★★ Rat up a Drainpipe 20

Grade context: AU
Length: 25m
Bolts: 8
Ascents: 111

Route history

1991	First ascent: Andrew Taylor

Warnings

Location

Lat/Lon: -40.88405, 172.81151

Grade citation

20	Assigned grade
19 [18 - 19] --	grAId
20	Climbing New Zealand, A Crag Guide for the Travelling Rock Climber
20 (S)(S)	★★ South Island Rock

ethic

Mostly sport climbing with the occasional thread. Clearing vegetation is frowned upon and may lead to closures. Abseil or lower off: Don't walk to the top of cliffs as it trashes the vegetation.

inherited from Paynes Ford

Seasonality

Quality

Mega Classic
Classic
Very Good
Good
Average
Don't Bother
Crap

Overall quality 69 from 71 ratings.

Difficulty - 20

Soft Touch
Easy
Average
Hard
Sandbag

Based on 4 ratings.

Suggested Grade

20
21

Based on 4 ratings.

Tick Types

Onsight	45	45
Flash	12	12
Red point	3	3
Tick	13	13
Attempt	6	6

Comment keywords

amazing fun fantastic super nice sweet cool great good crux pumped confusing polished easy slabby jugs awkward interesting short traverse rest mantle fall runout tricky

Tue 16 May

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