Josh Wade

Worked out a sequence, then sent first shot.

Finally! Usually I would do an 8 in a session... This took me weeks! haha

Surprisingly tricky. Really good.

Riki's toe hook unlocked this for me. Really stoked to tick this.

Fun, bouldery, lip traversing through the roof. Sent this in just a few goes. No clear crux, just fun monkey'ing.

My first sport lead in a long time! Took me a few goes to fire up to it, but got there in the end. Even took some falls....

Is this the best V6 in South Australia? Hell yes! This problem is one of the coolest V6's I have sent anywhere. Seriously, just get on it!

Second go. What a problem! Only three moves, but three awesome moves!

Super cool problem!

This is a good problem! It deserves a name, I reckon. :)

Second go.

A really great problem! Easier the wider your span is (maybe as easy as V3 if you can reach a long way!) but definitely worth your time. For best value for money, don't let anyone give you the beta. ;)

So many tries! Stoked to tick my anti-style.

Dynos, yeah!

A big lock for me! Training paying off.

Short but awesome! Good for a laugh if your mates don't know how to mantle.. ;)

A heap of fun!

A fun problem, but not as hard as V3 if you use some technique.

Finished direct. Balancy and fun climbing with a bit of a heart-thumper finish!

Fun climbing with an exciting finish.

Second go. Climbs well. Just get on it!

Twice I climbed up to the top-out, wussed out, then down-climbed... Guess I just wasn't expecting to have to commit for the top-out after such easy climbing. It's not hard, I'm just a wuss. Haha

This is actually quite cool and well worth some time. I found it difficult, and I bled.

Awesome. Sticking the crux move to the edge just feels good. Get on it.

Warm up.

An excellent easy problem!

A pretty cool low-ball..

Second go.

Took me a while to find the body position to get up. Cool.

This is a great problem - people will be lining up for it. Make sure you capture the flag...

Second go.

The start hold feels like it's going to rip out sometime very soon...

Second go. Tried to finish using the crimps on first burn and lost my balance. Took the dyno option second try.

A cool problem..

Well worth it!

Three tries 'cos I missed the second hold twice. A fun problem with an easy top out.

A fun problem, and arguably easier than a few of the V1's and 2's in this sector... :)

Second go. I got lost on the top out jugs... haha

Done from a sit-start. A really cool line. Still don't have any real info on this line... Must find this guidebook!

Awesome!

So good!! Forget Twisted Tree, just jump on this!

The tree itself is of more interest than the problem. Mr Leftist deserves more attention than this problem in my opinion.

This is pretty tough! Maybe V6 as a winter send?

The most awesome V8 I have done to date! Excellent!

So scary and so awesome! A proud line that I am super proud to have sent.

First go.

Third shot, on a warm day.

Probably six shots. Quite a cool problem. Not the most comforting landing, so worth having at least three pads.

Sure, it's really only one move but it's definitely a tough one!

Retro-project number 1, down. Felt good to send a tall man problem.

Fun enough. Easy but powerful moves.

Cool, strong compression, then finishing with a powerful mantel out onto the face. Short but sweet!

Second go. A cool move to the jug rail flake.

This problem has it all! And finishes with an exciting mantle..

Such a cool dyno to finish!!

Up the hill behind the Beach Bloc. Hard moves off the deck set you up for a cool left hand throw for the lip, then a nice left heel mantle to top out the flat top.

A cool dyno problem with an easy victory top-out.

A really cool problem! Hard first move if you don't have a good reach.

A nice little compression problem!

Second go. A cool problem, and a pumper!

Such a good problem!! Kneebars, compression, a heel-hook and some toe-hooking... radness!

Knee barring radness!

Third go!

Second go.

I found this hard today.... Probably much easier on a cooler day.

Third shot.

Five minutes.

The stand-start to Hot Mustard

Should've been a flash..

Outstanding! I was told it was the best of it's grade going around, and it delivered.

Several tries....

2nd go.

Eventually decided that one particular good hold was probably in and sent the next go.

Starting without feet on big ledge. Right foot out right on small edge, pull on, right hand to sloping undercling pocket..

