Long, sunny, gentle slab climbs on good rock, at least on the initial pitches.
South of The Slab, climb up and over the foot of The Pinnacle to reach these routes. The second pitches all share the same double bolt belay at the top of The Pinnacle.

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1 | Te Ika Variant | 11 | 20m |
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Pad up the countersunk slab to the large crack. Climb this and step around on to the north side of the ridge to belay. There is now a double bolt anchor for instructional purposes at the top of the slab (110mm titanium bolts placed in March 2018).
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2 | Neptune | 12 ,12 | 44m |
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Quite a wandering climb.
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3 | Slabber | 14 | 20m |
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Start two metres right of the corner up a good crack to the big ledge. Can be climbed as an alternate first pitch to Black Back Cleft, or you can continue on up the second pitch of that route to make one long 40 metre pitch.
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4 | Black Back Cleft | 15 ,13 | 40m |
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Belay anchors at the top and bottom were replaced with 110mm titanium glue-in
bolts in March 2018. The anchor at the top of Pitch 1 was untouched.
Alan Silva (roped solo), November 1995
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5 | Maui | 14 ,14 | 45m |
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From the beach, climb the short steep wall on to the slab. Now follow the right-hand edge of the face to belay at the ledge.
Graeme Dingle, c1970
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