Ascensiones en Ali's Area

A pretty neat Araps feature.

Used to access The Keyhole

Good outing with the whole family

Scenic little walk. PAS'd the chains for security but we didn't bother roping up. It was a bit sobering checking out where and how that guy fell off last year.

Unique as a climb. Used this as training for the young team to get used to the height/Arapiles style. Made it into multi-pitch by setting up a belay about 25m up, just before it goes over a bulge. Rappelled off the carabiners on the chains.

Ali's was the perfect family outing on this hot summers day as it is mostly in shade. We went through Ali Baba's Cave for little adventure and then back to Ali's to The Bluffs. I belayed the kids up the first section to the chain and again on the final scramble from The Bluffs, it was wet in parts. 15m-20m rope should be enough. Easy walk down Central Gully in the hot summers sun.

Curses! The Unsend! (Replete with red-carpet treatment and private helicopter ride to Melboune). Worst route at Araps?

Seriously, though; I have no words for the scale and magnitude and compassion of everyone who came together to pick me up from the lowest day of my life. I owe a lifetime of hugs and beers, it seems

round 2 going up to retrieve a lost crack glove

a sketchy via ferrata route that i don't want to repeat. if this was the bluey's there would be at least a handline to the start of the chains. point made after there was an emergency rescue.

Best route at Araps? Pretty chuffed to onsight this slippery sucker.

Instead of climbing up Bard Buttress, escaped up easy short corner to L at grade 10 ish

Downclimb

gotta get them meters up. Can I get some for the downclimb too ??

Climbed with a 2 and 5 yr old

The inaugural speed ascent. Quite nice

v. polished rock

Enjoyable evening ramble. Didn't bother with gear until a #4 cam at about 20m. Rock above Ali’s looks dodgy but perhaps somewhat better than it looks. Added a grade 15-ish start to P2 by going left through the orange overhangs up into lichen, rather than up the corner on the right (be wary of the rock if you do this). Dismantled the ridiculous tottering cairn right on the cliff edge at the top. People are fuckwits. Forgot head torch, but back down just before dark.

Took an old friend up this one, a few weeks out from his 70th birthday and 38 years after his last arapiles trip. He won't be forgetting it any time soon.

Adventure to the top for some highline action. Scary to solo even a grade 3 after my recent injury

Nice first multipitch lead for Steve.