Ascents in Mount Keira

The start of this is boggling my mind. If someone has beta please spray me.

#4 nut, to cams purple .5, grey .4 and gold 2.

Quite wet and mossy at the base and the top. Middle section was nice. Still can’t figure out feet for the sit start… Anyone got beta?

Couldn't figure out how to establish, not sure on the start holds.

TRS scout also. One rusty carrot didn't break when I kicked it so probably sweet? Hangers look bomber. Traverse looks tenuous. The crack otherwise looks like the longest/strictest hand size crack in the Illawarra? Scant face holds outside of it. Bring crack gloves to increase hand size.

Again top out looks semi-miserable

And the cave to the left appears to be a Peregrine Falcon nest (didn't like my presence and plenty of bird poo in there).

Scouted on top rope solo, looks decent, top out looks not fun - might hang a rope to be an anchor or learn to bolt some anchors? Via ferrata the whole thing while I'm at it?

Even TRS with a microtrax felt scary coming through the top of chimney, minimal placements available. Flakey rocks on the right of chimney that look breakable are solid.

Scouted on top rope solo, looks nice enough!

What an adventure. Had to rest and pull on gear to get over the lip of the starting crack which I would grade as at least 20. Got the rest clean which I was pretty happy about. A #5 and #6 cam would have been good for the offwidth. As it was, I had a bit of a run out to the top of the offwidth above a #1 wallnut and blue microcam that I got in near the start of the offwidth...The finishing roof was pretty memorable too, cheered on by the crowd at the bottom.

Such as awesome line. Twice as high as the west face, good rock, and easy to protect if you have some big cams. A well placed rap line helps with the detractions of this climb being access and the top out.

Start must have been easier when the ground was 2m higher... Dogged on the higher of the two cams to do the first part. Rory lead out onto the crack between Sex Haunt and Jaunt for an exciting adventure, sat on the rope to get a piece out. After the bolted station, we climbed up the corner crack worked right jamming above us in the roof crack. Lovely climb

Amazing climb, quite well protected with the right gear. Foot slipped for my first trad fall, the most intensely I've ever yelled falling. After the main crack I went right to the corner then right out of the roof. Reached for the rap rope to finish off, could face climb the red rock but there is a big block that might come unstuck if you pulled on it too hard. I put some weight on it but got the heebie jeebies and bailed to safety. Topping out options are sparse, I tied a figure 8 in the rap rope to belay the seconder with.

Used one #6, two #5's, one #4, two #2's, two #1's, one #0.75. Plenty of bumping the bigger cams for the main crack down low.

Very awesome climb, great rock quality except for the sandy slab in the middle.

Deadrope. Happy with the pro on this practice. Extended No4 up high in big crack. (Possible small wire on right). Orange totem in small crack on right. Black totem above the orange. Crux move. Then Red totem in same crack. Extended Number 5 in big crack on left. Amazing wire on right. Extended Green totem in dodgy horizontal under roof. Purple totem extended in break under anchor. Top