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Grade Route Gear style Popularity
The Chief's Big Chief Sitting Rock
V3 Long The Bison Roams

A core strength loving slap and smear traverse with great holds and a slight over hang

Sit start at the far left of the wall, straddling the rounded arete.

Pull up to the top of the rock and without letting your feet touch the ground, slap and smear your way to the right

Staying on the ledge lines at the top of the wall move right until you at the far arete.

love the easy arete up for the top out.

Reach and endurance required!

Set: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

FA: David Muir, 18 May 2014

Boulder 6m
V2 Big The Mountain Looms

A slap and smear traverse that is half the length of Long The Bison Roam

Sit start at the far left of the wall, straddling the rounded arete.

Pull up to the top of the rock and without letting your feet touch the ground, slap and smear your way to the right

Staying on the ledge lines at the top of the wall move under the second peak roughly 4m along the rock and top out

Set: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

FA: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

Boulder 4m
V1 Smooth The River Flows

A basic sit start good for practice and warm ups

Sit start 3m from the left rounded arete with your fingers jammed into the horizontal crack about 1m off the ground.

Crank up to the ledge above and top out using the peak slightly to your right

FA: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

Set: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

Boulder 2m
V2 Swift The Serpent Strikes

An easy V2 with some good throws and a trickier top out

Sit start 1m right of STRRF using the right most section of the crack

Once off the ground throw to the edge above and then move right till your under the second peak.

Using the 3-4 holds above mantle up

Love it

FA: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

Set: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

Boulder 3m
V3 Project 5

Start in the cave on the lowest jug. Make your way out left, around the arete and top out.

FA: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

Set: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

Boulder 3m
V2 Project 6

Start in the cave on the lowest jug. Make your way up with some nice crimps along the way and top out. Very nice flake over the top to help with the top out.

Set: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

FA: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

Boulder 3m
V3 Kookaburra Attacked My Girlfriend

Same start as Project 5.

Go up to the crimp rail from the cave and make your way right to a good crimp to top out. The crimp left of the cave from Project 5 and Project 6 is out.

Vid: Richard C

Boulder 3m
V3 Pants Up Hands Down!

Start on lowest jug in cave.

Climb your way under and around, topping out the same way as Project 5.

Very satisfying toehook sequence.

Boulder 3m
V5 Mr Millipede's Hideout

Link Pants Up Hands Down! into the second half of Hands Up Kookaburra!

Boulder 4m
V3 Project 7

Set: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

FA: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

Boulder 3m
V2 Project 8

Set: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

FA: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

Boulder 3m
V3 Project 9

Set: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

FA: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

Boulder
Open Traverse Proj

Same start as Long The Bison Roams. Make your way through the crack and finish up the far right arete. The top of the rock during the traverse is out.

Currently feels impossible to traverse out of the crack unless someone else can figure it out

Boulder 6m
V3 Shorties Lament

A one move boulder problem.

Right hand on a good side pull and left in a shallow two finger pocket located right at the end of the crack. Left foot on a bit of a buldge above the tiny cave under the boulder.

Slap to the peak above and top out.

Set: Richard C

Boulder 2m
V1 Shorties Lament Easy

Same start as Shorties Lament but the flat crimps above the ledge are in.

Boulder 2m
V3 Stem Junior

Sit start with left foot on the obvious point under the boulder and right heel in the 'L' shape jug.

Left hand begins on slightly awkward crimp with middle and ring finger sitting higher than index finger (May need a bit of feeling around to find it). Right hand on the straight white ledge.

Pull off the ground and locking off the left arm, reach for the slopey crimp. Make your way to the hand sized pocket (All the other random pocket holds above are out) and top out over the peak.

Set: Richard C

Boulder 2m
V3 Stem Junior 2

Same sit start as the original.

From the slopey crimp reach out right to a pinch hold and walk feet over to reach a pocket located around a sloper hold. Top out using anything to the right of the pocket.

Set: Richard C

Boulder 3m
V5 Hands Up Pants Down!

