Ascents in Frog Buttress by Ewan Barry

Took way too long on the lead of this and regretted it as soon as the sun touched the rock. Bomber passive placements the whole way.

Caterpillared this as our last climb at Frog for this trip. Site of amusing hex placements and elavatoring while we procrastinated at the bottom.

Another lap, this time in Blunnies. Definitely the hardest by far.

Led this on recommendation by some ladies near by. Surprisingly fun and for sure worth doing, good chicken wing practice.

Finally got around to doing this on the last day. An endearing line that should be on every Frog ticklist.

Always a joy to be on this route. Seconded Tim on his sunset onsight.

Fun repeat till I couldn't get an overcammed #2 out. Made more exciting by Tim throwing pebbles at my head, either due to anger or boredom.

Sticking to the original crack and avoiding EB as much as possible makes this quite a nice jam crack, shame I still suck at fists.

Had a peek around the corner at someone trying to add their grunts to the philharmonic and nearly flew off. Apart from that was fun to watch Tim runout onsighting this due to only taking our meagre passive rack.

What a line, thus far the best climb I've done at Frog. A couple of top rope laps the previous evening set us up for a morning lead, which ended up with with Elvis leg and gritted teeth than expected. Amazing gear the whole way, would have gone entirely on passive pro if we had of placed a hex instead of a cam at the wider crux. Hindsight is 20/20. Wish I could do this for the first time again, a real beauty of a rock climb.

Did not feel this was an overly worthwhile route, was feeling good till I did this climb. Plenty of rocking chockstones and ledge falls to go around on this one. Belayed from the tree above the Wizard's Back which is definitely the way to go if you enjoy having a healthy rope.

Bit of family history on this route, very happy to get it clean. Decided to work the moves on TR after catching Pat's screamer last year. Keeps you thinking the whole way.

Quick lap to access PT anchors

Morning warm up, never getting tired of this route

Nice line, topped out to a beautiful sunset.

Seconded up this airy line. Well worth doing, though maybe not as your first 17.

Decided to this one in the dark, which turned into major regret when confronted with the looming offwidth and less gear than I wanted. Took two #5s for the top, though I wish I had of pumped the bottom one more, as I ended up with 8m spacing between gear. Good way to finish an offwidth day, and closing off the trip before the rain came.

Probably my favourite 19 at Frog thus far, including Infinity. Nice offwidth at the start with stunning jams if you decide you've had enough sliding out of #5 cracks. After that, crack and face climbing intermingle in a ballad of a climb, with rest coming in both forms and gear in spades. Screwed up the anchor, begun sitting very uncomfortably with imminent rope faff looming as Ella tied in, then ended with me hanging off like a dead sailor off the side of the pillar while we pulled through the entire rope to find the middle marker (which conveniently had rubbed off.)

Perfect route to do on a perfect day.

Followed up a tentative night time lead from Ella. Realised why it was a tentative lead when all the footholds disappeared with the encroachment of my dismal headtorch.

Wow what a line. Took a standard double with micros. Start was a tad runout with a solitary RP in the mix somewhere, but the climbing is another impeccable blend of crack and face that so often shows its face at Frog. Top can be climbed on deep #3s and fists, but a #4 would have been nice for the very top to form a slight redirect off sharp rock.

First proper offwidth, depending on who you ask. Definitely bemoaned this and one drop of rain had the words "nah just lower me" on the tip of my tongue. It did not last however and I was pleasantly surprised to find some beautiful big jugs on what I thought was going to be a stemming runout on the fused crack. Felt like a lovely introduction to offwidth, with a choice between facey holds and straight offwidth.

Used to access Plume.

Looking from the ground I was expecting much more of a pure crack line, a la Infinity. Pleasantly surprised to find quality face and crack on the same line, a stretchy time on the crux and most importantly, bomber hexes.

Watched Tom's onsight attempt and thought I had no chance. Taped up my triceps and started singing the Divinyls. Managed to thrutch my way to within a metre of the top out, while simultaneously swearing like a Scotsman and being attacked with a cheesegrater. Sucked up some breath, bumped my #6 one more time and then launched into the final smooth section. Made it about half a metre, then lost both feet and slowly slithered down the crack and plopped out the bottom. Felt utterly demoralised and extremely anxious to come back with some semblance of technique and a long-sleeve shirt.

Classic line that felt unique to all the other routes we did. Short but sweet, I watched Will make lovely work of the layback then went an promptly butchered it with a slipped foot forcing rapid progression in flexibility training. Grade may be a bit soft but who cares, you feel like the king of the world standing at the belay.

Again, Will decided to take on the onsight. Much more swearing on this one, alongside the questionable choice of trying to sling the spindly tree hanging a metre behind the route. Having the gear beta made this route a doddle, compared to Will's go which garnered the comment of a Bluey's climber, "you Tassie blokes fly up cracks, but put you on a face climb and... (gestured at Will screaming for all of Boonah to hear.)"

Battled my way up this one. Too many cracks got my hands and feet mixed up. Tom made it look much easier than I did, though he claimed that using the tree was definitely not aid.