Ascents by Michael Dunlop

Maybe I should not have tried to do this after the sun had actually set. Got half way up ....

Nice quick sunset lap w jordi

Jordi's first lead with his new toys.

Not really harder than its neighbour. Nice moves up to the roof.

Pumpy,hard for 19, maybe ok if warmed up!

Pitch 3 is a bit stiff for 18 on the buttress, unless we both read it wrong

Did as single pitch. Can lower w 70m, if extend anchor over top edge.

Did first pitch, then Jordi did it as one pitch.

Liam's first lead.

Nice to have seen some beta before pulling on on this one!

freaking nails

repeat - great route

3rd shot 3rd session. Jordi got ever so close

repeat

repeat. down climb / cleaning Viva. funky crux defs easier with gravity helping

Repeat. I climb in from the LEFT. Does anyone do the off-width DS?

Quite a hard first few moves with tiny feet. Then pumpy, with no good rests. Good route. Got all the moves on the dog/tr, in three links. But where near sending.

Stonker of a route, starts quite easily; first half would make a good 16 to some anchors. Builds nicely with a couple of stiff moves once it gets steeper. Make sure to go left then back right up high, not up the cracks to the right.

Nice second half. Rope runs over a sharp edge on the arete, after the hardest move but, mmm.

Came off on the flake, head jam slipped, even though I had flashed it on the previous route. Rest of the route is really nice, and surprisingly clean and dry. Don’t forget a jam is a jug.

I think the flake move is 19 and the crux of the route proper felt 19 but maybe 18 if it was not so humid…

Pulling on jugs seemed like a good idea in the humidity, and it was. Fun route. Moves under the cave all turn out to be feasible. Got to the big jug out of the cave, great move, but could not keep the feet on to release the left hand.

Nice

So wet, almost impossible to hang onto the holds after roof #1. Pumped out trying to rest and couldn’t pull the long move. Had a hang and sent. Fun route otherwise.

Very wet, eek. A bit more run out than the others, esp in the wet.

(Repeat) Followed Jordi and rated his gear; all excellent.

Really good; just a pity the juicy bit is not much longer.

Jordi's hardest trad lead - great effort as the crack is pretty sustained for placing gear.

Brilliant route. Fantastic complement to Fall guy. Most definitely "sustained and committing". Keeps going all the way to the top.

Pro good, but some of it hard to get in, esp at the start of the traverse.

Traverse up across and down about 40 m to rap rings, then rap 45 m all the way to the track.

Nice route. I enjoyed it. But lets be clear this is a DEATH route.

The "boulder" move is easier than 18 but it is protect by a cluster of average pieces and you are very close to the ground / ledge.

The wall above is much easier, but ... the "jugs" are "ACT granite slab jugs", ie good in-cuts, nice; but half of them are flakes that feel like they could rip off. And it is VERY poorly protected. There are a few placements, but they are tiny (three #3 RPs would be nice) and poor (shallow/behind little flakes). The thin crack at the top offers some better but still average gear, inc a micro cam.

The footers are good and the angle is low. You could probably traverse off if you got worried.

The climbing was nice, pity it was not five times longer with a few decent placement.

Nice route. Pity it was not longer!! Jordi's hardest trad lead, for a couple of hours.

Couldn’t do the first move. Has a huge spike in middle, that you fridge up on, then lunge for the top, then stand on, and it creaks, it would take out your belayer and could easily chop your rope. Just sayin’. I won't be going back to this in a hurry.

Couldn’t get the start. Got the last part, from the side pull first go. Eventually got the start but powered out in the middle.

Jordi’s second 23!!

Definitely way harder than 15.

Jordi’s first 23!

Repeat.

Absolute mega classic. All routes should be this good. Has all the moves. Bummer if you can’t jam. Beautifully sustained, but not pumpy. Could do (most of) it on gear, if that's your thing.

Pretty desperate / Off balance / greasy.

Very fun route. Hard move to start (20) with plenty of moves above to keep you on your toes. We went left of the arete for a move at the glued on flake.

Fun, thoroughly dubious rock but a very worthwhile adventure.

Pretty good bouldering on a rope! Jordi got it, before me.

Did all the moves, but just didn’t have the power to link them. Jordi got it.

Very good climb, definitely worth getting on. Do use a rope getting to the anchor, as the “grade 4 slab is sketch”.