Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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Te Ika-a-Māui / The North Island Waikato Waitomo District The Airstrip Grot View Cave | |||||
V7 | ★★ Dirty Dirty Dancing
Start as for Frank's Route, reverse Power Puku and finish with Dirty Dancing. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 16 Apr 2022 | 5m | |||
V8 | ★★ Dancing In The Dark
Start as per Franks Route, Reverse Power Puku to 4 Points then continue up Dirty Dancing Extension. Beta vid - https://youtu.be/Q9dVZWkOU6E FA: Chris Hailey | 7m | |||
Franks Met Ovation
Start as Franks Route and finish with Standing Ovation. | 3m | ||||
V5/6 | Franks Met Maestro
Start with Franks Route, climb up to the plate and finish with Maestro FA: Ashkan & Marco Lefebvre, 21 Jan 2023 | 6m | |||
V7 | ★★ Frantic Frank's Better Half
Start as for Frank's Better Half and finish with the remainder of Frantic. Might be harder than the grade. The final jug rail is out. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 5 Feb 2022 | 7m | |||
V8 | ★★ Frantic Frank's Route
Start as for Frank's route, climb into Frank's Better Half and finish with the remainder of Frantic. Could be harder. The final jug rail is out. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 5 Feb 2022 | 7m | |||
V8 | ★★ Frankenstein
Start as for Frank's Route, reverse Power Puku to the start of Frantic, head left thru small slopey scoops to the thin jug rail and finish with Frank's Better half. The plate and Du Hast jugs are out. Around 30 moves.https://www.instagram.com/p/CZBh54-FtRF/ FA: Marco Lefebvre, 22 Jan 2022 | 8m | |||
V8 | ★★ Frantic Frankenstein
Climb Frankenstein and finish with the remainder of Frantic. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 16 Feb 2022 | 8m | |||
V8 | ★★ Frankenstein's Monster
Start as for More Approaching Insanity, climb to the start of Frantic and finish as for Frankenstein. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 4 Feb 2022 | 8m | |||
V7 | ★★ Frank's Scoops
Start as for Frank's Route, reverse Power Puku to the start of Frantic and head left through the smooth scoops to finish as for Leon's Line. The plate and Du Hast shelf are out. | 4m | |||
V6/7 | ★★ Reverselina
Start as per Franks route, reverse power puku, avoid the plate and head left, finish up Transverselina FA: Chris Hailey, 6 Aug 2023 | 6m | |||
V9 | ★★ Ramble On
Start deep in the cave as per The Wheel of Waitomo, climb to the start of Frantic, head left through the smooth scoops to the sharp jug rail, climb Frank's Better Half and finish with the second half of Frantic. The Du Hast holds are out. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 16 Apr 2022 | 8m | |||
V6 | ★★ Power Puku
Start as for Du Hast but take the lower line on small slopers around the first corner. Leave this line before the juggy plate and drop on into the two small blobs. Reach or lunge all the way under the overhang, then clamp your way to reach and finish at the sloping break of Du Hast. Perhaps on the stiff side of the grade, but a great send. FA: John Newby | 4m | |||
V7 | ★★ Big Power Puku
Start as for More Approaching Insanity and finish with Power Puku. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 29 Jan 2022 | 4m | |||
V8 | ★★★ Puku Power
Climb Power Puku, reverse Du Hast to the plate and finish with Frank's better half into the Frantic finish. A nice variation for when the deep start is wet. | 10m | |||
V9 | ★★ Puku Power Power
Climb Power Puku into Leon's Line, Frank's Better Half and finish with the second half of Frantic. The Du Hast shelf and plate are out. | 10m | |||
V7 | ★★ Check Your Head
Start deep in the middle of the cave from a sit start with the left on a pinch/under cling pocket and the right on a the slopey chalked up hold in the roof. Press a foot on and find the knee bar for some powerful moves on the first tier holds to end at the Power Puku finish.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Lea2BTJBqOU FA: Marco Lefebvre, 11 Aug 2022 | 4m | |||
V7 | ★★ Check Your Head into Maestro
Climb Check Your Head and finish with Maestro. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 29 Dec 2022 | 4m | |||
V7/8 | ★★ Check Your Head - Reverse Du Hast - Leon's Finish
Climb Check Your Head, Reverse Du Hast and finish with the Leon's Line mantle. | 5m | |||
V7 | ★ Check Your Head into Dirty Dancing
Climb the first half of Check Your Head, reverse Power Puku and finish with all four points on the start of Dirty Dancing. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 4 Dec 2022 | 4m | |||
