Ascents as trad by oliver kerr

What a fucking route. The 24 pitch only - mega well protected climbing the whole way! Way excellent and pretty stoked for the onsight (if you don't count not being blindfolded for the abseil in).

If you're looking for beta - it's not that hard. Plenty of bridging - my right calf was pretty pumped half way up. I took the full suggested rack plus 15 draws. I was left with 12 draws, almost all my nuts, and a single each of 0.3 to 2 by the anchor. Take a couple of sling draws, a couple of regular draws and leave the rest at home.

I enjoyed it but I'm not sure it was a classic. Plenty of hollow sounding rock on the way.

What a cracker of a route! Every pitch is interesting and excellent. The ultimate pitch is just one hell of a mega journey - exposed, pumpy, steep, tufa goodness. It just keeps going.

Unfortunately my trad dad form let me down - the last pitch was abysmal. Many rests.

I whipped twice on pitch two - on the easy terrain after both cruxes. First because a pocket crumbled in my fingers and the second because I slipped on dirty rock. Take it easy out there kids.

Classic as always. The top crack is still a bit awkward...

Really good! Great moves and enough gear to keep it pleasant.

Mega route and so good that my dad bod can still produce. Totally soft at 25, one hard move off the belay and then cruisy to the crux which isn't really that hard. The rest was largely pretty stunning with occasional crappy rock.

Attempting this out of form and through dripping water streaks, wet holds and slimy jams. No moves are that hard but it doesn't let up and taken all together a classic route. I feel beaten up and thrown out.

Attempted to put the gear in and work the moves ground up. Unfortunately, that one move is nails - I couldn't pull it directly off the rope and there was no gear to aid through. I need to get stronger!

After flashing Pooh Connection, I did this for good measure. It's all in the one crux section...somehow it felt quite a bit harder doing it the second time. Great route and an excellent one to try as the business is on bolts.

Fifth attempt over two days - four times I fell screwing up the sequence in a different way. None of those times I was too pumped. Good to finally get what I should have gotten first shot this trip! Excellent route - make sure you bring your crimp strength and endurance!!

Two attempts after putting the gear in, the first I forgot a crucial footer after the crimp crux and before the drive-by. The second was a bit ambitious anyway - it turns out climbing in the dark ruins your depth perception and makes you way less accurate!

Excellent! An alzheimers onsight this one - and it felt great to cruise it!

Third classic for the day! Solid intimidating climbing. I thought the 24 went left not direct - so I mistakenly did the 22. Though with how thin the 22 was, I may not have succeeded at the 24...

As good as the route next door! That 21 is epic!

What a route! I made the problem slightly harder than it needed to be by wrong handing myself at the crux - but managed to sort it out ok.

Cool climbing - the crimp move at the third bolt is solid for the grade!

I had to fight real hard for the crack - it's thin and pumpy! What a classic route!

Sorted out my soloing setup. Microtraxion on the chest harness with a Grigri below. With my super slick 9mm rope, worked really well. 2x laps.

22s sure aren't a give away at Booroomba! Good nipple pulling climbing!

Rope soloed it clean on my first attempt today. It took me a good deal of grunting but less scraping that I expected. I tried and failed to repeat the ascent a couple of times - you really have to want this one.

Burly v-groove start with a hold at the back, followed by burly fists. Not the top rope solo I was looking for.

A few laps on top rope solo - a million times easier than the 20.

Really only grade 22 on lead. A quick top rope after leading the interesting 15 to the left.

Another lap. Absolutely stonking megaclassic that still intimidates even at 19!

Cruised up on second after Damo.

Really just enjoyable!

I did all the independent climbing on this clean, it just took me a couple of goes through the crux at the first bolt, I lowered back down to the hands free rest 3m off the ground each time. I was tempted to claim the tick anyway...

Tried to do this ground up - first time I've backed off on a climb because I was just too scared! I made it to where my feet were half a metre above the last bolt and I was still half a metre below the bolt above three times. Each time was strung out, desperate and shitting myself and decided to bail off rather than attempting to climb further. Kudos to all the ascensionists who went ground up!

Every pitch was both good and an arse kicking - doubly so for the last. I onsighted/seconded clean everything until the last pitch where my foot slipped after fighting to stay on it for 20 minutes! I was pretty disappointed but I then got suckered into going for the big tufa blob up high - so my onsight was probably fucked anyway. I felt totally worked out of it.

Even when it closes up, there are still plenty of hand jams to go round!

Nice route - climbs as easily as it looks.

Cool route - really nice and pleasant.

What a fucking splitter! Ferocious thin hands - I had to fight for it!

Consultation prize from The Great Escape. Cool sequence with knee bars at the top but the funnest part was the wide chimneying to get to the start - feet on one side, hands on the other! I'm sure glad I had a nut preclipped from dogging up The Great Escape, otherwise would have been scary as fuck.

I couldn't work out the crux move - I almost pulled through on some heinous unchalked slopey side pulls around the bulge but it was way too powerful. I found out afterwards from a random climber walking past that the beta was a right-hand gaston, match and throw. It would have been hard!

Totally overgraded at 27! The dyno isn't that hard and the runout section is easy. A couple of decent RPs and a 0.3 Camelot keep you off the ground anyway. It's basically a sport route with the only hard move being on a bolt.

Took me a bit to work out a sequence and then three shots to actually send it! Desperate! I'm kinda glad I didn't get through the crux on the onsight, it would have been damn exciting trying to place gear with the slippery feet. I had placed a nut right in the middle of the crux whilst hanging on the rope - utterly impossible to do otherwise.

Not nearly as hard as I remember it!

I was a bit intimidated from the ground but saw there was pro on the first half while lowering off Harlequin. Pretty easy for 22 and the crux moves are easy to protect.

What a classic!

Just a damn fine climb in a damn fine location!

Excellent climbing up the face down the bottom and arete up the top - done in one pitch.

Megaclassic for the position and climbing at such a moderate grade. Amazing day out.

Surprisingly good second pitch, first pitch was a bit forgettable...

Cheeky toprope!

I forgot it wasn't quite a sport route and for to the bottom without extra cams. I felt in the zone on the way up - totally didn't need them!

So you think you can jam? This is a dam hard fight no matter how good you are. Continuous the whole way without a move harder than 21!

I fluffed the onsight when I couldn't get the gear I wanted at the crux. The gear below was stonka and I should have just gone for it!....but wasn't feeling it. After I sat on the rope I placed some more stonka gear halfway through the crux and then left it in for the pink point. 26 is pretty generous - especially with all the gear in.

Awesome arete! Very exciting, especially since I ignored the (Simon Carter) guide and launched out early from Deliverance to the optional bolt (not after the lichen ends) - it's a tad run out to the proper first bolt! Doing it the suggested way would be fine. Excellent climbing from there up the airy arete, bolts are just where you need them. I was disappointed not to get the onsight after ripping off a "too good" hold out right of the actual sequence at the crux. If the hold hadn't of let go, I reckon I was 50/50 on making it through.

Don't let the grade scare you, climbing is more like 24/25.