★ Honey Bee 18

Grade context: AU
Length: 25m
Ascents: 61

Rock: Loose rock above Wolverine to Three Steps to Heaven

There is a significant amount of loose rock sitting on top of the cliff from a recent natural rock fall at a higher cliff. Strongly advise to not do the climbs between these until someone has taken all of the loose rock down.

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Created 2 years ago

description

Mantle the low ledge then head up and across the slab to corner. Transition from corner to face then climb the face to the belay.

Route history

	First ascent: Jamie Baron

Warnings

2 May 2021	Warning Rock: Loose rock above Wolverine to Three Steps to Heaven

Location

Lat/Lon: -38.28566, 175.68820

Grade citation

18	Assigned grade
17 [16 - 18] --	grAId
18	★★Zachary Brierley

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The majority of routes will need to be cleaned at the beginning of the season or after big weather events, due to the forests above the cliffs. Wire brushes will work best, but take care as you can damage the ignimbrite through excessive cleaning.

inherited from Waipapa

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Quality

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Overall quality 57 from 33 ratings.

Difficulty - 18

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Sandbag

Based on 2 ratings.

Suggested Grade

Based on 2 ratings.

Tick Types

Onsight	18	18
Flash	8	8
Red point	5	5
Tick	2	2
Pink point	1	1
Attempt	2	2

Comment keywords

balancy face traverse awkward slippery nice sweet great cool good fun awesome pleasant scary

Fri 28 Apr

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