Ascensioni in New York da Paul Frothy Thomson

Looks great, climbs great, but -unfortunately- the main crux is EXTREMELY contrived. Regardless, it's a pleasant thin face climb with worthwhile moves, and not too hard at the grade. The lack of a true anchor is very strange.

Great! Old-school face-climbing. A rational, independent line, up a nice slice of rock, with all manner of cool moves... though probably pretty challenging at the grade. I did this solely as a sport climb, but if you're climbing closer to the grade, consider bringing 2 x #2 cams to keep it sane.

Clean Repeat. Aaaah, I remember when I was so stoked to tick this back in the day... It's actually pretty bouldery, and I'm surprised weakPaul(TM) could even get up it. Much steeper than it looks, quite punchy, but very short. A true "line" up the wacos. My pick of the best route of the day.

Clean repeat. Short but really sweet. Some pretty hard moves for the grade, I thought.

17 June 2011.

17 June 2011.

17 June 2011.

22 August 2010.

16 Oct 2009.

16 Oct 2009.