Ascents in Flinders Ranges

Climbed P1 then funk. Found the first grade 11 pitch almost harder than the 14 pitch?

Just relentless!

Fairly tricky for a 14 I would say! Interesting different sections though, fairly committing moves

Good climbing and well protected but sandbagged with moves well exceeding the listed grade.

Led pitches 1, 3 and 4.

Good climbing but the exit pitch caught us by surprise and had us climbing out in the dark.

Hangover is not as scary as first appears

Went for the direct start (15) in guidebook with an awkward move to get off the ground. Great climb! 4th/5th pitch was worthwhile, with easy scramble down to rap chains at the top of the buttress to the right. Double rap (50m + 50m).

Fun last pitch in the dark!

I was sooo scared 😱!!! Took me 3 goes to get into the run out section, on my 3rd go I finally pulled off the move to gain the run out and onsighted to the top!!!!

Been saving this for a while, glad i stuck the onsight! Certainly felt endless hahaha, thought the original 24 felt pretty right, mega regardless!

The 16 part of the arete is so fun its worth the sandy hard start. Misread and pumped off the 22 traverse pitch at the end, which is insane and committing climbing! Whole wall could use some rebolting tho...

2 star rock with 3 star moves, crux is super unlikely at the grade and contains the greatest knee ive ever dropped. Weirdly been retrobolted into a sport route by Epicol when theres perfect trad. Bolts are getting there...

Hard! Very sustained minging followers by awesome slopes, another great Great Wall route!

Crazy cryptic comp style boulder into big move, wish it went for longer! Nice in the sun on these cold days

Just first pitch and a half, hard off the deck!

Fun climbing! Weirdly a sport route (that has retrobolted the start and end of yerba mate) where theres perfectly good trad gear.)

Steep enough at the grade.

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

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