Ascents in Tasmania by Vanessa Wills

Rpt. My wrist is getting worse rather than better, could barely undercling or jam and it hurt abseiling-off to the physio.

Couldn’t clip anchors. Had to do an inverted kneebar second go- Dave just reached past and had no problem.

The moves were ok, but fall potential left me nervous. Quite hard.

Found the move off belay at start the hardest en route ( short arms). Second pitch just lovely. Led P2 and 3…..

We came down to consider rebolting with anchors-feels sandbagged at 23 without bridging across chimney. Came to no decision. Weirdly it was chalked up

The first half was fine, but a crack that stays wide blue for ever in the second half is my anti style and I’m not that interested in embracing the pain.

Amazed I Onsighted this, so slippery today

Hard. Forgot helmet, didn’t feel like leading these spaced bolted climbs.

Saw the anchors on way down and did a quick TR lap. Would feel stout placing gear, quite bouldery.

Rpt, feels more 22 if short.

Rpt, seems easier than last year on the mantles

Rpt, changes every year

Pretty crappy climbing up to a hard and interesting crux sequence. Harder than any move on influenza. Not sure it’s worth the effort, but it filled in the afternoon.

Some nice moves once in the stemming groove. The 9 th or 10th bolt’s nut was quite loose. I finger tightened it, worth bringing a spanner

Rpt, warm up

Microtraxioned my way up as the third wheel. Nice enough day out.

Rpt.

Tried more layback on first go which was possible but very strenuous and then more conventional jamming second go. Nice to be back on rock after 3 weeks off.

Interesting enough, found it as tough as the other two, though may have been just reacquainting myself with the Pipes dolerite

Intricate crux at about third height for me that was quite enjoyable. A bit stop/ start from half height

Didn’t find this any harder than the 2 routes to the right ( though did a silly slip below crux).

Not too bad for a late addition, though top a bit contrived and friable

Interesting lower section

Did top section clean from below roof, but rained off after this.

Setting up a Tr for the grandkids. Followed by sprints around the pump track which was far more exhausting

Nice, would be great but for the ledges

Pleasant climb for grade

Fun. Non jammers may not like this

Is a 20 on thesarvo. One big move

Still no luck on this crimpy beast. My negative ape factor is obvious on the bottom big move, I’m 5 cm short. Having to dyno will add a few grades. Feels at least 24 regardless going from there.

Felt twice as long as it was, quite thoughtful

More like a sand river 14

More back rehab

Rpt, testing out the back carefully. It’s kind of nice to touch rock, even if it’s waterworks….

FFA, such amazing rock, need to bring anchors to top of wall, but won’t be doing much for a while.

FFA

FFA, the last thing I did before the back went ping while camping later that night.

Felt sketchy in the spooge

If I knew this was my second last day climbing for 6 weeks I would have gone somewhere else. Awful spoogy conditions in the howling on shore

Harder for me due to large hand size than DC. Spent the mid section with a hand in a cam hook configuration. The chimney felt like a relief!

The pitch only. The hype is worth it, what a great crack. Nice size for girl hands, varied throughout, it just keeps going. Only downer was the increasing weight of the mega rack Dave used. Seems like it had been done yesterday, so maybe was cleaner than normal. Shame the top pitch isn’t clean, it actually looks like it would be good climbing. Comments from yesterdays ascent made me laugh. That may have been me before I learnt to hand jam…

Despite the weather forecast saying it’s fine it was raining and rather slippery

Very dirty, and horrible start. If you are short just step on partners knee….

Found the moves to annd around the second bolt hard. The rest was really pleasant.

I thought easier than drop zone, and liked it more. A little tricky to on-site I guess.