Routes as top rope in India

Route credit: Gethna/Keerthi Pais, Pranesh Manchaiah & Team

Route credit: Gethna/Keerthi Pais, Pranesh Manchaiah & Team

Converted to lead by Satish Venkatachaliah

This route is on the wall or rock right side of the Indo Japanese wall. The hangers on the anchor bolts are missing

Climb through the funky features in the chimney either using trad gear or by setting a top rope on the two anchor bolts accessed by climbing Burfi and traversing left.

A sport route newly formed in the Den area. This is the first route climbed in the den area and planned to bolt. During setting up the TR in natural anchors for this route, chanakya fell in between rocks climbing barefoot and his heel is cut deep coating the rock with blood.

On the left side of blood sacrifice, there is another route.

Located Just before Sunday Brunch Bolts. Top anchors can be accessed by climbing 2 bolts on Sunday Brunch and Traversing left.

Route credit: Gethna/Keerthi Pais, Pranesh Manchaiah & Team

Project - Start on the Virar Fast crack, then two variations. Either move right after the hand jam, and continue up the corner, or for the harder variation, go through the off-width, and traverse right. Both variations top out through the slab.

Along the south-west corner. Easy start for the first 15-feet, then either along the feature to the right or the arete to the left.

To the left, along the arete is stiff, as is to the right along the feature.

Shyam identified line.

This has the potential to be one of the harder sport lines at Yedamadu.

Along the crack towards the tree, and then moves left along the features that include jugs and pockets.

Reachy powerful moves on mildly overhanging terrrain.

Tope rope with trad anchors.

The 25-foot long boulder leaning on the west face of King Swing Boulder.

To get atop it, either lead up through the chimney behind it or lower to it from the top of the King Swing boulder.

This west facing slab has a mildly stiff start, and then eases off after some 10-12 feet.

Very short slab; good for learning to smear; trust your shoe soles! For guide: Scramble up to the top from the back, sling the horn near the bolt with a long cord and equalize with the bolt to build a top rope anchor.

Around the corner from the Idli Swamy, and on the same boulder.

A series of horizontal seams and shallow cracks facing west.

The lower horizontal seam was explored to see if it would take longer pitons.

The pitons do not go in beyond a couple of centimeters deep. The upper horizontal crack can take smaller pieces.

Use the natural anchors for top rope. Requires long ropes to anchor the boulders and trees at the top. Incomplete bolting in late 2014 here.

Top Rope

Start along the arete, and through the face to the tree

Anchor: Tree and cracks

The boulder is about 50-60 feet to the left of Red Sea boulder as you face east.

Anchor for top rope using small to intermediate pieces of gear

From climbing parking 1 , climb up to the right (opp hill to temple)

Rap & Climb route.

To the right of Bollywood, before you get to it.

Top anchors established in 2015/2016. Goes along a chimney.

Rap & climb route, eventually.

Top Rope route to the immediate left of Stack up. Thin crack radiating left and thendisappearing into the slab.

Top rope with 2 anchor bolts with double rings. Does not have lead bolts yet. This route is on a bit of overhanging wall and is about 20 m to the right of Veera Madrasi route. Top anchors bolted by Pranesh Manchaiah. The expected grade is 5.12a/b.

Additional top-ropeable lines could be set up to the right and left of the off-width.

The jagged face to the left (5.8), face to the right of the crack (mid-5.11), stem- chimney to the right (5.6/7). And one further to the right in the Stem-Chimney (5.5).

Bolted Top rope route with anchor on the left of Wine n dine route.

From the far left of the South Face of the Redeemer Rock, lines leading up to the top. As visible in the image.

Top Ropes’ information courtesy Shyam Krishnakumar.

Bolted Top rope route with anchor on the right of Wine n dine route.