Ascents in New South Wales and ACT by Ben Vincent having boulder-cpr or ascent-date

Oooh very happy to land this. Tried a few more times with the thought of the V4 link-up but erm it was not happening.

A high quality burly number! Had gotten close on previous attempts but managed to hang in there long enough this time, think more about my foot placements and push through it. Plenty of send-train psych and action out here today!

...had to relive it.

Great climb, awesome crew, spectacular setting. I sat down again pretty quickly after trying to pull on to this for the first time. very stepe and not much to hold onto. Funny how these things evolve though. Got up it with some technical toe scumming. Gotta love a good toe scum ;-)

just enough juice to stick the match

Surprised to grovel my way up this again. Love a good grovel.

I surprised myself by remembering the beta! Plenty of psych from the crew and even the mighty Gara chipped in with some post-flood froth of it's own for the occassion.

First proper session on this unique and burly piece. For much of the 3 hours we were here it was sprinkly mist above yet FC remained dry. Worked the start thanks to Skippy's hard earned beta and got myself into the jams which felt way more comfortable than the more marginal crux sequence. Elated to get the send but dampened a little given Skippy was all but on the send train before pulling up just short after a very solid session.

Another splendid Gara surprise

Was pretty happy to get up this. Dug deep and recalled some distant beta memory from the recesses.

What a bottler of a boulder. Amazing how often you walk past a potential classic. A great battle for the end of the day, providing plenty of laughs and a little bit of spew.

Looked at this with Skippy for many a year. Benji and I thought we'd have a play on it today and then it went! Super stoked

This thing! Sharp in places, quite sequency and consistent.

A sweet find, creek side in the shade complete with a couple of alternate finishes!

Nice to get up this. Might've used the Cave ladder to sus-out and clean last holds

Gravelly but will clean up well. A classic thrutchy grovel fest. Love it.

A cool little problem sent in between drizzles.

Got to this on dusk and so the headlamp came out. Stoked to get it 3rd go.

Balancy. Happy to find Al’s tick marks.

Very happy with this send. Did a first lap by starting on the high crimps. Second tick was more rewarding andfrom the low edges to the right, which was sick! Left crimp got sharp.

Took quite a few shots to hone the beta but was pretty happy to land it after about 10 attempts

A solid finish to an interesting problem.

OooWee this is so good. Felt great on this today and got it second go with Benji's new beta. A solid pad base helps the psych and you can't underestimate the barn door potential to send you past and above the pads on this one.

Benji found an additional little hold which made the last move more achievable (and at least a grade easier).

Dabbed on my first 'send' but well called out by Skip and Benji. Thanks boys. Very burly finish. Great to get on the send train and get it dab free.

A powerful undercling and a shitty foot finally got me through this. Thor waltzed up it like a trooper!

Got it on the 4th. Short and punchy.

Worked this plenty before getting the beta down and getting it done.

One of Gara's best! Sick send train arvo ;-)

Spiders just keeps on giving

This was awesome!! Got it on my third go in the dark with a headlamp

Ermagerd. Amazeballs. Took some unlocking. So much froth, so few eels.

Fun times

Very cool. Initially I couldn't get established on the R hand as I was too low. Then I found a hidden undercling much lower which worked. Yep, feet are marginal but they work. Cool find Tim!

Quality! A shame there aren't a few more moves (maybe someone will spy a sit start...).

Spent an age working this on first attempt. Got it on my second with Benji's beta.

Very high quality! A committing dynamic move and mantle given the proximity of the boulder at your back should you fall. Cool moves.

Got it, very cool problem and an instant Gara favourite.

Had another play to see if the first effort was a fluke.

Got there!

Got there again much cleaner

This just looked a bit silly at first. Okay holds to a point and then nothingness beyond. After a few flailing attempts Dr. Phil uncovered a new footer which I found to be quite useful. After plenty of psych I followed Al on the send train, but only just - the difference between sticking the finish and not was a couple of mm's of my middle finger pad. Good times!

worked for it. Good problem and seemed hard for the grade.

Despite good rain for the previous 48 hours this was bone dry. Good to give it a burn.

Wow, this thing is great! Gets a wee bit thought provoking at the business end but it is all there.