Routes in Geerak Track

At the right-hand end of the main cliff-line there is a very steep wall, Little Tjuringa Wall. The shelter is 100 metres further left. At the right end of Little Tjuringa Wall is a short, black, seamy-looking corner. Start up the right crack, step left and up with difficulty to the horizontal. Up easy headwall to belay.

Two compact grey buttresses can be seen at the top of the ridge while walking up. They are best seen from Snake-Bite Pass. Take the left buttress, starting on the left and finishing up the crack on the right of the top face.

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Climb crack above cairn for 8 metres, step left and continue up wall.

25 metres left of Newby at the base of the steep, loose slope and near the right-hand end of the large overhang is an overhanging crack/corner. The steep crack and corner. Possible belay then short wall above and left.

Start 30 metres left of the shelter cave where the roof ends and there is a grey wall. Bridge off the dead tree and pull onto the wall. Up 2 metres then traverse right for 3 metres until level with a tree, then up steeply.

Pull up to traverse line then traverse above the lip of overhang almost to the dark brown rock (25m) then up finish via a short corner.

Start: Start 2 metres left of "A Couple Of pansies".

Start as for "Couple Of Pansies" then go straight up wall just right of second tree.

Between the Couple Of Pansies wall and the Tower Of Silence is a gully.Scramble up the gully, walk right below a wall with a strong roof line and then uphill past the right end of this wall and back left above it. If you're not lost, above is a steep wall with a pronounced left-leaning diagonal line on its right side. Originally done in two pitches. Scramble up the wall a bit to a ledge about 6 metres left of the diagonal line. Up to the diagonal, then up the steep groove to a stance. Follow the line up and left, and then climb the steep grey wall to the top, taking care with blocks on top.

Scramble up to the base of the tower which has a wide, juggy groove below the right arete.

1. 42m (11) Pull up into the groove and follow it for about 10 metres until able to make an awkward step left around the arete. Climb the right-hand side of the smooth wall to a ledge. Cross the ledge to the corner crack and follow this to a bushy ledge.

2. 15m (-) Climb 3 metres further up the corner crack, then step up/left and traverse left across the face of the tower to belay past the left arete.

3. 15m (-) Finish up the scary jugs above (the top of the second pitch of A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush)

Hideously fragile finish. Start as for Tower Of Silence.

1. 25m (13) Climb the groove and make the swkward step left around the arete. Take the rising line left across the face to belay below a small overhang near the left arete.

2. 40m (13) Crux. Follow a ramp up right to a steepening. Traverse left to the arete of the tower with hands in the horizontal break. Follow the arete to the top passing innumerable heinous jugs.

1. 20m (18) 'Steep' line under left edge of smooth wall on "Tower Of Silence".

2. 40m (-) Up past left side of small roof, then jugs.

Start: Start 20 metres right of "Pissoir" at a steep orange wall

1. 25m (16) Very steeply up centre of orange wall to a groove and up to cave belay.

2. 50m (-) Walk 5 metres left then up easily.

Start 2 metres left of "I Used To Be etc". Climb on small edges to horizontal break then straight up wall to ledge. Walk off left to gully.

Follow the water streak, trending slightly left of it towards the top. Scramble up the slabs on the left until able to step across the gully beneath the water streak.

Start up Pissoir and step left after the initial overlap. Up the grey wall (just right of Krak De Chevaliers) and then straight up, aiming for the right-hand end of the roof at the top. Tree belay.

From just left of Bon Soir climb up to the flake/crack line and follow this up and left. Pull through an obvious break in the roof and on to the top.

Small wall just before track reaches Frank Zappa alcove. Up small right-facing flake, step right and up over bulge into small hanging corner. Easy to top.

A stunning climb. Short people can add a couple of grades. On the lower tier, directly below The Tower Of Silence, the distinctive corner of very compact rock.

Up the ramp, just before the Main Wall, is a big right-jutting roof with a chimney above. There is a big block on the ramp below the roof. Scramble 6 metres to the top of the block (belay possible). Step from the right end of the ledge and climb straight up the steep juggy wall (do not veer right into the groove).

Climb the wall by the right-hand crack to the left edge of the obvious overhang. Pull through this and continue directly up to the finishing ledge. Continue up the ramp to the right arete of the Main Wall where there are two cracks. Belay from a tree.

Steep and exposed but with good holds and protection Start just left of Last Temptation Up the left-hand crack to a horizontal break and step left into another thin crack. Follow this crack and then trend right to a belay ledge.

