Ascents in North Shore as boulder by Graham Dowden

Fig root and fingers have trashed sandy crack edges

Brushed away a bit of grit and finally cracked it.

Gritty layback then tenous slopey mantle - good times!

Tricky balance!

Holds too small to make any real progress up steep slab.

Holds too small to make any real progress up steep slab.

Good clean fun

Desperate momemts on the thin ironstone top out mantle the first time. A classic kind of gym problem you would not normally find on natural rock.

Much easier with a knee bar to stabilise then a high-step out

Knee bar again.

All easy street

Too crimpy and too high.

Just a couple of moves

Pretty easy, even with the broken branch

Practising for Leviation Chimney : (

No better further along the slot : /

Tried til the fingers were trashed to no avail. Make your choice, fall off early from the right, or get pumped from the left!

Barefoot for old times' sake

So who wants to sit in the dirt?

Beware The Crack behind The Lump!

No hands twice in stinky sandals!

Neat side pull move!

Holds broken but not too hard

Crimp and slab

Scrabbly mantel to finish

Just a bit harder than the standing version

Not V4 even with an over-the-head heel

Worked and worked in a sandy flail

Alas twas all to no avail!

Like the climbs to the left, only worse.

Loved this easy overhang!

Just to be sure

Punched up from the pointy prow with a few shrieks and made it.