Ascents in Harlequin Buttress as various tick types

So so hard. Got massively shut down! Roof crack was sick, but turning the lip seems utterly impossible until I’m wayyyyyy better. The top was really insecure and tricky too! A spooge nightmare

Could couldn’t pull the lip, cleaned it, might not be back

Bad rock, start of the crux flake is about to blow, was great from then on

Nice route. Learnt a new word. Spooge. Note to self: spooge bad

Difficult to read the bottom strenuous section. Slab was easy

interesting, awesome line. Middle bit felt very hard for me

1 sit at crux

Last go before I had to leave Tassie. Unfortunately I was not well rested enough to give it the beans at the layback, and ended up desperately plugging in a cam to save myself a massive whip.

Really enjoyed this. Other than pulling up on the first bolt (as per the guidebook), this climb was just so exciting and hard. Came unstuck in the layback/crack at the top. Rack beta: I recommend a single rack of cams up to BD #3 including micro cams, an extra BD 0.4 and #3 cam, and a single rack of small wires to protect the otherwise unprotected move to obtain the second ledge. I found it easier to put the big cams on my right.

the crown jewel of all my dogs this year

delicate climbing leads to a left traverse that was every bit as heinous as I thought it might be from the ground. Ended up aiding through the traverse to the rest of the climb. Protection between the ledge and the crack above was poor. The crack above that was very nice; not sure if it's better to jam or lay it back. I recommend taking two racks of small wires as well as two racks of cams up to #3. A single rack of cams may work at a stretch.

Wore my new Metolius crack gloves on this climb and I fell off the crack section a few metres above the start. The gloves threw off the confidence in my jams and I ended up popping a cam on my fall. This shook me enough to make a retreat.

Ended up down climbing and cleaning the route, nearly fell while doing so and it completely killed my psych for the day

Got the moves, one to come back for.

Wow. hard without proper shoes. can't wait to lead in new shoes.

So good - fell a few times in the low corner then cruised the rest. The slab would be engaging on lead.

Usually I sport climb every crack I get on, so you'd think I'd make light work of the underclingy sequence. But for whatever reasons this day I decided to go for a spoogey fingerlock instead of climbing the very chalked up underclings, fingerlock slipped out and there went any hope of onsighting this.

Made the top extra spooky by trying to save all my brassies, resulting in a 5m runout before the 5m runout. With only a red (tiny) DMM brass offset in between. Next time will for sure place all the other available brassies placements leading up to the red one

One toprope lap to try the mantle and the top moves. Then pulled the crux easily first try on lead. Through the top corner, I had not worked out gear and had really tough time fiddling with RPs and microcams in the middle. On the last hard move, the hand foot layback match on the good crimp I slipped off from well above my 00 Dragonfly. It held and then so did the rope in the roof crack. Pulled back on after aiding back to where I fell and climbed to the top. Didn't have it in me mentally to give it another crack this trip. The route probably deserves 25.

This route is burly but all makes sense. Keen to get on it on lead with some crashpads and spotters. So much fun and plenty of PASSAT at the beginning.

Ahh wtf. Made it though the crux onto headwall, then jumbled the seam and then had me begging Patrick Munnings for a top rope rescue. Dont know why i didnt have the headgame for the top this time.

Also not 24

First attempt on lead. Spend forever faffing around with the weirdo gear on the face and building up confidence to get into the crack. Then slipped and cooked the lead at the crux. Ah well. Figured out the beta for next time.

What do you mean I can't layback the finger lock section? Hold my beer. *pain *yelling *flailing *flailure

so varied and engaging! had a really hard time working out one technical section in the corner crack at the start, but got up after a long fight and many falls. did the rest clean, enjoyed pulling through the steep section, and the lovely slabbing at the top! oh to lead this one day!

the bottom was hard

Couldn’t pull the lip

Freed all the moves. Wicked climbing up a stellar line. Will be first on the list for next time.

Got to work on my jaming. To turn the lip match the sloper, get right toe up high and go for the side pull and crank hard

Felt really close just couldn't do the crux from the ground. Should go next time.

Foot slip on the top crack/flake ugh. Fun route

Made it to the crux 2nd shot but was way to pumped. On the list now ! So good

Awesome route! I fell off in the middle but still... Awesome route!

Consider my pants filled! Tricky at the bottom. Fletch had the camera out for my least graceful looking positions but sometimes they make for the most memorable photos (for your mates).