Ascents in Olympic Wall

Sick! First 8a onsight. Best fight I've had I reckon. So close to punting on the techy stuff right at the top!!

Such a good route! The boulder crux section is quite challenging on upper part.

f*** spaced bolts - many 10/12 meters falls to try the sequence

This is why Darwin gave us opposable thumbs 🤲

First look at this impressive new Hannes line -- just amazing. One go to put draws in and one to TR

1 go bolt to bolt to put draws in, 2 RP attempts. Could not find any decent kneebars, so no pads. I'll say it again: amazing line.

Fun climbing on slightly scary bolting.

Just like streptoccocus in babala

Hug the bear.

today's warm up!!! I think it's easy (7c?) but you need good tufa-climbing skills - the line is fantastic

Perfect beta from Jorg. I don't get many opportunities for true beta flashes. They're damn good fun.

one hang before clips

Amaze-balls!! Managed all but 1 move, sketchy lead on rusty bolts. I finally ind something i would project but seriously needs a rebolting to fall on this route.

Back with the amnesia onsight! Stellar route.

One crux, happy to on sight it.

Fell on the last move before the anchor! Coming back for it!

A few hangs to figure out each crux. First one in the overhang isn’t bad but is harder if you don’t move efficiently. Getting through the tufa system is demanding. Left kneebar and pad optional.

Then the crux after the 2nd cave is really sequence dependent especially for the feet. Felt dialed after a few runs on it. Crucial RH finger splay with left cross and bump.

Last crux leaving the small cave into the slopers was desperate as hell and didn’t not feel good. Would be highly possible to blow a redpoint here. Right kneebar to cross RH to sloper. Pulling out the kneebar and turning it into a right foot was hard. Pulling to LH pocket felt low-percentage and desperate each time.

60% TR!!! 40% lead (crux lead) post concussion to keep it safe. Will be back for a ‘true’ send when healed and back in Kalymnos!

3go Fantastic and varied climbing: overhang, boulder, endurance, tufa, slab... 5 star route!

That is not! a Tickmark

Unrelenting

started off promisingly for the first 4 bolts, then it kicked my ass, even just bolt to bolt to the anchor - great moves but really hard work

Amazing route! completely misread everything. Not even pads could help me

very hard fight but I really wanted to on-sight this wonderful line !!! (putting up QD)

One go to put draws in and remember moves, second go to RP. Although there are numerous bomber knees in the lower section, I decided to forgo pads and knee barring and just mofe fast. What a line. Respect to all the onsighters - the end took me a while to figure out!

Looks absolutely amazing, like someone has poured smooth concrete down the wall, but with a handful of individual protruding horizontal stalactites to show the way.

30m of tufa craziness. Pretty cool!

Such a good classic route, very solid, the last crux is technically hard!

Very interesting wall, just has all these tufas hanging out from this blank wall. First 7b onsight for the trip.

So good, but yet the bolts are all rusty.... It was more of a head game than anything. Such great climbing and second 7b onsight all in a days work!

Very cool climbing upto the last bolt then...decision time, left or right at the run out . I couldn't finish it left or right in the end. Air miles!!

After watching Ville, i fully committed to going right at the run out. My shoes were heard squeaking from 30m below on the last balancy stalactite. Perhaps this was OS-able

Reach certainly makes a difference on this one.

Thanks for the draws, Mark. Congrats on a righteous onsight!

Fun tufas. Weird boulder crux at the top.

SUCH a good 7a+ tufa line and such a heartbreaker that the anchor is above the tufas. Got all QDs flash, fell on the sharp and techy top crux and couldn't figure out the moves.

1st rp. Felt 7a ish

Onsight attempt, very close!

Second try: not quite enough power for the crux. First class route.

Awesome! My first 7b onsight.

Tufa mantle