Tyndall Mania!!
it's summer so why not!!!!
i have linked 3 videos of me and gary climbing at the tyndalls, which is on the west coast of tassie. the route we attemped was Deeper Waters, still unreapeted. it's 310 meters long and has some pritty hard pitches, with the first being the real deal and full value 48 meters of conglonerate slabby pebble pulling (it's hard)!. first graded 26 but after having tried it a few times and still haven't red pointed it i think it's more 27/8. it's 9 pitches and was first but up by Adam Donoghue and Garath Lewelian.
we did not free every pitch, but we decided on going for a ground up style rather than rapping the route. and sussing out the top pitches. so we will be back!!!
the first one day free ascent is still up for grabs!!!

see you out there

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzKydaN_PPg

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RTJLgO-ytM

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sTF0ZKN3TY

cheers jake

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5 Comments

  1. Jon Nermut

    What an epic place, thanks for the vid.
    Hows the new route(s) going up there?

  2. John Fischer

    Hey Jake,
    Good video! Big wallin' Tassie style. You could title it Blood, Sweat, and Meat Pies... Nice effort freeing the crux. The one day ascent is not far away. Keep it up bro!

    -John

  3. Simon Young

    yeah cool! good job guys, awesome effort!!!

    theres some cool stuff i the works up there! 4 pitch classic should hopefully b done soon, just need weather and a partner now!

    adam and gareth did free it in a day last summer didnt they?

    1. Jake AUTHOR

      hey john we did not free the crux. it's quite hard.
      oh and simon, they did not free it in a day. i talked to adam and he said they climbed it in a day but not free, with garath just jugging because of a injury.
      it will be hard in a day i think, mostly because of the style of the rock.
      but has to be done...........

      1. Adam Donoghue

        Hey guys

        Great to have some climbers giving Deeper Water a go. As far as routes I've climbed anywhere in the world this is one of the best for sure (totally biased first ascensionist view of course). It will be a fine effort to give it a one day all free ascent. Onsight ascent is totally possible too. I agree with Jake on the grade, when we put the topo in the TAS guide we had only climbed it once (with individual pitches climbed over a few days by either of us as we bolted it, i only ending up leading 2 of the nine due to an injury). Last summer we went to climb it in a day, and as Gareth had a sore elbow he seconded the whole route (not jumared as Jake said... he's a sucker for self abuse). I fell a few times on the first pitch and found it harder than I remembered (more like 27 I reckon), I led all other pitches first shot. So the first pitch is business. Though the other hard pitches are pretty solid for the grade (one or 2 might be harder than in the guide). So it's a good test piece in a mega setting. It would be cool if others get into over the summer.

        Cheers Adam