Begehungen in Echo Gully

Very good problem. The abundant chalk left by the previous climber greatly helped me flash this one. Not too hard for the grade.

Mantle practice!! 🪨👍🏼 I switched to my half-size smaller shoes so I could jam a toe into a barely existent pocket halfway through the mantle 😬

Hard and bouldery. Not Froggatt style. Edges no pockets.

Great route, second attempt. not like froggatt climbing at all, good crimps between shoulder moves. Soft 24 but would be a super hard 23 haha

Lapped for filming

First attempt. Clipped both bolts but couldn’t work out the moves out left to the big ledge.

Working the moves. Managed to do Alex’s beta to the top. Just the middle section to sort out.

Attempt #1 of the day. Fell attempting move from first edge below the second draw out to the left edge. Then worked the moves through to the top.

Attempt #2 of the day. Got the move out to the left edge, but couldn't get set properly for the big dead point up the next ledge, and called a take. Then worked the moves through to the top.

Hang dog. One hang. First time that I have done all the moves in a single ascent. Did the moves in two overlapping sections. I'll definitely send this in the next session

Had a high point which is moving from matched sloper crimp rail below 2nd bolt out left to other sloper crimp rail and moving feet across. Need to work out best way to step up onto that face and crank up for next crimps. (High right foot on rail? Chip instead?)

First attempt of the day. 6th overall. Did the dead point and got onto the side pull, but fingers were frozen and got too worried about not being able to feel the hold to execute the next move. New high point though!

Attempt #2 of the day. Attempt #7 overall. Fired off the lower left rail and did some damage to the knuckles on the last two fingers of my right hand. Got back on and did the climb in two overlapping sections.

Attempt #3 of the day. Attempt #8 overall. Soooo close! This should have been the red point. Fell on the very last hold. Bottled it. More blood on the left hand some how. But still a new high point

Red point! Sun had come out and hands were warm. Dead point seems more and more like just another move. Nice to get this one done today

Too damp to correctly grip the holds but I've got the beta dialed for next session.

Almost deserves 2 stars but a little short. Tricky moves to link back-to-back.

Nice holds

Hard deadpoint for shorties

Good climb! Had three attempts, got the beta, just need to be fresh next attempt!

Two attempts.

Rworked the moves and showed Claudia and Kyle the moves

Fell off going for the top move and found new beta for the top

The combination of sharp crimps and high humidity from Auckland resulted in destroyed skin beyond belief. Almost got the climb though, next time

Took me 7 tries to get this one... big moves on razor-sharp pockets!

When you find feet it all easy after that.

is this the stemming one or the one to the right of that one? They both felt about 21/22 but I was wrecked at the end of the day so might be easier

Not 22. I guessed 19 from the ground and was happy with 19 after climbing. I’m bad at grades though. In hindsight the start was pretty awkward. 20/21?

The first 2 bolt is a bit scary like a 21. After that is like a 19.

Nice long one! Thanks, Krippner ♡ Fun to top out and shimmy off back

Good pockets

Not quite as nice as the V2 next to it, but a feel-good cool-down to the day 😎

felt so hard for 19... but I was toast so its probably a 19 haha