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watch tower crack? 28-Mar-2011 At 3:33:05 PM Cam McKenzie

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On 28/03/2011 gfdonc wrote:
>The Confession was a whole different issue. That's one of the two times
>I can recall being seriously intimidated at Araps. Given the grade, easy
>access and lack of warnings, why no-one has yet seriously injured themselves
>on it is a surprise to me.
>

I'd done the Confession before and remembered the top being a bit run out, but then accidentally sandbagged Steve onto it as an approach to Gollum. The top arete is not technically that difficult, but a fall would be very messy.

Likewise, I found the 'easyish' second pitch (I think it gets 17 or so) of Gollum (where it traverses from Auto Da Fe's belay into the belay on Skink) very comitting. Again it's not that technically difficult, but a fall would not be pretty. The guide underplays this a bit I think (it says something about how it used to have a reputation, but that gear can be found).

Great routes though.