Ascents as Hang dog as sport by Macciza a.k.a. Macca

Hmm, it seems one’s warmup and grade progression doesn’t really carry over from the previous evenings climbing… bugger ….

Oh well put in a reasonable effort before getting a bit boxed one move from a better hold but couldn’t sort lower body out in order to bump right hand a few inches to a better hold… Flash pump saw me digging the final few moves..

Redeemed myself somewhat with a single fall on this .. Did all the moves but similar lower body/ legs issues… Have done this before BITD…

Ooops, logged the wrong climb , was actually Creep Show… Will leave this up as I would have done thus 20 years ago…

Toproped this after Zac’s barefoot ascent to finish the day not expecting much… But then I don’t like to just give up so found myself fighting hard to find body position off the slopes pocket before spitting off… Looked at the sequence, pulled back on instead threw past the poor pocket to the jug ledge then on to the top… I guess I could be up to leading it sometime soon hopefully…

Hmmm, my last recorded tick of this route was in approach shoes, with 1 fall… not quite back to that even in my current technical shoes…

Warmup..?? Got through the start, settled a bit, but gassed out just before chains… Tried, tired…

Second pitch only after trad first pitch. Not too bad...

Middle a bit thin for me, and misremembered Zac’s sequence… but soldiered on to the top in the end … probably could have done them in approach shoes like Zac did, back in the day… maybe again someday…

Chewed a bit much gas having to create solutions at the start so didn’t quite have enough in the tank at the end … not the best warmup…

Hmm, so this was supposed to somehow be 18 at the bottom an 23 at the top by our reckoning even though it hardly looked it … it wasn’t… but I still put in a reasonable effort at points though ultimately my feet failed me …

Somehow angled to convince ourselves this should be a 22 due to poor research… it wasn’t … in fact quite tricky and somewhat hard,… Dogged bits towards the top..

Had to try hard on the warmup but did pretty well.. misread a sequence or two trying to work out my feet… but sorted it out easy enough.. probably did this back in the day …

1st route back after my accident and 2 days shy of the anniversary... Arctic conditions meant I needed to pull through final moves due to painful frozen fingers ... plus moonboots don’t perform well on small footers ...

Pretty much did all the moves with only some minor bogging down at the crux ... linked a bunch more, then bogged down a bit with the pump ... regathered a bit and trucked to the top ... end of day cleaning mission ... Probably a good side project for stamina training for some harder objectives ... hoping for a fairly quick tick ...

Rapped in and toproped out for fitness .... not bad, bit pumpy ...

Route is a bit 'gluey' in spots, and probably could have had less bolts ... imho ...

Only 2 stars from me due to weird bolting plus I prefer carrots in wilderness adventure settings ... I feel it's a bit overhyped but it's certainly good fun ... Only seconding as I still need to work out what my knee can actually handle ... Simul- rapped in, and climbed out, on thin'ish doubles...

Typical day really...? Walked in late enough to see canyoners exiting as we leisurely strolled in ... got off track once or twice but knew the general direction and had GPS backup... didn't see any tape but didn't really need to... navigation and trackfinding is not too bad ...

Weird start particularly if not stick clipped and belayed from the ground ... might need to look at the direct start at some point ... and further investigate some other options...

Thought the first pitch felt harder than the second... second pitch was far less pumpy .. didn't need the draw to pull on on third pitch but missed a move after that and had a rest ...

Rapped down into gully on double 60's and climbed out on Welsh Dragon due to time constraints so that we made it back to the car by dark.and without needing to find the blue barrel of destiny... a great afternoons ramble.. I'll be back ...

I think we did the direct start, which may be a tad harder than 24 and a bit reachy... Pulledbthrough s few hard bits down low but climbed the rest fairly well albeit a bit pumped ...

Fine technical slabbing... with a nice finish ... then continue up Home James...

Might have been on this before , not sure ... found a move or two a bit hard but dogged through and climbed the rest ... will be back at some point ....

Got to the top with a little difficulty but not in best shape today ... should go fairly quickly if I manage to get back for a few more shots ...

1st pitch would probably be better on gear rather than bolts ... the rest maybe not ... swung leads as a party of three on one cord, tieing in halfway... I lead 3rd pitch with a rest or two to sort out holds, sequences and runouts ... definitely an area to go back to ... other options look good ...

Went for the green point but clipped a bolt due to rather sketchy, comfortable shoes. Can get gear in wide crack to right to green point it. The rings should be pulled.

Sorry Steve but that chalk on it was from us trying it previously. I figured seems everyone had missed it so far it would be safe for a bit longer, damn.