This week, Ingvar Lidman and I completed our 3 pitch grade 26 project at the Tyndalls. After 4 trips, static ropes hanging off the cliff for 6 weeks, about 24 hours of preparation on the cliff cleaning, shunting and bolting, very heavy packs up the hill and getting lost in the mist, the route named Sea of Mirrors was finally completed. For those who have climbed at the Tyndalls, you will know that when Lake Huntley is perfectly still, it becomes a gigantic mirror for the surrounding cliffs and the sky, hence the name, Sea Of Mirrors. It climbs the arete of the second buttress left of the Icecream Cone buttress where Witchcraft goes up.
Sea Of Mirrors 125m 26 *** (Fully Bolted)
Access: From the top of Deeper Water, follow rough footpads along the cliff top which soon become a cut track through deep scrub (the base jumpers track). Follow this past the top of Witchcraft for about 150m to where some tat on a tree branch indicates where to turn off to the cliff edge via another cut track, about 20m or so, and all up about 25 minutes walk from the camping cave. Rap from a large tree about 5m down through a gap in the bushes to a DBB. Fix this line so you can hand over hand back up to the top. Double ropes are required for the 3 raps to the ground. For the first 40m rap, trend slightly right down to the top of a small pinnacle, then another 5m down to a small ledge on the arete and a DBB. Second rap is 45m down the face to a small stance on the arete, then another 40m down the arete to the bushy terrace and a DBB on a rocky stance about 3m off the ground.