Showing all 24 routes.
Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | Crag | |
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23 | ★★ Sting Like a Bee Direct
Climb the overhanging sharp crack system, then a great juggy headwall. Stick clip 1st bolt. superceded by direct. Original wandering line best forgotten FA: Matt Brooks FA: Michael O'Reilly, Steve Chapman & Rob Booth, 2007 | 19m, 6 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
23 | ★ League Of Nations
Just right of waterfall FA: steve chapman & yerba crew | 30m, 7 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
27 | ★★★ Minor Threat (Link-up)
Starts as league of Nations, Goes into UN, then finishes as good fight direct. Some linkups are pretty lame, but imho this is f#cking ace. | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | |||
23 | ★ Amnesia Middle Finish
One move wonder up the middle of the pillar. FA: Matt Brooks FA: Matt Brooks, 2001 | 25m, 8 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
27 | ★ Freedom Fighter
Bloody hard finish which can be done two ways. Start: Line of FH's up black seam just to the right of 'Amnesty International'. FA: Matt Brooks | 25m, 10 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
21 | ★ Amnesia Right Finish
Best of the three finishes, extending the route up the far right arete. Start: From the half way rap chain on 'Amnesia' head up right through overhang and up right side of pillar past many more FHs. FA: Dianne Fermio FA: Dianne Fermio, 2001 | 25m, 7 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
26 | ★★ Peace Keeper
Eat your spinach for the top! | 23m, 8 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
1983 | |||||
13 | Private Investigations
Easy choss crack climbing. Start: Start beneath the right side of the 'Amnesia' Pillar.
FA: M. Wust & C. Stewart (alt), 1983 | 45m, 2 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
1988 | |||||
22 R | ★ Chinese Water Torture
During or after rain a waterfall tumbles over the cliff directly below the Crankstart Amphitheatre. If it isn't flowing, start climbing! The newer sport routes on either side have effectively retrobolted a fair portion of this route. Start: Starts a metre to the right of 'The Tyrants Grasp' but on the ground level. FA: Steve Monks & Chris Peisker, 1988 | 35m | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
24 | ★★ Amnesty International
The good fight. Start: Start 10m right of 'Chinese Water Torture' at the incipient corner. FA: Louise Shepherd & Steve Monks, 1988 | 40m, 1 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
25 | ★★★ The Good Fight
Another fantastic sport route that was once fully trad. Start 3m left of Amnesty International, to a prominent horizontal break, then steeply up a pocketed crack to the final horizontal break. Clip the last bolt of the direct finish, step right and finish as for Amnesty International (optional gear, such as a green camalot and a 10ish wire for the finish). FA: Steve Monks & Louise Shepherd, 1988 | 25m, 9 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
1993 | |||||
15 | Lost Arrow
Wandery arete and ledge climbing on suss rock. Start: The arete just right of 'Amnesia'.
FA: James McIntosh & Kevin Lindorff (alts), 1993 | 25m, 2 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
2000 | |||||
17 | ★ Amnesia (aka No Fixed Gear)
Easy sport arete. The first half was originally climbed on trad (and called No Fixed Gear) and was later accidentally retrobolted and renamed 'Amnesia'. Start: You can't miss this overbolted slabby arete just right of 'Freedom Fighter'. FA: All trad ascent of first half by Ray Lassman, Keith Lockwood, Dianne Fermi retrobolted the first pitch (2001) & extension Kent Paterson 2011, 2000 | 25m, 7 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
22 | ★★ The Tyrants Grasp
One of the best grade 22 sport routes in 'Victoria', even though the start is very close to being a retrobolt of CWT. Seeps heavily in the dead of winter, although the key holds can be dryer than they look. Rebolted and extended 2017 Start: Starts 3m right of 'Sting' Like A Bee on small ledge. FA: Matt Brooks, 2000 | 18m, 7 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
2001 | |||||
31 | ★★★ United Nations
Very bouldery crux section involving a long series of painful pockets. Start: Ringbolted route 3m right of 'Chinese Water Torture'. Establish in 2001, an ascent by German hardman Andy Hofman grade 8a - 8c as not sure on Aussie grades! Recent ascentionists suggest 32 after repeated attemps by some very strong climbers. FA: Matt Brooks, 2001 | 20m, 13 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
23 | ★ Amnesia Middle Finish
One move wonder up the middle of the pillar. FA: Matt Brooks FA: Matt Brooks, 2001 | 25m, 8 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
21 | ★ Amnesia Right Finish
Best of the three finishes, extending the route up the far right arete. Start: From the half way rap chain on 'Amnesia' head up right through overhang and up right side of pillar past many more FHs. FA: Dianne Fermio FA: Dianne Fermio, 2001 | 25m, 7 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
2006 | |||||
23 | ★★ Hope of the States
traverse left from 3 bolt on tyrants past 5 U's to anchor. FA: kp & hawkman, 2006 | 22m, 8 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
2007 | |||||
23 | ★★ Float Like a Butterfly
Sustained steep climbing on big incuts for most of the way. One of the driest routes in the Hollow Mtn area, until the last few metres. One grade harder than 'Sting Like a Bee' and one grade easier than 'Amnesty International'. Start: Furthest left route on the main pocketed wall, with RB's. Watch out for the ledge fall potential up high due to the block on the left. FA: Steve Chapman, Michael O'Reilly & Rob Booth, 2007 | 24m, 5 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
20 | ★ The Flying Emu
This is one of the easiest sport routes in the 'Grampians' to be partially protected from rain. Start: Starts below the overhang three metres left of the large chimney chasm to the left of Float Like A 'Butterfly'. FA: Rob Booth, Michael O'Reilly & Steve Chapman, 2007 | 18m, 6 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
23 | ★★ Sting Like a Bee Direct
Climb the overhanging sharp crack system, then a great juggy headwall. Stick clip 1st bolt. superceded by direct. Original wandering line best forgotten FA: Matt Brooks FA: Michael O'Reilly, Steve Chapman & Rob Booth, 2007 | 19m, 6 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
22 | ★ The Flying Emu Bar and Grill (link-up)
Links 'The Flying Emu' into 'Float Like a Butterfly'. FA: Michael O'Reilly, Rob Booth & Steve Chapman, 2007 | 25m, 9 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
2008 | |||||
20 | ★ Raquel's Roadhouse
Popular but awkward climbing. Start: Start 5m L of 'The Flying Emu'. FA: Rob Booth & Jill Gara, 2008 | 18m, 4 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) | ||
2012 | |||||
26 | ★★ The Good Fight Direct
Fantastic boulder sequence to finish off a great route. FFA: Kent Paterson, 2012 | 25m, 9 | Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) |
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