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Machu Picchu

Type
Altitude
100m
Part of

Machu Picchu is arguably the best crag in Bullock Creek if you are the type of person that: • enjoys easy-moderate multi-pitch climbing on naturally clean rock • likes watching the sunset over the ocean from a kushy ledge after your climb • can't stand climbing on the same type of rock for two pitches in a row • wants a steep and gnarly approach through some fine west coast bush

Image
Walktime
30 mins
Aspect
North East
Lat/lon
POINT (171.364387 -42.104203)
Topo50
BS19 648 374
Access

: Drive up Bullock Creek Road and park at a small grassy parking spot on the right-hand side with a large log (1.8km from SH6). Walk back down the road 10m and take a steep gravel bank down to the creek. Cross using a rock bridge and follow the flagging tape through thick bush up a steep and sometimes slippery track to the base of the cliffs. Climbs are accessed via a short handline onto a ledge located 30m right of where the trail meets the rock.

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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Operations
1 Dark and Ominous 18 15m 5
1.02
2 Sweet Jane, Jane Cuts loose 18 54m 9
1.02
3 Crown of Thorns 20 30m 10
1.02
Comments
djb500

The 2nd DBA on Sweet Jane do not seem safe at the moment, the bolts could be wiggled within the rock. May be worth redoing?

Sun, 12/11/2017 - 22:42 Permalink
neilsilverwood…

Track remarked and trimmed - June 2014

Wed, 04/06/2014 - 23:10 Permalink
Attribution
Neil Silverwood, Jack Grinstead, Lindsay Main. Additional information added from the pdf by Neil Warrington & Neil Silverwood. http://www.kiwitracks.com/paparoa/
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