Grade
4,M4
Quality
First ascent
Bill McLeod, Peter Dickson November 1992
Located on
Mt Hopkins rises steeply from the Richardson Glacier. The climb has been
described as a real test piece. Follow the obvious spur upwards toward the
east ridge. Crux section is near three-quarter height. The rock strata
provides very little assistance to climbers hence the route is best tackled
when iced-up.
- P1
- Alpine (Mt Cook) 4
- Mixed M4
for the record we described it as a test piece beacuse the crux was so steep for a ridge, even compared to face routes such as the Shiela face. All the technical difficulties involved mixed climbing and scraping soft snow off rocks to look for protection
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UUID
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