Ascents in Upper Gara Gorge

waaaay harder (for me) than the indirect start. i onsighted the 19 and couldnt get up this on top rope, after being shown some beta.

my first granite climb and what a joy. standing and crimping on tiny flakes to gain nice ledges. well bolted except the last carrot seems to have popped out. this is no big deal as its on the easy slabby finish.

dear the person who hucked our stuff in the river - we will find you...

and thank you for actually improving my book!

Pulled the top flake almost a cm away from the rock but it didn't brake somehow, be careful!

Had a couple goes at this, hand was somewhat better at jambing but still not happy and so left it

Had a half committed go at this, my hand was really aching today and I feel like its gone backwards. Benji had a good crack at the arete and looks like it will go, needs 5 pads

Up to clean the west face top for benji, he is so close to getting this

We'd eye this off while bouldering underneath it so didn't have a great sense of scale and thought it would be mostly offwidth and I was keen due to my hand still not being ready for crimping. It ended up climbing quite nicely, it felt like a small segment of a much larger multi pitch

Whoa Nelly. This thing is really beaut. I really wasn't feeling the sketchy desperate RH dyno with the shitty right foot (not sure why) so tried a semi-static LH and was pretty surprised/stoked when it stuck 3rd go from the crimp rail. Tried a few times to do the full link and got close. Maybe next time

Like Skip said, very cool in its own right.

Was looking forward to seeing the boys get a solid session on this while I was on camera duty. They made short work of it with different beta and super stoked to see this get sent. It still needs the full link up to be done

What a cool route. Of course there were jams to be had and Skippy even invented a knee bar.

Quite a tricksy downclimb traverse crux. Will require better footwork. Big juggy foot at halfway is not in

Wow, this thing is great! Gets a wee bit thought provoking at the business end but it is all there.

The first route on Spider Lover Wall with a nice stretchy committing move for the grade.

more quality buldering at this little wall. A wee bit more committing given the tree/tricky pads.

Didn't do the sit start, apparently I also went off route at the top (in a sea of jugs, jeez)

Still nursing a hand injury from the fall at the bungles so didn't intend to climb. Worth putting my shoes on

An interesting alternate finish to hope.

2 laps - bottom crack section is good. Top is pretty easy

This thing is great.

This thing is scary.

This thing is freakin hard.

Exciting line with flexy rock and a high foot.

Always fun.

Next....

A sharp but good warm up.

Cool move at half height. Another RL sharp route.

Had a couple throws at this, but was pretty tired and tips were sore so my heart wasn't really in it