Ascents in Arapiles

A bloody wrestle with the rock! One move wonder

A darker, dingier Eurydice

With Yushu. Fun climb. Should have read, understood and memorized the description “chimney out underneath” before. Well, i know now, that you can do it clinging on to the left side face

With Andrew

With Janett and Andrew

Only the first pitch, then diverted to SCO

that was haaarrdddddd

Hilarious. Reminded me of Mt. Wellington pipes. Ding dong bong, go all the hollow bits. Hopefully none of them explode and fling you off into space. Would second this for a repeat. One pitch.

Thrilling, would do again and try and place a better piece at the crux

Better to leave the pack at the bottom..

Good anchors at top, cracks and large bollard

Good pro

Reminiscent of Mantis

Good lead by Steve

Nice short finish, well protected

The final pitch is exciting and well worth the trip. Protection is adequate along the way. Rap out from bolts above pitch 3 and tat above pitch 1.

3rd and 4th pitch 👌

Whoooaa!! Fun! Was abit scared there till I remembered I had feet

Tough cookie, will be back for the send

Sweet and slippery! After no rain for two weeks the pocket and horizontal was still seeping. Having seen a bird drink from the pocket before my attempt, I guess I should have known better. Desperately converted the wet sloper to a handjam and stayed on. Eventually committed to the crux and motored up on crimp slopers expecting a huge whip (on good gear) which fortunately never arrived. Felt quite stiff! Classic.

Cool bouldery start with big moves on bad slopers. Loved it. Then an easy wall before the lovely crack to finish. Decent gear, but pumpy at the top so tough to place. Slippery handjam rest.

Nothing special but still real nice

Fun, one runout bit near top.

Excellent! I'd rate this up with the other great roof climbs of arapiles. Will be back. Awesome position, with a tricky sequence at the lip. You're in the roof for quite a long time! You will need a medium cam or two after the bolt near the lip to prevent a potential slab fall if it all goes wrong.

Quite a fun slab. Making the crux moves is quite intimidating, risking a fall onto the sloping ledge, despite the bolt being right there. Probably needs a good belay.