Ascents by Vanessa Wills having Distinct route

Supercedes thc, worth going all the way to the top

Type 2 fun today, my fingers are really worn through. Used first bolt to TR start as no gear below, and had a fixed wire, as FA team did ready to clip at both cruxes.

FFA. 3rd visit over 3 years. The recent activity in the area made me pull my finger out. I really like this. Pretty technical. Had the gear all lined up in the order it went in as always found the bouldery 5m crux pretty hard

FFA. Unless someone else wants to claim it, spotted this line last year, it took way too much skin and climbing days (3) but finally got the 3 sequences linked(success rate after figuring out the moves 70% first, 20% second, 30% third). Not that keen on having an accident on Flinders, so led it with 3 bits of gear- red C3, small wire, purple C3 and one more red C3 to top out.

Did 24 variant Pitch 1, second, and led pitch 2. Took a few falls before figuring crux. Freezing day. Stellar route.Best 2 pitch route in the world!!!!

With Neil, led 3 and 4. Several rests seconding second pitch in the final 8 metres. All else clean. The light on the waterfall was brilliant

Well the start and end were good, suspect some rope assistance through the low crux and the upper one needed more work. Spent some time brushing someone else’s excessive chalk and tick marks- lest anyone think it was us, but it needs a good shower to clean it off. Will have to get fitter and return

Finger and toe destroying. Diabolical start again if you can't reach crimp from horn foothold. Once I managed that I was not going to fall off. I have no ambition to lead this. Nice climbing, lots of fragile flakes.

First araps 25. Felt like the 23 actually but more sustained

Surprised to see this as 25 as I did it second go. 2 boulder problems that were tricky. Maybe I am climbing ok.worthy of 2 new bolts to replace rusty carrots

Muscle memory works. More like 24 for shorties and probably 23 if you dont have to do 2 big deadpoints like me

Not sure its 25, though it may feel like that on lead.

Maybe only 24, but we weren’t placing gear on lead. Great fun. A direct start looks possible which would definitely be 25. Well protected but could feel fiddly on an onsight attempt.

The Heberdens nodules are making thin cracks tricky. I used to like them. Ended up going up LLL and stepping across when I could finally bridge. Shoulder not happy. Heatstroke. Definitely despairing and feel like carrion feast.

Late in afternoon after black rock has been baking all day was not a good time to reacquaint myself with this route

Can I blame adam demmert for making this polished? First 2 goes it felt impossible after getting to second piton, but third go I went from second piton to finish clean. But just can't figure out how to reach into the finger lock at that point.

Like being at the bouldering gym

Great climbing but the crux feels very reachy. I then have to jump to get to the cam placement. Another trip maybe.....

Lead attempt ended at bolt. Took a while to sort moves into crack, and then still having trouble with the exit.

Step one, build cairn so can reach holds, 2, pivot around into undercling, 3 kneebar, 4 lay back, 5 fall off. Did this about 10 times. Then foolishly volunteered to clean Dave's Sat upon gear

5m of hard climbing after the roof

Got 2/3 up before the cold fingers did me in. Up my alley for sure.

Has 4 bolts, need to work on start which I wasn't going to do with belayer 25 m up due to ledge fall potential.

Too hot in sun, fingers too worn, basically too weak today. One shot only. Good route but some of the rock is shonky.

I just couldn’t make Dave’s beta work, though he used mine! A good bouldery problem but the move into the upper left hand crack was very frustrating for me.

Bit less of a ghost, managed to stick crux and then do exit moves, which are tricky if you can't reach. Fortunately having watched talented short people boulder, the old toe hook over the head move was pulled out and worked! Now to try and do it all in one go.

Delicate and technical, my beta is quite different to Dave’s due to reach differences. Just have to remember it.... it involves going further right and a small foot pebble.

Tried this once before years ago, still feels outrageously hard and reachy. I can get to good hold under roof with effort. Seeing the 24 to the left is so straightforward this maybe should be 26? Way harder than 97%MF

Hmm, sweet to 3rd bolt, could likely sort traverse, but the move from the undercling is way too reachy, even with feet of dyno