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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber	Date
Mt Hay
	15	★ Monks Wall (more direct finish)	Trad 80m	★ Good	Richard Pattison	Sat 12th Aug 2017
Some suspect rock, but well protected, adds 2 extra climbing pitches to Monks Wall route. Getting past the roof was easier than expected with good jugs. Unfortunately this direct finish still ends with a fair bush bash up steep dirt.
	16 16 R	★★ Monks Wall	Mixed trad 290m, 2		Hayden Brotchie	Sun 27th Sep 1998
	16 16 R	★★ Monks Wall	Mixed trad 290m, 2	★ Good	Richard Pattison	Sat 12th Aug 2017
Great day out in a spectacular and adventurous area. The rock is pretty poor and feels a little porous, so select cautiously. Amazing passage through 2 overhangs on P4 & P5, very lucky key features just like climbing overhanging greens at St Leonards gym. Melissa Thomas on ★★ Monks Wall 16 R - P4 atmospheric belay
	16 16 R	★★ Monks Wall	Mixed trad 290m, 2	★ Good	Richard Pattison	Sat 3rd Jun 2017
Pretty sure we picked the right line, found the key feature of thin plates exiting a cave to the right (P4 belay). However, when I got there, no bolt as expected, and actually, I was 1 level beneath the belay. Should've looked high left and would've seen Hayden's 20 year old piton still in-place. Decided to abseil rather than continue up into the unknown.
	21	Black Slab	Mixed trad 89m, 3		Jim Croft	Tue 13th Apr 2010
put this up with hayden ages ago when it was 17 M1
	21	Black Slab	Mixed trad 89m, 3		Hayden Brotchie	Sat 2nd Aug 1997
	16	Middle Slab	Mixed trad 110m, 2		Hayden Brotchie	Fri 28th Nov 1997
	16	Seismic Daks Splitter	Trad 310m	Average	Mike Patterson	Sat 2nd Apr 2005
great ** off width pitch 4
	16	Seismic Daks Splitter	Trad 310m		Hayden Brotchie	Sat 6th Dec 1997
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	★★ Very Good	Thomas Schattovits	1999
great day out!
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		Simon Ellis	2005
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		ness	Sun 11th Dec 2005
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	★ Good	Iain Duggin	Sun 14th Dec 2003
With Dave Gell. SRC pitch #'s: p1/2: OS, p3/4: 2nd, p5: OS (placed 4 or 5 bits in 58 m!), p6: 2nd (great pitch), p7: OS, p8: 2nd (we did some weird rope work on this one!), p9/10 OS (need at least #4 camalot to protect last pitch). Bomber belay way back in boulder (not burnt shrubs!).
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	★★ Very Good	Adrian Ridgley	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	★★ Very Good	Rod Smith	Mon 28th Jan 2008
With Rick. I led 1,3,5,7,8. Bloody hot. Not a classic ... and probably more like 16 in places.
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		Mike Patterson	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	★ Good	Stuart McElroy	Mon 3rd Jan 2000
with Cate. 3.5hr ascent car to car
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	Don't Bother	Damien Haines	Sat 27th Nov 2004
Far too much scrambing up dirt for my liking
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	Average	steven k	Sun 29th Feb 2004
too many bushy ledges. me pitch 3,4,6,7,10. adrian W p1,2,5,8,9
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		julian andersen	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	★★ Very Good	Mic	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		chad o'donnell	Sun 21st May 2006
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		Hayden Brotchie	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	Average	Tony Williams	Sat 4th Apr 1998
good trip
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		Jim Croft	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	★ Good	michael batchelor	1999
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	Don't Bother	Matt Madin	2003
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	Average	Dave McGregor	Sat 5th Apr 2003
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	★★★ Classic	Adam Bramwell	Wed 9th Jul 2003
brilliant steep aretes
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	★ Good	Paul Frothy Thomson	Sat 11th Dec 2010
11 December 2010. Led pitches: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. Second pitches: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. A few borderline unprotectable pitches, probably some sections are harder than the advertised grade, almost as much bushwalking/gardening as there is climbing, moderately crappy rock... And amongst all of this, a few sections of funky adventure climbing.
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		Stephen Winnacott	Mon 1st Jan 2007
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge - with Rod Smith, John Shaw	Trad 380m	★ Good	Sean	Sat 5th Oct 2013
6th pitch is the pearl of this marathon. Led pitches 2, 5 and 9. 8.5hrs descent to topout
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	★★★ Classic	Rod Smith	Sat 5th Oct 2013
With JB and Sean. I led P1, 4, 6, 8. Sean led 2, 5, 9. JB led 3, 7. Took us 8.5 hours. 8am started first pitch. 4.30pm topped out. Seconds simulclimbed (on belay) every pitch but the first. First pitch is still concerning.
