A 150m tall and 150m tall "Floating Buttress" that is detached from Madeline's Skirt by a 1-1.5m chasm.
Routes
| Reference | Title | Grade | Length | Pro | Quality | Alert | Operations |
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| The View From Within, 18 | 18 | 225m |  |
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The largest chimney feature in New Zealand, Combined with a bit of caving and a window to view the Tutoko valley from inside the mountain!
A wandery pitch to the base of the mega chimney
Climb 2-3 pitches of epic chimneying. Little to no protection. But solid belays onto of large chock stones.
Bridge out of the top of chimney. Short steep hand jam boulder problem to gain belay onto a sofa-sized chock stone.
Bridge sideways (horizontally) into a deep fold of Madeline's Skirt (the chasm behind the floating buttress). Continue until you find a window looking out through the buttress to the Tutoko River 1000m below.
Climb inside out crack to the top of the floating buttress. Only grade 12 if you use the wall behind. |
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