Ascent Notes for: Massage Secrets - 5.10b popular Average Rating : 4.07/5

Great route, one of my favourite at Railay. Very easy for the grade. Would have graded it 5.9 myself, but always good to keep the tourists happy. The cave at the end of pitch 2 is a great place for a break and a snack. The third pitch is incredibly fun and has some nice exposure. A must climb for any climber regardless of abilities.

On all 1-2-3 routes, get there early...you beat the crowds and the heat! Fun, long route...more polished and balancey than We Sad, Make a Way, and Dr Jekyll. You will pass 2 anchors enroute to the final anchor for a 60 m rope. Very long. Crux is 10 ft above the 1st anchor. Move left of the bolt at the polished, slightly buldging face to find a few pockets to pull on up.

Great route. I combined the first and (part of?) second pitch.

We came during low-season, and we still never got to climb the second pitch! There are 2 routes that share the same anchors (Beginner 5 & this one). You start climbing one, then a guide will show up and race to the top (barefoot haha) and anchor in...making it so you can't do the second pitch. You can do both routes in one pitch with a 60m rope.

As for the first pitch of the route, it was fun and in a nice location. We came during almost high tide, and it was really pretty scenery. I had no trouble with it (I'm short and little), but some of my taller male friends found the top a tiny bit harder than the rest. Overall a fun route, I just wish we could have done the second pitch!

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second time I've done it, would be happy to do it each time I visit - as long as I can do it when there are no people there...

I did this on toprope, then the next day led it as my first lead on rock in 10+ years... Really good fun, well protected, and very soft grading I think. Did it as 4 pitches as I wanted to practise multipitch leading, so we did the 2 additional pitches out of the cave to the right, up and over the cave to finish on top of the giant stalactite, followed by a spectacular 50m abseil back to the beach being careful not to kick the stalactite down onto the masses below. (I was tempted - the noisy "guides" shouting at their charges below are really irritating...)

Done in 1 pitch.

Nice!

I am sure we did this route. I thought the 3rd pitch was worth it.