Ascents in Halfway House

Sick! Punching through the boulder was a fight ... you need to work it to get anything out of those feet! Had a chat with Kurt beforehands about onsighting. He said that you needed a mixture of discerning calculation, and firm commitment. Great advice, and it came off. One of the best pitches Ive done in the Glasshouse ... although its a shame about the prolific ticking in the upper section.

We had time for one more climb, and I wanted to hop on this, though almost retreated to do the 22 instead as it was an easier tick. Decided to pull my finger out, disregard the comfort of the 22 and go for it. Prouder of this decision than the onsight, strangely. Great moves. Hard to read. Slightly committing.

great climbing. short but packs it in

Really nice and technical

It's so good that I did a second lap to link into dadga

The rock was really nice

Not a bad addition.

Im taking it. Susy said I can.....

nice continuous climbing. No stopper moves just keeps you going.

With Susy

Gear On.

ok, the draws were on, but it went pretty easily. Susy said I could have it so Nah!

with susy... nice moves

short but nice

Remembering how to climb trad. Excellent pitch.

Last climb of 2008! Absolutely stellar!!!

Not as good as it looks unfortunately.

short and sweet. Pretty soft. deserves the stars

Awesome! and stoked about the onsight.

Quite nice actually though short - balancy and technical in places....

Loved this at the time, but was definitely outshone by Maponus p1 and Voluptuous! Linked this with Maponus p2. Even so, well worth the effort.

Linked with Gut Punch the Buddha. In my opinion, there's no other way to go if you want to do Maponus p2. It's a continuous straight line bottom to top for 37m! You can rap back down to the ledge easy, as well. Aside from this, p2 was sick. A cool mix of crimpy face and some jams/fingerlocks, with surprisingly bombproof wires, and a great easy slab topout to boot!

Oooooh my climbing libido was getting aroused on this one. Yeaaaaaah baby!

What a special route. The crux was cool, for sure, but the real magic lies above, in the constant moderate climbing above in an awesomely atmospheric position. Stellar. Stoked to come back here and try the rest of the routes over this side of the wall.

Really nice route, didnt think it was too bad for 24

Really engaging climbing in the first half. Doesn't really have a crux.

Nice and sequency, though short.

Low end 24 but superb route, highly recommend.

Been wanting to give this a shot for over a year. Finally had a shot and was lucky enough to get the onsight.

Dang this flows super nicely.

Pulled this one off by the absolute skin of my teeth! Not too hard but I found it difficult to read. Very nice line, albeit short.

I wasn’t expecting this one to be as long as it was. A gift that kept on giving! Aside from the dodgy start, great movement and rock throughout.