Thread the Needle Sector Tous Escalade traditionnelle 10 voies en secteur

Starts to the left of Thimble up an easy break, then follows the centre of the wall to the right of Edge of Existence.

1. 10m (15) Pull up into the easy break that is above a lower overhang with a large boulder inside it. At the ledge step meters left to below the wall between the arête and the easy ground on Thimble.

2. 40m (21) Follow a series of vertical crack up the wall to an overlap. Step right and pull up into a thin crack. At the finger-rail head left and then straight up the wall

Walk all the way left past 'Rooibosch Sector' to the "North-West Pillar" Start 50 m left of 'Pedestal Corner'

1. [12] 10m

   Climb the delicate face up to a large ledge. Move left 5 m.

2. [11] 25m

   Climb the face for 5m then move right and up to a recess. Stance on top of a pinnacle.

3. [14] 15m

   Climb up, then diagonally right towards a dirty looking recess. Left of the recess is a technical face, move left onto this and up to stance on a ledge. Scramble diagonally right to a large block below an overhang.

4. [15] 10m

   Start 3 m left of the block, one or two moves and then a strenuous pull to slap for the shelf, moving right over the small nose. Continue diagonally right to a large stance.

5. [12] 25m

   Climb the last break diagonally right to the top.

From the first ledge above the ground, follow the large left facing brown corner, to the right of Water Karma. At the top of the corner step right and then straight to the top.

Climb the vague arête that forms the right side of the right wall of Cocoa corner. Beware- there is a large loose block at the top of the arête. Avoid this by traversing right a bit below it and climb the face just to the right to the top.

Start to the right of Pedestal Face from a rock ledge. Take the easy break that leads directly to the honeycomb section of rock seen from below. Climb just left of this and straight to the top