등정들 Southern Tablelands에서 Onsight로서 Paul Frothy Thomson에 의한

Didn't re-climb P3 (shared with Right in the Bunghole). P1 is a pleasant ramble with a few tricky face-moves, but P2 is an awesome, old-school wandery slab-venture with spaced gear and bolts, and some improbably steep sections at the grade. Probably one of the better routes here for getting acquainted with the Gorge.

I finally got to do the 3 "classic" pitches on this route, and sure enough, they WERE bloody classic. P1-P3 - Repeat, Lead Clean (I've onsighted them previously when I climbed Aurora) - Very slabby. A Poxy start pitch, a very thin middle pitch, and a bold (but not as hard or as scary as I remember) finale pitch. Not as terrible as I remember; P4 - 2nd Clean - Probably the hardest bit of climbing on the route. I found this sustained, pumpy, technical and with terrible feet. Great!; P5 - Onsight - Great, sustained technical climbing up a vague corner-system. A proper classic. P6 - Onsight - Extremely juggy, steep-ish climbing on perfect rock. Very straightforward, but tonnes of fun in an exposed position. P7 - We chose to finish up the top (crux) pitch of Jumpmaster instead of the normal finish (which I ticked first go today placing all gear on lead).

With Stephen. Onsight all pitches that I haven't led previously. Linked P2 and P3 to avoid the awkward trad belay. Very good climbing for ME (in a hideously awkward, funky Trad kind of way), but probably not everyone's cup of tea. P1 - Access slab as for Big Bird. P2 - Probably 21. Thrutchy and insecure corner crux. Rather goey. P3 - Easier than it looks exposed traversing up the finger crack. P4 - Very awkward and insecure, with seemingly illogical moves necessary. Hard to grade.

Hard moves between the 1st and 2nd bolt, then getting progressively easier as you go. Enjoyable slabbing, and the rock isn't as sharp as its neighbours. Quite long.

One of the best easier-grade pitches of climbing I've ever done in Bungonia. Immaculate rock for the 1st half, then deteriorating afterwards. Fortunately the whole climb has consistently GREAT climbing with a huge variety of engaging moves. Thoroughly recommended.

Quite enjoyable. A lot of climbing and moves for a short climb. Funky (mud) tufas with a tricky last move. The rock quality is actually pretty reasonable for Bungonia. Might be soft-ish at the grade? Definitely worth a lap.

One of the best "soft sandstone" routes of its type I've ever done... A shame that the rock deteriorates towards the top (and that it isn't longer). Didn't feel too hard for a 23. Awesomely polished compact slopers, that ALMOST climbs like a Taipan-esque "water groove" route, completely with stemming and rad body positions. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Thought I'd done this before, maybe not? A one-sequence-wonder, though that particular sequence is quite enjoyable. Went direct and didn't find it too hard. Work those feet!

Technical and traddie. Probably not a good warm-up because it's so stance-friendly, but not bad for an easy short climb.

This pox should never have been bolted. Dirty, loose, fragile rock, bolted to induce ledgefall potential, and unpleasant climbing from start to finish. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemies. Both Gene and myself removed kilograms of loose rock as we climbed, and Gene almost decked out as a jug ripped while clipping the 2nd bolt. Atrocious.

Better than it looks, and a more worthwhile addition than I expected. Bouldery start to some funky laybacking and smearing. The rock was so slippery that twice my smear-footers exploded but somehow I kept it together.

Classic friction slabbing on GOOD rock. Would probably be a 19 at Tarana, but in reality 21/22 is probably more in line with modern grading. Sustained, technical and balancy. Genuinely pleasant to climb.

3 bolts then anchors? Blank, deathly vertical blade arete? Pretty good rock? Why hasn't this consumer bolted boulder had more ascents, I thought it was tenuous, smearing, arete slapping fun... For like 7 metres. Let's see some more traffic on it, people.

Fun jugging, with one hard-ish reachy move. About right for the grade, though without any distinctly grade 20 moves. Will make a good warm up for the cave, next time.

Awesome moves on lower 2/3rds. The dubious rock towards the top spoils the experience a bit. Not hard for the grade.

Very different climbing to everything else on this wall. The wire placements are a bit fiddly, but pretty good. For the grade this is interesting and a bit technical. Worth a lap.

Run-out on the easy ground. It's quite hard (and a bit contrived) to stay on the direct line of this climb. I climbed the line religiously and ended up in some pretty weird positions. Okay climbing, but there are better climbs here.