Ascents in The Thunderdome

Repeat.

Yes, it’s another silly link up, but what else am I going to do here?

Warm up and warm down.

Warm up and warm down.

Foot pop off on the last draw 😢 got back down and had 5min rest before doing it again.

Grabbed the last draw to clip, in a moment of weakness

Brutal. Kept falling off and hanging in space 😆

Yes, it’s another silly linkup, but it’s good value and flows naturally.

Warm up.

Pretty happy to repeat this one, first time this season.

Warm down.

Warm up.

Loved the sneaky no-hands-rest above the lip

Another fitness lap.

Fitness lap.

Warm up.

Warm up.

Apparently you shouldn't just try forever if you currently don't have the ability. At least Alex had some good goes on Gone Bimbo!

Basically a boulder problem with big holds

Warm up.

Finally slayed the mighty Kublai Khan, but not after punting off the top once! Turned out changing the shoes was the beta I needed to get it done. Only one hard route remains for me at Lyttelton now. Coming for you Dr Strangelove!

Don’t know why, but still couldn’t make it happen today even after one hanging for the first time on the first attempt. Kept slipping out of the knee bar at the crux, despite the good conditions. Found an easier way to do the last move of the crux though, so all is not lost!

Warm up.

Good progress today, very nearly got there. Wasted 2 goes with poor draw mgmt, which resulted getting my hand caught up in the rope on the crux move. 3rd and 4th go were both very close, and got past the hardest moves. Got a good chance at it next session I reckon.

Warm up.

Went from feeling like this thing is impossible to falling after the last hard move of the crux in one session. Game on!

Warm up.

First time going all the way to the anchor, and figured out some key beta. Still need to sort out 2 moves, but it actually feels possible this year. Stoked!

Warm up.