Ascents as sport by Nicolas Di Campli

Insane terrain for the grade, pulling onto the headwall and seeing the view down below is so satisfying. Pumpfest.

Cleaning up an old dog, went so much nicer - nowhere near as pumped, much better endurance on steep.

Two lead burns, first went much better. Need to breathe, embrace the pump and thin slab moves.

Warmup, lovely climbing.

Thoroughly enjoyed this, would love to give it a burn on lead uninjured. Only one hard thin part, the rest felt good, cool moves.

Couldn't resist something hard - cooked the finger but had a blast. Much easier than last time, every move felt good, will go.

Decided to go easy on the finger, very fun, runout was good practice for head game, no fall zone.

Rpt for Dan's first outdoor climb - still an excellent warm-up.

Crimps were not good for the finger but loved this thing - alternates between delicate footwork and hard pulling, sustained climbing with decent rests.

Rpt - still an excellent warm-up

Rpt, spicy slab move(s if you're short) to escape first section. Top marred by a broken hold.

Rpt, so good!

Rpt, easy warm-up.

With the crack (why wouldn't you?), a few solid jams

In Tevas to set-up

Quite nice - actual climbing

Really liked this old-school adventure (on bolts!!), would give it a third star if it wasn't so mossy. Amanda and I climbed it very differently due to height.

Bad head day but great crimpy climb, cool moves.

Really liked this, found it quite flowy with good moves. Great for me working endurance, hence the seige, quite a pump for a short route.

Liked this crimpy climb but imo not a great lead - lots of ledges with bolts just above them.

Pleasant warm-up.

Someone had chalked literally everything that wasn't a hold - pumped out going high left in the corner on non-existent holds following chalk when the climb went right of the last bolt.

Very nice movement on this.

Sustained steepness continues to be my weakness.

Looked wild from the deck - some nice 3D climbing marred by choss in the middle. Engaging move to the anchors.

Pumpy start to cool slab and techy finish - engaging moment when a quickdraw somehow unclipped itself from a spaced bolt as I was clipping the first anchors. Draws were on, went to the top of WTTDA for the full tick.

Overhung jug hauling. Hard to clean, backjumped from the top.

Twice to clean

Some cool bits on this, proper slab in the second half.

Also stoked - pumpy endurance training. Much easier on second attempt, no fiddling with bolt plates.

Stoked on this - technical thin climbing.

Pumpy on the left hand, especially if you use all the wrong holds. Quite liked the arete.

Teva onsight

Absolutely shutdown by the boulder problem, along with everyone else.

Really liked this, proof I need to work endurance

Had fun falling off this

Three years later came for the lead - didn't remember much.

Made it to the second last bolt onsight, but would've been too pumped to make the dyno anyway.

Very nice, varied climbing.

Some cool moves, felt hard.

Blew it attempting to clip second last bolt off a shit crimp instead of moving up to the jug.

Went smoothly, fantastic balance slab on slopers and amazing crimps.

Solid moves to get off the ground, then defeated by a cryptic crux - high throw seems to be the go. Possible to do by going right into the sandpit, but unpleasant.

Rpt, still fun with some cool moves at the first overhang.

x2 Lovely sustained crimps to start, and then no rests until the top. Fantastic.

x2 Very nice climbing, separated by a good rest. Getting over the overhang requires some balance and technique.

Decent but short crack climb.

Spaced bolting is not ideal if you're at the grade, but makes for a fun, thoughtful warm-up.