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Lawrence Buttress

Grade
5
Quality
0
First ascent
Mike Franklin, Mike Perry, February 1974
Located on
Upham Pk
Topo ref
LB
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 5

This is the route of the first direct ascent of Upham ; all previous climbs had been part of a traverse. Follow the buttress heading almost directly to the summit from the head of the Lawrence Glacier. The route is straightforward with one pitch up to grade 5, but the rock is poor.

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