Ascents in The Cathedral

quite delicate, easier as it gets cleaner but watch your feet

great route. easy to do when pumped, as whole body jamming was the trick.

Surprisingly fun and great for first timers to second

a fun little outing

Surprisingly fun and great for first timers to second

Solid!

Easier to actually climb out on the route than scuffle up through the bush

Easier to actually climb out on the route than scuffle up through the bush

The thin bottom half is really fun. I just can't get through that buldge. Gonna change it to an open project if anyone cares to give it ago. Try it if you are good with thin hand sizes or have thin hands.

FFA. Cheers for cleaning this one Tom Bes! Unfortunately it gathers run-off so I pretty much had to reclean the entire crux while humourously grovelling up and down the mantle 😅

Chimney variant cause the direct thin hands crack roof is haaaarrrd. Thin start, finger lock central with average feet. Chimney take gear in the back of it on the freestanding block that is attached at the bottom. Thanks to dyno Jake who got very cold on the patient belay.

PSA to the burly and (try) hard nut punters: everyone get your mitts all over this puppy! needs some tlc to clear out some sand

the saga continues... but strangely progress was made? well i at least now know what not to do

100% Cédric's idea. Might go for him as he can get fists. me I need to do the other offwidths first to stand a chance

very very surprised with this. especially considering last time was smackdown city. the dream constriction was as good as it was hyped up to be

omg it might go...

Wow cannot believe this one. Very proud of this ascent. A near onsight grovel and Tom's words of encouragement meant we came back to it after lunch. Despite the already open wounds on my back, I had to try. Not sure about this 'sport climbing crux' business. It's offwidth all the way for me. Fyi one bolt anchor. And let's get a quick shoutout to Merlin.

whipped off the top due to excessive sweating - gear held, still alive

What was I thinking picking an offwidth as a warm up climb before 9am and before I had coffee. I wanted a fight today and this climb gave it to me. 3 very distinct sections, the first 2 are offwidth using various techniques to make progress and the 3rd is a really nice hand crack. More people should get on this, I love watching others on Offwidths.

After being humiliated for the second time by its big bully brother that lives a few metres to the left (Tourniquet) of this route, I approached this climb with zero expectations.

I would firstly pay homage to the small finger crack deep inside that helps one alteast get off the ground whilst holding on to some worthless self esteem. After that the fun begins; rewinding every Wide Boyz vids I have ever watched and digging deep in my move encyclopedia; arms bars, chicken wings, heel toes, hell even had to use double fist stacks on a few occasions.

Slipped and spat out multiple times; my meaty hind and loins always came to the rescue. Just keep breathing and fight on (obscene language is very much permitted). Once past the wide bit, the PTSDs made the last crack section look deceptively hard. On me toes, I stitched that baby up so much that there was gear everywhere and nowhere to hand jam. Alias, I survived (mentally) and finished rest of my peanut butter sandwich as I watched a comrade curse his way up.

Gear recommendation: A single rack of cams was suffice. Don't need anything larger than a #2. Wide section has two bolts on it.

offwidth off the bloody (read bodily fluid) deck. not nearly as impossible as torniquet. hardest move is off the ground. i promise things only get easier. single rack but i did place a 3 at the very top before the anchors

Did you know beavers can kill an alligator by wearing it out until the lactic acid in its muscles builds up and poisons it?

who's the beaver now?

where has the greenpoint tick type gone?? Anyway the greenpoint needed a #7 mainly and a #6 to leave behind in the tighter bits. and then gear of #1 and under for the top. I'll have the inserts ready soon to update page 175 of your guidebook with the greenpoint pic.

another mega classic - done fully on gear courtesy of mr merlin himself, oh and tommy buns. or are they one person..?

highstep to the jugs then hand-traverse back to cracks wher eyou will find gear and inner peace

I've been wanting to climb this crack for a long time. turns out it doesn't climb much like a crack. Named after the FA's ironic farewell at the start of every climb. And today was the last time we will climb together for the foreseeable future so it couldn't be called anything else. I'll miss ya Jake

my name is finally on a route at cathedral. and alongside my number 1 cathedral crusher, a longtime storied cathedral developer, Tommy Buns. thanks for clearing out the dirt and leaves (and making it rain down upon me). it was an honour to climb another of your wild cathedral visions. thank you friend.

(and let's get quick shoutout to merlin)

Great hand/fist crack, the first whole was sopping, making the start a bit tougher.

Really good hand crack but the start is hard, probably closer to 20. The other tricky section is where it gets a bit wide for a wile in the middle.

got a bit of everything, though start is a nightmare - gonna chuck it under my list of lost classics

Quite hard and committing first two moves. Rest was a dream (or a horror show, depends on perspective), took me straight back to Where Angels Fear.

Gear recommendation: 2 x #1, 2 x #2, 2 x #3, 1 x #4, also placed a #0.5 in the flared crack at the start.

At the top I took the right crack option based on the gear I had. To the left is another tight hands crack which is also very good (bring a #0.5 and #0.75 for this variant).

ty tommy totem for the trail of tremendously tip top totems - and a very nearly overcammed 5

A 5 was nice to have for the middle.

"had enough wide moves for the day, a hand and fist crack sounds nice". Oh boy were we wrong. First the start is a few extra grades of abominable if you're short, then there's a bit where you need a 4 and probably a 5, and seeing as I can't in any way fist jam 4s, my first ever in earnest butterfly-stack-fling-to-crimp maneuver. Anyway, the actual hand crack bits were fun. For me it's harder than Retro Crack, though I suppose the hard bits are less sustained.

Very difficult start. Thrashed myself up this, pulling on cams. Not a pretty sight.