Ascents in Launceston (Cataract) Gorge by topher

Fingers not strong enough for that start. Looks pretty easy from a couple of holds higher.

Great and slightly improbable moves on the bolted section. Eases off quickly after reaching the crack.

A couple of burns with Deano. Will definitely put draws on before redpointing, and use a cam in the lower horizontal. Need to save fingers for the super thin layaway holds below roof.

Excellent, but my thin fingers couldn't quite handle the start move.

got some good comments from the peanut gallery and the bogans

Some fun moves, with a couple of hards bits. Took a couple of attempts to sort out the crux sequence. Would clean up very nicely.

2nd shot. Need to have feet sorted at crux, but otherwise a great little route.

Awesome moves! Good rests, but makes unfit people like me work for it. Stepping of the slab and avoiding the barndoor is great fun.

Spat off Lethal Injection, but more than happy to do this again. Definitely easier second time around, but still not easy.

pretty sustained

great fun

Crux definitely the start.

hard and thin! someone led this???

the start ripped my hands up, but the rest was fine. good value for the grade

i thought it was 15!

cruisy start then solid top half

climbs pretty well, a bit akward at top

still a real grunt of a climb

start is more like 22 or 3. enjoyable

really nice sequences

the start is easy, but if you're not 6 feet plus, watch out for the finish

fun little flaring chimney, produced lots of entertainment

Found it quite nice overall, with a slightly tenuous crux reaching the overlap.

Pretty cruisey. Either go straight up or move L at the top.

Just stayed in the L crack to practice more wide stuff.

Perfect hand stacks!

Really wish this was much longer. Would be a nice lead, with good l9cks just after the crux.

The traverse into the second crack is defin8tely the highlight.

Fun last move.

Fun enough, but currently a death route for the belayer, with a block on the LH side of the offwidth about 5m below the anchor only just held in.

Tried on lead first, wasn't game to layback the start. Reached high for small purple wire near too of crux. Couple of really nice moves above crux.

Not hard, but definitely aware of the ledge.

2 moves to a ledge, then a couple more moves.

2nd shot. Buggered it up trying to stay off Ng Man holds at halfway. Much harder without them!

More moss than rock, but a few nice moves while joining Missing Josiah

Great little crack, wish it was longer and a bit further from other features.

A few fun moves, but would need to be careful with gear as the rock on the LH side of the crack at half height is about ready to come out.

Great jamming, even with very raw hands.

Actually better than it looks.

Good finger locks.

Wasn't totally sure which crack it was meant to be, so I did a lap on each. Both easier than 21. LH narrowing crack climbs harder at top, RH crack easier but more consistent with perfect chicken wings.

Great committing starting moves followed by pleasant moves. Finished up arete instead of super easy chimney.

Pleasant. Good variety of sizes.