Right-hand Buttress

Type

Altitude

640m

Part of

A narrow buttress with a steep lower section easing off further up. There are vegetated gullies on both sides that can be used for access, and one set of anchor rings for abseiling.

Walktime

10 mins

Aspect

South West

Approach

Continue along the track westward past an area of gorse.

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Routes

Reference	Title	Grade	Length	Quality
RR	RRRecycled Recreation, 17	17	20m	0
P1 17 20m Trad On the very left of the Right Buttress. Climb the wall trending left under the overhang to the crack. Up past gorse to gain a ledge (crux), and then up the arête. DBA
E2	E2Executioner The Second, 19	19	20m	1.02
P1 19 20m Trad Start from the same point to a thin crack on the right side of the arête. Easy climbing on to the wall, where the flaring crack provides protection with small offset wires. Gain the horizontal break (cam) and finish up the arête to a two-ring anchor.
FC	FCFalcon Crack, 15	15	20m	0
P1 15 20m Trad The obvious cleaned crack in the middle of the face. Up steeply with bridging to the right, and on past several bushes as the angle relents. DBA (on E2)
RZ	RZRed Zone, 14	14	20m	0
P1 14 20m Trad Starts just to the right up the broken arête. Higher up the climb moves on to the face, picking up reasonable gear all the way. DBA (E2)
SE	SEThe Split Egg, 16	16	15m	0
P1 16 15m Trad Further right, up the gully a bit, is a crack with a small overhang.

Comments

Lindsay Main

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Right Buttress routes added.

Sat, 06/10/2012 - 14:48 Permalink

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