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Weather Spell

Type: 
Rock
Description: 
9 Pitches, 270m, 30 (26 Variation), mixed bolts and trad, steep granite climbing along cracks, roofs, dihedrals, faces and arets. Bolted belays. – P1: 20m, 18/21, Trad – P2: 30m, 25, 1 Bolt – P3: 30m, 22, 4 bolts – P4: 40m, 21, 3 bolts – P5: 35m, 23/25 long reach, easier if you are tall!, 2 bolts – P6: 35m, 27, 6 bolts – P7: 15m, 24, 1 piton – P8: 25m, 30 or 26 variation, 7 or 9 bolts – P9: 20m, 25, 1 piton. Abseil down the route! Or Basejump!
Reference: 
2
Pitch(es): 
#EwbankAlpine (Technical)Alpine (Commitment)Alpine (Mt Cook)AidWater IceMixedBoulder (Hueco)LengthBoltsTrad
130270mNo
 

Gear
- 2x60m ropes
- 10 quickdraws (some extendables)
- Medium and big nuts (up to °9 red)
- Double rack between DMM Dragon size 0(grey) to 4(yellow)
- Single rack of smaller cams (3cu blue, Dragon 00, blue) and bigger Dragons 5(blue) and 6 (grey)
- Tagline to pull yourself back in if you link the abseils from top of pitch 8 to top of pitch 6 and from top of pitch 4 to top of pitch 2 - both 60m abseils. Another 60m abseil from top of pitch 2 puts you back on the ground.
Grade: 
30
Quality: 
3
Gone: 
0
Length: 
270m
Bolts: 
0
Natural pro: 
0
Ascent: 
Alex Schweikart, Chris Igel, Karl 'Merry' Schimanski, Claudia Kranabitter, March/April 2013
Route Image: 
UUID: 
e0ad132d-339a-4cdf-9b62-e226dd688b06

Comments

Submitted by s8piral on Fri, 25/10/2013 - 17:03

A video of the routesetting and first ascent has just been released: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urjQs6QbH5Q