Wellington 1 – chossclimbers

Wellington 1

Ben Lomond

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Tasmania — Tasmania.

The forecast for the following day looked marginal and so we headed for the nearby Mount Wellington and its Organ Pipes Wall which overlooks Hobart. We picked a line called Battle Cruiser (18) on the Central Buttress (the highest aspect of the cliff). The lines look a bit chossy and flakey from the base but our route turned out to have solid rock and very fun climbing. The conditions were pretty alpine and we were shivering at belays. For a suburban crag, the rap descent was a touch pain in the ass and we felt done after the route’s two pitches.

Photos

Mount Wellington — Mount Wellington (Dec. 2014).

Mount Wellington — Shirley on the short hike-up to The Columns wall on Mount Wellington (Dec. 2014).

Battle Cruiser — Leading pitch 1 of Battle Cruiser route (19) on The Central Buttress of Mount Wellington (Dec. 2014).

Battle Cruiser — Shirley on pitch 1 of Battle Cruiser (Dec. 2014).

Mount Wellington — Views of Hobart from near the top of Mount Wellington (Dec. 2014).

Battle Cruiser — Freezing on pitch 1 of Battle Cruiser route (Dec. 2014).

Battle Cruiser — Starting up pitch 2 of Battle Cruiser – cold and damp conditions were worsened by wind (Dec. 2014).

Battle Cruiser — Views of Hobart from Battle Cruiser route (Dec. 2014).

Battle Cruiser — More pitch 2 (cold!) action (Dec. 2014).

Battle Cruiser — Looking back at Shirley from low on (the long!) pitch 2 of Battle Cruiser (Dec. 2014).

Battle Cruiser — Shirley on the finishing arete of pitch 2 of Battle Cruiser (Dec. 2014).

Battle Cruiser — Happy to be done with climbing on this cold and windy day (Dec. 2014).

Mount Wellington — Summit flora on Mount Wellington (Dec. 2014).

Tasmania — Tasmania.

Tasmania — Tasmania.

Tasmania — Tasmania.

Tasmania — The devil!

Tasmania — A face that only a mother could love (Dec. 2015).

Tasmania — A wallaby (Dec. 2015).

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