Ascents in Oceania as boulder by Liam Davey

Must have over-indulged on fish and chips and broke the right hand crimp Used to have a fairly positive lip on it that you could 3 finger drag, but now it's a bit more of a slopey crimp. Still goes though, maybe V6? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhRNkoslxwU

Nice boulder, landing seemed a little dodgy with a ledge under your back on the crux move, but I fell quite a few times and didn't hit it. Couldn't do the long bump beta but a heel and cross worked.

Much more technical than Tough Mudder, and IMO a grade harder. Had to spend a good while working out a sequence and finding holds. Rewarding when it all works out though!

Very cool, no trickery really, just pulling hard between decent holds.

Was a bit scared of the crimpy start with my recently healed pulley, but managed to squash enough fingers on and felt pretty good. Doesn't really add much difficulty to the stand, which is already on the softer side.

Was in struggle town for 10 or so attempts, but made a small blood sacrifice and managed to figure out a much better sequence. Very fun, toe hooks and heel hooks and a big cross, favourite climb of the day.

Hard 3, mixed up the grades of this and Mr Bump and actually felt pretty fair with the grades switched!

Is this an eliminate? I used the high footer just left of the 'MQ3' tag for the big reach out left and moving into the undercling. Seemed like the obvious thing to do but looks like Gareth used the low slippery feet for that bit, but maybe used the 'MQ3' footer for the top? Video is too blurry to tell for sure.

Only felt V8 at most with my sequence, so I guess will log it as a dab haha.

Edit: Uploaded a poorly shot video with my easier sequence (https://youtu.be/a7OkmuTrrPM). Is a fun problem either way, deserves more ascents!

Thought this was Don't Kill My Vibe when at the crag, no wonder it didn't feel mega classic! Not a bad problem by any means though. Took quite a few attempts, definitely one that's not over til it's over.

Very cool, powerful catch. Felt pretty hard to me, dabbed the pad or missed the good spot so many times.

Favourite problem of the day, strange moves that somehow work out. Complete skin destroyer though, luckily sent before tips started bleeding haha.

Awesome climbing

Very cool, felt hard the controlled way with heel and intermediate sloper. Toe on and blasting worked way better for me haha.

Excellent dyno. Many attempts.

Very cool problem! First of the grade for me (woo purple haha). The hard moves at the start - underclings to wide pinch, tensiony move to pocket - are a nice change from the other more throwy problems nearby. Didn't feel too stout for a V11, but then I could pretty comfortably hold the wide pinch, probably feels much harder otherwise.

Tough one, took about a million shots to latch the move in the middle. So awesome hitting that finishing jug though (and not face planting haha).

Pretty great climb, holds are sharp and tweaky, and the wide pinch is always a bit damp, but for some reason is really fun. I think I invested a bit more into it than normal because it was my benchmark for achieving decent half-crimp strength. Hopefully all that hangboarding is starting to pay off!

Did it as a big throw from the sloper to the top.

Fun throws and an interesting body position dependent sequence.

Another good climb, individual moves aren't so hard, but tough to link. Spent an entire session thinking that it'd go next shot. It didn't. Had to come back fresh.

Awesome climb, moves felt impossible until had the beta just right. Took most of a session just to figure out the first move! Stoked to get it done.

Fell off matching the top 3 times in a row before figuring out how to use my feet.

Yay! Was working the first move and caught it so unexpectedly I almost let go. Was thinking oh wow cool, that works, now I can start having some send burns from the start. Except it was the start haha. Somehow managed to keep it together and finish it. Then had to repeat for the camera I had forgot to set up the first time.

This boulder is actually pretty cool. Desperate start and slam dunk finish. Next time hopefully.

Big moves between good holds, start was fun keeping body tension. Was too scared to use any high feet in the roof without spotters so made it a bit messier than necessary.

Rad climb. Failed to latch the first move but hoping fresh skin will do the trick next time. Rest of the moves aren't super hard but will be a struggle on link.

The secret seems to be squashing as many fingers as possible into the pockets, then flailing desperately at the gaston until it sticks one time haha. Ok climb, but very glad I don't have to come back to it.

Brilliant, moves felt super unlikely at first but slowly came together one by one. I mean, it's only like 3 moves but still, very enjoyable.

Cool throw in the middle

Fun sloper campus problem! Probably not V9 if I can flash it at the end of the day though.

Amazing line, funky moves on the sit add value (and a bit of pump) to the already great stand start.

Hard 8 even when the sloper feels good. Have to re-learn respect for that cut move every time.

committing final move, almost didn't throw hard enough

fell off the start, then got it (messily) second shot.

Gaston, crimp, jump for sharp jug. Not too hard for 9 if you're tall, but probably V-impossible if short!

Cool mantle, definitely nice to have a few pads and spotters though!

Really cool with the extra move

Yay! Took a few boulder festivals but finally got it. Scary top out if you don't know the holds!

Did as palm down mantle, super fun

Not V7, felt easier than pulling G's

Thumbderclings!

Done last week.