Ascents in South Australia having Beta

imo a bit higher than V1 but I hate slab so wtf do I know

Holy shit this felt hard. So glad Justin led this and I had the opportunity to second, but I can't imagine getting good enough to lead it. Did all moves clean, but needed a rest after the traverse and before the techy crux on the slab. Pretty runout and dangerous if you're not super solid. There are some serious no fall sections on this.

what an amazing route, the moves are awesome and the gear is adequate. but the climbing is hard for 23 in my opinion

couldn't make the last move to the anchor

Feels wrong to call this a send. Got all the way to the chains but whimped out clipping them or doing a final move by grabbing the chains. Nice to get back on this after a so long.

Climbed it properly in the dark. A loose block came off near a big pinch after the stem. A jug at the top of graffiti wall also came off along with tonnes of little chips along the way.

Definitely a little harder today in the dark and with so many holds coming off.

This is sensational. I can imagine trying to lead it in the future, but another few attempts on TR would be needed before I was game enough to try it! Probably a PP after that before considering a RP... serious stuff. Was nice to use a finger lock at some point there (although only possible after cleaning Justin's cam from the crack, so probably can't use that in the lead, haha)

Probably my best experience leading a trad pitch ever. Sublime. I used to be so intimidated by this line it took me 3 trips to try it. While at the top I looked down and couldn't believe what I had just done, haha... For me this was not easy at all. The start was my style, felt easy and I was not as scared as I anticipated. But I was terrified of dropping it later on while doing more unusual moves (for me) involving jams. But what a fucking line. Gear is everywhere and there are jugs and rests to allow you to get those 40m clean. I got to the end of pitch 1 and started cellebrating, until Justin told me that the second pitch was harder and still above me, hahaha... Sheer determination saw me to the top after that, even with very little pieces left on my harness. It will be hard to have a better experience climbing trad in Australia. Test-piece for 19 given the length I think. Wish I could log it as an onsight, but I've seen too many people doing it before. Justin led it earlier in the day and left a piece when cleaning, but I made sure to pull it out and replace it for the real flash, haha...

quite a cool line with a bit of a runout if you don't have a ball nut or a 00 friend, could result in a ground fall or near at least but all the gear is good.

very cool climb took me a while to figure out the crux, need to work on my crimps a bit, also I don't think worn-out shoes help for edging. but oh well, still a fun climb

An absolutely amazing route. just wow. great gear the movements and variability of climbing styles make this Stella

Only climbed pitch 2, Struggled at the start, eventually sent it.

All pitches onsighted by the leaders, but only Justin did the crux clean, and Will and I had sits on 2nd. That's a really hard crux for 21 BTW! Cool classy route.

had to solo up to get a stuck rope, was a fun climb would reccomend.

cool line with lots of traversing under roofs. the crux is a very short 2 move wonder (which could be easily aided) hard move for 21 I thought

very fun climb with a short crux at the top.

Tried to get a climb in but mysterious rain storms emerged and cut session short. Found this one to be a bout v2, there is a giant rest about 3/4 way along the route

Amazing stuff, and a bold lead by Justin. Pitch 1 has a lot of spice — hard moves off the ground, a daunting crux for me, and then that runout on scoops, wow! The roof in pitch 2 is bloody awesome and relatively well protected. Gotta come back for the lead, but will shit my pants probably. Justin led pitches 1 and 2, then I led the rubbish top out (grade 12?), only to see Justin arrive behind me ropeless!

Hard moves off the deck, second pitch is over quickly but fun and exposed

Clean to the top of Trade Route and also the next bolt. So pumped.

Dropped the big move up maybe once or twice. Made the jam sequence much quicker but also did drop the move to the undercling once. Also need to figure out how I’m going to link the two cruxes as bumping along the underclings feels so hard

Wasn’t a very smooth ascent this time around. Definitely used some of my height on this.

Played around with a kneebar on Trade Route on the way up. It’s decent for a rest but not sure it works for me to do the crux of that.

Pushed on and up into the first crux of camel. Lau need up from the wrong undercling. Got the move first try after that.

I also managed to get a better kneebar out right before going into the sequence into the hand jam. Was able to get the hand jam easy enough today but moving up to the pinch I kept dropping. Just need to hand jam 100% harder than what I was jamming.

Going up to have a play on BK, felt on the harder end of 21

You know what, doing it again today, this is a total ripper of a climb. One of my all time favourites. It's going to have to go on the lead list

Feels like it'd be a decent climb, except I can't for the life of me find a way up the wall without using the AA crack (or the arrete below). There are some nice sequences using the crack for right hand and foot, but if you're going to use the crack you may as well be all the way in, right? And if you're going to use the arrete, you may as well keep using the crack... Without using it seems pretty tough, way harder than similar climbs at 23. But hey, today way just my first session! Might be wrong

Great route for the grade, kinda tricky

Still tricky. Decent route

Tried it again to see if I could do the moves clean. Still felt sustained for me but only one hang this time

This felt pretty hard as well but not as hard as RO. Sustained power crimping. All the moves went free. Took me a moment to recall some of the beta.

Such a fun final last move.

Lovely line up this wall

Tried to see if I could still do this. Turns out it’s still quite a hard move. Got the slot but felt nearly impossible to bring the feet up. I remembered that there was a left hand push to help but it didn’t seem to help today.

Did I really send it? Was I off route? I dunno. I later worked out a variant sequence for the crux that avoids the juggy horizontal (for another day). Probably grade 23 either way.

It's worth 2 stars for the delicate balancy face climbing, but 0 stars for the lingering pain in my left fingertips. So sharp it's gross

Borderline sandbagger at 17. Very tough previously, now that I'm stronger the really delicate section at the bottom is less of an issue, can just face climb it

Quite a good climb! Worth doing occasionally

Tricky moves, gotta keep everything engaged the whole time, also finding that heel beta was huge

Fridge moves into easy crimp finish, the chalked up mini jug that you explode to might break off, just use the lower section of the hold, the top part cracked on one of my attempts

Nice evening laps

This was so painful, the incredibly sharp crimps to go along with bleeding hands. This climb will get much harder if it gets any kind of regular attempts aswell, the main crimp in the center of the wall is completely hollow and flexes when you pull off it, could be an actual v6 or v7 when that hold breaks off.

two unsending laps, but hard for me after having fought with little trundle street today!

Not too bad, for Adelaide it could probably do with another star! Can't say I worked out an elegant way at the top, and even on my third go still almost dropped it before the fifth bolt! Worth doing though.

Second sesh on it. The first time I figured out the beta and today it turned that my crucial hold was loose, so the whole sequence went to the bin. After messing around for a while I came up with a solution that was better than the previous one. No cutting loose for me at any point; kneebars work pretty well though Anyway, it was pretty good, although hard to read.