Ascents in Australia as Lead by Ashley Felton

Good climb (for slab).

A lovely line of mild trad. Second pitch is the best, but it's all a good time.

An excellent line, but: sandbagged, much? The first pitch is much harder than the grade suggests. Second pitch is very pleasant, and much easier.

Good way to practice placing gear.

Good climbing. A bit thin up top, but protectable.

Tough first move, balancy second, slab to finish. Short but fun.

Found this an awful lot harder than the 14 grade would suggest, more like a 17/18. Mainly due to the difficulty in setting protection, much of the climb was run-out to an unsettling degree. White-knuckle trad climbing at its finest. Lots of loose rock, as you'd expect. Our progress up the face was too slow, so we had to traverse out at the top of pitch two via the Prickle Traverse (this was mercifully a safe and straightforward walk back to the tourist trail). Next time.

You don't get many long multi-pitch routes in WA, but this is serious fun and a great day out. It packs a lot of variety into six pitches, and despite some decent runouts it's good holds all the way. Take a friend or two, a full rack of trad gear, and have an adventure. Expect 1.5h walk in, 7/8h climbing, and 1h walk down,

Such a fun adventure, this route. Not many like it in WA.

Deceptively easy at the start, the top third provides all of the excitement.

Stalled out on the unsettling top section. Trust those tiny feet.

Woosed out a bit on the crux, the first go. It's easy once you know how. Trust your feet.

Balance and poise required, rather than strength.

OK warm-up.

Not exactly a clean ascent, but I got up. Crimpy, technical, and highly entertaining. Classic.

Pure quality.

A clean lead on a classic route, and a new personal best at that. In the sunshine. Life feels pretty good.

The first pitch is fairly straightforward, the second is a lot more challenging (hats off to Kym). Second carrot on the 2nd pitch (after the hanger) is in a butt-clenchingly high spot.

A good route, with one very nervy clip (the fourth) and a strenuous crux move straight after (took a couple of tries to work it out). The rest is straightforward.

Good confidence-booster to come back to this and lead it cleanly.

Extremely strenuous and sustained climb; heck of a workout for the arms. Note there is a ledge you could play tennis on for a rest, half way.

Nice, varied climb. Alternates between sketchy and safe. Would take a better climber than I to stay on the right for the whole route.

A variety of technical and balancy moves makes this a really satisfying one to tick off. Got the two overhang moves dialled tonight.

Fun times. The last move feels a little dicey 'til you find the hidden hold!

Decent warm-up.

Not bad. More balance than strength needed.

OK for a warm-up.

Tick!

Always fun.

What's the opposite of sandbagged? An okay climb, but it's barely harder than AWA.

Very good climb. Some delicate footwork required to perch on thin crimps.

Good route. Protection is pretty sketchy for the top third.

Found it a bit hard to protect.

Good warmup route. Easily protected with several small cams.

Classic route. Doing it multi-pitch only feels slightly silly.

Stepping up onto the slab at the very finish is the most nerve-racking part!

A short but satisfying trad problem. Two straightforward nut placements.

A lovely route with nice, straightforward protection.