Ascents as trad by Vanessa Wills having Distinct route

Interesting moves and spaced but solid gear. Maybe should have led....

Tried to lead it and wimped out. It actually wasn't that bad. There are harder 20s at araps.

Some nice moves, didn't trust rock

Not as good as the original, the traverse right to join BB is best done quickly on a low spooge day

FFA. Team FFA, amazing what a bit less humidity can do. Interesting to compare our sequences which were quite different, especially on the left traverse. Worth the long walk from killiecrankie instead of Docks forachange

We carted 2 ropes and 6 #1s up to try and lead this, but ran out of time so just did a TR lap each. The hands are thin, even for me so I think 0.75 may be more like it. Hands quite swollen from 3 days of pack carrying. Kind of repetitive, but a good challenge. Needs a good scrub. It was raining lichen.

Found a short persons way and trashed fingers

great day with some stunning climbing. Had a rest on P2 . Thought the route could be renamed chalk is cheap given the excess! Back to the van before the rain

Had first bolt clipped. Apparently the old gear flake down low came off. Easier than RH, but still quite intense

On Daves gear. The grade 17 hand jam at 2/3 height nearly undid all my hard work below.

Enjoying the 26 pieces of pro I had placed on the red point attempt

We needed to tire ourselves out quickly, that was the plan, and i have never quite figured this one out. Some super long moves. I solved one, with bunched beta, but my short beta for the second move to the blob on the arete is low percentage

Glad I stripped the gear between first and second lead attempts, having fallen off on last TCU on first go, a somewhat slow ascent when I left the ground without the grey C 3 s. Oops. Thankfully Dave throws well. Second go went well, had changed back to softer shoes which helped, and taped right hand as the jam glove makes my hand too fat for comfort.

I’d give it 24, felt harder than Worrying heights or impulse. Minced fingers and toes. Dave was trying catcher in the rye and did pretty well.

Took a bit of cleaning. Unfortunately Robin and John’s bolts are within clipping distance in the lower half, though the crux and above is pure trad, mostly small to medium wires. The old single bolt needs replacing and anchors would be good. will add to the to do list. 23/24 maybe. It too k a number of tries to sort out

A bit easier after a clean, some more gear found but rather fiddly eg wires in horizontals and still run out between second and third bolt

FFA. Great second pitch, mostly grade 21 with 2 cruxy bits that felt 25 for me, but failing on lead, dave could do both cruxes quite differently to my sequences and got the tick, I seconded the 25 way.....great rock for Kaputar

About another 4 laps on the first pitch to get up to new second pitch which also did multiple goes. Nice steep line, need good hip flexibility. Not in shade until about 230 pm.

Pitches 4,5,and 6 are stellar and worth the icky bits below

the 22 version I think. Gripping

FFA. Not very sustained. Diabolical start, then nice grade 20 from first bolt. Stick clip essential. The gear is good and plentiful, though small. Wires useful too. Gets good for the line.

FFA. Again, pumped insane clipping the anchor ( single bolt at present). Thanks Dave .

I could do each third I think if they stood alone and I worked them , but it is so outrageously steep. Would love to see someone onsight this.

Had forgotten all my sequences after the 22 section and spent two goes trying to sort it. I still find the crux on the "23" bit at the second bolt the hardest of the 3 cruxy sections, but surprisingly it all worked 3 rd go. Will no doubt forget everything before I get back to lead it.

good friction day. Reachy

Upper arete is great

Led this to last bolt yesterday but bailed to anchors of SsMinnow when run out looked too exciting on the very rusty bolts. Our static was hanging over it so climbed out.

Dave and I attempted ground up. Did second shot with the last 5 metres a mystery after coming down before then, though Fave had put last 3 pieces in

I may be missing something, but getting to the ramp near the top is desperate. It may be reach.... tried 3 ways. The moves after that are ok, and pretty easy to that point. Finally linked a sequence, but it was tough. Try glove right hand next time.

Hadn't planned on arête finish but seemed the logical way to go. Super Spoogy on lower part today

This area was a bit warmer. Still stumped by reachy move above second bolt. Only thing I didn’t try was foot cam at same level as hand jam, so maybe try that next time. Takes good cams to supplement bolts, #2,3 and 0.5 above last bolt

FFA. Dave and I had quite different beta, esp for the top. Reachy but possible.

FFA. Great slab moves, through a Rooflet, a slab Dyno and then a nice finger crack.

Did consider leading but the fall looks ugly if you come off between the 2 bolts as you would hit the triangular ledge

Just like araps. Orange trad route!

Reacquainting myself with this beauty. Forgotten how I did the crux, the rest slowly came back to me.

On the last go of the day after changing sequence each time. Nice and technical and trickier than appearances

Opening the account for this season, niceto lead it

I wish I’d written down my beta. Maybe I just need to try hard

2 laps today. Nothing over no 1 needed

Great corner to start then exposed moves onto arete. Exit rather tricky.

Rock a bit ordinary. May feel better in drier conditions on slab