Hawks Nest Buttress

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The original route of the buttress trends left to right to find the easiest line. Steady climbing though the crucial mantelshelf is a bit of a stopper
1) 16m. Trend right up slabby rock to a spike belay.
2) 4b, 16m. Move round right then climb the slot to a jammed block before making a hard mantelshelf out right. Belay in the recess just a little higher
3) 26m. Climb easy rock then the chimney behind the tower of blocks and flakes to reach open ground and the top.
FA. G.Abraham, A.Abraham, A.Thompson 1905