Ascents in Point Perpendicular by Paul Frothy Thomson having sport-cpr or ascent-date

Backlogging. I did this one last year, not sure why I didn't log the ascent. Easy when you know the moves, nails if don't. Super exposed.

Repeat. 2 Laps. Truth be told, I fell off the bulge-boulder below the arete on my first lap, but corrected it on the second. A mixed bag of quality, and the arete itself is really easy, but it was still fun enough. Pretty much every hard move is escapable if you stray from the bolts a bit.

Not necessarily easier than its neighbour... but certainly more straightforward stylistically. Better rock for the most part, and the pocketed finale -in particular- is great.

2nd shot. Went for the true onsight, had a bit of a battle putting on the crux draw, then fell off the only hard move on the route. Very flashable with a bit of beta for the crux. Would be 24 elsewhere, or probably gr23 for "the point" (based on the routes put up in the same era). Short, but punchy and awesomely exposed. Bring a few cams (0.3, 0.5) for the finale. Replaced the poxy belay sling.

1st shot today, 2nd shot total (thanks for putting the gear on, Tom!) After finding this really hard previously, it was good to feel really strong on it today, despite not having "worked" any of it. Proper classic face climbing, super-sustained, hard cruxes, great rock. My favourite of the "harder" bolted routes at the Point.

Repeat. 2 Laps for training. Damn I love this thing

Didn't find most of this too hard... except for the start boulder, which I doubt I would've flashed had Neilio not chalked up the key hold. Good climbing in a stop-start manner, but the rock deteriorates as you get higher.

Mega! The bottom section is less choss (and better protected) than many of its neighbours, and the super-sustained upper half is all-time classic. My first go today placing all gear ended in the final few moves (those sneaky, sneaky face holds ). No time/energy to strip it all and go again, so I did it on pre-placed. Proper psyched to do this placing all gear, though.

3rd shot. Onsight ended between 2nd and 3rd bolt at the top. Stripped the route, then bungled the final moves like a punter. Stripped out all but the bottom 5 pieces of gear and sent 3rd shot. So, as the first few bits were still in situ, guess I can't claim a true red point Absolutely stellar upper half on crazy-shallow dimple-pockets. I found this really hard at the grade, but talking to others I may have been following the bolts at the top too directly. Regardless: brilliant.

2 Laps to warmup -the second with 10kgs of extra weight for training.

Still hard at the grade, but still super awesome for such a short route. Steep technical pocket cranking in an exposed position FTW.

Repeat. This is just a really fun climb, and not too hard at the grade. Feeling good on the slow return-to-form after 5 months on the couch.

The onsight went well (and was super solid) EXCEPT for the bolt-protected middle crux, which took me quite a few falls to work out. With the sequence sorted, that move (and by extension, the entire climb) went down soundly. Great face climbing with spaced but safe gear and a few tricky sections. The finale up the flake is exhilarating, but DAMN that flake is as giant and as hollow as they come!

Repeat x 2. A bloody good warmup for the harder stuff, but quite intense! Just 15m of quality pocket-pulling.

Repeat, this time 2nding Rob. Short and punchy, with a particularly boulder finale. Unfortunately this type of rock is always rather grainy, but the pocketed-boulder at the top with tonnes of exposure justifies the effort and makes this totally worthwhile.

Seconding Neil. 1 fall at the crux when I messed up the sequence. This is classic Point Perp climbing with a hard (and hard to read) crux. The arete at the top is gold, and the position is EXCITING. Quite mossy at the top. I don't think that this gets done too often.

Repeat. This time seconding Rob. Enjoyable steep-ish climbing, though a touch contrived. Probably more 20 than 21, though.

Rapped too far, and had an unprotected 15m semi-chossy slab to start the climb. Funky thuggery, with a technical move or two thrown in to break up the monotony. Pumpy and hard at the end of the day, though definately soft at 21. From the bottom it looks much harder than it is, it climbs well.

3 March 2011. No hard moves, but long, run-out (without supplemental gear), and exposed, with a fiesty crux right at the top. Brilliant point-perp classic!

I placed the crux draw, does that make it a red point? Not remembering any of the moves, I was pretty slow through the crux sequence and consequently it didnt feel easy. KNOWING the sequence, this climb is probably soft at the grade. Pretty cool moves, great exposure and pumpy for a such a short climb.

Repeat, I've ticked this previously. Great climbing and position. A move at the start was harder than I remember it being, but the rest of the climb felt significantly easier (even the somewhat desparate finale). A great line and an amazing trio of Point Perp climbs on this wall.

07 May 2011.

03 July 2011.

03 July 2011.