攀登 in Illawarra and Shoalhaven as Red point 或 First free ascent

Thin through the middle

Great easy climb

Nice jug hauling

time to red point it, after all these years

Four kids under nine. Lennys first belay.

great climb, always good to come back to.

Stoked, fun as climb. Took 5 sessions, falling 3 times above the crux. Very dialed by the end.

I was lured in originally by a dude at a tibro rap station who frothed this line, then upon reading Iain Hunter s crag log about not having to pull that hard, i knew id have to see what the hoof is hissin up here. 3 seshies later, accompanied each time by georgia, who eventually sent the approach hike in evolves, i came away with a very unlikely result. 1st burn 3rd session, i went for a lash, threw the full laundry load at it and got tossed at the crux. Georgia went up there and found a new way to traverse the crux, claiming yet again she'd broken the beta. Naturally skeptical, i was on the fuckedge of not going for a second shot but georgia insisted i at least suss her magic genius-guy beta and dipstick clipped first before i could packup. I somehow made it back to the highpoint and figured with nothing to loose, id put all my biccies in the bucket of the girl that holds the slowest known time (skt) for descending caves route. I clipped and found myself above the crux. Terrified id fuck the dog on the final stem corner, i bridged as long as my calves held out and landed the most satisfying of alpine knees in the bushy ledge.

Id recommend this route to anyone that can climb 15 (you read correctly). Lights out movement thats never too burly the whole way up, well protected, and easy to aid.. because its literally an aid route. Very beta intensive, and a great opportunity to learn about the dark arts of stemming in a state that doesnt offer much of it apart from 27s at frog. Im still not real into projecting but to echo Angie's comments in a previous log, this one is worth it, even for the most purest of naked barefoot onsighters.

Crux move is definitely a little harder and dynamic for the short man (me).

Feels good to be able to lap this on the way to the extension pitch after redlining my way through a redpoint of this 2 years ago. Still one of the best at the grade in nowra imo

Tricky start great climbing up top around the arete

So close to the onsight, went for the hold at the end of the 40cm tick mark, must've been a foot for later... Was a finger jug just next to it...

3 (4 attempts if you count missing the first move once) 1 fall second shot and skipped 5 moves each shot compared to the last, thanks for working out the beta Keiran!

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Glad to finally not fall off this. Went super comfortably as the warm up just had to do the correct beta.