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  • Avg. Height: 8m
  • Style: Sport,Boulder
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  • Ascents: 191

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Routes are described left to right facing the wall. For a more detailed guide, refer to the Climbing Club of 'South Australia' website.

Some content has been provided under license from: © Australian Climbing Association Queensland (Creative Commons, Attribution, Share-Alike 2.5 AU)

Routes

RouteGradeStylePopularity
1 Come Out Fighting

Short power route on the furthest left-side of 'The Hole'.

FA: Sharik Walker, 2000

30
Sport 8m
RouteGradeStylePopularity
2 Match Maker

Start with 2 finger pockets, LH move to small ledge, then RH to 1finger pocket, match on slope ledge, jug to finish.

V3
Boulder 2m
3 * Boing

Sit-start with shothole left of 'The Shining Path', then make a 'Rose' move out left via 2-finger pockets to the pinch. Up to 3-finger pocket, then all the way to the top jug.

V5
Boulder 3m
4 Clutch-Boing Link
V6
Boulder 4m
RouteGradeStylePopularity
5 The Clutch
V5
Boulder 2m
6 Swing Thing LH

Dyno Problem from the starting hold of TC, to jug to the R.

V4
Boulder 2m
7 Swing Thing RH

Start on lower slopers just R of the jug, dyno to jug.

V4
Boulder 2m
8 Pinch Punch
V4
Boulder 3m
9 The Shining Path

Very short power route mainly on underclings ending at the padlocked chain. Given V10 as a boulder problem. Downgraded by Stuart Williams on the 2nd ascent, but now considered to be solid at this grade.

FA: Matt Adams, 2000

30
Sport 7m
10 Filipino Path

Filipino to the 2nd good pocket, then left through sidepull to finish at the Shining Path padlocked chain.

27
Sport 6m
11 * Filipino Furburger

Originally established by Matt Adams, short extension later added by Sharik. Takes the very overhanging pocket line just left of the marked Stugang start. Has been soloed.

FA: Matt Adams, 2000

29
Sport 9m
12 Filippino Furburger Extension

or alternately "Filipino Furburger" into "Nirvanoxyne" FA: Trent Searcy 2012

FA: Sharik Walker, 2000

FA: Trent Searcy, 2012

30
Sport 15m
13 *** Stugang Willich

Marked. Start left of perennial seepage at the base of 'The Hole'. Hard move up to LH pinch/sidepull, then slightly right into undercling and onwards. Finish at the double shotholed break. Take a rope if doing the extension!

FA: Stuart Williams, 2000

26 V7
Boulder
14 *** Stugang Willich Extension

The obvious extension to Stugang, coming off the shotholes straight into a gaston crux, then linking into 'Dr Strike' to finish. Has been soloed, but not regularly!

FA: Stuart Williams, 2000

28
Sport 12m
15 Stugang and the 7 Draws

aka Stugang 'Extension' 'Extension'. Stugang 'Extension' into the finish of 'Dr Strike' 'Extension'.

Start: As for Stugang.

31
Sport 16m
16 ** Snack Related Mishap

Start as for Stugang and climb this through the extesion crux, then finish as for 'Circus Street'.

FA: Matt Adams,

28
Sport 10m
17 Stugang Wormhole Extension

Stugang into the mid-section and finish of 'Wormhole'.

FA: Frederic Bonnet, 2000

32
Sport 16m
18 Asahi Dolphin

Start just R of Stugang and boulder slightly right.

V5
Boulder
19 * International Passport to Smoking Pleasure

Stugang, then onto Filipino Chains

FA: Matt Adams, 1995

27
Sport 10m
20 * Scartrek

Dynamic boulder problem starting at the base of Stugang but heading right to the sidepull pocket. Dyno out to the 3-finger pocket in the roof, then out to the hard-to-hit slot, finishing up and right on the big jug under the main roof (Diplomacy's rest).

27
Boulder 7m
21 Nirvanoxyne

Starts as for 'Scartrek' but avoids the Scatrek finish and instead launches straight into the last half of 'Diplomacy'. Then does the Stugang 'Extension' crux moves, followed by the finish of 'Circus Street'. Continue all the way out to the entrance to the cave. Currently unrepeated.

FA: Fred Bonnet,

32
Sport
22 Feral Muffins

Start as for 'Diplomacy' then go direct through roof on pockets through the worst rock in the Hole. Ends arbitrarily at a single bolt, and is reportedly unrepeated.

FA: Matt Adams, 2000

29
Sport 7m
23 Oxygen

FA: Fred Bonnet,

29
Sport
24 * Scarf**kers Inc. / Scarfuckers Inc
V8
Boulder
25 Fred's Wormhole Problem
V8
Boulder
26 Ultra Pleasure Vibe 2000

A variation on 'Diplomacy'. Just shy of the Stugang shotholes, move into a big undercling and then grab the Stugang 'Extension' gaston hold with your LH (as a sidepull). Perform the biggest drive-by in the world and gain the 'Circus Street' traverseline. Finish as for 'Circus Street'.

Start: As for 'Diplomacy'.

FA: Sharik Walker, 2000

29
Sport 17m
27 * Diplomacy Half
26
Sport
28 Diplomacy Start

Slightly lower start than the 'Diplomacy' route - starting on the twin 'eye' pockets - then climbing into 'Diplomacy' - finishing at the big jug under the roof. It's probably wise to jump off here!

V5
Boulder 7m
29 Diplomacy

Standing start in the depths of the Hole under the line of pockets. Very steep pocket pulling up to the resting jug under the roof - then out left to finish at the Stugang shotholes (break).

26
Sport
30 Diplomatic Immunity

Links 'Diplomacy" into 'International Passport"

FA: Sharik Walker, 1998

27
Sport 12m
31 * Dr Strike

A power-endurance fest starting just right of 'Circus Street' and heading up via the 'shotgun' blast of finger pockets. Traverse left along jugs to the 'hole' - then up past shothole to the final jug in the roof (after the last bolt). Has been soloed.

25
Sport 10m
32 * Circus Doctor

FA: Craig Ingram?,

26
Sport
33 * Circus Street

A well-named route starting up and right of 'Diplomacy' (on the higher platform) and traversing the lower lip of the Hole roof via a series of heel hooks and 180 degree twists. Finish at the shothole just after the dyno (crux). Hard for the grade.

25
Sport 10m
34 Dr Strike into the Wormhole Search / Dr Strike extension

aka. 'Dr Strike' 'Extension'. 'Dr Strike' to the chain, then link into Nirvaoxyne finish.

FA: Frederic Bonnet, 2000

30
Sport 12m
35 * Dr Strike's Circus / Fingering Your Date for Blood

Originally called 'Fingering Your Date For Blood'. Link up of 'Dr Strike' into 'Circus Street'. A 19-move power-enduro problem at the grade. Has been soloed.

Start: As for 'Dr Strike'. Climb to hole, then keep traversing left via a dropdown move onto the 'Circus Street' jug and onwards.

FA: Matt Adams, 2000

25 to 26
Sport 10m
36 * Gorgeous Guys and Lipstick Lesbians

Takes the furthest righthand line up via good pockets to the roof - then strenuous moves left to the chain.

FA: Luke Geelen, 2000

26
Sport 10m