Ascensões de Aesthetic Images por Paul Frothy Thomson

1st shot today, 2nd redpoint burn (3rd lap) this season. I've been on this a few years ago also. Still bloody hard, but now I had it sorted, and it was just about executing and not falling off the final moves (which, though easier, are much, much thinner). A brilliant route, rubbish bolts.

2 more laps. 1st was a debacle trying to clean and chalk the holds (and remove a wasp nest from the crux hold), and deal with the hideously stupid equipping. 2nd shot I fell off reaching for the jug that finishes the hard climbing (with just the easier top face section to go) at the 2nd last bolt. One day I'll get around to ticking this

The general bolt spacing on this is exciting but okay (though the weird mix of original carrots and spinning fixed hangers held in by either glue-in carrots or new non-stainless bashins is a joke, especially considering the glue-in anchor at the top), but the death-runout start to the 3rd bolt is unforgivable. I will rap-in to put the gear on moving forward, I can't be arsed having the equipping epic again.

Wow! Might be one of the best routes I've ever been on! About 1.5 grades harder than Toyland Direct. Absolutely stunning! Demanding and unforgiving, technical, pumpy, thin-as face climbing that doesn't let up until the anchors. 2 shots. On my 2nd I had 1 fall at the 3rd last bolt and "belaying difficultties" led me to grab the last draw to clip before continuing on. I really hope I can tick this next time, because -for me- this would be as memorable a climb to send as any I've done.