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Natural pro requiredA bit of a pickle. Originally climbed as three pitches but a few long slings can string it together in one. From the top of P1 an alternative finish (Sinister Variation (21), Rick McGregor, August 1980) traverses left across Grotesque and up the corner system to the top of Hanged Man.
Climb the ramp and corner to the ledge with tree and bolted belay.
Up short corner to another ledge and tree belay.
Climb the groove and crack on left or the wider crack on the right.