Ascents of Storms at Sea

Used the rap rings 5m north of the top out carrots to fix a 60m static rope and rapped ~57m to a ledge then walked 10m north to the anchor bolts at the start of P2.

Nice to free the crux moves on p2 after years thinking about it. Falcons weren't all that happy to see us, loud but no bite.

Not a bad climb if you can look past the mud and choss. Incredible views!

A fun mini-adventure. Good mix of jugs, thin face climbing and good corner cracks. There's also a good mix of rock quality 😉

Sadly fell off on the delicate traverse on P2 so can't claim the clean tick.

Topping out the climb is heinous and muddy. Seriously consider leaving a bit of rope at the top out anchors.

Also combined P4 and P5, which is a good option to save on belay faff, no significant issues with rope drag.

Top rope soloed the second and third pitches.

A cool wall and sweet outing for the Gong. But it's not quite a classic yet until it's cleaned up.

Good climbing and great bits of rock on the second pitch but I reckon the first ascensionists (Nick Roach) should go back and knock off a load more loose stuff.... then it will be sweet and a quality outing.

The crack on the 3rd pitch is a pearler but is also barely cleaned up. It's all there but would be much more pleasant and probably drop a grade if the muck was out of the crack. Get right in there with a screw driver and hammer.

Nick Roach I reckon the aid rope on the 4th pitch should be replaced by some bolts. The rock is good underneath the loose stuff and the free grade is only 18ish. Will be totally safe and reduce the mank. Would bring it up another notch.

A final good clean with a long handled stiff broom on the p4 ledge will make it a cracker mate.

nice work

back to climb the other route soon

We fixed a 54m dynamic rope to just barely reach sketch ledge, then rapped from there to the ground with another rope. Belinda led P2 as her first trad lead, then freed P4! (FFA). I freed it after her too, and it seemed to be about 19, but it required pulling on loose chossy blocks that could fall in your face, so I wouldn't recommend it. Belinda led P5 as well for the complete trad experience.

We did it at night! We had a bit of trouble with the start of P2 but the rest of it went very smoothly. P3 was very exciting in the dark

First ascent. It was super cool to do this with Nat! I got the crux at the start of P2 first go. Nat bravely suppressed a panic attack on P3 to get it onsight on lead