VW-Long and Winding Road

Grade

23

Length

40m

6

Natural pro required

Quality

First ascent

pitch 1 "VW" Simon Kennedy 2006, pitch 2 "LaWR" Steve Carr 2001

Located on

Right Side Main Wall

Topo ref

11

P1
23
20m
6
Trad

Sadly the 8m high pillar self ejected in Dec 2005, moving the route up a few grades from 20 to 23. Start up Unrequited’s fixed chain, move L into the bolted V corner (crux), now known as VW, and up to a bolted belay.

P2
20
20m
1
Trad

Clip the bolt and move left around a corner and up nice cracks to an awkward pedestal. Surmount the pedestal, up the corner and through the L side of the W roof. Don't worry about the roof; if you can't hand-jam the gear is good for dogging. Take a big rack! This pitch can be accessed by abseil from a ring bolt anchor on the ridgeline above on the access track. A great adventure.

UUID

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