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New Squamish Delhi Belly is Five-Pitch 5.12

Jason Green has climbed the “signature line” at the New Delhi Cliff in Squamish with Peter Winter. This summer, Green and Winter climbed Delhi Belly, a striking line that goes at 5.12b in five pitches. In 2015, he established two new routes to the wall he opened: Road to Amritsar 5.11c with Harry Young, Green and Colin Moorhead and the other with Young called The Ganges 5.11c. Delhi Belly finishes with a traverse under a prominent roof near the top of the wall.

Peter Winter with Vallycliff in the background on Delhi Belly. Photo Jason Green
Jason Green with Vallycliffe in the background on Delhi Belly. Photo Peter Winter

The first pitch is a 35-metre 5.10b that climbs a nice finger crack. The shorter 15-metre 5.11b second pitch climbs a dihedral to hand jams. The crux third pitch goes up the dihedral past cruxy boulder problems for 25 metres. The fourth 5.10d pitch finishes up the corner for 15 metres and ends on top of the pillar. The final pitch at 5.12a climbs a up and left under a roof for 20 metrs. “Save some juice for the last pitch,” Green said. When asked about Delhi Belly, Green said, “It took a couple years plugging away at it and I just started a new one on same cliff. Thanks to the Climbers Access Society of B.C. for the hardware.” The New Delhi Crag is part of the collection of cliffs that includes Barbarian Wall. Be sure to follow Squamish Climbing on Facebook and check out a topo of Delhi Belly here.

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