Ascensiones en Ngā Kohatu Whakarakaraka o Tamatea Pōkai Whenua / The Port Hills teniendo Beta

Overhang start with Juggy holds. Slightly run out from 6th bolt to the finish. Fun climb.

Fun climb. A bit run out to the anchors.

so close

so fucked to much climbing for one day

80+ tie ins and 3 trans Tasman flights later. 3rd go first day on this season. On to the extensions hahaha.

holy moly this thing is rad but also nuts and way too hard for me atm. figured it would check it out after doing bogus. did 3 of the hard moves.

another futuristic project. found some spicey beta for the crux. will explore some more.

made some good links but send still feels a little far. mega route much psych

Well maybe I can do this huh. 4th bolt to top. 1 hang

(31 cos original finish)

(original anchor so 31)

2 1 hangs. Could have gone if I pulled a little harder?

4 attempts.

Hype

Good top rope, crimpy top, lead prospect

Easy on-sight, whiped at the top cuse of water grrr and im shit

Finally didn't faff with the beta

Hangdoged alot. Beta whack. Ran out of holds mid face. Get better at route reading!!!

Clean send. Gear looks meh. Pretty much small cams by the looks

Got clean, hard tricky star go right hand to the most right crimp out of the 3 at the start

Gear looks kinda wack, few big boys a few small/tiny. Fun climb tho, easy moves

Clean first try. Gear looks like it could be good if I was better with gear. Gear looks mostly small maybe few medium

Clean, not sure I have the true line but what’s a true line anyway

Clean, run out top and poorly bolted

2nd attempted grr

2nd attempted grrr

Move faster...

Rest in the cave you dummy. Move like you want it on those last two bolts

Sock n Birk assent

Sooo bad, so much moss. Might be in contention for the worst climb I've done

Good gear, good beginner lead

Fun, thin, crimpy face climbing

Thin and smeay past the firt bolt, tricky clip for the second, get easier after that.

Tricky start on sharp crimps, cruisey after that. Pretty fun.

technical moves past first bolt

Felt a little sharp at this stage of the day rock was solid though

Tried get past what I assume is the crux in many different ways but couldn't figure anything out that felt like a 25 without traversing way over to the arete on the 20. Felt contrived since you almost certainly use the arete up higher to go to the anchors.

Stick clipped through the crux and felt the moves above, still couldn't see a way through the crux.

Also first bolt is only finger tight.

Only a little bit of loose rock at the bottom otherwise ok

Quite easy climbing until a very short crux up high

Massive loose block 3/4s of the way up. We tried to "x" it but definitely be wary of this for both belayer and climber. It is possible to not use it even though it's a huge jug.

Little bit off loose rock not too bad

Did most of the moves first time without having too much trouble. However the one right heel hook which I couldn't avoid was no good on my knee so I bailed until this heals. Probably still a while away in terms of endurance, would be a good project when uninjured

Quite dirty but not actually bad climbing. G seconded and we both rapped from the top

Bolts are very far apart maybe take some small wires

Could only find 4 bolts. Assume the top half follows the trad line? Made more sense to clip 4th bolt on Wiki and finish up that.

That is some horrible rock! Like kitty litter stuck together by static electricity. The holds just above the 2nd bolt are not long for this world.

A bit dirty. Missing hanger on one of the anchors on a left route, just used anchors to left.