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Rock: Brittle when wet

Sandstone can break when damp, please respect the rock after rain.

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Created 2 years ago - Edited about two years ago

description

Sharp arête on left wall of big corner leads to a step right over the top of the roof to follow blunt arête to right. Balance up the polished slab below the upper roof, finishing with hanging corner at top.

Route history

Oct 2017Route setter: Dave Stephenson

Warnings

19 Jun 2021 Warning Rock: Brittle when wet

Location

Lat/Lon: -42.52192, 147.72461

Grade citation

20 Assigned grade
private
17 [16 - 18] -- grAId
20 private

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Crag Stewards

Rock climbers please contact the Crag Steward (sandriver@climbersclubtas.org.au) if you have any queries or concerns regarding social or environmental impacts of rock climbing at this crag.

Do not email regarding general travel, seasonal advice, or lost property - this is not the Steward’s role. If you have important safety information to communicate (e.g. risks due to recent and large rock falls) please also consider updates on thesarvo forum, Facebook group and/or online guidebooks as appropriate. Please copy in cct@climbersclubtas.org.au if you feel you have a high-level concern which may imminently impact the crag or climbing community.

Non-climbers, other users, land managers: please also contact cct@climbersclubtas.org.au if you have important climbing related queries at this location.

Other

• The operation and use of drones by park visitors on reserved land including national parks is not permitted

• Peregrine Falcons nest from July - December each year. It’s important that climbers don’t climb near active nests during this period. Known sites (non exhaustive) are: Sand River (Far East, The Panopticon), Bare Rock (R of the Boneyard, L of Bisso of Orange), Rocky Cape, Pubic Wall/Duck Reach, Hillwood, Gunners Quoin, Lowdina.

• Please note that Tasmania has notoriously patchy phone reception for particular service providers. Telstra is the most reliable. An emergency Personal Locator Beacon or similar is recommended kit when climbing in remote locations.

• For more information - follow the link below for some local tips + tricks on how to better reduce your impact during your next Tassie climbing holiday https://www.cragcaretasmania.org.au/learn

inherited from Sand River

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Quality

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Overall quality 64 from 49 ratings.

Difficulty - 20

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Sandbag

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Suggested Grade

20

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Tick Types

Onsight 37
Flash 8
Red point 7
Tick 4
Attempt 2

Comment keywords

fall jugs arete interesting roof short exciting great fun super enjoyable awesome nice classic good cool crux hard

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Author(s): Gerry Narkowicz

Date: 2021

ISBN: 9780646841946

Cracks, sea stacks, big walls, remote exotic locations, volcanic columns, no crowds and your choice of the predominant dolerite, some quartzite and a little sandstone to remind you of the mainland. Many a wilderness climbing experience can be had within a 2hr car trip from the main centers. By Gerry Narkowicz. This guide features 1280 routes.

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