Ascensions dans Hospital Rocks comme Hang dog

Start is very hard for the grade, after that it’s better

Bizarrely happier to have taken a lead fall than to get it clean (I'm such a chicken, good for me to take some lead falls).

Worked the moves, but couldn't put them all together. Not far off - strength test.

I got the easy RH variant, but then doing the proper LH route I got through the balancy crux move but didn't have the strength to haul up on the good enough hold. Not the first time anyway.

Another arm workout

A real arm workout

Holy sandbag Batman. Only 16 in Aus with a V2 boulder and a potential ground fall from 5m+? ~16 climbing at the top and up to 1st bolt, the rest way harder. Broken hold and a missing 2nd bolt maybe? Thinner than nearby 18 and 19s and a tougher crux.

Slipped and took a fall traversing left to join Little Boxer Girl.

Fun climb, but don’t feel the bolts are positioned particularly well - the crux (for me) was well above the bolt, and the last few bolts were a long way apart.

Few practice falls.

Draw was handy for making the awkward third clip. Nice

Blew the onsight trying to figure out the crux and had a hang

Almost. Got through the balancy RH crux sequence 2nd try, but ran out of juice to haul up from crack/ledge.

cool sequences

bit stiff for the grade sweated off the crux move.

missed the hold and was too sweaty to recover

Got lost in the dark - missing hands and feet.

OK, now this grade and the stars make sense. Keep left, thinner holds, have to flag your left leg, skip more positive feeling hold on right to keep your body in the right position for your right foot, and much cooler moves.

Nice enough access to anchors to set up solo protection. Not a long climb, but a cupla stiff moves, good for me to work a sequence.

shoulda brought a head torch!

Didn't feel so bad today. Doable.

I bailed on the runouts and nick did it. It’s not a fucking 11 either.

2nd shot. Very hot!