攀登 in Lois Lane Wall

Would be a classic if the rock was better in the middle.

A good warm-up route.

With Nat. One tricky/good move and the rest is worthless..

Inconsequential.

A few fun moves despite the copious amounts of lichen. Better than I expected.

Forgot a sling at the top of the cliff so got to lead this beauty again, after we had already packed everything up. Oh well.

Climbed it in a drizzle. Amazing how much moisture lichen and moss absorb.

Was time to start upping the grades on our Araps trip. This is where it started. The very first move is the crux. A tough mantle to a blind jug. Fall would mean a FF2 and/or landing on Steve's head. But got it clean. Rest of climb is super easy.

committing to start. bit grotty

With Steve Greig. Very nice. The rockover is always amusing.

I'm 193cm tall. Placed a high cam at the start at full stretch to protect the crux rockover move.

Interesting

Surprisingly fun!

Wow! Super technical. You can have handholds or footholds but not both. Would be a very demanding lead. I think gear was OK but placing it very hard.

X-Rated on lead. Could not get low traverse move but able to work out the rest. Will never lead but happy to top rope.

Beautiful moves, fun climbing. Only the gear is... sketchy, fiddly, barely there. I'll stick to toproping this one.

My shoes were wet so I skidded all over the place. Somehow managed to claw my way to the top without falling off.

There is very little point doing this route on TR…. And I never intend to lead it. But hey, it gets me out of the house and another send for the bub

TR pre inspection.

Headpoint. Not really X-rated with the right gear, but fairly engaging. Not a good first of the grade.

got it second shot.

sprained middle finger tendon in mono...ended climbing for the easter weekend

lovely climb

with Ed and Age, awesome moves and very technical. Did all the moves and now need to link it up.

getting that mono really is desperate for midgets