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Elevation: 3,025 ft 922 m
GPS: 12.90633, 77.28962
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Shared By: Gokul G on Feb 24, 2016
Admins: Gokul G, Sandeep Bhagyawant, Gunkswest
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Banyan Tree Pillar is a heavily featured (by Indian granite standards) tower with a handful of high-quality two-pitch trad routes. Descent is a rappel off the top from slings.

Edit: There is now a pair of bolts with rap rings. A single 70 m rope should get you down the backside, from where you walk clockwise (climber's left) and descend the trail around the tower, back to the approach trail.

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See map for location. Park at 12.90399 N, 77.29062 E, and hike up about a quarter mile. Pillar location:12.90616 N, 77.28969 E

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Classic Climbing Routes at Banyan Tree Pillar

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5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
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● To Bee or Not to Bee
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
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● Louvre
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● To Bee or Not to Bee
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5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad 3 pitches
● Louvre
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad 2 pitches
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I just posted yet another picture because it is simply so beautiful. One of the most valuable discoveries for me in Bangalore, thanks to Sohan who showed me the ropes here in Dec 2015, Louvre.
I just posted yet another picture because it is…
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Most of the finer routes are concentrated on the north side but a few exist on all sides. <br> <br> Approach trail leads to the north side routes (Bombs Away, Cane Toad, To Bee or Not to Bee, Khoday Neer and variants), last segment of yellow hashed line. <br> <br> The approach to Louvre in red, scramble along the base of the rock pillar.<br> <br> The rap exit is shown in green, to rejoin north side to walk back.
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Bharath Pereira on the sport route to the right of where the rap line falls (from the block to the left of the crack here).<br> <br> 4 bolts, 5.10d?<br> <br> The rap location tends to cause rope getting stuck. Bharath climbed this route with our other rope in order to free the stuck rope; very handy!
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Banyan Tree Pillar. <br> <br> Photo: Bangalore Climbing Initiatives
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