Ascents of Sweet Dreams Left Variant as Clean

Showing a friend around who was new to the blue mountains. Second in approach shoes.

Not as easy or as nice as I remembered!

Led pitch 3/4 and 5 this time.

The sun was in my eyes and couldn't see any holds. Cool climbing though. Definitely better than the easier finish! One day I'll feel confident enough to lead a multipitch :p

Fantastic views

First Multipitch , battled the wind and slight rain....great ADDICTING experience, will definitely return for another go, possibly a different variant. All in all a great day out!!

With BMAC guides Alex and Cairo

Lead p1 p2 p4

So, I realised every time I've logged this climb; I've done the one not on the arete, but in between it and the corner.

Well, now that I've done the real variant finish; I can say that it is definitely much better (and easier, I think).

(Fixed the old logs now)

with Khoi Bui

Repeat, seconding Guns on his very ever Multi. Probably the best pitch of CLIMBING on the entire route. Actual climbing moves, nice exposure, and an interesting final exam to any prospective multipitcher.

In all it was a fun adventure. Led the traverse pitch, which was a big thing for me since traverses scare the hell out of me! The 17 pitch was really nice after 5 pitches of relatively straightforward climbing.

What a great route! We linked together pitches 3, 4 and 5. Awesome climbing on jugs and great exposure on the 5th pitch.

Beautiful climb. Nice and airy on the arete on last pitch

Leap frogging with Gaby, I lead pitches 1, 3 and 6 (we linked 4 and 5) The variant finish is well worth while - best pitch and exposure of the whole route.

best section on whole climb. got off it right on dark

In Trainers

My first multipitch - it was bloody fantastic!

nice, liked the finish

first real multi pitch! easy climbing with great views

This is SOOO good. Massive exposure. Nice holds. Nice moves. Much better than the rest of Sweet Dreams.

bloody slings!