Ascents by Daniel having Distinct route

Seemingly endless route! I saw myself drop off several times, glad I made it

Whoop whoop!

My home planet! The actual cruxes (into and out of the hole) didn't feel that hard to me, but I was still totally exhausted afterwards, wheezing through the steep, crimpy finish. This was like 99% onsight. I got a few helpful hints, but they weren't really make-or-break. Getting cheered on by the man Öztürk K. himself was a nice touch though.

This must have been the hardest 7a+ I did here so far. But maybe the hellish rope drag was also a factor. I'd highly recommend putting a 60cm draw in the last bolt before the middle anchor, and unclipping the one after it as soon as possible.

It took me a while to figure out the crux in the first attempt. On the second try, I cruised past the crux, but overestimated my remaining juice in the final bulge, took a nice fall. Third time's the charm! It even felt quite easy then. I should try harder stuff more often.

I just wanted to give it another shot, not thinking that I'm ready to get past the final bulge. To my surprise, it worked out! I'm only reluctantly logging this as pink point though, since I had the first two bolts clipped...

Really hard to read at first, but my solution ended up being quite simple after all. Not that hard either, if you rest thoroughly before the crux.

Felt too easy after all.

Technical slab in the beginning, gets hard at the very end, with an overhanging dihedral and a couple of traversing moves on tufas. Pretty straightforward once you know how.

Awesome! Hard to read in some parts, therefore no onsight. In the crux, I had to reach across into a mono, pulling up into far away, semi-good holds. Didn't expect to send this on the second go!

Another 8+/9- that felt more like an 8+ to me. The crux out of the overhang is hard to onsight (none of us made it), but totally doable if you know how. I struggled more in the slabby, slopery remainder. Somehow, this was very exhausting even though I had no pump or even heavy breathing. Great route!

Seems rather on the 8+ side. In any case, an awesome route!

I had the first to two bolts already clipped and gave the bouldery crux at the beginning one or two shots before going with the static solution ("eingedreht nach rechts"). I actually found the upper parts harder, and much appreciated the extension of the fourth quickdraw. I ended up putting my right hand in the crack of ASC Weg (but still within reach of my bolts), not sure how fair game that was.

Taping the left index and ring finger helped a lot with the sharp pocket in the beginning.

Short boulder, yet sustained! Hard to figure out at first, and having two quickdraws in the third bolt is good idea to avoid an ugly fall in the crux.

Had the second bolt clipped (for peace of mind and a bit because I didn't expect to send it), but I don't think it mattered much.

I'd put the grade rather on the 8+ side, but maybe it's easier with more reach.

Finally! I couldn't recall any of my past beta, so it took one attempt to figure it out again, then another one to make all the mistakes and fail horribly, and a third where I finally just committed to my dyno solution without clipping first. Fun!

Technical boulder at the start, then a tough, sustained upper section.

1st pitch only

Amazing extension of Harley Davidson, but really hard for me. Happy to just arrive at the top 😊

You'd expect the crux to be the bulge in the first half or the rooflet, but those are actually quite easy. It's the crimpy finish that gets you. Really great route, I just didn't want to overstrain my injured finger with a second go.

Thought I had the crux already behind me when I passed the tufa, but then I got totally thrown off in the sharp rock near the end. Couldn't find a good solution even after resting. Worth another try though!

I should have guessed from the name that it's going to be reachy in the overhang... Good moves, but it felt like a weak line with Lykakia so close to it :-/

It took me quite a while to figure out a good beta for me, both for the crux at the second bolt as well as for the finish.

I had to puzzle a lot in the lower part. Strangely, my solution involves using a small pinch-like hold on the left that nobody else seems to use. Maybe it's just my bad footwork? Anyways, the actual crux at the top was even more difficult for me, and it took me a while to realize that it's just a reachy move to the very top right. It seemed way too far at first, but I guess traversing away from the bolt also blocked me mentally. I extended the next bolt with a 120cm sling, which helped a bit on the next go. It should be fine to do without that.

Very cool, but holding onto the arête is very much not my strong suite. I clipsticked almost every bolt but I think I did most of the moves at least. I'd need to be more in shape for this...

The crux is the 4-5 boulder moves to the first bolt (wouldn't do this without either a crash pad or clipsticking it). I've tried it a couple of times, but only half-stuck it once, and then couldn't figure out how to repeat that. I think seeing someone else doing it might have helped. I didn't want to exhaust myself on a boulder, so I went past it and finished the rest in one go. It's not too hard anymore, but you have to stay with it.

I can actually do this!

Seems to be a great route! I couldn't do the crux move from the tiny crimp to the pocket, but it's doable. The rest is strenuous yet enjoyable. I should give it another shot when I'm stronger.

The bolts were already in, and more importantly: there was a long sling in the anchor. I got cleanly to right before the reachy section (great so far). Had to rest, but it turned out to be quite doable for me. The only 8+ part seems to be the moves right before the anchor. Sweating in the sun and feeling like everything else in the route was more rewarding than this, I pulled myself up the sling

Went in here based on Samo's recommendation. Fought my way to the third bolt but couldn't make it through the wide dihedral. Some guys came and informed me that most people consider this at least 7b, and I'm only at the first, easier crux. this_kills_the_ambition.jpg At least they generously left me their clipstick, which I used to escape to a fixed draw of the neighboring route and clean it, since this one is just expansion bolts.

There were quickdraws in, so I gave it shot. Couldn't do the move after the fourth bolt.

Hard to the anchor, couldn't do it. Nice route, otherwise!

Promising along the first four bolts, then I couldn't figure it out at all. Talked to a local later, and the beta he gave me didn't sound doable for me...