Ascensioni in South Australia come Flash

Fun climbing! Weirdly a sport route (that has retrobolted the start and end of yerba mate) where theres perfectly good trad gear.)

imo a bit higher than V1 but I hate slab so wtf do I know

Probably my best experience leading a trad pitch ever. Sublime. I used to be so intimidated by this line it took me 3 trips to try it. While at the top I looked down and couldn't believe what I had just done, haha... For me this was not easy at all. The start was my style, felt easy and I was not as scared as I anticipated. But I was terrified of dropping it later on while doing more unusual moves (for me) involving jams. But what a fucking line. Gear is everywhere and there are jugs and rests to allow you to get those 40m clean. I got to the end of pitch 1 and started cellebrating, until Justin told me that the second pitch was harder and still above me, hahaha... Sheer determination saw me to the top after that, even with very little pieces left on my harness. It will be hard to have a better experience climbing trad in Australia. Test-piece for 19 given the length I think. Wish I could log it as an onsight, but I've seen too many people doing it before. Justin led it earlier in the day and left a piece when cleaning, but I made sure to pull it out and replace it for the real flash, haha...

Amazing stuff, and a bold lead by Justin. Pitch 1 has a lot of spice — hard moves off the ground, a daunting crux for me, and then that runout on scoops, wow! The roof in pitch 2 is bloody awesome and relatively well protected. Gotta come back for the lead, but will shit my pants probably. Justin led pitches 1 and 2, then I led the rubbish top out (grade 12?), only to see Justin arrive behind me ropeless!

Some interesting movement, not the best not the worst, just gotta trust that heel bigtime

Genuinly one of the nicest V3's i think ill ever do, just don't fall cos theres a decent chance you wont be walking out