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Description:© (nmonteith)

A pleasant group of sunny walls, pinnacles and terraces lining the gully immediately north of Red Rock Pinnacles.

Great in cool, sunny weather, not so if it's warm.

Access Issues: inherited from Red Rock Area

August 2012 Do NOT approach any of the crags in this area across the paddocks from Red Rock Road. The land has recently changed hands and the farmer does not want people crossing the property. Follow the tracks just outsside the southern or northern boundaries of the famland until able to move around the farmland to the area you are going. Please adhere to this to keep open the possibility of negotiated access.

Approach:© (nmonteith)

To climb at the lower end of Band of Gypsies, wander

across to the end of the vehicle track, cross the creek,

walk up to the cliff line and follow it uphill to the first

climbs.

For the upper section, follow a pad across to the Cave Boulder, which is directly in front of "Dutch Courage".

Descent

For the lower walls walk off the west or the east ends via

the chasm gully. There are plenty of abseil options.

Beyond the chasm the best option is to abseil, either

from the chains and slings indicated or from one of

many bollards. (BYO slings). The best scramble descent

is via narrow rib at the top (east) end of the main crags.

This rib is in a gully just i from the north-east toe of the

buttress.

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Routes

RouteGradeStylePopularity
1 Over The Top

Bridge trench to steep finish.

Start: Scramble into belay niche behind pinnacle.

FA: . Michael Hampton, Geoff Butcher, 2005

13
Trad 25m
2 * The Upside of Anger

Move onto bollard, arrange gear and up to FH. Straight

up diagonal seams.

Start: Start as for "Heavy Milk, Light Beer"

FA: Geoff Butcher, Michael Hampton, 2005

17
Mixed 18m , 1
3 ** Grand Oral Disseminator

Watch out for skating cams and feet on the slick rock.

FA: Malcolm Matheson & Adam Demmert, 2005

27
Mixed 25m , 1
4 Squeezed Out

Off-width corner/crack 5m L of "Private Parts". Take several #5 cams

FA: Pfrunder, Malcolm Matheson,

FA: Neil Monteith, Adam Demmert, James Pfrunder & Malcolm Matheson, 2005

21
Mixed 13m , 2
5 * Arrested

Sustained laybacks on perfect finger locks and edges. Take medium wires and cams.

FA: Neil Monteith, 2005

24
Trad 12m
6 * Over Committed

Grit-style arete first climbed ground-up and retro-bolted to make it sane.

FA: Neil Monteith & Mick Hampton, 2005

20
Mixed 20m , 2
7 * Slow Burn

FA: Mick Hampton & Geoff Butcher,

20
Trad 20m
8 * Crazy Like a Fox

Reachy moves up unlikely, pocketed face. Short people might want to add a grade or so.

Start: Start at right-leading ramp.

FA: Michael Hampton, Geoff Butcher, 2005

19
Trad 22m
9 * Mad Cow

Pretty exciting stuff.

Start: Start as for "Crazy Like A Fox"

FA: Michael Hampton, Geoff Butcher, 2005

20
Trad 22m
10 Steve Holloway Route

FA: Steve Holloway, 2005

20
Trad 15m
11 * Nick Route

FA: , 2005

22
Trad 15m
12 Bury Me Standing

Stick clip first FH, bridge to first holds, stepping right into base of right-leading seam. Up over bulges (2 FHs) to stance at base of rotten crack. Arrange gear, step left and up jugs to top.

Start: Start at far end of small block in front of orange wall of the semi-detached pinnacle.

FA: Steve Holloway, Nick Kiraly, 2005

21
Trad 18m
13 * Errol Flynn

Diagonal cracks in black streak right of "Johnny Depp" to bolt. Step left and follow left-hand line through bulges. Go right a bit and straight up.

FA: Geoff Butcher, Michael Hampton, Sharyn George, 2005

18
Mixed 20m , 1
14 Dutch Courage

Steep, right-facing corner left of "Blogger".

FA: Mark Gould, Boudewijn Docter, 2005

20
Trad 18m
15 Bulldozer In The Background

Crack in left wall of chimney until crack ends. Chimney, or face climb arête, then exit onto left wall, finishing steeply under branch of gum tree.

Start: Start at chimney left of buttress left of "Queen of Der".

FA: Geoff Butcher, Michael Hampton, 2005

10
Trad 20m
16 * Gypsy Swing

Unsercut arete left of "Band Of Thieves" swinging in from the left on a diagonal.

FA: Geoff Butcher, Michael Hampton, 2005

17
Trad 18m
17 Rag And Bone

Steep bucket-pulling with some brittle chicken-heads.

Start: Start at toe of semi-detached pinnacle.

