Ascents in CAVE

Excellent moves and good flow! Should have done it 2nd GO, but I didn't rest enough between attempts. It was freezing in the cave. Also, after a lot of rain be aware of a lot of seeping in the cave.

An absolute beef sandwich. 3 sessions, 4 tries total. Blew it at the last bolt twice. Pulling over the lip is a mütherfucker. It ain’t over till it’s over boi!

This was my third 7c (as graded by 27Crags), and I feel comfortable giving it this grade because it was quite a bit harder than the other 2 I’ve done in the last 2 months. When I came down a local guy told me the French team kids upgraded it to 7c+.

FYI don’t trust the perma-draw except as a direction for cleaning. That thing is way past its prime to safely take a whipper.

A true challenge for a master of all disciplines. 3 separate and very unique crux sequences separated by no-hands rests. You need them though, because holy shit they are each demanding in their own way. Honestly it even felt hard for 7a+, and each of us had a different opinion on which crux was the most difficult.

This route all comes down to the crux in the roof. Everything else is jugs. Going direct is definitely hard and the intended beta. I almost blew the onsight because the holds are not what you think they will be. It felt a little spicy for 11b rating on 27Crags but the crux is short-lived. Going right and around the roof and avoiding the crux is no harder than 10a/b. Don’t cheat yourself.

Powerful move in the middle I could not do. Pulled through.

Hard, core-intensive, and some fancy footwork required. Pumpy forma warmup if you don’t know the beta.

Very hard to read but very cool crux with some technical beef. Beginning and end are both easy.

Rad line. Epic crux moves. Cool slab finish.

Definitely a bit easier than the other one.

Really weird, fingery crux down low leads to jug-hauling. Felt about 5.10c.

Good moves with a balancey mantle in the middle. Wanders a bit to the right at the top, away from the bolt line. Good warmup.

Not as easy as it looks. A little dirty, but good movement and a decent all-around warmup.