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1 19 30m
2 20 20m
3 20 40m
4 19 40m
5 A2 20m
6 A3 25m
7 A3 15m
8 19 30m
9 A2 30m
10 A3 35m
11 20 25m
12 19 35m
13 15 40m
14 17

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Original grade 20 A3, freed at 28.

Start: from a ramp in the middle of the amphitheatre.

  1. Climb the small corner to a handrail on the left. Gain a sloping ramp and traverse left to a belay ledge.

  2. Traverse 10m left from the end of the ledge. Climb blocky rock at the end to a series of grooves. Belay next to a huge flake.

  3. Hand rail the flake. Climb up and back right into a crack which is climbed to a ramp. Move right and layback to a ledge.

  4. Climb the crack above to a sloping ramp. Move up and over a bulge. Rail left, then walk across to blocks on the Ledge of Forgotten Dreams.

  5. Aid the crack and roof to a hanging belay (bolt).

  6. A few free moves left before nailing the bulge to a rail. Aid left to a hanging belay in the corner.

  7. Aid through the diagonal crack and up the wall to a hanging belay beneath the biggest roof.

  8. Aid/free along the rail left.

  9. Aid left into the corner, around and up a vertical crack. Aid and free moves lead to a sloping ramp belay (Bev Bivvi).

  10. Aid the crack/corner to the roof. Go left and nail a thin crack leading to a hanging belay.

  11. Climb diagonally right to a roof. Handrail left and turn the roof at its left-hand end. Move up to belay in a small corner on the right.

  12. Start on the right, and handrail left across a flake to a blocky ledge. Go left to a ramp. Climb this to a wall and rail left to 'Ecstasy Ledge'.

  13. Traverse right to the corner, stem it and move left. Climb the wall diagonally left to a ledge below a crack.

  14. Climb the crack and continue to the highest ledge. Traverse/walk left and finish up the last 100m of LF route.

Route history

Apr 1983First ascent: Andrew de Klerk & Greg Lacey
1994First free ascent: Andrew de Klerk & Julie Brugger

Warnings

Location

Lat/Lon: -33.12610, 19.13635

Grade citation

19,20,20,19,AID:A2,AID:A3,AID:A3,19 Aid:A1,AID:A2,AID:A3,20,19,15,17 Assigned grade
25 Hugo

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Overall quality 94 from 3 ratings.

Difficulty - A3

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Suggested Grade

A3

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Difficulty - 20

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Suggested Grade

20

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Tick Types

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