Photos by sbaclimber

Too bad it had gotten quite cold by this point. Beautiful route if you are warm enough to feel your fingers though. Socialclimber belaying.

Once you have found your way up to it, the Christian Principles Slab has some quality routes on it. CP is a little dirty in spots, but a good exposed steep line non-the-less. Kit is belaying.

I was feeling a bit awkeward here, but once I got the fingerlock above the roof, it was all good. The crack to the left is Hangman, and to my right is Perigrinus and Flying Buttress (respectively l. to r.). Photo by Robo

22x cams (21=BD..., 1=DMM) Not shown: 2x #2-13 BD stopper sets 1x #1-6 BD micro stopper set 3x BD hexes (not a hex person) 1x #0.5-4 Camp tri-cams 1x #1-5 Camp Ballnuts 10x lockers (9=BD...) 4x belay devices (1x8, 2xATC, 1xSRC) 11x quickdraws (10=BD...) 14x BD trad/runner draws 23x BD ovals 1x Grivel nut tool 2x Mammut Infinity ropes 4x 5.10 Hueco shoes 1x BD Half Dome helmet 1x Petzl Elios helmet 2x harnesses (BD Bod/Momentum)

At this point I was still enjoying this route, and looking forward to the wider section where I would be able to use some of my bigger gear. Too bad I had forgotten how greasy it is in that section. Photo by Robo

Steve headed up Oily Bullah. To the left and right of the yellow line are Mysterious Ways and Calling the Flock, 25. On the very red arete further to the right is Mind The Fushia and Cash Cow Machine.

Steve headed up Oily Bullah. To the left and right of the yellow line are Mysterious Ways and Calling the Flock, 25. On the very red arete further to the right is Mind The Fushia and Cash Cow Machine.

Having finally gotten up to where my whole hand fit in the crack, I was starting to feel solid and enjoy this route immensly. Cracker Jac Mac is unfortunately a bit short, but otherwise absolutelly classic! Photo by Stu

Routes according to number:
1) Guilty Conscience
2) Blockhead
3) Magpie
4) Yellow Matter Custard
5) Northwest Passage
6) Cracker Jac Mac
7) Fallen Idol
8) Bidg-itte

Some of the routes according to the numbers:
1) Pethidine Peace
2) Escalade Du Jour
3) Crack Of Delight
4) Fox On The Rocks
5) Broadleaf Lane
6) The Spies Are Out
7) Death By Blocklets
8) The Pidgeons Have Flown

By the numbers:
1) More Than Ewes Can Chew
2) Skylark
3) Nettle
4) Fiction Climb
5) Blaze of Glory
6) Jellied Squeals
7) Once Upon A Planet
8) Cross Your Fingers
9) K3
10) Fish Don't Need Bicycles

This is the external battery pack I made from 3 6v 4.2Ah gel-cells hooked up in series. It is made from 3/4" plywood, screwed together as a box, with a hinged lid.

This is the external battery pack I made from 3 6v 4.2Ah gel-cells hooked up in series. It is made from 3/4" plywood, screwed together as a box, with a hinged lid.

This is after I had soldered the cable to the trigger inside the drill. Some of the single batteries are visible to the right.

Case closed! The new 'battery pack' is visible in the lower right. It is 3 6v 4.2Ah gel-cells connected in series. The cable connecting the batteries to the drill is an old computer power extension cord (nice shielded plug).

Great technical climbing, on some tenuous holds and some moves that really make you think. I am climbing, Hamish is belaying. Photo by Katrin

...but it isn't! It is actually Mt Cook in New Zealand. The prayer flags are from the memorial for Gary Ball and his climbing partner, who died in Himalaya in 1993.

The flags on the boulder on the left belong to the memorial. For scale, the left boulder is just over 2.5m high, and the right is ~6m.

...that I actually do sometimes carry (and actually use) hexes!
The begining of Buttress Corner culminates in this rather strenuous stem/jam. I wasn't feeling very strong today. Photo by Neil

From left to right:
1) Penitence
2) Dynamo Hum
3) Wasted Daze
4) Wasted Nites

From left to right:
1) Coup de Grace
2) Iconoclast
3) The Wasteland
4) Private Hell
5) Salisbury Hill

A (mostly) full view of Gibraltar Rock. Right is the 'main face'. Left is the 'minor face'. Though small, this crag has some of the best friction of any crag in the PHs. The routes are great, but anything 20+ is very necky.

Some of the routes on the right half of the main cliff:
1) New Wave
2) Discombobulation
3) Ecstacy Air
4) New Reality Jam Session
5) Claws
6) Vulgate Revamped
7) Anathema
8) Exit Strategy

Hamish showing how it's done up the 17 hand-crack. The preverbial 'where's the anchor' followed shortly after.

Some of the routes on the left half of the main cliff:
1) ???
2) Low Profile
3) ???
4) Arcadian Driftwood
5) Voodoo