Ascents in Grampians as sport by Adam Straw

Sick route to finish the day.

Sustained and interesting all the way. Tried with a 70m rope and had to pull some weird jiggery pokery to get down.

Awesome solid rock to fondle.

Awesome to get the belay glory on Tom getting the FA. Super fun moves and another great drawcard to get people walking all the way up the hill.

Arms felt like noodles. Need to come back.

Felt way easier than the first time i tried it a few months back. Got super pumped.

Cleaning lap for Ben. I did more vertical aerobics than actual climbing.

Felt impossible on my first go. Borrowed some better beta and fired it second go.

Wouldn't have been able to manage it without funky beta getting shouted at me from the ground. Cheers crew.

Bizarre rock indeed....

Good warm up.

Had a go after spending most of the day on Mr J. Got shut down at the top.

Got all the moves pretty dialed but that top crux will be absolutely desperate to link from the ground.

All kinds of awkward.

Loved the moves on this one. Tom threw down the gauntlet and I had no chance but to join the send train just as the sun was setting.

Found the crux on this super hard and had to cheat my way through it a bit.

Makes climbing the first pitch worthwhile

Got spat off into the dirt about 5 times trying to get off the ground. Not a good warmup.

Couldn't hug the fridge hard enough and fell off.

Stemming up the corner is beaut!

Did the direct finish.

Very classy arete

Crux had me confused for a while but was a super cool move once I had things sorted.

Best climb at the crag by a long way.

Arms were like noodles after climbing the rest of the crag. A bit of a hang fest but got up it. Think it would be an amazing route to link.

Hand closed on final jug, feet cut loose, held it for a second then lost it. Shit.

Route description on here is definitely right. First bolt is visibly cracked at least halfway through. They appeared ok after that though. Move over the roof is bloody massive and awesome.

Could be a show stopper for the tick the crag in a day challenge. Couldn't work out the bottom boulder at all. Felt way hard!

Loved this one. The start flows really well then the dyno is sick!!

Warm up for the guardhouse challenge. Got pumped and probably finished off colder than I started.

Desperate mantle moves then classic hauling through the steep stuff.

A little bit moist first thing in the morning which made the arete a little exciting. Great fun though.

Thought things would back off after the roof. but it's certainly goey all the way to the chains.

Feeling like a fat mule by the end of the day on this one. I'm sure it would feel more like a classic if I didn't butcher it.

Got stumped getting off the ground. Not too bad after that.

Sweet warmup. Reasonably serious start over the boulder though.

Climbs way better than it looks and what the guide says.

Almost there but just a bit too pumped at the top. Sick buckets!

Continued on after doing crime wave. Crux at the top is super cool and exposed.

Very thankful to have the gear already in and an extended sling at 3rd bolt. Had a few goes at the crux but had to pull through in the end. Got pumped stupid up near the top and took a huge whipper into the fist. Limped out thinking I'd broken my foot but xrays were all G .

Cool bouldery start then interesting to the top.

Kissed the anchor then went for a base jump on the onsight. No dramas second go.

Dogged my way up but there was probably one move I couldn't do around the second bolt. Last moves to the anchor are mega cool.

A small sample of the Grampians at the end of the trip. Jeepers it was cold!