Ascents by Lee Cujes having Distinct route

7/8/05: 2nd. 3/5/03: My hardest onsight to date. I was so off this!

My second Frog 24 onsight. Felt great.

Oh Cass, the memories! It was worth it wasn't it? You're in the guidebook now!

p1 only. Snapped a hold and started falling, looked down and saw trad, and found another gear - overdrive.

A Monty route, climbed with Monty. Some of the best rock around up high, pretty impressive. You have to jam a cam in a critical pod which is your handhold which I actually thought was cool. Don't be put off by the rusty U-bolts, they're fine. Needs some stainless mallions added to anchor.

Accessed via 80m rap and swing. p1 onsight, then rapped and stripped the gear for Azza's flash. Really fantastic pitch of climbing. Rather than p2 which was wet and vegetated, climbed p2 of Charlie Don't Surf which was actually harder than p1.

Dodgy guidebook meant I needed to have brackets dropped to me from the top on the onsight. Team onsight? Sam did awesome photos.

Super thin trad fingercrack. A few pieces were in the start, I placed the rest onsight. Felt pretty easy thanks to my feminine yet masculine Micah Dash chiselled tips.

Short, steep and hard.

[1/4] A couple of small cams and wires were the pro. Large fall potential onto a good piece, and higher up the top, groundfall possibility but much easier climbing.

[4/5] fourth shot

Eliminated aid for FFA, grade 24. [2]

Cleaning up an old dog. Damn hard crux move!

This was an old dog from years ago. Super insanely happy to NOT fall off the top. Ended up dynoing off tiny monos to the clifftop and just stuck it.

Took a cam this time and was much happier. Still a tricky proposition up the top. [2]

Set off at 8:35am, topped at 1:10pm. p1 15: 2nd. Junk. p2 22: OS. Shitting myself on the Tibroesque trad slab p3 21: 2nd. More scary slab shit. p4 23: OS. Steep(ish) black pocket pitch, pumpy with pack on. Very good. p5 22: 2nd. Slabby pocket corner pitch. Classic. p6 24: OS. Orange gently overhung pocket pitch. Classic. p7 23M1. Tried to free, fell, did the aid move, rest OS.

Scene of Mark's hardest onsight. It was THE most incredible thing I have ever witnessed! He poured blood and sweat and life juice into just staying on. He was WAY out above his gear (three small brass wires) doing super committing moves when he screamed "Argh I'm off!" and his feet came away and he dropped the cam he was holding. Instead of falling, he started campussing wildly and got to a better hold and punched in a cam. There were these two guys who had just climbed the 16 corner who were watching with eyes as big as saucers. They were filming it too - I wish I could find them and get the tape!

[0/7]

Bridging. I love it. The route really needs a good sandblasting though.

Two rests on second pitch

about 6 rests on top rope

Trad crack - gear was in. One fall down low, then flashed the rest.

Shithouse final bolt placement.

Big fall onto blue alien