FA: Michael Hampton, Geoff Butcher, 2005

11
Trad 40m
18 Reading Palms

Grassy corner on left end of semi-detached pinnacle.

FA: Steve Holloway, Peter Mills, 2005

14
Trad 18m
19 * Queen Of Der

A tasty excursion.

Start: Start as for "Eloquence Of Speech".

FA: Geoff Butcher, Michael Hampton, 2006

21
Mixed 26m , 2
20 Flashing Eyes

Blocky Line up left of "Gypsy Swing" with a fiery second pitch.

  1. 18m (18) Climb the blocky line. Step left onto arête and go up to belay at base of headwall.

  2. 18m (19) Start up middle of steep wall, then move back right at top of orange streak to finish at notch a few metres left of right arête.

FA: Micahel Hampton, Sharyn George (alt), 2005

19
Trad 36m
21 * Transylvanian Trad

Go up and right to diagonal crack and follow this and cracks to easy wall. Don't rap from bollard or you'll end up in

the trees: continue to top

Start: Start at wall left of orange undercut.

FA: Michael Hampton, Geoff Butcher, 2005

20
Trad 20m
22 Bohemian Ridge

Mixed climbing with a short crux. The gully L of "Nice Knobs" is blocked by a black slab.

FA: Michael Hampton, Sharyn George, 2005

16
Trad 45m
23 Nice Knobs

Climb the right side of the recessed ramp and wall up left of

the chasm.

FA: Sharyn George, Michael Hampton, 2005

12
Trad 40m
24 Read Rover

Enjoyable face with good gear.

FA: Michael Hampton, Sharyn George, 2005

18
Trad 25m
25 In A Dark Wood Wandering

Go diagonally right up the juggy grassland to slightly awkward exit up right-leading crack.

FA: Michael Hampton, Sharyn George, 2005

12
Trad 18m
26 A Fortune Teller

Diagonally right up the grassland as for"In A Dark Wood Wandering" to the right-R leading crack. Step

across to west-facing headwall of undercut pinnacle and

horizontal breaks. Step left and up. Take slings for abseil.

Start: Start as for "In A Dark Wood Wandering".

FA: Sharyn George, Michael Hampton, 2005

13
Trad 25m
27 Dead Horses

From chock-stone climb directly up to FH. Pull onto

ramp and climb juggy orange headwall to top.

FA: Geoff Butcher, Michael Hampton, 2005

16
Mixed 27m , 1
28 Steal My Fingers

Step up and left onto wall following diagonal (small wires) to

easier finish.

Start: Start as for "Gypsy Swing".

FA: Nic Kiraly, Steve Holloway, 2005

20
Trad 18m
29 Eloquence Of Speech

Climb wall behind small pinnacle to horizontal break.

Climb small edges past FH to easier ground,

finishing steeply at juggy break.

FA: Steve Holloway, Nic Kiraly, 2005

21
Trad 20m
30 * Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

Interesting alternate finish to "Mad Cow".

FA: Michael O'Reilly, Steve Chapman, Ross Timms, 2006

20
Trad 25m
31 Steptoe And Scum

Take diagonal seams on nose to left side of bulge in orange headwall.

Start: On the uphill side of semi-detached pinnacle is a corner. Start at nose left of this corner.

FA: Geoff Butcher, Michael Hampton, 2005

20
Trad 18m
32 * Band Of Thieves

Might have been done earlier as there was a little white square already in-situ.

FA: FRA Tim Marsh, 2003

19
Trad 23m
33 Heavy Milk, Light Beer

Easy crack left of "Bulldozer In The Background".

FA: Geoff Butcher, Michael Hampton, 2005

13
Trad 17m
34 Blogger

Climb corners to the top, with a rest on the big flake forming first corner.

Start: Start as for "Transylvanian Trad".

FA: Geoff Butcher, Michael Hampton, 2005

15
Trad 20m
35 Johnny Depp

Go up seams then traverse delicately right to below orange bulges (wires). Rock onto bulge and step right to second bulge and cams. Crank up and over right to left-leading exit crack.

Start: Start on the left between some pines.

FA: Michael Hampton, Sharyn George, 2005

20
Trad 23m
36 * Private Parts

Major crack system around left of "Grand Oral Disseminator", behind boulder.

FA: Michael Hampton, Geoff Butcher, 2005

21
Trad 26m
37 Gypsy, Sun And Rainbow

Stick clip first FH, and up it, as for "Bury Me Standing". Up and left to horizontal seam and wire placement. Up past FH to vertical crack and easy ground.

Start: Start as for "Bury Me Standing"

FA: Nick Kiraly, Steve Holloway, 2005

22
Mixed 18m , 2

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