Ascents in CAVE

Excellent moves and good flow! Should have done it 2nd GO, but I didn't rest enough between attempts. It was freezing in the cave. Also, after a lot of rain be aware of a lot of seeping in the cave.

A true challenge for a master of all disciplines. 3 separate and very unique crux sequences separated by no-hands rests. You need them though, because holy shit they are each demanding in their own way. Honestly it even felt hard for 7a+, and each of us had a different opinion on which crux was the most difficult.

So much texture at the start. Good flowy crack traverse. Easy to set up draws on the meat of the 7a+ from here as well.

Rad line. Epic crux moves. Cool slab finish.

An absolute beef sandwich. 3 sessions, 4 tries total. Blew it at the last bolt twice. Pulling over the lip is a mütherfucker. It ain’t over till it’s over boi!

This was my third 7c (as graded by 27Crags), and I feel comfortable giving it this grade because it was quite a bit harder than the other 2 I’ve done in the last 2 months. When I came down a local guy told me the French team kids upgraded it to 7c+.

FYI don’t trust the perma-draw except as a direction for cleaning. That thing is way past its prime to safely take a whipper.

Not as easy as it looks. A little dirty, but good movement and a decent all-around warmup.

Very hard to read but very cool crux with some technical beef. Beginning and end are both easy.

Good moves with a balancey mantle in the middle. Wanders a bit to the right at the top, away from the bolt line. Good warmup.

Really weird, fingery crux down low leads to jug-hauling. Felt about 5.10c.

This route all comes down to the crux in the roof. Everything else is jugs. Going direct is definitely hard and the intended beta. I almost blew the onsight because the holds are not what you think they will be. It felt a little spicy for 11b rating on 27Crags but the crux is short-lived. Going right and around the roof and avoiding the crux is no harder than 10a/b. Don’t cheat yourself.

Hard, core-intensive, and some fancy footwork required. Pumpy forma warmup if you don’t know the beta.

Definitely a bit easier than the other one.

Powerful move in the middle I could not do. Pulled through.