Ascensions de Stainless Climb

I'll get it eventually, for now happy to get to clip 14 without falling. Stellar climb, very keen to give it another go

I was lured in originally by a dude at a tibro rap station who frothed this line, then upon reading Iain Hunter s crag log about not having to pull that hard, i knew id have to see what the hoof is hissin up here. 3 seshies later, accompanied each time by johnny 'cavemaster' sullivan, who eventually sent the approach hike in evolves, i came away with a very unlikely result.

1st burn 3rd session, i went for a lash, threw the full laundry load at it and got tossed at the crux. Johnny went up there and found a new way to traverse the crux, claiming yet again hed broken the beta. Naturally skeptical, i was on the fuckedge of not going for a second shot but johnny insisted i at least suss his magic genius-guy beta and dipstick clipped first before i could packup. I somehow made it back to the highpoint and figured with nothing to loose, id put all my biccies in the bucket of the guy that holds the slowest known time (skt) for descending caves route. I clipped and found myself above the crux. Terrified id fuck the dog on the final stem corner, i bridged as long as my calves held out and landed the most satisfying of alpine knees in the bushy ledge.

Id recommend this route to anyone that can climb 22 (you read correctly). Lights out movement thats never too burly the whole way up, well protected, and easy to aid.. because its literally an aid route. Very beta intensive, and a great opportunity to learn about the dark arts of stemming in a state that doesnt offer much of it apart from 27Rs at frog. Im still not real into projecting but to echo Angie's comments in a previous log, this one is worth it, even for the most purest of naked barefoot onsighters.

Sweaty 🥵

2nd session went down much better than our first try. The layback start is still hard but workable. Now it's time to link all the moves together. Rob did so well leading the first 6-7 or so clips in one go!

Round 2.

Flew through the first half, all clean! Angie's beta through the first corner crux worked really well for me.

Sat on the rope, pumped out of my mind just after the traverse out right. Unfortunately I psyched myself out a bit for the second half and only made a few improvements to the beta through to the chains.

Need to work on power endurance and focus for the next session. Looking forward to it!

Stellar climbing the whole way up! Not a dull move.

I came with low expectations, but managed to free a surprising amount of the climb. It certainly feels within reach.

The move straight off the ground, and in the first corner are certainly the crux for me.

Cannot wait to get back out and work this until it goes clean!

Pitch 2 looks unreal, maybe after P1 goes down I’ll give it a shot.

Fantastic and varied climbing, definitely the longest 45m I've ever tried. Still need to figure out the start but the rest is workable. I'm not one to project or train but this climb is so good it's worth training and coming back for

Beatiful weather, stunning route. Ran out of time and had to bail off the aid route's P1 belay. Such diversity in climbing styles in only 30m of climbing. Not a lot of pulling power needed though. Plenty of techy, tension based pull/push with all four limbs up corners using stemming, constantly feeling like you might slip. Really well protected with ring bolts, but still felt scary haha. Psyched to have linked a good chunk of the lower section, including the first crux. Probably an amazing photo op' in the "steep wild section" - some campus/cut loose moves there with 25m of nothing below. Cheers Tim for an amazing day out. Let's get back on it soon!

Significant progress. Could go next session, particularly especially for Sam after his impressive clean ascent on second!

Putting draws on.

She goes! Hopefully the send comes soon!

Wow.

The best sport pitch I have ever climbed in Qld

Few sits at the crux and that's it! Excited to come back for it.

You'd be pressed to find a better climb at the grade. This thing has epic corner stems, overhangs, minging crimps and delicate face climbing in some of the best positions you'll find the Glass House. Send train with Dan Kozianski

It's up there for the best single pitch sport route in QLD! Very technical and beta intensive but some good rests along the way if you get creative. Some bad rock but the climbing quality overrules all this. Amazing adventure!

What a pitch! More than enough spots to shake away the arms and most of your physical fatigue, but I found it hard to focus on shaking the mental fatigue. Super technical, and a lot of care is needed when placing your feet. An incredible pitch of climbing that exceeds the reinforcement of most of the holds, in my opinion.

Another epic pitch. So many great moves. Keen to come back for this with another portaledge, an earlier start, more harmonica-playing skill, and Blake & Dave!

Tried out the moves on this. This pitch takes you on a cool adventure through classy sequences on blank rock. Friction-stemming and strong moves. Felt so free to be climbing this on my own.

Quick play on top rope after Cris' aided.

Did all the moves pretty quickly up to around 3/4 up - came down at the tricky corner move to traverse onto the face. Up to that point, fantastic climbing. Start is great. Bolts are not ideally positioned, but I guess that makes sense given the history.

FFA.

FFA.