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		David	Fri 29th Oct 2010
7 hrs car to car
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		Jake Griffiths	Sun 19th Jan 2014
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	★★★ Classic	Richard Pattison	Sun 21st Sep 2014
Fantastic mountain adventure - feels remote, great scenery & nice climbing. We found enough gear placements to be happy, but did pull a few holds off! We linked pitch 8 & 9, up the chossy chimney to 1st roof, a committing step left to good holds, then an easy off-width body-jam up to the next cave & back you're on-route.
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge - with Nina, Terry, Dariusz Kordonski, Amy	Trad 380m	★ Good	Macciza a.k.a. Macca	Sun 15th Mar 2015
Would recommend going straight up the chimney rather doing the weird traverse shenanigans ....
	13	★★ Margarine Ridge - with Rene Provis, James 1 lead by Rene 2 lead by Rene 3 lead by Rene 4 lead by Rene 5 lead by Me 6 lead by Me 7 lead by Me 8 lead by Bulti 9 lead by Bulti 10 lead by Bulti	Trad 380m	★ Good	Lincoln Quilliam	Sat 28th Mar 2015
P5-7 were great!! The rest was average to poor but is a great day out in an amazing place!
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge - with Paul Frothy Thomson	Trad 380m		Aaron A	Sat 11th Dec 2010
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge - with Lorraine	Trad 380m	★★★ Classic	Mathew Hutchins-Read	Tue 20th Sep 2016
Classic for those who like this type of thing. Faffed a bit on the way in (read: slept through alarm) and started climbing by 10am. Some decent rock between loose bushwalks. Some seriously dubious chimneying on the last two pitches. Great day out, back at the car by 10pm.
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	★ Good	Lorraine	Tue 20th Sep 2016
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		Keith Davison	Thu 20th Apr 2017
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge - with Andy Richardson	Trad 380m		Luke C	Sun 23rd Apr 2017
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge - with Greer Knight	Trad 380m	★★ Very Good	Match	Wed 14th Jun 2017
Had to retreat as the 4th pitch was soaking wet
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge - with Louis	Trad 380m	★★ Very Good	Gee Buck	Wed 6th Sep 2017
Definitely a climb I won't forget in a hurry! The climb had breathtaking views and some sections of really nice climbing with good exposure, intertwined with 'pitches' of bush swimming. At times I felt like I was doing a canyon exit (alternate butterbox exit perhaps??) The topo was hard to follow and I'm not sure if we were on route for the first 4 pitches. But overall a wicked experience.
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge - with brendan	Trad 380m	★ Good	Andrew Sharp	Sun 29th Oct 2017
Good day out. Not as scary as the first time 6 years ago. Needs a bolt at the top of the chimney to avoid the traverse and a few bolts in the good looking head wall as a direct finish to round out a good day
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		davedave	Thu 10th May 2018
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge - with Tim M-S	Trad 380m	★★★ Classic	Lisa Vitaris	Sat 11th Aug 2018
While the climbing is easy, it’s a fun adventure with some fun moves. Do the full chimney. Good day out. Great location.
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge - with Dani Hess	Trad 380m	★★★ Classic	Josiah Hess	Fri 30th Nov 2018
Descended butterbox canyon and climbed out via this route. Great canyon + great climb = awesome day! Approx 11 hrs car to car.
	13	★★ Margarine Ridge - with Josiah Hess	Trad 380m	★★ Very Good	Dani Hess	Fri 30th Nov 2018
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		Greg Blachon	Fri 6th Sep 2019
	13	★★ Margarine Ridge - with Anne Weckert 1 13 13m lead by Chris Bennetts-Cash 2 9 35m lead by Anne Weckert 3 11 42m lead by Chris Bennetts-Cash 4 9 55m lead by Anne Weckert 5 9 58m lead by Chris Bennetts-Cash 6 13 55m lead by Chris Bennetts-Cash 7 13 35m lead by Chris Bennetts-Cash 8 8 30m lead by Chris Bennetts-Cash 9 6 30m lead by Chris Bennetts-Cash 10 9 30m lead by Chris Bennetts-Cash	Trad 380m	★★ Very Good	Chris Bennetts-Cash	Sat 16th Nov 2019
Great day out. Better than I expected given the grade. Printed guide misses part of the instructions for P9, I think we found a new way through...
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		Robin_rough	Tue 26th Nov 2019
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge - with andrew lock	Trad 380m	★★★ Classic	Jim Rock	Sat 18th May 2002
A good adventure
	13	★★ Margarine Ridge - with NiccyG 1 13 13m 2 9 35m lead by Finn Irving 3 11 42m lead by Finn Irving 4 9 55m lead by Finn Irving 5 9 58m lead by Finn Irving 6 13 55m lead by Finn Irving 7 13 35m lead by Finn Irving 8 8 30m lead by Finn Irving 9 6 30m lead by Finn Irving 10 9 30m lead by Finn Irving	Trad 380m		Finn Irving	Sat 17th Oct 2020
Epic climbing, run out, harder than 13 and great day. 10 Hours car to car, the climb has been severly burnt in the 2019/20 fires and the rock on the first pitch has become brittle - we avoided by walking around the ledge above from the right.
