Ascents in Heidelberg

looks quite hard, but everything works out fine

Quite pumpy for the grade

Looks daunting from below, but turns out there are amazing slit-like holds in the middle. Hard finish on roundish sidepulls.

Two loose blocks under the second bolt (marked with chalk). Distance between second and third bolt may look far, but is surprisingly juggy. Not bad!

Quick one before sunset. Hard move on a sloper at the third bolt. #lastrouteoftheday

The first 6 meters are actually quite good, slab with sidepulls and little flakes. But after the second bolt, the route basically turns into choss, moss and foliage, without further protection. Maybe it's best to stop there, even though it's really short then. #warmup

Dihedral #warmup, why not

Quite nice, actually. The start is relatively powerful, but elegant. Take a sling for the top section, which is easy, but without bolts.

2nd go

Meh. Dirty slab in the lower part, dirty in the upper part (with good holds though). But after seeing the others struggle and how slippery the lower part is, I decided to just top rope it.

I should've checked Christoph's logs before, then we would've avoided this

Tried to imitate Markus' beta to get over the bulge, but I'm a bit too small to reach the jug, even dynamically. Instead, I used the bad hold on the left to be able to put my feet up. Still dynamic, but much less reachy. Tried a few betas in the upper part, but only succeeded using a quite nasty two-finger crimp, then putting the right foot on the sidepull, grabbing the little spike on the right, again putting the right foot up and bump up into the big undercling.

Reached the upper crux, but my foot slipped. Worked out nicely on second try …

Foot didn't slip this time, but somehow I wasn't exactly in the right position, so I dropped off when I already had the spike, one move before the send. Seems like I'll have to come back.

Very nice! Great pockets/slits everywhere, the last part was too hard for me, as I hoped for a "rescue jug" but there was none

Hard getting over the third bolt (and to the fourth), I didn't find any really good holds to pull myself up at least. Felt harder than 6, but maybe I just didn't find the correct solution? I had fun though and it was cool up to the third bolt, with some great slits and even a little of "traversing" (ok, maybe one or two moves to the side instead of upwards )