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Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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Rhino's Horn | |||||
14 | Zebra Crossing
Start in the gully at the right-hand end of the main wall. Up the gully to the block on the right. Hand traverse left above the lower overhang to the bottom of a flake. Layback the flake and the crack above, step left and up the short chimney. FA: John Sanders, Peter Watling & Gordon Talbett, 1991 | 27m | |||
17 | ★★ Rataxas
As much excitement as being chased by a herd of rampaging rhinos. Start near the left end of the cliff. Up the black groove until it is possible to traverse awkwardly right to an exposed pedestal in the middle of the overhanging wall. Follow the shallow groove up and right until jugs lead steeply to the top. FA: John Sanders, Peter Watling & Gordon Talbett, 1991 | 23m | |||
10 | Rataxas, Direct Variant
Start as for Rataxas and go straight up. FA: Campbell Mercer & Julie Nitschke, 1992 | 15m | |||
World's End Centurion Area | |||||
12 | Winterreise
Start directly below the concavity. Straight up the wall taking the vague rib just right of the central concavity FA: David Gairns & Gordon Talbett, 1991 | 50m | |||
14 | Winter's Tale
Start as for Winterreise.
FA: Peter Watling & Andy Long, 1991 | 65m, 2 | |||
12 | Indecent Exposure
An outstanding route. Start at the right side of the wall, just before the undercut section.
FA: Alan Hope, Gordon Talbett & Peter Watling, 1991 | 55m, 2 | |||
17 | Fiddling On The Roof
About 15 metres right of the Indecent Exposure arete is a huge double-roof system that looks like Centurion on Scotland's Ben Nevis (Now we all know what that looks like, don't we?) Start at a small roof system 8m right of the double roof system. Follow the left-leaning flake through the break and up the overhanging wall. Step right and pull up strenuously on good holds and up. FA: Campbell Mercer & Mark Poustie, 1993 | 17m | |||
14 | Little Round Jug
Classy. About 25m right of Indecent Exposure is a large expanse of slab bounded on the left by a leaning corner. Start just right of the base of the leaning corner. Climb the slab to the big flake and continue up to the main, leaning corner. Move right to a small flake on the slab, then straight up to the corner and follow it up and right to it's end. Traverse 2 metres right across a water streak and then go directly up. FA: Alan Hope, Gordon Talbett & Peter Watling, 1991 | 43m | |||
6 | Not With A Bangla But A Whymper
Start at a pronounced rib about 20 metres right of Little Round Jug. Climb the rib and continue directly up the slab. FA: Gordon Talbett, Alan Hope & Peter Watling, 1991 | 47m | |||
World's End | |||||
8 | Menlove Edwards Meets Conan Doyle
Left of the cave/boulder where the pad meets the cliff is a big wall bounded on its right by a gaping chasm. Start at the gaping chasm. Primeval bridging and chimneying with sparse protection. Avoid the pterodactyl nesting season.
FA: Peter Watling, Gordon Talbett & Alan Hope, 1991 | 77m | |||
17 | Lost Tribes
Start just left of Menlove Edwards Meets Conan Doyle. Follow the crack-line, step left at the top to pull through overhang. Belay here or step to the right. Scramble up and off or abseil. FA: Campbell Mercer, 1992 | 18m | |||
11 | Iago
In the middle of the wall left of Lost Tribes is a leaning formation that faces left. The base of the corner is about 7 metres up.
FA: Peter Watling, Gordon Talbett & Alan Hope, 1991 | 65m | |||
17 | Gibraltar
There is a huge block 60 metres downhill from Iago. On the NE side of the block is a steep slab. Step off the ground just left of centre of the face. Traverse right to the centre of the face and up. Allegedly adequate protection. FA: Campbell Mercer, Mark Poustie & Andrew Lynch, 1993 | 17m | |||
16 | Mur Y Niwl
The Wall of Mists. A superb traverse. Start at the base of the big corner left of Iago.
FA: Andy Long, Gordon Talbett & Peter Watling, 1991 | 56m | |||
15 | Escape From The Orcs
At the left end of the Mur Y Niwl slab is a short wall; start in the middle of this.The second and third pitches may be the same as Mur Y Niwl.
