"The Wall That Time Forgot". At the far end of the Ravine, after the track
rises to pass through a gate, walk down towards the large pine tree at the
toe of the large wall ahead to the right. Cross the stream just before the
tree and up the grass at the base of the wall. There are the following
routes, and potential for more. Due to rope drag and stretch it is best that
these routes are not done in one pitch.
Named after a good luck ritual performed by Tauranga climbers heading to the
Waikato, near a certain road junction.
- P1
- 17
- 17m
- 5
Climb the central rounded groove-line to chains at a small ledge on the left.
- P2
- 15
- 18m
- 7
Climb the bulging rock just left of the belay then up to another ledge. Move rightwards into the groove left of the prow. Climb this to chains on the right wall at the top (can lower from here). There is another set of chains on the block a few meters higher for a nice belay on top (abseil from here). From both higher sets of chains it is easy to return to the first belay chain. A 50m rope would be ok. A good introduction to multi-pitch climbing.