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Grade Route Gear style Popularity
18 Slab King

L trending crack on R of bowl.

FFA: Steve Ioannou/Chris Glastonbury, 2012

Trad 20m
17 Path of Destruction

Up blunt arete 3m R of SK.

FFA: Steve Ioannou/Chris Glastonbury, 2012

Trad 15m
19 No Free Lunch

8m L of GD. Up jugs on steep wall past a FH to slab. Up thin crack to corner and exit at tree belay.

FFA: Chris Glastonbury & Madoc Sheehan, 2010

Mixed trad 18m, 1
16 Glory Days
1 16 25m
2 16 12m

Start 20m uphill from FTG at tree close to rock.

  1. (25m 16) Slab on LHS of tree then move R to corner up high. Up corner and move R onto ledge. Up wall to ledge and Belay above scrub.

  2. (12m 16) Up crack left of large orange corner. Up small left facing corner toward tree at the top. Escape off tree.

FFA: Steve Ioannou/Chris Glastonbury, 2007

Trad 37m, 2
18 Consolation Prize
1 18 24m
2 10 17m

Start 4m right of GD at short steep headwall.

  1. (24m 18) FH to reach shallow ledge and easier ground. Join up and finish with GD.

  2. (17m 10) Traverse left along ledge to crack. Up this and corner to slab. up to Belay descend via GD.

FFA: Steve Ioannou/Chris Glastonbury/Leia Clark, 2008

Mixed trad 41m, 2, 1
20 Consolation Prize Direct

Start as for CP. After corner go up past 2 FH on Steep ground to Join back to pitch 2 of original (Consolation Prize).

FFA: Steve Ioannou/Chris Glastonbury, 2007

Mixed trad 35m, 2
20 Glory Days DS

Start 10m R of original (Glory Days). Up slab to stance in corner. Move L passing a FH and up to ledge. Move up and R along ledge Through bulge and a FH to join back with GD. Finish up this.

FFA: Steve Ioannou/Chris Glastonbury, 2007

Mixed trad 45m, 2
18 Damsel in Distress

6m L of FTG. Stick clip. up onto ledge, follow corner crack to large ledge and DBB.

FFA: Jason Selman/Leia Clark, 2007

Mixed trad 25m, 1
15 Rocky Road

Start at the top of DID. Climb corner on the left for about 7m then move left out of corner when it gets chossy. Pass honeycomb rock and large block to finish up short crack to tree belay.

FFA: Mark Gommers, 2003

Trad 15m
18 Frederick The Great
1 16 35m
2 18 35m

This two pitch route is the obvious corner you first reach when walking to the watchtower along the track.

  1. 33m 16 Pull up onto slab and follow to the base of corner. Continue up the corner to sloping ledge and large tree. Up the wide crack on the left wall to ledge with a DBB.

  2. 30m 18 Step right around the arête to the face. Climb up and slightly trending right to a right traverse to avoid the large blocks towards the end. Move back left and up dirty ramp to ledge at the top of block. Escape is possible from Blackened lower off.

FFA: Mark Gommers, Andrew Rule & Damien Boicos, 2003

Trad 70m, 2
22 Smokescreen

Starts R of FTG around the corner on the terrace, below a small roof. Up past 2 FHs and diagonally R to steep section. Through this to horizontal break and over small roof (crux). Follow the crack (with an optional rest out L). Move L just below a sharp arête to reach large ledge. Traverse to the DID anchor or use the large tree to escape.

FA: Chris Glastonbury & Steve Ioannou, 2007

Mixed trad 40m, 2
24 Bloodlines

Starting 10m right of Smokescreen in the orange bowl. CLimb up past the first FH and follow the crack. Move left to horizontal and over short headwall to stance. Move up and left to overhanging corner past two more FH's to easier ground and right trending crack to ledge and DRB.

FFA: Chris Glastonbury & Steve Ioannou, 2010

Mixed trad 30m, 5
26 Supervain

Start as for Bloodlines but stepping right after the 2nd FH. Follow 3 more FH's up the pillar and then join back into Bloodlines for the final crack.

Set: Chris Glastonbury

FFA: Chris Glastonbury, 30 Jul 2014

Mixed trad 30m, 5
25 Bat Country

Starting at the anchors of Cognition. Climb the sustained crack on R to the top and move L to a rest. Up the tricky face to wide exit and ledge with DRB. It's best to avoid the semi-hanging belay by having the belayer on the ground.

FFA: Steve Ioannou & Chris Glastonbury, 2008

Trad 20m

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