Jebel Banat · Banat NW Face · trad
North West Face
6b+Abseil waterfall to base of waterfall and Scramble along up the black dyke 1) Up to the L slanting overhang follow it to the end and belay 45m (4b) 2) Follow the obvious corner 60m (5a) 3) The offwidth to a big ledge 40m (5b) 4) A scrambly pitch following the line of least resistance up left then back right 50m (4c) 5) From ledge up R to surmount huge block continue to L slanting wide flake crack and then ledge 40m (5b) 6) Big ledge traverse round L and up hollow stuff to 25 foot wideish crack 20m (4b) 7) Traverse L through tree then up slightly higher traverse line. Continue Traverse L to gain the gully belay up and left 30m (4b) 8) The ninja Pitch- Climb up and lefty to traverse along obvious line from the endof this leap across the void to safety. 25m (4c) 9) Scrambling remains
- Grade
- 6b+
- First ascent grade
- E1 5b
- Style
- trad
- Length
- 500 m
- Pitches
- 9
- Bolts
- 0
- First ascent
- Dave Lucas, Richard Sonnerdale, 1 Apr 2004
Topo
Remarkable sections: Crack in 3rd pitch (3 pitons), dihedral in 8th pitch (3) followed by 1 more pitch (R and up) then L to summit slabs
Route pageAbseil waterfall to base of waterfall and Scramble along up the black dyke 1) Up to the L slanting overhang follow it to the end and belay 45m (4b) 2) Follow the obvious corner 60m (5a) 3) The offwidth to a big ledge 40m (5b) 4) A scrambly pitch following the line of least resistance up left then back right 50m (4c) 5) From ledge up R to surmount huge block continue to L slanting wide flake crack…
NW Face
MapRemarkable sections: Crack in 3rd pitch (3 pitons), dihedral in 8th pitch (3) followed by 1 more pitch (R and up) then L to summit slabs
Route pageAbseil waterfall to base of waterfall and Scramble along up the black dyke 1) Up to the L slanting overhang follow it to the end and belay 45m (4b) 2) Follow the obvious corner 60m (5a) 3) The offwidth to a big ledge 40m (5b) 4) A scrambly pitch following the line of least resistance up left then back right 50m (4c) 5) From ledge up R to surmount huge block continue to L slanting wide flake crack…
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