攀登 in Shipley Lower as Clean

Seconding Monty. I still love this route. Sure, it has a few sections of average rock, but I'd say they're offset by far more interesting climbing than your usual easy-grade crack fare.

An awesome climb to finish an epic day, topping out at sunset! Linked pitch 2&3, some spice 🌶 on pitch 3.

Approach: followed the trail instead of ducking the fence at Sail Away wall. Had to bush bash up to regain cliff line.

P1: went pretty briskly: stems, hops and a couple of very smooth holds that are a bit scary if you've got sweaty fingers. Looked much harder on lead due to the marginal/fiddly pro. May even have used a finger lock - advantages of swollen joints?

P2: I enjoyed the stemming and the spacing of good holds was just right. Slightly soft for 20. Used laybacks to make some ground, and hand jams as a rest for tired fingers. Belay stance was terrible for our party of 3 - gear and rope everywhere, leader hanging below the ledge kinda in the way, not really a good place for me to sit or hang as second. I dropped my shoe (which very luckily landed on the ledge at the top of P1 before Ollie started climbing).

P3: easier than the first pitch but still tricky due to lack of pro. I ran it out as much as I could without risking hitting the ledge too hard; C4#0.3, 0.75, over-cammed 2 and a thread, probably could have stitched an extra small wire in down low too. Couple of thought-provoking sequences felt more like 17 than 15. For the last few metres, went up the R face using the least fragile jugs I could find. Tree anchor because I didn't see the bolts.

Exit: long bush bash around gully, across creek, then up the other side. There are huge strips of bark and leaves everywhere - if there's a trail there we couldn't see it.

I thought it was a classic while climbing, for the interesting steepness and stemming, but after debriefing I was convinced the marginal pro and variable rock quality detracts especially on lead.

Mega classic! Reminds me of Catch the Wind at Engineers Cascade, but easier. Linked pitches 2 and 3.

Repeat. This time 2nding No-Chalk Rob on his ascent. Absolutely brilliant (WAY better than I remember), though definitely harder than 17 in the 2nd half. One of the best easy-ish cracks in the Blue Mountains. Mostly great rock and demanding climbing, though a tiny smattering of loose-rock and inconsequential vegetation. Ummm... Maybe don't do this if you're expecting a gr17 climb, though.

Tried to climb this with Dad and Harry as a bit of a joke. I dont know what we did but i don't think this was it! Awful thrashy first pitch to nice climbing up a wide corner crack with -enormous- gear to ledge and death traverse protected by two micro nuts and a slung ironstone block followed by a scrubby mantle - maybe a first ascent(?) but too embarrassing to want to have your name under it!!

Failed leading P2, then only just got up it clean on 2nd! Still a brilliant route - good moves, good rock, good pro and sustained.

Excelent gear in the seccond pitch! Get in early, the top gets sun before noon.

Awesome Climb with some good exposure and some excellent moves on the second pitch. Next time will go for the big lead!

Yes - Mega Classic it is. Seconded both pitches - Recovering from rotator cuff injury No 1.

very enjoyable!