V8 | ★★ Check Your Head - Dirty Dancing Extension
Start as for Check Your Head, unwind from the kneebar, reverse Power Puku and finish with Dirty Dancing Extension. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 30 Nov 2023 | 6m | |||
V8 | ★★ Check Your Head - Reverse Du Hast - Frank's Better Half
Climb Check Your Head, reverse Du Hast and Finish with Frank's Better Half. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 15 Mar 2023 | 9m | |||
V9 | ★★ Check Your Head into The Wheel of Waitomo
The name says it all.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG-qf19-YRM&ab_channel=MarcoLefebvre FA: Marco Lefebvre, 11 Aug 2022 | 9m | |||
V9 | ★★ Check Your Head into Frantic Frankenstein
Start as for Check Your Head and head into the start of Frantic.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozm2JIrCMFM&ab_channel=MarcoLefebvre FA: Marco Lefebvre, 12 Aug 2022 | 11m | |||
V8/9 | ★★ More Dirty Dancing
Climb Check Your Head, reverse all of Du Hast and finish with Dirty Dancing Extension. Pumpy! | 12m | |||
V6 | ★★ Check Your Head Direct - Leon's Finish
Start as for Check Your Head and go directly to the plate to finish with the Leon's Line Mantle. | 4m | |||
V6 | ★★ Check Your Head Direct - Maestro
Climb Check Your Head directly to the plate and finish with Maestro. Cool line. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 11 Feb 2023 | 7m | |||
V7 | ★★ Check Your Head Direct - Frank's Better Half
FA: Marco Lefebvre, 11 Feb 2023 | 7m | |||
V8 | ★★ Check Your Head Direct - Frank's Better Half - Frantic Finish
FA: Marco Lefebvre, 11 Feb 2023 | 7m | |||
V7 | ★★ Check Your Head Direct - Transversalina
Climb Check Your Head directly to the plate and reverse Du Hast to finish with Transverselina. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfqTghZabbc&ab_channel=MarcoLefebvre FA: Marco Lefebvre, 20 Sep 2023 | ||||
V7 | ★★ Check Your Transverselina
Climb Check Your Head and finish with Transverselina. On the hard end of V7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TVQG2Y2ays&ab_channel=MarcoLefebvre FA: Marco Lefebvre, 25 Aug 2023 | 5m | |||
V8 | ★★★ Days Well Spent
Start as for Big Power Puku and bypass the first two meters by climbing through the roof using small edges and smooth scoops before linking back into and finishing with the second half of Power Puku.See Video. https://youtu.be/o2rS1jJ7eY0 FA: Marco Lefebvre, 23 Jun 2022 | 5m | |||
V9 | ★★ Days Well Spent Extension
Climb Days Well Spent and finish with The Wheel of Waitomo. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 23 Jun 2022 | 11m | |||
V10 | ★★ Days Well Spent - The Wheel of Waitomo Variation
Around 38 moves. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 11 Feb 2023 | 11m | |||
V10 | ★★★ Warrant of Fitness
This climb links Days Well Spent into Check Your Head to end at the Power Puku finish. Climbs on the first tier holds. https://www.instagram.com/p/CqzM00LS8-_/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= FA: Marco Lefebvre, 7 Apr 2023 | 5m | |||
V11 | ★★★ The Wheel of Fitness
Climb Warrant of Fitness and finish with The Wheel of Waitomo. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 13 Apr 2023 | 11m | |||
V11 | ★★ The Line of Fitness
Climb 'Warrant of Fitness' but instead of going to the jug rail carry on with 'Leon's line' and finish up that. FA: Charlie Birch | ||||
V12 | ★★★ Witness my Fitness
Climb The Line of Fitness and finish with the remainder of The Wheel of Fitness. I have to call this a soft 12. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 16 Sep 2023 | 11m | |||
V10 | ★★★ A Wrinkle in Time
Climb Warrant of Fitness and finish with Transverselina. Not at hard as the Line of Fitness, but a solid 10. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 30 Nov 2023 | 6m | |||
★★★ ProjectF
Climb the Line of Fitness V11 and finish with Anti Hesitator V10. | 11m | ||||
V9 | ★★ Furiosa
Start as for More Approaching Insanity, climb Power Puku to its finish, reverse Du Hast to the plate and finish with Frank's Better Half. This is the longest climb in the cave with 37+ moves. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 4 Feb 2022 | 11m | |||
V8 | ★★ Furiosa's Better half
Start as for Approaching Insanity (regular start/wet day start), climb Power Puku to its finish, reverse Du Hast to the plate and finish with Frank's Better Half. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 25 Sep 2022 | 10m | |||
V8 | ★★ Dirty Furiosa
Start with all four points on the start of Dirty Dancing, climb all of Power Puku, reverse Du Hast and finish with Frank's Better Half. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 4 May 2022 | 10m | |||