Link Stem Junior 2 into Project 6.

Some nice back and forth movement around the arete.

Everything above the pinch and pocket level are out on the starting face of the rock. The top peak of the arete is out.

Vid: Richard C

Boulder 4m
V5 Hands Up Kookaburra!

Link Hands Up Pants Down! into Kookaburra Attacked My Girlfriend.

Boulder 4m
The Chief's Little Chief Squatting Block
V1 Gold Is The Field

Solid holds in good places

Sit start at the left most place of the boulder. Move up and to the right to top out next to the Arete.

A good first move for beginners to the world of Sit Starts

Set: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

FA: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

Boulder 2m
V4 Red Is The Kill

A powerful problem requiring some body contortions and a committing left hand!

Sit start under the corner of the featured wall and the overhang with a left foot up high. Some solid moves up the arete, topping out via the overhang.

Resist temptations for a easy hunt - The slaby wall to your right is out of bounds for hand or foot!

Set: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

FA: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

Boulder 2m
Project 3

super tough project inside the open book.

Set: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

BoulderProject
V2 Black Is The Night

A strong sit start followed by a ledge loving traverse and over hanging top out

Start on the rounded holds of the right most part of the boulder. Use a high right foot to leaver your self off the ground and throw your left hand to the ledge

Follow the ledge to top out via the over hang and arete

Set: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

FA: Ranger Dave Archer, 2013

Boulder 3m
Harold Reid Reserve Brendons Blackboard Is Covered In Chalk
V0+ Whales Make Rude Dinner Guests

Start 1 meter right of SFC. Using the two deep scoops to start, head up and tend right to top out above the right hand scoop.

FA: Ewa Siedlecka, 2014

Boulder 3m
V0 Substitue For Caving

The first FA of the crag. Facing the corner make your way up by bridging between the left and right boulder

FA: Brendon Flanagan, 2014

Boulder 3m
V3 Log in Sam's face

Around the next corner from WMRDG is a round, bulgy face. Climb up it, staying towards the centre.

FA: dwebster, Oct 2015

Boulder
V4 Lovely Lady

Well, not that lovely, but OK. Seated start on the side pulls just left of the crack about 15m right of LSF. Move left and up, finishing leftwards.

FA: dwebster, Oct 2015

Boulder
V3 Ewas Chock Stone Problem

The right side of the crack. Hands on right only. Nice knee bar!

Boulder 2m
Stitches Required
BoulderProject 2m
V1 A fine thing

Starting about 2m left of Spider Stairs and about 0.5m right of gully. Straight up using nice side pulls.

FA: dwebster, Oct 2015

Boulder 3m
V4 The Ants go Marching 2 by 2

Starting 0.5m left of Spider Stairs, straight up through a series of pockets and holds.

Boulder 4m
V1 Spider Stairs

The most unique feature of the crag. Starting to the left of the arête using the evident head high break as the start. Tend right and follow the evident line of jugs to the top. A V1 that gets the heart pumping!

FA: GChris, 20 Jun 2014

Boulder 5m
V2 Scorpion Stairs

A beautiful problem! Starting about 3m right of Spider Stairs. The right side of the same scoop. Up groovy lay aways.

FA: dwebster, Oct 2015

Boulder 5m
V3 Arachnid Stairs

Start up Spider Stairs till mid height, then finish up Scorpion Stairs.

FA: dwebster, Oct 2015

Boulder 5m
V3 Spiders and Scorpions

Start up Scorpion Stairs and finish up Spider Stairs.

FA: dwebster, Oct 2015

Boulder 5m
V3 A Slow Dance At Dusk

A beautiful problem mingling balance, dedication and problem solving

Start 3m right of Spider Stairs by semi mantling the chest high ledge up to a delicious side pull. Traverse your way along to the right using gastons, crimpers, side pulls and underclings till all holds above you disappear and you are forced to follow the holds down.

Finish by walking off the right most section of the problem after working through two challenging crux's

A pleasure at any time of the day!

