Direct and delicate wall climbing.
Start: Marked SOTB, 1m right of El Desperado at ground level (not the high ledge part way up El Desporado)
Directly up wall to bolt above small ledge. Easier up to break. Up through break right of obvious arête. Continue through scoop to the steep final wall (bolts and cam runners). Up the wall to top passing an in situ peg runner.
Jul 1986 | First ascent: Keith Bell & Mark Toakley |
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23 | Assigned grade |
23 | Rockclimbs in the Upper Blue Mountains |
Trad. The area was developed in the era of the occasional fixed bolt or piton, and the first ascenders request this ethic remain so subsequent climbers can experience the same sense of adventure on these climbs in their original context.
Modern cams and a range of passive nuts and stoppers will provide largely adequate protection, although by modern standards some pitches may seem run-out to those not used to the climbing style. Trees provide belays and abseil points.
Keith Bell specifically requests: Please do not add additional bolts. Leave it as you have found it.
Author(s): Simon Carter
Date: 2019
ISBN: 9780958079082
The latest comprehensive, latest and greatest Blue Mountains Climbing Guide is here and it has more routes than you can poke a clip stick at! 3421 to be exact. You are not going to get bored.
Author(s): Simon Carter
Date: 2019
ISBN: 9780958079075
Simon Carter's "Best of the Blue" is the latest selected climbing guide book for the Blue Mountains and covers 1000 routes and 19 different climbing areas. For all the sport climbers out there, the travellers, or just anyone who doesn't want to lug around the big guide that's more than 3 times the size - cut out the riff-raff and get to the good stuff! This will pretty much cover everything you need!
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