Ascents in Mount Victoria Area by Joe Gordon

V.hard crux for 20. Enjoyable though and on small but positive holds. Hidden holds for sure.

Not a 15 move.

Makes you work for it.

Not the cool down I was looking for. I will be back!

Great climb with a gnarly crux down low.

Onsighted to the dyno move but couldn’t clip off that terrible hold. Back off the top. Pretty freaky for me. We added a cam for the subsequent shot.

Happy to fight for this one. Hard at the top. That was my crux.

Nails.

We had only looked at the guidebook and were sandbagged at 23.

5th attempt today at the boulder problem. Holds felt a lot more positive today. Enjoyed the jugs to the top.

Had a play. Right variant suits me more.

Stuck the big move from the ground and then tried to move my left hand. Whoops. Next time. Did some pumpy up and down climbing through the roof to make the cleaning easier and got Uber pumped.

Read it well to halfway and then some good misreads and chalking up in the sunshine lead to a total pump failure between the last bolt and the anchor. I was to regret failing this onsight!

Second shot and pulley popped on ring finger. Oops. Rehab the popped pulley round 2.

Not sure what to say about this one. My partner broke a few footers smearing and trying some beta, and we stick clipped the runout between the 3rd and 4th! But we both had an amazing time trying to execute all the moves and dial the beta on top rope. Some sections are classic and super technical. I freed all the moves except the funky move between the 1st and 2nd bolt, and the final move to the anchor. Would be a scary lead with the rock quality being particularly average in parts.

Would climb again though 😅

Hanging the draws, warming up and remembering beta.

Executing beta. Found a way better rest position just before the fourth draw. Last move was close to a fail after a false start.

A bit out of my league. Skin shredder. Cool line.

First crux I managed once in total clean. Seemed low percentage. Good thing it’s right from the start. And the last move I’ll need more power for, to do it from the start. Really fun. Hope to get back to it soon.

Doesn’t need the R.

Campus to the second bolt. Fun as.

Still hard.

Pretty epic and demanding start for grade 14.

Really fun starting jump . Another climb that both surprises you and disappoints you with how quickly you become drained of power. 3rd shot.

Put the draws on and then had 2 attempts, failing at the last big move at the lip each time. Felt harder than Cave Route (24).

Second go. On the soft side for sure.

Took a while to sort the beta. All about the far right hold for me.

Close to the onsight. Fell at the last big move.

Freaked me out a little. Slab at my limit is not much fun.

Starts with good feet and terrible hands and changes tact quickly to poor feet and great hands. I enjoyed this little problem with a nice head wall finish. Each to their own. Too windy and cold for my partners so we headed home after I cleaned.

Got to the fifth clean on the onsight attempt. Then bolt to bolt. Seemed like a lot of hard moves!

Oops. 3rd clip is the crux.