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Grade Route Gear style Popularity
24 R Mental Debris
1 21 15m
2 22 10m
3 24 R 15m

Intimidating finale. The first pitch was retro-bolted and de-bolted, but currently has 1 FH. Start on top of the great flake that leans against the south corner of the Pharos.

  1. 15m (21) From top of giant flake go left past FH to bald arete and up this to ledge.

  2. 10m (22) Face and tiny corner 1 metre right of pitch 2 of "Trojan".

  3. 15m (24R) Step right and climb serious, closed, pocketed seam 2 metres left of arete then continue up face.

FA: Pitch 1 : Mark Moorhead, Chris Shepherd. Full climb : Moorhead & Roddy McKenzie, 1980

Mixed trad 40m, 3, 1
23 Arms Race

A baffling crux combined with gut-wrenching exposure. Start from the top of the second pitch of "Trojan".

FA: Glenn Tempest & Paul Daniels, 1982

Mixed trad 30m, 1
20 R Dazed and Confused

A good stylish pitch. The initial moves are committing and require lots of small wires. And some of the first holds are loose so check what you're pulling on. Combining this with the upper pitches of "Trojan" makes for a very good grade 21 climb. Start at the top of the huge flake.

FA: Kevin Lindorff & Glenn Tempest, 1977

Trad 20m
20 R No Room for the Weak

Start as for Dazed And Confused then move right and directly up wall past some very loose flakes, finishing up the fine corner-ramp to ledge.

FA: Glenn Tempest & Paul Daniels, 1982

Trad 20m
22 R Nuclear Free

Useless.

  1. 25m (19) Up Dazed And Confused for 4 metres. Traverse 6 metres right to large precarious flake and up to ledge.

  2. 20m (20) Up short crack to make hard move to ramp and follow this, heading up right.

  3. 20m (-) Up, step left to shallow corner and follow it.

FA: Glenn Tempest & Kevin Lindorff (alt), 1978

Trad 65m, 3
22 Nuclear Free Direct Finish

This is better but it's really a climb in its own right. Start at the first belay of Nuclear Free, on the traverse ledge.

FA: Kevin Lindorff & Simon Purnell, 1979

Trad 30m
29 RSI

The finger shredding line starting just left of the start to 'Mind Arthritis', then taking the very bouldery wall above it. 2 hard 2-move boulder problems with a virtual sit down rest between them mars a route with one of the best positions at Arapiles.

FA: Kim Carrigan, 2000

Trad 30m
24 R Delirium Tremens

Technically 23 but a runout above the roof has led to the grade being inflated. A great outing on the South Face, starting off the ledge of the finish to Dazed and Confused. Worth noting that this was established onsight by the first ascentionist.

FA: Kevin Lindorff, 1979

Trad 30m
27 Senile Dementia

Starts as for Delirium Tremens but at the roof breaks right and traverse a couple of metres before launching straight up the face. Reportedly a tad runout in places, and rarely repeated.

FA: Kim Carrigan, 1985

Trad 35m
Project Mixed tradProject 40m, 5
17 Gunk In The Pimms

Quite good climbing on the lower south-east face, the next little face up the hill from the Punks wall. Takes the face and then left into the prominent hanging corner. Double ropes help. Start on a small ledge below the middle of the face.

Up face a few moves then move right into left-leading diagonal and up to ledge. Traverse left, staying low, to below hanging corner. Move up to corner and then up corner/ramp a ways before finishing straight up to huge boulder.

FA: Kieran Loughran & Meg Sleeman., 2000

Trad 30m
14 Punts On A Whim

Start on the south side of The Pharos, down right of Gunk In The Pimms, at the base of the gullybetweene Uncle Charlie and The Pharos. Up diagonal corner on arête to ledge then left and finish up Gunk in the Pimms.

FA: Keith Lockwood, Kieran Loughran & Norm Booth, 7 May 2016

Trad 40m

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