Ascents of Evolution as Tick

First time at bungonia. This place is epic! We had great conditions and a fantastic day of climbing. Finished up the other end of evolution.

10hr car to car, awesome fun with Di psych was high and I didn’t sleep the night before cause I was so excited. P1 short then expected, will try and link to P2 next time P2 barn doored annoyingly, will take two #2 + draws for this next time and that’s all P3 most annoyingly dangerous Pitch tall beta might be big move to good hold place small cam then big move, short venture out right on easy ground with bad fall potential. P4/5/6 awesome pumpers would only take #2s and a #1 plus recommended draws P6 fell off at the last draw so close P7 contrived climbing after draw pulling feels easy take your nuts and slings Will be back many times, best multi close to Canberra

Strewth what a Pearler!

Was dragged up this route a couple of years ago when i was a tad grean, so stoked to come back and climb it again. still alot to imporve on though! Sadly had to pull on a fixed sling on pitch 2, poped of the crux on pitch 4 and dogged the F**K out of pitch 6, though still good fun. pitch 7 was actully a decent little outing.

Not sure why people think some of these grades are soft!, though it could just be my weak trad body not addapted to cranking hard...

ps. loose bolt on pitch 6 that is sticking out considerably! proably just needs a tighten though

Really good. We made a bad choice on the exit pitch though

Awesome route - each pitch is classic Stoked to lead the 24 pitch well

The Other End of Evolution adds a pitch almost as good as the 24 pitch (and almost as hard?) a great way to do it!

That was amazing. The rock quality was so much better than red supergiant! P4-6 lived up to the hype! Stoked to get as high as the last bolt on P6 before finally peeling off the slopers. Wild! Was great climbing with two other parties on different parts of south wall all loving the Gifts of Bungonia together

P1 2nd clean, P2 2nd Dog, P3 2nd clean, P4 Lead w. rest, P5 2nd clean, P6 2nd w. rest. Finished up Jumpmaster. An amazing route and my true introduction to limestone. Seconding Paul on every pitch except pitch 4. Smashed me but I felt I did well considering my inexperience.

Decided to pop in to Bungonia on our way out to the Grampians. Had a bit of an 'epic' day, missed the first switchback on the approach and ended up bushwhacking along the top of the cliff for 2 hours before finally making it to the base of the route by noon. Blazing sun, we took a nap in the cave after pitch 5 for a couple of hours to wait for the shade. Amazing climbing! We were both psyched to onsight all pitches including the final one (25/26?) and finished on one of the right hand variants (exit left through the roof at around 23?) - last two pitches were all time classic!

With a rest or two on one of the harder pitches. Got lost somewhere at the top. Great intro to bungonia multi pitching. Pretty well protected by bolts on the harder pitches, with a couple of goey bits above gear on the easier pitches

1 sit on the 2nd last pitch.... pretty awesome route even though p1 & p7 are somewhat nasty

Set off at 8:35am, topped at 1:10pm. p1 15: 2nd. Junk. p2 22: OS. Shitting myself on the Tibroesque trad slab p3 21: 2nd. More scary slab shit. p4 23: OS. Steep(ish) black pocket pitch, pumpy with pack on. Very good. p5 22: 2nd. Slabby pocket corner pitch. Classic. p6 24: OS. Orange gently overhung pocket pitch. Classic. p7 23M1. Tried to free, fell, did the aid move, rest OS.

Just brilliant. We got really lucky with the weather on this on. All the pitch on this are fun the the top few are just Stella. P1 - 15 clean. P2 - 22 onsite, hard start. P3 - 21 clean, tricky move to keep you on your toes P4 - 23 onsite, the POCKET pitch, super pumped P5 - 22 clean, rad techie pitch, my Fav P6 - 24 clean, the weather came in on this pitch crazy fun and hella pumpy. P7 - 23m1 onsite, SCARY

Pitches 4,5,and 6 are stellar and worth the icky bits below