Walk left below the ramp leading to the Main Wall until a grey buttress is reached, directly below a steep crack-line in Main Wall above. Alternatively, continue left from the foot of Frank Zappa to here.

1. 25m (-) Climb the grey buttress to the ledge.

2. 30m (12) Up the crack-line directly behind the first pitc, via a sentry box and through numerous overlaps.

Steep climbing on generally good rock. Start 4 metres left of Android Dreaming's belay. Straight up wall to short corner. Up to horizontal break then pull through onto steep headwall. Step right, to finish just left of Android Dreaming.

More good climbing on excellent rock. Start a few metres left of Triad Go right, then left to crack then up and left to horizontals. Ignore Effy Sportage(diagonal) and climb shallow corner to major horizontal. Finish up final overhang of Effy Sportage.

A pleasant doddle with steep finish taking the obvious diagonal line.

Start as for Effy Sportage. Climb the wall and corner directly above to the horizontal. Step right then pull over the short, steep headwall on jugs.

Start 1.5 metres left of the left-hand water streak.

1. 30m (10) Straight up, just left of the water streak to a ledge and belay in the shallow corner on the right.

2. 40m (10) Go up the short corner 1.5 metres left of the belay and continue straight up to finish 2 metres left of the fangs of Coodabeen Hardmen

Start 2.5 metres left of the left-hand water streak.

1. 30m, (11) Climb the wall between the two water-streaks, staying right of the V-groove at 10 metres. At the large ledge move 3 metres right to a belay in a shallow corner.

2. 40m Step right from the belay, climb through a bush and go up a juggy groove. Follow the steep juggy rock, tending slightly left to the base of a smooth grey wall. Go straight up to the overhanging fangs, step right below the fangs and then up to the summit (don't touch the fangs).

Start between the water streaks, as for Coodabeen Hardmen.

1. 42m. (10) Up 7 metres to the left-hand short groove-crack. Step up left onto the water streak (when it's dry!) and follow its right-hand edge to the overhanging wall. Climb the steep groove just right of the streak and step right to belay.

2. 30m (-) Continue up just right of the streak past several overlaps to the top.

Start 80 metres left of A Climb For St Cecilia's Day.

1. 40m. (14) Follow the crack splitting the centre of the buttress to the obvious line of overlaps. Pull left through the overhang and then up the right edge of the buttress to a ledge.

2. 20m. Climb up 5 metres to the main roof then chicken off left and up.

Start 6 metres left of Hot Pants Explosion.

1. 23m (-) Climb the buttress left of the lichen/moss streak to belay below the corner.

2. 25m (15) Climb a crack, then up the obvious corner. Old-fashioned moves up the steep orange corner then exit left to the gully.

Start at the right edge of Jayne Mansfield's Bum buttress.

1. 25m Climb the ragged crack on the right side of the buttress, through the wide crack and make an unlikely traverse across the right wall to a ledge.

2. 20m (16) Make an exposed step left and climb the steep crack followed by easy bridging to the top.

Start: Start at the loose line on the right side of the buttress just left of Twist and Shout.

1. 35m (22) Up the line to a ledge. Pull strenuously up the right side of the smooth short wall to a stance. Up the arete left of the Twist and Shout until it's possible to step left into the curving sickle then left again to below the roof-crack. Up this, to hard traverse left on to the wall in a spectacular position. Easily up to ledge.

2. 10m (-) Easily up wall above.

Start: Start as for" The Worst Job In The World".

1. 20m (-) As for "The Worst Job In The World".

2. 20m (17) Step right on to the wall, up right to break through the overhangs. Up easily.

The slabby buttress left of Jayne Mansfield's Bum, avoiding the tricky bits. A variety of exits are possible from the top of the pinnacle; the left-most crack on the small pinnacle behind is probably the easiest.

Start at the next buttress left of The Worst Job In The World Climb the central seam of the buttress, stepping left to avoid the obvious bulge. Regain the line and climb to the ledge. Possible belay here before climbing the the grungy 6 metre-high buttress behind.

Climb the juggy groove on the right. From the ledge, climb the steep little wall just left of the crack.

Start: Start as for "Back Passage".

Start: Start just left of "Rock Bottom".

1. 26m (9) Up crack into chimney. Wide bridging to ledge on right.

2. 6m (9) Overhanging, strenuous, rope-stretching corner-crack.

