Ascensioni in Oceania come Tick da Dave Scarlett

Cruisy climbing culminating in a committing finish through the second overhang. Good, but not really deserving of the classic status. Done as one big pitch.

3 or 4 runs up and down it in approach shoes, carrying (one at a time) a camera and tripod on my back...

Small to medium nuts, small and micro cams, and one each hook and break placement. The crack didn't really seem suited to cam hooks, but ate offset nuts. Bailed off to the right at the horizontal break as the offwidth at the top needs at least 2 BD #4 cams, possibly something even bigger.

Felt more like M3 but was apparently originally graded M2 before it was freed. Mostly small to medium nut placements, many of which require a bit of thought, occasional cam placements, and a few (optional) hook and cam hook placements.

Beautiful as always. Less experienced climbing partner attempted pitch 1, but gave up on the exposed crux moves out of the first cave and ended the pitch there, so I strung the remainder together into one glorious, 30m long, jug-hauling pitch. Rope drag surprisingly wasn't that bad.

Very exposed and committing move at the start of pitch 2, which my less experienced leader backed off from, so I led P2. That one move seemed harder than 11, and would definitely be a problem for those only just leading that grade.

Allegedly graded M2 when aided, but that's only if you have an unlimited amount of big gear! The crack became too wide for my #3 Big Bro about 2m before the top, so I ended up going out onto the arete on very thin hook placements.

Great place to learn to aid. Bomber nut and cam hook placements, with a few small and micro cam opportunities along the way, and then big cams up the top.

Beautiful tight hand crack. Delicate and balancy crux start to reach crack, then perfect jamming upwards as stances and then jugs become available.