Ascents in Ōtākou / Otago having Beta

Hard V2/V3 boulder move.

Scrambling all the way up to the traverse across to the start of the "climbing" section. Roped up and did 2 pitches of scrambling through the gully. There was still snow on sections of the gully. Most amazing views!

First ever mixed climb. What an adventure. Even the walk in along Queens Drive got me nervous. Crux at first pitch where it gets narrow but with solid ice over the bulge. 2nd pitch was pretty straight forward until a step section that had thin ice on a face. Third pitch was just run out for a good 20m before the last mantle. The belay for the part pitch was an anchor using the ice axes along with a body belay. Good times

Great climb with good pro and varied moves. Exciting, thought-provoking finish.

got my ass kicked

rain of last pitch

top roped frist pitch

lead only first pitch

badish weather winter

I probably did a mix with the 19 and 21 next to it, but it's such a cool climb. I loved it!

Nice climb, big moves on big olds then weird mantle. I fall on the mantle at the end on the flash go, it took me too much time to figure out what to do, but got it on the 2nd go.

Tough 18 but really nice! The crux around the second last bolt is pretty hard (but really cool) for a 18 but you can still "cheat" and go on the right flake which is way easier!

Tough 23, but probably the best I've tried so far. You get all types of hold in a single route, from crimps to slopers, via some pockets and even a small crack where you can "hand jam"! Super cool a must do!!!

Pretty hard start then getting easier, I stopped at the end of the 21, the next few moves to make it a 22 are mossy and would need a wild brush.

The first few moves are a bit ritchy but beautiful line

Not so far from flashing it, and finally didn't have enough time to send it. Maybe next time. Superb climb though! And don't stop at the fist chain, the anchor is 2m higher !)

Thin slab, have to be quite accurate with the feet. Very nice but a bit run out though! Stick clip is advised

Glad to tick this one on the last day. 2 boulder problems with a good knee bar in between. Really cool!

Good warm-up, not really sure if it warrants two stars though.

One of those silly climbs where the crux is at the start, cruisy thereafter.

Pumpy roof crux, pretty stoked about the flash!

Made hard work of this, climbing with the flu sucks! Amazing line though!

Super stoked about this send! Very, very satisfying roof sequence. Dat overhead heel hook around the lip!

Exciting for the grade due to its steepness, pulling through juggy bulges and some fun bridging. Great gear. Amazing views.

Steep, juggy fun.

Very windy which made me question holds. Walk in was extremely long and steep

Holds and feet where you need them, nice stretched out feet, strong holds at all clips

seems like it hasn’t been climbed much, not a bad root but not one I am fussed about doing again.

Onsighted the 19 to the first anchors then went far right to get to the next draw, as it was a warm up I didn't really want to pull the much harder moves to make it go this way. Came back to the ledge and go the top going to the left of the crack in a way that felt like a 20, definitely not 35m (took the 80m rope and didn't even use half of it) maybe 20-25m

Feeling it out, didn't like the crimps at the crux so I stick clipped and tried throwing with the draw already on.

Second go, was pumpier than I thought it would be at the top but got it done

Bit more 3 dimensional than I thought and a few parts of the crack didn't fit my fingers but managed to get to the chains with some pump

Georgie kindly put the draws on for me, no warm up climb today, felt good the whole way just needed the sleep.

What I ended up warming up on, nice climb and wasn't wet.

Climbed up to the bulge, then the holds got continually wetter to the point I had to let go, tried then traversing into Anagaana but had the same issue. Terrible warm-up if wet 😅

Was soaking wet at the bulge, see Giz-a-combo, downclimbed to retrieve draws.

Put draws on bolt to bolt, felt good

Fell off after the crux (had last draw clipped)

Tried to change beta near the top and pumped myself out in the crux

Georgie sent 3rd go, after Glen told us how to do the start using a right hand hold far right (we had been going straight)

Too gased, couldn't hold the crux, cleaned the draws off after going to the top 5 times, quite disappointed.

End of the day, was getting dark and the rope was still through it from Scott's warm up so I cleaned on second to save time.

The days warm up

Put draws on refreshing moves from previous day

All moves done with 1 fall in the crux, felt close