Routes
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Lost in Translation, IV,6+,WI5,M5 | IV,6+,WI5,M5 | 0m | |||||
This route is on the south side of the West Rib, starting just left of a prominent snow and ice gully, and topping out at a prominent point at the lower end of the level section on the West Rib. Six steep pitches of iced and mixed climbing (WI4, WI3+, WI3+, WI5, WI3, M5). Descend the lower West Rib route.
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Left Buttress, V,4 | V,4 | 0m | |||||
Begin up the base of the prominent snow and ice gully about 250m right of the access gully at the base of the West Rib, and then move right across a diagonal snow slope to gain the buttress. Climb up through mixed ground and then cut left through a rotten rock band onto the snow and ice crest of the upper West Rib, which is followed to the summit.
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The Man from Head Office Who Found It Harder to Get Off Than to Get Up Direct, V,5 | V,5 | 0m | |||||
Ascend the major gully as for The Man from Head Office and then break left and climb steep ice directly to the summit.
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The Man from Head Office Who Found It Harder to Get Off Than to Get Up, V,4 | V,4 | 0m | |||||
Ascend the major gully that separates the left and right buttresses, beginning directly below the summit. A series of ice steps in the lower part of the gully are followed by snow and ice slopes leading right onto the Torres-Tasman Ridge near the summit of Torres.
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Right Buttress, V,4 | V,4 | 0m | |||||
Start up steep rock in the centre of the buttress, which after three rope lengths eases back and leads on to a snow and ice rib curving up to the Tasman-Torres ridge.
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