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Surf’s Up Wall

Type
Altitude
1800m
Part of

The top most crag is Surf’s Up Wall at 1800m.
Grommet is the recommended descent route.

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Lat/lon
-39.290136,174.075022, NZ Topo Map
Topo50
BJ29 927 505
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 Rock Lobster, 16 16 8m
0

  • P1
  • 16
  • 8m
  • Trad

Lay away to start. The crux is one bouldery move. Follow crack, tending left over headwall block.


1 1Banzai Pipeline, 18 18 10m
0

  • P1
  • 18
  • 10m
  • Trad

Climb greenish wall to right facing corner. Layback and bridge to top. Loose exit.


2 2Tsunami, 15 15 12m
1.02

  • P1
  • 15
  • 12m
  • Trad

Follow broken crack over a flake and right. Well protected.


3 3Rocket Fish, 18 18 10m
0

  • P1
  • 18
  • 10m
  • Trad

4 4Endless Summer, 18 18 10m
2.01

  • P1
  • 18
  • 10m
  • Trad

The most obvious clean steep crack on the crag. Good jamming. The most obvious clean steep crack on the crag. Good jamming.


 Crab Stance, 17 17 10m
0

  • P1
  • 17
  • 10m
  • Trad

Pull up on a slight flake, then follow thin crack in groove to overhang. Follow blocks to top.


5 5Larry’s Flake, 15 15 10m
1.02

  • P1
  • 15
  • 10m
  • Trad

Pull over large flake and follow crack. Move over bulge. Note the great finger pocket. Finish over headwall on the ‘monkey rings.’


6 6Better Than Fitz, 17 17 10m
0

  • P1
  • 17
  • 10m
  • Trad

Groove just left of highest steepest part of wall. Climb onto big block, move left up ramp to finger crack and pull over top.


7 7Grommett, 10 10 10m
0

  • P1
  • 10
  • 10m
  • Trad

Fractured corner, move right over blocks. Descent route.


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