Ascents as sport by Alexei Drummond having Distinct route

I was a little bit worried about pulling over the lip on this one as Aiden has not experienced me actually falling and the difference in body weight is still about 25kg. So I didn't fall and I won't climb anything harder than this with him on belay until he is a bit heavier.

Thin, but the hard moves are done after the first two bolts Short, fun and so stoked to onsight at this grade.

Warm up. Nice gym style climbing.

Bit of an eliminate with the crack to right give where the chalked holds and bolts are.

Nice little route.

Warm up. Really nice route.

Fun sequence through the roof. Pretty cruisy.

Nice but quite soft. I think it is more like 19 as stated in Rock Deluxe South. I didn’t clip the last bolt because it was in an awkward position and the anchor was just beyond.

Nice little second pitch warm up.

Nice warm up

Quite hard to read crux. I think I did it the 21 way Pretty cool route but I am a sucker for this style.

Cool climb. Gymnastic start on overhanging rock with good jugs to a thinner vertical section that was quite tricky because it was covered in lichen. Surprisingly I had to try harder around the 4th bolt then for the first two bolts

Nice route. Lichen on the top. Closest thing to a gym climb outdoors that I have seen

Onsight despite tree

Onsight. Nice bouldery route! Morepork nest below the mantle.

Warm up.

Hard to get over the roof let. Bolting old school. Cool climb.

Cool route!

"Warm up". Remembered the guide incorrectly and thought this was the 19. Seemed harder, and it turns out it was

Warm up. Last bolt was very near the anchor of the route to left, so clipped that anchor instead by mistake. Missed a couple of moves but doubt it changed the grade.

Warm up

Warm up. First climb in France.

Felt super awkward and quite hard for the grade, but that could have been the wine from the previous night

Warm up

Warm up. Got a bit pumped. 20 if you don’t jam I reckon

This was a very tenuous send. Dynamic smearing and desperation but everything kept sticking somehow

Warm up

I am glad I didn't do this as a warm up. I got quite pumped, but mainly because of the run-out and the unfamiliar style. Really fun route.

Only did the first pitch. Really nice slab climbing. Should have done the second.

Nice test of technique up to fourth bolt with crux over the bulge. A bit soft but cruisy and fun.

Warm up. Great crack climb. Arm bars and finger locks I was pretty pumped at the top though!

Warm up.

Warm

Warm down. Vaguely alarming to realise you would be in the tree if you fell in the runout above the 3rd bolt although the terrain is easy.

Getting familiar with the rock.

Second warm up

Really nice warm up.

Quite worn. Nice crux but over pretty quickly.

Crux in the steep section on second to last bolt. Need to climb past the first clipping option to get a good left foot and better clipping stance. Then it’s all over.

Some quite nice moves on this one.

Better warm up

What a beautiful line. Straight off the ground there is a fun heel hook sequence if you go straight through the first bolt. Arete climbing of the highest quality in an amazing location. Little thinner at the top but nice to climb straddling the arete to the top and top out after clipping the chains. My favourite 20 so far.

Was very tired on this one, but Andrew was watching so I didn't take

Back in the Port hills

Fun little route involving some tunnelling

Warm up.

Very quickly over.

Quite fun climbing, if a bit chossy at the top and bottom. Fun traverse. Not so fun to clean.

Warm up. Fun climb on big holds.

Warm up and reminder of the K-bay rock.

The boulder problem at the bottom is really cool, but very hard for a 6b. After clipping the 8th bolt the difficult part of the climb is over. Some of the bolts are very rusty.

Pumpy fun. Really need to shake out well in the middle section if you want the top to feel steady. Climbed as one long pitch as intended.

Warm up. Great route! Some big run outs but the climbing is easy.

Nice warm up.

Sent again on fourth try while trying to look for feasible arete beta. Noped out to the easier face line again. This climb would only be a 23 as an eliminate problem. It is easy to clip the bolts on the face climbing at about ~20.