Orca Area Area guide

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1. Orca Area 12 in Area
2. Index by grade

1. Orca Area 12 routes in Area

seasonality

Summary:: Mostly Sport
Long/Lat: 150.574148, -34.869246
Description:: This area comprises about 3 walls, with Orca taking on the prominant arete right of the big roof. The mossy slab has some newly bolted routes that will improve with traffic.The slab to the right is quite good and should be quite popular.

	Route	Grade	Style	Popularity	Selected ascents
1	Ceiling Your Fate FA: Ant Prehn, 1991	24	Trad 20m		griffith 4 years ago my proudest on-sight to date
2	Orca Optional friend to protect start. FA: Ant Prehn, Rod Young, Craig Paul, Trudy Bretherton, 1991	18	Sport 25m		James 7 weeks ago Lovely climbing Benjamin 7 weeks ago Fantastic climb. More exposed then you think
3	Korca FA: Rod Young, 1999	18	Sport 24m		James 7 weeks ago Little bit more intricate compared to Orca. Great route Benjamin 7 weeks ago Completely different from orca still great
4	The Money or the Box FA: Trudy Bretherton, Giles Bradbury, 1990	19	Sport 25m		James 7 weeks ago Fantastic route, with a bit of a bouldery start followed by some interesting features Benjamin 7 weeks ago Nice start
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	Route	Grade	Style	Popularity	Selected ascents
5	Left-hand Lichen / Right-hand Lichen / Project (Mossy Climb LH) Left line of rings up the lichen covered slab.	15	Sport 22m		James 7 weeks ago Warn up - one cool move, rest is choss Benjamin 7 weeks ago Watch rope drag
6	Mossy Climb RHV / Lefthand Lichen Right line of rings up the lichen covered slab. Left handside also available.	15	Sport 15m		James 7 weeks ago Warm up - waste of time Benjamin 7 weeks ago Bit wet at start
7	Slap & Tickle A top little route that deserves more attention, and takes on the obvious rounded arete. FA: Paula Simons / Mark Ashmore,	17	Sport 14m		James 4 weeks ago Good climbing Benjamin 7 weeks ago Some awkward moments
8	Hairy Harriet Start: Start at the obvious cleft about 15m to the right of the Orca wall. FA: Rod Young, 2005	16	Sport 14m		Jakob Kapelj 8 months ago Nice, good beginner lead constantine carluen 1 years ago nice warm up.
9	Snoop Dog Enjoyable stroll, with a tricky start. Will be better with traffic. Start: Start 2m right of the previous route. FA: Rod Young, 2005	17	Sport 25m		Benjamin 7 weeks ago Great length for the grade. Hard start leads to easy slab Matt Tranter 1 years ago Nice slabbing up to the elusive gold.
10	LHV start to W.I.T.W Traverse in for an easier route FA: Rod Young, 2005	16	Sport 3m		Phil Ward 3 years ago Great bulge move Daniel da Silva 6 years ago good fun
11	What In The World FA: Rod Young, 2005	18	Sport 16m		Phil Ward 2 years ago Filthy - which is a pity because there are some excellent moves. More traffic! Rob Knight 7 years ago Solid 18. A bit reachy but good holds.
12	Heathen Another good fun doddle. Start: Start on the far right hand side of the wall. FA: Rod Young, 2005	18	Sport 25m		John Wilson 10 months ago Tough down low with a difficult 2nd clip. Needed to look out to the side a bit further! Phil Ward 2 years ago Tough rooflet move.

2. Index by grade

Grade	Name	Style
15	Left-hand Lichen	Sport 22m
	Mossy Climb RHV	Sport 15m
16	Hairy Harriet	Sport 14m
	LHV start to W.I.T.W	Sport 3m
17	Slap & Tickle	Sport 14m
	Snoop Dog	Sport 25m
18	Heathen	Sport 25m
	Korca	Sport 24m
	Orca	Sport 25m
	What In The World	Sport 16m
19	The Money or the Box	Sport 25m
24	Ceiling Your Fate	Trad 20m

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1. Orca Area 12 routes in Area

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