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** Bellbird Wall 18 Edit route

  • Style: Sport
  • Height: 104m
  • Bolts: 16
  • Pitches: 3
  • Ascents: 18

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Description:© (bundybear)

Park at 'Pulpit' Rock carpark and walk down towards 'Pulpit' Rock. Turn off left at the 12th drain (wide wooden drains cross this track) after about 200m. Walk down the right side of the ridge for about 60m till you reach rap station. 2 X 50m raps will get u the the base of the cliff. Note, there is more than one rap access to this area, check topo. Walk right for about 20m to the obvious start in corner. Take 16 draws, and a couple of the anchors.

Start: Marked in red on topo

  1. 45m (16) Climbs up the wall left of the corner on a little rib, staying right of big dead tree then diagonally left across slabby wall with one thin section, past 16 rings to 2RB belay on the RHS of the big ledge.
  2. 40m (17) Move belay 5m to the left. Head diagonally left over ledges then slab. Head up left thru exciting bulge and onto slab and eventually join crack about 10m for the top.
  3. 15m (15) The Champagne pitch! Start up 3D chimney with holds everywhere. Shuffle thru this, past 2 bolts and launch out and up to exciting headwall overlooking the spectacular Grose Valley below.

Route History:

  • First Ascent: Niall Doherty, Jason Lammers, Vanessa Peterson, Veronica Trainor, Althea Arguelles-Ling , Chris Ling, Mike Law, 7 Mar 2009

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Route Grade Citations

17 Niall Doherty
17 ** ** ACA Route Register
18 Principal
18 ** Jason Lammers

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Comments keywords

crux hard fantastic good stupendous great fun nice exposed chimney interesting traverse