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  • Grade context: AU
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Description

An area to the right of the main rap station (if facing the cliff). Couple of fun multi pitches.

Access issues inherited from Red Point

Rap in climb out crag. No walking access has been found.

Ethic inherited from Red Point

Very minimalist crag in terms of bolting and access. Take care, keep the crag clean because we only get one chance.

Routes

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Hard, fair rock.

Start: 5m right of Libra at right of rise in track below open corner with one yellow wall.

  1. 26m (crux) Up wall to yellow overlap, over and up wall into corner up to small roof up on left side and up wall to first below of Libra.

  2. 12m Pitch 2 of Libra.

FA: Keith Bell & H. Bevan, 1969

A classic layback start.

Start: 7m left of Zodiac Crack in obvious layback crack on ground level.

  1. 9m (crux). Up crack and traverse right 6m to piton belay.

  2. 23m Traverse right to arete and up to bushy ledge and tree belay.

  3. 12m As for Zodiac Crack.

FA: Keith Bell & J. Vincent, 1969

Good crack/slab climbing on nice rock.

Start: Obvious clean diagonal crack at bottom track level.

  1. 12m [15] Up interesting crack to belay on ledge. Scramble up R to Banksia tree to belay for next pitch.

  2. 35m [12] Up crack and bulge follow thin crack up black slab. Nice climbing. Follow up black wall to BR and weaknesses with cams to trees.

FA: Brad Cameron, Bruce Cameron & Tom Gilbert, 2013

A chimney with rightward leaning open crack/cave at mid height with good dark rock. Strenuous.

Start: Right-leaning corner crack 4m left of Aries, marked ZC.

  1. 18m (crux) Up wide crack to ledge, then up rightward trending crack when roof closes in to block or nut belay on ledge below overhang.

  2. 12m Up overhang and corner above to ledge (tree belay).

  3. 12m Up wall, onto ledge and up juggy wall (tree belay).

FA: Keith Bell & H. Bevan, 1969

Original route probably Aries.

Varied and exposed on good rock. The big obvious hanging arête.

Start: At white scar on rock at track level near little cnr. 5m R of Zodiac Crack.

  1. 20m [12] Up little cnr. to gain weakness 5m R of ZC. Up to semi-hanging belay on med. Cams.

  2. 25m [16] Traverse out right from belay following lower horizontal with cams, head to BR on arête. Up R side of arête and up to finger size cam, up to FH [crux] then slightly L to better holds and up to tree. Belay at tree.

  3. 15m Easy ground L and up or best to rap off belay trees. 2 x 50 m ropes required.

FA: Tom Gilbert, Brad Cameron AL & Bruce Cameron, 2013

A hard traverse.

Start: In flared dirty crack 4m right of Zodiac Crack.

  1. 21m Up crack to ledge and gully behind, out onto right wall and up to fern-covered ledge and nut or bollard belay.

  2. 30m (crux) Up to next ledge, delicately edge right to ramp, then up nose under small roof and on to left wall and up to tree belay.

FA: Keith Bell & H. Bevan, 1969

Second pitch exposed.

Start: 15m right of Aries at broken orange corner capped by roof, paint marked S at track level.

  1. 18m Up crack trending right to overhang (M0 thread aid) then up to ledge above and bolt belay.

  2. 21m (crux) Up to mossy ledge, left a few feet, up to tree runner, diagonally left over bulge, up next bulge and easily to top (tree belay).

FA: Keith Bell & J. Vincent, 1969

A beautiful crack and an interesting chimney.

Start: 5m right of Sagittarius in red crack capped by small overhang.

  1. 24m (crux) Up crack to overhang, traverse right 2m, mantleshelf onto ledge, up chimney onto scrubby ledge on right (tree belay).

  2. 12m Traverse right to, and up, corner (tree belay).

FA: Keith Bell & J. Vincent, 1969

A delicate, awkward corner.

Start: In yellow corner 10m left of [old] abseil point.

  1. 24m (crux) Up easily to ledge, up to top of corner, traverse right to ledge, up overhang (tricky) and crack to ledge (tree belay).

  2. Up pitch 2 corner of Taurus.

FA: Keith Bell, 1969

A strenuous crack, good jamb protection.

Start: Obvious crack marked A, just left of broken corners below vegetated gully which appears to be the old abseil point.

  1. 20m (crux) Up crack to broken ledge below overhang, left around nose and bulge (or mantleshelf onto it) then up to sloping ledge and up juggy wall behind.

  2. 6m Up crack behind (tree belay).

An exposed, direct line on good rock.

Start: Centre of grey wall to right of old abseil point.

  1. 11m Straight up steep wall to ledge and bolt belay. Rusty old carrot visible 2m above ledge at 6m.

  2. 21m Delicately up red corner to roof, right onto nose and up overhang and wall above to ledge (tree belay).

  3. 12m Easily up wall behind (tree belay).

FA: Keith Bell & H. Bevan, 1969

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Date: 2019

ISBN: 9780958079075

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