V9 | ★★★ The Wheel of Waitomo
Climb Furiosa and finish with the second half of Frantic. Almost 40 moves. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 28 Feb 2022 | 11m | |||
V8/9 | ★★ The Dirty Wheel of Waitomo
Climb Dirty Furiosa and finish with the second half of Frantic. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 5 May 2022 | 10m | |||
V10/11 | ★★ Ferocious Al Fresco
Climb The Wheel of Waitomo and finish with Savage Alfresco. A long power endurance climb with a big finish. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 27 May 2022 | 10m | |||
V4 | ★ Standing Ovation
Start from the sloping break where Power Puku finishes, crank the sidepull, slap way left to Slopers, then finish on the juggy breaks and jump off. FA: John Newby | 3m | |||
V4 | ★ Maestro
Same start as Standing Ovation, taking the big sidepull, but uses handholds in the vertical crack only. Finishes on the same jugs. FA: John Newby | 1m | |||
V3 | ★★★ Stream-alina
Start on the low crimps down by the stream (feet anywhere) head up to jugs the right onto the main cave, stem across and reach onto side pull of Transversallina, keep traversing right to finish as per Transversalina. FA: Chris Hailey, 23 Oct 2023 | 5m | |||
V5 | ★★ Transverselina
Start as Du Hast Reverse, traverse right, use the broken side hold for standing on the rock and traverse to the right. FA: Ashkan, 20 Apr 2023 | 3m | |||
V7 | ★★ Power Puku Link-Up
Power Puku into Standing Ovation. FA: Steve Conn | ||||
V6 | ★★ Du Hast into Standing Ovation
Start as Du Hast and finish on the jug of Standing Ovation. FA: Marco Lefebvre | 5m | |||
V4 | ★★ Approaching Insanity Reverse
Start matched on the plate and finish as for Du Hast Reverse. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 2 Jan 2020 | 4m | |||
V5 | ★ Du Hast Reverse
Start on the finish of Du Hast and ends matched on the rounded horn near the start of Du Hast. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 2 Jan 2020 | 5m | |||
V7 | ★★★ Leon's Line
Start as for Frank's Route but continue straight thru the roof. Some big moves to bad holds will get you to jugs on the nose. Mantle the nose and drop off. The entire jug shelf and plate of Du Hast have been eliminated. beta: https://youtu.be/0_HPwpV2SCs FA: Marco Lefebvre, 2 Jan 2020 | 5m | |||
V8 | ★ Franks Better Start
Start with Leons line, eliminate plate and finish Franks Better Half beta: https://youtu.be/0_HPwpV2SCs FA: Chris Hailey & Ashkan, 13 Sep 2023 | 8m | |||
V8 | ★★ Frantic Franks Better Start
Start with Leon's Line, eliminate plate, climb the Franks Better Half and finish with Frantic. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 9 Feb 2023 | 7m | |||
V7/8 | ★ Power Puku into Leon's Line
Climb Power Puku and finish with Leon's Line. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 3 Mar 2020 | 5m | |||
V8 | ★★★ Deep Leon
Start deep in the cave (A.K.A. Deep start), climb Power Puku into Leon's Line. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 17 Feb 2022 | 7m | |||
V9 | ★★ The Wheel of Waitomo Variation Lite
Start deep in the cave (A.K.A., Deep start), climb Power Puku into Leon's Line and finish with Franks Better Half. Note: The Du Hast jug shelf and plate are out. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 9 Feb 2023 | 11m | |||
V10 | ★★★ The Wheel of Waitomo Variation
This line climbs The Wheel of Waitomo but eliminates the Du Hast shelf and plate by climbing Leon's Line (the outside face below the Du Hast shelf to the nose) to reach the nose. Finish as for The Wheel of Waitomo.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF5PRpy_CBs&t=48s&ab_channel=MarcoLefebvre FA: Marco Lefebvre, 10 Apr 2022 | 11m | |||
Deep Into Leon with No Hesitation
Deep start, climb Power Puku into Leon's Line, continue the ledge and finish with remainder of The Anti-Hesitator. Note: Du Hast jugs and the plate are out. | |||||
V6 | ★★ Deep Maestro
Start deep in the cave (A.K.A., Deep start), climb Du Hast and finish with Maestro. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 9 Feb 2023 | 6m | |||
V7 | ★★ Power Puku into Maestro
Climb the Power Poku and finish with the Maestro. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 1 Jan 2020 | 5m | |||
V7/8 | ★★ Cave Jam
Start as for More Approaching Insanity, climb Power Puku and finish with Maestro. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 10 Nov 2022 | 5m | |||
V6/7 | ★★ Dirty Power Puku
Start with all four points on the start of Dirty Dancing. A big iron cross will get you into the start of Power Puku. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 1 Jan 2020 | 5m | |||
