Ascents in Merchant Rock

Lap.

Foot slip on the top out! Facepalm!

Man, I’m learning that clipping chains is a hell of a lot easier than topping out boulders. I guess it’s a bit more exciting that way. Going into the unknown not having done the top.

Hopefully, next session! Patience....

More progress in a quick after work session. Good conditions this arvo. Need spotters to try the top.

Second session on this thing. Good progress.

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Took me a while to get to this sector. Fun. I did another v3/v4 mantle just to the right of this one. Fun too.

Sharp.

Bit scary at the end.

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zoo-wee I like this one. I'll be back. STROngER AND chalkier then ever.

First outdoor rock, rocked. boom

Repeat. Worked the moves again and sent. Such a fun line.

New high point. Stuck the hole and still fell. Tried after Sea Hagg and in a rush due to low light. Need to bring my tactics to this next time.

3 attempts to the last move to the hole. Had a blast trying this today. Start was wet and took a while to dry up. Feeling strong on the underclings. Need to repeat the v6 a few times again just to solidify that last move.

Climbed to the top and bailed at the top out. No way. Too scary.

Had a little play...everything else was a bit too wet this morning.

Did the top out a few times in the spooge.

Piecing together a lot of sections. Now that Sea Hagg is done time to focus on this one.

Feels harder than the other 6s I’ve done for sure. Happy to send today. Such a classic boulder.

Session 3.5. Changed beta with a helpful tip. Getting close now. All moves done.

Session #3. Solo. Dialled in up to the crux. Need to thoroughly warmup the knee for the knee drop I’m using.

Quick arvo session working the bottom half.

Similar to the classic v4 traverse in difficulty me thinks. The tricky part is not dabbing and gosh those holds at the end were spoogy. Sent twice.

Unlocked most the sequences. Hard. Epic project. Found wicked beta. Another Contos project.

Gonna put some time into this. Transitioning from the 4 into the 6 is tricky and core tensiony.

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