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Odyssey Wall

(1 route)

Impressive, 60m high, 500m long wall with a bunch of adventure trad lines, and a few sport climbs at the left hand end.

Altitude: 
500m
Type: 
Wall
Aspect: 
North West
Access: 

Climb up from the end of the Point via Mexican Americans (grade 16 pitch) or Flippin' the Grader to reach the left hand end, or walk up the Upper Bluff truck and for 10 minutes along the Odyssey track, then abseil in off bolted anchors (multiple abseils at New Wave, one 60m at Odyssey).

Reference Title Grade Length Quality Bolts Gone Natural pro Link to edit content
The Odyssey 17 ,18 ,22 80m
3
 wire representing trad
From the abseil in walk right to an 8m abseil off a rock spike to the base of the climb. From here climb up towards the left corner of the roof 20m up, then head left into a crack, follow this up to the cave, build a belay. (Double) Cams to Camalot 4, nuts, lots of extendable draws.
#EwbankAlpine (Technical)Alpine (Commitment)Alpine (Mt Cook)AidWater IceMixedBoulder (Hueco)LengthBoltsTrad
11740mYes
 

From the abseil in walk right to an 8m abseil off a rock spike to the base of the climb. From here climb up towards the left corner of the roof 20m up, then head left into a crack, follow this up to the cave, build a belay. (Double) Cams to Camalot 4, nuts, lots of extendable draws.
21820mYes
 

Follow the bottomless chimney up and out of the cave, then tiptoe left across the very airy slabby ledge, step down at the little tree, then
tiptoe some more (5m) further left to build a belay in cracks that cut through the overhang above.
32220mYes
 

Pull really hard to get through the overhang (protection is bomber here), then head straight up for the top out.
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