Routes in Fleurieu Peninsula

Rap down behind the top of the Buster Hymen block to find a slab system that looks about grade 14. Referred to as Mer Sea in the Nick Neagle guidebook.

The large split boulder on the right of the descent route to Mal De Mer. Climb the off width crack that runs up the centre. Some flakes are brittle, and there is no pro so it's best to use an anchored spotter as a fall could be serious.

From the start of Octopus's Garden, head up the crack past two bolts. Finish up the orange arete past one more. Take medium cams.

Amble up a metre R of Nesta del Crow.

The left curving undercling flake, to the body sized slot between the boulder and the cliff. Finish straight up.

Begin at the base of the big, slightly L-curving corner midway between In To Deep and Man Overboard (abseil in). Move 2m L, clip a bolt (BD .1 cam below it if required), make a tricky move up L into the vertical crack and continue more easily.

The extension to Clear the Decks Pitch 1 (done in one big pitch to the 2nd anchor). Very exciting crux relying on classic Waits foot smears to negotiate the hard bit a little distance above the protection.

From the start of Octopus’s Garden, climb the incipient crack one step R of the big corner. Gain the main groove on the buttress and finish up R.

Vertical thinnish crack system 5m L of Man Overboard, beginning from a handy stance (abseil in).

Thin cracks up the left front of the arete. Onto a hollow scoop slab that steepens. Slide up and right before reaching left and over the top. 3 hangerless bolts available for the anchor belay.

Start directly below the final offwidth of Celeste, on the ramp as for High and Dry. Climb the steep crack system to the slab. Finish up the offwidth crack of Celeste. Hangerless bolt belay above on the Baudin arete.

At the wedge take the R crack and rejoin RSATL up high.

Start 3m right of SeaLab 2020 by downclimbing to the diagonal crack rising up to the right. Easily up the crack crossing a drop in the ocean. Continue up the rising crack passing a nice looking slab and continue moving right until a cave appears. Enter the cave then exit through an eliptical hole to gain the top of the nice looking slab. Exit right to belay.

The boulder viewed from the car park.

Start: The crack on the car par side. A few cams see you topping out.

From the start of Octopus's Garden/Sealab 2020 wander diagonally up R. Take the first vertical line, a pleasant short offwidth to jugs.

The southern face of the boulder viewed from the car park.

Start: A thin diagonal finger crack on the south face.

Start: The sustained hand crack to the ramp.

Resist the temptation to move L from the crack towards the undercling. Stay in the crack, clip a bolt and join the original route at the R end of the big overlap. Hard.