Ascents as Onsight or Onsight solo as trad by Chris Speer

Grade 20 if you’re name is Evelyn and you have children’s hands. For the rest of the population, this is quite stout. Overhanging green Camalot splitter! Cool route, deserves a star in the guide.

Nearly dropped it a few times through the crux. Awesome line with great gear that keeps you working hard.

Highly enjoyable

Committing traverse.

Led second pitch. Stars are for this pitch.

Loved it. Cool movement and great gear. Easier than Entertainer.

Better than it looks

Really enjoyed this. Very balance crux. Went direct to finish which was easy, but with poor gear and runout.

Very happy to onsight this. Some good jams helped!

Good approach pitch.

Not too bad, thoughtful crux above gear.

Did both the direct and LH start. Both provide varied and interesting climbing with a range of excellent gear the whole way.

We all thought this would be way harder and thrutchier looking at it from the ground. Turned out to be the best moderate here. Really classy, bomber gear, bomber jams, holds appear as desired. Would repeat any day and highly recommended.

Another No.5 would've been nice. Don't recommend doing this with only 1! Made for an invigorating lead.

Cruisy and a bit awkward.

I on-sight yoyo'd this in true 70's style to ensure that the ascent was as true as possible to the time in which the climb was put up. But this was the kind of yoyo in which one does not untie once at the ground, because in this version of the 70s universe if you haven't gone through the crux yet but your gear happens to slide off your harness, you still retain the onsight if you eat a blue lobster but only on a Monday, in the dark and preferably wearing blue jeans. Which is to say, if you complete the climb, then you untie at the anchor and call secure rather than safe. Then you can safely call onsight without being called out. Yeah probably fair enough. Thanks Fraser

Found the possum

I liked it. One committing move which adds some fun. I ended up humping the arete shortly after said committing move, which I thought was quite entertaining.

So you want adventure you say? But you only want to climb 15m you say? We’ll look no further than this shining pile of interest. ‘Struggle up the offwidth’ says the guide. Well I can tell you I did more than struggle. It may only be 4m long but you’ll have to work for every inch of it. Careful not to look down at your belayer giggling because you look like a cat in its box of kitty litter at 2am in the morning, whilst also feeling like a 1500s jungle explorer. Well done on making it through the gurgler, enjoy some nice hand jams until the roof. Oh, you like German baked goods you say? Great! Because you’re about to become a pretzel. Have some grass with that. And don’t forget that the beached whale top out into hardy shrubs is the coolest way to top out. You’re almost at the top. But oh no! The east exit chimney is now grade 36 because you’ve just circumnavigated the buttress with your rope and you can’t move. Keep struggling to the tree at the top. Also, make sure you start this as late as possible on a weeknight so your second has to do it in the dark. 10/10 experience. Everyone must do once, but then never again.

Short but good moves. Thoughtful but good gear.

Really good. I found this much harder than 18, even for Freycinet. Getting through the bolts was highly engaging. Crack was great. Good gear throughout. Rapped off bolts at Full Sail.

Cool traverse.

Old school.

Just wow - every pitch is unique and amazing in its own way. Led pitch 1 and 3. Top pitch is quite hard for 19 with some truly bizarre off-widthing in the runnel. Well protected the entire way so nothing to worry about. Would 100% do again.

FA. Engaging climbing above the water.

Tricky for the grade.

Pretty straight-forward. Nice finish.

Nice route. Would be better if it wasn't so dirty.

Turns out you can hand traverse using your forearms. Nice route. Pumpy.

Completed solely on passive pro! Mossy but a bit of fun.

Enjoyable and well-protected.

Probably should have just led it. But when a top-rope presents itself.. 21 if you can jam.

Interesting to see this is 19 here. Thought it was pretty 18. I did the bold direct start off the tree, which I can confirm is bold. You risk a ground-fall here so best to traverse in. Otherwise great climbing.

My god was this memorable. Every move was memorable and excellent - and at the top of the grade. Crazy exposure.

Very memorable traverse.

After much deliberation over starting what seemed a poorly protected route from the ground, it was actually quite well-protected. Nearly jumped off the slab after a spider scare haha. The big pony sized block above the climb as you top out is very ready to go. Don't touch it!

Pure fun.

Continually interesting and never too hard with great protection.

Wowee. Definitely had to fight for this one. Some savage awkwardness.

I really enjoyed this.

Thought this was quite stout for 18. The crack on the first pitch is desperate at times.

Bit of a one move wonder to a walk-off.

Led the crux pitch as I'd done Slaughterhouse prior. Heard a lot of stories about this but found it rather straightforward. Excellent climbing.

1st pitch only. Awkward jams.

Burlier than expected.

No harder than 19. Sustained.

Second mega pitch only. Rapped in from Rajah to start of second to avoid the offwidth. Very sustained but nothing too hard. Almost pulled the death spike out of the crack at 2/3rds height. Be very, very careful with this. Took a huge rack. Quad 0.75 - 3 and used everything.

Can't believe this hadn't been done yet. A bit of cleaning has revealed a hidden gem. Goey at the grade and a good test-piece. A good one to learn the necessary jamming skills before jumping on Albatross at Lowdina.