Tactical Wall

The short buttress with three bolts and more climbing than first appears. Anchor at the back of the ledge.

From the top of Hone Puta Inaianai head towards tight V-corner, clipping whatever bolts you can find and then placing gear in thin crack. Head left onto the face at the overhang, picking up three more bolts and some small gear at the end. Seldom climbed.

A great find from Mike Rockell. Start at the top of Hone Puta Inaianai. Climb the pleasant slab to gain the honeycomb wall. There are no bolts on this section so be careful (or take a medium cam and stuff it in one of the pockets). After a breather, tackle the steep bulge and pumpy headwall above. It is possible to climb Hone Puta Inaianai and Hoover Hog as one long pitch if you have a 70 metre rope. Either way, the route deserves more traffic.

Climb Hone Puta, and move up and right to a small roof. Head past this, moving right and up the face to a ledge behind mānuka bushes. Likely to be extremely mossy.

Once a Roland Foster death route, now a clip-up for the masses. Head up the red bulging wall on good holds to the mossy slab above. The fourth bolt is tricky to clip but it’s better than an RP! Finish at the ledge.

To the right of Hassan Sabbah, this line tackles the obvious bulge with some difficulty.

A fine pitch that deserves more traffic. From the ledge at the top of Last Words, a bouldery starts leads to enjoyable climbing on the upper wall. Makes a fine two-pitch outing with Last Words.

Climb the shady groove to the Smear Tactics/Tactical Variation anchor.

Climb Down to Zero and just keep going up Tactical Variation, for a dead straight monster pitch.

Start up Smear Tactics. Above the third bolt, head up and right to the base of the obvious arête feature. Follow the bolts up the arête to an airy crux just below the ledge.

Start up the slab just right of Smear Tactics. From the top of the slab, tackle the tilted wall on sloping crimps and pinches. Bolted and graded for the multitudes. So what are you waiting for?

Climbed by Roland the day after reading about the death of Graeme Aimer. Start up the low-angle groove left of Something Outrageous then follow the white diagonal feature through the steep bulge. Fun, cranky climbing.

Head up low-angle slab to anchor on the ledge.

Start up Bunny. At the Bunny anchor, climb onto the left arete and follow the bolts for days.

Climb Bunny in the Sky to its belay ledge (originally you had to climb the damp and dirty groove just right) and then cut loose up the long crack/groove feature, placing gear as you go. Swings right above the last bolt to the ledge. Recommended.

A stunning line up the undulating pillar right of Reckless. Unlike Reckless, it is not cool to start this route up Bunny in the Sky, leaving you, prospective ascentionist, with the unenviable task of climbing the damp, dirty and overgrown groove. It is a long way to the first bolt, but feel free to overgrip as the top is more fun when you’re pumped out of your mind. Would be three stars if it wasn’t for the bottom section.

The left side of the face with the vertical feature is climbed on pockets and slopers. Popularity exceeds quality by some margin.

Just left of the overhang. A feisty route with a tricky crux sequence. You’ll either love it or hate it.

Tackles the cruxy overhang at top speed. Easy if your bio-engineering originates in the former Eastern Bloc.