The Blackboard | ClimbNZ

Type

Altitude

375m

Part of

The righthand end of the lower line of cliffs. So named for the amount of chalk on the wall. Most of the routes are best described as microroutes, important for their technical difficulty more than for the magnificence of the lines.

Aspect

East

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Routes

Reference	Title	Grade	Length	Quality
	Pepperoni Breakfast, 19	19		0
The groove with the trick start. From large loose-looking block move R onto small ledge, then grasp holds near summit and go. John Allen '78
	Biggles Tears a Tendon, 24	24	0m	1.02
P1 24 Trad Superb. Use the highly technical secret move to climb the very fingery wall.
	One Inch Rock, 25	25	0m	0
P1 25 Trad Start as for Pepperoni Breakfast but move left on sloping hand holds onto left wall. Do impossible mantle and finish moving left.
	A Star is Born, 20	20	0m	0
P1 20 Trad Starts at finger lock. Get to the big hold, then scare yourself in the easy-looking groove.
	Amazon Grace, 20	20	0m	0
P1 20 Trad Destroyed in the 2022 Christchurch earthquake. Start as for Who Killed Bambi then hand traverse the break to arete, place CDs and continue phlegmatically upwards.
	Who Killed Bambi?, 20	20	0m	0
P1 20 Trad Destroyed in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The huge technicoloured corner with a large overhang at the left of the wall. Climb the inverted yellow steps of the main overhang then out onto the top of the right wall. Serious and sustained.
	Watch Closely Now, 18	18	0m	0
P1 18 Trad Jam the black crack (hard) or use the holds just right (quite hard) or both (not so hard).

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