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Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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18 | Nought
Start: A small slabby wall enclosed by two boulders. Bolt runners and wires needed. Bridge up past the slab, clip BR then move up the wall/arête to the bulge. Wire the crack then move up over the bulge, clipping another BR. Belay right back on trees. FA: Scott Cleland & Al Stephens, 1994 | 8m, 2 | |||
13 | Biscuit
Start: A semi-detached arête/wall 3m left of Nought. Up to break with wires or small Friends, over the bulge and past bolt to the top. FA: Brian Cork & Scott Cleland, 1994 | 10m, 1 | |||
17 | ★ Rolling Stones
Start: At right-hand end of breakaway below short V-chimney. Through V-chimney and overhang, then jams to top. FA: Richard Curtis & Phil Prior, 1977 | 15m | |||
18 | ★ Little Wonder
‘Little wonder no-one’s done it’ - Because it's so short. Start: In the bottom of ‘Rolling Stones’ corner. Climb diagonally left up flake and around rib to make a long reach for finger crack. Move up then step left to finish. FA: Richard Curtis & Simon Gaye, 1984 | 15m | |||
14 | Fruit Loops and Frosties | 15m | |||
16 | Paranoid Primadona
Start: l0m left of ‘Rolling Stones’. Up the slightly flaring crack, from hand-jams to off-width. FA: Al Stephens & Rob Dixon, 1975 | 15m | |||
16 | Boulder
Start:2m left of ‘Paranoid Primadona’. Up the off width crack to top. FA: @bobkillip, Brian Birchall & Rob Dixon, 1975 | 15m | |||
15 | ★ Seizure
Start: 1m left of ‘Boulder’. A bit of bridging leads to a textbook hand jam crack. FA: Rob Dixon, Al Stephens & Chris May, 1975 | 14m | |||
13 | Gung Ho
Start: 3m left of 'Seizure’. Up initial crack and then an awkward move to turn the overlap on its left and get established on a small slab. Finish up chimney/corner. FA: Al Stephens & Rob Dixon, 1975 | 15m | |||
15 | Milkshake | 15m | |||
17 | ★ The Joker
Start: 2m left of ‘Milkshake’. Up short chimney and then the corner crack. (The corner has been extensively cleaned in recent years making it substantially easier - perhaps 16?) FA: Rob Dixon & Al Stephens, 1975 | 12m | |||
20 | ★ Bash Street
Start: 1m right of ‘Brijit’. Up the crack with the bush/tree growing out of it. FA: Richard Curtis & @bobkillip, 1977 | 15m | |||
19 | ★ Brijit
Start: This is the easy-angled corner with a small tree at 2/3 height. (6m left of ‘The Joker’ and about 3m right of Polynesian Lady). Much more interesting than it looks. The climb was originally graded 19 because of lack of protection near the ground. There is now a good wire placement about halfway between the ground and the small tree so perhaps there is a case for reviewing the grade. Up corner with incipient crack. FA: Richard Curtis & @bobkillip, 1977 | 15m | |||
17 | ★ Polynesian Lady
Start: A couple of metres left of ‘Brijit’. Up fingery crack start to hand crack and over some sword grass to top. FA: Richard Curtis & Rod Bambach, 1977 | 15m | |||
16 | ★ Caballero
Start: 2m left of ‘Polynesian Lady’ and immediately left of small roof. Up to the left of roof to off width corner. Continue to top FA: Phil Prior, Rod Bambach, Rob Dixon & Laimonis Kavalieris, 1976 | 10m | |||
20 | ★★ Bombay Duck
A single aid rest was eliminated on the second ascent by J. Lattanzio and M, Colyvan, Feb 1982. Start: About 1m right of ‘The Removalist’. Up thin crack and wall to a better crack above which joins up with the top part of ‘The Removalist’. FA: Al Stephens & Ed Sharpe, 1982 | 15m | |||
15 | ★ The Removalist
Start: A few metres upstream of the lookout below an obvious handjamb crack which turns into a rightwards diagonal. Climb the handjamb crack and the rightwards diagonal which leads into a vertical crack. Up this to a stance with double hangers and rap rings.
