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General Friction Slab 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

North Flakes Tower 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

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Elevation:	887 ft	270 m
GPS:	22.27275, 114.22238 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

A small blocky promontory known as General Rock 將軍石 sticks up on the steep eastern face of Mount Parker, midway between Sai Wan Ho and the summit. A few meters to the south lie two climbing venues with different personalities. One is a large continuous face, dubbed General Friction Slab. The other is the steeper, more complex North Flakes Tower with varied routes ranging from steep friction and lie-back flake systems to slightly overhanging pinnacles. This is a quiet, isolated place on the eastern end of Hong Kong Island with great views across Victoria Harbour to the mountains of Kowloon all the way to Sharp Peak on Sai Kung Peninsula.

Find more information at hongkongclimbing.com.

Getting There

Start at the Sai Wan Ho MTR station. Exit Door A onto Shing On Street. There’s a bus stop to your right and you’ll see a sign for the #50 green minibus at the far end. #50 busses make frequent and continuous loops of Sai Wan Ho. You’ll never wait long. After about a 10-minute ride it ends at Yiu Tung Estate Bus Terminus, which is where you want to get off. You can take #50 back down to MTR station.

From the bus terminus, you’re basically going to make your way straight up slope to General Rock, first using multiple levels of stairs through a large slope-stabilization project then several well-maintained trails up through the scrub. It takes about 30 minutes. See map and photo.

Access to the base of both General Friction Slab and The North Flakes Tower is via the “Exit Gully” on TNF Tower. Continue on the trail behind General Rock, winding through the scrubby forest for just 10-15 m. Look to your right through the forest to see a bright opening that is the top of General Friction Slab. Head in this direction for a few meters on a small track and then straight down the hill through the forest following a track. Unless they were taken, the trail should have some flagging hanging in tress and rope handrails to guide the way to the top of North Flakes Tower. Wind around through the rocks to the lowest platform. Cut hard left on a small trail to the top of the Exit Gully and scramble down with the aid of a fixed rope. This deposits you at the base of Baguette and Jam on the west face of North Flakes Tower and a short distance from the upper belay platform on General Friction Slab.

Before discovery of the Exit Gully, abseil anchors were placed at the top of General Friction Slab and The North Flakes. They are now alternatives to scrambling down.