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  • Grade context: UK
  • Ascents: 1

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Summary

High boulder which backs directly onto the Gladiator bloc

Access issues inherited from Desperation boulders

Not MCK land. The land is owned by a relative of the Mulwas, formerly of the Kenyan military. Very nice guy and happy for people to boulder respectfully on his land, but best to let him know (the developers of the bouldering here may have first encountered the landowner brandishing a rifle at them).

Ethic inherited from Lukenya

Lukenya is mostly trad, with some specific sport crags. No bolting is allowed without special permission from the Mountain Club of Kenya - get in touch with them if you think you have spotted a sport route, think there should be an extra bolt on a climb, see some degraded equipment, etc. Avoid cutting down any vegetation beyond a few bush branches - if you think a particular tree poses a real danger to climbers please bring this to the attention of MCK. Don't harass any of the local, sometimes rare wildlife.

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Start awkwardly below a scoop and work your way into it with fantastic undercling moves. Hard hand traverse along a sharp leftward sloping ridge with poor feet, before a heady direct top out.

FA: Livio van Enckevort, 2020

Straight up the slabbier right side of boulder

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