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Mirrorball west face

Lynx

29-Aug-2012
3:12:25 PM

HI All,

Want to try this climb but noticed the descriptionin the blueys guide is 10 years old and a bit vague. Does it require Trad gear? If not, is it carrots all bolts?

If anyone has climbed it lately would love to hear from you.
Cheers

deadbudgy

29-Aug-2012
3:24:10 PM

Its all rings. No trad gear required.

climbau

29-Aug-2012
3:39:39 PM

The first pitch had carrots 12 months ago.

Lynx

29-Aug-2012
3:47:45 PM

Cool, when did you last climb it? Are there any carrots still?

jrc

29-Aug-2012
4:02:28 PM

i used some cams on the second (gr 17 crack) pitch but that was 2003. its probably been ringed now...

deadbudgy

29-Aug-2012
4:06:02 PM

Stop messing with my memory. Maybe there are carrots on the first pitch... definitely didn't take any cams though.

IdratherbeclimbingM9

29-Aug-2012
4:35:44 PM

On 29/08/2012 jrc wrote:
>i used some cams on the second (gr 17 crack) pitch but that was 2003. its
>probably been ringed now...

If that is the case then where is Maccas retro de-ring machine?

nmonteith

29-Aug-2012
5:11:35 PM

It had a lot of hangerless carrots on it less than two years ago when i did it.

Winston Smith

29-Aug-2012
6:54:33 PM

Yep carrots. I don't recall using cams or nuts but I did carry a few middle to small sizes plus my stoppers. Nice route.

Mike Bee

29-Aug-2012
10:49:00 PM

Carrots and rings and no gear need in 2010.

mikllaw

29-Aug-2012
11:12:37 PM

On 29/08/2012 Mike Bee wrote:
>Carrots and rings and no gear need in 2010.

ditto, but you are welcome to carry gear

martym

30-Aug-2012
2:20:43 PM

It's a mix of carrots & rings.

Be warned - there are at least 3 sets of bolts leading from the top of the pinnacle back up to the abseil tree - none of which is easy to follow. Great climb though, enjoy!

climbau

1-Sep-2012
6:48:29 AM

Expecting a trip report next week.
I took a friend from overseas up it last October, and he absolutely loved it. Different rock than he was used to and of course the scenery was awesome.

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