Ulysses |
Location: Poisoned Glen (The Castle)
Grade: VS -
Length: 150m
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| First ascent: Winder E Healey, H Drasdo (17/8/55) |
| Route Description: |
Start: From the base of Green Grass Gully up the right rib.
- 12m Climb edge (peg runner at 6m) to small grass ledge and flake belay.
- 30m Crux pitch. Two series of stepped ledges run right, towards the centre of the face. Take the higher series - a hard start. Ascent it until a steep step makes progress difficult at about 13m. Traverse right around this step and pull up shallow corner above. From a
flake on the slab, traverse diagonally up right until it is possible to descend into a grass filled corner and belay.
- 18m Climb the groove directly above (This groove is about 8m left of the obvious gully on the left of Portcullis Wall). Put out on a curious ear of rock just left of the groove and stand on it. Move into corner above and climb it to spike on left and belay.
- 25m Up pink wall on left. Exit left.
- 18m Follow broken steps into base of prominent groove. Large spike belay slightly to the left.
- 24m Climb groove and exit right at the top. Ascend on small jugs to slabs above. Climb to ledge with groove on right. Block belay.
- 23m Move into groove and ascend this to the top.
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| Comments |
Iain Miller - 23/04/2008
Gri-Gri solo'd this line 26/09/07. minimal plant life on route and a classic "Mountain VS!" 4B for 2nd pitch? |
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