Grade
VII,14,4
Length
2000m
0
Quality
First ascent
Peter Dickson, January 1990
Located on
Topo ref
2.60
A visionary climb. Gain the Frind Glacier by either (i) climbing a steep, loose moraine wall as on the first ascent, or (ii) climbing up the lower Frind Glacier itself (both options are severely threatened by icecliff avalanche hazard). From the Frind Glacier head up the right side of a buttress, which is in the centre of the serac wall (crux 14). There is an exhilarating bivouac site at the top of the buttress, potentially safe from icecliff avalanche hazard. Negotiate the icecliff, cross the Shelf Glacier and finish up The Sun Also Rises.
- P1
- 14
- Alpine (Commitment) VII
- Alpine (Mt Cook) 4
- 2000m
Comments
UUID
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The red line is more accurate than the black line. The X marks the bivvy, a lofty perch 25m away from the active icecliifs.
Hey Peter – if you click on the "edit" tab for this route, above, you can scroll down to "Route image" and upload your pik from your computer to here. If stuff is wrong, don't hold back from fixing it yourself. The revision system means that all the original text/versions are always retained in the database.
Oh it is way wrong.
Is there an email address that I can send a pic to with the line of my route marked on it?
I have a pic here (thanks Cam and Guy) that shows the route more clearly.
Description updated – thanks PKD, who notes also that the line marked on the topo in the Aoraki Mt Cook guide is wrong.