Ascents in Lower Tier

good beginner climb for new skills

I've climbed this before on bolts, goes well enough on gear which starts small but becomes more heartening the higher you go.

A nice glory climb, good for practising cleaning up.

There is a ton of gear from first bolt onward. Mostly nuts but totems in pockets pretty useful.

Fun trad warmup.

Arapiles refresh, stitch 'er up, nuts, totems, hex.

Good warm up climb

Maillons, biners, slings, dogbones, still fiddling.

Take a big hex next time.

Soft rock, stitch it up. Top wants a really big hex, #11-12. Must get one.

Very nice easy chimney.

Warm down

Warm up

Warming up with poor broken-finger Alexei! Nice to get all that stemming action in again, although my toes were cold this morning ♡

All I am capable of at the moment. Hopefully my finger will let me climb a 15 next week.

Getting the system sorted. Carabiner (maillon) block via pull cord, rescuecender and roll n lock.

From further right

#repeat

Replacing pull cord.

Fun but a bit tough climb through airy territory