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All bolts on the East Face and the final pitch of Gweilo were chopped during protest banner removal in 2020. 

35m, 2 pitches.

Hong Kong Rock Description
35m. Historically this route includes both the lower wall and continuation arete as one route. Martin Lancaster climbed the second pitch on the left side, his bolts later removed and the right side claimed as an entirely new route named Unemployment Line.
1) 6b - 20m - 8 Bolts. Start from the belay atop Prelude. Scramble right from the belay past a tree and head towards the wall and onto a flake. Climb the interesting wall to a stretch for a wide ledge and rest. Move up rightwards off the ledge and climb the sustained wall to the Gweilo Pitch 2 belay.
2) 6a - 12m - 6 Bolts. Climb the arete directly above the belay to the Gweilo Pitch 3. © Hong Kong Rock

UKC Logbook Description
Historically this route includes both the lower wall and continuation arĂȘte as one route. Martin Lancaster climbed the second pitch on the left side, his bolts later removed and the right side claimed as an entirely new route named Unemployment Line.

P1 F6b
P2 F6a

Martin Lancaster, Gerwalt Pichler (second lower pitch), Mark Nichols (second upper pitch) Apr/1992.

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