Ascents climbed between 2023-7-00 and 2023-09-30 by Josh Ellis having Sport CPR

Banger! Thanks Will Gregson and Tom for spraying me down.

Wild exposure and some funky angles on this one!

Absolute pump fest! So fun though. It’s says “shade all day” which is sorta’ true the bolts are in shade, but the holds aren’t! Some hot slopers by 11 am! https://youtu.be/Ssp6t4_gZKM?si=fK8RaydJO-MS0jRh

Great, pumpy endurance climbing, no real hard moves. Biffed it second shot with silly beta at the top. Third go was a winner.

Mega fun roofiness! Thought I was on for it second shot but punted near the end so had to give it a third to finish it off. Probably more like 26 if your kneebar game is strong! Bit of excitement when Stanislav Likane broke a draw!

Was gonna’ try for the onsight but saw Kwin pull some rad moves through the crux. She gave me a few pointer and I came up with a plan on the ground. I then decided to ignore all of that and do the opposite to make it feel more onsighty! 😂 Much like the other routes here surprisingly hard straight of the ground!

Jordan Edwards was the sacrificial beta lamb, just scraped through the crux thanks to his sacrifice. Great route.

Fun lil’ arvo sesh after lunch. Harder than anticipated! Maybe because the sun tried to blind me through the crux!

Linked both pitches with the tree start for the ultimate classic. Builds nicely in terms of difficulty, exposure and spacing. Brilliant experience!

Good, fun, hug hauling. The highlight was definitely cutting both feet to try and alleviate my dual cramping hammy’s! Thankful for the fixed hangers as I probably wouldn’t have tried. 🙏

Cool features with some interesting technical corner climbing in the second half, unfortunately the rock quality lets it down, maybe it’d clean up nice if it got more action? Zero chalk and significant levels of choss made for a highly engaging onsite!

Fun flowy route! I honestly found “Sushi Quest” harder though, and that seemed about 23 to me. Caroline Chang assures me this one is harder though. 🤷‍♀️

Nice to get redemption on this one after being so close on the flash go last trip. Thanks James benefer for the putting ‘er up and the send catch!

Good fun!

‘Bout bloody time.

Onsighted the crux then fell off above on what turned out to be good holds (only if you hold ‘em in the right bit!) good fight though!

Many outrageous drive-bys… that I managed to avoid! Pretty exciting foot pop on the send go that I wish I caught on film!

Crimps felt crisp-y today, still a two-er though. Sick onny by a haggard Chris Martinez though!

Tried a silly match on the onny go. Bloody sweaty condies second go but felt pretty chill.

Tried to avoid the undercling that looks like it might fall off on the onsight. Pulled on it second go and made it much easier! Great route. Nice to know I still get up a 25!

Bloody hard I thought! But I’m a bit crap at the more dynamic stuff. So surprised when I made the big move and even more surprised by stayed on! Love how the tempo changes on the head wall.

Spicy goodness! Got more pumped than expected on this one!

Big moves on good holds. Fun!

2 stars for the amount of laughs, screams and general tomfoolery. Onsight was a shambles, didn’t even finish. Second go at the end of the day, felt pretty cruisy. Crux is definitely the 21!

Mega classic! Arapiles quality rock and moves.

1.1x goes for me, fell off the first move, lowered then went to the top. 99% onsight still doesn’t count unfortunately! Seemed to be the theme of the day, everyone blew their first go on something silly. Oh well, we had a lot of fun!

Thought I’d salvage the day when I realised “Brother” wasn’t going to go down. Felt pretty chill with the beta and some fresh skin!

Misjudged the sloper on the ony (as I’m sure many people do!) went pretty easy second go. Fun, gymnastic climbing.

Good route. Techie edges. Much better edges than I was expecting for the grade at the angle.

Bloody pumpy warm up!

Not sure it gets much action, no chalk and pretty bloody rough on the skin. Nearly bloody punted at one point. Might be a bit friendlier with more traffic.

Interesting, thought provoking climbing throughout. Pretty tricky onsight I reckon!

First go felt impossible with my old beta being probably 10 degrees warmer than last time I tried it! Tried Matthew Follent beta which was definitely better and managed a clean top rope lap, just out of beans and skin by the time I figured it out. Maybe next year! 🤷‍♀️

Good route but miserably cold. 🥶

Fun one!

Hadn’t planned to climb this one as the tips were screamin’ but had to go up to get the draws down. Bit choss on the bottom but lovely rock up top.

Tried this years ago, too scared to finish. Felt nice today, top is still spooky!

Also tried years ago and did not finish. Felt good today even at the end of the day.

Nice to turn this dog into a tick from last time. Felt pretty chill today.

Nice to put away a few dog faces from last trip.

2 ties-ins. Thought I had the ony when I fought through the undercling crux first go but couldn’t figure out the second crux. Frustratingly fell a couple of times on the first crux on my second tie-in. Beautiful route.

Pumpy warm up!

Just as pumpy as “chopped” I reckon!

Felt kinda’ lost the whole way!

Rock on this one feels like if Arapiles was on a 45 deg tilt. Fun but I was still feeling a bit shaky from previous trip.

Went up twice, once to put the draws on for Caroline Chang, then again to clean. Wish I hadn’t! Got totally flash pumped on the onsight found a seeping pocket, rope fell down a hole, etc. The second go didn’t feel any more enjoyable tbh! No idea why this one gets the stars, least favourite route at “VDL”.

Pumpy warm up.