Ascents of Desert Rose

Didnt pull the crux move but its all great climbing, not inspired above the ledge.

#2go Nice bit of rock climbing right there. Go to the top!

Crux is brutal.

Some linkage, could maybe see this going except for the crux at this point. Need to get stronger! Great climbing

Lowered at crux.

28 with the top pitch (which is a must do) is about right in my opinion

Couldn't even conceive doing the heel crux on last years trip, but stoked to put it together this time. Prolonged the Gramps trip one more day to brave 50mm rain to get the send after punting off the last throw the day before.

AHHHHH the move still eludes me. The rest of the route is great and about 24 ish

One more lap. Everything else but the crux is sorted... but no improvement on the crux... I give up. Great climbing. Stupidly cruxy and sandbagged. Rubbish bolting and the gear is annoying. Not 3 stars for the gramps, nor even for muline.

3 shots today. Got most of it dialled but cant QUITE do the crux, as 4 times out of 5 my heel skates out mid-sequence. With a TINY bit of rope tension at the start of the sequence (to set the heel) I can do it okay... just gotto sort that heel.

2 shots. GREAT climbing, but ridiculously cruxy. Between a 2-move crux that is 3 grades harder than anything else on this route, and the rubbish equipping (trad is fine, but carrot bolt, fixed wire, mangled hangers and no anchor?) I could never call this Classic. Outside of the first 2 moves of the crux, the climbing is classy, outrageous, improbable and stylish. All the HALLMARKS of a classic. I never truly managed to do the crux sequence as a SEQUENCE but cruised (and loved) the rest.

Not sure if this tuff unit is the best 27 in the grampains but it is good. Got up the the crux but in shit conditions it was proving to hard to climb past so a bailed. Next time..?

Redpoint burn. Failed on crux.

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Thanks CRUX mag beta. [4]

Couldn't figure crux beta. Had to phone a friend.

1 rest, needed another day, as I just got the knee roll crux move sorted, boo hoo hoo. I'll be back for this STOUT Gem!! [2]

WOW!!!!! It'l go...