Ascensiones en Illawarra and Shoalhaven por Liam Davey

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.

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.

Hit the final sloper about 1cm too shallowly and slowly slid off, heartbreaker! Fantastic climb though.

Cool throw in the middle

Crimp pocket felt awful at first but went in a few shots thanks to Greg's magical beta.

(Last week) Surprisingly good route, packs a lot of moves. Had a minor rope assist catching the final jug but still claiming the send. Might go back one day and repeat to ease my conscience haha

Crux felt hard, but managed to eliminate all the really dumb ways to do it one by one, then it felt alright! More crimpy than burly though.

Climbs way better than it looks, nice bouldery moves. Good way to start the Nowra season!

Wow, I know my crimp strength is pretty wimpy but could barely pull on to the starting holds (RH flake and LH undercling?), let alone move off them. The moves from the pocket onwards were great though! Well, in hindsight at least. At the time I was so annoyed at myself for having to pull on draws through the start moves that I just wanted to get to the anchor and leave haha

Not sure if this this is the right climb, but I did the one that starts in the big hole under DGC, then up to another hole, then up an awful face of dirty/non-existent holds. Anyway, was hard, horrible, and I don't know why but I'm glad I climbed it.

Awesome climb, I don't usually like the thin technical climbs but the moves on this felt great. Lost the onsight (and some skin) going to the wrong hold off the ground

committing final move, almost didn't throw hard enough

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

Awesome climb, so many cool sequences! Couldn't even do all the moves last year so pretty happy to come back today and tick it in a few shots.

Really cool moves through the first three quarters of the climb, not super hard, but hard enough to feel rad when you latch them. Made it to the crux on my flash attempt, but then took about 20 hangs just figuring out that one move. Tricky!

Yay! Redeemed after falling off the top last time. Found better foot beta for the undercling section which made the route feel much easier.

Interesting moves, not too hard with the right beta.

Climbs really well! Definitely deserves some more ascents. Quite strenuous climbing and clipping so felt solid for the grade. The rock at the anchor is a bit sketchy but the bad bits are easily avoidable. Cheers to whoever left the draws on!

Got the first moves but have no clue what to do for the upper crux. Basically just flailed around until I couldn't even do that anymore. Good fun.

Awesome! Had enough gas to pull the last moves today!

Awesome climb! So many good moves on the one route. Second day working it today. Hadn't tried the top section before so was cool to figure that out. Figured I may as well have a send burn and surprised myself by making it to the last draw! Fell going for the final rail Sucks but can't really be sad because I was so stoked just to make it there haha!

Really stoked to tick this! Had a few goes on it over the past year or two but it has always felt way too pumpy. Apparently a season of bouldering was the trick to improving my endurance haha.

Good climb. Blew all my energy on the thin start and didn't have enough left to do the top. Got it third shot after messing up the start once more then figuring out better beta.

Having trouble with the traverse move after the rest. Can't keep my feet on. All the other moves were great though. Easily as awesome as brown badge.

Really had to fight for the onsight. Was so close to pumping out, had to downclimb back to the rest before committing to the end moves. Not the hardest 26 in the world but pretty fun!

Committing stand up move.

Great!

Awesome climb, really enjoyed it! Came together much faster than I expected. Was only really hoping to get some good linkage today, and get the start once or twice, but managed to send it instead. Stoked!

Cool Dyno!