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Routes as sport in Big Banana Buttress & The Extremes

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Grade Route Gear style Popularity Crag
24 New Horizons

Start at ground level, on wall between Apple Arete and Shick. Up to roof, swing right to a bolt, then climb the blank wall trending back left, past 5 bolts to DBB. Now ring bolted and with a lower-off below the giant rocking block. Can continue up to link into "Shades Direct", providing a couple of grade 24 crux sections

FA: David Gray & Alan Gray, 1993

Sport 12m, 5 Watagans
18 Sharp End

Starts from the Stopper Cave at UB belay. Climb out of cave then up the face and left past 3 UB

FA: David Gray, John Wilde & Dan Rogers, 1983

Sport 11m Watagans
18 Dire Straits

Starts at Apple Arete belay chains then moves left and up arete past 5 UB to belay on top of the Big Banana.

FA: Chris Crane, David Gray & Bruce Donaldson, 1984

Sport 15m Watagans
18 Rapsailers

Start as for 'Sharp End' but head right and up arete after first bolt

FA: David Gray & Darrin Gray, 1993

Sport 12m, 5 Watagans
21 No Support for the Monarchy

From the Big Banana belay, step right into the groove, surmount block and continue left, up indifferent rock past 2 bolts to a roof. Surmount roof and on to next roof passing 2 more bolts, then a further bolt leads to the RS belay. Optional cam under block to finish.

FA: David Gray, 1993

Sport 15m, 5 Watagans
18 Save the Orchids

Climb the arete right of Shick, thin move past a bolt, continue up the arete past 2 bolts to tree belay.

FA: Paul Riviere & John Wilde, 1990

Sport 16m, 3 Watagans
23 Three Finger Exercise

The line of bolts just left of five fingers

FA: TR David Gray, 1984

FA: Wayne Anderson & Wayne Gibbs, 1991

Sport 12m, 4 Watagans

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