Just left of the descent gully on the lower tier is a ragged groove with some small bushes in it. Up the groove (loose block near bush) then up water-polished wall and over the overhang at the top.

20 metres left of Mir Samir are two seams starting from a black recess. Take the left-hand black seam with ragged jugs. At the ledge pull over the overhang with some dubious holds and continue up.

40 metres left of Mir Samir is a grey-orange pyramid below massive roofs.

1. (25m, 18) Up right-leading ramp on left edge of pyramid to the apex of the pyramid then traverse right and step up. Dynamic climbing up right to a stance on the arete.

2. (22m, -) Up.

Start at the left side of the pyramid, as for Pyramid Power.

1. (22m, -) Up left wall of corner to large slab/ledge.

2. (25m, 13) Up crack at right end of ledge then the crack on the left to a delicate traverse right to a crack which leads to the top. Poorish rock on this pitch.

A gem. Before the gully leading to The Smiley Face is an orange wall with a flake line and a thin, diagonal right-leading crack. Bridge up and climb the diagonal crack.

Take the right-hand crack until it finishes. Straight up.

Good holds, good gear, good rock.

Start as for Happy Birthday Climb the left crack. Finish up headwall, topping out at a block.

More steep climbing on buckets.

Start as for "Laughter Line".

Step left to climb the water-streak to the flake. Up easily.

Start just right of the notch at the top of the Smiley Face Pull through the undercuts and climb to what looks like a loose block, but allows a wide step left to the base of a steep double crack-line. Follow the crack to the notch and the top.

Left of the Smiley Face is a small grey wall. Climb the ramp/groove line near the right edge of the face. Take care with loose rock on top.

Start 3 metres left of A Melon For Ecstasy below groove at top of wall. Up wall and into groove. Take care with loose rock on top.

Start 4 metres left of Slobs And Coppers. Up stepped groove and then the crack up the wall. Take care with loose rocks on top.

Behind the top of the Smiley Face is a grey tower. This is the left end of the upper cliff-line that runs left from the top of the descent gully. Climb the line on the left-hand face of the tower to a corner capped by a roof. Step left to the arete and then up the face.

Start just right of Koh-I-Noor and around the arete. Up the deep crack until it is feasible to pull left onto the arete and continue steeply to the top.

Start: Start from a ledge below the cebtre of the face, 5 metres right of and obvious perched block and 10 metres right "The man Who Would Be King"

1. 17m (18) Very steep climbing up the crack/weakness(?) in the orange-grey mottled wall to a large ledge.

2. 18m (16) Move 3 metres left along the ledge to a deep crack running up right. Follow this crack and then the steep grey wall to easier ground.

P1 (20m, -) Climb the diagonal finger crack and then up/left to belay just left of the fang. P2 (20m, 16) From the top of the fang pull up into the corner, then up the steep wall at the right end of the roof.

Climb straight up grey rock past some bulges.

Follow the prominent left-leaning crack/ramp until below the final roof. Step right and steeply up.

Start 4 metres right of the left arete. Easy at first the steep and exciting on great jugs.

Start just right of the left arete. Follow the crack-line through the short, bottomless corner.

Start just left of the left arete. Step off the block onto the smooth face. Pull onto the arete (just right of the left roof) and climb steeply up the arete.

The crack, with some pure jamming for a few moves.

Up loose flakes right of "Mixed Couples" to stance. A reachy move brings buckets to hand.

Take the ramp to the top.

From the first ledge, take crack up wall.

Climb the ragged flake above the start of the ramp.

The first line in from the right-hand end of the wall is a little gem. Climb corner to left of overhang. Pull through then move right into line.

trad Enjoyable now that the bees have gone. Start at the easiest-looking, left-most diagonal (3 in from the right) Up to horizontal and traverse right to obvious bucket. Pull up, then step right, up again then right to finish up juggy flake.

Start on arete 8 metres right of Beestings On A Boofhead Climb wall to large ledge and continue up headwall.

The first line 2 metres in from the right-hand end of the wall. 'Flake' to flat top, then hard moves up faint line to big groove.

Climb the flake and wall a few metres right of the chimney to cracks. Up to and over overlap.

Small crack up arete just left of chimney.

Ten metres left of "Frigging In The Rain" is a crack-line with an "axe blade". Crack to blade, use this to exit.

The right-leading flake/corner line has its moments and is escapable near the top. Protection on the crux is poor.

