Ascensões em Orroral Ridge

Found it pretty hard, but I just need to work on my crack climbing. There is one really tricky move that you have to trust subpar jams, but was good to commit and finally get it done. Got humbled out there today.

climbing in from a sit on the left would add a grade or two. summer proj?

nice feature

start flake broke off. old glue just gave up. I'll get around to reattaching it but not high priority.

linked from the stand then dropped off the mantle. more pads and more brushing

Really needs a clean! Will do so next time out.

Got the first few moves before the rain came in

and I think this is gonna take over the summer project from ain't no sunshine

Climbed this to get the view of the valley and to watch the lightning roll in

Got red point crux

pretty good! except sunny slab at the top that resulted in serious dogging

toot toot!

Mad! Really nice route with some interesting positions. The crack is nice for the most part, but some slightly spicy sections to work through. enjoyable for sure, would like to lead

Such a cool, interesting climb! The chimney style start was a bit scary, then a wonderful middle for crack heads and big jam and tough finish move! spewin i fell at the top, but overall very cool n interesting climb. Was feeling cooked before it but it was thought provoking enough to get me back on! sick.

First climb and lead back after ages! haha got up fine, but did not do it efficiently at all. Poor haz had to wait. GOod to get head space back and place some gear. Maybe on a forgiving slab I shouldntve bothered getting my feet stuck in the crack ahahha

nice but quite hard to find, this area is just massive boulders all piled on top, with lots of little caves and squeezes. starts at #6 and finishes on micros. Yes final move is quite hard, I definitely finished the route but the topout was the crux.

pretty cool ramp, that steepens. gear is fine but with flaring cracks at points.

khush had first lead, easy just getting back into it.

I did these in my hardcore bouldering shoes while working techno and it was awful but I see it wouldn't be bad in litteraly anything else

Solo mission! Tough tomatoes

who needs a mat

an absolute stunner of a climb, which definitely makes up for the shit approach through the thick bush. 3 interesting pitches, P2 is super run out for sure buuuuut, its only like grade 12 so just dont look back till you make it to the ledge. khush started off well, then i finished the rest. got a nut stuck on P1 so i climbed up once we got to the bottom again, will be sure to return here, for the harder slabs PSA; Road will be open after winter!!!!!!!!

Great day out climbing! pretty fun multi, and probably my hardest trad lead to date (if pitch 1 is a gr.16). Wind was howling but just so stoked to me out on the rock again with my man Hazlid!!! camped at Honeysuckle and started way too late lol so only got in the one multi for the day. Fun cracks and slab.

Hectic bush bash in or out. Walked in from camp, found the 2nd little creek and trekked uphill from there. a few OK climbers tracks for the first half, but just pure bushbashing for the second half, just aim for the big rock!

The proper slab start (unprotected until you get to the crack) deserves a more difficult grade, particularly for leading. Tim did a few moves on lead, bailed, did an easier start to the right and traversed back to the route. The slab start is practically blank with only the tiniest crystals to work with. Fun crack/slab combo climbing throughout, an awkward finish with a poorly protected traverse topping out into a steep wide channel between two rocks.

I am happy to have had an opportunity to climb/second this route, but I will probably never repeat it or lead it. It's great fun, but it feels like the flake that makes the main crack for this climb is not long for this world. It's incredibly hollow and moved slightly with the touch. Even if the whole thing doesn't come off, it feels like sections of it could. 90% of the protection for this climb goes behind the flake. It just doesn't seem worth the risk.

Off-width crack at the bottom with very few options for feet outside the crack, eventually narrows into a hand crack with more solid foot holds outside the crack. Don't be like me - learn off-width technique before tackling this climb. I must have spent at least a half an hour flailing on the first few metres of off-width, thankfully I had a very patient belayer. Once I broke out of the off-width it was fairly smooth sailing for me until the top section. I used my first ever double-fist jam.

I ended up topping out left on the finish for Breakaway instead of right for Cocolossal. I was exhausted from wrestling the crack and didn't feel I had it in me for the roof. The off-width had also eaten my big cams and the roof looked like it needed some. The layback finger crack on a slab finish for Breakaway is much more pleasant than it looks from the ground - however the top out is deceiving. I assumed the top of the boulder was just around the corner, but when I came around the corner I found myself awkwardly straddling a saddle with a couple metres of thin crack and slab still to go. Having missed the rap rings at the top of Cocolossal due to my alternate finish, we walked off.

If I ever come back, I would be keen to lead Breakaway, which looks far more pleasant overall. Maybe once I learn off-width technique I'll try Cocolossal again and lead it in under an hour.

Miserably failed to TR this, thinking it was 19. Impressed I got off the ground (boulder) but that is about it.

Bloody hell, are 15s really this desperate. Great route if you love flared but good-enough hand jamming. Good pro.

Definitely felt harder than 13 to me, but its been a while since I've done routes like that. Very well protected. But the move left then right half way up was more 'thought-provoking' that 13s I'm used to!

Only had time for this one B4 the storms rolled in