Ascents in Welcome Wall by John Pitcairn

A new year's morning multi with 3 on a rope, before the sunshine hits the rock. The P1 tips crack always provides entertainment. P3 cave exit could be 17-18 with the right beta I think, though Greg did a much harder full high heel and mantle effort. Managed the P4 crux much better this time. The big pillar before that with the chalked X is probably more secure than it looks. Took a wander left off the bottom of P2 and down via Welcome to Kawakawa hand line - not recommended at all, don't do that.

Only 3 minutes walk past secret garden! Got on about 9.45, back down 3 hours later with sun on the top pitch only. Getting out of the roof on P3 is pretty memorable, not sure my style there was as good as Grant's. Good solid cruxes on P1, 3 and 4, I think the P4 crux was technically the hardest (balancy, borderline 20?), skipped the bolt above it because I wasn't in a good clipping position. Recommended, would be 3 stars if not for the hand line traverse, a fair bit of dodgy looking rock, and some dirty ledges.