Ascents as sport by David Gibbs having Distinct route

Long, longer than 35m, about 38m. This makes lowering off a wrong choice.

Lots of good climbing on this pitch, and 10a is a fair rating.

While I can't comment on how hard the direct sequence is, the "jugs out left" sequence is nothing like 5.10c. This was no harder than "Hakuna Matata" or "The Hulk" (main line of The Hulk -- not jugs out left there), and definitely easier than "Breakfast Cookie" (10b). So, much as I'd love to claim a 5.10c on-sight, I really don't feel it is justified by the actual climbing difficulty, no matter how stiff the rating.

Did Marcelino... as my first pitch, then this.

Nice exposure, and it wasn't as sharp as I expected based on the guidebook. Perhaps the best pitch I climbed in Cuba.

Was olanning to lead Promenade (mostly 5.9) then part way into the upper section, noticed bolts to my left... oops I'm on the 5.10a section of Flight Deck instead of the (easier) Promenade.

Good climbing with interested problems and exposure. Sadly, doesn't seem often climbed -- so a bit mossy, licheny, and with occasional important holds buried in pine needles.

My favourite of the three on the wall.

Easy going until the crux at the start of the tube.

Route-finding on a traverse can be less obvious than on a more vertical route -- but if you find the best way through, this is no harder than 5c. And quite enjoyable.

Stemming, jamming, and just some hard pulling. A lot of work, but excellent.

It was the end of the day, I was tired... but I just couldn't resist this route.

Very inconsistent -- mostly easy bits, with a couple of much harder moves.

Climbed this instead of Ecrins, and quite enjoyed it. Then climbed Ecrins. I took 2/4/6.

Took the 6a variation. Finish is very awkward.

Lead 6 of the 14 pitches. Excellent climbing, especially the 2nd half.

We had trouble finding the right rappel line, though.

Climbed with Gen and Shaun, using two 70m ropes. Shaun lead & linked first two pitches. I took over to do pitch 3, got to the anchor, and thinking the final pitch was easier (5.8) figured I could also link the pitches, and would be fine with the weight of two ropes hanging on me. Oops... that was the crux pitch, not the easy pitch. Happy to pull all the 10a moves with extra weight. Lots of grunting involved, though.

Followed P1, which had some surprisingly hard moves for 5.8. Lead the remaining pitches. P2 was physical. P3 was really long, and really tiring -- probably nothing harder than 5.9, but wow it is sustained. P4 has a few hard moves, but overall I'd say an easier pitch than P3. The moves off the anchor are... interesting...

A couple interesting moves, but not overly hard.

Probably should have done the full route, but wasn't sure how hard the top section was. Didn't want to lose the on-sight.

Soft -- maybe one 5.10a move, not sustained, but fun movement.

Lots of thin climbing at the grade.

Felt easier than the 5.9s - less steep, but, perhaps, more technical?

The opening section was quite wet, making the start quite a bit more difficult than it should have been -- probably climbed at about 5.10b. It also had several other solidly 5.10a climbing, though with reasonable rests between sections. Definitely a fun climb, and solid at the grade.

I found the steep lower section very pumpy -- managed to pull through, but took a good long rest on the ledge once I got there. No problem with the technical/thin finish.

The initial bulge, as you click the first bolt, looks a lot steeper when you're below it than when you're looking up from the base of the route, but it goes well on good holds. The crux is, actually, near the top of the upper face. My hardest on-sight at Rumney so far, I didn't expect to get it clean when I set out to lead it.

A good climb with some interesting moves.

While the nominal grade of this climb appears to be 10c, I'm not sure it is even the 10a I'm claiming for this lead -- I think it might be closer to 5.9+.

Excellent steep climbing for the first half, then eases off a bit.

Not climbed as often due to the approach (3 pitches of Jungle Mountaineering then a scramble), so still definitely EPC sharp! Good climbing to a nice ridge finish.

Good technical climbing -- not as hard as I expected.

First bolt has a couple tricky moves to reach and felt a bit high, otherwise route goes well.

Fun climbing, but not overly hard.

Long, long, long -- but mostly 5.8 climbing. A few 5.9 sequences, and just one 5.10a move. A very soft-feeling 5.10a climb.

Last climb of the day, and I expected it to go easier than Pangborm since the guide gives this as 5.9, but it is clearly harder. I did both on lead, but another climber who lead Pangborn but followed this felt that this was, also, clearly harder.

Sustained thin 5.9 at the start, hard move after the ramp, then a sustained mix of 5.8, 5.9, and 5.10a moves up the upper section. And it just keeps going and going.

Fun, but mostly pretty easy going.

Technical, balancy, and thinky -- rewards good foot work.

Reminded me of the climbing/rock at Mont Rigaud.

Only 7 bolts, not 8 as described here. I need to update that.

Hard, and run-out in places, making it scary at times to go with the hard.

Easy down low, then thin technical crimping for the 2nd half. Felt like a real 10a.

Excellent climbing - moves & rests.

Tricky to read when on-sighting, I had to down-climb one bit and try a different approach. 5.10a likely fair if you know the beta.

I found this generally pretty mellow -- more 5.9/5.9+ than 5.10a -- but it may be height-dependent at the crux, so 5.10a may be a fair grade.

The climb feels like it ends too soon, though. There's this lovely final bulge to pull, with some nice jugs to do it with... but you're at the anchors. I might have put the anchors above a horizontal on the slab... but that might have made for more rope drag over the edge when lowering off.

Fun climb, and 5c if you find the right moves.

Excellent climbing on jugs. I was tired when I lead this, having just fought with one of the 6bs (on TR), but this opened up, and we had to grab it.

I found some bad beta, and probably made it more like 6a at the top.

A bit tough for a warm up, and the holds were a bit hard to read, but were all there.