Ascensions dans Scenic Rim comme croix de types variés par Mark Gamble

Rather thin crux, couldn't pull it off clean. Good lead by Max.

Some "16". Very thin, very sustained - right to the end over the death blocks. I think I had less than 20,000 rests. But it did take me about 2hrs to second.

Bold lead by Max. Very well done matey.

Good lead by Hilton, good gear placements.

Couldn't manage the crux without a rest. 4.5hrs sleep just doesn't cut it. :-(

Good lead by Hilton.

Almost didn't make it clean! Tough exit.

Good lead by Daniel.

Brilliant rock, brilliant climbing. Easily the best, so far, at the Grey Wall. Nice confident lead Gen.

Lovely climbing over grippy rock.

Couldn't do it clean.

Set out to do a 30m 12, ended up with a 50m 14. Set up a belay half way up - Brian finished. The gear was pretty good on it. MEGA exposure.

Wow, what a line. Pity I'm so *%$@ up at the moment, couldn't pull thru those crux moves. Nice gear all the way, just as well I had the #5 & 6 cams with for Pete to use.

Could barely manage this pitch.

Didn't have the stamina or guts to do this clean, but got there in the end :-(

Tried to get Matt's gear out but failed, it's well & truly wedged in there.

Following Steve up it this time, I would say 15, but very enjoyable & good gear.

Nice corner, Pity it's so short.

Didn't see the huge block/flake till I got up there, pretty scary stuff. But nice offwidth, got to use my Bigbro #4 for the first time.

Meinen Gotten!! My bane, my nemises & I got up it clean & without further damaging the left hand. Just have to approach that crux hold differently. Dave belayed. (The rock fall is super scarey.)

Dave thought 15, I thought 13, so we split the difference. Very nice nice moves on the flake/corner once past all the vines & s**t.

With Andrew. Was looking for Grogan, but missed it by 10m. Andrew was pretty fit on the day.

After Craig.

After Craig. Made a mess of the crux move.

After Craig.

After Craig. Fell my way up it. Should do this more often to get that jamming technique down.

With Steve. Was a bit hot on the day. Much better quality than I had anticipated.

With Steve. Better than I had expected with some interesting moves around the tree & thru the caves.

Committing crux & the loose rock meant I had to back off & re-assess. Trad = I clipped the crux bolt only.

Some sexy moves coming out of the cave. Wouldn't like to have fallen whilst pulling up the rope to clip. Sharp crystals on the top section trashed my legs. Steve did well to 2nd cleanly.

Couple of sexy moves at the lip, wouldn't like to have fallen while I was pulling up the rope to clip. Some very sharp crystals on the top section. Steve did well to 2nd cleanly.

With Steve. Been saving a trad onsight for a while now, only needed to clip the one bolt out of 12! Some nice moves on it.

With Terry & Steve. Looked a bit blank from the ground, but it was good once I got into the corner, lots of gear and stances.

Too much shattered rock to give it a "good" rating, but I liked the arete and the moves up it. After Terry & Steve.

Don't know what the F "runout" Andy was talking about when he lead this 3 years ago, there's gear all over the place! I got something like 20 pieces of gear in! Had to dog it unfortunately, think the GFs coming back ;-( Ron 2nded clean.

Ron spotted this one after we did Dream Run, nice spot! Very short but a nice little challenge.

Woohoo! Finally!! Went back after 10mths away and the gear was still on it - how cool is that??? No where near the 18 I thought it would be, 2nd time round, but definitely a quality route.

Damien did most of the work placing gear, but even then I couldn't do it clean. Sprained the left hand again - badly. Ron belayed & 2nded.

Ron's first lead in 33 years or so, well done & a good lead job!

Did a run up it for Ron's sake. He did well.

Almost came to grief at the start of p2 when the ledge I was standing on collapsed. Quite a bit of loose rock on p2. Some very interesting rock & the cave is awesome. Dan belayed & saw his life flash before his eyes - fortunately all of it missed him - by at least 5cm.

With Terry & Lillian. Tricky crux = came off just above the 2nd bolt. The rock is good, some loose blocks here & there, needs a bit more traffic.

With Terry, Lillian & Dan. Ben had a go, but gave up at the crux.

With Dan, Terry & Lillian. couldn't make that crux move without a rest. Some tricky bridging.

Pathetic. Dan 2nded.

With Dan. Good quality route with nice rock & moves.

With Dan. Good quality rock & nice moves on this one.

This one is always a pleasure & worth 3* in my books.

With Bill & Ross. Fell my way up it - pathetic. It's much more positive than I remember it.

With Nick. The nasty start on On Safari, and the horrible chimney at the top make this one not worthwile, although the chimney itself is clean & interesting.

Nick & I TR'd it before he tackled it head-on. I had to fall my way up it, given my present state, but found lots more gear for Nick's ascent. Good effort by him to free this bold lead.

Had to dog it this time. Depressing how much strength I've lost over the last few months. Nick belayed

With Bruce. He lead all but p2. Glandular is kicking in again, got my knickers in a twist at the crux & had to take the back pack off to get it. Attempted the variant P2 & backed off. Just as well, Bruce tried it on 2nd & couldn't manage it.

Soloed it to check out the cliff & rock. The far LH end looks better.

I lead most of p1, but couldn't pull off the crux, neither could Brad, but he did get there in the end, bloody good effort. The giant loose flake at the crux didn't help matters.

Nice lead by Brad, and what a route! Definitely the best one so far.

Pretty chossy & friable rock. The chimney had some interesting moments tho. Dave 2nded.

Dan belayed. It was better than it looks from the ground. Decided to run the top into it as well, could have ended off at the Slush Puppy ledge.