The route starts in Welbedacht Crack
Start as for lce Tea.
1. 15m (4c): At the base of the chimney proper on Welbedacht Crack, step off from the right-hand of two large beacons. Move up the right-hand wall to a grassy stance. On the right, a traverse line leads out to the right under a bulging rib with honey-comb holes in it. Traverse/walk about 20m to the right, past a red recess, then via an exposed short section to a brown face looking like a jigsaw puzzle of grips.
2. 15m (4a): Climb up in the corner past a trough behind a big grip on the left-hand wall, then move up the crack to the top.
3. 5m (4a): Over to the right, before a recess/crack line on Mothers is reached, climb a short vertical wall to ledge under the big overhang.
4. 21m (4b): Traverse out to the left onto an undercut face at the lower of two levels. (The one higher up under the overhangs is initially easier, but then leads to a nasty handrail.) At the end, out of sight from the ledge, there is a standing platform below the 'Lemon Squeeze' crack. (Strip off all gear here, including helmets, and arrange to have it hauled up late.) Climbers with a deep chest will find this pitch thrutchy, whilst really large individuals will not get up it. Move up into the crack, which is climbed by moving out to the left. Continue up the ridge on the right to a platform stance.
5. 15m (4a): Climb up the right-hand of two parallel cracks in the corner by jamming and bridging, until forced to move into the left-hand one higher up. Climb to below a bulge and traverse to the right for a few meters, then climb up to a ledge.
6. 16m (3+): Traverse to the left to an awkward crack on the far side of a block. Pull up into it, then continue diagonally up to the right. Make a short, tricky move onto the face above, which leads to the top.
For a possible (much harder) first pitch to the right. Start from a huge block and step across onto a short dassie ledge. From there an awkward move to stand up leads to a traverse to the right and a very steep face leading up to the long ledge running out from the depths of Welbedacht Crack.
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