Ascents in Oceania as various tick types by Cameron Semple

Punchy! Happy to push through and be rewarded with some surprise stances.

Classic little crack line.

Great route!

Bit of a faff to get onto. Nice enough moves.

Argh still eludes me. Grabbed a cam to clip after pushing through the bulge.

Great onsite attempt by Kyle. Glad to at least pull all the moves on second this time.

Found this pretty hard, but some cool moments. Freezing cold morning until the sun came out halfway through the route.

Classic

Accidentally did this instead of Deep Water. Really fun route though.

Ok gap filler. Got the shade earlyish.

Such a good crack! Nails crux.

So good. Should have a lead next time. Feels achievable.

So good! Seconded Rach in the dark. Heartbreaking top corner!

Great climb. Got totally spanked by the initial crack.

Damn. Couple of unticks today.

Fun route. A few hangs.

Nice route. Had to keep the feet working through the steep stuff.

Pumpier than I remembered.

Another lead attempt. High point probably the same, but made it to the top without pulling on gear this time at least. Need more thrutch endurance.

Nice route. Successfully dodged or caught half of Chris’ rack after his gear loop snapped while leading.

Fun route up through the chimney.

What a day! Slept under the stars at the lookout the night before. Rapping at 6:15. Route finding all went well. Didn't feel like we were slow, but must have been as we didn't get back to the packs at the top of the rap gully till about 10:15. Trudged back to the car because of forecast rain. Said rain did arrive, so ended up driving back to Hobart as well. Mega day!

Stegasaurus was nowhere near 55m the way we did it. Maybe because we skirted around a couple of pillars to find the "squeeze through to the big spike" bit. Worked well. Chimneys were ok and protectable with slings. Especially if you're tall enough to reach the first spike before comitting to the step across.

Little Jaycar walky talkies were super helpful. No problems with comms all day.

Really good pitch in a great position. Found it on point for the grade, and good pro. Probably felt a little harder due to backpack etc. Initial split is way bigger than fist sized, but can be protected with small cams on the left face. I used a full double rack on this pitch, but am a wus.

Nice pitch. Straight into it though with some gravelly dolerite face holds.

Mega classic! Proud dog for me. Took a stick clip and clipped 3 bolts through the lower half to keep things moving. Still really pleased to have made it to the top. Just an amazing place to find yourself.

A few top rope laps. Chris' sneaky fist jam was key. Top is heartbreaking! Almost a clean lap on the last one.

Great fun! The tree down low could do with a little prune, but the climbing sneaks around it well. Two large movable blocks just before the top out on the second pitch. One is sitting on the last chockstone in the chimney, the other is to the right. Big tall thing you want to bridge off. Be wary. Hard to not use either of them.

Great route in a mindblowing location. Did both variant pitches. Gear recommendations in the guide were on-point (from someone who likes plenty of gear). Took an extra black totem which did get placed. Hex's did get used. Had a sit at the sport crux on P2, and pulled on a blindly placed cam to get around the bulge up higher! Otherwise clean. Used a single 70m rope. Extended the last piece of gear in the crack, and the first bolt on P4 after the crack, clipped the next one, then downclimbed to unclip the last one. Drag wasn't too bad and the moves are thoughtful, but ok and the anchor isn't too far away.

Such a great day out! Used a single 70m rope. Skipped the first pitch, then swung leads. Bolting was good with some further spacing on the lower angled sections, but tighter spacing on the harder bits above ledges. Still plenty of opportunity to let a bit of poop out when you're standing above your bolt with 200m of exposure below that and trying to find your next camouflaged hold. A few hangs at the steep start of P6, then a fall at a thin section up higher. Took a bit of sussing out!

Opened the account on this. First time even attempting trad at this grade on lead. High point was probably a bit further than expected. Full on!

Pumpy! Pulled on more gear than rock just to get up this with some light left.

First pitch is certainly spooky stepping around the arete straight into steepness. I lead the second. Classic pipes steep mixed bag route up a broken crack system. Jugs, crimps, flared jams, good jams, sequencey feet. Gave it a red hot go, but a foot popped unexpectedly and whipped onto a black totem. Seems to always be the black! From there on it was anything goes as the rain was starting and my arms were pulped.

Climbed some of the first pitch and some of the second to access Improbability Drive.

Really great adventure. Rock and climbing was better than I expected. Baked in the sun most of the day. Make sure to take plenty of water. Took double rack from black Totem to #1, extra #0.3, single #2 & #3, hex's, nuts and found this to be almost perfect. Plenty of slings. Maybe just the way I did it, but the bit off the first big ledge felt pretty spicy for a 14.

Punchy little climb. Good fun

Bit awkward and off-balance, but good holds appear and keep it ok for the grade.

Absolute classic! One of the best pure crack pitches around this grade I’ve done on the mountain.