FA: Ranger Dave Archer, 26 Jun 2014

Boulder 5m
V4 The Ants go marching 1 by 1

In the middle of the blankish face is a fine right leaning line. Mantle the bulgey start then go up the line heading rightish using the crimp.

FA: dwebster, Oct 2015

Boulder 5m
V4 Hurrah, Hurrah

About 3m left of the cave. Up using good holds to stance, then using crimp move up to take slopey edge then top.

FA: dwebster, Oct 2015

Boulder 5m
V3 Insecticide

Starting 0.5m left of cave. Up the cave's left edge bearing leftwards.

FA: dwebster, Oct 2015

Boulder 3m
V3 Cave Common Start Left

Start in the middle of the cave, up to obvious incut, then move left to groovy holds and over.

FA: dwebster, Oct 2015

Boulder 3m
V3 Cave Common Start Middle

Start in middle of cave. Up to obvious incut then straight over. Holds on left only in for feet.

FA: dwebster, Oct 2015

Boulder 3m
Cave Common Start right
BoulderProject 3m
Harold Reid Reserve The Eastern Outpost
V3 The painful pursuit of pleasure

On the first wall you walk past, about 3m before the first corner. Up on sharp crimps before moving right to good ramp and up. Nice.

FA: dwebster, Nov 2015

Boulder 3m
V0 Life Is More Than Meat

Corner crack avoiding the walls.

FA: Graham Dowden, 11 Nov 2017

Boulder 3m
V0 Mountains of Stuff

Left arete of high front face on its left side, moving leftwards at top to finish. Great.

FA: dwebster, Nov 2015

Boulder 3m
V0 The Slot With The Lot

Not many Sydney climbs can claim to be fully enclosed, but if you want sub-meter chimney in the semi-underworld this has it all.

Start: Behind the face climbs, or walk down from above.

Compress into it at any number of places, with or without petrophilic flora and overhangs, to your personal taste.

FA: Graham Dowden, 11 Nov 2017

Boulder 3m
V2 More than money

Same arete, but climb it on the right side.

FA: dwebster, Nov 2015

Boulder 3m
V3 Dying with the most toys

Start about 2m left of right arete on front face. Up through flakes to top flake and over. Hint: Look right over the lip, and don't fall!

FA: dwebster, Nov 2015

Boulder 4m
V3 Don't do it for glory

Right arete on its right side, moving rightish towards top, but topping out left of the crack.

FA: dwebster, Nov 2015

Boulder 4m
V3 Materialism Vortex

Starting at arete just left of wide crack (good for decent). Roughly follow the crack that goes diagonally left to top, but finish on right side of crack.

FA: dwebster, Dec 2015

Boulder 4m
V3 Satisfied in him

Start at same arete, but go straight up. Stay left of wide corner crack.

FA: dwebster, Dec 2015

Boulder 4m
V2 Life isn't about stuff

About 8m left of LO there's a slab in the corner with a rail running across is. Traverse this right to left then climb arete.

FA: dwebster, Nov 2015

Boulder 3m
V4 What does it profit a man?

Grab the rail of LIAS and move straight up the face. Good.

FA: dwebster, Nov 2015

Boulder 3m
V3/4 Somme Sub Maximum Effort

Start on the low rail as for Somme climb, traverse right through the shallow roof of Mini Sub to finish on the obvious iron ore horn on the arête.

FA: B van Balen, 17 Oct 2021

Boulder 5m
Three Brewskis
V0 Brewskis

A sketchy Traverse about 5 meters long, make sure you have a buddy to spot you. The rock is super crumbly so place your feet and hands wisely.

Start with hands on large moss covered feature far left. Traverse across with feet underneath, climb either into cave or go over the top. From there there is a solid ledge sticking out of the outside of the cave which can be used as either a foot hold climbing back down or a solid hand hold. Continue until you can no longer climb.

FA: Flynn Howley, 10 Jun 2019

Boulder 2m

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