Ascensions dans Mangatepopo Valley

super fun and felt like a proper adventure, keen to try something similar to this again soon!

That delicate move on the first pitch felt icky… but nothing compared to the choss of the last pitch.

Epic climb with a few harder cruxes

Awesome climb with great views. Definitely be back to try the other routes and linkups.

One of the best climbs in the valley for sure. Solid protection on the crux makes it super secure. A lovely big ledge for a picnic in the middle

Good climb, needed a bit of cleaning when I was there and definitely worth waiting for the rock to dry out if it has rained recently

Beautiful climb, nice continuation on from 'death wall' for an easy multipitch experience.

Nice long route. Great views and great weather.

First pitch was tougher than it looked, some good moves and fun problems. Second pitch definitely had the crux and we each solved it differently. Third pitch was boulder field at altitude. I've logged the 4th pitch (Plum Duff) separately.

Definitely wandered off route a bit, potentially should have started more right (wouldn't have to go through leg press roof) and should have been more on the right wall than in the chimney. A creative hex placement and some loose rocks added to the spice.

Awesome route in an amazing setting. Lead P2. Crux is pretty tough for 16 but the gear is bomber and the jugs are all there.

Heaps of loose rock had tone pulled off the wall. A lot of time was spent “landscaping” cracks, handholds and gear placements had to be dug out. Sooooo worth it tho🤘👍🤩

Pretty bushy approach, Rappelled off a sling on 'Vee Groove'

Deff need crack climbing skills

60cm slings super useful

First Trad woohoo

Another quality outing on Bomb Arete, this time comfortable with trad, quite some progression since my first outing on this classic. I lead the first two pitches and Charlie lead the 3rd up Plum Duff.

Sketchy start over flakey ground with limited pro. Some of the cracks are dirty and require removal of soil to get gear in. Didn't particularly fancy the look of the first arete and had a look at the main higher arete, the first bolt looked rusty so be very cautious of these old bolts.. ended up climbing Cirrus Minor which is very dirty, particularly the crux slab which I mostly avoided going off route to the left.. The climbing upto/past the bolts looks quite tricky but good climbing, wouldn't trust those old bolts though.

Not recommended in the current state and the start is basically a solo for a way. Needs a serious clean unfortuantely, crux slab was so dirty I went off route to avoid it.. couldn't find any pro for the first 12 or so metres of the climb either so that was sketchy climbing over dirty flakes. Several of the placements required excavating due to soil build up.. A shame the route does not get more traffic as I'd give it a star if it wasn't soo dirty. The crux slab looks tricky, a shame it was way too licheny for me to feel comfortable attempting.

Love this climb, always a good experience. Left a new sling at the top and binned the old slings..

Tried the crack system line just to the right of Ta-Lo (does this have a name?). Got about halfway up and wasn't too keen on the tricky looking climbing above with the wider crack so finished on the nice cracks of Ta-Lo!

Nice climb, good jams. What is it with climbs in this area being a grade or two lower than what they feel?

Really enjoyed this climb! Got some nice jams in, lovely parallel cracks that gobble your cams up. Was quite happy to have doubles of .75 and 1 (the only doubles I have atm). I'm feeling more comfortable with my foot jams, need to work on hand jams to get more comfortable/ solid with them. Couldn't spot many nut placements myself. There's a great spike at the top to belay off/ rap. Abseiled from the spike to near the base of Death Wall with a 70m rope, easily down climbed blocks from there.

Wish I was more confident in my jams as that crack at half height looks nice! Not sure if there used to be a track to these climbs (?) but the approach is quite bushy.