Begehungen in Mount Buffalo

A couple of meters of nice slab climbing before degrading into moist mank.

The most spectacular, beautiful and intimidating corner soaring up to infinity and beyond. We both sent it first shot on lead, after an hour or so on TR solo the day before. The best beta I've heard for this pitch is "if you find yourself pulling hard, you're not stemming well enough".

This was soaked, we jugged passed it unfortunately.

Sketchy stemming for about 5m, then the gear improves and it backs off and becomes more enjoyable to the awkward hanging belay.

A stunning, sustained finger sized corner, with the jambs becoming more pleasing the higher one gets.

This one combined with the crux pitch must be 2 of the best single pitches of granite in Oz.

Old skool grunge involving most sizes of crack. Thoroughly enjoyable...after the event. Watch the drag.

Sweet airy traversing, with a spot of tree climbing thrown in for good measure (sorry tree). Glad to have converted to the dark side and donned crack gloves for this one.

End rock climbing. Commence canyoning.

But how do you get off the ledge?!

Joyous canyoning.

Wet, yuck. Both led.

Tons of falls on one TR solo session. Then, unbelievably, led cleanly first try the next day. Both led. MEGA!

Too wet and slimy to attempt. A shame.

Long and intricate. In hindsight, better to stop the pitch earlier at natural stance.

All class. Fingerlock laybacks forever.

Grungy, dirty and hard. Fist jamming through an overhung V-slot. Necessary but not enjoyable.

Diagonal jamming with no feet. A short pitch but I still ran out of gear.

Definitely avoiding the chimney at all costs.

I got lost and had the scariest moment of the entire route, trying to mantle a round boulder above a ledgefall in approach shoes.

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