Ascents in Cosmic County by Ben Hanley

great route, shame it's so short

the start traverse seems a lot more scary now that the bolt has been chopped. The second is very well protected if climbing on double ropes.

bit of a stiff warm-up with small crimps and cold fingers. Great route though! Don't be scared by the bash-in carrots.

Massively under-rated climb!

Sustained climbing at the grade on bomber gear the whole way. Interesting and varied climbing throughout.

interesting climbing on good gear.

some tough moves down low followed by much easier climbing up high that gets a bit run out on carrots.

nice warmup, but definitely spaced out the bolts a bit.

would definitely recommend just walking around to the top of the pillar to start.

good to get back leading some more moderate trad routes. definitely could do with a bit more endurance though.

start was WAY harder than i remember it being. actually ended up starting up the ramp from the left before heading up.

start was a bit harder than i remember....

Interesting climbing, crux felt very reachy.

tough start to sustained climbing above. This route was a lot better than i was expecting it to be.

very tough for a warmup. Bit of an effort to anchor at the top and get off the route. could really do with some rings.

warmup. seconding grace up.

repeat. fun route to finish off the day. many more faceholds than i remember there being last time.

first shot of the day and got a highpoint placing the draws. Got through the crux section with some new beta but couldn't manage the pump and came off on the good crimps above.

Took a nice long rest after my first attempt and got the send! Ended up feeling fairly comfortable and is my hardest tick to date!

First time on this route, just getting a feel for the moves. Managed to figure out pretty good sequences for the sustained crux

Tried to have burn on it, got to the top of the first crux section and came off, nice big whip!

Felt really good on it, came off at the same spot, but hopped back on after a short rest Andrew got it clean to the top from there. It will go soon!

Warmup

Ticked first shot of the day, felt so much better on it that the last time I got on. Awesome sustained crimping!

Thin crimping for dayz

Interesting slab climbing

Nice short route. Warmup

certainly had to keep a cool head for this one

one of the nicest hard trad lines i've tried in the blueys. great moves on great pro!

quite strange climbing, many of the holds are not quite as expected

good climbing, maybe a bit soft for the grade?

got through the low crux kept going through to the top

just worked the lower crux

Great hand crack, but very smooth rocks makes it seem a bit hard for the grade

Brilliant technical, crimpy face climbing!