Ascensiones en Moturiki Island

fun little warm up

nice easy short route. If I remember correctly all moves relatively easy /straight forward but big. climbed this to set up a top rope to work on Short Circuit.

couldn't work our way past the hard moves in the middle of the route. hopefully can convince Eli to come and work on this again with me.

nice rap with no rubbing on the rope or sharp edges, can tie to a large tree then re anchor safely. seagulls nesting in summer, will voice thier displeasure at you being near their nests but wont touch you, watch your step as there is a nest on the belay ledge. felt just the right amount of difficulty for a first climb outdoors

Pretty dirty and over run by pigeons and gulls. Otherwise a nice 19.

Used the wide left crack (17 for sure), kept on getting harrassed by seagulls on the way up. Bring some bread or seagull repellent.

Quite easy route.

great little powerful line. its not over til its over. not sure why me & speedy were so terrified on this 3 years ago but pleased to have made my peace with it finally- and its not that hard...?

for sure a 16 if you use the left crack at the top

Pretty hard moves at the top. Was climbing it in the dark though so maybe another day I'll give it a go in the light. Still definitely pretty hard tho hah

Didn't trust my feet for the moves and rested in various places before being able to see the holds. Definitely needs a clean but I had nothing with me. Climbed it whilst it was getting pretty dark also

Very dirty had a brush to clean

Easy untill the max span left hand crimp

Second go and my foot slipped after clipping the third bolt. This is meant to be the warm up Very muggy conditions not helping.

I can't remember the last time I needed three tries to send a 19

Warm up. I think this could have been quite a nice (short) route 30+ years ago. But the rock has flaked off quite a bit and it seems to have degraded the climbing somewhat. It also needed a lot of scrubbing to get rid of the lichen, so my onsight attempt turned into a cleaning session after the second bolt.

Yuck.

Did some moves on top rope after climbing through the mud and lichen on the 19 with which it shares the anchor. Pretty nice line actually, for a short route! Definitely this one has been scrubbed the best of the 4 routes on this wall. I thought the moves were pretty fun with some sidepull action, a 2-finger crimp, a bad sloper-crimp, etc. 👍🏼😬

Nice laybacking moves at the top.

Lichen, moss, choss

Good fun but a little dirty as it's probably been used a long while ago!

Enjoyed the moves a lot. Didn't realise the 19 was without the left crack . Nevermind eh. Only did the 17 then I guess

The anchor at top is poor.

One bolt with a rusty chain, and one bolt with a loose nut. Rock is crumbling underneath both bolts.

A show stopper move for me. I couldn't get up and out of the bucket jug, I think even if I could the next bolt felt like a long way.

A fantastic move at the top and for that move alone jt made for a great day!