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All Locations > International > N America > Mexico > Nuevo Leon > El Potrero Chico > Timewave Buttress > Time Wave Zero (5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a)

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Proposing on the summit!

Marlene Itzayana walking the pitch 8, timewave zero

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Mar 8, 2023

“Adventurous options await those with a keen eye and inclination toward spelunking.”

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Coming down!

From the summit of Time Wave Zero.

P16

View from the summit of El Toro

That part where you pick up the rope and walk.

looking TWZ

Don't let anyone tell you the summit is not worth it because of the last pitch. The pitch was easy and the summit not to be missed.

Bivy ledge after pitch 12

Time Wave Zero taken from the back of the Potrero. Follow the yellow brick road.

This is roughly pitch 18, you have to reverse the traverse on rappel when you go down. The pitch has three permadraws on it to clip the rope into while rappelling.

pitch 15 or something

A view of the Potrero from the Palm Tree belay at sunrise. Can confirm, starting at 1:30am is not recommendable. But the full moon was nice and so was the sunrise!

Rest in peace Janosch.

Proposing on the summit!

Adventurous options await those with a keen eye and inclination toward spelunking.

Marlene Itzayana walking the pitch 8, timewave zero

No idea what pitch this is. Stellar route!

Breath taking view from 16th pitch

Incredible view from the summit of TWZ!
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Two climbers prepping to rappel the route.

One of the first of 20-ish rappels.

Shows the missing hanger on P18. Felt pretty run-out when linked with pitch 17. Pic may not do it justice.<br>
Thanksgiving Day 2016.

One of the many many 5.9 pitches. P18 I think.

View from the top.

international expedition

Top of pitch 22 from the pitch 23 ridge traverse

THis one captures the feel of the route pretty well.

Belay at bottom of Pitch 11. Easy to blow by this if you are linking, but if you don't it makes for a nice relaxing belay.

Time Wave takes the scrubbed line up the center of the lower buttress and then roughly follows the left skyline.

Vivian crushing

last chossy pitch/scramble to summit

Simon "simondo" Swalwell on the tree belay, it's a pretty nice place to lean back on in the sea of hanging belays!

...and later, fully immersed: Dave D. nearing P18 belay

High on Timewave Buttress. October 2023.

Just getting to top of last 10d pitch and looking at the 12a above me. Wish I had brought a windbreaker.

Keeping the Moral high for the Climbing to Come! Pitch 14

Dave Delkeskamp – slipping into the time wave...

Look at that rope management

magnesium carbonate outlining the TWZ route in its entirety

This shows where to go on the horizontal/vegetated pitch 8 to start up pitch 9.

A few days after rockfall on TWZ (Oct. 12th '23). The P8 path was heavily damaged and the P12 bivy ledge was trashed. No bolts or holds on the route appeared to be damaged.

Katrina on the final ridge pitch of Timewave Zero.

When you make friends on the way up, you get to double rope rap with 70's on the way down!!!!! A day to remember.

The fixed line on the summit ridge is in poor condition and has multiple core shots

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