Ascents in The Lighthouse by Paul Frothy Thomson

Repeat. 2 Laps. Truth be told, I fell off the bulge-boulder below the arete on my first lap, but corrected it on the second. A mixed bag of quality, and the arete itself is really easy, but it was still fun enough. Pretty much every hard move is escapable if you stray from the bolts a bit.

Repeat. Been a long time since I onsighted this. Though I found it easy today, I didn't really enjoy it. Very contrived, and on average (grainy) rock. A few cool moves, though.

Repeat. 2 Laps for training. Damn I love this thing

Repeat. I remember this feeling nails, but I absolutely cruised it today. Super obvious, and super pleasant crack climbing.

Repeat. I forgot how sustained this was. With my current form, I just barely squeaked it, to be honest.

Repeat. This is just a really fun climb, and not too hard at the grade. Feeling good on the slow return-to-form after 5 months on the couch.

Backlogging. I did this one last year, not sure why I didn't log the ascent. Easy when you know the moves, nails if don't. Super exposed.

2 Laps to warmup -the second with 10kgs of extra weight for training.

Still hard at the grade, but still super awesome for such a short route. Steep technical pocket cranking in an exposed position FTW.

Not necessarily easier than its neighbour... but certainly more straightforward stylistically. Better rock for the most part, and the pocketed finale -in particular- is great.

Didn't find most of this too hard... except for the start boulder, which I doubt I would've flashed had Neilio not chalked up the key hold. Good climbing in a stop-start manner, but the rock deteriorates as you get higher.

Repeat x 2. A bloody good warmup for the harder stuff, but quite intense! Just 15m of quality pocket-pulling.

Repeat, this time 2nding Rob. Short and punchy, with a particularly boulder finale. Unfortunately this type of rock is always rather grainy, but the pocketed-boulder at the top with tonnes of exposure justifies the effort and makes this totally worthwhile.

Went easily knowing the sequence, but the sustained and BOLD climbing keeps you engaged all the way to the end. A long climb, and absolutely stunning in every respect. I still managed to fall off from a spoogy hold near the bottom on my first shot today (thanks for the catch, Taib!).

Seconding Neil. 1 fall at the crux when I messed up the sequence. This is classic Point Perp climbing with a hard (and hard to read) crux. The arete at the top is gold, and the position is EXCITING. Quite mossy at the top. I don't think that this gets done too often.

Great climbing, but contrived to avoid the corner. Not as good as Liquid Daze, but not as bold either. Has a nice runout to the end, however. I didn't think this was too hard for 23, and I enjoyed it immensely. Face climbing on predominantly gear is awesome!

Seconding Neil. Done via the new "direct" bolted start that climbs a few metres right of the arete at the bottom. Maybe 18? Hard move near the bottom, but -as with the original climb- stunning movement and position towards the top.

Great little climb. Easy slab to get the head in gear, then basically all of the hard moves of Rex Hunts Love Child squeezed into 8m with no boring bits. I didn't find it too hard, BUT it seems very height dependent. A pretty good warm-up for the other routes. Make sure you bring 4 bolt plates... I only brought 3.

Seconding Neil. Very spoogy! Weird bolt placements, but the climbing itself isn't too bad. Pretty strenuous at the end of the day. The flake system at the end is fun.

Neil said "think laterally" and follow the gear. My onsight ended at the obvious crux move 1/2 way up when I saw a bolt and thought "must go direct!" into a nails hard sandbag. Clean other than that section. When you follow the wandery line up the face properly, its a sustained (but not very cruxy) climb which goes mostly on gear with a few tasty runouts. A stellar old-school classic which I can't wait to get back for. Don't forget a bolt plate for the top!

Climbed on Neil's gear. Amazing climbing, but a bit wandery to find the gear. Good stances between hard, technical moves, with quite a lot of moves you could fall off on. The arete technical crux is a super-exposed mind-blower. The best route I climbed this entire trip. The current guidebook description is very, very wrong.

Stunning climbing. I placed 2 cams in the entire climb, but it could be climbed as an excitingly bolted pure sport-route. I found the crux to be about 1/2 way, but the pockets at the top made for an interesting finale. Quite sustained. Stoked to finally get on this, and loved every minute of it.

Seconding Neil. The new guide has it right at 20. Really interesting climbing and varied climbing, quite different to most of the stuff I've done at Point Perp. Apparently notoriously wet due to runoff, but dry as a bone today. Seems to go on forever, but without any boring bits. Some dubious rock/gear at the start.

Variable rock, a bit sandy and quite awkward. Feels really exposed at the grade because of the semi-hanging belay. I found one more quite tricky. Not bad, but hardly great.

Seconding Neil. Okay for a warm-up, but far from the best climb in this part of the Point. A bit sandy, a bit awkward, but okay.

Repeat, I've ticked this previously. Great climbing and position. A move at the start was harder than I remember it being, but the rest of the climb felt significantly easier (even the somewhat desparate finale). A great line and an amazing trio of Point Perp climbs on this wall.

I found this hard for the grade, especially with added summer spooge. Only JUST managed to tick it. Incredibly sustained, with technique, endurance and crack-climbing finesse a must! Quite substantially harder than any of the trad 19's I've been on at Point Perp. A great battle, and the best thing I climbed all weekend.

I placed the crux draw, does that make it a red point? Not remembering any of the moves, I was pretty slow through the crux sequence and consequently it didnt feel easy. KNOWING the sequence, this climb is probably soft at the grade. Pretty cool moves, great exposure and pumpy for a such a short climb.

Repeat, have ticked this previously. Still heaps of fun, and didn't feel as sandbagged this time as it has in the past.

Exciting warm-up. Great moves, and quite sustained (though not really hard). Amazing position and exposure. Worth the stars for the grade, I reckon. There were more bolts on this than the guide seemed to indicate, and I was forced to skip 2 of them as I was out of bolt plates.

07 May 2011.

03 July 2011.

03 July 2011.

3 March 2011. No hard moves, but long, run-out (without supplemental gear), and exposed, with a fiesty crux right at the top. Brilliant point-perp classic!