Ascensioni in Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre

Punted off the top of this one on the last move...

Couldn't figure out the first move

Such a fun time, had a blast with Moonman 1, about a 4 hour push from base camp to the summit. Did a couple aid moves on P2 then freed to the top, the top crux above a very rusted carrot was a good reintroduction to the wall. P3 is a hilarious sandbag and P4 was so mega and 3D and exposed.

A proper taipan-esque route with hard moves, grooves and plenty of air

Pikers gonna pike (traversed around the nails crux). Apart from the cruxy crux this is all time

Wouldn’t have gone if the fellas weren’t singing the groove train song at me

Some radical sequences, taipan does the blueys climbing better than the blueys.

WHOA!

Stuck the first move more times than I can remember but couldn't engage my fingers

Headed up this thing with big Sam, unfortunately 1.5 hours on the first belay and 2 hours on the second belay had me freezing cold and 0 psych to try the upper pitch. Hopefully next time

Some post serpentine no pad bouldering

Fell going for the last crimp before the juggy horizontal break 2m from the top. I waxed lyrical about how good Clean Sweep is but this could be even better? For the first 2/3rds it’s slightly easier and much better protected than its compatriot to the left, but whereas Clean Sweep eases off in the top 15m Dance of Life just keeps going. I’m not sure the crimp moves are necessarily that much harder than the rest of the climb, but compared to CS it’s just so sustained for a full 40 odd metres…

Didn’t take enough long slings so rope drag was pretty awful in the top 10m or so - lesson learned there. Best bit about dropping an onsight like this right at the top is having the excuse to go do it again.

Powerful. Needs more work to link everything.

Really nice climbing between slightly spaced but good gear. Climbed on one rope and drag wasnt crazy but bring extenders. Cleaning on rappel was a mission though and required some serious thinking/swinging hahaha. The rap is 45m, our 80m got us to the higher ledge with Rach pulling me in