FA: Brian Birchall, Jill Kelman & Richard Curtis, 1976 | 15m | |||
20 | ★ Cheap Vendetta
Start: As for ‘The Removalist’. Up the crack as for ‘The Removalist’ until the diagonal, then step left into thin crack/corner. Follow crack/corner through small roof to top. FA: Mark Colyvan & Brian Birchall, 1981 | 15m | |||
23 | ★★ Chocolate Barbarian
The first ascent caused some local controversy because the bolt is too close to Cheap Vendetta and makes it safer. Start: The arête just left of ‘The Removalist’. Up the arête, via a single bolt runner, to top. FA: Kevin Lindorff, Michael Wust & Richard Curtis, 1984 | 15m, 1 | |||
20 | ★ Pretty Vacant
Start: About l0m left of ‘The Removalist’. Up the slightly flared crack to belay as for Dead Calm. FA: Mark Colyvan & John Lattanzio, 1982 | 15m | |||
18 | ★ The Fat Shiela
Better than it looks. Start: 1m left of ‘Pretty Vacant’. Up the wide crack, over bulge, then narrow crack to exit, left and belay as for Sucking Faces. FA: Al Stephens, Larry Dixon, Richard Thomas & John Lattanzio, 1986 | 15m | |||
20 | ★★ Sucking Faces
A magnificent wall climb, an Ebor classic. Start: 2m left of ‘Pretty Vacant’. Straight up the wall past 3 bolt runners, 2 number 3 Friend placements, and a number 4 RP placement. Double hanger w/ rap rings awaits. FA: Al Stephens, Richard Thomas & Cal Finlay, 1985 | 15m, 3 | |||
15 | Pylarox
Start: 3m left of ‘Pretty Vacant’ is a corner that leads to a leaning pile of rocks. The corner, then bridge delicately out and around the roof. A fixed wire protects the last move. FA: Larry Dixon & Al Stephens, 1986 | 15m | |||
23 | ★★ Power Play
Start: About 10m left of ‘Pretty Vacant’. Up flared crack. Two hangers for anchor, about 2m back from edge under shrubs. FA: Mark Colyvan & Al Stephens, 1982 FFA: Mark Colyvan & Brian Birchall, 1992 | 15m | |||
18 | ★ Affection Injection
Start: 4m left of ‘Power Play’. Up ‘Blinky Bill’ for a move or two then face climb right to bottom of incipient crack. Up crack to top. FA: Richard Curtis & @bobkillip, 1977 | 15m | |||
20 | Blinky Bill
Start: 4m left of ‘Power Play’. Up hand jam to off width crack. FA: Joe Friend, 1977 | 15m | |||
16 | Hot Seat
Start: Marked left of ‘Blinky Bill’. Layback start into jam crack which widens in middle section. FA: Brian Birchall, Jill Kelman & Richard Curtis, 1976 | 15m | |||
17 | ★ Hobson's Choice
Start: l0m left of ‘Hot Seat’. Hand jams to offwidth to top. FA: Richard Curtis & Jerry Maddox, 1976 | 15m | |||
19 | ★★ Blitzkrieg Bop
Start: About 3m right of ‘Rubber Ball’. Up short corner to ledge, then take thin twin cracks on the right which lead to a wider crack above. FA: Mark Colyvan & Brian Birchall, 1982 | 15m | |||
22 | ★ Chemical Warfare
Start: As for ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’. Up short corner to ledge, then up thin crack at the back of the ledge. FA: Mark Colyvan, Brian Birchall & @bobkillip, 1981 | 15m | |||
17 | ★ Rubber Ball
Start: About 5m left of ‘Hobson’s Choice’. Onto ledge from left then fist jam crack to top. FA: Richard Curtis & Colin Southwell, 1976 | 15m | |||
19 | ★★ Narcissus
Start: 2m left of ‘Rubber Ball’. Up short wall, then finger crack through bulging central section. FA: Richard Curtis, 1976 | 15m | |||
22 | ★★ Supermouse
Originally all aid ( M2), but was freed by John Lattanzio and Tim Balla in June 1986. Start: 1m left of ‘Narcissus’. Up the thin crack in the corner. FA: Al Stephens & Rob Dixon, 1975 FFA: John Lattanzio & Tim Balla, 1986 | 15m | |||
17 | ★★ Firestorm
Start: 2m left of ‘Supermouse’. Hand jam crack with tricky finish. FA: Brian Birchall, Jill Kelman & Richard Curtis, 1976 | 15m | |||
19 | ★ Goose n' Off
Start: 1m left of ‘Firestorm’. Up crack then under cling left. FA: Richard Curtis, Tim Balla & John Lattanzio, 1988 | 15m | |||
21 | ★★ Headbanger
Start: The bolted wall 10m left of ‘Firestorm’. Up wall/arête past a #4 Friend placement and four BR’s. Double bolt anchor on top. (Hard to find). FA: Al Stephens & Larry Dixon, 1987 | 15m, 4 | |||
21 | ★★ Tough Customer
Start: The crack in the corner 1m left of ‘Headbanger’. Up the crack. FA: John Lattanzio & Mark Colyvan, 1988 | 15m | |||
16 | The Plaquet | 15m | |||
17 | Wake in Fright
Start: Left of ‘The Plaquet’. Reasonable hand jams to dubious hand jams. Out onto sloping ledge. FA: Brian Birchall & Phil Prior, 1976 | 15m | |||
21 | ★★ Dream of the Devil
Start: About 2m left of ‘Wake In Fright’. The arête. Up the arête past 2 fixed hangers and some wires to double bolt belay on top (about 5m back from the edge of the cliff- difficult to find). FA: Mark Colyvan, 1988 | 15m, 2 | |||
17 | Badarse
Start: 3m left of ‘Wake In Fright’. Climb the right-hand of the twin cracks. FA: Larry Dixon & Al Stephens, 1988 | 15m | |||
16 | ★ Squelch The Magic Dragon
A two-pitch wonder.... Starts 5m's R of the yellow rock close to the falls. Up potentially damp black crack to large vegetated ledge then up obvious short corner crack. FA: Ben Vincent & Brendan Heywood, 4 Jun 2018 | 15m, 2 | |||
20 M1 | Sundown
Originally all aid (M1) however all but the first four points (bolts) were eliminated by Al Stephens and Graeme Stewart in August 1986. Start: From the tree nearest the waterfall. 4 bolts for M1 aid to gain thin crack, then free to top. FA: Al Stephens & Jill Kelman, 1975 | 15m, 4 | |||
9 | Blackberry Nip
Start: Below largest crack line in lower buttress of breakaway. Up crack. FA: Joe Friend (Solo), 1977 | 15m | |||
17 | Mange
Unknown details, mentioned in 'Screamer' mag issue 9, 1981 FA: Paul Bayne, Mark Colyvan & Brian Birchall, 1981 |
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