Ascents in Steinfelder Turm

Scheint kaum geklettert zu werden. Fand ich auch deutlich schwieriger, vielleicht deswegen.

Splendid! Extremely good route; jugs and pockets mix up with sidepulls and underclings, balance passages and tricky footwork. Perfect test piece for the grade.

Gave up in the crux. Too tired...

Sweet climb, with a nifty dihedral in the upper part. The original start via the ledge from the left looks overgrown.

Great line along the arête. Tried to stick to it a bit more than the bolts suggest and I loved it. Runout after the second bolt and after the last, pumpy moves from the ledge.

Great holds, good climbing, airy exit.

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

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 …

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.

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.

Hard off the ledge. Went a little on the right face at the fifth bolt then straight on the arête.

So Good!