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Kia rapu i tōku māramatanga [Seeking the Light]

Grade
IV,5,WI3,M4
Length
300m
Quality
0
First ascent
Sooji Clarkson, Gavin Lang 27th July 2020
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A tricky start with some mixed moves, this line begins to the left of Chocolate Fish and climbs straight up to the Coxcomb Ridge.


  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) IV
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 5
  • Water Ice WI3
  • Mixed M4
  • 300m

5 pitches (60m). A short 6th pitch can be avoided if you begin belaying above the schrund. Pick your way up and along a right leaning shallow groove with mixed moves on the first pitch, until you can move up and left to gain a consistent ice flow in the second. Near vertical sections through the rest of the climb easing on the final pitch and trending right to gain the ridge. Gear: 10 x ice screws. Bring mainly shorter screws as this route is likely to have thinner ice than its neighbours.


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