Absent Friends 17 Edit route

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Description:

48m (16) Up the ramp and face to step L above a scoop. Up to the orange rock, step L then blast straight up the steep face to reach a ledge and DBB.
25m (12) Climb the V corner with some loose looking blocks on the L then swing R across the steep wall to a stance on the detached rib. Follow the spectacular rib all the way to a ledge.
22m (10) Step L then up the face to reach a large ledge and tree.
30m (10) Climb the steep corner on the L to reach a large sloping ledge and cave underneath the summit bluff. Traverse 9m R to reach belay at a corner.
30m (11) Steeply up the corner system to reach the summit.

First Ascent: Mark Gommers, Nathan Walmsley (alt leads) 16/02/2003. 1st pitch FFA Mark Gommers 02/02/2003, 16 Feb 2003

Route Grade Citations

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	V0	Elegance
	V0	The Crest of the Wave
	15	Pitch Black
	15	Under the Cling - Zig Zag Finish
	15	The Soldier King
	17	Absent Friends
	18	Deliverance
	17	Rock Sex
	18	Saturation