Ascents in New South Wales and ACT as Onsight, Onsight solo or Greenpoint onsight as trad by Dave OS

Linked P1 and P2. Super fun!

Lovely and straightforward.

First two pitches only.

Balancy partway up - had a foot slip and barndoored but somehow held on.

Big day out. Was awesome until we got off route, then it got scary and awesome. Pro tip: don’t try to follow the P5 instructions when you’re doing P6. Traversing back over wasn’t a good option and we were close to the top so blasted straightish up through the harder climbing and choss and lack of gear. Definitely added a few grades and a whole lot of spice to P6 and P7. Had 15 extenders and wanted all of them.

University of adventure climbing - Transcript:

Pitch 1, Intro to super slabs 101 - Pass. Pleasant, slightly runout and a few spicy moves.

Pitch 2, Revision of Frog techniques 102 - Cruised it. Maybe technically harder than P1, definitely more sustained, but it eats gear and has plenty of good jams. Be prepared to zig zag a little.

Pitch 3, Rope and Anchor management 301 - Pass. Some faff involved in pulling one of the two ropes and leaving the other in the anchor initially, mild tangles and a rope stuck down below, but nothing too costly. Can you onsight a rappel?

Pitch 4, The Phenomena of Traversing (Majors) - Angie nailed it. Possibly went a little high but got through very nicely.

Pitch 5, Choss Adventures 301 - Pass. Halfway up the pitch, the belay rope got caught way below the belay, necessitating a mid pitch anchor, while Angie rapped down below the belay to unstick the ropes. Lots of time lost. Then finished the pitch. Lost my headspace here, between gusting wind, a poor stance while I waited, and running it out trying to conserve runners, and save gear for the belay, then struggling to find a good belay point. Got there in the end.

Pitch 6, Intro to Nav 201, aka ‘where would you go if you were wearing volleys’ - Fail. Angie channeled her inner sport climber and went straight up through the hard stuff. I also failed to tell her, assuming she knew where she was going and didn’t need her belayer yelling ‘go left’ from the comfort of the anchor.

Pitch 7, Extra Choss Adventures 302 - Skipped this module for Thrill Zones, Route Recovery and Plan B’s 303. My headspace still hadn’t recovered so Angie took this pitch. And wow she nailed it! Held it together through hard moves, very sparse gear and loads of choss as she blasted straight up through to the top slabs.

Pitch 8, Graduation Day - Felt pretty good to run up those slabs to the summit. Made it up (and back down) alive so I’ll call that a win.