Ascensiones en Oceania por Aaron Lowndes

One epic fall caught very well by Angus, then did the rest. Very pumped through the crux

Can't believe it doesn't get a star

Atmospheric

Hard start!

Last day mpt course

Tried to move left at the top, foot slipped

Got it 2nd shot.

The only warmup!

love this route! I go up it so often with clients, it never disappoints.

Nice jams in this one.

So much fun! I had forgotten how amazing this route was.

Good guiding route

Excellent route!

Done this many, many times now with clients, thought I would officially mark it!

Guides day out, lots of fun

Shot 11 - I finally got it! I can't friggin believe it! Also this was my first time actually pulling over the lip and standing on top - I was always saving that for when I got it clean... because I knew what had to come next. This time I stood on top and screamed my elation across the valley, asked for 2m of extra slack and... "I'm gonna jump!". There was a funny moment with one foot stepping on mid-air and my weight just PAST the turning back point my brain went "nup I don't want to do this"...

Shot number 10, main purpose was to put the gear on. Surprisingly I got all the way past the 2nd crux - I thought I might have it this shot! But then I fell about 8m before the top on some medium-grade moves, oh well. Got the gear on anyway.

1 fall at undercling, meh. there is a butchered quick-clip hanger on the anchor rings, not sure why it is still there - someone even sawed through it but didn't actually remove it.

Pumpy. Good crag in the shade on extremely hot days. Can actually still climb here!

Attempt 8. New beta for the first crux! - get foot up to smear then throw with left hand, not right. Worked wonderfully twice in a row. I got really excited holding the break as I thought maybe I had it in the bag. Unfortunately made a mistake at the fat-fingered-crux and fell, then fell again on the easy moves just after that. Won't make the same mistakes again.

Attempt #9. Second shot today I was a lot more tired/dehydrated so didn't recover as well on the jugs as I did on the first shot. Again breezed through the first crux (new beta is awesome) and fell at the second. Also plenty of times after that, haha! Really feel like I have this route very soon - maybe next time I'm there! Came down cleaning the route this time.

tricky problem with very problematic bolting...

Took 2 shots to get this - a bit sandbagged?

Attempt 6 and 7. Fared much better than earlier in the trip, just the first crux to figure out - can do the rest no problem (fat-fingered-crux is a bit of a percentage-move but not so much as the first crux).

great trad climb!

w/Ola. Access to show her Tannin.

Hard start, couldn't figure it out!

Woo hoo! After 5 years I finally sent this! Totally stoked!

Good warm up

Attempt 5 and 6 - much better than yesterday, just 3 falls in places. remembering the moves

bolting not quite as bad as I remember...

Attempt 4 after a 3-year break. Amazing route as always. No gear on the route, so went up this time to put the gear on. Didn't get past the first crux but lucky Hood did. Left gear there for 2 weeks total.