30th November 2025 @ Stony Edge, 6B+ (6A+-6B+)

No beta. I’ve climbed this quite a lot, but this is probably the second time from a true sitting position.

This is another one I’d tried over the years, every time I’d gone to Stony Edge (which due to the walk, was not often). It always felt like I should be able to pull on, I just couldn’t figure out how. However, I figured it out on a visit in 2024 and did the stand start. I think the difference was that I had figured out how to engage my shoulders during gastons, and doing that I could hold my considerable weight into the rock. It’s completed with a rockover and a right hand up to slopey nothings. I remember really enjoying the few moves on it at that time.

In 2025 I came back to look at the low start for the video, which eventually turned into a sit because of my reach. I did it a few times throughout the year, just because I enjoy it, and eventually settled on the take seen in the video.

The sitter is a bit awkward, but frogging with an inverted right foot to make the first move was a little novel and worked fairly well, before dropping the right knee, gastoning (what I assume is) the worm, and then obtaining a casual toehook on the undercut wall before throwing for a slopey left gaston. Right foot up, rock over, and try to get the most out of the slopey top before latching something decent. Just a lovely sequence to perform as fluidly as possible. One I’ll probably keep coming back to.