Long and slightly overhung routes, that usually start on jugs and finish through harder steeper terrain. Watch your rope length - many of these routes are rope stretchers and require a 70m cord to get back down. When lowering off the very top the belayer may need to use the supplied ‘lasso’ rope tied to a ground level bolt at the base Sanctum of the Victim to pull the climbers in from over the void. Or simply tram in to a halfway anchor or lower bolt, rethread and lower to ledge. This wall gets into the sun at 3pm in summer, although the steeper right side stays shady for an hour longer. In winter it gets almost no sun at all. It is wet weather protected providing there is minimal wind and no seepage at the very top.
It's within the National Park, act appropriately. No dogs.
*There are several vulnerable plants (Isopogon fletcheri) growing along the undercut ledge system between the access gully and Banksy Wall. Please don't walk across this ferny ledge as a shortcut - ever. Continued access to future climbing in the Blues depends on it. Be careful of all vegetation on the walk in and at the crag itself. Isopogon fletcheri is only located at a handful of locations in the upper Blue Mountains, and the Oronga Crags contain the 2nd largest number of these plants ever recorded. National Parks is monitoring this site. *
The via ferrata arrives at the right end of this wall. Never walk along the vegetated high ledge between this cliff and the access gully. There are vulnerable plants located there.
All routes have lower-offs, but be warned - some are longer than 35m!
If bolting new routes please avoid squeeze jobs, linkups or variant starts/finishes. There is enough rock for heaps of independent lines. Go for a walk! If your proposed line comes within 3m of an established route, please ask the person whose route it is so as not to devalue their original vision. Avoid damaging any vegetation in this area.
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