Ascents in Handsome Crag having Beta

Warm up

Started up Gorilla to get to start. Damp conditions. Hard climbing. Lots of dogging and draw pulling.

2nd shot today. fell at crux on first shot. not sure it fell and hurt knee, or if knee hurt so fell off. No problem 2nd shot.

Felt straightforward today

Hard route I think. Really punchy moves.

Tom's project. He's close to the tick!

Warm up

2nd shot. Bouldery start is excellent. Top wall a bit so-so.

Warm up (& draw hang on CF)

A quick end of day burn. Felt strong to crux. Didnt pull through it, think I would have got it.

Missed the slap at the top on the onsite. Ran out of juice second shot. Fun route.

Great route. Warm down.

Quick play at start after GSI.

Felt hard. Need a bolt bracket for bolt below roof.

Climbed to set top rope.

Felt easy

Can do SDS, get through pockets (50%), then gets scared. High point is sidepull above crimp rail.

Nice problem. Slopey!

Have done before, but not today...

Nice. Big reach to pocket out right.

Can match, rh up to crimp, then fail...

Didnt feel very close.

Nice steep problem.

Done many times before. A great problem.

Misread top sequence first time, got it second time. Great route.

Repeat as warm up

Good route on positive holds and pockets. Just missed the onsight.

Hard getting established on the slab. Took a few goes to work out a sequence. Climbed to left of bolt. Right foot on sloper.

Ok route, but a bit of choss on the steep, and lichen on the slab detracts.

Rest on second bolt, needs cleaning

Awesome climb. Have done several times before.

Feels easy using the arete (Gr19?). Contrived not using thr arete though.

Fun climbing at grade 20, to second last bolt. Cant do boulder problem. A lot of sandy and fragile holds on route.

pure shit after first couple of moves

pulled off hold in crux, glad the crusty carrots still hold. sandy.

really nice now i know how to jam. best line here

beware of choss!

with stephan. great climb. full value, and leaves the real sting for the last 5m. 1 rest 3m from top.

could do with 'U' bolts instead of those shitty oversized carrots

loose & dirty

lick the lichen as you crawkl like a wombat round the ledge

top part was very strenuous

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