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Greasy Grass Gully

  • Grade context: AU
  • Ascents: 65
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Description

The next major gully right from Melbourne View tier or along the lower path from Xerxes - with the horrifying prospect of sliding said greasy grass too far to be good for you!

Access issues inherited from Eastern Outcrops

Upper paths are steep, angled and slippery - use caution. Optus mobile phone reception is very poor

Approach

Go to the very upper far left of Greasy Grass gully track to get to Hazy Shade of Winter

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Maybe the top of Dance Of The Curates. It is on the same level as Space Jugging apron but 15m to the right. You need to scramble down from Space Jugging, around the buttress and back up. The left facing corner with a bolt at the top of the gully. Finish up either the right corner or step left and up on buckets.

FA: Barry Russell & Mark Gibbs., 1991

(To access the next 5 routes you need to go to the very top of the Greasy Grass gully track and move right around the arete from the start of Aratus)

Straight up the wall as best as possible passing a suss TCU (3 cam unit) and two carrot bolts. - Or - start in the corner under the first carrot. Pass this on the face, then a wire and easy climbing to the top bolt. Blast up past this to the top.

FA: Barry Russell & Mark Gibbs., 1991

The left (OR RIGHT?) facing corner/chimney at the top of the gully. Initialled.

FA: Max Keating & Robert Kemp., 1982

Start 2m left of Narcissus and climb the bulging arete and slabby wall above straight up.

FA: ThorAss & Robert Lord, 17 Mar

Three metres right of Athena. Initialled. Up the bulging juggy wall, a good route, almost worth a star.

FA: Max Keating., 1982

At the vertex of the parabola formed by the base of the buttress, midway between curves A and N, bisect these 2 curves to the apex. (Hard start, wide crack, swing left onto the face then straight up.)

FA: ThorAss & Robert Lord, 17 Mar

3m right of Narcissus. The scoop and then the wall above.

FA: John Griffiths & Max Keating, 1982

Start 2m right of Aratus. Left of the scoop. Up the buttress to the break. Straight up, then veer right and up the overhanging wall.

FA: Andrew Stevens & MacKenzie Usher, 1988

As for Honeycomb Hangover. Up the buttress, to the break. Right across this to a Glue Bolt (SafeCliffsVictoria 2003); hard to see from below, then up the wall above.

FA: Andrew Stevens & MacKenzie Usher, 1988

Start near Honeycomb Hangover. Follow trench up to right then step up to clip carrot bolt. Step back down then swing left. Finish up wall 1m right of White Ant Wall.

FA: Dayle Gilliatt & Mark Richards., 1997

Start as for Next To Impossible, but continue directly past carrot bolt to finish 1m right of that climb.

FA: Dayle Gilliatt & Mark Richards, 1997

Don't fall over yourself but this is actually ok! Straight up red wall opposite WAW past 3 carrots. Worth setting a trad belay to avoid the party plummeting down the gully if you miss the crux first bolt! There is an old carrot bolt there for said purpose.

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Author(s): Lindorff, Goding & Hodgson

Date: 2011

ISBN: 9780646529387

Get ready to fully experience the rock climbing scene in Victoria with Sublime Climbs, a comprehensive guidebook authored by Kevin Lindorff, Josef Goding, and Jarrod Hodgson. This full-color, 380-page book covers the best climbing locations in the region, including Mt Arapiles, Mt Buffalo, and the Grampians. It features descriptions of over 700 routes, topographic maps, and breathtaking images. Whether you're a seasoned pro or new to the sport, Sublime Climbs has everything you need to make the most of your climbing experience in Victoria and experience all of it's classic routes.

Author(s): Chris Baxter & Glenn Tempest

Date: 1994

ISBN: 0646167308

A Guide to selected rockclimbs at Mt Arapiles,the Grampians and Mt Buffalo

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