Ascensiones en South Face

the first pro is still desperate

Fun outing

Nice face climbing

Nice climbing but rock doesn’t look the best.

Did this as an access pitch to watch will take some BIG air

lots of flaky wires, certainly not an R rated climb

Very enjoyable. Would be better if the holds didn't feel like they were going to blow off in your face

Remembering how to place wires. Start was committing.

Kinda not that great

Kinda scary. I sandbagged myself climbing up the right arete of the boulder, then just got rattled by the poor gear and surprisingly average rock at the start of the real climbing. It was.more fun further up, though.

With Nod. Gave it a good clean beforehand. Think it's probably 17 rather than 18 in it's clean state. Said it's very good, but then I'm biased.

Think we probably doubled the number of people who have done this route today. It's actually surprisingly nice climbing, mostly ok rock and not too grotty. also not as wandery as the topo suggests. a single rope and extended runners were fine. It does seem a little soft although I might not go as low as Adam's 15. If grade 16 was your leading limit, you'd probably be a lot less comfortable than we were on it.