Ascents by Jim Lister

Good clean fun.

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Ripper.

The most all time of all time. Third go after biffing it lost crux last night. Best 26 in the country without a doubt.

As good as they come.

Wow this is so hard it will never go…

Wow sent this route, it’s so easy now.

Lovely. Went down quicker than I thought it would. Dynamic knee bars all the way.

Hadn’t been on this in a long time. Straight to the chains first go, a real treat to climb. 10/10.

So good! Much nicer than its neighbour. First go best go of the day, highly recommend.

Last tick of the summer down under. Lovely route. Tomahawk is the next goal, gotta do some bouldering first.

Ooft. More like Totally Amused, am I right? Haha 😎

Such a good route, the gear protected start is great in its own right, and then the wild fridge hugging, knee-barring head wall is such a pleasure! Pretty psyched to have such a proud line as my first 25 onsight, highly reccomend!

Done on the first red point burn after a feel of the top on top rope. What a ripper line, super fun start to finish. Maybe one of the best on the Mount?

Second go. Really good route, not as classic as its big dog neighbours but still really great movement in a really stellar position. Don’t sleep on this one!

Second go after getting rained out first. Good fun.

Good old technical arete climbing.

One of my favourite routes in the gorge. Amazing rock, unreal position and beautiful movement. 10/10!

First of the grade in the final few days of the trip. What a stellar route. Very excited to have finally put it all together after a few too many falls where I shouldn’t have.

First RP burn after a beta lap or two the other day. Terrific!

Onsighted the second pitch (the money pitch) swinging leads with Adele. Last bolted pitch was surprisingly bomber too. Very good day.

Second go after biffing of the start. 4 stars if ever there were that many to give.

On our last day got it pretty well dialed to one fall. Took one of the bigger whips of my life punting off the jug before the final hard moves. Next time I’m in North America this will be high on the list for sure.

Doesn’t get much better!

My vote for best route on the cliff!

Chop the bolts and it would be 4 stars

Chop the bolts! Goes better on gear.

Terrific.

Meh

Done with one sit. The top few moves are so fun!

Dropped it at the second bolt on the OS then straight to the top. Very fun.

Best 25 on the wall?

Linked everything on the first go except for two sections. Neither felt show stopper, just required some out-of-the-box thinking to gain the next clip at each stage. Doesn’t feel far off going in a single push. Excited for the next burn.

Like playing the lottery. Some times the stars align, but more often than not you’re left sad, dejected and reeling in a lump on the ground.

First go of the day. Has been on my mind since last summer. Psyched to have gone to the chains in a single pitch this morning.

Funky and fun.

Contender for the worlds hardest 19.

This route demands a blood tax, and the blood tax has been paid.

Second go. Great climbing. Keen to try the direct start to end up in a beautifully straight line.

Very enjoyable. Delicately powerful with some great moves.

What a route. Full of class bottom to top. Has been a really journey working on this and it’s lovely to see the effort rewarded in such a clean fun send. Well worth every bit of effort.

Jumped on this late yesterday. Incredible bit of rock, amazing gear and beautiful moves. The Yangs just doesn’t stop giving.

Off-width at the top is a lovely way to end a beautiful line. Can’t wait to get the RP on this asap.

It’s all about the feet.

Should have one bolt, probably harder than 21.