Ascents in Smoke Bluffs as various tick types by topher

Super slippery feet to begin with, and then a fun dilemma near the end of the traverse.

Lovely topout move, very insecure after the rest of the climb!

Second shot. Slipped off first time going past last bolt. Pretty intimidating bolt spacing!

Excellent climbing with good rests and gear. Would be best to do in a single pitch, but had already used most of my thin stuff down below. Upper corner didn't feel any harder than the crack below, just intimidating with the ledge below. Great wires in corner.

Super relaxing, climbed in approach shoes.

Good fun. Only seemed vaguely familiar until I looked down from the chains. Didn't bother with top pitch.

Start was seeping a bit, but most of the important bits were dry. Great fun first half, then a reprieve before some nice ring locks in the easier upper half.

A bit dirty and wet

Balancy move into the crack, then easy up the transition left at halfway.

Was hot in the sun, so Deano just moved the anchor across from Point Blank. Would be good to have a small wire for the last move.

Super fun mantle to get the horizontal, then rattly fingers with hand jam pods to top

Awesome, and with solid gear. 0.75BD and smaller cams, with good wires too. Hard mantle at the top.

10c in the guide. Thought the crux was over and then found the real crux...Placed a wire at the start of the corner, then another after the 2nd bolt.

Did LH crack in rain. Supposed to be 5.9, but the wet slab and finger locks made it feel heaps harder than Split Beaver!

Started raining on the walk to the crag, but pretty easy until having to commit to stacking at the top. Could be nice to have two #3 or #4's for the top.

Not the best gear, and not the best climb!

Good fun, and a pumpy warmup!

Second shot. Took too long trying to place gear after bolts on first shot. Gear is completely bomb-proof, and not that hard to place once you figure out where! Yellow metolious in finger crack, which is easily passed.

Great fun, and has a few marginal moves going around the arete. Longer than I expected!

Good slabbing, just short.

Also placed a 0.4BD before the first bolt halfway up. Really dirty initial slab. Had to come in from the right a bit below the second bolt. Broke a footer on the first shot.

Had some really nice moves, but also really dirty. Gear is thin, but OK, and can lace it up around the crux

A bit greasy and awkward to start

A bit shitty. Much better climbs to do around here!

Steep! Great jugs though.

Darren left the rope up, so it seemed logical to do. Tough slabby face to finish.

Really, really nice climbing. Beautiful fingerlocks and lots of footers on the slab!

One hard, cruxy move past the first bolt. Did the 'original' slab start, is highly contrived

Cruxy move

wet, mossy, filled with spiders, not good to boost the confidence!

could be continued up to the left maybe??

awesome fingerlocks