Ascents as sport by topher

Not that mossy since someone cleaned it, but still as good as the name sounds. Shitty cruxy move off the ground and then shitty climbing above that.

Two falls around final roof. Get right hand in jug below roof, then big move to face hold on left above roof. Bring right into jam in roof, then left to sharp fingerlock and move feet up.

Second shot of the day.

Climbed it really well, but would have been harder without Jed calling out every hold.

Warmup for the day.

Tricky after a couple of days on steep, juggy stuff

Fell off on last bolt. Wasted too much energy trying to go straight up instead of left to the jug a bit lower.

Steep climbing with mostly massive jugs. Good fun!

Fun moves past the roof.

Fun start, with trickier finish than expected.

Runout in places - could probably place some gear. There is a wasp nest in the overlap just after the second last bolt on p1.

Definitely not 11a like the guide says, but a little harder than 10b I think.

A bit too pumpy to be a good warmup!

Cleaning the draws after Simon led it. Pumpy number!

Sandbagged onto this by Steve. Has some hard moves, but main difficulty was finding all the hidden holds!

Really fun finish.

First pitch only. Was just starting to get a bit of sun, so had to get up it quick!

Second shot. Missed a couple of huge jugs the first time and got pumped. Fun, steep climbing.

Some hardish moves for a 10a. Reasonably well bolted, but a fall on most of the route would be pretty shitty.

Very dodgy rock in middle section needs cleaning off when no-one's below.

One fall on the last move. That's what I get for reaching too high too early...Probably a bit soft for 12a?

Felt easier than the other times I've been on it.

Still feels harder than most of the 11c's around here!

The features make for great fun, especially the slabby undercling traverse. Just a pity the name is misleading. There is a large phenocryst, but no xenolith!

Good slabbing, just short.

Also placed a 0.4BD before the first bolt halfway up. Really dirty initial slab. Had to come in from the right a bit below the second bolt. Broke a footer on the first shot.

Getting dark, so just seconded Deano. Really good. Slabbing the start and the an awesome, delicate and technical arete to finish. Use a 2BD at the base of the arete.

Awesome kneebar halfway up the steep bit. Could be 12c if you had no idea how to jam, but the line is a crack. Probably really a soft 12a.

Post-lunch warmup

Short, but quite fun mid-section

Got too pumped near the top and went the wrong way. Hard to do when there's so much chalk on the thing!

Fun start and finish with super easy middle

Cruxy start with a 5.4 second half...

Pretty fun

Climbed it completely differently to Deano

Nice, flowing moves

Bit of a one-move wonder, but nice rock.

Great!

Awesome! The only thing detracting from it is the ledge just after the first crux. Took about 10 tries to get the first crux near the 5th bolt, then another cruxy move near the last bolt.

Steep. Reach to the left of the arete to get past the first bolt at 10c

Did the direct start at 11a, although the top was definitely the hardest.

Not the smartest climb to warm up on after a few weeks off!

Some really nice moves. Not very easy to onsight, but holds magically appear just where you need them.

Good but not great. Some really enjoyable climbing interspersed with some not-so-good climbing. Pitch 3 climbs the best I think. Pitch 4 is given as the crux pitch, but hardest move is near the start of pitch 5, and pitch 6 is the most sustained. A nice day out, and well worth the walk.