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Grade Route Gear style Popularity
Canberra Rocks
13 Capitol Gains

A short clean face near the left hand end of the cliff. Up past 2 FHs to reach the lower offs.

FA: Philip Armstrong & Kathy Matic, 20 Mar 2023

Sport 9m, 2
14 Hauls of Power

Start 2m right of Capitol Gains. At the second FH move right to finish up the juggy rib. Lower offs.

FA: Philip Armstrong, Kathy Matic, Jerry Maddox, Peter Cody & Bernie Whitelock, 25 Mar 2023

Sport 10m, 2
16 Upper House

Start halfway along the short wall at the base of the cliff right of Charny Carny. Up past a FH to the ledge. Pull through the bulge and up the face past two more FHs to lower offs.

FA: Philip Armstrong, Peter Cody, Kathy Matic & Bernie Whitelock, 2 Apr 2023

Sport 13m, 3
The Garden State
18 Jabba The Hutt's Pavlova

Start 2m R of Mr. Siegel below a short R facing corner that stops 1m from the ground. Clip the first hanger and then boulder steeply onto the wall above the corner. Straight up passing 2 more hangers.

FFA: Peter Cody & Bernie Whitelock, 21 Mar 2022

Sport 12m, 3
Labour Ward
9 Kitty's Litter

At the LH end of the slabs is a clean streak. Up onto the ramp [FH], move slightly R then up the streak past 3 FH to DBB. There is a slightly harder start to the R heading straight up to the 2nd FH.

FA: David Lia & Margaret Shannon, 2 Jul 2017

Sport 15m, 4
10 Kiddy’s Litter

Starts 2m right of “Kitty’s Litter”. Up blank slab direct, tending left toward KL’s 3rd bolt. Finishes up “Kitty’s Litter”

Sport 15m, 2
12 L'Accoucher

The bolted line R of Kitty's Litter. Straight up the slab avoiding the loose flakes on the right past 2FH to rings.

FA: Philip Armstrong, Peter Cody & Katherine Matic, 8 Apr 2017

Sport 15m, 2
11 Footling Precipitation

Next bolted line right of L’Accoucher. Up past 2FH then left to rings on L'Accoucher.

FA: Philip Armstrong, Peter Cody & Katherine Matic, 8 Apr 2017

Sport 15m, 2
11 First Steps

22m R of Footling Precipitation. Up onto the flake then up past 3FH to a DB and rings. Lower off.

FA: Philip Armstrong & David Lia, 17 Apr 2016

Sport 20m, 3
12 The Crowning

Next line of bolts to the R. Up past 3FH [the top one is shared with FS] to DB and rings.

FA: Philip Armstrong & Peter Cody, 24 Apr 2016

Sport 18m, 3
11 The Dunny Brush of Doom

About 7m R of The Crowning. Climb up onto small flake then up buttress past 2FH to a small ledge. Up and L past 3rd FH then traverse L to DB and rings. [It is possible to protect the traverse L with a medium wire behind a flake]

FA: Philip Armstrong, Peter Cody & David Lia, 24 Apr 2016

Sport 22m, 3
10 Forced Labour

Start below the crack at the right hand edge of the Dunny Brush of Doom buttress. Up into foot of crack [can be protected by a medium wire]. Step right and up past 3 FH to lower off rings.

FA: Philip Armstrong, Peter Cody, Kathy Matic & David Lia, 18 Dec 2016

Sport 18m, 3
17 Forceps Delivery

The bolted line up the clean streak just right of Forced Labour. Thin moves past the first FH then up past 2 more FHs to lower off rings.

FA: Philip Armstrong & Peter Cody, 29 May 2016

Sport 18m, 3
17 Gimme de Gas

Just right of Forceps Delivery is a thin left leaning crack. Up crack past a FH. Continue up past the second FH to a scoop. Step left to join Forceps Delivery at its third FH. Up to lower off rings.

FA: Philip Armstrong & Peter Cody, 18 Dec 2016

Sport 18m, 3
15 The Perambulator

Just right of Gimme de Gas. Up past three bolts moving right to the rings above Ill Nome della Rosa. A medium wire can also be used to protect the moves above the second bolt if required.

FA: Philip Armstrong, David Lia, Peter Cody & Kathy Matic, 25 Mar 2017

Sport 18m, 3
13 Ill Nome della Rosa

5m right of The Perambulator. Up the short flake and the face above past 2FH to ledge and lower off rings.

FA: Philip Armstrong, Peter Cody, Katherine Matic, Rose Kinley & David Lia, 13 Mar 2017

Sport 15m, 2
18 Father's Day

Start as for M.D. From the second bolt on M.D. move left up to and over the overlap finishing at lower offs past 3 more bolts.

FFA: Bernie Whitelock, Peter Cody & Jerry Maddox, 6 Sep 2022

Sport 12m, 5
20 Mother's Day

10m right of Il Nome Dela Rosa. A faint right facing seam starts about 1 metre above a large flat block leaning toward the cliff. Step onto the small ledge and delicately up to the overlap. Over this on the right and up right to lower offs.

FA: Bernie Whitelock, Peter Cody, Kathy Matic & Philip Armstrong

Sport 12m, 5
21 Labour Day

Starts 2m right of FD/MD. Up wall from top of fallen block, staying left of the moss. Move right to gain seam at about 5m, moving right of this and then tending right to stay alongside left of the moss. Follow small edges to anchors of MD.

Sport 12m, 5
16 Fetch The Midwife

Essentially this is a first pitch to Midwife Crisis. The arete immediately right of the first crack of "Out of Lockdown" at ground level. A fun bouldery little arete up past 2 fixed hangars. Finish on the grassy ledge - cams for anchors if you want them. (p1). Previously described by G Baxter as "Return to Lockdown" but not actually completed by him.

FFA: Phil Armstrong; Kathy Matic; Bernie Whitelock, 28 Nov 2022

Sport 6m, 2
19 Midwife Crisis

Straight above F.T.M. Can be combined with F.T.M. as one pitch but watch the landing if you fall off clipping the first bolt. Climb the sustained wall past 4 fixed hangars to lower offs. Previously described by G Baxter as "Return to Lockdown" but not actually completed by him.

FA: Bernie Whitelock, Phil Armstrong & Kathy Matic, 2 Dec 2022

Sport 10m, 4
Superbia
17 Solid Air

Start 7m R of Bella. Up easy slab and follow 5 U-Bolts up and L through steepening to double U-Bolts and lower off. A few small cams and wires can be placed between the bolts.

FA: Wayne Maher, 18 Jan 2015

Sport 18m, 5
16 Earth Calling

8m right of Solid Air. Up and right past 4FHs to chains.

FA: Philip Armstrong & Peter Cody, 4 Apr 2018

Sport 15m, 4
14 Over The Hill

The bolted arete right of Earth Calling to chains.

FA: Philip Armstrong & Peter Cody, 22 Mar 2018

Sport 14m, 3
13 Test Run

The short buttress right of the chimney right of Over The Hill. Up past U-Bolts to double U-Bolt lower off.

FA: Wayne Maher & Pia Larque, 9 Nov 2014

Sport 12m, 3

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