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Blood and Chocolate

OPEN: Access is at risk.
Updated 5 October 2025, by Richard Thomson.

Mangorewa Gorge is open to climbing. The Rotorua Climbing Club and ACAT are working towards reaching an enduring agreement with DOC and Tapuika iwi. Please keep to the crag behaviour guide. Do not install any fixed hardware, and note any safety/hardware issues.

Grade
18
Length
17m
9
Quality
0
First ascent
Andrew Wilkinson
Joe Andric, Yvette van den Brand 28/09/18
Located on
Mangorewa Gorge
Topo ref
Sector Sang, or Blood Buttress 1
  • P1
  • 18
  • 17m
  • 9

This area is 30m right of Wonder Wall, through the bush. Start up dirty roots for a couple of meters. Climb left to tricky reddish groove, to easier ground, then the final steepening groove to DBCB. The rock degenerates above. Climb left of first few bolts and right of the last few.

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