Ascents by Ashley Felton having trad-cpr

Kinda slabby

The first, second and fourth pitches make this a good slab route, the third and the topout prevent it from being very good. Pitch one, the starting flake with big layback and reachy traverse was the highlight. Take a couple of large cams for it!

Good holds, excellent placements. Pure fun.

Some good protection is available down lower, but the top of the flake sounds hollow as a drum. Pure pleasure after getting that first bolt clipped.

An excellent line, but: sandbagged, much? The first pitch is much harder than the grade suggests. Second pitch is very pleasant, and much easier.

Hey, I remember: trad is scary on lead. Calling this one a retro-flash.

Good protection to be had, interesting climbing, nice tense little roof sequence to finish.

This was great fun, a good mix of crimps and balancy moves.

A short but satisfying trad problem. Two straightforward nut placements.

Great climbing on good rock, with plenty of opportunity to protect the moves. Each of the two traverses adds some spice. The third "pitch" is a formality, but it's not as though you can avoid it. Highly recommended for a short multi-pitch adventure.

An absolute cracker. Delicate, careful moves needed for the start of this one. Good protection, but not obvious - you have to think about it. My pitch of the day, for sure.

Short, but great for practising cam placements.

A decent enough trad route, with one very committing gear placement for the crux. Was very happy to be told exactly what size cam to deploy.

Pleasant enough climbing, worth doing to reach On Edge (above). Use the last third as an opportunity to practice your trad placements.

Sustained and oh so satisfying. This is why we visit. A sensational route.

A fine little single pitch. In Perth this would be a must do at any crag, over here it's a bit eclipsed by all the other classics nearby.

Slabby, friendly, easy to protect, short.

Another really good moderate trad climb. One somewhat committing bit, but that's right at a nice bit of protection.

Crimpy, sequency crux. I think that I overcomplicated it. I'd come back if the crag were closer to Perth

The iconic Arapiles route. An amazing line with some commitment required on the upper two pitches. Beta: take two bolt plates and some large cams.

A lovely line of mild trad. Second pitch is the best, but it's all a good time.

A pleasure to climb and super-easy to protect. A great warm-up. What's not to love?

Soloed it. Couldn't have hurt myself if I'd tried. We don't get much off-width around Perth. This gets a star, purely for uniqueness.

Great crack, but super short.

A good, satisfying trad lead.

A completely superb lineup for these two routes. Second pitch had a surprisingly bouldery start, and that overhang on the third!

Great fun. First pitch is the harder, more insecure one with some non-obvious moves. Second pitch is a classy box chimney and much more straightforward.

Tried this on lead to test my hard man credentials. Failed. There's some good climbing here, but it's not good enough to warrant the genuine risk you're putting yourself in to find it. I reckon there's a good reason we don't bolt them like this any more.

For an iconic mega classic route, I was left a little underwhelmed. First and second pitches are a bit naff, but the last three are great. A mixed bag, but still a superb outing.

Done as one pitch. And what a pitch: solo the squeeze chimney to start, then stem your way up the chasm for the rest. Perfect friction all the way, and a cheeky little run-out at the end to add spice.

Great fun!

What a delightful, thin formation to climb!

Pitch of the day. Technical, fun and great protection. A sensational route.

Exposure, much? You're going into space if you fall off the second pitch. And that roof chimney on the third! Fantastic route.

Good route. Protection is pretty sketchy for the top third.

This is like the special desert you treat yourself to after a workout. If climbing this doesn't make you smile, you're doing the wrong pastime.

Not a bad warmup.

Decent variety of moves required. Mind the spiders.

Okay to practice gear placements on, I guess.

A lovely route with nice, straightforward protection.

Good warmup route. Easily protected with several small cams.

Such a fun adventure, this route. Not many like it in WA.

Some tasty exposed bulges to pull through on the second pitch. Shame that it wasn't a little more like that all the way.

A technical, unique mega-classic. First pitch was my pitch of the day.

Found it a bit hard to protect.

Easily protected and good fun, stemming up the chimney.

You don't get many long multi-pitch routes in WA, but this is serious fun and a great day out. It packs a lot of variety into six pitches, and despite some decent runouts it's good holds all the way. Take a friend or two, a full rack of trad gear, and have an adventure. Expect 1.5h walk in, 7/8h climbing, and 1h walk down,

A good trad route to practice with. Small stoppers & cams needed only.

A worthy classic.

A fine start to our day. Easy start up the crack, then a gripping bouldery exposed move out onto the face, then lovely moves up the face to finish. You Victorians are keeping all the good stuff for yourselves.

Hell of a pitch to start the trip with. Classically good moves all the way.

A short step on the way to Blockbuster. Surprisingly technical. I really should have left my pack behind.

A route with very little to recommend it. First viable protection is 10m up, second is another 15m higher, then you scramble to the top of the first pitch. If you're going to put yourself at that much risk, the climb better be worth it. Second pitch is a 5m joke. Skip this one.

Found this an awful lot harder than the 14 grade would suggest, more like a 17/18. Mainly due to the difficulty in setting protection, much of the climb was run-out to an unsettling degree. White-knuckle trad climbing at its finest. Lots of loose rock, as you'd expect. Our progress up the face was too slow, so we had to traverse out at the top of pitch two via the Prickle Traverse (this was mercifully a safe and straightforward walk back to the tourist trail). Next time.

Good warm-up after a break from trad. Couldn't quite do it cleanly.

Solo in running shoes, showing off to the family.