Routes as sport in Okinawa

Climb up and left to ring anchors.

Climb the right side of the small column that defines the left wall of the large amphitheatre. Climb through small chimney passage and up the ramp to a set of ring anchors.

WARNING: First bolt of Tall, Dark, and Handsome (6th Bolt total for the climb) is spinning and unsafe. Continue up and over the prominent amphitheater roof to ring anchors

Scramble to the top of the prominent block that defines the right side of the amphitheater. Climb the left facing arete and out the roof to ring anchors

This climb starts at the top of the prominent block to the right side of "Slender and Fair."

Start climbing up and over the low overhand, pulling the bulge. Continue up the easier ground to ring anchors.

Route starts to the right of "Easy Way Out" under a low overhang.

Climb the face to the left-facing corner. Continue up corner (rough) to anchors. Start 10ft to the right of "Beached Whale."

Climb the face straight up the obvious line to the ring anchors.

Start 15ft to the right of "Gardener's Delight."

Climb straight up to ring anchors.

Climb obvious line to anchors.

Begin just left of the stump that sits 10ft up the wall. Climb straight up the line to the ring anchors.

Climb the face to an "I" bolt anchor.

Climb the obvious line up to the first set of anchors. (6 bolts)

Continue up the obvious line to the next set of anchors. (6 bolts - 2nd pitch rusted!!)

Climb the left face of the short arete.

Continue up to the ring anchors

Climb the right face of the short arete.

Continue up easy climbing which will get more difficult.

Continue up to ring anchors.

Climb straight up the face.

Continue up large blocks and pinches to shared ring anchors with South Pacific.

First route at Lost World! Climb through an open book dihedral with a corner crack. Continue up to the anchors.

Begin on "Complete Package" and veer right after the second bolt. Climb around the short roof and up to shared anchors with "Complete Package."

Climb the ceiling direcly above the shrine to pull over the roof into the low angle face next to Cave Woman. Bring long draws for bolts 2 through 5 to avoid rope drag. Identified by glue in wave bolts directly above the Shrine.

Scramble to the second bolt. Continue up the face to the anchors.

Climb the obvious line towards the prominent roof. Continue climbing through the left side of the prominent roof to the anchors

Climb through the right side of the prominent roof.

Route starts directly below the cave.

Climb the crack and pull the small bulge to the base of the cave. Stem up the cave to the anchors. This is a one of a kind climb here on Okinawa that should not be missed!

Bring headlamp, or climb in the dark.

Start climbing the short crack and continue up the juggy face. Pull the small roof and thinner mantle move to anchors.

Anchors are two wave bolts and four quick links. Lower or rappel off of the bottom two quick links. The extra links are needed to keep the rope from binding when being pulled.

Climb starts 5 ft to the right of Habu Sake.

Easy free climb that gets more difficult as you get closer to the anchors. This is the far right climb at Lost World.

Climbed using bolts and natural tree protection to first anchors. Climb up and left on good holds to wave bolts. Good location to teach multi-pitch techniques

This is the reason to bolt the wall. 90 feet straight up. great, thought provoking moves on solid rock with a great crux sequence high off the ground.

oute is closely bolted at the beginning and a good first lead.

One of the longest moderate routes at Lost World, this fairly new route still has a few loose stones here and there but is a fun cruise to the top!

Helmet recommended as some loose rocks have fallen from above the route.

Currently the leftmost route at Middle Ground. Climb the face to a large overhanging face. Climb up and right around the roof to a jug hold and anchors.

face climb curving left into the roof before going up and over.

large face just left of the entrance to middle ground

face climb up and to the right of the gully at the top of the approach trail

climb the face and arête to the right of piece of cake to ring anchor

slightly overhanging arête to the right of the approach trail. crux is getting off the right face and onto the arête.

Newly bolted with wave bolts. Crux is up high on the blank face. Slightly dirty at the moment but just needs people to climb on it.

climb up and to the left of the large tufa. super fun start on good holds that starts to get a little pumpy as you approach the crux. the crux is moderate and is more of a should I clip here or make one or two moves to find the better hold, make the moves. good rests after the crux and easy climbing the rest of the pitch. clean falls from the crux

good fun climb. first half is vertical to slightly overhanging on shelves and vertical pinches with the crux being the clip at the third bolt. its pretty mellow after you pull the lip

Climb the face with numerous tufas to a ramp. Continue up the ramp to small roof. Pull the roof to ring anchors.

