Suicide Wall

Approach

From No.1 Fei Ngo Shan Road walk a short way up the drive way (private road) until an obvious small track starts leading up the hillside to the right. Follow this up the hill, going to the left when the track splits and continue uphill. When approximately level with the base of Hopeless Buttress the path splits again and another track continues up the hill to the base of Suicide Wall. Approach time approx. 40 minutes. Alternatively, and somewhat easier, take a taxi to the top of Fei Ngo Shan Road and approach the crag from the crest of the hill.

Routes:

1 - Cockscomb - HVD

Start at the foot of Suicide Wall, where two ledges lead left.

2 - Leaning Crack - HS 4b

Start at the very base of Suicide Wall and, as the name suggests, climb the well defined leaning crack up the left hand side of the crag. Finish direct up the wall above the end of the crack.

3 - Zig Zag - S 4a

Start halfway up the gully which bounds the wall by a thin horizontal crack and pock marks in the wall. Follow the pock marks to reach a small ledge on the left. Cross the ledge to a series of zig zagging cracks which are followed up the wall, finishing up the direct curving crack above. F.A. J Ward & J Bunnell (1956)

4 - Cedilla - S 4a

Start a few metres above route 3 where a yellow slab of rock rests against the main crag. Step off the yellow slab and moveleft into a shallow indentation that leads right. Climb directly up the wall above the indentation to a resting place beneath the top. Finish up the crack above.