Ascensiones en Palisade Head

Super fun movement on the bottom 1/2. Tough arete climbing on loose rock for the top 1/2. At crux left heel jug, left hand side pull around arete , right hand to 3rd pod with thumb catch, left hand upper crystal side pull, right hand to pocket. Then, stay within 1 arms length of arete, first left on crumbly cracks, with a section of easier climbing on the right side before finishing on the left side in the good finger sized crack.

got the crux sequence on my third try, no other falls. keep body by left face, side pull hard on top pod with a rand smear in crack and right foot on smeary bulge.

Fell at crux. Tried to climb straight up the finger crack, gets hard 2/3 of the way up. Instead, reaching left (maybe using the right hand pinch?) to the sidepulls, getting feet up, then reaching to the ledge feels easier. A "jug" is to the right of the crack which might help getting into the loose finger crack above. high left foot onto a small edge. remains tough for a few more moves, but the hand jams are there to rest. awesome hand jams to start.

TR clean. great route. a mix of delicate stemming, hard crimping, and pulling hard on a small crack.

Fun route finding

TR rope solo clean

still an awesome route. TR clean

One of the few squeeze chimneys in Minnesota

TR clean, started right hip in, then switched to left hip in at ledge

Fun clean line

TR clean. bottom pitch not worth doing: balancy crimps on crumbling rock. top pitch has some good moves, but the final headwall is the best part. the holds are there to go straight up!

TR solo on headwall for pictures

Short but great sequences w/ fun ending

TR clean