Ascents in Stopper Walls

The fellas that climbed this in the 80s are legends What a hectic climb

Surprisingly nice climbing

2 sits, better friction than last week. Worth it to get john Wilde back in the saddle

Rpt to put rope on weena

Rpt

Rpt to clean. 2 snakes visible but neither impacting the route. Required a few rests, was hot in the sun.

Rpt to get out

Rpt. Can climb quite nicely.

Looked hard was hard

Looks better than it is. Got foot stuck

Fun route and well bolted.

Our biggest cam was too small for the off-width and I couldn't figure out any other way to protect it, so we bailed onto the 19 instead.

Rpt. A bit dirty today but the holds are now all solid it seems

MF answer to a campus board. A little bit of rope assistance on the crux move, but quite happy with my crimping today

Rpt, pumpy and exposed for such a short route

One brief foot misstep, felt pretty good otherwise. The usual brown tree snake just below anchors. It didn’t move.

Really nice route

Three interesting sections with some good moves that can be finessed by technical trickery.

Classic multi pitch. Big cams, chicken wings and sketchy mantles. Sweet view at the top but. We used much longer slings off gear for a smooth belay unlike last time #ropedragisathing

Double ropes, placed all the gear on lead, I did suss the #3 RP placements before hand, but had to problem solve a fair bit due to the fact that the gear fills some of the better holds. Quite pleased, there’s a few run outs and some of the gear placements are fairly blind, now I can just enjoy top roping it in future!

Rpt, sussing wires. We didn’t have enough with us.

Exit

I’ve decided the moves are ok. I think the up grade from don’t bother to average is a Covid thing….

Warm up. Has now seen portaledge action!

3 laps, two of them clean. The plan was to improve the style but the 3 snakes 2 m below the anchor in the horizontal crack, and the fact I forgot the wires, and the unforecast shower were the excuses not to lead it today

Way out

Rpt

Two snakes and one sit, I get through the crux and have problems getting onto slab….should come back and lead it this winter, but the trad placements are a little tricky

Rpt