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Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1977
Rating: 0
Start at the right side of North Pole Buttress, behind the trees, and climb the deep groove stepping right near the top to a ledge and exit.
Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1984
Rating: 1
Start left of the trees, below a sentry-box at four metres. Gain this via a ledge on the right, then climb the groove above until it is possible to step left on to the wall above the overhang. Finish up the right edge of this.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: -1993
Rating: 1
Start at the short arête on the left and climb up to the sentry-box. Step left on to a higher ledge and climb the overhang above to finish up the wall.
Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1978
Rating: 1
Start in the deep corner just to the left and finish up the V-groove which cuts through the overhangs.
Grade: 5c | First Ascent: -1986
Rating: 0
Three metres to the left, ascend the blunt arête to the break.
Grade: 6a | First Ascent: -1987
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The wall just to the left again to the break.
Grade: 4b | First Ascent: -1977
Rating: 1
The wide crack to the roof. Move left through the roof to finish.
Grade: 6a | First Ascent: -1986
Rating: 1
The wall on the left, moving left into the centre at the crux. Continue to the roof and a peg, then follow the flake above leftwards to the lip and finish above.
Grade: 6b | First Ascent: -1983
Rating: 1
Climb the wall on the left, directly to a hole below the break, and finish directly over the roof above.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: -1977
Rating: 1
Start at an obvious curving crack and either climb the crack, or the groove on its left to the overhang (peg). Climb the overhang directly by exciting moves.
Grade: 5c | First Ascent: -1981
Rating: 1
Climb the thin crack to a peg, then move diagonally right to the large ledge and finish up the wall above on good holds.
Grade: 4b | First Ascent: -1977
Rating: 0
From a ledge at one metre climb the wall on the right, eventually gaining the blunt arête on the left just below the large ledge, then continue to a drill hole on the large ledge. Ascend the overlap one metre right of the corner crack (peg) on good holds.
Grade: | First Ascent: -1977
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A variation start to Nansen. On the left is a glacis (scoop); gain this from the left and continue to the drill hole.
Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1977
Rating: 0
Climb the chimney crack to the top of the `Icicle`, then take the wide corner crack above to finish.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: -1979
Rating: 1
Climb the rib on the left, then the crack above.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: -1996
Rating: 1
Follow the faint right-slanting weakness which leads to the top of the rib. At the large ledge, step slightly left and climb the short wall above via four small overlaps.
Grade: 5a | First Ascent: -1977
Rating: 1
From a slot in the centre of the wall, follow the very shallow depression to the large ledge, then finish up the crack of Abruzzi.
Grade: 5a | First Ascent: -1977
Rating: 0
Climb the wide crack at the left of the wall, then move up left to finish easily up a short corner.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: -1977
Rating: 0
Starting one metre to the left, climb up the centre of the wall and continue up the short corner above.
Grade: 6a | First Ascent: -1996
Rating: 1
Climb the right side of the wall on the left, which contains some bore holes.
Grade: 5c | First Ascent: -1983
Rating: 0
Climb the centre of the wall trying not to be distracted by the route name!
Grade: | First Ascent: -1978
Rating: 0
The flake crack just to the left.
Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1987
Rating: 0
The wall on the left. Gain a sloping ledge at three metres then finish up a short corner.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: -1981
Rating: 0
Start down to the left and take the shallow groove and corner.