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19 | ★ Grayzed Anatomy
The next offwidth corner right of "The Wide Open Lobe" with an offwidth crux at mid height and a sting in the tail near the top (#5 and #6 size) FA: David Gray, Vanessa Wills & John Hollott, Aug 2020 | 20m | Watagans | ||
17 | The Wide Open Lobe
The very wide offwidth, 20m right of "Go Figure". Originally led with #9 and #12 Valley Giant cams and a #4 Big Bro (long continuous corner crack wider than a #6) FA: David Gray, Vanessa Wills & John Hollott, Aug 2020 | 20m | Watagans | ||
21 | ★ Blue Mountains Trad Appreciation Society
Thin crack on far left end of wall, just around the corner from the bolted routes. Hard and committing off the ground. Jug left of crack and moving into crack. Up on mixed quality rock. Mostly finger tip and hand sized cams all the way to the top. One large cam useful but not necessary. FA: Alex Reigelman, Maureen Casey & Josh Mackenzie, 2020 | 25m | Blue Mountains | ||
18 | ★ Mach Schnell
Initially led ground up, without pre-inspection. Start at the scoops about 10m right of Acoustic Corner at a small pile of discarded holds - don't be put off by these. Surprisingly well protected using natural placements throughout, take 2 sets of wires and a double rack of small to medium cams. Originally led in 4 pitches, though the below might be a better method.
Descent: walk left to 2 RBB rap station, 32m rap to next station, then 35m to ground at the bottom of Road to Hell. FFA: Hanna Kallweit & Hugh Ward, 25 Aug 2020 | 70m, 3, 1 | Wolgan Valley | ||
21 | ★★★ My First Time
Start at the seam right of Accoustic Corner. Up this for 2m then right onto face following bolts and gear to gain amazing tapered splitter crack. Up this to 2BB. Rap to ground (better option) or continue up Acoustic Corner. FA: hugh sutherland, Bridie Campbell, Hanna Kallweit & Hugh Ward, 25 Aug 2020 | 32m, 3 | Wolgan Valley | ||
18 | ★★ Just Don't Be Weak
Outstanding climbing, probably one of the "Must Do's" at the crag, despite it's shorter length. Stemming corner problem with small gear down low. 2 sets of nuts are worth considering, as is a #4 for up high. Follow the thin crack until it widens to off width, then look for gear and holds on the face. 2BB at the top of this pitch. A rope stretching 30m abseil to the deck. An attempt was made on the corner above, but abandoned after 15m due to loose rock, reduced rock quality, and the proximity of more desirable climbing. FA: Hugh Ward, Bridie Campbell & hugh sutherland, 26 Aug 2020 | 30m | Wolgan Valley | ||
18 | ★ Pollie Waffle
Starts up the V chimney 3m right of VC. After 5m, step left to follow a thin crack around a nose, then back right to follow a hand crack to top. Tree belay. FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills | 22m | Watagans | ||
14 | ★ A wide berth
Offwidth left of VC, trending left to tree to belay. Cams or tubes to BD #5 essential though it will take larger gear. FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Aug 2020 | 15m | Watagans | ||
10 | ★★ Bonsai Buttress
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The buttress just left off Strugglers Lament. A pleasant jug haul, choosing your own adventure! FA was done solo: recommend to bring gear, slings over horns, medium cams & wires. 2 pitches FA: Ryan Macpherson | 75m, 2 | Kaputar | ||
22 M0 | Silver City Express
Nice initial wall. Start: Marked SCE
FA: Keith Bell, ll & Nick Bendell, 1990 | 35m, 3 | Blue Mountains | ||
23 | Mark Wilson Route2
2m right of Sunspot at dead tree. Long ironstone encrusted face on mix of bashin carrots and FHs. Looks good. FA: Mark Wilson | 30m, 5 | Blue Mountains | ||
16 | The Square
Good looking crack followed by a chimney. ("Thin crack right of A" in previous guide) Start: At crack through a red wall marked by a chipped square.
