Forty minutes upstream of the South Temple hut cross to the true left of stream and begin ascending the small side stream toward 2070m. 400 m after leaving the South Temple climb onto the spur on the true right and ascend the spur through tussock and Dracophyllum until the continuous scree band is reached. Traverse north for 30 minutes, crossing one gully to reach the grassy basin at 1400m with small waterfall nearby. Four to five hours from roadend to bivi site. 30 minute climb from bivi site to the nearest part of the wall and 90 minutes to the north end.
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| Hitting The Wall | 15 |
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Climb the series of prominent ascending buttresses at north end of the wall.
Start at the toe of the first buttress and climb three shortish pitches on
excellent quartz striped rock, about grade 12. Walk across to next buttress
and continue climbing for two pitches to top of final buttress. Grade 15
final moves at top can be reversed, then descend down gully on north side.
Ross Cullen, Geoff Gabites, January 2006
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| Knees Up | 16 |
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Ascend the chimney shaped buttress on left side of face. Begin by climbing
the shallow corner in centre of buttress on clean, solid rock, grade 16.
First four pitches more taxing than are later pitches. The buttress narrows
at the top and the final few metres can be bypassed on the left. Nine pitches
at a pleasant angle, on mainly good rock.
Ross Cullen, Bill McLeod, March 2005
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| Diamond | 15 |
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Commence by climbing the pedestal 30 metres to the north of the central crack
in the face. Climb directly towards the summit ridge passing on left of
groove at mid-height and on left of block near summit ridge. Nine pitches of
excellent climbing on quartz veined rock. Traverse to the north over 2070m
then descend easy slopes. Crux grade 15 in the middle of the climb.
Ross Cullen, Bill McLeod, January 2004
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| Slice of Heaven | 16 |
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An excellent four pitch climb on the steep reddish upper pillar. Ascend the
narrow gully between the two pillars to gain access. Climb centre of the face
for two pitches then pass the bulging nose on it’s right side. Grade 16.
Continue straight up. Nice. An easy twenty metre scramble to reach straight
forward north facing scree gully descent.
Ross Cullen, Bill McLeod, November 2005
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| Flying Jib | 14 |
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A four pitch climb on the gray right side buttress. Climb centre of face for
two pitches. Then follow a corner a little to the left to avoid flakes on
face. Move back to the centre and finish straight up. Relaxed climbing. Grade
14. Down climb 15 metres on ledges to gain the narrow north facing descent
gully. This gully required one easy abseil near top.
Ross Cullen, Bill McLeod, November 2005
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| Two Wrongs Make A Right | 15 |
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This climbed a rib which juts into the scree down and to the R of Grasshopper
Wall. 5 pitches. There may be a couple of additional pitches possible around
a couple of gendarmes. Pitch 2 scuttled around the left side of the rib, but
really needs a direct continuation. Grade 15. We downclimbed pitch 5 and
abseiled 20m to a walkoff on the lefthand side of rib.
Alan Hill & Hamish Reid, February 2006
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