Climb the right curving crack. Continue straight up the finger crack in the face to a ledge. Climb the face with a large crack to ring anchors.

Climb the face about 5 feet to the right of the right arching crack. Continue to climb up through some blocks to a set of ring anchors.

Climb the easy face to the small roof. This is the far right climb at Middle Ground about 5 feet right of the tree.

A classic at the perch, Climb up the Gully to a ledge. Then Continue up the face Past the Tufas to the 2 Wave bolt Anchors.

Climb the boulder and continue up the obvious line to ring anchors

Climb up the face toward the left side of the roof. Climb up gully and continue up easier ground to ring anchors.

Climb the face to a small Roof. Continue up and over roof to easier ground, Climb up to Ring anchors.

Start 2 feet left of the banyan tree roots. CLimb the Obvious line up the ring anchors.

Climb Flake through the small roof to crack system. continue up sharp rock to ring anchors.

Rusted bolts!!!

CLimb up and over a small roof. continue to climb up and diagonally to the right. Finish on a large ledge with ring anchors.

Rusted bolts!!!

Climb the layback flake to the finger crack. Continue up to the ring anchors.

Traverse right 3 bolts to the notch. Climb through the notch and up to the ring anchors.

Climb the Right face to ledge. continue right or left to ring anchors.

Rusted bolts!!!

Climb the wide crack and jugs to the ring anchors.

Climb the obvious crack to the ledge. Climb across ledge and continue up to another finger crack. Climb crack to ring anchors.

Climb up the Arete. Continue up easier ground to the ring anchors

Rusted bolts!!!

CLimb the inside left of the arete and continue up to the ring anchors.

Rusted bolts!!!

Climb the Crack to a Ledge. Climb up the Ledge and easier Climbing to the Ring anchors. This Route can be done on trad.

This route starts at the bottom of the obvious left facing corner, 5 feet Left of CPA Crack.

Climb the face to a small roof Pull the roof and continue up the finger crack to ring anchors

Climb to the first Bolt of Flight to Freedom. Cklimb the Obvious arete to ring anchors

Traverse to the 3rd Bolt. at the 3rd bolt, Climb the face to ring anchors.

Follow across the traverse. climb upward at the 4th bolt to a ledge with ring anchors. You can reduce rope drag by unclipping the 4th bolt after safely clipping the 5th bolt.

Face climb, to keep the route challenging avoid moving left or right of the bolts

Route is a second pitch for Beginner's Route following easy terrain to the top anchors. Continue up the obvious gulley after Beginner's Route.

Climb the prominent dihedral. this is the best 5.9 on Okinawa. This route can be used to access the belay of the harder routes to the right. this route can also be done on trad.

Face climb up the slightly overhanging wall.

Climb the center route on the wall facing the ocean

Climb the right line on the wall facing the ocean.

After Climbing up and over the north face. then rappelling down and walking around the corner, walk up towards the west facing slab. This route goes straight up from the first bolt in the ground from the left (North) face.

From the 2nd bolt in the ground from left to right. Go straight up. follow the bolts until the last one , then go up and right to ring anchors.

t's all there and its well-bolted. A fun romp up the face. Third line of bolts from left, a few meters right of Selsun Blue. Starts from second belay bolt, shared with Selsun, on shelf 10 m right of Slippery Eel belay anchor.

Climb up the left side of the slab up to 2 eye bolts

Climb up the easy terrain in the crack until the 4th bolt where you do a tricky move then climb to the anchors.

Climb the low angle slab to the small roof and climb over it and do some balance moves to the top.

Climb a short face to a 2 bolt belay

Climb the first bolted line to the arete, pull around the arete and climb the left line of bolts to a two bolt belay.

From the rock platform, climb the second line of bolts near the corner, follow the bolts over a small roof and climb the low angle face to the two bolt belay. This route can be used to gain access to the west wall.

