Ascents in Monkey World

Brilliant climbing to the third and final pitch, which is a steady slow overhanging grind to a neat face, and finally some slab, cant ask for more than that!

Fantastic route, top pitch is magic.

Very accessible multipitch with a dreamy view as a reward.

cut in the rain but no shelter on the route. repelled down from 2nd anchor, overhang crux on 2nd pitch

Simul climbed pitch one and two, both lead 3rd pitch and rapped down for a time of 52 mins ground to ground

This pitch was excellent!

Last climb of the trip. The climb itself was awesome with the top pitch being an excellent must do flowfest. The descent however was a bumblefest, but who I was to think I could go through a whole three weeks without an epic. So we were rapping from the anchors of the second last pitch off in the dying light. The day before I had cut my rope because it was core shot. Lost about 5 metres. This is sitting in the back of my head as I pass the anchors of the 2nd pitch and knew we have to do at least another rap. I figured we could do it from the first pitch to the ground. I get to just before the anchors of the first pitch and bam I am stuck. The stopper not gets jammed into the atc. It was at this point I figured I would just use my weight to jam down to the anchors on rope stretch and then take off the atc. Bam get down to the anchors but the atc won't come loose. I up climb a few bolts daisy chain soloing to get to the third bolt. Where I undo the knot and release the rope. I figure I'll tell Erika when she gets to the next bolt after I downclimb to the anchors. I daisy chain solo down to the anchors just in time to look up and see Erika pretty much at the bolt I just came down from. She had done the same thing. We have a bit of a discussion and she decides to climb up a bit so she can let the ropes go and pull the ropes through to rap down to the anchors off the bolt she was is at. So lets go of the rope starts to yank and its at this time we realise she had grabbed the wrong rope. So now she has to solo over to grab the other end rope to pull through. She does it raps down to he anchors and we get down alright. This whole ordeal was taking place whilst it was dark. We were 30 metres above the road and could see people coming back to dinner from their day out. It was a completely surreal experience the juxtaposition of being so alone and afraid to being so close to society. Would not do the same again. The words 'I'll get it on rope stretch' should not be a part of any good descent. Bad experiences make wiser decisions. Erika however was nowhere near freaked out. That finnish stoicism at its finest.