Ascents as sport by Kurt Doherty having Distinct route

So this happened! Had all the beta after watching Tom climb it, pulled on and reached the chains before I knew it, collecting a stick-clip-delivered quickdraw for the anchor along the way.

Felt super good on this. Found myself at the final crux with lots to spare, despite placing all the 'draws. Very happy with how I climbed and stoked I got it done first go of the day. [4]

Was quietly confident I'd get good linkage, but didn't expect to send. Almost dropped it getting to the final kneebar, and again on that headwall crux, but stayed on and was clipping the chains with a huge smile on my face. Such an enjoyable route! Massive thanks to the three legends that all contributed to this routes existence—one of my faves in the cave for sure. As with other's, I'd say hard 26 feels right for this, especially with my mid-route kneebar. The draw on bolt 5 is getting a bit worn too; whoever owns it may want to mount a rescue. [3]

First tried back in 2013! Easily my longest standing "project" ever, haha. Good to clean this up. Tried to keep going up Wholly, but hadn't warmed up enough dogging Kneebar Too Far and was getting quite flash pumped. Ended up hitting the wrong hold and off I came. Keen to get back on for Wholly—looks like great climbing! [5]

After watching Justin have an epic high-point on Wet Jigsaw, I was inspired to try again. I'd had an extended break, so felt way better this time. Arrived at the anchors, got scared about getting to the better stance and tried clipping from the crimps. Got the draw on, started to peel off, juuuuust managed to reel it in and then got the rope in and held on a little longer to seal the deal. [9]

Reido and Steve were happy to let me climb again before I had to leave early, so after a bit of a break, I decided to have another burn and see what I could link. Completely expected to fall on the first crux and every move of the last crux, but somehow managed to pull through and clip the chains. Yay! [7]

First 26! Yay! Suuuper doooooper humid day, but thankfully the rock felt pretty good. Sent first shot after a short "warm up" on Ross' new board. Happy to get it done after being so close on three previous attempts. Could be a soft 26—it's definitely not my style—but it's very good climbing. Keen to start working on the full Acid come winter! [9]

Started to rain as I tied in which psyched me out a little bit, but I managed to focus and climb well. Didn't rest too much at the break as I felt good and I didn't want the last holds to get too spoogey. Definitely had to fight at the end. First 26 in a day, though not in true form as I'd previously done The Green Room and Glenn handed me all the beta for this...but I'm still claiming it Cracking day of climbing in pretty horrid conditions. [2]

Hard. Couldn't consistently find the leg wrap required for the third clip—found it once and was too shocked it worked that I didn't take enough notice of where my leg was placed. Pumpy from there to the chains. Feels improbable without dialling in that leg wrap.

Decided to give this a good onsight attempt given the draws were on it. Read it right but undercooked the move to the bad left hand crimp mid-crux and came off. Pumped pretty quick on this after 'Countdown', but sequenced through to the chains. Turns out the left crimp in the crux isn't very nice for my bad finger, so decided not to go again. One for another day! Really fun route.

Geez this is fun! Linked to the kneebar on tired arms, but didn't have the juice to stick the final jug on the traverse and took the whip. Went bolt-to-bolt from there to rehearse beta. Lowered off totally destroyed.

Fine to the crux. Then no clue. Hard tensiony positions. Couldn't really piece a viable sequence together so had to dog through. End would definitely be pumpy.

Weather was terrible, and after three days of rain, there was a lot of seepage. This looked largely dry and really good, so jumped on to have a play. Onsighted to the third last but was flash pumped with numb fingers so took a seat. Super good climbing at a perfect angle on great holds. Real pumper with a heart-breaker finish.

Good climbing with a punchy crux, but the fall onto the third bolt was a dicey pendulum... not keen to get back on without that bolt being shifted to the right to keep the fall nicer, unless I was just doing the wrong beta of course. Ended up skipping the rock over to the jug using a Kong Panic, then bumbled my way to the anchors. Didn't think much of the finish, but the crux is a quality boulder and the route is surprisingly steep.

Couldn't make much progress with the boulder start so bailed for better and bigger things.