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Needle Direct

OPEN: Access is subject to conditions.
Updated 18 December 2024, by Richard Thomson.

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Grade
16,3
Length
200m
0
Natural pro required
Quality
2.01
First ascent
Marty Beare, Lindsay Main, 1980
Located on
Upper Walls
Topo ref
ND
  • P1
  • 16
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 3
  • 200m
  • Trad

The Needle is a striking feature of the bluffs below the South West Ridge, just right of the Great Prow. Scramble up scree gullies for about 50m to the start. Mostly climb the crack just left of the arête. Five ptiches. Abseil off the top into a rotten gully, then scramble to the main ridge.

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UUID
 
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