Ascent of Break Of Noon as Onsight, Onsight solo or Greenpoint onsight as trad by Dave OS

The chimney starting the Alpine route was deathly slippery due to wet lichen from rain the previous day, so diverted left onto this. With nothing more than a couple of prusiks and two slings for a rack this was somewhat of an engaging experience. Neither the carrot bolt (slung with a slip knot, there wasn’t enough space for a clove) nor either of the two prusik barrel knots I had jammed in the crack slightly above and below it were going to keep me off the ledge 10m below if I slipped. The few crimps were not especially positive and gave a distinct sense of impermanence, and what jams there were were shallow and flaring.

Oh, and I was in my TX4s. Slab is life?

It’s a nice climb! Just bring your rack