Australia • Sport climber Martin Timperley session
Martin Timperley red pointed a route and dogged a route at Frog Buttress and mentioned Natalia Castoldi and Pedro Rocha. • 2653 35 Points 1 Point • 15 days ago
Red pointed a route and dogged a route.
21 ★★★ The One That Got Away 35m — Classic
Second time up this one and it wont be the last. Just nice technical climbing the whole way with no obvious crux.
A big surprise came about two thirds up when I encountered a sizable goanna (~1m long) wedged within the carack right above me. The initial shock of encountering a potentially discgruntled reptile while on lead almost sent me flying off the wall. Once I caught my composure I realised the poor goanna probably got more of a shock than I did and slowly squezed its way deep enough into the crack for me to gingerly climb around while appologising for disturbng its once peaceful morning. — with Natalia Castoldi
22 ★★★ Black Light 25m — 2 attempts — Mega Classic
I wanted to challenge myself today and I came to the right place! What a doozy! The bouldery start is nails and I blew my onsight attempt almsost immediatley as I failed to find any good feet to move up the thin crack right off the deck. My headspace also wasn't in a place where I was ready to commit to trying that hard above small (but good) gear that close to the ground.
After that it was more of a reconnaissance mission to work out the moves and gear for next time. The thin hands section above the slab is just amazing. It's a real battle the whole way with the tight jams feeling absolutely desperate.
Getting the beta diled on a second top rope burn made everything feel alot more sane and I'm looking forward to the next lead attempt. Definitly the stiffest 22 I've tried at Frog. — with Pedro Rocha
Lauren Hunter started this discussion 14 days ago.
Flashed it the second time? :-P
Martin Timperley replied 14 days ago.
Whoops good pickup hehe