Ascensiones en Britten Crag como Onsight

Better than expected, and characteristic Britten: a low boulder problem leads to a jug haul. Still, steeper than some above the crux.

Cracking moves traversing under and over the roof, deserves at least a star!

Melting point is 25 too, right?!

surprising ly solid horn feature at second bolt. line is cramped on headwall, might veer onto Beer hunter holds

Chuffed with the onsight on this one, as the crux is quite tricky and hard to read. Uncharacteristic climbing for Britten.

Had to fight for this one at the end of the day. Nearly blew it at the top but managed to mantle out as my hands pried themselves open.

For Britten, I reckon this route is a classic at the grade. Consistently interesting and good rock quality. Only problem was the profligate ticking of holds. Since I only used 25% of them, I’m still claiming the onsight. Buy a brush people, and bloody use it!

Probably 22 the way I did it, going left at the finish. Rather contrived not to though, as the ledges naturally lead left. Once and done!

The crux crimp came off in my hand but managed to stay on and send. Dirty, but decently fun, especially in the upper crack.

A bit wandery from side to side to figure out the sequence, but reasonably logical. Needs another bolt at the top to be a proper sport climb.

A contender for the worst route I’ve ever done. Wet, dirty, minging hard crux right off the ground, then an awkward ramble. Had to do it though, as it’s one of the few grade 24+ routes at Britten than remained to be ticked. Not recommended for any other purpose!

Finally dry at the start. Soft for the grade, but fun and juggy.

Short boulder crux, then mental

Crux at the start, beautiful climbing after

Crux at Bottom- easy

Some well chalked up dummy holds on this

Cranky bottom section on slimpers, then fairly easy

Bit slippery down low, and looked dirty up high but the holds were clean. Lotsa jugs

2019 Port hills 300

Awesome true onsight, great holds all the way up, plenty of clipping jugs in the steepness. A few wobbly blocks but they seem keyed

very reachy start, even hard off cheater stones

Steeper than it looks, just like pulling plastic in the gym 🦾

I wasn’t expecting the thin crux at the top, which definitely kept things interesting. Bit of a ramble in the middle though.

Fun boulder problem start quickly deteriorates to utter choss, which then leads to a thin crux on comparatively good rock that is barely independent of Sacrificial Leg. Worth doing, once.

Really excellent climbing throughout. Hard to read, so I was chuffed to onsight this one.

Short and sweet!

Some pretty fun moves on this one.

Fun as! Nothing overly hard, just lactic acid and smiles the whole way.

Somehow this route had escaped my attention until now. Mucho guano, but great jug hauling through the upper roof.

Excellent route, one of the better 23s at Britten.

The choice line of the wall. Consistently interesting route finding with a couple of cruxes.

A fine and pumpy line.