Ascents in Tuwharetoa

If you're looking to rock climb don't bother...it's more a mountaineering route but with plenty of slick grassy near- vertical belays, overhung tussock pulling, a filthy-tons of dirt in your eyes- bottomless chimney crux and take a nut key each as there will be plenty of diggin to get some gear in. Lol. If it's an adventure you're after - go for it!!

Sketchy start over flakey ground with limited pro. Some of the cracks are dirty and require removal of soil to get gear in. Didn't particularly fancy the look of the first arete and had a look at the main higher arete, the first bolt looked rusty so be very cautious of these old bolts.. ended up climbing Cirrus Minor which is very dirty, particularly the crux slab which I mostly avoided going off route to the left.. The climbing upto/past the bolts looks quite tricky but good climbing, wouldn't trust those old bolts though.

Not recommended in the current state and the start is basically a solo for a way. Needs a serious clean unfortuantely, crux slab was so dirty I went off route to avoid it.. couldn't find any pro for the first 12 or so metres of the climb either so that was sketchy climbing over dirty flakes. Several of the placements required excavating due to soil build up.. A shame the route does not get more traffic as I'd give it a star if it wasn't soo dirty. The crux slab looks tricky, a shame it was way too licheny for me to feel comfortable attempting.

I need to learn to crack climb

Wish I was more confident in my jams as that crack at half height looks nice! Not sure if there used to be a track to these climbs (?) but the approach is quite bushy.

Pretty bushy approach, Rappelled off a sling on 'Vee Groove'

awesome first half, interesting second part

you should have seen my body shaking elvis leg

Really fun with a short section of compulsory hands and feet jamming. Doubles of .75 and 1 camalot would have been useful but big nut and hex placements can be found. Belayed from rope around the spike, abseiling from that is fine, didn't use the old slings or add another. A 70m won't get to the ground but a downclimb the last few meters is ok.

Really enjoyed this climb! Got some nice jams in, lovely parallel cracks that gobble your cams up. Was quite happy to have doubles of .75 and 1 (the only doubles I have atm). I'm feeling more comfortable with my foot jams, need to work on hand jams to get more comfortable/ solid with them. Couldn't spot many nut placements myself. There's a great spike at the top to belay off/ rap. Abseiled from the spike to near the base of Death Wall with a 70m rope, easily down climbed blocks from there.

Tried the crack system line just to the right of Ta-Lo (does this have a name?). Got about halfway up and wasn't too keen on the tricky looking climbing above with the wider crack so finished on the nice cracks of Ta-Lo!

Love this climb, always a good experience. Left a new sling at the top and binned the old slings..

Beautiful climb, nice continuation on from 'death wall' for an easy multipitch experience.

Weather was crap - rock was wet but we did it anyway!

Nice crack climbing.

Great climb

Good climb, needed a bit of cleaning when I was there and definitely worth waiting for the rock to dry out if it has rained recently

Nice, good jamming. Cams to #4, doubles 1-3 useful but hexes will work. Was going to lead Complan but decided to save energy for drive home, went to see how Angela Stephen and Lenka were doing on bomb arete.

Nice climb, good jams. What is it with climbs in this area being a grade or two lower than what they feel?