Ascents in Blind Channel Crags having Beta

The corner right of Splat just gardened by Hevy. Not bad.

Not the greatest climb. The top is spicy.

Not the greatest climb. The top is spicy.

fell once on the crux

Morning cragging with the gf.

Nice crack

Jason's second onsight!

First outdoor climb, first crack climb!

Chatted to the 84 year old man who has the first ascent on this route after I finished. He is still climbing and getting after it

Found a really cool sidepull and heel hook combo

this is really damn hard

Worst rope burn.... so far.

I found this really really hard. A lot of the jams were an awkward size for me. Was struggling to master some new jams

Had to dig in quite deep for this. Doesn't require lay backing if you can jam well enough.

left facing corner, finger crack.

High point. Almost sent it

Fell at the same spot at the crux transitioning to the right crack. Found a good position.

First attempt to redpoint. Fingers are finicky and I put gear where I wanted my hands so failed

first treadpoint

second attempt but too tired.

Warmup for the night

First shot, foot blew at the crux after fiddling with gear. Second shot I cruised the route.

Not a 10.a or couldn't figure it out

Burly for a 10a. I would rate it higher for sure.

All aboard the send-train today.

Squamish select labelled this as a 10.a

Thought it felt pretty stiff for the grade haha

This is nails indeed! Solid project. This thing is probably what a 5.12 actually looks like. Will pre-clip the dodgy piton on the redpoint attempt

All the moves on this one. Probably the hardest 5.11 in Squamish.

Gave it an inspection to suss out the gear. Will go for this one ground-up in future. It's hard but sequence-ey!

This route isn't really as bad as people say it is. It's harder than Crime but it's certainly not 5.12. 5.11c/d seems fair to me. Let's say stiff 5.11c.

Sent. Quite the boulder problem down low eh.

Fitness lap.

Onsight! Tricky with the gear on the sharp-end. Really intellectual climbing. Takes Aliens really well.

Really really good! Nice featured slab/face!

sandbagged

A lot of feet on the slab, not in the crack, which makes the placement harder. find it harder that the 5.8.

wet, mossy, filled with spiders, not good to boost the confidence!

With Bec

Good route, I can lead it

A tricky start boulder with some serious jamming. I hoped it would feel easy this year but it did not! Then a groovy corner with an alpine touch.

A 10m gong-show for grade-tickers! But some good moves I guess. Can't go wrong with a finger locking corner.

Short and sweet. Maybe a little soft.

Easier than the 11a

TR'd a few times. 5.11a/b slab.

Slab is hard.

With Bec

Placed gear myself for practice after belaying Alex on it.

This is an awesome route! A tricky crux, a bunch of different options depending on how you protect.

Awesome route, it could be longer!

Enjoyable hand crack with cool holds on the slab above

A really nice route. The crack feels around 5.8ish and the crux is the first move on the slab (protected by a bolt). Then a big runout