Ascents as sport by Ashley Felton

Good climb (for slab).

Eh. Quicker way to get up than walking around the path.

I had no answer to the second bolt today. It's tough. Aided my way up shamelessly to at least see the top.

Short, but wicked good laybacking until the lip. Plus a good kneebar!

Slabby start, then a cruise up the arete bit. Good warmup.

Tough first move, balancy second, slab to finish. Short but fun.

This one is probably one of the best routes in this area. Pity I flubbed it so hard!

Slightly awkward start, easy finish.

The best climb on site: pumpy edges, then sequency crimps, then balancy to make the crest. The complete package. Should have at least done it cleanly on top rope . I'd want to have this dialed perfectly before trying for the lead (1st to 2nd clip would be very nervy).

Probably a bit optimistic as a warm-up. A tough but straightforward set of crimps to pull through.

The route I've had most fun failing to send clean in ages.

Good warmup.

I enjoyed this more the time it wasn't pissing down with rain

Microscopic holds, paper-thin edges - who doesn't love slab climbing? And a bonus peanut gallery of onlookers to spur you on!

After a discouraging practice turn, I was very pleased to make it up this entire route. Superbly atmospheric moves up the arete, followed up by haaard slab moves on tiny features. Thanks to a patient belay partner, and mad props to Kym for doing it clean on lead.

Well (over?) protected and enjoyable multi-pitch slab climbing, though without many distinguishing features. A fun day out.

Easy start, trickier middle. A good warm-up.

Couldn't stick the overhang.

Tried the onsite, couldn't man up for the last bolt. The first bolt is quite high - could use an extra. Too unsettling a climb to be enjoyable.

Mostly friendly jugs, til the final reach for the loweroffs.

A nice climb in the corner.

Fine enough, for slab.

Eh, it was okay. A bit muddy.

Got up with plenty of shouted beta. This is the best of what I climbed today, possibly of the whole crag. Remarkably consistent in difficulty over the entire route.

Good mix of moves. Easy for the grade.

I made the blank section look much harder than it should be. Trust the rubber!

A good route, requiring a fair amount of trust in your shoe rubber.

Very good fun, this. Couple of tense, slippery parts - it's well worth slinging the tree in the gully prior to setting the next clip.

Lead attempt. Finger strength, much? More finesse required than I got.

Cheated my way to the end on top rope. Back to the campus board. Good climb, though.

Pretty hard for the grade, with a strenuous crimpy crux move to get through in the middle. A cryptic sequence, but at least we worked it out this time.

The crux requires finesse to get through, not to mention a couple of serious crimps. After that, it changes up into a slab requiring balance and nerve. Recommended!

Deceptively easy at the start, the top third provides all of the excitement.

Stalled out on the unsettling top section. Trust those tiny feet.

Decent climb, but unremarkable.

A pleasant enough warm-up.

Easy enough to be relaxing, thin enough to still have interest.

Tricky second bolt is the crux, 8m runout after the fourth adds excitement.

Sometimes you just wanna climb slab.

Woosed out a bit on the crux, the first go. It's easy once you know how. Trust your feet.

Balance and poise required, rather than strength.

Decent warm-up climb.

OK warm-up.

Good clean fun, climbing up over the jagged flakes of gouging. Well-protected, but don't slip.

Doable, but gonna take some work. Would probably go easier if I didn't try to climb it a different way every attempt.

Got the first crux worked out at last. Couple more sessions for a clean ascent, maybe. Lead ascent remains a daunting prospect

Still a grovel at the top, but progress nonetheless.

Two tries on top rope, neither clean but both better than last time. Let's get a clean shot, then try the lead.

Got this dialed. Very close to a clean ascent today, just some carelessness on the undercling move. I should probably stop putting off the lead and get this done.

Gah, not all all the glorious pinkpoint that I saw in my head. Took a big fall past at the middle ledge and decided to swear off lead climbing for life.

Flailing around on a brand-new climb is always hilarious. Couldn't make it past the crux. This one feels sequency as heck, and very hard on the fingertips.

I see some potential nice sequences here. This climb would probably be a bunch easier if Kym Campbell would stop breaking off the holds.

Top rope with (much) rest, but finally got up this with a bunch of coaching. Sequency as heck.

No idea how to make that 2nd clip cleanly there's nothing to grip or stand on. Wimped out after the fourth clip anyway. This climb is haaaard.

A tough one - once you get through the balancy start, the rest is hard climbing to the last clip. Nowhere to rest, and more than one difficult move to pull off. Like bouldering, but 15m tall!

I found this fairly cryptic to work out, with at least two ways to tackle the final move. One for the 2015 clean-ascent list!

This was a pretty weak couple of goes on the first sequence. The route looks very good, but I might pencil this one in as an aspiration.

This is nails hard. At least I cheated my way to the top this time.

Not exactly a clean ascent, but I got up. Crimpy, technical, and highly entertaining. Classic.