Ascensioni in Port Lincoln Bouldering

Fun climb - did as warmup and felt drastically easier than first time. I think the grade is probably still right, just I'm a lot better at jamming now (first time I had to be quite specific about where I jammed, and using the seam at back; this time I didn't have to think much about it, feet and hands just staying where they should)

Jess did this pretty quickly - the secret hold helps a lot

The sit-start is possibly tricky for the grade (Jess struggled with it, but the top is good.

In 2018 I was attempting this on last day of trip before heading home, just before moving to Grampians. Was getting close, as large storm cloud was approaching. Started raining heavily so I packed up. By time I got to car, the sky was blue. Went back and tried again - between starting the climb and the last move, it starts raining (and it's not a particularly long climb). Slide of the last hold and somehow cut my arm.

Today things went a bit smoother - took a bunch of attempts to get the tenous starting toe-hook to stick, and top-out is slightly trickier than I expected (although there is a good kneebar midway through). Not certain on grade, previously I thought it was maybe V5, but felt easier today

Really nice climb, mainly the footwork through the roof is fun

Couldn't really do the start without crash pad but a pretty cool line!

Quite nice actually!

Great slab!

If starting with undercling, then it might be V1 or V2!

nice climbing with a solid mantle

At the start I realised why the climb was named the way it was

Topping out like a tranquilised horse

Haven’t seen jugs like this since Oktoberfest

Pumped from walking the long way round the peninsula to this wall

Didn’t bring a crash pad in but will return to try out the other lines, good moves on this one

Took a couple of goes, but going up with the right was the correct choice. Lucky to send before the sea took the climb back.

I hope whoever invented sit starts is sit starting in hell

Problems with holds are the best problems

Good toe hooks on the right side of the boulder when you look at it from the front. Then into the big heel/toe cam in the middle of the black jugs on the way up, variation of moves with left or right hand reaching out to the jug rail and pulling onto the top.

Excellent fun. Looked like it'd go as a fist jam, spent a while trying that and even making tape gloves for the first time.. but eventually worked out it was easier to just wedge your foot in high and invert through it - which was great as I had wanted to try that kind of move for ages, but there are so few crack climbs anywhere nearby. Really not sure how to grade this - once figured out didn't feel super-strong movement wise (maybe V3), but took a lot of figuring out, requires a fairly good range of flexibility, and on rewatching video of send, not barndooring of the "heel extraction" part still seems.. unlikely. Potentially someone with wider hands could fist-jam more easily, but I think this would still be harder than the invert as you'd have no feet

Easier than it first looked, hold on top is actually pretty decent

Nice easy climb.

Very balancey start, was hard to work out which foot to begin with.

Good holds but required quite a bit of tension to hold them. First climb of the day, wasn't warmed up so might be overgraded?

Shame the top wasn't a bit higher as it's only a few moves, but the first few were fun

Got this on first proper attempt, which I didn't really plan on and so didn't place pad for the top out which was made things interesting (turns out you can hook with your ribcage, not your your toes and heels..)

One half-hearted attempt at this to see if the holds were in reach. Reachy but seems perfectly doable

Easy but much more fun than it first looked