Ascents in Africa

Appropriately named... cool first move

Not sure how it was originally done, but I'll suggest this:

Sit-start low on arete, go out wide for a couple cool compression bumps that take you back to the top corner of the arete, needing to control a barn door before the top out. Cool line!

After the Two rusty Pegs run out maybe bolt in future.

Really fun boulder. I skipped the mono and just side pulled.

Awesome climb overall - great quality rock. Onsighting this route feels at least a grade harder than what is listed here. Our personal grades (climbed with Thomas Luger) for onsight are 19, 21, 22, 24.

5 star highly recommend. Don’t be tempted to bail after the exposure hits on pitch 2! Very well bolted and the abseils are easy. We simul-rapped.

4 hours car to car. The actual climb took 3 hours up and down.

Worked out a cracking sequence with Josh and Ollie.

2nd Go

Superb! Harder than the 20 on the right

Epic!

At the crux there is a great left hand crimp that most people don't use. Using it makes the crux pretty easy.

Very sick climb with two lovely roofs to get over. The holds are pretty good all the way up. The last bolt is where people get shut down because of the runout and interesting moves.

Sent twice

Sent twice

Becoming my favourite warm up.

Finally! Sent it twice today. It seems really beta specific and much harder to onsight than other harder climbs. Quite clearly not a 22.

Sent on second attempt. Great climbing and moves on a sustained short climb.

An amazing route, following a series of overhangs with some interesting crack climbing. I saw a mouse living inside one of the rails near the top, which gave me a big fright at first! I also learned the importance of tying a stopper knot on your chalk bag, after mine nearly fell off. This route was opened at grade 18, it feels tricky but fair for the grade. If you struggle to read the route and struggle to find rests or hang around figuring out the gear it would probably feel like a pumpy 19.

Beware the loose block after the crux.

Sustained hard 21 climbing with a boulder problem to finish

Clipped the first two bolts and placed 3 cams... I forgot my wires so the top was a bit runout