Ascents in The Grand Wall Base by topher

Good quality clombing mostly 5.9, with a couple of harder moves the the first 15m.

Awesome pitch. Might only get 10d on some other areas because of all the no-hamds rests, but still great. Easy gear, lots of wires and cams <0.5. Hard finish if you go the wrong way.

Ringlock upper section unless you have small hands. Save some 0.5-0.75 cams for the top. Careful lowering with a 60m rope- will need to downclimb last couple of metres.

Felt harder than Arrowroot, but still excellent climbing. Super well protected after the start.

Great, with excellent bolting in cruxy sections. Led all pitches, linking pitches 4 and 5. Would be best to use a roller biner and 120cm extension on last piece of p4 if linking. Had over 20m runout on p5, but easy ground. Moving from the flake onto the slab is great, but make sure you aim for the bolt with the ring on it, NOT the lower bolt! Traverse on p2 was tricky, and didn't clip the last bolt on lead, but clipped it for the second.

Good fun. Spent lots of time not knowing which way i should be facing, but got my way up it.

Linked pitches 3-4, and 5-6. Second pitch was a lot more involved than expected, but pitches 5-6 were great. Stepping onto and finishing up the face is great fun.

The bulge on p1 still feels hard

Climbed in one pitch. First pitch felt harder to me.

Seconded Merry on p1, led p2

Up the Grand Wall