800m, 9 pitches. The left hand buttress of the face. Pitch 1 - Good rock all the way but with sparse gear, leading to the base of the first pinnacle. Pitch 2 - Moving up in a leftward trend with very little gear, around VS climbing leads to a niche below a groove. Pitch 3 Follow the groove before moving onto the face at around 5a climbing until under a small set of overlaps which after a quick pull easily gain an arête, follow this to a spike belay. Pitch 4 - Traverse around the side of the first pinnacle, through a gap immediately belay. Pitch 5 - Move up the groove behind and onto the face system, a very loose worrying pitch with no gear and death consequence falls! Belay to the left in a good crack. Pitch 6 - Move up rightwards until a col is reached, still a lot of loose material about. Pitch 7 - Head up chossy ground to the arête and head left along the ridge until a large spike can be found. Pitch 8 - Move up the arête until a belay can be found in the form of a few cams. Pitch 9 - Move upwards to the South buttress summit

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Grade: D ***
(Aoraki / Mount Cook)

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