From the Rock Platform, climb the center of the steep face to a two bolt belay.

Low-angled face climb with good holds everywhere but quite crimpy! Be careful from last clip to the anchor as the distance is quite large.

Climb a vertical face, starting on good crimps and pulling onto a small bulge. It gets easier as you go up!

Shares first two bolts and last few bolts with habubari. Traverse a hand crack up and right, step left into a corner and lock off to small balancy moves to the top of the shelf. extend draw at top of shelf to prevent rope drag. continue up and right to the belay.

Traverse up and right side of Habutrap. Good holds all the way to the top. The crux is around clip 3.

It is a hard start with slippery holds until the jug where you can clip to the second bolt. Continue up easier terrain to an easy "runout" to the anchors.

Climb up some super small and sharp crimps until you get to the third bolt where you can take a good rest and continue the rest of the climb.

This route has a fun start with an adreniline-pumping finish. Don't worry the falls are clean. follow a right angling flake to a small ledge, and from the ledge climb a slightly overhanging face on small but positive holds to the belay.

The crux is around the 2nd or 3rd bolt. A good rest before the last section. This route follows a flake over a small bulge to a vertical face.

Climb the furthest right route on the north face of Andagi rock.

Rusty bolts.

Follow the Bolts near the Arete, this route could have some potentially dangerous falls. be careful.

Rusty bolts.

Start on the left side of the chimney. Stem your way up the chimney past 2 bolts to a ledge on the left. Climb over the chimney and mantle on to the right wall and continue to the anchors above.

The anchors are titanium rams horns made for lowering. If you are setting up a top rope, clip 2 carabiners underneath the rams horns.

Equipped By: Tim Larick, Josh King

Starts in the back of the cave/chimney. Shimmy your way up the chimney using the face and crack. Pop out of the chimney onto the face above and climb 3 more bolts to the anchor.

Equipped By: Bo Buckley, Johji Aizawa

In the back of the cave/chimney.

Start on the right side of the chimney. Climb past 4 bolts, then mantle up onto the ledge and continue to the anchors above.

Equipped By: Tim Larick, Bo Buckley, Josh King

Start to the right of Free Willy. Maneuver through the low crux, then mantle up onto the ledge and continue to the anchors.

Equipped By: Tim Larick, Bo Buckley, Josh King

Climbs up and right through 4 easy bolts to the overhanging orange rock. Titanium bolts and anchor.

Equipped By: Tim Larick

This route is on the the 2nd tier. As you approach the Aquarium wall scramble up a boulder on the left (see image) to access the trail to the belay area for the routes on the left side of the 2nd tier.

Climb the line of bolts that is just to the right of Cave Crack. Climb past the anchor for Cave Crack to a stance, then continue straight up about 30 more feet to the anchor.

Equipped By: Tim Larick

This route is on the the 2nd tier. As you approach the Aquarium wall scramble up a boulder on the left (see image) to access the trail to the belay area for the routes on the left side of the 2nd tier.

This route is the right most route from this belay area.

This route can be done as 1 pitch, with a 60-meter rope, by climbing Free Willy into Tuna Roll. Clip the anchor of Free Willy with a long draw to prevent rope drag and continue straight up to the right angling crack. Start moving left, into the white rock, a few moves after clipping the 2nd bolt by the crack. Continue up into the scoop grab a quick tuna roll snack and prepare for the finish up and right.

This route is a variation of Hard Coral (5.12d), which continues straight up the crack to the almost blank overhanging face.

Equipped By: Tim Larick

This route is on the 2nd tier. It climbs the overhanging, right angling, crack to an almost blank face. It can be done as a single pitch with a 60-meter rope or multi-pitch style.

Equipped By: Tim Larick, Bo Buckley

This route can be done as 1 pitch, with a 60-meter rope. Climb Case of the Crabbies, clip the anchor and continue up and right into Whale Power. Make sure to use a long sling on the anchor of Case of the Crabbies to prevent rope drag. Can also be done as a multi-pitch. During the FA, humpback whales were breaching about 150 yards offshore.

Equipped By: Jesse & Corina Montgomery, Tim Larick