfully says you gotta do this in winter otherwise its impossible, which makes my ego feel much better. thanks mr carter

kinda wild for 16 if you avoid the arete for too long. but still engaging and a great warm up for its neighbours

I mainly climbed fisticuffs once I could reach the crack. Those jams are too tempting

Took my first Trad whip in a long time from a foot slip on the layback up the top. Blaming new shoes. Had a light bounce of the ledge below. Thrilling. Great climb. #7 is good for top

Feels hard. Would love an extra inch of reach on this one

Tried to stay on the face too long. When I got back to ground my boots were full of leeches. Such is life