	13	★★ Margarine Ridge 1 13 13m 2 9 35m 3 11 42m 4 9 55m 5 9 58m 6 13 55m 7 13 35m 9 6 30m 10 9 30m	Trad 350m	★★★ Classic	maaddzzyy	Mon 15th Feb 2021
Attempted from pitch 1, but the rock was cooked from the fires. The first 4 hand holds i attempted broke off. Jumped on at pitch 3. Helmets and a sense of humor are absolutely necessary. We were glad to have tricams and hexes but I'm still not sure why we lugged the #5 all the way up. It probably could have stayed at home. A 70m rope would have been nice to have. A great day out on a 13!₩
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		Victor Wong	Fri 30th Apr 2021
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge - with Zeus Zeus	Trad 380m	★★ Very Good	Terence	Thu 24th Jun 2021
A bit of an adventure. Started around pitch 3 based on the last logged ascent post fires. Lots of good fun to be had if you can laugh off some interesting situations. Stunning exposure at times
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge - with Terence	Trad 380m	★★ Very Good	Zeus Zeus	Wed 23rd Jun 2021
Great day out with some stunning exposure. Be sure to sacrifice something to the scree and choss gods
	13	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		Chris Lam	Sat 4th Sep 2021
We got very lost
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		William Skea	Mon 4th Oct 2021
	13	★★ Margarine Ridge 1 13 13m 2 9 35m 3 11 42m 4 9 55m 5 9 58m 6 13 55m 7 13 35m 8 8 30m 9 6 30m 10 9 30m	Trad 380m	★★★ Classic	Flynn Howley	Thu 30th Dec 2021
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	★★ Very Good	James Collins	Thu 10th Feb 2022
	13 13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		William Skea	Sat 1st Oct 2022
Speed ascent. Alastair and I ran the approach in 33 minutes, the climb in about 2 hours, then the exit in about 15 minutes. We simulclimbed with microtractions pitches 1-6, then linked 7-8, then pitched 9. Our rack was doubles from 0.3 to 0.75, then singles to 3, but it would have been nice having doubles for those. A 5 didn't feel needed. Total time 2 hr 57 minutes. The start didn't seem damaged at all from the fires a few years ago and it was fun.
	13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m		Nick Gresham	Wed 14th Dec 2022
	13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge - with Nick Gresham	Trad 380m	★★ Very Good	Carl Walsh	Wed 14th Dec 2022
Did something near this but didn’t look at the guide and wandered up the ridge. Mixed rock quality but super cool day out. Some epic pitches and some absolutely terrifying rumours.
	13 R	★★ Margarine Ridge	Trad 380m	Crap	Geoff Cooper	Sat 6th May 2023
Approach is long and particularly strenuous on the loose scree heading off the canyon track to the base of the climb. We didn’t descend far enough and traversed into the top of pitch 2. Pitches 3 to 7 are quite good. Some run out sections but climbing was quite nice. Rope drag tends to be the main struggle with long pitches even using double ropes. Quite disappointing that pitches 8 to 10 are much worse for climbing style, rock quality and gear placements. Pitch 8 was terrifying as we ended up putting all our lives in the hands of the thread belay. Rope drag caused a big problem and delayed the process - leading to pitches 9 and 10 being done after sundown. These involved a lot of dirt thrutching. I led pitches 3a, 5 and 8. Left carpark at 8:30am, returned at 6:00pm. It appeared as though there is an escape from the top of pitch 4 back to the scree slope. Should be graded slightly higher and with an X rating as there were some moments where a fall would have been extremely serious. Compared to Tom Thumb this has a much harder approach and the climbing is nowhere near as good.
