Ascensioni in Oceania come vari tipologie da Dáire Kelly

Following Luke up after his first trad lead in my mountain boots

The base is a bit overgrown, overshot the approach and ended up on P1 of Whiteline Fever. Isaac lead that, and I lead a combined P2 and P3. Definitely worth the 3 stars.

Rock climbs around Melbourne had it right, it's a 13. You just can't jam if you upgrade it

Brought Steve and Maggie up to help get ready for NZ in a few weeks

First time out on the rock in a long time. Good to scout ahead of a top rope trip the following week

Swung leads with Claire, guidebook says the climb is 13, thecrag says 17, I'll split the difference and say it's 15/16. Surprisingly solid rock

Followed Pete up to get to Yerba/Vomit Wall. Felt a bit sandbagged for a 16

Some good jamming, my first crack climb on the sharp end in over two months, felt reasonably solid

A little bit spicy coming around the arete, and then a little runout between the last bolt and the anchors. Good for training head game though

My first climb in more than three months, felt good to get on real rock again

Did two laps to build my endurance and my skills for handjamming.

Just cleaning gear for Rodney

That was an adventure. Seconded the first pitch, led the second pitch, and the had to lead the third pitch after Marcus couldn't work out how to get around the roof into the corner. Our party of three was gettong cooked in the sun before the fourth pitch, so we bailed by climbing up Arachnus instead of struggling up the last overhanging crack. I'll be back for it one day.

Needed something to warm up on

Climbed on top rope to retrieve gear, and to practise jams.

TRG course. Excellent jams, just need more fitness so it doesn't feel as exhausting.

TRG course. Only difficult part was making sure I wasn't pumped before the last hard move

TRG course

Nice way to finish off the TRG course

TRG course.

TRG course

TRG course. Bomber fist jams. Need to give it a go on lead.

TRG course

TRG course

TRG course

Read the topo wrong, thought I was climbing Hornpiece on the pinnacle to the left, and was surprised to get to the top of this 17.

Couldn't find any gear placements in the last 4 metres, and had a mild freak out over the thoughts of an 8 metre whipper!

First climb in more than 6 months, served as a nice reintroduction

Involved a lot more groveling than I expected, probably because I lost the ability to jam

What more can be said about Araps original route that hasn't already been said!

A good place to escape the heat if you start early enough in the day!

Some delicate climbing with exposure that makes it feel a tad harder than the grade implies. Rapped off the bolts on Penny Dreadful after P1

Overall, a great climb. The L-R traverse on P1 definitely required some mental prep before launching into it. That bit alone made P2 feel a lot easier than a 13! P2 was cruisey the whole way up. P3 stepped things up again with a tough 10m traverse across to the crack. Wasn't bothered with the grade 7 P4 and messing around in Ali's, so rapped off of the bolt anchor at the end of P3