Crag Guide for Renitz Pass

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1. Renitz Pass 19 routes in Crag

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Summary:

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Long/Lat: 150.253517, -33.599369

Access Issues: inherited from Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains are a World Heritage listed area. The Grose Valley, the cliffs around Katoomba and much of the Narrow Neck peninsula are part of the Blue Mountains National Park which is managed by the NPWS. The Western Escarpment - where most of the climbing is - is Crown Land managed by the BMCC. While the NPWS Plan of Management nominates several locations in the National Park where rock climbing is deemed appropriate, the majority of the climbing remains unacknowledged. To maintain access our best approach is to 'Respect Native Habitat, Tread Softly and Leave No Trace'.

Ethic: inherited from Blue Mountains

Mixed-climbing on gear and bolts has generally been the rule in the Blueies. Please try to use available natural gear where possible, and do not bolt cracks or potential trad climbs.

Because of the softness of Blue Mountains sandstone, bolting should only be done by those with a solid knowledge of glue-in equipping. A recent fatality serves as a reminder that this is not an area to experiment with bolting.

If you do need to top rope, please do it through your own gear as the wear on the anchors is both difficult and expensive to maintain.

It would be appreciated if brushing of holds becomes part of your climbing routine - do it with a soft bristled brush and never a steel brush!

The removal of vegetation - both from the cliff bases and the climbs - is not seen as beneficial to aesthetics of the environment nor to our access to it. Generally it's best to leave all this sort of stuff to the local climbers.

		Route	Grade	Style	Popularity	Selected ascents
1		Projectproject		Sport Project
2		Drag Queen Up detached block to face, through large roof to headwall. Lots of slings. A 70mtr rope will get you to the ground. FFA: Evan Wells, 2012	27	Sport 37m , 17		Will Monks 4 months ago humungous roof! Would be classic if a bit less cruxy Evan Wells 5 months ago Lots of 60-80cm slings for face and head wall and one 120cm for third bolt will make clipping anc...
3		Flognoid Commiting start to carrot leads to great climbing on experimental shaped U bolts. FA: M Stacey, M Law, B Maddison, 1998	22	Sport 20m		Neil Monteith 4 months ago Unique, interesting - you have been warned. Why o why is the first bolt not a ring? Jason Smith 6 years ago Interesting - some weired moves
4		62 West Wallaby Street	26	Unknown 24m
5		project Closed project, line of rings leading up and left from Maurice Road start.		Sport Project 25m
6		Maurice Road	21	Unknown 45m		Rod Young LED with Mark B. 1980
7		Pleasant street Closed project. P.1 traverse pockets to arette, up. P.2 pouncy crux pulling lip to nice face over hanging arette.		Sport Project 35m , 18
8		Snot Rocket Science 30mtr right of Maurice Road, stickclip first bolt, pull through large holds in roof onto wall. FA: M Law, 2003	27	Sport 25m
9		Saul	17	Unknown 50m		Tony Williams 8 years ago Bit dirty. Go to trad exterminator anchors and rap 26m to deck
10		Trad Terminator	21	Unknown 40m
11		Trad Exterminator FA: , 2003	22	Unknown 25m		Will Monks 4 months ago "good" climbing but average rock quality and ledges. way overhyped in the guide! Chris Bentham 1 years ago nice climb
12		M.A.R.K. #1 this is Eddy the Eagle?	23	Unknown 25m		Will Monks 4 months ago cool! "very good" for the moves, but a few too many ledges/breaks Chris Bentham 1 years ago 22?
13		Eddy the Eagle	23	Unknown 25m		Tim Haasnoot 1 years ago Love the top section!! David O'Donnell 5 years ago 3 stars in the new guide??? throwing them away that day!!...it doesnt get any better as you go ri...
14		Submarine XI	21	Unknown 50m
15		Renegade Ways Hard start. Start: Under the bulges	21	Sport 25m		Neil Monteith 4 months ago Borderline average with the giant creaking death flake up high. Why hasn't this been hammered off? Tim Haasnoot 1 years ago Not so sure on the rock on this one.
16		High kickin chicks	23	Unknown 25m
17		High kickin chick called: high kickin chicks FA: , 2003	23	Unknown 25m		Chris Bentham 1 years ago lose rock Tim Haasnoot 1 years ago Poor bolting and even worse rock, bad falls on ledges. Not recommended.
18		Indecision	24	Unknown 30m
19		Trad Exterminator (No More!) No More - It has been retro-ringed, damn it! Spare a thought for those who climbed it 'old school'. Start: Marked at base (I think) Starts left side of ledge on main wall FA: Claw, 1999	21	Sport 40m

2. Index by grade

Grade		Stars	Name	Style
17			Saul	Unknown 50m
21			Maurice Road	Unknown 45m
			Renegade Ways	Sport 25m
			Submarine XI	Unknown 50m
			Trad Exterminator (No More!)	Sport 40m
			Trad Terminator	Unknown 40m
22			Flognoid	Sport 20m
			Trad Exterminator	Unknown 25m
23			Eddy the Eagle	Unknown 25m
			High kickin chick	Unknown 25m
			High kickin chicks	Unknown 25m
			M.A.R.K. #1	Unknown 25m
24			Indecision	Unknown 30m
26			62 West Wallaby Street	Unknown 24m
27			Drag Queen	Sport 37m , 17
			Snot Rocket Science	Sport 25m
?			Pleasant street	Sport Project 35m , 18
			Projectproject	Sport Project
			project	Sport Project 25m