Ascents in Blue Mountains as Onsight by Roger Austin

Led the 3rd pitch, which felt quite pumpy and was fun enough bar the grovelling dirt mantleshelf finish. The first pitch had a hard, reachy crux - harder than any move on Subliminal - although perhaps we were just beefed at the end of a 37-degree day. Hamish took it into his head to combine pitches one and two - don't go there. Worthwhile, but with more than its fair share of crap bits for a route on such a good wall.

Led the main pitch. Excellent, fun climbing but can't quite rate it as Mega-Classic because of the rather arbitrary first pitch and because it has just a bit too much of that boulder-problems-between-ledges style which can get rather tiresome. The belays and pitch combinations around here could do with a bit of rationalisation. Doing a 70m pitch from the Central (Castaway) belay, as recommended by others, makes good sense - those with shorter ropes can take the Sojourn belay option and still need do only one more pitch to the top. The Subliminal first pitch is a bit of a giggle but the only hard bit would make a good alternate start to Castaway.

Very enjoyable outing, particularly via the Cynics United first pitch. Nicely sustained with a couple of intimidating-but-actually-ok sections at the start of the 2nd and 3rd pitches. Led the 1st and 3/4th pitches.

Nicely sustained. Harder than Nice Vice Baby. Good second warm-up.

Lots and lots of thought-provoking quality climbing. I found the initial traverse a bit turf and it was pretty intense for the rest of the first 'pitch', easing to a gentle stroll before an exciting and entertaining finale.

More like leg'o'lamb today - a bit hot and greasy but full of tasty goodness.

An ideal warm-up

Simply awesome. Milked the kneebar and handjam rests until they squeaked and managed to keep it together for the final few lunges to the anchors. Now I feel inspired to try The Way of All Flesh again

Mantle? What mantle? Lots of other good climbing - the easy bit; the intense bit; the pumpy bit; the mantle-that-wasn't.

Varied and fun. Only the large ledge below the headwall prevents it being a Classic.

A bit brutal for a warm-up.

I thought this was very worthwhile. Thin to start and sustained all the way up. Would have been "bold old skool 80's climbing" on carrots but speaking as a timid old skool 80's climber I felt pretty happy with 7 shiny ring bolts.

Fun. Bolts and wire to lower off.

Good, fingery climbing up a slightly eliminate line. Skipped the higher carrots in favour of a few of Matt's shiny new hexes to keep it real

Nicely sustained with some interesting holds.

Thought provoking. Arrived on the lip of the roof in a kneeling position which worked surprisingly well. Not 24 though.

Crimpy and powerful, then just powerful.Clipped the first bolt on lead for added value.

Pretty pleased with this.

Straightforward but fun.

A bit stiff for a warm up.

Awesome end to a great day. Been wanting to do this for years. Never felt close to getting pumped. The joys of a gritstone apprenticeship.

Pretty stoked to onsight this classic. It felt a bit of a gift for 25 but then (a) the conditions were absolutely perfect and (b) every hold was neatly outlined in white. Similar in style, quality and grade to Life of Riley.

Some good climbing. Final move slightly pointless but fun.

Not an ideal warm up as the hard bit is low down.

Must have missed something because the Rose move on a two finger pocket between bolts 1 and 2 felt as hard as anything on the Next Doctor. Great position - particularly the hanging belay at the top!

Good fun. More like 21 with some stiff moves past the underling.

Fun warmup.

Interesting climbing with a tricky crux sequence with clip mid crux. It would be good to clear up the confusion between this and Milo as there is clearly only one line with two finishes, this being the left. Right looks quite a bit easier but not on rings.

Enjoyed the interesting moves and lack of sharp, snappy holds. Balancy yet still tiring.

Sustained and thought-provoking right to the top.

Climbed as a warm-up in mistake for The Jewel Thief. Tough for 21 but an absolute steal for 25.

Lots of good climbing in a great location. Lead P1 and P3. Long and pumpy P2. Fingery and balancy on P3 with an unlikely single-leg-squat manoeuvre in the middle.

Jug, jug, jug, hmm, throw, jug, jug

Fantastic exposure on the second pitch and plenty of good rock and climbing. Very photogenic (from the top, opposite the route).

Great moves and great location. Looked very blank in parts but its all there and not hard for the grade.

Cruxy start and quite sustained thereafter. Fun.

Fun dynos. Finished on the lower anchors which is a bit of a cop-out but my oomph was all used up.

Classic. Be sure to pick the correct line at the start. Almost blew it trying to find decent finishing holds while dangling like a sloth at the lip.

A cleaner and more direct start to Libby the Lick. Probably better and not appreciably easier than that route.