Ascensioni in The Cloisters come Clean

Psyched to climb up to the thin crack Crux first go. Went clean on TR second shot. Absolutely stellar climbing!

Stoked to get all the moves on this one second shot, keen for next session! 🤙

A fantastic route! I flubbed the lead (be careful with gear) but ropegun Tim nailed it. Complex and technical with a brilliant finish on fingerlocks and crystals.

The proper slab start (unprotected until you get to the crack) deserves a more difficult grade, particularly for leading. Tim did a few moves on lead, bailed, did an easier start to the right and traversed back to the route. The slab start is practically blank with only the tiniest crystals to work with. Fun crack/slab combo climbing throughout, an awkward finish with a poorly protected traverse topping out into a steep wide channel between two rocks.

I am happy to have had an opportunity to climb/second this route, but I will probably never repeat it or lead it. It's great fun, but it feels like the flake that makes the main crack for this climb is not long for this world. It's incredibly hollow and moved slightly with the touch. Even if the whole thing doesn't come off, it feels like sections of it could. 90% of the protection for this climb goes behind the flake. It just doesn't seem worth the risk.

Nice corner, awesome warm up

Nice, but needs a brush. Cool little section at the start keeps it interesting

With rlthe right, cocolossal top out

Good bit of grunting, friction in the crack is world class meat eating 10grit. Got the scissors going in the offwidth slab scramble to top.

Seconded the second ascent with Carl and Mark F. Almost as hard as the first ascent.

First time I've climbed it when dry, which makes it much more pleasent!

Geoff gave it a brush. It still needs more!