Ascents in Kawakawa Bay as Greenpoint by John Pitcairn

Couldn't find my rock shoes, climbed in chunky approach shoes, certainly upped the pucker factor on the moss. Gear a bit sparse at top. I never need to do this again.

Went up in the evening to see if there would be a link pitch on gear into The Sufferer And The Witness, allowing a full gear route to the very top of the bluff. There would be, but it would be short chossy and pretty average, probably need a hand rope, and cleaning it would rain crap on everything below. Effort best spent elsewhere. Linked P1-2, forgot Gareth's rope is now 56m and had to get down in 2 abseils.

Wind down part 1: all five tricams and a red totem basic. Much more fun on gear. Then dropped the rope and had to scramble off the back in shame.

Cleaning the TR anchor. Cams in pockets.

Wind down part 2: two pink tricams, red and yellow totem basics, thread, bomber #1 C4.

Goes on gear, with a couple of runouts. Probably could have hunted around and found more.

And as promised, it goes on gear. Decent pro for the boulder crux, a bit trickier low down.

Perfectly good gear close to every bolt. Took the left-hand crux (17).

New Year's Day and hardly anyone here? Unbelievable. A much more absorbing route on gear.

Gear within half a metre of every bolt.