A bit scrappy. Walk-off A bit scrappy. The set of diagonals to the right of the wide line (On A Wing And A Prayer) on the south face. Not to be confused with the unclimbed thin crack just right of the wide line!

...and a six-inch tube.

Start: Start below the wide line in the centre of the south face.

1. 20m (16) Climb the left-hand crack to the cave.

2. 35m (16) Chimney up and out to the front of the line and continue to the top.

The arete on the left edge of the south face. Follow a ramp leading right for 5 or 6 metres then traverse left to gain the arete and follow it.

"...fetch the left-handed jaffle iron, lad, and I'll tell you a story..."

Start: Between the south face and the big corner is a scrappy black line that becomes a chimney-gully just left of an orange overhang.

Climb just right of this (?scrappy black line) to overhang then traverse right until under cracks in headwall. Pull through, step right, then diagonally leftwards following vague juggy flake.

There is a separate pinnacle in front of the crag below the big corner. Mike Law has soloed up the north arete and down the north-east face. Both ways are grade 11.

Pleasant wall climbing based on a series of flakes and cracks on the left side of the right wall of The GA Or FM Corner. Start a few metres right of The GA Or FM Corner. Boulder up to the first flake and a good pocket/jug which takes a #2.0 cam. Follow flakes and cracks to left end of overlap. Up to flake, then shallow left-facing corner.

If you can't find this corner give the game away. The major corner.

The steep left wall of the big corner offers sustained climbing with some brittle rock.

If this was a building, it would be condemned.

Start: Start 5 metres right of "The Kubara" and just left of an arete and some pines.

1. 27m (14) Up,step right then back left and follow the groove line (loose blocks) to the roof.

2. 25m (-) Climb the crack past the right end of the roof and so to the top.

Start: Start on the front of the buttress left of the grotty gully where a steep groove leads to the left end of some overhangs and a roof.

1. 35m (16) Straight up the groove to move left through the overhangs and up to the roof. Exit left and go up to a ledge.

2. 35m (-) Finish straight up.

Start 10 - 15 metres left of "The Kubara" below a small roof at 12 metres.

1. 25m (11) Up mossy wall then grey wall to small corner at left end of the small roof.

2. 40m (-) Follow ramp up left, then up easily to top.

You've got buckley's of following this route description, and how it relates to the other worthless routes is anyone's guess.

Start: Start 10 metres left of "The Kubara"

1. 25m (14) Follow flakes and corners left of "The Kubara" to a cave.

2. 25m (14) Up and diagonally right (or maybe diagonally left as the original write-up had it) under two sets of roofs until under a diagonal roof. Traverse right to the lip and crevasse stance.

3. 40m (-) Frontpoint easily around the lip.and up.

Further around left, on the north face, is a left-leaning diagonal roof-line with an overhang low down. Start a few metres left of the line, by a native pine.

Go straight up the yellow wall to a small ledge, swing around the weakness in the overhang and continue up the main line.

Left of Peregrine is a gully which is the normal descent route. On the east side of the gully is a cliff with a roof towards its left side. Two lines lead up to the roof.

This is the right-hand line, a flake, to the roof. Move right and up to a bushy ledge. Chimney to top.

Climb the left line to the roof and exit left.

One of the better climbs hereabouts, although that's not saying much.

Start: Start 20 metres left of "Picanniny" at diagonal cracks on a steep wall.

Climb a short vertical crack 3 metres left of the foot of the diagonals to the first diagonal crack. Follow this diagonal until steep face-climbing leads up right to the base of the second diagonal crack. Finish steeply up this crack.

Follow "Swamp Fox"'s first diagonal all the way until it finishes. Plonk some gear in a good horizontal and go straight up the black streak to exit as for "Swamp Fox".

Twin cracks at left end of wall.

Up line 1.5 metres right of "Blowing Gum" to overlap and through

Through overlap, up line and bulge.

Start: Start 3 metres right of "Tattle Tales"

Climb the corner at the left end of the cliff, go left under the roof and finish steeply.

There aren't enough chances to practise this technique. The body-crack down right of Dug Scott.

The line just right of "Upward Propulsion" with a very loose undercut start.

Wide crack where nuts are supposed to be more use than cams. Take large hexes and either 4.5 tube or equivalent Bigbro. The yellow crack in the west face is quite steep and has an exciting finish.

The seam on the left.

The second line from the left.