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Table of contents

1. Donutland Rightside 23 routes in Area

Summary:
Sport,? and Trad
RouteGradeStylePopularitySelected ascents
1 ** Wolfgang Donut

One of the early hard routes in 'Nowra'. Up past some hard (big) moves past a few RBs. Bundy Rebolted 03-08-2006, prob a waste of steel and no one will ever climb it.

Start: Start around the corner of the Green Slab.

FA: Ant Prehn, 1989

26
Sport 10m
2 Chopper Chicks From Zombie Town

Thin stuff.

Start: Start on the left hand side of the wall almost on the arete.

FA: G Hill,

19
Sport 14m
3 Roy's Rectal Ring Balm

Head up right at mid height.

Start: Start as for CC.

FA: G Hill,

16
Sport 14m
Vanessa Wills 3 years ago

I'd add another 2 grades. Good warm down.

Lauren Chandler 6 years ago

Not bad for a warm up in these parts I guess

4 Roy's Rectal Ring Balm direct

Start: Start a few meters right of RRRB and climb into that route.

FA: G Hill,

20
Sport 25m
5 ** Johny Mantackle

Wanders a bit down low until you pass a small pocket.

FA: G Hill,

22
Sport 15m
Rod Young 8 years ago

will be good with more traffic

6 ** Johny Mantackle Right Hand Start

FA: G Hill,

22
Unknown
7 * Saving Ryan's Privates

Bouldery start, up past overlap, then straight up.

FA: G Hill,

20
Sport 15m
8 * Spurt Reynolds

Up to a vague groove and then through a small headwall.

FA: G Hill,

20
Sport 25m
Chris Bentham 6 years ago

good fun!

Jason Smith 6 years ago

Pretty crap

9 * Jack the Dripper

FA: G Hill,

21
Sport 25m
10 * Dance of the Ballrags

FA: G Hill,

22
Sport 25m
11 Abswing

Up, then head right at the flake, then up.

FA: G Hill ,

21
Sport 25m
12 ** Abtronics

Start: Start as for 'Abswing'.

FA: G Hill,

23
Sport 25m
13 ** Abflex

Awaits a direct start.

Start: Start as for 'Abswing'.

FA: G Hill,

23
Sport 25m
14 Abduct

Start: Start just left of the corner.

FA: G Hill,

17
Sport 25m
15 Chrome Injury / Chrome Poisoning / Lattanzio Corner Crack

(AKA ,Lattanzio Corner Crack, Chrome Poisoning.) Recently retrobolted to half height, originally done to full height, trad, taking the right hand line from half height. The obvious corner at the right end of The Green Slab.

FA: John Lattanzio, Austin Legler, 1980

19
Unknown 20m
16 * Secret Agent Man

FA: McElroy,

20
Unknown 20m
Stuart McElroy 23 years ago

with Tim Robbins

17 *** Conehead & The Barbiturates

One of Nowra's finest. Far superior to many other "3 star" routes around here!

FA: Ant Prehn,

28
Sport 30m
Dave 2 years ago

Amazing climbing! 3rd shot - Chest infection and all lol

Grant Stewart 2 years ago

amesome line!!!

18 *** Spider Bait / Chinese Water Torture

The greatest Nowra layback there is. Tricky at mid height.

FA: G Hill,

FFA: Stuart McElroy, 1990

23
Trad 20m
Neil Monteith 8 months ago

One hang at the second bolt. Classic stemming all the way. Brilliant. Wish I brought a few cams t...

19 Nervous Breakdown

FA: Steve Bullen, 1989

26
Sport 15m
20 Pilchard Crack

Has been rebolted?

14
Trad 25m
John Lattanzio 32 years ago

Swap leads with Greg Pritchard, 2 pitches

21 Caribbean Beat Master

The mega crack up the side of the mega block.

FA: Stuart McElroy, 1990

25
Trad 20m
22 * Annually Fixated

FA: John Koster, David Brown, Marlene De Martin, 1997

17
Sport 37m
David McQueen 9 years ago

Pretty impressive climb, worth the half hour it will take. If you think you can see the loweroff ...

matt piper 9 years ago

good chimney - 2 pitches from triple bolts will reduce rope drag

23 Barbiturate Corner
20
Unknown 20m

2. Index by grade

Grade Stars Name Style
14 Pilchard Crack Trad 25m
16 Roy's Rectal Ring Balm Sport 14m
17 Abduct Sport 25m
* Annually Fixated Sport 37m
19 Chopper Chicks From Zombie Town Sport 14m
Chrome Injury Unknown 20m
20 Barbiturate Corner Unknown 20m
Roy's Rectal Ring Balm direct Sport 25m
* Saving Ryan's Privates Sport 15m
* Secret Agent Man Unknown 20m
* Spurt Reynolds Sport 25m
21 Abswing Sport 25m
* Jack the Dripper Sport 25m
22 * Dance of the Ballrags Sport 25m
** Johny Mantackle Sport 15m
** Johny Mantackle Right Hand Start Unknown
23 ** Abflex Sport 25m
** Abtronics Sport 25m
*** Spider Bait Trad 20m
25 Caribbean Beat Master Trad 20m
26 Nervous Breakdown Sport 15m
** Wolfgang Donut Sport 10m
28 *** Conehead & The Barbiturates Sport 30m