The Chopping Block Guide

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Table of contents

1. The Chopping Block 16 routes in Crag

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1 Left hand boulders. 2 The Chopping Block

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Seasonality

Mostly Sport climbing

Lat / Long: -34.554086, 150.227787

description

Small out crop in Belangalo Forest. Nice featured rock, potential for lots more routes scattered in the gorges around the area.

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1.1. Left hand boulders. 2 routes in Sector

Summary:

Trad climbing and Sport climbing

Lat / Long: -34.554004, 150.227702

description

Left hand end of crag when facing rock.

approach

Descent through slot and turn up hill. Routes start 1 metre off track.

descent notes

Walk back down.

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		Route	Grade	Style		Selected ascents
1		Project MT Pull on to the party ledge. Up slappy arête with no holds in sight.	22	SportProject 12m, 3
2		★ Frail Deeds. FA: Matt Tranter, 16 Nov 2020	19	Trad 10m

1.2. The Chopping Block 14 routes in Cliff

Summary:

Mostly Sport climbing

Lat / Long: -34.554091, 150.227791

description

Outcrop of rock in the Belanglo State Forest. Good long route on OK rock and small snappy boulders with face climbing. Routes are described from the far right side of the crag back to the descent path.

approach

Located just outside of Berrima. Exit the Hume Highway at the Belanglo sign. (Cross the highway if coming from Sydney, if you hit Sutton Forrest McDonalds you have gone to far.) Drive past the Gordon VC rest area and onto the good dirt track. (Belanglo Road.) Contine through Forest for a cople of KMs. Once you have passed Dailys Road rest area on the right take the second fire trail on the left. If you reach the Cherry Tree Road and the horse farm you have gone one road to far.

Drive down the fire trail, straight across the first junction and the second juction (Dogleg and a bit bumpy.) Join Cherry Tree Firebreak and wind down this for 5 minutes until you reach the turning circle at the end.

Park here and follow the path and cairns down hill for 2 minues until you reach the cliff. Approach through boulders to the right.

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		Route	Grade	Style		Selected ascents
1		★ Bone Machine Step off the large boulder (or off the ground if you have fingers of steal). Balance up the areve and finish at shared anchors. Short. First route on the small boulder at the bottom of the descent gully FA: Matt Tranter, 2011	17	Sport 8m, 5
2		John Doe Snappy bottom , up two small ledges to the Gritstone finish. Much harder if you stay out of the crack First route on The Boulder. FA: Matt Tranter, 2011	15	Sport 9m, 4
3		Hitching a Ride One hard move over the lip and it is all over. Bring those large sea gull bashers. Trad crack at the far left end of the Block, next to the descent path. FA: Stephan Pervanoglu, 2011	15	Trad 10m
4		★ Shallow Grave 1m right of the trad crack.Pull over the lip and trend left. The second block. Updated 2017 - harder after a number of key holds pulled off. FA: Matt Tranter, 2011	18	Sport 11m, 5
5		★ A Murder of Crows Off balance, mean and thugish. use anything you like, twist and turn, pull through the bands, finish at the right hand anchors. Start 1 metre right of Shallow Grave. FA: Matt Tranter, 2011	18	Sport 10m, 6
6		Burried in a Crack. As the name suggests, get deep in that crack. Wobble without much protection using both walls and exit to the bolts at the top of the crag. The second trad crack on this face. FA: Stephan Pervanoglu, 2000	15	Trad 10m
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		Route	Grade	Style		Selected ascents
7		Unknown 1		Sport 8m
8		★ The Hatchet Hard pull from a three finger slot. Up the features to the large ledge. Bouldery and very balancy finish. The last line of bolts on this side of the block. FA: Simon Vaughan, 2011	22	Sport 12m, 6
9		★ The Danse Macabre Hard pull off the big jugs, trend left to a large rest ledge. Two cruxes follow, join the finger pockets and stretch as tall as possible. Shared start with Dodging Bullets. FA: Matt Tranter, 2011	22	Sport 12m, 7
10		★ Dodging Bullets Nice heaving on big holds to balancy moves to gain stance then some trickiness to triple bolt anchors. Under cut start left hand side of wall facing the gorge FA: Simon Vaughan	21	Sport 12m
11		★ Close to the Bone Heave up jug start then balancy and surprisingly powerful 4 move traverse, then straight up Start as for Dodging Bullets then move right Steep and then balancy climbing on great rock, firction is superb from Autumn onwards FA: Simon Vaughan	23	Sport 12m
12		★ One Fatal Blow Up corner with interest to an airy finish on the headwall In the corner around to the right of the main wall as you face the cliff The corner is hard and 3D to get up and the headwall is steeper than you think FA: Simon Vaughan, 2011	20	Sport 12m, 6
13		Project Probably a batman start to get it done we will see FA: Simon Vaughan		SportProject
14		Project Matt T Share the start with the previous climb. Still needs one more bolt to go directly to the lower offs. Going to be really hard as all the holds run out. Start: 2 metres further right		Sport

2. Index by grade

Grade		Stars	Name	Style	Pop	Area
15			Burried in a Crack.	Trad 10m		1.2. The Chopping Block
			Hitching a Ride	Trad 10m		1.2. The Chopping Block
			John Doe	Sport 9m, 4		1.2. The Chopping Block
17		★	Bone Machine	Sport 8m, 5		1.2. The Chopping Block
18		★	A Murder of Crows	Sport 10m, 6		1.2. The Chopping Block
		★	Shallow Grave	Sport 11m, 5		1.2. The Chopping Block
19		★	Frail Deeds.	Trad 10m		1.1. Left hand boulders.
20		★	One Fatal Blow	Sport 12m, 6		1.2. The Chopping Block
21		★	Dodging Bullets	Sport 12m		1.2. The Chopping Block
22			Project MT	SportProject 12m, 3		1.1. Left hand boulders.
		★	The Danse Macabre	Sport 12m, 7		1.2. The Chopping Block
		★	The Hatchet	Sport 12m, 6		1.2. The Chopping Block
23		★	Close to the Bone	Sport 12m		1.2. The Chopping Block
?			Project	SportProject		1.2. The Chopping Block
			Project Matt T	Sport		1.2. The Chopping Block
			Unknown 1	Sport 8m		1.2. The Chopping Block