Ascents in Kuhkirchner Wand

Half-onsight: Ellen climbed up to the second bolt before me

Great crack climbing, quite steep! The jams range from perfect hands to awkwardly wide fingers, but there are holds in the right places in the wall, so you can mix and match. Perfect no-hands in the cave in the middle and easier to the top. The anchor at the very top looks shabby, so I downclimbed to the last bolt.

The sling before the first bolt doesn't exactly radiate safety, but climbing to the bolt is fine. Looks much harder than 6+ from there, but the holds hide in the darkness of the cave on the left. Actually pretty good moves from there, and quite long, too.

Great wall climbing, hard to find the easiest way, so I went astray twice but somehow recovered. Crux was finding a position to warm up my left hand before going into the crux move. Found a relatively good hook. After the monstrous jug before the finish, it's still a bit misleading. Went for a sloper and couldn't back off, stabilized myself with a sort of knee/thigh friction "bar" and luckily found a good sidepull, and after one more difficult move (which I barely stuck) it was over.

Ausdauernd, im Mittelteil kurz anstrengend kleingriffig, ansonsten gute Lochkletterei.

second try, crux is finding the right beta on the last 2 m

#2go Superb powerful classic! Loved the fact that there's no time to think especially at this commiting crux move:) 8a+/b

Wasn't that far away from taking a big whipper;)

Found two perfect heelhooks by avoiding the far move to the bad crimp:) missed it once and directly started again from the ground which luckily turned out to be the send! Pleased to be back in beautiful Franken with Kevin:)

Once again perfect beta & support by Kevin and Tom E.! Low expectations were the key to stay calm till the end!

Thanks Kevin for changing crags from the shade to this steep pockety sunny paradise;)

Perfect beta & hanging draws by Kevin! Even if, I've done the crux completely differrent;) superb resistence line finishing with a crimpy crux:)

2nd go