Ascents in Thakhek by Alvin Taas having sport-cpr or ascent-date

One super committing move up on the third pitch, but well worth the view and experience for Manuli's birthday. Definitely a one and down climb, but glad to have shared the experience with some Frenchies

Super sweet, sweet climb. Rated accordingly. Cool chimney in the middle had me sweating, feeling like I was going to pop out at any wrong re-adjustment, but kept cool and moved past the first crux. Even the top was a little meaty, but climbed down, rested, and punched it out

Goddamn, what an experience. First proper roof climb, with a tunnel section to boot! All kinds of spice, with compression, stemming and even a front lay beta necessary to complete the climb. Couldn't have sent without the beta of Howie and Lucian. This one's for them!

Sweet last day send! All moves were ready, but did hesitate in the middle and almost barn doored out on the retreat for a quick rest. Thankfully held onto the solid AF handlebar, and threw out massive right hand into jug. Would've fallen out, but thankfully hit it and cruised to the finish

What an absolute ride! Such a disorienting feeling, moving out to the no feet handlebar before lunging out and whipping a leg back over to secure the clip. Pulling out, and grabbing the potato hold before launching a high left heel beyond horizontal just to move past the ledge! Found sweet relief at the kneebar rest in the goat skull cave, before jugs to anchor.. Victory whip for good measure - highlight of the trip

Yeeesh, crimpy mid section was fine until I realised anchors were NOT at the base of the roof. Moving past the roof section was desperate, but thankfully found the holds and pushed my way through. Super pumped at that point, but boy I felt relieved after clipping anchors. So close to gassing out

Roof climbing, before some looong slab. Crux in the middle section - sketchy undercling and ‘okay’ high ‘pinches’. Commited to the left side pull, stayed a little low, bumped right onto an okay side pull and commited to the outstretched left flake. Thankfully it was deep, pulledthrough and continued on. A mental journey

Definitely a solid warm up! Beautiful and delicious moves, flowing left to right, and back, plenty of nifty feet and laybacks as you slowly meander up to anchors. A slow cooked piece of a climb, tenderly moistened

Insanely bouldery start. Super interesting, compressy middle section with plenty of features to wrangle around. Slabby, stemmy climbing up to anchors adds another dimension to the climb. Awesome and thought provoking

Cool moves at the bottom, but got real polished up top. A little run out, but decent hands throughout. Just had to trust feet, and hope the shine didn't slide your feet off. Probs wouldn't do again, just felt sketchy

Slight overhung start before a cool mid section. Misread initially, but was able to recalibrate and finish

Real solid warmup. Crux was a delicious bump fest before a strong finish up twofers to anchors. Definitely got the blood flowing

Juggy, pumpy and overhung. Solid hands throughout. Not super interesting mentally, but a good way to physically end a climbing session

Night climb - got darker quicker than anticipated. Kinda sketchy, couldn't really see feet during the ascent. Just committed every move and trusted the half dynos. Actually a thrill, the impending darkness was definitely a motivator. No time to second guess - probs would've done it slower if it was daytime. Sustained moves throughout

Super beta intensive. All kinds of modes. Slabby start, dead point move into pinches before a short rest. The 6 move crux is just on, and you need to nail every one to beat the pump and get the next juggy rest. Projectable - just unsure if the time is there to retry when there's so much left to discover

Had to do the boulder start because I wasn't tall enough to start on the left pinch. Featurey afterwards, requiring a bit of interesting beta but worked through before heading towards the middle. A little pumpy before the finish, but manageable. Try to avoid the heat for a better cruise

Cruxy middle. Middle section requires a fair bit of playing with and manoeuvring to find good holds. Interesting and rewarding

Lead Skills day. Jumped on a fairly chill lead, and set up top ropes for the rookies. Active rest day

Decent warm up. Wasn't anything worth going home about though. Perhaps other climbs here take the best parts of the route and really make it exceptional. Fairly middling overall, not too great, but not bad either

Smooth, easy going climbing. Like doing Taichi on the wall. The odd overhang, but plenty of hands and feet. Great views of the valley at the top

Super cool moves, nice arete climbing. Great warm up for the harder stuff.

Iffy start, powered through and got the first 3 clips quick. Sweet, sweet crack midway up. Beautiful hand jamming and side pulling territory past the crux, before a gentle cruise to anchors. Interesting climb

Ehh, felt super meh on the climb. Wanted to lower in the second clip, but kept climbing anyway. Felt a bit fluey and run down, just rested for the rest of the day

That middle section caught me off guard, and was struggling to find good crimps to stay on. Probs didn't help that I parked out to the right before the crux, but sometimes safety is more important than the send. Cool features, but just need to find better feet to make it a clean send. Pretty big committing moves up the top as well, be sure to take plenty of rests on the way up to get it clean next time

Failed the Onsight. Went up to far left after the solid rest, and only found good hands out to the right of the arete. Kinda misleading bolt positioning, but that's just how it is sometimes. Moves felt good though, all the moves are dialed in and ready for the clean send

Limit climbing day. Pumpfest start and end. Super cruisey middle section once you get there, but just not the greatest warm up

A low volume, active rest day. Perfect for showing more lead skills to Tino and Alice. Cruisey, 3 dimensional climbing with a quiver of overhang. Sharp, but generally easy going

Chill warm up, plenty of pockets to boot

I mean, its good until it's not good.. That top section is super pumpy, and just missed the solid rest before falling off near the top. Need to go for the no hands, head jam rest just before the crux in order to have enough juice to make it to the final rest. But even the final section looks nails. After further inspection, its much more thinner than anticipated, and would require supreme mobility and some solid crimp work to nail. One day, perhaps..

Repeat. Multi-pitch practice climb

Boy oh boy. Roofing adventure x2. Reads so differently when you're on the ground. Massive move out to handlebar, crazy leg loop back in as you arch behind to potato jug and just bump into a favourable position. Super high left heel takes you beyond horizontal, which is insane at its height! Had no idea I had anchors left to clip, but was scrambling deep for good holds on super sharp rock. Disappointed I ran out of juice, but will definitely go next time. Just gotta work past those mental hurdles

Post lunch warm up - chill, little crux in the middle with minimal feet

Money's first lead! Definitely a great skills crag, perfect for teaching. Chill climbing

Dang - pulled poorly, and missed good hands before anchors! Otherwise, cool chimney start before fairly good middle. Pumpy overhung finish, taxing. Need to trust the holds and search better before commiting to low percentage moves

Solid, great for teaching new lead climbers