Ascents in Mount Pleasant

A bit like gritstone. Plug in a cam or two midway then run it out to the top.

Warm up.

Warm up.

A decent variation, but wouldn’t want to fall from the top on lead.

Another gooder.

Took a few goes to sort out the beta. Initially felt very hard, but on the send was almost trivial. Hard to grade. Probably a V3 boulder problem, quite balancey and sequential.

Feels about V3/V4 so maybe 23/24?

Frustrating. Did it with 1 fall first go then made a lot of backward progress

Quite good, and thinky for the grade.

Some fun sequences on this one!

Like everything here, short but with a couple of good moves down low.

Wow this thing feels nails! Very techy and balancey, with a burly crux. Epitomises bouldering on a rope. Looking forward to putting it together.

Got up to the bolt fairly easily this time, but still haven’t sorted the mantle.

Almost flashed on TR, had one fall coming out of the pod. Really fun climbing, quite keen to return to lead this one.

Not the best style, but the gear is quite finicky and felt heads up to place on lead. Happy with the pink point for now, but may be back to do it properly.

Warm up lap to get gear sorted on Gruse.

Got it mostly worked out but still stumped at one move. Very stiff for 26, even on TR! Will be interesting to figure out how to protect it.

Got it all sorted, gear included. Will be back soon to lead.

Done on pre-placed gear, so could have been better style and maybe I’ll return for a proper red point one day. Gear would be finicky to place on lead, but possible. I climbed to the right of the topo line, not sure how most do it. It’s easier this way, but also protectable without top roping half the route or soloing. Happy to subtract a point or two, as it’s still a cracker of a line.

Looks like couple crimps have broken off just before you get into the crack?

Took a lot of goes to tick this one on lead, and I still didn’t properly red point it! Felt hard given my rusty thrutching skills and the finicky gear at the crux. I didn’t know routes like this one existed in NZ, I’m stoked!

TR warm up. Quite wet today.

Climbed through the crux smoothly only to fall at the top on sun greased slopers. Will return in better conditions!

Wow, I was not expecting to pull this one off today, thought I’d start working it as a winter project. Had the first bolt pre-clipped so could have been better style, but I don’t really care tbh. Awesome moves the whole way, what I’d expect Peak District grit to be like.

Powerful crack climbing, brilliant and very much a unicorn for the Port Hills. Good gear but also rather finicky in places.

Unsend, even with the top rope! Forgot the sequence, then remembered it. Also sorted out gear beta. Will be back for a go on the sharp end next visit.

Quite a unicorn for NZ: an actual crack, with actual jams, good rock, and no bolts. Packs a lot into 14m! Will be back for the proper red point, gear is good but sometimes finicky.