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Pseudoephedrine Boulders Guide

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1. Pseudoephedrine Boulders 14 routes in Boulder

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Seasonality

All Bouldering

Lat / Long: -30.600562, 151.801714

description

As you walk along the track heading east, pseudo is the long cluster of rock on the right, after Little Ayes rock

access issues

Gara gorge is part of Oxley Wild Rivers National Park and access is open:

http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/Oxley-Wild-Rivers-National-Park

inherited from Upper Gara Gorge

ethic

Basically, the climbers of Armidale are a pretty laid back, free thinking group and as long as you don’t go out of your way to put people’s noses out of joint you’ll be amazed at how helpful they can be. The quickest way to piss people off is by ripping off projects. There are a few devoted locals making an effort and putting up quality new climbs. A lot of time, hard work and even money goes into their endeavours (cracks can be projects too) and there is too much unclimbed rock around to justify destroying someone else’s motivation. Any routes marked as such or not in the guide should be left alone. The simple courtesy of asking first may save you from being stripped naked and being staked out for the crows to pick your eyes out. If putting up new routes is your thing then please feel free. The only request is that you avoid placing hangers or conspicuous bolts around the Gara Boulders as we are already viewed as an environmental menace by the NPWS - bolting in National Parks is actually illegal.

inherited from Upper Gara Gorge
RouteGradeStyleSelected ascents
1 Teddy Bear's Picnic

Sit start on good edges, long reach to lip, then mantel.

Easier variation is to use large detached block for the feet at start.

V3 Boulder 2m
2 Phenylephrine

As for Pseudo proper, but go left and do a mantle on slopers.

V3 Boulder 5m
3 Pseudoephedrine

Follow flake up to thin slab mantle.

V3 Boulder 5m
4 Ketamine

A harder sit start to 'Pseudoephedrine', semi dyno off a marginal pinch to sloper then link up.

FA: Brendan Heywood, 24 Apr

V5 Boulder 5m
5 Body Darma

Standing start on tiny crimps and head up to small left facing corner, then top.

V8 Boulder 4m
6 The Matt Wrigley Problem of 2004

Stand start. Hard mantle around a bulge.

FA: Matt Wrigley, 2004

V9/10 Boulder 3m
RouteGradeStyleSelected ascents
7 Echidna flake / M3

Sit start on bottom right of obvious flake. Up flake then head left and up into corner. Use pocket in corner then up.

V2 Boulder 4m
8 Echidna flake right variant

Sit start on bottom right of obvious flake. Up flake then up avoiding the corner and use the slight arete to the right of corner.

V3 Boulder 3m
9 M5

Variety of thin crimps

V0 Boulder 2m
10 M6

Variety of thin crimps

V0 Boulder 2m
11 M6.5

Start in crimps, use pocket like feature and crimps to mantel.

V1 Boulder 3m
12 M7

Sit start on feature, then up rail to huge edge to mantel on crimp.

V4 Boulder 3m
13 M7.5

Sit start up blunt arete.

V0 Boulder 3m
RouteGradeStyleSelected ascents
14 Arete

The steep arete from a sit. Follow the line of good crimps and sidepulls to a big move to the lip. The foot block to the left is out.

V5 Boulder 3m

2. Index by grade

Grade Stars Name Style Pop
V0 M5 Boulder 2m
M6 Boulder 2m
M7.5 Boulder 3m
V1 M6.5 Boulder 3m
V2 Echidna flake Boulder 4m
V3 Echidna flake right variant Boulder 3m
Phenylephrine Boulder 5m
Pseudoephedrine Boulder 5m
Teddy Bear's Picnic Boulder 2m
V4 M7 Boulder 3m
V5 Arete Boulder 3m
Ketamine Boulder 5m
V8 Body Darma Boulder 4m
V9/10 The Matt Wrigley Problem of 2004 Boulder 3m
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