Ascensioni in World da Scott Godwin

Stupid shoulder feeling pretty flakey again. Nothing hard for me today.

Surprisingly awesome. Consistent, thought provoking moves the whole way.

Launched up this without any idea what it was. Climbed up as far as the grotty wide crack with the grass in the top, looked down at my gear 5m below my feet and the pointy ledge thing 5m below that and decided discretion was the better part of valour. Downclimbed back to my gear, built a belay to bring John up, then traversed 2m right into the next crack system over and finished easily to the top.

With John. Really nice, cruisy long pitch.

Climbed it again to retrieve some gear for Baz.

Can't claim the onsight because I watched Phil climb it and looked at the gear for the upper slab on the way down from Ice Nine. Still very awesome though. Great steep jambing followed by nice crack and face climbing topped off with a scary runout slab. Great stuff.

I think this is what I did with John? I think I might have done it before on the first visit years ago. Nice enough.

With John.

Took the opportunity to top rope it with Baz and Phil. Managed it clean first go but it felt pretty desperate. Its very excellent but I don't think I'm ready to lead this just yet. Potential ground fall from the ledge at 1/3 height.

Really good. Felt a bit tough for 15, which is what it gets in the guide.

With John. 1st multipitch for him (although it would probably be ok as one rope-stretching pitch). A pretty classic bumble in an unbeatable location.

Tricky balancy slappy weirdness.

The only thing gayer than the name is the three bolts. Nice route though. I'll come back with some big cams and do it properly.

Really good. Struggled with the tricky start which was made considerably more tricky by being completely saturated and slimy with seepage.

Following Baz and Phil. Great moves. Easier than it looks. Should have led it.

Nice.

With Baz and Phil. Struggled with an elusive fingerlock at about 1/3 height, pumped out came down for a rest. Swapped yo-yo style with Baz, who came down after doing all the hard moves. Clean to top on second go. Should get it next time. Awesome little route.

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.

With Laura. Continually interesting climbing on the first pitch, fun chimney moves on the second. Could easily be linked as one long pitch to the bolts.

Seconding Laura. Really fun, long pitch.

Fantastic route! Very solid for 19. Sat on the gear in the bouldery section down low . Couldn't get my fingers into the thin layback flake thing so had to suck it up and commit to the big moves between jugs. Clean the rest of the way. Awesome fun steep jammyness and funky bridging up high.

Sensational overhanging jugs and jams with masses of bomber gear everywhere you look.

Finally got around to getting the falling out of my system on the second last day at Araps. This one was suitably hard. Fell onto a small brass nut down low, then came off three times at the upper finger lock crux before giving up and pulling through on gear, only to find the sneaky hold hidden over the lip. Maybe next time. Awesome route though, hard for the grade. Felt like it would get 22 at Frog.

Seconding Laura.

Amazing. Full value for the grade. Huge atmosphere with scary run out moves to get established in the crack. Belayed on the big ledge then linked P2 and 3 from there to the 3 pin belay together, which worked well. Extra entertainment provided by our stupid friends doing Mr chicken at the same time.

Climbed to access Scorpion Crack. Can't believe I fell off this. Got crack vision and didn't find the face holds that make it way easier to pull past the wide section.

Seconded Andrew up this uber classic scarefest. Kind of wish I'd scored the lead but we'd already made a deal. Awesome, old school trad thrashing up one of the most striking lines I've ever seen. Trying to clean the first bit of gear without falling off the ledge into the gaping void was entertaining. The spurt weanies have no idea what they're missing out on.

Fantastic absorbing climbing, fiddly small gear, slightly runout cruxy moves. Big smiles.

Third pitch is amazing.

With James. Incredible nut placements on the first pitch. Nearly ran out of draws because I was having so much fun sinking one bomber nut after another. Belayed in the cave then climbed right and up steep juggy wall above, which may have actually been p2 of CS concerto?

Got a bit off-route on p2 and ended up finishing on a shortish pitch of about 16 around the left. Sounds like we missed the best of the route. Will have to do it again next time.

First couple of pitches only then bailed from the rap anchors as it was getting late.

First pitch only. Very nice.

Seconding Laura

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.