Ascents in Queensland by Scott Godwin

Cleaning topropes.

Putting a top rope up for my workmates. Two moves then chossy bumbling to anchor.

The onsight attempt that I'd been putting off for ages. Felt pretty good all the way up to the crux steepness. Rested for ages in the nice jams then tried to climb through but couldn't make the fingerlock stick and fell. Got it relatively easily after a rest on the rope. Bummed to blow the onsight but happy that I finally got on this. Probably the best route I've done at Frog.

Good fun but a bit dirty. Didn't really feel any harder than Sacrilege Crack to me. Got my elbow stuck near the top. I was glad that Cam convinced me to take two # 6s.

Seconding Laura.

Really good. Plenty of big gear helped reduce the stress level.

Accessing Faki

Placing the gear for Kristin.

With Cam. Very hot and tired after the track work day. Pulled on the gear in the wide section. Couldn't be arsed.

With James.

With James.

Crack climbing lessons for Penny and James.

Felt much better than last time. Shoulder is still pretty flakey but feels like its getting stronger. Just have to avoid making it worse now.

A couple of laps to see how the shoulder would cope. Not too bad. Have to be very careful not to pull hard on thumbs down jams though. Might be stuck at the lower grades for a bit longer.

A few slow cautious laps to test out both the top rope solo system and the new shoulder injury. Both have a few kinks and need work.

Bolts looked ok? Anchor is a bit of crappy Herb special though. Nice climbing anyway.

Seconding Tom. Tricky moves. Struggled quite a bit on the slopers.

Spazzed up the first mantle. The second one was ok.

Warmups. This route feels like an onsight every time. So many confusing holds. Good climbing though.

Had another look at this on top rope. Wondered how the injured pulley would feel on that hard crimp. Answer - not good. Oh, well another one to file away in the 'one day when I'm not injured' category.

Again on top rope to clean the gear.

Nice moves but the rock is a bit suspect.

Couldn't even make it past the first hard move today. . .

Stuck my hand straight into a huge pool of water in the jug. Ended up resting on the bolt to dry my hands before doing the rest. Seemed soft for the grade. Certainly easier than the 19 just to the left.

Fell at the crux a couple of times before I worked it out. Seemed pretty hard for the grade. Would probably get 21 in some places.

Took a reasonably big fall from just below the third bolt when I came off one of the crappy small pocket things. Came in a bit hard on my right ankle and decided to call it a day.

With Graham. Warmups

I think this is what I did. So many bolts on this wall now its hard to know what's what. Kind of contrived, but had some interesting moves on the headwall.

Had a crack on Tom's draws. Grabbed the second one to clip, but I think I have it sussed. I really suck at steep stuff, but this feels like a much more reasonable proposition now than the first time I tried it ages ago. Hopefully I'll get it next time I'm up there.

Again to clean the gear.

Tried the move from the slopey crimp in the mini horizontal break up to the next flake multiple times. Eventually gave up when the blood blister on my finger exploded. Worth coming back for though.

Spooged out of the sandpit above the crux.

Better than it looks.

Had a go after Nathan realised that he'd brought the wrong size cam and bailed from the third bolt. It didn't go well at all. Feeling lousy and getting super pumped on everything.

Warmups, then again to clean the gear.

Minced my finger in one of the locks. I'm enjoying trying some of these harder KP classics, even it is only on TR. The various injuries seem to be holding up pretty well. I think this one is still well beyond my lead ability at the moment.

With Cam. This one is always nice, but I tweaked the dodgy shoulder a bit and decided to take it easy for the rest of the morning. Erg will have to wait for next time.

My hazy memory told me that this climb was more fun than it really is. Only a couple of nice moves around the little rooflet thing, then the rest of it is pretty average thrutching.

Cruised the bottom and figured out a better way to do the crux. Still feels pretty desperate though. Maybe I am capable of leading this. . .

Seconding Laura.

Finally!

Seconding Laura. She got it clean this time. Woohoo!

Fell off the lower crux on the second try. Was feeling pretty tired and was getting a bit sketched out trying to clip the gear in a couple of spots.