Directly below Telecom Tower, the Red Wall is a striking, steep, red coloured wall. Fridays Fool is classic ice line to left of Red Wall.
Along Queens Drive.
Routes
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Half Century Celebration, M6 | M6 | 60m | |||||
‘fairly run out’ direct start to the left of Fridays Fool, limited gear, thin ice made some sections possible, 'a couple of spots with a minimum 10m run out between gear.’ |
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57 | 57Covfefe, M4 | M4 | 55m | ||||
A corner leading into a large flake system just left of Book of Fools exiting
Starts 10m left of book of Fools in snow gully section 2 pitches up Fridays Fool. Right facing corner 2 cracks left of book of fools corner.
Up a thin pick seam to roof/corner/flake feature. Absolute stonker of a pitch. |
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57b | 57bOnly Fools and Horses, M5 | M5 | 40m | ||||
The crackline immediately left of Book of Fools, coming out of snow basin
Crack to left of Book of Fools and right of Covfefe. Good gear, thin hooking in seam at crux. |
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56 | 56Book of Fools, M5 | M5 | 80m | ||||
Starts on Fridays Fool. From the base of the snow gully at the start of the third pitch head up the large obvious corner on the lefthand side. This is sustained for approximately 40m before the angle relents and 40m of easier ground leads to the ridge. |
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54 | 54Fridays Fool, WI3,M4 | WI3,M4 | 200m | ||||
The classic ice route of the face. The corner/gully to the left of the Red
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55 | 55Fridays Fool Right Hand Exit, M4 | M4 | 0m | ||||
Branches right during the third pitch and angles up onto the big ledge below the Telecom Tower, before traversing right again to finish up to the left of the Clearances (face). |
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50 | 50Party Line | ||||||
Climb the edge of the gully up to a ledge then step out rightwards onto the face and and move right to a belay in the middle of the face. Then three variations exist going at 16, 19, and 22 with a mix of bolts and trad gear. |
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46 | 46Under Pressure, M8 | M8 | 0m | ||||
A striking thin crack splitting a steep wall above a roof, this is a classic
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48 | 48Under Pressure extended, M8 | M8 | 232m | ||||
The line has subsequently been extended by six additional pitches to now top
Pitch 1, M8, 25m.
M6+, 12m. Short pitch up and right followng bolts to DBA.
Pitch 3, M5, 40m. Up cracks to left of anchor, then corner to left of roof.
Pitch 4, M5, 50m. Up crest
Pitch 5, M5+, 35m. Up crest.
Pitch 6, M4, 20m
Pitch 7, M6, 50m From crest of ridge, traverse left on ledge and climb offwidth to left of tower. |
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Under Pressure Direct, M10 | M10 | 0m | 1 | ||||
Direct start to Under Pressure, over the roof.
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No Pressure, M7 | M7 | 17m | 4 | ||||
On wall, left of double happy, crossing chossy roof/corner.
From large flake, step up wall to right, climbing awesome series of thin seams into corner. Step left to cross roof with long, precise moves. On slab, step left to belay. |
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51 | 51Double Happy, 22 | 22 | 70m | 5 | |||
Follow line of bolts to the left of Tom Thumb and set a belay under the roof. Out through the roof and up to clip the last three bolts of Party Line’s 3rd variation.
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52 | 52Tom Thumb, 20,M7 | 20,M7 | 0m | 9 | |||
2 pitches. The line finishes at the top of Red Wall and requires a 60m rappel to the ground. The crux is on the lower pitch and is followed by a nice M4 corner crack to some run out slab climbing, before veering left at the top of the crack to finish at Red Wall rappel station. The first pitch was established as a rock route on gorgeous stone and should not be attacked and destroyed with ice tools. |
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53 | 53Romper Stomper, 15 | 15 | 30m | ||||
To right of Red Wall. Climb to comfy ledge beside left arete. |
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47 | 47Burn, Baby, Burn, 16 | 16 | 70m | ||||
Starts out up the arête from the top of Romper Stomper. |
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62 | 62Fastest Indian/Indian Summer, 18,M5 | 18,M5 | 200m | ||||
The classic 'V" groove to right of Red Wall. The first two pitches were
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63 | 63Indian Summer Variant, 22 | 22 | 0m | ||||
A steep hand crack variation to the original line. Unclimbed in winter. |
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58 | 58Project, 24,M8 | 24,M8 | 0m | ||||
Left side of the face up 5m no gear then reach a good thin seam direct to top of buttress will be hard and scary at the start probably at 23-24 or M8. |