Ascents in Steinfelder Turm

Felt difficult for the grade, but it was quite moist, I guess it's easier when completely dry. Don't stick your finger into the mono in the middle, it's a trap!

One move wonder with big holds and small footholds.

Fußbeta und Mono

A really good one. The first ring (yes, unusal, but the route is protected using rings) seems to be way too high, but once you realise you can just easily bridge up to the jugs below the ring, it's no biggie. Technical wall climbing follows, good footwork is essential. Then just after the last bolt, all the holds vanish and you need to dyno up to a good hold.

Slightly more holds than the one on the left, but climbing directly over the bolts is probably way harder than 8+. Going slightly right at the third bolt (repeating some moves from "Simplexalgorithmus", depending on how you did it) helps a lot and is certainly the way to climb it for this grade. Also, going direct from the last bolt seems unnecessary and too hard, when there's a good ledge on the left from where you can cross into the direct line again relatively easily.

Wiggled up my way somehow with many rests. Lots and lots of micro-crimps and sidepulls with little to step on.

Went well up to the second bolt now, but couldn't clip it safely. The passage afterwards is just pure evil, followed by a sort of a pull-up move on two sketchy mico-crimps. Maybe in winter …

The second half isn't as obvious as the first, but if you look closely, there are big jugs in the arête there, too.

Runout aber gut

Great holds, good climbing, airy exit.