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The Whole Nine Yards, upper section

OPEN: Access is subject to conditions.
Updated 15 January 2025, by Richard Thomson.

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Grade
18
Length
345m
8
Natural pro required
Quality
0
First ascent
Grant Piper, Bernie Frankpitt, Greg Low, 2021 (equipped, but open for ascent)
Located on
Cloudy Pk
  • P1
  • 13
  • 150m
  • Trad

Scramble along base of the face on the left side of the Great Prow. Climb a pitch up an off-width crack and keep moving left until you meet the saddle. The next pitch starts at the top of a small stepped ramp above the saddle point of the saddle.

  • P2
  • 17
  • 35m
  • 7
  • Trad

Follow the line of bolts linking ledges to a DBB.

  • P3
  • 17
  • 35m
  • 7

Follow the line of bolts linking ledges to a DBB.

  • P4
  • 18
  • 55m
  • 8
  • Trad

Step left and climb up passing a mixture of bolts and trad. crack placements until the angle eases in a wide gully with a DBB.

  • P5
  • 17
  • 40m
  • 6
  • Trad

Go to the back of the ledge and climb the crack at the head-wall using a mixture of trad. and bolts.

  • P6
  • 15
  • 30m
  • 4
  • Trad

From the right of the ledge, step up onto the moderately angled slab and climb past three bolts. At the third bolt step left across the void onto easy ground and scramble up to DBB, at the top of The Great Prow.

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