Vie in West Cape Howe del grado selezionato

From the belay ledge at the base of the old man go up the inside corner and onto the face continuing to a short vertical crack at the top. Well protected with a few small wires and small to medium cams

Start as for Horizontal Refreshment but continue right at the top.

Classic! Climb up steepening slab using small cracks and flakes for protection. This climb gets harder as you get higher. Finish at hanging DBB.

Seven bolts and a few bits of gear. Similar to Planar Craving but climb on right side of slab. Excellent finish up the steep headwall.

South Coast Rock description could be wrong. See update from first ascender:

* Better Than Chocolate (75m, 21) – correction of route description from email by Scott Camps, May 2013: I clarify a route I climbed at West Cape Howe back in 1993 Better Than Chocolate which I then graded 19. It is incorrectly reported in Shane Richardson’s South Coast Rock guide to the left of its actual position. When it should have actually been described as the shallow finger crack corner immediately to the right of description in the guide, then ascends the middle of the beautiful chocolate wall left of The Mincer. In 2006 I repeated this route and believed it to be more like 21 but was appalled to find it had been mindlessly retro bolted?

The Last Goodbye, Ronald Master, Ian Johnson, Gd 21, two pitches 55m, 13 glue in bolts (hangers needed) two DBB Approach: Walk to the mincer and at the top of the long face you will find two P bolts in the centre of the face between the Mincer and Striptease. Abseil from these down to a large ledge about 10m above the water with a double bolt belay. You will need a full rack of cams up to number 5 camelot including some micros plus a set of wires up to size 6 or 7 rocks. Pitch 1, 25m, gd 19, 8 bolts. Start from the ledge and launch up the wall following a series of in-cut edges and flakes. Head straight up the wall following the flakes and bolts up solid rock with some interesting and fairly sustained moves. Aim for the belay station slightly to right of the alcove. Pitch 2, 30m, gd 20, 5 bolts. Move up and slightly left into the beautiful hand/finger crack. Several good wires and cams can be place before clipping the bolt about 10m up. The crux is found at the top of the crack where a couple of long dynamic moves are needed to gain a good hold. Trend slightly left into the horizontal break and another good cam placement before clipping the next bolt. Move up the wall on slopping holds before clipping another bolt and some good cams. Move over easier ground clipping two more bolts as you go and a couple of cams.

Climb the thin face past three bolts just right of the belay to a tricky move before the horizontal break. Finish up the hand crack and wall above.

From small rocky bay on Western end of cliff walk approx. 100 m along ledges to a big'V'. (1) Start at 'V' and climb slabby, triangle shaped wall cris-crossed by fissures to bushy ledge. Scramble up grassy 10 m section to base of headwall. (2) Up 15 m along another series of cracks, the last of which is a beautiful finger crack through an orange band of rock (crux). When horizontal break is reached traverse left for 5 m and set up hanging belay. (3) Further traverse to the left then up prominent and steep (but chuggy) ‘nose’.

Awkward sit. Harder than it looks...although maybe there's an easier way?

Stand start and up the face.

Sit start and up. Awkward.