Ascents in World by Sam Pearson

Quick morning burn to introduce Chip to seqld climbing. Ran into the Roma St swift water crew on the way up who swiftly began sledging Chip about his choice of footwear (cowboy boots).

Blew it just past the crux with a beautiful clean whipper. Stunning line!

Don't be a kook and drag a #5 & #6 up there like I did.

Found this pretty undeserving of the ledge fall reputation. I think most people deck because their belayer can't see. Push your belayer further out from the cliff so they have a good visual and plug the corner right up. Plenty of good gear until it seams. Crack was super pumpy!

Thanks to Matt for beta and ticks. Placing the gear on lead would be doable but you'd want it pretty dialled if you value your ankles.

BEST 23 AT FROG! Went a lot easier with knowledge of the key footer.

2x fitness burns

Always used to find this tough at the start of the season, both movement and gear. Very happy to cruise it, felt like a different route to memory

A lot easier these days, but still a pretty tough read a few m off the ledge

Fuarrrk what an absolute ripper. Best 23 at frog I reckon, and every bit of the grade at that. Pure thin and off fingers. Missed a key footer that spat me off but keen for round two!

Great committed lead by Dan. Blasted the crux like a mini moonboard problem leading to a pretty decent runout. A great time on second despite a bit of surgery on a few stuck cams.

Bit scarier on lead with the gear down low. Trick is to stay in tantrum instead of busting out to the arete as early as possible. Kind of a shame because the low arete moves are great and there is a chopped bolt there.

Absolute banger. Up there with time for tea with movement quality.

Proper alpine conditions on the Torreon. low single digit temps, 50km gusts, snow in the descent col. Overall the coldest I've ever been while rock climbing. 7a+ as the second route in Galayos in these conditions was always going to be ambitious, but I gave the crux pitch a solid burn, falling in the dihedral. Went a lot easier after cleaning out the crack and committing to the friction stem. Conditions deteriorated at the 6b+ and we were all thankful to make it to the cumbre without getting rained on. Jaime and Juan had a domestic trying to locate the rap anchors. Eventually we found them and got the f*ck down. Cold af but stoked to share the experience with the twins!

Classic Spanish alpine experience! Massive walk in, huge elevation gain. 6b pitch was the highlight, bomber rock and beautiful arcing crack. Chossy exit that challenges the route finding skills

One of the best at the crag!

Stunning, first burn went quite well, but couldn't summon the juice to get it done on the second

Unexpected foot slip off the polish

Epic route! The true verdon experience! Runouts galore, no fall zones, tricky route finding, and an absolutely mega classic sustained crux pitch on a striking arete. Overall, the route climbed very similarly to a trad line, with the most common sequences being delicate laybacks on technical smeary feet. Probably the best sport multi I've ever done!

Link up 1&2. Possibly the best sport pitch of my life. 40m of climbing into infinity!

Presque enchainee, un brise-coeur!

Crux took a while to figure out but got there in the end. Rad moves

Really nice line

Quite techy and awesome. Would've liked a second shot at it but, alas, didn't have the time.

Fuarrrrrk fell agonisingly close on the flash burn. Literally fell with the rope in my hand attempting to clip the chains. Great beta and encouragement from Jack helped it go down relatively easily second shot.

Nearly OS, probably the best and least sandbagged line in cave 5

Sandbagged and chossy at the start

Could have been the shit Connie's but this was quite brutal getting to and then clipping the anchor, particularly if you're short. Good onsight burn from Dan

Took a massive whipper after dry firing off the 'mourge' mantle. Bruised the booty a bit and hence declined a shot at the afterlife