Ascents in The Wastelands having Beta

Very fun with some great slabbing on bulges and slopers with a jug hall finish

Mossy chalk free slabbing is confusing

Start line a bit confused? Next crux would be ballistic if you are short.

Tricky hard start (layback).

Quite hard for 18, G fell

Great warm up (or maybe the weather was just way nicer than Wanaka

Warm up

Never really noticed this before, quite good

A bit mossy after all this rain but a pretty fun adventure.

Rod forgot to put a bolt in. Sandy runouts.

have a feeling some start holds have broken

Cheated past the first bolt, suspect broken holds. Nice for the rest

Traversed in from the right, missed one crucial L foothold. Cool climb even though the lichen and moss multicolours the rock and makes it near impossible to see feet

Unfortunately my busted hip hindered the opening move. Will come back to claim post-op.

First lead of this one. Love the heel hook move to start. Trusted myself on the juggy but committing finish.

This must be the one. Covered in lichen and sandy in the cracks on a sweaty Nowra afternoon. Classic experience. I rate it negative 2 stars so (aka still 2 stars). Climb gingerly after slab to not dislodge the boulders onto your belayer(seemed solid though).

A bit on the dirty side but still climbs pretty good.

had tried it barefoot while back, that didnt go so well, easy today with shoes

This one is amazing! Great funky moves

Warmup. Pretty powerful out the cave then it gives up

Shut down by a hard clip and awkward position. Not 100% sure about how much to wander.

Some really cool climbing, blew the flash when I grabbed a bolt to make the second clip less sketchy

Super arete climbing!! Rock is a little sandy but it is perfectly climable!! Underrated and undergraded classic climbing.

Enjoyable. Nice jugs. Well graded

Outrageously good climbing!!! rock is a little sandy but doesnt matter too much!! This climb really packs it in!!

Warmdown

Lovely climbing. Last two bolts add nothing though.

Last route of the day was a struggle. Need to get fit again

lots of lichen

Unsespecting gem. The guides description is on point.

A good climb with lots of variety. I didnt pick the correct line through the lower slab which made things exciting. Lots of thinking required

Fantastically technical

This was fun with some tricky moves towards the finish.

What's dirty, moist, and hard as nails? This route! Bailed into the 18 at the top. Might involve some interesting sloper climbing with a bit of a clean and drier weather.

Crux at beginning then easy. Everything is now easy after The Hustler.

Very cool! nearly got the onsight just slipped off some of the holds

very cool climb with a tricky middle section.

Got it without falling second time round.

Great climb with good holds the whole way with a good start and finish!

Such an awesome line, the pebble up high is so epic

Personally I thought this was an awesome slab, pretty solid at 18. Just the right amount of spicy runout, great friction and slopey footers