Ascent in Mt Tibrogargan as trad by Francois Pieterse

A really good route, but I think we have very different definitions of 'Tree' and 'Ledge'. The belay on top of P1 has pretty good gear near the back and a rather small tree on the edge of the ledge. P3 has sufficient gear and is not very hard, I found it much less committing than parts of the Caves Route that we did later today. I just-just reached the stance on top of P3 with 50m ropes after linking P2 and P3 and the drag was a little rough. I missed the tree belay on top of P4 (probably on account that all the trees looked very shrubby and ended up linking P4 and most of P5. Just 5m from Cave 3 I found bomber gear just in time as the rope ran out again - belay was off and seconds were ready to simulclimb.

We tried to reach the summit by going up the Caves route and got as far as the last pitch before reaching the summit ridge. My big toe was starting to bug me and we were having some trouble finding the last scramble to the top. We went down the Caves route and almost stepped on a snake on the trail.