The Whole Nine Yards, upper section

Type: 
Rock
Pitch(es): 
#EwbankAlpine (Technical)Alpine (Commitment)Alpine (Mt Cook)AidWater IceMixedBoulder (Hueco)LengthBoltsTrad
113150mYes
 

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.

21735m7Yes
 

Follow the line of bolts linking ledges to a DBB.

31735m7No
 

Follow the line of bolts linking ledges to a DBB.

41855m8Yes
 

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.

51740m6Yes
 

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

61530m4Yes
 

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.

Grade: 
13,17,17,18,17,15
Quality: 
0
Gone: 
0
Length: 
345m
Bolts: 
32
Natural pro: 
1
Ascent: 
Grant Piper, Bernie Frankpitt and Greg Low 2021, equiped, but open for ascent.
UUID: 
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