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The Dragons Belly

  • Grade context: AU
  • Ascents: 70

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Summary

The only and best deep water soloing in New England

Description

A slightly over hanging and vertical cliff with deep water soloing potential. All climbs and projects are all open to extensions and first ascents to promote development of this unique area.

Access issues inherited from New South Wales and ACT

If you have benefited from climbing infrastructure in NSW, please consider making a donation towards maintenance costs. The Sydney Rockclimbing Club Rebolting Fund finances the replacement of old bolts on existing climbs and the maintenance of other hardware such as fixed ropes and anchors. The SRC purchases hardware, such as bolts and glue, and distributes them to volunteer rebolters across the state of New South Wales. For more information, including donation details, visit https://sydneyrockies.org.au/rebolting/

Approach

Once you have hiked down to the gorge floor. Swim across the large pool heading downstream. or traverse around if you are a wizard. Once across the pool rock hop down the gorge for 10 minutes till you reach a large pool as big as the one you first swam across. This is The Dragons Belly. The total approach time should be about 1 hour. With a step strenuous walk in and out.

Routes

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Dry start. Follow the obvious diagonal crack system on eastern side of the Dragons Belly. Really just a dry extension to JCADTIS. More slab than deep water beneath.

FA: Ben Vincent, 28 Dec 2016

Same start as WR. Traverse lowest line R to Waterfall and through to the start of HCFDT. Can only be done dry during low flow.

FA: Ben Vincent, 8 Jan 2016

Swim Start. Up onto the slab, head up to the obvious crack line that trends L to the top of the waterfall

FA: Alan Ezzy, 30 Jan 2016

Swim Start. Head up rocky breaks RHS of Waterfall.

FA: Ben Vincent, 15 Mar 2015

Swim Start from the R of the bottom of the waterfall. Easy RH traverse around into the Slimy Eel & The Cesspool of Doom Cave. Traverse through a series of laybacks just above the water height. Finish on obvious no-hands-rest block. Scope for extension.

Set: Ben Vincent, Alan Ezzy & Dr. Phil

FA: Ben Vincent, 28 Dec 2016

Climb the white streaked slightly over hanging wall

FA: Mitch Stewart, 27 Mar 2015

Climb starts 3 m right of White Lightening up obvious jugs to tricky blank section then up to crack.

FA: Ben Vincent, 27 Mar 2015

Start 2m right of stomach acid on large side pull

Listed from right to left as you approach them (if you've stayed dry)

The first DWS route set in the Dragons Belly. Traverse left along wall. Finish on top of large square block.

Set: Thor Burey, 27 Mar 2015

Swim Start. From directly beneath the dyno, head up the ramp trending R until you get to the block at the end of T.T.

FA: Ben Vincent, 28 Mar 2015

From the block at the end of T.T. down-climb ramp to the two obvious juggy pockets on the arete. Set yourself and then hit the massive dyno. You can see the nice flat ledge that you're aiming for from the block.

Starts from the block end of Thor's Traverse. Traverse down & L along sloping rail and mantle the Dyno Project finish. Traverse L along the large rocky bridge section until it ends. Some committing moves at this level above the large sloping slab bring you to a further rest and the traverse ends at the small shrub. Plenty of scope for extension!

FA: Ben Vincent, 14 Nov 2015

Swim Start direct or continue dry from block at end of TT. Start directly below DS before traversing L and low around to the slab.

Set: Dr. Phil

FA: Ben Vincent, 7 Jan 2016

Swim Start or dry start from the slab at the end of U. Trend up and R following thin roof seam and solid L features. Mantle to finish at MET.

FA: Dr.Phil, 8 Jan 2016

Swim Start, up and out of the water at the base of the white streak, directly below the little rooflet. Up white streak to rooflet and traverse L and trend up and L to finish at Middle Earth Traverse

FA: Ben Vincent, 30 Jan 2016

Continuing on from the hands free stance at the end of M.E.T (at the small bottlebrush shrub). Keep traversing L at the same height as M.E.T until you reach the blocky blank rooflet section with the precariously placed flake of death (you'll know it when you come to it). Move delicately L and through. Current extension finishes 3m beyond this rooflet in an obvious large pocket (a few meters below and about half-way through the fig thicket above).

FA: Ben Vincent, 30 Jan 2016

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