Ascents in Second Pyramid as Tick

Seconded after Jack and Yim. Maybe I’m showing my age but the first ascent just hurt my lower back, then it was just a walk across. Not a huge fan.

First time seconding on trad gear.slid down half the rock trying to get to the start. First pitch was nice, second pitch I followed Yim’s sketchy runout and ended up laying flat for a minute before finding feet again. Great fun!

First time seconding on trad gear.slid down half the rock trying to get to the start. First pitch was nice, second pitch I followed Yim’s sketchy runout and ended up laying flat for a minute before finding feet again. Great fun!

Brilliant first pitch with some unlikely hand jams and gastons on a wall/flake and some nice smearing. A few ledges keep it from getting desperate. Id bought a bd 6 cam 2 days before doing this climb, max placed it on the first pitch, I placed it on the second. Pretty much needed both times, you could do this climb with just up to bd 5 in cams but it would be a touch pooey. The size 6 kept things comfortable. I gave max the first lead thinking that the descriptions of 'wide crack at the top' meant off-width, really i just made him lead all the hard climbing, and then lead about 15m of grade ~8 climbing which was low gradient assisted walking with a wide crack to hold and put gear into (lol).

Quick way down, but a a heady downclimb at one spot.

Mega Classic. Was unaware of the topout on slab beta but decided to do it anyway. Good times.

This was so much fun!! Even the descent off the side of the pyramid was fun! off to the right side down a couple of chimneys. The crux pitch was a little scary but relieved to have Dan Cox s stuck wire from his ascent a few months back to use as a fixed piece at the beginning of the crux section . Bring at least 2 cams of at least size 4/5 (BD) for the chimney on the first pitch! Enjoy this ripper adventure.

It started sprinkling as I was racking up, but being the badass I am, I decide to do it anyway! Pro-tip: I’m not a badass, and granite friction slab is not fun when wet! The sprinkle turned into a downpour, and I bailed from the top of pitch 1. We came back the next day for the tick 😂

Followed Blake's solid lead, after much shenanigans involving 3 of us on the slab cooperating to launch a small cam to him at one point! This felt like a completely different climb with comfy, soft shoes as opposed to the one new miura and one brand new agro bouldering shoe I had last time around.

Missed the onsight first shot, took completely the wrong approach from the ground. Was not prepared for this climb.... * Gear Beta spoiler alert *...

We did not like this climb, but that's a matter of taste so don't be hating Have read reports of a soaring crack with good gear I started base up with a full rack minus 3s and 4s cams.... In fact the entire route is pretty much wires only on pretty sketchy rock. Pitch one - hard stabbing with some shitty directional wires (facing the wrong way) in wet cracks. Most of the wire placements are small or micro and the rock is not really hard enough to give much confidence. All falls involve swing and scrape. Gear failure means a high likelihood of serious injury. The rock is damp and lichenous. Some shrubbery grows from the line. Missed the onsight due to gear concerns at the crux which is a leftward traverse on damp holds and feet. There are some wire options mid crux to make it safer, took a while to fire this out... Also the flake at the finish is completely detached. Do not place cams here. Belay from an anchor of small wires above the flake. Second pitch is a similarly scarely wire fest. At easier grade..... Might be better in warmer weather. Good to have done but not super fun at the time... Bring almost no cams (or micros only) and a double rack of small wires.

Great morning on the Girra Granite. Managed to fumble my feet & punt on pitch one, in the process discovering my suspect 00 C3 placement was actually bomber... Then lead pitch two clean.

Party of 4! As good as I remembered

Granite slab. Need to pull heels into the wall and trust the feet!

Tested my long neglected slab skills. Loved it.

interesting decent....

Take sliding nuts x heaps!

this was very enjoyable

mixed free/aid

big gear...

warm up

not bad