Ascents in Waterloo Wall

Really excellent climb! Most fun climb I've done in ages. Water-level was really high (pretty much completely covering all of the non-red rock/greenery in the wide-angle topo photo), combined with murky water made fall seem like bad idea. Climbed from right-to-left, i.e upstream from the Red Cliff end. Maybe it's eaiser when the water is low and reveals more feet, but a few sections of the moves around "first bolt height" were vastly stronger than a 14, maybe 16-17 (and also quite committing, especially the moves around arete near Gostrich, and the sloper-traverse under The Hurt Locker). After traverse we solod/scrambled up choss and steep grass to get back to walking path about 15m down from the gate. Abseiling down from from there and traversing downstream would make for a much less chossy outing, but a good adventure either way - really fun.

river needs water in it! low traverse varient at end going from right to left goes at about 20 i reckon - balls of steel required for high level traverse when river is dry... either that or i was at the wrong crag

1st 2 bolts of TDWS, move R, cam, OK wires, cool head to finish.

cruisin with Bring Da-Ruckus

awesome traverse, the water is plenty of inspiration to spoon the rock

Park on piggot range, hike down, paddle out, climbed this, then up bacchus, then downclimbed our way out... was a good day

My groin will never recover.

Fingery finale.

Getting to bolt #3 would be meaningful on lead. I shall return.

....the horror....the horror....

Much portable rock.

Gostrich is a fine climb, but this isn't a good way to start it. Incidently, the diagonal leads up to the grassy ledge, it's not above it as given in Nick's book.

Chose a (not very) deep water classic for my first solo in 15 months. Some good climbing at the R end.

Traverse L to R with Mark and Doug. Fell (and swam) at the last move of the traverse.