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  6. Plantation Wall

Plantation Wall

(11 routes)

Type: 
Wall
Reference Title Grade Length Quality Bolts Gone Natural pro Link to edit content
Chronic Pneumonic 19 20m
0
 wire representing trad
Climb a slab two metres right to a steep right-facing corner (protection under the undercling to the right). Then up the corner and crack to a grassy ledge and move left under a block to the Flossing With Elvis chains.
Lindsay Main. 1998
Aqualung 19 15m
0
 wire representing trad
An obvious short weakness. Staunch bridging and layback moves with good protection to a ledge; then move left to the FWE anchor chains.
Alan Hill, 2002
Blind Optimism 20 30m
1.02
 wire representing trad
Starts in a shallow groove and climbs right of a flaky area as the groove steepens. Tricky bridging (crux) to a stable position below a short crack to a vegetated ledge, then up another short crack with a small bush to a larger ledge with a five-finger tree. Climb the V-chimney behind the tree, moving left at the top on good holds to another short steep crack. Belay and abseil from a sling and and ring on a small tree.
Lindsay Main, 2014
Christmas Cracker 17,21,17 30m
0
 wire representing trad
Can be done as three short pitches. Start 1m R of pine. Up groove trending slightly L, and past RH end of OH. Belay on ledge below corner.
#EwbankAlpine (Technical)Alpine (Commitment)Alpine (Mt Cook)AidWater IceMixedBoulder (Hueco)LengthBoltsTrad
11712mYes
 

Can be done as three short pitches. Start 1m R of pine. Up groove trending slightly L, and past RH end of OH. Belay on ledge below corner.
22110mYes
 

Move L and up flake and RW sloping crack, then up L-facing corner (crux) past large block (care) and bush to belay below corner.

3178mYes
 

Climb the corner, then make awkward moves L and up second corner.

John Veronese, Alan Hill, Pete Gresham, 2002
Picking Scabs 17 15m
0
 wire representing trad
Climbs the first wall only. Up a slab behind a pine tree, moving right to pass the small roof and gain a grassy ledge. Either move left across grassy ledges and abseil from chains, or continue up Christmas Cracker or Lost In Space.
Peter Gresham, 2002
Lost in Space 17 25m
1.02
 wire representing trad
Ten metres right of the fence, climb a thin crack over a small bulge to a wide ledge with trees, then from a recess above take the left of two parallel leaning corners. Abseil from a sling around a tree, or move right to ring anchors.
Gilda Otway (start), Joe Arts (finish), 1998
Pillarmanjaro 22 20m
0
 2bolts wire representing trad
Goes up the arête between Lost in Space and Mind Games. Gain the LiS Ledge. Bridge start in LiS past the first bolt, traverse rightwards onto the arête, using the thin crack for pro. After the bolt climb the blocky head wall to the finishing ledge, where there is a DBB, which also services LiS.
Grant Piper 2016
Mind Games 19 25m
2.01
 wire representing trad
The right of the two leaning corners. Start up the vegetated ramp and climb the right-leaning corner on the right. Layback up the ramp, pull over the bulge, and balance up the smooth V-corner with small gear (crux) to finish up the broken corner. Anchors are on he ledge above. Technical, clean, and aesthetic.
Lindsay Main, 1980
Frictional Characters 21 27m
2.01
 3bolts wire representing trad
Goes up the arête to the right of Mind Games. Start up the splitter crack, then work your way through the shattering's, and beyond up the face past the 3bolts, to gain the crack and out to the rap station
Grant Piper 2016
Sniffing The Bear 16,20 30m
0
 wire representing trad
Start up the ramp as for previous routes, then move rifght across steep slab and flakes and through notch to large belay ledge.
#EwbankAlpine (Technical)Alpine (Commitment)Alpine (Mt Cook)AidWater IceMixedBoulder (Hueco)LengthBoltsTrad
11615mYes
 

Start up the ramp as for previous routes, then move rifght across steep slab and flakes and through notch to large belay ledge.
22015mYes
 

Climb up behind ledge, then R to small ledge with two small trees. Make awkward move up past overlap to edge of slab. Step R (crux) then gain & follow corner, finishing L to anchor tree, or right to a new anchor.

Richard Kimberley, Alan Hill, 2002
Redemption 18 25m
0
 1bolts wire representing trad
On the small buttress by a small native tree. Start by climbing the tree and step onto the rock; then balance up with dodgy gear including a sling around the tree to gain the blocks, and on up to the ledge. After a short bush walk climb blocks past grass on the right side of the corner and push up to the slab above. Move left past the bolt (crux) to the left side of the corner and step right to finish up a short crack to a double ring anchor.
Lindsay Main, 2014
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