Ascents: Ascent of Dauntless by Paul Frothy Thomson

	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality
Sat 22nd Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Katoomba Area Katoomba Cliffs Echo Point Echo Point Walls
	24	★★ Dauntless - with Match 1 15 Second lead by Match 2 21 Trad 3 20 Trad 4 10 Trad 5 24 Trad 6 17 Trad 7 13 Second	Trad 170m	★★ Very Good
Just one more big Katoomba Cliffs -with everything that encompasses- mixed epic off the list. I liked P2, P3 and P5, but the other pitches are really just doddly, chossy access/egress pitches. P2 had some cool, wandery, super runout face climbing, with more sideways than up. The opening mantles were tough! I got off route trying to free an old aid route at one point -eventually broke a hold and took a big whip, realised my mistake, lowered back to a big no-hands ledge, and continued onsighting the correct line. This was my favourite pitch of the route. P3 was a sketchy solo on loose rock to the first bolt, then a cool fused corner, followed by an easy, but airy traverse. P4 is just a short vertical walk. P5 necessitated pioneering some new beta since the crux breakages. I eventually figured out some very unlikely morpho beta that went at the same grade. After the crux, its some pretty wild unprotected campus traversing to the belay. P6 Is a long death by ironstone arete. Easy, but not much gear. P7 is an even more death by ironstone pitch, with even worse gear, leading to a vertical gardening exit.

Just one more big Katoomba Cliffs -with everything that encompasses- mixed epic off the list.

I liked P2, P3 and P5, but the other pitches are really just doddly, chossy access/egress pitches.

P2 had some cool, wandery, super runout face climbing, with more sideways than up. The opening mantles were tough! I got off route trying to free an old aid route at one point -eventually broke a hold and took a big whip, realised my mistake, lowered back to a big no-hands ledge, and continued onsighting the correct line. This was my favourite pitch of the route.

P3 was a sketchy solo on loose rock to the first bolt, then a cool fused corner, followed by an easy, but airy traverse.

P4 is just a short vertical walk.

P5 necessitated pioneering some new beta since the crux breakages. I eventually figured out some very unlikely morpho beta that went at the same grade. After the crux, its some pretty wild unprotected campus traversing to the belay.

P6 Is a long death by ironstone arete. Easy, but not much gear.

P7 is an even more death by ironstone pitch, with even worse gear, leading to a vertical gardening exit.

Ascent of Dauntless by Paul Frothy Thomson

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