등정들 Summit Caves에서

Felt pretty solid on this one. Nice to hit the business end of Achilles with far different beta from the old send of the first summy caves proj. Bailed off early because thought it was rigged to the top... I was wrong. Definitely a goer

Dabbled a touch. Might need a tight left thigh pad with a guide book stuffing to make the knee scum work for my lil legs

today I managed to do one more hand move! pyched!

3 sessions over the last 4ish months. This thing is so sick, need to get on it a bit more consistently.

Would climb quite nice with some daylight...

Much harder than expected. Super crimpy on the headwall keen to get back again soon.

Absolute must do at the grade, the last 10 meters is the most impressive bit of climbing ive ever done!

Initially i thought the route was ridiculously stiff, but after finding the best beta i think 28 is perfect and matches well with the other routes on the second tier.

Great lead by Amy!

Stepping around the arête is the physical crux, and the mental crux is threading the needle between the 3 wasp nests at the start!

We used a small cam to keep the rope line away from the nests, and they weren't too bothered by us.

Fun pitch in an airy position! Softer than The Digital Revolution, in my opinion.

Similar to the rock on pitch 3 of Banished for Infidelity, but less prone to coming off in your hand.

Dan has a child so I volunteered myself for the p1 death lead. Spent a solid 2 hours excursioning around including one wild traverse way too far right into the orange overhangs before I finally found the belay.

Overall this is probably the most serious route I've done on tibro. It mixes in bad/tricky gear, route finding, run outs and choss. Falling on P1 for either leader or second would make for a very calamitous circumstance.

New highpoint! Just gotta keep at it

Wow. Stunning.

Harder old logs are up to speed and I will be better for blueys

Really great day. Feel like the beta is sorted. Just have to put in some more redpoint shots.

Three attempts. Re-learning the beta for my weaker state. Got to the last crux throw on the third attempt. Bit more power endurance and this'll go. Superb day out! Good weather and good new friends.

With a pack on and skirting the wasps nest, this sure got me warmed up haha

Great to get reacquainted with the proj after so long off with a bad finger. Keen to pull hard once again on this beast!

Another cracking day up Tibro, smooth sailing up the first 3 pitches (somehow linked 3&4) swapping leads, riding the strong winds up made the exposure even more exposed. Change of pace on the final pitch where my route-finding skills let me down. Ended up the no gear direct finish as opposed to the traverse out left, climbing felt good though and was just patiently waiting for the steepness to ease up. Couple dodgy piece of mind cams in a hollow flake would be my demise as a hold out right broke off and sent me tumbling down for my first trad whip, popping both cams in the process. Rattled and sore, Jack took the lead once again punching left a little earlier and breezing up the direct finish to the summit. Biggest yelp of the climb still belongs to jack after a bat flew out from his hand jam.

Couldnt have filled the last day in aus with much more climbing than today. 8 pitches total. The kobemaster set us off at 12:40 from the base, up what must have felt like a very sweaty patience crack - and very hard for 15. That is because my sandbagging was out in full force; direct variant, grade 19. The big marn cruised it though. From the top of patience, a cool ramble across some grassy ledges put us back on the right wall to attack our main objective. We began overexposed around 2:50ish i think. P1 wasnt as fucked as i thought it would be. Youd rail yourself if you fell but i think grade 15 is actually fair. By this time the wind had picked right up and spooge wasnt a worry. From here it was poetry in motion as kobi and i traded solos up the winding territory through the caves. All was easy breezy.. until my rope got a massive couple tugs while belaying the 5th pitch, i look up to see kobis body ragdolling down the slab. After about 10m he was caught in a figure 4 position with a pulled cam stuck around his leg. We later joked he must have been already re-working the beta before the fall had finished. The green half nut that caught him remains in the wall.. not cos we couldnt get it out, but as a memorial for the scene of one of the most unideal, non-serious injury resultant whips thats ever occured anywhere. "Ah well good to get the first trad whip out the way" will need to be engraved on a plaque and drilled into the wall next to it. If you do see the piece, downclimb outta there and get back on the route which was about 15m to the left! Also bears mentioning to be careful of the rock up top whichever way you go, some of it tricked my choss radar and i also kicked some edges off. Topped out at about 5:30. Beaut sunset scenes on the walk off. Cracker day

Nice bouldery moves. Will get it next time. Good to see Oscar crush it