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FIFTH BOLT HAS BEEN REPLACED 17/04/16

Almost certainly the most popular sport route within 3 hours' drive of Melbourne. Might be slightly solid for the grade... but it's a great route.

Start: Start 3m L of 'Witch', beneath a short finger crack which starts about 4m up.

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Top rope access

Route history

2000First ascent: Mike Law & Ian Ravenscroft. early 80s

Warnings

Location

Lat/Lon: -37.36951, 144.59617

Some content has been provided under license from: © Australian Climbing Association Queensland (Creative Commons, Attribution, Share-Alike 2.5 AU)

Grade citation

21 Assigned grade
private
Henrique de Almeida Mendonça
21 Pocket RockGUIDE: Black Hill, Camels Hump, Hanging Rock
21 Pocket RockGUIDE: Melbourne's Best
21 [21 - 21] grAId

Seasonality

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Quality

Mega Classic
Classic
Very Good
Good
Average
Don't Bother
Crap

Overall quality 80 from 288 ratings.

Difficulty - 21

Soft Touch
Easy
Average
Hard
Sandbag

Based on 29 ratings.

Suggested Grade

21
22

Based on 29 ratings.

Tick Types

Onsight 47
Flash 26
Red point 170
Top rope 4
Pink point 16
Tick 69
Attempt 183

Comment keywords

exposed fall tricky scary ground fall powerful tired pumped sandbag difficult struggle tough desperate sustained solid hard crux rest short traverse flake hands crack easy dodgy steep weird jugs contrived polished face dry interesting feet fingers reachy layback sloper bad arete perfect cool awesome stoked enjoyable fantastic beautiful exciting fun satisfying lovely nice super pleasant wicked good incredible great rad classic amazing brilliant

Selected Guidebooks more Hide

Author(s): Lindorff, Goding & Hodgson

Date: 2011

ISBN: 9780646529387

Get ready to fully experience the rock climbing scene in Victoria with Sublime Climbs, a comprehensive guidebook authored by Kevin Lindorff, Josef Goding, and Jarrod Hodgson. This full-color, 380-page book covers the best climbing locations in the region, including Mt Arapiles, Mt Buffalo, and the Grampians. It features descriptions of over 700 routes, topographic maps, and breathtaking images. Whether you're a seasoned pro or new to the sport, Sublime Climbs has everything you need to make the most of your climbing experience in Victoria and experience all of it's classic routes.

Author(s): Chris Baxter & Glenn Tempest

Date: 1994

ISBN: 0646167308

A Guide to selected rockclimbs at Mt Arapiles,the Grampians and Mt Buffalo

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