Route in The Ascension

Absolutely fantastic. The hard first pitch corner can be a show-stopper and the third pitch arete is awesomely exposed and not brilliantly protected.

Start: Beautiful corner just right of 'Tourist Buttress'. Clear initial A.

1. 33m (21) Corner which gets progressively harder. After the corner, step right around the overhang to the deep V-groove which forces you to play twister (you can either escape left to holds on the arete, or continue up groove), to bolt anchor at ledge.

2. 9m (-) Diagonally up left and around arete to small stance.

3. 40m (21) Follow twin thin cracks up the front of the buttress. Protection is OK but not brilliant. This pitch finishes at a bolt belay (60m abseil to the ground), below the recent rockfall.

4. 35m (-) Easily up lefthand line or do 'Scarface' (20) which is just to left.