Pretty good! Maybe hard for V4..? dunno....

Haven't really climbed for the last three or four weeks but felt good today and wanted to see where I was at... Nearly went thrid go! Fell after the hard stuff from lazy foot-work. It was probably 12 tries in the end, and I had to work hard for it, but it went! :) Feeling strong again...

A good problem. Short-legged folk might find it a bit trickier with potentially cruxier foot-work required.

Not that exciting...

There are better problems...

This is only one move more than Chocolate Aftertaste Low... And that one move isn't really that inspiring. Maybe it is slightly harder but it isn't more fun. ;)

Cool. But get in quick before the wedged block becomes 'unwedged' and the problem potentially becomes several grades harder... ;)

Fun. Avoids the second crux of the full version, finishing on Diplomacy Start's final jug.

A really cool problem!

Third try. Missed the second hold from sit on flash attempt, then wrong-handed myself just before the easy stuff on second go. A fun problem and worth the short bush scramble to find.

Three times. A good, fun dyno eliminate.

First go this visit, after falling off the last move before the mantle about seven times on my first visit a few days eariler. Sent the problem first go two days eariler, but kicked a pad so it didn't count.

Second try.

A pretty cool problem in the end (once I got over trying to make it feel like a V3)!

First go (in runners). A fun problem, but not hard enough to be V5, in my opinion. More like V3.

First go.

First move = hard! Second move = nearly as hard! Psyched!!

First go.

Second go. Hot Chocolate finishing for Aftertaste Traverse. Pumpy and ace!

My first V10, and sent in only two visits! Both times some of the holds were wet, but today the crux holds were dry. BOOM!

Still my hardest send to date.....

Really worth doing! An ace combination of both problems!

Burliness, that is a bit easier than SGF. Worth doing if it's in your grade range and you're trying to send everything at The Pad..

Hard. Biceps! Stoked to send this, and so quickly!! RAH!

Would be an ace problem if the feet weren't so contrived... Just keep them above the horizontal seam and it's a good and interesting problem.

Long and pumpy. Escapable at a couple of points but good nonetheless.

This is actually a really cool problem. Technical, with a bit of pump at the end for good measure.

Ace! Had to work hard. My most difficult 9 to date. Psyched!!

Unreal! And hard. And Unreal! :)

First go.

Pretty fun, but that hold is pretty sharp!

Use of wizardry... Rad.

Spooge is no match for PSYCHE!! Second session. Feeling strong!

First try!! Quite a spoogy day... really had to fight.

Sent the route, boulder style..!

Think this could've been a flash if I had listened to the beta I was given, rather than my interpretation of it. haha A fun problem, but bouldering the whole route will be the aim for next visit! :)

Sent pretty quick. Psyched!!

A lame flash considering I'd already done Stalker... and probably not worthy of the extra grade, but I'll take it. ;)

Ok.

Great line! I'd give this three stars if the first three moves didn't feel like you were still standing on the ground.

First go.

Awesome!

Third try, as a warm-up.

Third go. Soft, maybe?

First go.

First go.

First try.

Great! Better than the direct variant.

First go.

One of my least favourite problems in the Gramps!

First go.

Awesome! Took me a while to work out the beta. V6 once I did, super hard beforehand. :)

First go.

Don't know when I first did this, but I did a couple of laps today. Good problem, and maybe hard for V4....?

The harder (and better) variant.

Thanks Steve for helping get me there. And thank god I don't have to do this again.

Once I worked out how to get my arse off the ground, I sent it that go.

Twice. So good.

3rd try, with beta. :)

Great moves heading out of the roof and up.

YEAH!

Awesome problem! And sorted a good sequence quickly on my own. :)

Problem as per guidebook description.

Four laps, three different ways. Stacey's beta is still the hardest for me! :)

Second try.

Big first two moves, and an excitingly high finish.. Excellent!

Second go.

Problem as per guidebook topo picture. Different to description but still good.

Did it twice. It's nice.

Second go.

3rd try, hot conditions.

Second go.

Second go.

First shot, no worries.

Second go.