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Dirty Harry Rocks All Trad climbing 9 routes in crag

Grade context: AU
Ascents: 12

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North

A small collection of boulders, with one excellent crack. The lower part of the outcrop is visible across the valley as you're walking up the Booroomba walk-in path.

Access issues inherited from Booroomba Rocks

As of May 2021, the crag remains affected from the January 2020 fires: https://canberraclimbing.org.au/access-submissions/booroomba-rocks-after-the-fires/

Approach

From the Booroomba car park there is an old vehicle track that heads east to the top of Deadmans Hill. Follow this for approximately 1 km. At the top of a steep section the track flattens out, a cairn marks the turn off to Dirty Harry Rocks. From this cairn follow a series of smaller cairns north for 200m to the top tier of Dirty Harry Rocks.

Ethic inherited from Booroomba Rocks

The ethic at Booroomba is generally staunchly traditional. Most climbing goes either entirely on gear or gear with bolts for those walls where there is insufficient gear to protect climbs. Climbs are occasionally rebolted, but retro-bolting would be considered vandalism of the lowest order.

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The right leaning chimney capped by a large chockstone.

FA: B Aikman & Dave McGregor, Nov 2018

The right leaning off-width 2m right of Punk.

FA: B Aikman, Oct 2018

The chimney 3m left of Magnum Force.

FA: B Aikman, Nov 2018

A classic line. The widening crack on the Booroomba side of the outcrop with a hard start. Gear from #0.5 to #4 camalot.

FA: John Smart & Ray Lassman, 1976

The hand crack through the small roof 5m right of Magnum Force. Harder, higher and better than it looks. Either finish on the ledge or continue up the off-width to the top.

FA: Dave Sargent & Mike Law-Smith, 1985

The flared hand crack in the alcove 30m down hill from Magnum Force.

FA: B Aikman & Dave McGregor, Nov 2018

The following three climbs are on a broken cliff-line 80m downhill from Magnumforce towards Booroomba. The outcrop is clearly visible across the valley when you're walking up the Booroomba walk-in track.