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Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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The Pharos Uncle Charlie | |||||
28 | ★★ Ciela
Really fun arete slapping. Please do not climb this route during nesting season (August to December). Start beneath the hanging nose. FA: Uwe Eder & Axl Krapf, 1995 | 15m, 3 | |||
28 | ★★★ India
An amazing line through some steep bulges. It will work your shoulders and test your footwork as you try to unlock its hidden secrets. Start on the R side of the awe inspiring blank bulging orange face. Up crack before stepping left into the difficulties. Finishes out right up easier ground to DRB. Notable for an early send by Christine Gambert (FR) in 1986, when it was 29, likely the first female ascent at either grade in AU. Was also the first route in AU given grade 29, originally done by stepping L higher than is now the norm, but has slipped to 28. FA: Kim Carrigan & Kevin Lindorff, 1982 | 25m | |||
28 | ★★ The Great Escape
Climb directly into Escape without bridging. FA: Mike Weeks, 1998 | 20m, 4 | |||
The Pharos Back Wall | |||||
28 | ★★★ Slopin' Sleazin'
Pure face climbing funkness. Originally graded 25 and worked on via some very dubious gear. Climbs the crazy groove 10m R of Lamplighter past 4 ringbolts to a DRB anchor. Super technical and sustained, with a variety of options available for undertaking the crux, none of them particularly a giveaway! Unconventional and classic moves make this one of the best routes at Arapiles. FA: Mike Law, 1983 | 15m, 4 | |||
28 | ★★ Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
Climb 'Shivers' until the 'Judgement Day' traverse line, then head straight up through the roof (bolt) and follow the seam, joining Shivers' 2nd pitch near the top. Start: Start as for 'Shivers'. FA: Ingvar Lidman, 2005 | 30m, 3 | |||
Pharos Gully Spellbinder Area | |||||
28 | Free Fingers
Desperate. Start as for "Spellbinder". Go up Spellbinder for 8 metres to ledge. Move right, up short, left-facing corner and over bulge to bolt (#4RP placement en-route). Move right again then up to easier climbing. rap as for Spellbinder FA: Kim Carrigan, 1986 | 20m, 1 | |||
Yesterday Gully Upper Gully | |||||
28 | ★★ Yesterday Direct Direct
Excellent sustained face that adds a hard start to 'Yesterday Direct'. Start just right of Yesterday and climb past a fixed hanger to join 'Yesterday Direct', which continues up via two ringbolts to join 'Yesterday'. FA: Ingvar Lidman, 2001 | 25m, 3 | |||
28 | ★★ Use No Chooks
Stick-clip bolt, climb tricky start and straight up past several more FHs. Start about 12 metres right of Yesterday FA: Kim Carrigan, 1984 | 20m, 4 | |||
Pharos Boulders Finalgon Boulder | |||||
V7 | ★★ Finalgon
Left to right traverse. Optional sit start adds value but doesn't change grade. |
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