Ascents in Highlander

My 2nd favourite route at this crag! Awesome power-endurance style climbing from the cruxy undercling to the top. I was getting proper motivated on this one, but alas a key crux crimp took some damage which will necessitate a bit of TLC before this is climbable again. I bailed from the 2nd last bolt to avoid to any further damage to the hold, but I'll definitely be back!!!

Concluding the Whitman's Sampler day of this crag... I did a bunch of the moves free... but also a reasonable amount of aiding on this. Punchy boulders between okay stances. Nothing seemed V-impossible, but we were out of time and daylight at EOD.

Seems really cool, but it is not a good warmup Roofy bouldery start, then a scary middle, and a very interesting but committing upper face section that I ended up bailing from. Totally worth another lap when its not so cold, and I'm not doing it as a warmup.

A few good links on my second burn but it was just sooo cold. Maybe wait for it to get a bit warmer. (x2)

Despite the last 1m to the anchors being proper hideous, this is actually a classic route! A gnarly, power-endurance start leads to some of the most funky climbing in the middle (arete-corner-arete weirdness on awesome rock!), and a final gnarly boulder problem that -frankly- spat me off repeatedly on the final move.

Rest day shenanigans. Just the one lap but man this is actually so good. The last move is a bit shite but everything else is super cool. All moves done with no dramas and maybe i’ll even come back to try and send it.

evil finish

Probably 10 tries on this to date. Very psyched on it, and still actively trying it. Still yet to pull the crux sequence.

A number of days spent on this in various different conditions. The dyno around the roof I was getting about 1 in 15 tries, which doesn't bode well for a redpoint. And the dyno above there I only stuck once. Not cool. So this is open for business.

FFA. I love this one. Three obvious boulders split by a shake. The top one is raaaaad. And great marbly rock above.

FFA. Very cool "slab" section which is really not a slab. Felt incredible when it all came together.

FFA. Super interesting dynamic climbing, totally my style.

FFA. Super varied, comprising lots of different styles. This is the easiest route on the wall, but not what most people would call a warm up. Bring a crag board.