Ascensiones en The Egypt Boulders por Paul Frothy Thomson

Repeat. Raaaaaadical.

Finally. After quite a few shots today I managed to stick the last move of this complex crimp-sequence boulder... and yes, the foot-dyno is still crucial to my beta.

Repeat. Soooo much fun. 1 lap climbing normally. One lap only using my left hand (scary but not substantially harder), and one only using my right hand (much scarier and harder). I tried to do it using NO hands but only managed to make it 1/3rd of the way up.

Sooo close. After a few goes trying to work out how to use the painful crimp sidepull, my 2 remaini g shots ended with my fingertips on the okay part of the topout slab... unable to make the last move. Pretty cool crimp problem, but it lives up to its name.

One move that I havent quite figured out. Steep jugging up flakes to a punchy middle section on small holds and an easy finale. Steep steep!

Repeat... what a funky-awesome problem.

A great buttermilks problem. I can link from the 2nd move to the end (through the crux) but I just cannot do the opening move off the ground (im too damn tall for the crazy low holds). Technical, crimpy and burly with an awesome topout sequence.

Done with the super-low sit start for an extra grade. Fun jugging.

Okay... but I think the original (direct) finish is better. A few balancy moves, but not as memorable as its neighbour to the left.

2nd shot. Random heel slip as I was turning the top of the slab on the flash. Doh! A fun techy slab, and not too hard for a buttermilks V3 slab.

Bloody oath... hard and committing for a V0+... but really cool.

Repeat. Clean first go today in full sun. Demonstrating my tricky beta for others.

Lots and lots of shots. Invented some new unconventional beta (after having no luck with the normal sequence) and it eventually went down. Im psyched to tick this Buttermilks 3-star test piece. Crimpy, arete-slapping start, with some intense tic-tac footwork leading to a thin, balancy, insecure and tall finale. Very cool!

4 laps in the dark with a headlamp. Unique low-angle slabbing standing on tiny individual crystals (an nothing else)... a bit intimidating until you learn to trust each crystal.

Nope... still cant do the last move =(

Spent a lot of time and skin putting this together. Made good progress, but it's not unlocked yet... Not optimal conditions trying this in the sun. Maybe after a rest day...

Absolutely nails start to get off the ground (it took each of us 20+ attempts) then extremely tenuous and balancy up this slightly steep face on the most open-handed of open-hand slopers of all time. Very technical.

Lots of shots. Making slow progress unlocking it, and utterly trashing my skin. By the time it was all unlocked, I just couldnt stick the last move. Crimpy, then slopey, and featuring a rad foot-dyno at the crux.

Tenuous and insecure up a rib feature. It took me a few goes to commit to the reachy mid-height crux off slopers and with smeared feet.

Classic stemming boulder. Took me a few goes to get off the ground (the crux). Heaps of unlikely fun.