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Shark Alcove Mostly Sport climbing 8 routes in sector

Grade context: AU
Photos: 3
Ascents: 116

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Access issues inherited from New South Wales and ACT

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Ethic inherited from Cassia Cliffs

Squeeze jobs and lazy variants will reign supreme, as most of the walls are blank at the bottom third and its the only way to fit in a load of bolts. Limited scope for long independent face routes exists after Hill gives up climbing.

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Arete with crack start on the left of shark chats.

Set: Graeme Hill, 13 Jul 2018

FA: Graeme Hill, 22 Sep 2018

Start about 4m left of SC. Mega for the first 5 bolts up to break. Heave over the bulge and continue up to lower offs. For the full tick, link into the last few bolts on 'Shark Chats'

FA: Jason Lammers, 17 Jun 2018

Long gently overhanging line on FHs , up juggy grey rock to a technical crux in middle then steep and pumpy to the loweroff. The route has one FH over the top should you use it to top out.

FFA: Eww

The crack/seam a few meters right of Shark Chats. Start as for SC, stepping right after the 2nd fixed hanger. Follow the crack trending left up the headwall to anchors.

FA: John Lattanzio, 5 May 2018

The crack starting at the little corner 4 meters right of SC. Still needs cleaning.

The brown streak a few meters left of the main corner. Climb onto the sloping ledge then up the gently overhanging face.

FA: John Lattanzio, 1 Dec 2019

Left hand side of the big wall. Layback free standing pillar, then jug up the long wall.

FA: Jason Lammers, 25 Jul 2018

Up flake to big pocket move then traverse to right arette of big wall. Hard , scary and sometimes contrived. First ascent went direct to first arete bolt rather than further right , less out of ethic but more from fear of choss and runout , though all the falls are clean. There is an obvious squat rest on an arete jug higher up , however the route heads back left into steep terain after this. Might be 26 by Nowra standards.

Set: Eww, 19 Jul 2018

FFA: Eww, 21 Jul 2018