Ascents in Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd as various tick types

Led the first pitch but it started pouring with rain about half way up, so much so that i had to run it out from about halfway to the belay ledge as i couldnt hang on to the slippery holds for long enough to put the bolt plates on. Rapped off and did the long hike out in the rain. Saw the mountain goat on lunch ledge when we went back to collect our gear. (I was 14)

A fun outing. Good rock and nice positions. Interesting techy climbing. The last pitch was the best - don't skip it!! Fell off near the 2nd last draw on the crux pitch 2 after most of the hard stuff - going for a hold that was good but invisible...

As I bum-slid backwards towards the bolt after p2, unable to stand up due to a mix of exhaustion, overheating and pure terror, I may have considered changing my name and moving to a lonely ashram somewhere in search of whatever the opposite of what I had just experienced was...

Apart from that, it was a pretty rad day out, where everything went mostly as planned and I got to do all other pitches clean! Thanks Henry for coming along and swinging leads 🙂

Hot damn, took up eye to eye with the jug. Not sure about the grade of p1,3,4 maybe 20, 22, 21?

10 hours car to car 1 whip, lead them all, hauled them all Was very fun Last rappel is 50m Evolution in bungonia is better still

Almost every pitch on this deserves classic status in its own right. I was hopelessly outclassed on this. Full throttle from the ground.

P1 pulled on the first draw because busting an ankle at the bottom of the route seemed like a poor plan, otherwise clean. P2 yarded through a few moves, some proper hard moves and very sustained. Tried to lead P3 but got shut down at the roof, then on second swung into space and had to jug back up to the rock. P4 possibly soft, points for exposure and committment perhaps? Still a very fun pitch. P5 turns it back on, I was way too cooked for it, excellent movement. P6 is a cool little finish.

Absolutely outstanding route - I need to get stronger and come back for this. Thanks to Damion for pulling through where I couldn't.

Awesome route, with all pitches having exciting and engaging sections. One of the most consistenly interesting multis out this way. Will be back to clean it up, the two crux sections both got me, but it all goes, and well worth it.

Get in quick, while there are still some holds left! Pitch three was a massive battle - felt more like 24.

I didn't expect and wasn't prepared to be rope gun on every pitch, but Angie got stuck on P1, and P2 and P3 were not short person friendly. So seconded the first half of P1 to below the crux, then onsighted the second half after a belay transition and rest. P1 and P2 were super fun, with pleasant movement and not outrageously powerful, but still extremely committing.

P3 started very hard, a bit cryptic and very punchy. Whipped on the first bolt, and sat on the first couple. Would be fun to try it again with a rope above me.

A very enjoyable and successful day out!

Pitch 1 is a solid 22. Be smart and avoid rope drag. Pitch 4 is a beautiful climb! It has 2 massive questionable hollow flakes the bottom one can land on the belayer. Best not to use them at all which is totally doable. The rest of the pitches are soft.

Righto.. what an epic, had me excited, enthused, regretful and scared all at once. As confused as Peter Dutton in his moral ethics philosophy class. A 70 metre fixed line got us to the lower rap anchors at ledge and we finished the job with tied 60 metre ropes….

The climb itself was cool and engaging due to choss, sling pro and the constant threat of a barn door coming and slapping you across the face as hard as the long d of the US law is coming for Trump. The climbing itself is probably over rated and I’m guessing the 3 stars comes from the overall experience rather than the climbing itself.

After topping the route, we realised we forgot bolt plates and that was the end of the climb out exit plan. After Will took one for the lads and lass and swung across the void to the main wall, we assaulted ourself with a long process of 60m jumar back up the fixed line to the top - not recommended. 11 hours car to car - absolute Goddim and an H pie handed to him but we’ll worth it

Such an awesome route, so so epic.

Did the rap in on 2x 70m ropes, but we managed to get them stuck and couldn't pull them down. Change of plan, pruskiked back to the top, fixed one of the lines to the rap rings, rapped back down the fixed 70 and down again with our other rope the last 35. Added an 1:30, but stoke was still high

Spooky starting stance, but Will's a champion and lead the first. Such a mega pitch, so stunning, so much fun, an all time classic.

I led the second and managed to not throw up from fear, Will followed up behind getting the pitch clean

Third was pretty punchy for the start, lost my footing so I blew the onsite. But after one or two hard moves it mellows right out to the top.

I've never climbed on a piece of rock quite this stunning. Absolutley outrageous, such a great climb

Took us about 8:30 but would've been quicker if we didn't stuff up the start. Used the Welsh Dragon exit

Just fix a 70m for the decent. Avoid rapping in on 2 ropes, it was got idea until it got stuck. Thank you for fixing it Tom!

Led the first pitch and blew a massive foot hold on the traverse, so nerves were high before even getting to the bold parts. Once you're on the arete the rock quality improves a lot. 2nd on the next 2 pitches, got the 22 clean. Scary to get to and back home but an incredible climb. We swung across to exit on welsh dragon. We tied off our fix line at the bottom, made the swing much easier.

Full day adventure, even just getting to the flake required shenanigans. totally unique climbing up literally wafer thin arete. So sick!

This is an epic and hard climb! The traverse is the money pitch, I'm happy to have lead that one. I'd probably do the linkup of the first 3 pitches of 'Contented Cows' if I ever try this again. Starting with the 22 as warmup is not yet my thing. Anyway, I'm quite happy I am able to fully tick this climb!

so so windy i got blown off the wall a few times! good day out, 8 hours car to car taking our sweet time.

Crazy day out, winds started off about 35-40kmh which felt manageable but as soon as we finished pitch 6 a massive storm rolled in. Managed to grit through and top out but the rope got stuck at pitch 7 belay station so I had to gri gri down to rescue it and self belay back up. Took a breather at pitch 9 and finished it. Lesson learnt, respect the weather!!

most of this climb i was stressed about being benighted and was having a pretty awful time. (neglecting to eat out of fear of 'wasting time' definitely did not help). then when we watched the sun go down and shed a tear each for our collectively fragility at the bottom of pitch 7, my worst nightmare had finally come true. and it was fine turns out. At that point, I had the best time ever on the top four pitches singing, being merry, killing rope management, and taking in the sweet sweet moonshadow cascading across the walls of the Grose. not even a wall plagued with funnelwebs could have gotten me down. big ups to boss noodles for the meal and hospitality. no thanks to my weak as piss stomach that couldn't handle our dine and discover feast after subsisting off 1.5 litres of water and 7 peanut m&ms for the 12 hours prior.

A fun day out, the first pitch is hard as everyone knows, but the rest is pretty cruisy, and as it has a couple of easier pitches 8 hours car to car was chill. With a 70 can link pitches 3+4 and 7+8

Epic!! Every pitch is unique and great climbing. Got a bit unlucky with wind gusts pulling us off the wall, so couldn't really climb pitches 7 and 8. Would definitely come back and do it again on better conditions!