FA: Campbell Mercer & Rob Pease, 1992 | 75m | |||
20 | Twenty Two Years Ago
Sustained bucket-pulling, excellent rock and pro. Start from block under arete left of Escape From The Orcs. Up to first horizontal, traverse left a few metres to buckets and pull up to next horizontal. Step left and continue to left end of small ledge below smooth headwall. Finish directly and steeply above where smooth and featured rock meet. Rap off or finish up other routes. FA: Michael Hampton & Sharyn George, 2006 | 30m | |||
19 | Gunning For The Master
Steep on brilliant rock with outrageous holds. Start 15 metres right of Mordoc is a lovely bulging orange wall. Need to check this. Climb obvious left-leading diagonal until about the 40 metre mark, then head up diagonally right. FA: Campbell Mercer & Wayne Maher, 1993 | 50m | |||
16 | Mordoc
Left of Escape From The Orcs is an overhanging wall with a sandy patch beneath it. At the left end of this wall is a thin crack heading up and left.Follow the crack-line all the way to obvious thin ledge. FA: Campbell Mercer, 1992 | 25m | |||
21 M0 | Guns And Greenbacks
Left of Mordoc is a wall that is approximately 50 metres wide and 70 metres high, split by a strong diagonal line running up left through a roof at 20 metres. Takes the major diagonal line all the way with 3 rests on the second pitch. The wall height and climb length don't really add up. FA: Wayne Maher & Campbell Mercer, 1993 | 30m | |||
15 | Guns And Greenbacks Variant Start
An early attempt on the diagonal line ended with a large fall. Start 20 metres to the left of the diagonal line. Up to left edge of roof. Continue straight up to join the diagonal line. FA: Peter Treby, Neil Barr & Campbell Mercer, 1992 | 35m | |||
World's End No Mercer Area | |||||
13 | The Third Man
Start at the right edge of the wall.
FA: Peter Watling, Gordon Talbett & John Sanders, 1991 | 75m | |||
13 | Campbell Mercerless
Start as for The Third Man.
FA: Gordon Talbett, Mark Poustie & Alan Hope, 1992 | 75m | |||
11 | A Faint Aroma Of Performing Seals
Start left of the low roof with the double-trunked tree (which may no longer be there).
FA: Gordon Talbett, Alan Hope & Mark Poustie, 1992 | 72m | |||
15 | He's From Nelson
50 metres left of The Third Man is a gnarly buttress with a large roof on its left side and on its front are two horizontal cracks running out to a knob on the right arete. Start on the left side of the buttress, 2 metres right of a blocky ramp. Sandbagging with a smile. Up to seam, on up to the left end of the two traverse cracks. Traverse right to the knob then step back left and climb the very steep left-leaning crack. FA: Mark Poustie, Gordon Talbett & Alan Hope, 1992 | 25m | |||
15 | Show No Mercer
20 metres left of He's From Nelson is a grey buttress with a shallow, left-leaning overlap line on its left edge. Start at the base of the overlap. Go straight up and finish up the overhanging crack 1 metre left of the deep groove at the top. FA: Alan Hope, Gordon Talbett & Mark Poustie, 1992 | 30m | |||
World's End Zoo Wall | |||||
15 | Freeing The Animals
There is a steep, thin crack near the middle of the wall, to the right of the orange section. Up the crack for 6m, step right and up to the overlap. Pull up, step left and through the next overlap. FA: Campbell Mercer, Mark Poustie & Neil Barr, 1993 | 25m | |||
10 | Crocodile Fodder
Obvious line of holds 10 metres left of Freeing The Animals FA: Mark Poustie, Campbell Mercer & Neil Barr, 1993 | 30m | |||
World's End Overwork Wall | |||||
13 | Overwork Blues
Start at the short, shallow corner. Up the corner, step left and up the corner above. Step right at roof and up. FA: Mark Poustie, Campbell Mercer & Neil Barr, 1993 | 27m | |||
16 | Power And Politics
The left-leading diagonal crack in the arete/face 2 metres right of Overwork Blues. Up the crack then step right to the steep wall and flake. Up on god holds moving left to the arete. FA: Campbell Mercer, Mark Poustie & Neil Barr, 1993 | 22m | |||
14 | Pressure Drop
Bouldery start! The left-leading diagonal right of Overwork Blues. The diagonal then the slab just right of the gutter. Step left at the roof and up. FA: Mark Poustie, Campbell Mercer & Neil Barr, 1993 | 27m |
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