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Darwin Buttresses

Type

Part of

From the Tasman Glacier

Aspect

North

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Routes

Reference	Title	Grade	Length	Pro	Quality	Operations
	Horn/McLean Rib, 12,4	12,4			0
P1 12 Alpine (Mt Cook) 4 Ascend the prominent rib onto the Annan-Darwin Ridge. The lower half of the rib is good rock (crux 12), but the upper section contains some evil looking, loose black gullies.
	Couloir Route, 3+	3+			0
P1 Alpine (Mt Cook) 3+ Climb the obvious couloir between the Horn/McLean Rib and the Original route.
	Original Route, 12,4-	12,4-			0
P1 12 Alpine (Mt Cook) 4- Commence up firm rock from the right toe of the buttress and ascend to the first snowfield. Then traverse right and up to a second snowfield before taking the left of two prominent buttresses (crux 12). Above here the climbing becomes easy scrambling on broken rock.
	Lost Bolt Buttress, 14,4	14,4			0
P1 14 Alpine (Mt Cook) 4 Ascend the original route but take the right of the two prominent buttresses. So named because somewhere here a Japanese party placed a bolt ladder that no one has found again

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