	13	★★ Margarine Ridge 1 13 13 Trad A hard start to find, pitch 4 was the favourite out of the lower section. It's an adventurous climb. P1 - Lead P2/P3 Linked P4 - Lead P5 - Simul climbed P6 - Lead P7 - Lead P8/P9 - Linked. Directly up through the chimney on P8 negating the traverse. Much cleaner climbing. Why anyone would use that thread on P8 for an anchor is beyond me! P9 - Head right at top, approx 5m is a single carrot. P10 - Simul Climb. One carrot and DBB at the bottom. The worst pitch of the climb. Traverse through stemming has very minimal pro. Approx. 6hrs. 2 9 35 Trad 3 11 42 Trad 4 9 55 Second 5 9 58 Trad 6 13 55 Second 7 13 35 Trad 8 8 30 Second 9 6 30 Second	Trad 350m	Average	Jay	Tue 3rd Oct 2023
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4		colin mulligan	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	8	FA ★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4	Average	colin mulligan	Thu 15th Dec 2005
easy climb but great exposure over the grose valley
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4		Stuart McElroy	Sat 6th Nov 1999
with Micky B
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4		Jim Croft	Tue 13th Apr 2010
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4		Edwin Emmerick	Sat 28th Jan 2012
	8	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4	★ Good	Matt Miller	Wed 20th Jan 2010
	8	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4	Average	Lee McDougall	Sun 28th Oct 2012
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4		Matthew Robbins	Sun 22nd Jan 2017
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4	Average	Adam	Fri 16th Dec 2016
Why is this listed as a climb?... 8 metre climb surrounded by 192 meters of walking...
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4		Keith Davison	Thu 20th Apr 2017
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4		dcouter	Sun 22nd Oct 2017
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4	Don't Bother	RussMc	Thu 9th Nov 2017
Serves a purpose
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit - with doylebeaudequin, Jordon	Sport 12m, 4	Average	George Shanks	Tue 19th Dec 2017
Got absolutely roasted in the 33 degree heat
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit - with doylebeaudequin, George Shanks	Sport 12m, 4		Jordon	Tue 19th Dec 2017
George and Co vs. one hot boi
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4		doylebeaudequin	Wed 20th Dec 2017
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4		Blake Sheriff	Thu 21st Dec 2017
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4	Don't Bother	Hayden Gordon Field	Wed 7th Mar 2018
Exit Butterbox: Tafe Assessment.
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4	Don't Bother	Hayden Gordon Field	Mon 5th Mar 2018
Butterbox Canyon Reccie for Tafe
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4	Don't Bother	Hayden Gordon Field	Sat 3rd Mar 2018
Guide: Butterbox
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4	Don't Bother	Hayden Gordon Field	Thu 1st Mar 2018
Butterbox: Tafe
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4	Average	Hayden Gordon Field	Sun 18th Mar 2018
Canyon Guide
	8	★ Mount Hay canyon exit - with david dearnly	Sport 12m, 4	★★★ Mega Classic	Alastair McDowell	Sun 15th Jul 2018
Pretty stiff at the grade Lovely Piddo-esque rock I used a fist jam at the crux
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4		Tom Atkinson	Wed 25th Apr 2018
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit - with Matthieu Desmons	Sport 12m, 4	★★★ Mega Classic	James S	Thu 14th Mar 2019
Wished I'd read these notes instead of trusting the canyoning guide (which states "about 8m of climbing") - only took a 10m dynamic rope-end and came up short. Instead we created the mountain's shittiest multi-pitch - two pitches of 6m (FA?). Climb it in sopping wet approach shoes, seeping pack loaded with soaked canyoning gear and light rain for the full tick. Belay your partner up to the interim ledge by rigging up a dodgy anchor. Fist jam start. Definitely not a grade 8. It's a must-climb! (if you want to avoid the 4-6 hour walk out via Lockleys Pylon).
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit - with Asalis, Liz, Steph	Sport 12m, 4	★ Good	Coralie	Mon 22nd Apr 2019
Done in very saturated approach shoes. And climb was good, as the other option was a 4 hr walk out.
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4	★ Good	Steven Kay	Tue 1st Mar 2016
	8	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4		Simon	Wed 27th Nov 2019
	17 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4	Average	Gordon M	Sun 15th Nov 2020
Try lead climbing this exit in the dark in wet canyoning shoes and you'll quickly discover it's more difficult than advertised, especially with one spot where there are no footholds whatsoever. Would have been better if i'd brought climbing shoes with me in the drybag. Make sure to bring 4x quickdraws. Also good to note that the exit path as drawn on the picture above is at best an artist's impression, there are large scrambles up and down not drawn at all. You're not lost, you're still on the right exit track.
	10 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit - with Angelo	Sport 12m, 4		Dick	Sun 24th Jan 2021
Generously bolted. On static, did bring climbing shoes. Not easy to find. Stay close to the cliff line, and look for the ledge above. The 'cave' is more like a narrow (~1m high) horizontal slot you crawl through.
	8 12	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4		Lachlan	Sat 13th Jan 2018
	8	★ Mount Hay canyon exit	Sport 12m, 4	★ Good	Natasha	Tue 14th Dec 2021
stiff 8. not much of a climb but logging it anyway!
	8	★ Mount Hay canyon exit - with Keith jebb, Jared Cox	Sport 12m, 4	★★ Very Good	John	Thu 1st Sep 2022
Gorgeous spot! Abseiled this to start an adventure and climbed back up in runners for fun.

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