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Bete Noire Wall

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Updated 22 December 2024, by Richard Thomson.

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Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 In Your Face, 18 18 20m
0

  • P1
  • 18
  • 20m
  • Trad

Wide bridging up the groove right of Safe Playing. Turn right at the overhang and continue up the arete to the top of Ignimbrite.


27 27Ignimbrite, 20 20 20m 7
0

  • P1
  • 20
  • 20m
  • 7

Climb the face to the right of the crack trending slightly right as you merge with the arête.


28 28The Existential Purple Thunderbolt, 19 19 18m 6
1.02

  • P1
  • 19
  • 18m
  • 6

Up the face but left of the dogleg crack feature.


29 29Streetwise, 19 19 18m 6
0

  • P1
  • 19
  • 18m
  • 6

Start in the small groove just right of the crack. Climb the face crossing over the crack around the dog-leg and finishing up to the right.


30 30Volcanic, 19 19 18m 7
0

  • P1
  • 19
  • 18m
  • 7

Starts just left of the fence with an overhanging start leading to easier ground on the higher slab.


31 31Sun Strike, 21 21 10m 7
2.01

  • P1
  • 21
  • 10m
  • 7

Start immediately above the fence, veer slightly left, and eventually drift back right to join the arête towards the top.


32 32Ma Garta La Narta, 25 25 15m 4
1.02

  • P1
  • 25
  • 15m
  • 4

Climb Sunstrike to the ledge. From the left-hand end of the ledge attack the face just right of the arête.


33 33Bête Noire, 23 23 15m 5
2.01

  • P1
  • 23
  • 15m
  • 5

Climb Sunstrike to the ledge. From the middle of the ledge ascend the gentle overhang past two bolts, then tend right and up the face.


 Back to the Future, 16 16 15m
0

  • P1
  • 16
  • 15m
  • Trad

The crack system left of Safety Buffalo. Tree belay.


34 34Safety Buffalo, 24 24 10m 4
1.02

  • P1
  • 24
  • 10m
  • 4

Starts off the next ledge up and right of Bete Noire, which can be accessed from ground level around the corner. Climb the short, sharp, steep wall.


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