Ascents of Chain Reaction having Beta

baffled by move at 2nd bolt, slapping/falling into the arete. doesn't make sense yet, will require work. bump right hand higher into better arete pinch? HARD. keep right hand lower and bump left hand onto shitty crimp/sloper? must find better body/hip position

Felt like the hardest 5.12c I tried so far, I did it in single moves and had to fight for most moves after the second quickdraw. You have to bump up the right hand on an arête and then somehow avoid barn dooring out of the wall, which I found extremely hard. After a couple of hard moves, it gets slightly easier. There is a far move with the left hand to a jug over the lip of the roof and then a jump to a jug on the right (it's possible to do it with at least the left foot staying on the wall, but I only managed it by cutting loose completely). The jump is okay when you've had a rest but after climbing the crux below it's going to be quite hard. Short route, but quite a lot of hard moves in a row.

Not nice movements

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