Domes Area Principalmente Arrampicata trad 25 vie in area

Project - Crack and Chimney

From the Cobra Rock, walk down the slope to the south-east. For about 30 meters.

The line starts through the crack going left to right, and then through the squeeze chimney.

The east facing line is one of the easiest chimneys encountered so far around Yedumadu, and easy to protect. The left most yellow line in the image below.

The first 15-feet is back-and-foot wide, then a narrow ledge to stand up on, and place the #6 cam, that protects the transition to the next wide ledge. Bump the cam up and run out the last eight-nine feet to the top out through the squeeze chimney section.

Facing: West

Rack: One #6 Cam to protect the line, and a couple of #3/#4 cams for the anchor. Anchor: Cracks above

Natural Anchor: Boulder or the tree behind it, 30-foot long cordage.

FKA: Sohan supported by Kyra (Mar 2021)

Vinayaka set is in fact three high boulders stacked up next to each other and forms two chimneys between them. With multiple lines for both lead and top ropes. Located about 30-feet south-west of the Redeemer rock. Or about 40 feet east of the Vedauwoo Boulder.

Multiple ways to access.

1. Via the Cobra section of the Yedumadu South Trail, the top of the boulders comes up to the right just before you reach the Redeemer rock.

2. Or walk east from You or I, along the south-facing boulders, for about 100 meters.

Project- Top Rope/Aid

Between the EDT Chimney and the Anekanta line on the Vinayaka boulder

Through the crack located on the east face, and through the horizontal cracks, close to the right side arete.

A series of aesthetic, dramatic, beta-intensiveiv, grade-appropriate sustained moves.

Two starts.

1. Either from directly below the first bolt, or from the left side face.

Both the starts confer the same grade, but the left side start through the crack requires some trad gear or climbing without protection.

1. From the west face corner, through the crack visible , around the arete to the south-face and into the corner, then a dramatic move out of the corner and onto the right-side jug, climb above the jug, a delicate move to get back to the corner crack, and through the corner to the top out, which is the crux.

Top-out heady crux Could be protected with a blue Totem, but not needed.

Rack: No rack needed for the direct start. If going through the left-side crack, finger-sized pieces.

Anchor: Series of cracks, and long anchoring gear.

Natural anchor: Boulder and trees. With two sets of 20-foot long cordage.

Route credit & FA: Sohan, Sep 14th, 2022. Support from Amrit Appaden, Charan H., Vikram Murthy.

Off-width Crack and Chimney

Hidden from direct view by the boulder to the east.

A long jagged off-width accessible through the chimney.

The first 12-odd feet with the chimney behind and the crack in front, to the chocked boulder. You can stand up on the boulder behind which forms the initial chimney.

The second 10-foot section to the top out can be protected with a #6 BD cam, while easy, offers opportunities to practice chicken-wing and arm-bar techniques for squeeze chimneys/off-widths.

Rack: #5 and #6 BD cams to climb, intermediate sized cams for top anchor. Could also be protected with mid-sized pieces in the chocked block of rock.

Anchor: Cracks/Boulders

Natural Anchor: Boulders

FKA: Amrit Appaden and Sohan (Mar 2021)

Hand and fist crack and chimney

Start in the cave from the left, and through the corner hand crack in the flaring chimney

Rack; Fist sized cams and below.

Anchor: Cracks and Tree

FFA: Onsighted by Sohan in Jul 2017

Roof, hand and fist crack Shares the second half of the route with Paathala.

Instead of getting into the cave use the full body chimney, traverse right and move into the roof crack.

The crux is getting out of the roof, over the roof onto the massive ledge.

The route joins Paathala, after the ledge.

FFA: Aravind Selvam, Dec 2017.

Second crack line from the right in Domes area.

The Climb has two hard boulder problems separated by a massive ledge in the middle to rest. The FA was made without using the tree, but the grade might hold even if the tree is used.

FFA: Aravind Selvam, Dec 2017

The thin finger crack bang in the middle of the area. It's a bit left to the small cave.

Start is bouldery with overhung ring locks and you get to a decent rest after the first 15 feet. Then the route continues up a finger crack which turns into a seam.

Traverse right from the first horizontal break and get up the thin hand crack to finish.

FFA: Aravind Selvam, Mar 2019

Offwidth crack

The crack starts to the right on the south facing wall, as a hand crack, traverses left and opens up into the crux off-width. Past the offwidth, further short traverse to the left as hand crack and then along a flake and then the heady but easy top- out.

Rack: Upto #4, or #5 (optional).

Anchor: Crack (Finger and hand cracks)

Natural Anchor: Boulder and tree. Long anchor.

FKA, Sohan with support from Amrit Appaden and Karthik Maddineni, Feb 2021

Slab crux

On the downslope to the Redeemer rock, start from right of the tree at the base.

The first 20 feet might seem absurdly easy climbing. Infact, after ten feet, you could walk left and onto the trail. The crux is the last ten feet, which is a slab.

For the crux, protect far right hand crack, and slab it out.

Variations: Potentially, you could traverse right, and on to the south face, and pursue an easier (and still an exciting) version of the Virar Fast.

Facing: West

Rack: Hand to fist sized pieces, and sling the stub of a plant

Top Anchor: Cracks

Natural Anchor: Boulder at the top, but will need directional

From the far left of the South Face of the Redeemer Rock, lines leading up to the top. As visible in the image.

Top Ropes’ information courtesy Shyam Krishnakumar.

Project - Start on the Virar Fast crack, then two variations. Either move right after the hand jam, and continue up the corner, or for the harder variation, go through the off-width, and traverse right. Both variations top out through the slab.

Right of the Virar Fast on the east face of Redeemer boulder. A series of horizontal cracks going right initially, starting from the center of the face, from behind the tree, with a top out that moves left after the wide (hand-sized) horizontal crack.

Badami style climbing with Dhauj style protection.

Series of four cracks to protect the line. First crack takes the purple BD or finger and half sized cam. Second crack takes small Aliens (green) or small blue BD X4 or finger sized cams. Third crack takes #1 or #2 BD cam. Fourth crack to the left takes Green BD or double finger sized cam. Then a slab to top out.

If you go directly above the hand sized crack (third crack), the variation is stiffer.

Variations: Originally, the line was climbed by moving left after the hand sized horizontal crack. If you traverse right, the grade remains the same, and is verymildly run out. Straight up from the hand crack is stiffer and headier (5.10b/c).

Rack: Small to hand sized cams. The second crack (crux) takes the green Alien or the blue BD X4 or the .25 tricam or some similar piece.

Anchor: Horizontal cracks below boulders, about 15-odd feet from the top out.

Natural Anchor: Boulder

FKA: Sohan, March 2021

Far right on the east face of the boulder.

Starting left of the crescent shaped feature, traverse right, through a series of horizonal cracks, finding the weakness in the rock.

Rack: Finger sized nuts and Cams

Anchor: Large boulder behind, and some directional pieces.

Natural Anchor: Boulder atop the rock

FKA: Amrit Appaden, Feb 2021

Project 40-50 meters east of Redeemer Rock, on the plateau above the Domes.

Most prominent chimney with a flat table-top boulder sitting atop.

Facing: South

Project - 30 meters south-east (down the slope to the right) of Table Rock Chimney, a boulder with thin seam facing east, and behind a tree.

Mildly overhanging and thin crack.

The north face of the boulder is low grade slab with couple of horizontal cracks.