Ascents in West Virginia

packs a lot of variety. Bouldery start, techy slab, powerful layback, and a roof to finish it off. Sick! Saw Joe while belaying Mark lol

pretty burly for a slab. Found the perfect thumb pinch hold..

gnaaaaarly move in the middle using slopey small pad for both hands..uhhh..

gorgeous arete! Some really sweet moves. Would be mad scary to lead on trad..

found the start to be quite demanding but maybe it was just sore muscles from super crack..

rip big red nut. Got to learn to commit to laybacks hey..

Wow, this was quite the journey. Takes you through a chimney, cruxy overhang, fairly enjoyable crack, gnarly chicken wing, and steeeeeep finish. Forgot to breathe for the last 5 mins. Mega! Took so much out of both of us that we packed up and went for a swim in the New lol

Cool wavy bulby scoopy features on this one. Mark found gear a bit finicky.

wet rock is no bueno. Its neighbour seemed better after the rain.

P1 offers mild crack climbing with a couple of hard moves to get situated in the crack. If you are reading this, do yourself a favour and stop at P1 anchor. The top out of P2 is caked with runoff (May 2024) which resulted in a 2hr ascent. The two crimps below the anchor were filled with mud leading to some type 2 fun.

didn't bother with the second pitch

Not 12b. Given 11d on MP, 24 Australian seems fair. I don’t have the reach for the “ single move” even with super high feet, but did multiple crimpy moves immediately right of the bolt that worked out well.

Nice enough on its own, but really a link up of two routes

Nice climb. I wore my thongs to belay Dave and had to explain joke

Much easier than all the 5.9 trad classics at NRG, could also be led on trad safely.

Fora short route it packed a punch. A gnarly warm up for me

Much easier than smooth operator. Quite nice.

Some amazing holds and a long journey on mostly TCUs and some finger/ thin hand pieces. Gear sometimes spaced.

Came back to do it, gave up my static beta and jumped after the crux traverse as it seemed more certain. Onsighted from 3rd bolt to end

Nice enough, I clearly need fist jam practice- this one actually fitted my fists

Thought a move on this was harder than either of the 5.9s to the left

Really liked this one despite the easy middle

Nice route, not as good as brolga etc though

Nice and long, a pain to descend.

We were meant to be having an easier day but got bored. Then it rained. Figured out a functional sequence to third bolt, then it’s all much easier. Hopefully will get back

Nice climb, 4 distinct sections with hands free rests. 11c on Mountain project and in guide book.

Ha ha, “ the fist crack” at the start was hard for me, ended up having to layback it to do it clean at some hard grade after trying all sorts of crazy moves. The rest of the route is great.

No one seems to do the end any more, full of cobwebs

Two goes, on lead, then top rope. Very cruxy, major issue getting to first decentpod with the negative 9 cm ape factor my right arm has. Not sure it’s worth further time. Nice line though.