Ascents in North America by topher

Some slopey holds mixed in with nasty crimps...Felt quite similar to Hillwood.

Some hardish moves for a 10a. Reasonably well bolted, but a fall on most of the route would be pretty shitty.

Very dodgy rock in middle section needs cleaning off when no-one's below.

Climbed after Deano. It might be dirtier than a lot of the other climbs here, but it climbs really well.

Really fun finish.

Sandbagged onto this by Steve. Has some hard moves, but main difficulty was finding all the hidden holds!

Followed Deano up. Very distinct cruxy moves, with a bit of reach helping towards the top.

Made me sweat, especially getting the final jug. Some pretty burly parts, but unfortunately (fortunate for me) it's not very sustained.

As the guide says, not the best warm-up. A pretty ugly climb, really. Nowhere near two stars!

Second shot. Dyno past the 4th bolt cuts out a lots of moves. Once the sequence was figured out, was easy enough to go fast and beat the pump.

Second shot. Slipped off first time going past last bolt. Pretty intimidating bolt spacing!

Not the best gear, and not the best climb!

Also placed a 0.4BD before the first bolt halfway up. Really dirty initial slab. Had to come in from the right a bit below the second bolt. Broke a footer on the first shot.

Good slabbing, just short.

One hard, cruxy move past the first bolt. Did the 'original' slab start, is highly contrived

could be continued up to the left maybe??

Did as one pitch. Awesome feature, well named!

Final pitch only as part of Stairway to Heaven. A little dirty, and soaked on R side, but didn't touch anything wet until the top. A little chossy.

Deserves a couple of stars, even if it does naturally go onto the trad line next to it near the top. Excellent first pitch with a fun start and slabby arete, and then a balancy start to the second pitch.

Good, but definitely aware of the runouts. A long, long way to the first bolt!

Only did first pitch (10c??), sortof by accident...And skipped to the right at the top as it was wet and slimy!

Sections of glassy slab just below bolts make for more fun climbing.

Was meant to do Ladies First, but it was getting dark and completely missed the bolts. Progressively harder right to the top.

Beware. The massive jug on the right after the roof is flexing, and will break off soon.

Up the Grand Wall

Oops! Buggered it up the first time, thinking it wasn't that bad until the halfway mark, where things suddenly hit me...

p2 (10a) only, accessed by traversing from Xenolith Dance anchors.

The features make for great fun, especially the slabby undercling traverse. Just a pity the name is misleading. There is a large phenocryst, but no xenolith!

P1 only. Good lead by Alice. But it's still not a xenolith!

Unbelievably didn't screw it up, despite my best efforts. Crux is around bolts 3-4, with top section pretty simple.

Amazing. Hard to get off the ground, and a long way to the first clip, but rest of p1 fairly easy, with a harder step left at about 2/3 height. Second pitch gets 11a in the guide, but is definitely the hardest/most sustained. Awesome slabbing. p3 has a couple of hardish moves, but generally felt easier than p2. p4 fairly straight-forwards, with one slightly harder move going past the 4th(?) bolt.

First pitch only. Was just starting to get a bit of sun, so had to get up it quick!

Went the wrong way at the crux and fell. Solid moves, but keep left on the small holds instead of trying for the layaway flake up right too early.

Awesome! The only thing detracting from it is the ledge just after the first crux. Took about 10 tries to get the first crux near the 5th bolt, then another cruxy move near the last bolt.

Did the direct start at 11a, although the top was definitely the hardest.

Steep. Reach to the left of the arete to get past the first bolt at 10c

Great and well protected early lead for aspiring slab climbers

Really fun, and relaxing slabbing. Belongs near the top of the Apron.

Awkward move, rather apt name!

Jumped on this to say we actually climbed something. Really contrived, but still fun.

Getting dark, so just seconded Deano. Really good. Slabbing the start and the an awesome, delicate and technical arete to finish. Use a 2BD at the base of the arete.

Could be better than we thought, as 50% of the holds were wet. A lot or the rock is partially rotted. Quite a different start, followed by lots of pumpy sidepulls