Awkward start, jug hauling, then a fun little arete section. Not a bad warmup, but nothing to write home about. General consensus was that the 20 was harder
An enjoyable romp. Should really be called the "west arete of the mirrorball". Wandered a bit too far left at the crux of P1 and got stopped by the rope drag and went back up direct.
Did P4 twice because I forgot the backpack the first time. I think P4 is just as spicy as P1 despite having a lower grade in the guidebook.
Revenge from retreating the other day when the rap rope got stuck off of Mirror Ball. The walk off was very confusing and hard to find, ended up getting to the top of Mirror Ball and rapping back to lunch ledge.
Seth won the rock off, which meant that I got the honours of leading the wet slab start. Just to add to the controversy, I’ve done harder 18s, despite it being completely soaked.
Despite the choss, the whole route was still excellent. I wish p3 was longer though!
Awesome morning, and good to finally tick it off the list. Finger didn’t give me any grief which is nice.
Everything except the last pitch felt overgraded, but it didn’t detract from the fun of the movement.
I thought the first 2 pitches were awesome, and I’d say a better start to BBB. The traverse onto the buckets was fun, but otherwise I’d say Bunnies is the better route.
Did it in 7 pitches on 50s, bit under 6 hours car-car. 1-2, 3, 4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10.5, 10.5-top.
I’d say most of the route is overgraded, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