V7 | ★★ Dirty Power Poku into Maestro
Start at four points of Dirty Dancing, climb the Power Puku and finish up at Maestro. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 1 Jan 2020 | 5m | |||
V7/8 | ★★ Sid Vicious
Start with all four points on the start of Dirty Dancing, traverse into and climb Approaching Insanity and finish with Frank's Better Half and the second half of Frantic. https://youtu.be/ICVmxY_uNbk FA: Marco Lefebvre, 24 Jul 2022 | 8m | |||
V7 | ★★ Sid Vicious Lite
Start with all four points on the start of Dirty Dancing, traverse into and climb Approaching Insanity and finish with Frank's Better Half. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 31 Jan 2021 | 8m | |||
V8/9 | ★★ Johnny Rotten
Start as for Sid Vicious, climb the Power Puku holds to the start of Frantic and head left through the scoop like edges to the thin rail to finish with Frank's Better Half and the second half of Frantic. The Du Hast plate and shelf are out. FA video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3GjeBGjTQ&ab_channel=MarcoLefebvre FA: Marco Lefebvre, 24 Jul 2022 | 8m | |||
V6/7 | ★★ Crimps into Power Puku
Start on two small side by side crimps down and left of the start for Power Puku. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 1 Jan 2020 | 5m | |||
V7 | ★★ Crimps into Power Puku into Maestro
Start as for Crimps into Power Puku FA: Marco Lefebvre, 1 Jan 2020 | ||||
V4 | ★ Bungee Jumping
Double crimps in the roof to the left of Du Hast start. Traverse over to the start of Dirty Dancing. Finish with 4 points of contact on the start of Dirty Dancing. FA: Leon Rudman, 18 Jan 2020 | 3m | |||
V7 | ★★ Bungee into Dirty Dancing Ext.
Climb Bungee Jumping and then climb Dirty Dancing Extension. FA: Will Howson, 7 Jan | ||||
V8 | ★★ Dirty Dancing - Power Puku - Frankenstein
Start with all four points on the start of Dirty Dancing, traverse into the Power Puku holds to the start of Frantic and finish with Frankenstein, FA: Marco Lefebvre, 19 Feb 2023 | 7m | |||
V9 | ★ A Scanner Darkly
35+ moves that links four climbs. Start with all four points on the start of Dirty Dancing, climb Power Puku, Leon's Line (this eliminates the Du Hast holds) and finish with Frank's Better Half. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 25 Mar 2021 | 9m | |||
V7/8 | ★ Psychosomatic
Climb Leon's Line and finish with Frank's Better Half. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 26 Mar 2021 | 8m | |||
V8 | ★★ Dirty Leon
Start with all four points on Dirty Dancing, climb Power Puku and finish with Leon's line. FA: Marco Lefebvre, 25 Mar 2021 | 5m | |||
V7 | ★★ Dirty Frank
Start at four points, climb to the plate then finish franks better half FA: Chris Hailey, 22 Oct 2023 | 8m | |||
V6/7 | ★★ Approaching Into Frank's Better Half
Start from the Approaching Insanity and finish with Franks's Better half. FA: Ashkan, 18 Sep 2022 | 8m | |||
V8 | ★★ Check Your Head into Leon's line
Start as for Check your head and finish up Leon's line. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CmyA6thjZ4s/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= FA: Charlie Birch | ||||
V9 | ★★ Check out Leon's Better Half
Start as 'Check your head', climb 'Leon's line' and finish with Frank's better half, the Du Hast plates are out. FA: Charlie Birch | 10m | |||
V10 | ★★ Everything's Frantic!
Start as 'Check your Head' climb 'Leon's Line' and finish up Frantic, the Du Hast plates are out. Very Sustained! FA: Charlie Birch | 10m | |||
Te Ika-a-Māui / The North Island Waikato Waitomo District The Airstrip Alchemy | |||||
V7 | 1. V7+
FA: Steve Conn | ||||
V6 | ★★★ Razorback Rider
FA: Bevan Jenkins | ||||
V6 | 3. V6
FA: Bevan Jenkins | ||||
V3 | Nature Boy
FA: Bevan Jenkins | ||||
V7 | ★★ Armed Offenders
FA: James Morris | ||||
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V6 | ★ Live Life
FA: John Newby | ||||
V8 | ★★ Nightfall
FA: James Morris | ||||
V8 | ★ Lightspeed
FA: James Morris | ||||
Te Ika-a-Māui / The North Island Waikato Waitomo District The Airstrip Trail Boulders | |||||
V0 | ★ 1. V0
| 3m | |||
VB | ★ 2. VM
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VB | 3. VM
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V0 | 4. V0
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V2 | ★ 5. V2
| 4m | |||
V3 | ★★ 6. Smear. V3.
Up the slab on small pockets, smear up and climb over the top. | 4m | |||
V0 | ★ 7. V0
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V2 | ★★ Escargot
FA: James Morris | 3m |