Big Fish | ClimbNZ

Type:

Rock

Description:

Starts at a black fixed line at sea level. Follow this is a single ring where the route starts. The first pitch suffers from seepage early in the morning. Best to climb and fix this in the afternoon and climb the rest the next day or rap in from the track. Single rack to #2 with doubles in 0.3-0.5. Small to medium wires only. Handy to have a tag line and haul a small pack. Too hard to climb with a pack on for most.

Reference:

Pitch(es):

#	Ewbank	Length	Trad
1	26	0m	No
	P1: 26 30m - Technical black wall with some powerful moves. Out of character from the rest of the route. All bolts
2	25	25m	Yes
	P2: 25 25m - Fishing tales - up face to crack and through overlap. Hard technical climbing up rightwards traverse. Bolts and small to medium gear.
3	24	25m	Yes
	P3: 24 25m - Seven gills - burly through overlap and then very enjoyable face climbing on great holds. Single rack and bolts
4	28	8m	Yes
	P4: 28 8m - Snickers Roof - crux boulder leads to steep pulls on good holds. Bolted to A0. At the end place a cam up in the crack to the left to protect the second into the belay. 1x 0.75 ,1 and bolts
5	25	30m	Yes
	P5: 25 30m - "5.9 pitch"- up hand/finger crack to steep, very exciting pulling over the bulge. Head back left on moderate ground to belay on comfy ledge. Take all the gear, some bolts
6	27	20m	No
	P6: 27 20m - Up and right on good holds. Pitch steepens to an outrageous crux (same last 10m as Freediver). Wave to the spectators. (Direct finish has not been freed.) all bolts
7	19	8m	No
	Short pitch to top of wall. 2 bolts If walking off head right across ledge to bush. Track heads off right and then up to join the main decent track.

Grade:

26,25,24,28,25,27,19

Quality:

Gone:

Length:

116m

Bolts:

Natural pro:

Ascent:

Llewellyn Murdoch, Bruce Dowrick and Jon Sedon Aug 2020

Route Image:

UUID:

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