Ascensions de Zehnte Sinfonie

eine wunderschöne Symphonie verschiedener Stilrichtungen

Amazingly polished. Hardest for the grade of tried in this area. Couldn’t do the handjam with sweaty hands.

loved the thin tufa and the crack!

2nd Go

No strength left after the 8a, not a fan of how polished it is

5 go’s total making it more attempts than any other climb in Laos this trip. After slipping out of the knee bar two more times, I came down untied, retied and channelled the dark side of the force to finish it in the angriest, ugliest, ice-skating, campusing style possible.

Classic music hall 6b+, but also best route at the grade here.

Mega, full value line. Will try to finish it off this trip.

Beautiful route up the thin tufa, exiting to a crack finishing with a very polished slab

One of the hardest of the grade I've tried. Uninspiring lower half before a spectacular tufa fin into hand-crack crux sequence, with a spicy slab on polished feet to the anchor.

Best of the grade in the area

Hard and painful for the hand jamming, better to climb with jamming gloves. Definitely a 7a+!

This route is really awesome. Hard moves to get out of the middle part.

Thrutchy, unspectacular 6b/+ climbing up some tufas to a no-hands sit down rest before a bloody fantastic crux sequence on the thin tufa fin into a hand crack before rounding left into a techy slab portion (6b/+). Crux boulder through hand crack is about V3/4? Route is rated a 7a in the guidebook but seriously it's either damn stingy or the hardest 7a in Thakhek! One-hanged on my 4th attempt but ran out of time this trip. Will be back to send!

The best 7a in Thakhek. I didn't have the power left, hopefully I get one more try tomorrow

Pinch the iphone

1crux take

2nd shot. A bit harder when a group of kids are yelling in your ear and trying to climb over you.... pretty rude.

Cleaning up after Mattys awesome onsight! Wore my jammies for the first time. It was awesome! Scary at the crux though...

Too hot to climb still but it's all money in the bank right? Got nailed at the crux but think I've got it sorted. Feels more like a 7b(+)!