Vie in Waitaha / Canterbury del grado selezionato

Match hands to start. Marked holds only.

Middle of the long face. Run and jump to grab the lip and haul yourself on top.

Starts left of ‘The Power of Piss’ and cross right before going straight up the wall, over the roof and then the steeper rock to a common anchor.

Sit start, hands on corner. Go up then right on the crimps to link up with the second half of Refresh

Sit start on two side pulls, right hand to crimp, and top out. Avoid using the arete

Slab side of Beefcake Boulder. Same start as Crack, follow horizontal crack to obvious hold, straight up slab to prominent top

Sit start with hands on either side of the bloc and using a good right heel. Slap your way up to a tricky mantle finish.

SS as per Opération Satanique but take the easy exit straight up via the juggy pinch.

Climb through a small triangular roof, then on to the wall. Uses upper two bolts for Yellow Splendour. Unprotected start.

Boulder up to the first bolt, clipping off a good hold. Using the pinch above, pull over the bulge on to the wall.

Start just right of Mis-spent Youth and climb straight up the steep wall over a small roof (good gear just above) and into a groove. At the top of the groove make a committing move move right to a rest below a small bulge. Continue up to a ledge and finish more easily to a single bolt. Good protection except at the move right, which is runout and a bit scary. .

An overhanging corner with stepped roofs above the Matterhorn boulder. Pull on to the ledge and climb the corner; then move left to a small ledge. Tricky move to the last bolt, then up slightly left to finish at the lowest point. Unfortunately this is the last route on the crag to dry.

Start at the very right end of the yellow lichen-covered boulder. Cross the roof at its widest part and continue up a blocky looking wall with good holds to the final bolt and a tricky exit. Good fun - this is how sport climbing should be. Two-ring anchor. The belayer may wish to tie to the elder tree to avoid being dragged into mud or nettles.

Right of BV, up to slightly overhug wall. Climb over the lip and use the rap station to just rightwards.

Fairly easy for the grade. Starts up the left-leading weakness through the roof on the left side of The Alcove. Follow three bolts leftward and then pull over the roof on good holds into a shallow groove with a bridging rest. Steepening finish, with the best holds leading left. Use the anchors of one of the adjacent routes.

Better than the name suggests. Six bolts. A central finish between the two earlier options to the Tropical Storm anchors.

Climb leftward through the roof as for the previous route, and then move right about two metres and climb a corner over a small roof, heading left to ring hanger anchors.

Pull hard through the overhang past two bolts, then move rightward, clipping the third bolt from a good hold in the base of the groove to the left. Step right and power on up the prow, moving left to the fifth bolt and a positive exit. Five bolts and anchors

On the left side of the cave. Four bolts lead directly up an overhanging wall with a capping roof to conclude at double anchor rings. There is a squating rest on the pillar halfway up.

Start up U Haul to the first bolt, but move left to another bolt, then blast up the wall past two more bolts on improving holds. Can also be started by bouldering to the first bolt directly. Use the U-Haul anchors.

Start in the small cave and move left at the third bolt. Continue straight up through the overhang.

Narrow wall to the right of the small cave.

Climb up a steepening orange wall just left of the arete.

Hard start on very small crimps to second bolt. Beautiful face climbing after that.

Destroyed during the earthquakes.

No usable anchor at the top. One bolt with a washer, a nut but no hanger. Needs a lower off +/- another bolt.

Death choss blocks from bolts 2-4. Avoid this route until the blocks have been removed.

Technical climb but very rewarding. poor pro

Destroyed during the earthquakes.

Bolted line in the right side of the roof. Bring a boulder mat, 0.5/0.75 cams, small nuts, and pre-clip your draws.

Clip first bolt of SJ, step right then up past 2 bolts

Short but interesting climb with bouldering type moves.

This boulder is in between the Solar Wall and Merlin Wall (right hand side on the topo picture)

Nice juggy climbing to a delicately pumpy finish.

Hard start up hanging arete feature to some sustained climbing to break. Anchor just above lip.

Destroyed during the earthquakes.

Start as per 'The Man From Atlantis' then head into the groove and straight up the fingery face.

Damaged during the earthquakes. Not recommended.