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Linked up with Cutblock for a more sustained pitch.

I was really lazy and tired on this one.

A few cool moves, would be a committing lead.

Climbed only the first pitch, not the second 5.11b pitch.

Great to finally get this one done. Have had a few little sessions on it over the years, felt strong and good conditions today, smashed it up. Who would have thought getting on and off a slopey rail could be that much fun. One of Toohey's better problems I think.

These holds are f*cking gross. Only Toohey can be slippery and tear your skin apart sharp at the same time. Least I only had to do it once.

I did it!

Cool! Was in a weirdly engaged-but-calm headspace this time; even though each move didn't feel secure and perfect I kept to the beta and did each move without much extraneous thought. Using imagery in the days between attempts helped heaps with this; Also, warming up on the Cliffboard. Learnt a lot on headgame, face-climbing, and projecting. (For reference as this isn't on theCrag yet: onsighted Time for Chai (26) same day, over an hr haha. Hardest send and onsight today!)

Tried for the ground-up redpoint, but lost concentration at the technical crux. 1 fall there.

Good line, good climbing and good protection (nuts possible before the first bolt). Not as polished as I had expected from the description in the guide book.

The traverse to the first bolt is probably the hardest part, from there it's practically a staircase, but nice!

Struggles on all the pockets. Think this climb was the start of sore fingers

Listed as an 8 in the guide. Tricky start and then pumpy.