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Getting to Solar Selew

Grade
22
Length
90m
3
Natural pro required
Quality
1.02
First ascent
Chris North, Emily Lane, Guy White, 1996
Located on
Mangaraho
Topo ref
4
  • P1
  • 18
  • 40m
  • Trad

An enjoyable, airy climb, and the most direct line on the North Face. Climb the first two pitches of The Dihedral, avoiding the belay station at the end of the first pitch.

  • P2
  • 20
  • 30m
  • 3
  • Trad

Starts to the right of belay bolts. Climb the face direct past a bush (bolt). Move up to a ramp (friends) tending left to reach another bolt. Climb through bulges (cams and 3 bolts), then follow crack to reach chain belay next to small manuka bushes.

  • P3
  • 22
  • 20m
  • 1
  • Trad

Up a slab left of the belay, through a bulge (large cam and 10 hex), to an easy scramble rightish (bolt) before stepping onto ramp. More bolts protect the crux — an overhang surmounted by bridging, then through a grassy bit to belay on a large rock to left.

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