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YKS Wall

  • Grade context: AU
  • Ascents: 69
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Description

Wall to the north and west of the Courtyard Area. Basically you squeeze through the chimney and it is the climbs left and right.

Access issues inherited from New South Wales and ACT

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Approach

Go through the chimney at the northern end of the Courtyard.

Ethic inherited from North Shore

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Routes

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Turn left for the first few routes, even walk left around the back of the block. Routes R to L.

Up steep flake 2m R of BC chimney. Funkies then lower off or dirty mantle

FA: Mikl Law

Chimney on west face of block. Natural anchor at top and rap off rings into courtyard. The Usual Chimney style.

Arete right of Train. Slap up ignoring screeching cockatoos.

FA: Mikl Law

Gets harder with height. Two carrots. Single ring belay. This is really a one move wonder, with the carrot protecting the top out move.

FFA: Sam Small, 12 Apr 2017

Right of walk through chimney, Left side of slab on north end of block. Thin sharp but positive holds. Could do with 2 rings in it.

Head through the chimney and turn R to reach the following climbs, described R to L.

Start: Rounded arete at the right end of YKS wall at the end of the access chimney from the Courtyard. Up arete and holdless rounded slab and right. 2 rings, optional carrot on easy finish. Carrot anchors near tree.

FA: Mikl Law

Old climb marked with "faint" painted square 2m from right end of wall. Ironstone crimpies to hole, then right easily past good cams (and old ring and bolt holes). Bottom half has very poor protection. Various carrot anchors. Maybe 18 to toprope?

Euphoria, 3 funky sections with a slabby finish. 2 carrot anchor up top

FA: Mikl Law

Start just left of thin crack up wall into crack and layback. 2 carrot anchor at top (easily retrievable)

FA: Jeff Crass

Arete at northern (left) end of YKS wall with 2 TR carrots. Layback the twin crack features. To lead, maybe 18 with poor pro and a hard exit.

Wall a meter left of easy crack. Top out or lower off

FA: Mikl Law

Thin slab with 2 BRs, finish right, straight over blocks, or left.

Flake 1m left of Young Kids on Speed. Clip carrots on YKoS, dirty topout or lower off.

FA: Mikl Law

A short face climb at the left end of YKS wall. Cams in breaks to rounded top out. Needs DBB

FA: A.Batey, 2012

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Author(s): Mike Forward and Peter Balint

Date: 2023

With 2065 bouldering problems ranging from V0-V15 across 57 areas nestled around Sydney, the all new Sydney Bouldering Guide will keep you occupied for years to come. Just because we live in Sydney we'll try not to be biased but honestly this city has some amazing bouldering and usually not more than a few minutes off the road or some even near parks and train stations. There's no need to camp out and trek for hours to get to world class problems, they're right on your door step.

Authors Mike Forward and Peter Balint spent over 7 years putting this guide together and is the first new bouldering guide for Sydney in over 20 years. It's over 350 colour pages including 600+ colour photo tops, crag tops, amazing images and more.

Author(s): Neil Monteith & Simon Carter

Date: 2021

ISBN: 9780645299908

Featuring 1142 climbing routes located at 24 of the best crags in the Sydney area, this A5 size guide book is super user friendly with easy to use colour cliff topos and access maps. Covers sport and trad climbing at a variety of grades, something for everyone.

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