Ascents in Pupuke Boulders having Beta

Free solo

It is scary! Made it to the first ledge and bailed. Way to high ball for me to keep climbing on lichen!

#crocsolo

very good climb, the start was hard but the rest was easy even when climbing 5 minutes after rain. be careful if the top of the climb is wet, it can get very slippery.

Worked on the beta this session! Quite hard intermediate but gets easier after second bolt.

Warm up

Warm up

Warming up

Quite a hard start

Soft if you start a little to the left (but still right of the left line of bolts!)

Daaaang, lost my flash because I made grievous gumby boulder reading mistake right at the friggin start!! Had high right foot AND left foot , making my bum stick way out rather than super nice and controlled flagged left foot to reach up to right hand sidepull (which I couldn't reach from ground as I'm short 😅). Once I flagged it was trivial, of course. SUCH A REDPOINTER lol 🔴

Very mossy and dirty but great views are worth it.

Did the "too far to the right" variant, which is nails.

Worked the first sequence and went first go after I found the holds. One move wonder at around grade 22 if feeling very generous I guess.

First go was trying from too far to the right for sure, second attempt set easy

Second try, fun, powerful, needs some new bolts as these guys are pretty rusty.

Lapped for filming

Worked the moves, sent third go. Felt hard to begin with but the send was easy, sharp holds but excellent flowing climbing... 10 more metres of this please.

Soft for a 21 let alone 22 easy flash

Had to climb again to clean it after Alex decided her hands were too cold

Cold hands warm up

I was too cold and too unhappy to finish this one and bailed lol

Only worth climbing if you are teaching someone to lead or to set up an anchor.

Valentin & Dipak's first lead

Valentin & Dipak's second lead

bex and lindsays first lead climb.

Seriously easy, with short bolt spacing. Nicky's first lead and a good one for it.

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