Ascents in New Zealand as sport by Chris Hailey

Very crimpy, wanders around the wall which is weird as it doesn't need to. Last clip is best to extend a little to make clipping easier. A good outing and again boils down to 2 x V3 boulder problems with a jug rest in the middle.

Excellent climbing and a great warm up for the crimpy routes as you will need to use a few small holds.

Great climbing, took a decent amount of cleaning but now it's primed for summer!!! What a great line, overhanging crimp boulder leads to a no hands rest than technical face climbing on small crimps leads to a fun finish. If you are staying at Tukino nip over, it's only a 10 min walk. Probably on the hard side for 23 but maybe just sneaks under the radar. once you know the sequences its maybe 2 x V3 boulders with a rest in the middle 🤔

Brilliant route but right from the start move this wasn't a 23 for me 😂 maybe I didn't read it very well 🤔 Extend the 6th and 7th or risk the ride of your life. Hard, Wild, Spicy and Brilliant, looking forward to coming back for the other 2 lines that start at the same spot.

Excellent climbing, harder than most 22s but this is not a soft crag 😂

This ones a good outing if you like techy problems. Mostly easy until the bulge at the top where the holds run out, mostly cleaned though didnt put too much effort in to cleaning so could do with a bit more. a mix of boulder problems and no hands rests... I think 25 is a good estimation of difficulty though I'm sure you could justify it down to 24 when you know the moves 😂 One thing I will say is.... Bring your head game, I clipped the 4th bolt down by my ankle, took the crux fall and its not too bad if you have a soft belayer 😂 Spicy fun 🌶️

another lap... this time went direct through the hedge hog

great line... still

I will never forget the time I got pupated

made some progress on attempt one, can hold positions I couldn't last time but attempt 2 was cooked by the sun... I should have known better than to try this on an afternoon with no skin 🤦‍♂️

bouldery, good sequence... could do with being longer 😂

Cleaned of cobwebs using my hair, face and fingers... Spiders are now living in my pants but the route is clean.

What the heck is this thing!!! Off to file a hurt feelings report as I couldn't make the crux foot bump 😂

Possibly the greatest 18 in the North Island!!!!

After much deliberation with Alex and the leg man I have decided to take the onsight of this stunning line. I will now regale you with the style and way I climbed it then upload a video for you all to see. I brushed all the cobwebs off the holds that I could reach (90% of the holds on this climb) and then started from as low down (kind of a sit start boulder) as I could. I am taking the full 25 points just because I can... It may be easy for a 25 but I feel like I don't have enough experience climbing at this level to argue with a grade on such a classic boulder... Also, I pre clipped the first incase in the 4 moves that the climb does have I didn't deck it into the rocks

what the heck is this thing 😂 Seemed hard but I started the day in bad shape so.... Probably on point. overhanging pocket pulling was actually fun if you are sadistic and enjoy sharp, minging pockets 🤷‍♂️

https://youtube.com/shorts/eAhzr5YmOTY

extra lap for fun... still hard for 23 😂

extra lap for fun

A fun "retro-flash" of this one to see if I could still remember the beta, still a nice climb even if the bolts are weird af 😂

Probably a little hard for 23 😂 ... At least now its fully clean, so get in while its still lichen free as its a pretty cool boulder problem 🤙

Did a couple of laps, really great addition to the crag. Nice work Dan

An interesting "retro flash", felt good... still a really nice line

Not only soft for the grade.... beware of the feet, They will chicken out when you need them the most 😂

Nice climbing but way off on the grade

Really nice climbing but a bit off on the grade.

🤔 This one seems to have missing holds, or maybe someone just spilt the glue 😂 not outrageously hard as some of the comments here suggest just a bit hard for 24. Should have onsighted as there is nothing cryptic about this one, just pull on sharp crimps to the top. PM me for excuses on why I didn't 😂 2nd Go

Felt like a lot of effort on the onsight, 2nd go a lot easier knowing where the holds were, soft for the grade but an Awesome line, would recommend 🤙

Good climbing

Don't trust the chicken heads at the bottom, rest was great rock. fun climb

Seems like a great line with unique movement, sharp holds getting off the ledge. I wish my fingers fitted better in the top holds 😂

Can rest on almost every hold until the final 4-5 moves, conditions today better than yesterday ended up going down on the warm up with some nice friction. Not sure why this dent see more traffic, might be the ironic name 🤔

Really good climb... I even started to enjoy the bottom crux. The top just keeps giving it to you with no rest 😂 Great power endurance line found this one harder than Coma tbh

Overall about the same as crooked imo... thought reversing the coma crux was going to be far harder than it actually is. should go with some connies next session 🤙

Hard boulder followed by an epic thug fest to the end, I found the bottom boulder to be pretty intense, similar difficulty to coma imo, 2 more line from this start before I get to move on 😂

confident this would have gone today if the holds were dry... wet feet and hands at the crux... still did it with a 1 hang... next session I will bring a leaf blower 😂

Started this battle long ago... Didnt give it much thought this year until last weekend when I hopped back on and realised it was ready to go... first go today froze... second go ✅ Im not quite sure how the crux stuck as I improvised new beta 😂 the rest was the battle I deserved and I finally got my draws back... Thanks for reading... the video will be up some day soon... The End.

First proper days back on this line this season and all the moves felt way better than last year. Only fired off one proper attempt at it on Sunday but the knee bar was wet and slipped out, dried off and went to the top... Feels close but you never know 😂

Enjoyed this line more than the spider and more than I thought I would. a great no hands knee bar in the middle then powerful climbing with a cool finish. overall I thin it took 4 go's over 2 days... Would have been second go if I could learn how to put knee pads on properly 😂

Excellent moves after the start 😂 same top as coma, felt same difficulty as coma maybe slightly easier 🤔

Wet rock but great to jump on and figure out the moves, just need some better beta for reversing the coma crux.

On a wet hung over day I decided to do the real version with the coma crux... Far better than the weak sauce knee bars, I feel like a real boy now 😂

An awesome line!!! Harder than coma with the start adding to the power endurance... I got both pumped and powered out and nearly dropped it a few times

ooosh... another punt off the top of a route 😂

Great climbing for the grade, lots of mantels and technical climbing with the hardest move being just before the anchors... Might feel slightly run out but the holds are all good for clipping

couldn't decide on a difficulty so 26 will do till it gets a 2nd ascent (just like the rest 😂) first half is great climbing with plenty of rest, get ready for a crux through the steep part on tiny crimps and a dead point or lock off to the big jug, the rest is pretty cruisey with a little technical stuff but nothing harder than 23/24ish... overall a great and looooooong line!!! 🤙

great line except that first hold 😂

Blew the top section... should be happy with the high point but it was so close!!! 😂 next go?

started dialling the bottom section back in, top the same as coma so will go as soon as I get the flow on the bottom.

Another great line, some long moves on good crimps and even some jugs in there... dont drop the jugs at the top or you'll be getting some air time 😂