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Popes Nose

Type
Altitude
2700m
Part of

This small peak is a great vantage point and has a stomach sucking drop down the East Face. It is an exposed straightforward climb from the Bonar Glacier.

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Lat/lon
POINT (168.746126 -44.391543)
Topo50
CA11 612 758
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Operations
From the Bonar Glacier I,2
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North East Ridge 15,3,III
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3 Bishop’s Buttress. 17,V
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4 F*** The Pope. VI,6
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5 The Vision 20,V
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Comments
Peter Dickson

The alpine grades applied to the routes The Vision and Bishops Buttress appear to be below established conventions for rock. I think a more appropriate grading would be VI

Fri, 13/01/2012 - 00:56 Permalink
Attribution
Alen Uren & John Cocks, Photo: Colin Montieth, Hedgehog House.
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