Ascensioni in Waikato da Alex Popinga che possiede sport-cpr o ascent-date

Underrated, IMO. Fun and technical

Followed Chris, skipping obvious jug 😉😂 at the cost of my flash! 😐 easy #2ndgo

Belayed Alexei on this months ago (I was busy working Black Widow 🖤)

#2ndgo - happy I actually took the fall (rather than ask for take) on onsight, just unfortunately I took the wrong choice of the 50/50 between left arête and right arête 😬 Fun little boulder

Nice warm up

#2ndgo - a style that WOULD definitely be onsightable for me now IF I COULD FIND MY TRYHARD. Grrr. Anyway, went easily with Alexei's help (all the ticks & talking it through ♡).

Cruisey but fun start leads to nice rest at 2nd bolt to prep for boulder. From juggy arête pull back onto face onto good pockets and work the feet up - basically just keep pulling to get out of the overhang!

Had been on the bottom part (1st 2 bolts) already, working "Hold Onto Your Face" - decided to finish on this 20 today once I was too zapped for HOYF nice climb, cruisey 👍🏼 1st 2 bolts involve a fun layback in juggy crack, then I did a fun little heel hook around the arête near top ♡

Mini boulder and then over. Also, moist.

Moist

Warm up, feeling out the conditions (humid and spitting!)

Was on this ages ago. Slightly annoying 2nd clip on a warmup, feels trickier to me than Small Beginnings, the 19 with which it shares everything but the 1st bolt 🔩

Rookie mistake not taping up my fingers for my first working go! 😬 Nice to feel the moves, though. Used a bit of Chris Hailey's beta, including bowling ball pinch with right hand and crossover with left hand to crimp slot, but then didn't like the knee scum that Chris did as I kept barndooring off the wall in the crossover position. I had initially read a heel-toe cam in the big hole (matching to left hand undercling) before Alexei told me about Chris's knee scum but I had been too low to lock it in on my first attempt (it was pulling my shoe off!) On second attempt, Gary advised it and I realised it locks amazingly well once I'm higher up on it 🤘🏼😝 So I will use the foot cam rather than knee to reach up high with left hand for the cross over move and then it's much easier for me to get onto the face (using high left foot chip) 🖤

Cruisey and fun #2ndgo despite being soaking wet!! 😂 I botched my onsight even though at that time the route was bone dry 🥲 I'm such a chronic red-pointer; I'm a totally different climber once I've learnt the moves 🤷🏽‍♀️ Guess I'm just too dumb to work out my next body position quickly enough to avoid pumping myself silly 🙁

AT ANY RATE, this is a really nice technical 22 that is also a great warmup because it's easy as at the bottom and gently leads you into the two-bolt crux with a fun sequence 👍🏼

Best 20 I've done so far ☆☆☆ Deserves its stars. Couple fun bouldery bulges, pumpy section near to top ♡ Long and tasty 👅

Second warm up, Alexei pushing his injured grade. Nice route 👍🏼

Nice warm up for a cold day with numb fingers! 🥶🧊☃️❄

Finally got around to ticking the route (already did the boulder). Wet AF at the top due to all the rain 🌧 So I was pretty damn pumped fighting the water and lichen 😭😂 Had to heel hook around the arête in some little pocket to stay on!

Warm up

Warming up

Repeat to put up top rope for Rachel Finally got to the point of cruising this one rather than being befuddled by the bottom two bolts lol

Easy send today thanks to Sarah Hay 🔥🧡 Her resting tactic after the 2nd bolt (can clip 3rd from here) with high far left left foot and twist helped me slow my breathing and get almost everything back in my arms for the next two bolts. Then I followed her beta to the left of the 4th draw and clipped from higher up (lay back on slot in left hand) which was wayyyy less burning than the crimp edge just to the left of the bolt. She showed me some pinches (one on arête in left hand and one bowling-ball pinch in right hand) that were key as well 👌 Then clip 5th bolt and cruise through the lichen to the anchor! ⚓

Should have sent this 2nd go (was befuddled on 1st go and reopened cut on my finger which made for slippery slopery pockets 😂). Alas, I'm a dumbass. Hopefully goes down readily next time

Wamring up with Alexei

Great technique and tactical advice from the legendary Sarah Hay got me the send on this sweaty as day ♡

Did the crux (bouldery bottom) then backed out as I know the rest very well from having just done "Wicker Man" to the right (they share the rest). Messed up my flash attempt by not getting the right hand two finger pocket pinch quite right and threw for anything for the left hand by the 2nd bolt (rather than getting the right hand solid and then just standing up to reach the crimp pocket for the left hand) 🙂 Would have had a 2nd go but felt totally powered out today (couldn't do any sort of pull-up move whatsoever by this point - maybe should listen to Chris and physio and do more pull-up, etc., training!!!)

Weird as route 😂

Warming up with poor broken-finger Alexei! Nice to get all that stemming action in again, although my toes were cold this morning ♡

Followed Alexei's way that uses holds in the groove on the left. Makes it easier than 24. Would like to redo with Chris's fun high heel hook beta too! (Mainly logging this as a record for what I did today, since I didn't log so many things in the past and am trying to be better)

Nice to come back and tick this one off! Fun bouldery sequence to start- I did do one strengthy move by pulling hard on a two finger pocket with my left hand (flagging right leg) after clipping 2nd bolt; I'm sure that could have been done much more stylishly/technically/beautifully ♡

Warm-up. Short and not really a 19 (easier).

Wet, mossy, muddy rock and rusty bolts - delicious 😋

Fun boulder problem through rooflet. Mucked up my feet first go and then got obsessed with a ticked pocked on right instead of looking around more to the left for the obvious - has become a bad habit at this point, need to work 🥰

Thought I'd sent this before but didn't log it so who knows? Warmed up on this, which was maybe a bad idea lol! Got myself stuck in the crack around the 2nd bolt. Sent it by climbing the arête just to the right of the first couple bolts, cruised the top slabby section (I like stemming!) Nice route ♡ Runout isn't as spicy as it looks from the ground

Way too short but nicely technical few moves

If only this was twice as long, would be rad! Short as, but fun moves 🤘🏼 Might have sent this before with Alexei but didn't log it

First go while putting up the gear but I did belay Alexei on it ages ago⚡ Also, Chris had to point out which way to go at the bottom because I was mistakenly headed for the 1st bolt of Wicker Man/Via Dolorosa 😂 Fun juggy haul on overhang, leads to still-steep-but-less-steep on slightly worse holds (and a wasp nest currently in the biggest pocket 🐝), leads to easy slabby top. Lots of lichen - need to come back and scrub it

So. Much. Bird shit. 🤬🐦

Mucked up my bloody onsight -_- Kept looking left after clipping the 3rd bolt, being blind to the massive flakey jug just to my right like a dolt! Ah, well. Fun boulder to the 4th bolt, easy to the top