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The Shelf

(7 routes)

This is the front wall of the turret. There are two pitches of climbing, radical cranky moves and overhanging jamming in pockets!

Type: 
Wall
Reference Title Grade Length Quality Bolts Gone Natural pro Link to edit content
Oe Omelette 23 13m
1.02
 4bolts
Starts at the Lh-end of The Shelf. Climb the steep pocky crack.
Jo Kippax, 1995
CS Chicken Shit 20 12m
1.02
 4bolts
Starts from the Shelf. Jug haul to the slopey finish, part-way up the face.
Richard Kersal, 1995
Aa Anti-Anhedonia 21,24 27m
3
 7bolts
From the Shelf climb up the centre of the face to belay stn.
#EwbankAlpine (Technical)Alpine (Commitment)Alpine (Mt Cook)AidWater IceMixedBoulder (Hueco)LengthBoltsTrad
12112m3No
 

From the Shelf climb up the centre of the face to belay stn.
22415m4No
 

From belay climb through the centre of the steep headwall.
Jo Kippax, 1995
WW Wombling Woozle 21 18m
0
 4bolts
From the belay part way up the face, climb up the slab and head to the Rh- arete. Climb arete to the top of the tower.
Jo Kippax, 1995
Self Propelled Undies 15 12m
0
 3bolts
These three routes on the small buttress right of The Shelf are accessed via the right gully.
Calum Hudson, John Dale, 2012
Middle Route 14 12m
0
 3bolts
Getting Ink Done 16 12m
0
 3bolts
Calum Hudson, John Dale, 2012
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