Ascents in Turkey as Hang dog by Daniel

Thought I had the crux already behind me when I passed the tufa, but then I got totally thrown off in the sharp rock near the end. Couldn't find a good solution even after resting. Worth another try though!

You'd expect the crux to be the bulge in the first half or the rooflet, but those are actually quite easy. It's the crimpy finish that gets you. Really great route, I just didn't want to overstrain my injured finger with a second go.

This is the traverse going across the overhanging mid-section of the sector. Gets harder and harder towards the end, so I had to rest at one particularly reachy move.

Tried to step over too early, should have climbed on a bit

Feels much harder than Little Big Wall. There are several really strenous sequences. In the steepest one, the good sidepull probably was solid once but now it's crumbling, making that move even more reachy. I expected the usual runout at the end but it suddenly gets overhanging again and I guess I really need to save some strength for that. It looks like a good hold broke off there entirely, too.

Surprisingly doable! The crux is a wide move to the left with some confusing foot work, followed by not-so-good holds that basically lead into the crux of Toros, but leaving it right away. Don't clip the wrong bolt! The correct one is loose, unfortunately... A bit further up there's a really far move out of two underclings, which I hope will still be as easy for when linking it all.

mantra wanted to put in the draws for me and fell like seven times trying to figure it out I still went in, and with his help found a solution that works for me. The crimps were so painful though that I didn't want to go again.

This attempt went much better than before. I'm really optimistic now! The lower part went smoothly, but still more exhausting than it should be. I first rested in the middle of the roof, and once more right before the crux move.

This time, I also extended the fixed draw, which helped a lot to reduce drag. Using my panic draw to clip the crux seems to be the best way to go.

A thunderstorm was incoming and I had to clean it. Being in a hurry made me mess up the crux, but I took a nice fall.

The crux itself is pretty hard, but the challenge for me here is having the endurance to put it all together. That aside, I can totally do all the moves. The vertical part in the beginning is technical and hard to read but if I just do it right, it should be fine. For moving out of the overhang, I'll have to reach really far and trust that the bad hold is enough. After that, it's a confusing zic-zag, but not that hard, except for the rope drag... so put long draws everywhere, and a ~50cm one at the crux.

Involuntary fall training during warmup: foot slipped

Gave the 7a+ extension a shot. I had a hard time figuring out the beta, so I long-handed myself from bolt to bolt. It was too hot for a second try, but I think I can do this. Note to self, this is how: For the move away from the anchor, use the reachy, right-hand sidepull, pinch the tufa on the left, put the right foot up and t(h)rust. From the huge undercling, use the small ledge as a left-hand sidepull, make sure the right foot is a bit higher than the ledge, then press the left foot against the tufa. Bad crimp right, sloper left, feet higher, into the good hold on the right (leave the pinky out: less painful). Egyptian high enough to get into the undercling/shoulder pull thing pinch the small tufa with the tight, reach to the rescue jug on the left.

Some draws were already in and I saw Lilly dogging it, so I gave it a shot. It's rather hard and not really my strong suit, but I think I can do it. The challenge is mostly technical, so I hope I can recall the beta next time.

Fell in the crimpy section near the end (yay for falling though), and then struggled with the painful holds, basically dogging the entire rest. I'm surprised that I onsighted it last year, as it feels much harder than any other route here.

Pumpy boulder with some delicate egyptianing in the crux. The name fits well: gets continuously harder and harder, ultimately demanding more strength than I could muster. I figured out all the moves, so it's certainly doable.

Failed at the last bolt, being totally pumped. Took a nice fall, which has been a while, so I'm considering this a huge success.

Wasn't really awake yet, and struggled in the slab

Great overhanging jugfest with some tricky moves. I should be able to send this.

Gave up shortly after the resting position. I'm surprised that I managed to onsight this in 2015. Maybe already being exhausted and having to put in the quickdraws this time didn't help.

Was a bit too exhausted; should try again.

Dangerously brittle beginning to reach the hole at the 4th bolt (did it with the first two bolts already clipped, wouldn't want to do it otherwise). Then actually some good but pretty hard climbing.

Reachy moves on good holds, then a dyno that caught me off guard so I had to rest. The overhang sneaks up on you! Will definitely try this again.

Tough but doable moves. Went the wrong way at the top, was a bit scary. Don't like the traverse to the anchor.

So tired... (I'm not 100% sure if this is the right route. Might well have been Blue Attack. It's the one with the most overhanging start out of the middle of the hole.)

1st pitch only

1st pitch only