FA unknown but climbed by Keith Bell and Greg Mortimer in 1972. | 50m, 2 | Blue Mountains | ||
23 | Wade's Arete
Glue in carrots and FHs up the lower section of the arete of High Riser. Traverses in from the right to start. At least five bolts visible from the ground. May be entirely independent of High Riser? FA: Wade Stevens, 1995 | 40m, 5 | Blue Mountains | ||
Hi Tension Direct Start
Two glue in BRs on arete 5m left of Hi Tension. Not sure if it has an indepedant finish? Details unknown. | 2 | Blue Mountains | |||
Unknown wall
At least five BRs up the grey slab and arete left of corner up high. FA unknown | 25m, 5 | Blue Mountains | |||
18 | ★★ No Pressure
Easy lower crack, then straight up the fine steep corner crack to trad belay. FA: Ben Sirmais, Keith Bell, James Manson, Nathan Mas-Stephens & Graham Dowden, 17 Aug 2020 | 10m | Kiama | ||
12 | ★ Trad Lads First Day Out
Sick of sandy slabs and ringbolts? Be a trad lad and try the finger crack between Yoda and Queen or Country. Jam through the bulge to join the arete, finishing as for Yoda at DBB. FA: Kalang Kedumba Jones, 19 Aug 2020 | 8m | Blue Mountains | ||
16 | Just(check)in
8m left of Self isolation. A short scramble up to a 6m crack. Crack is well protected. The rock surrounding the crack is quite weak and will crumble. Climb with caution and jam as much as you can. Caution: Top has been cleared of loose rocks but there is still some weak rock on top that might dislodge. Top out to the left of the crack. Named after my first climbing partner and friend Justin, who took his own life in 2018. Hopefully a good reminder to check in on those we care about. FA: Nathan Mas-Stephens, James Manson, Ben Sirmais & Graham Dowden, 17 Aug 2020 | 13m | Kiama | ||
17 | ★★ Upper ledge access route
A nice corner crack, the crux is pulling on. Great for top roping. | 5m | Beulah | ||
★★★ Roof project
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Crack project
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19 | ★★ Crack left of fig
A hard roof crack start then vertical crack to ledge with two carabiners as anchor and rap off FA: Sam May, 2013 | 10m | Beulah | ||
18 | ★★ Luminosity
Difficult moves to get started before easier terrain. Gear from silver to red cams with a few bigger pieces for the belay. FA: James Lister & Andrew Cadogan-Cowper, 11 Aug 2020 | 8m | Pierce's Creek | ||
27 | ★★★ Just Beat It
One of the more varied bits of climbing around. Start up "beat up and thrown out" then follow the steel out right, pumpy and powerful to the top bring one plate for the glue in carrot or improvise FA: Dylan Tubaro, 16 Sep 2020 | 20m, 7 | New Nowra - Braidwood Road | ||
20 | ★★ Gobber Head
No Time for Dreaming pitch 4 variation. From belay ledge, climb right following bolts through under cling, up onto slab, into finger crack (small cams), then continue up slab to anchors as for NTFD. Can stay wet when the rest of the route is dry. FFA: 24 Apr 2020 | 40m, 11 | Blowering Cliffs | ||
3 | ★ Northern waterfall gully
Walk up ridge from behind old toilets towards Naman. When you hit rock go right 50 m to meet talus. Follow the boulders upwards to enter a steep watercourse with good bedrock to the summit plateau. Dry spells only. | 150m | Warrumbungles | ||
16 | ★ Karate Kick
FA: Andrew Cadogan-Cowper, 25 Jul 2020 | 8m | Pierce's Creek | ||
18 | ★★ Un Autre Chemin
The chimney with the crack up the left wall just right of French Connection - FA was done solo FA: Ryan Macpherson | 14m | Gibraltar and Corin Road | ||
19 | ★ Moments Like These
Mantel above the first bolt then up the crack to lower offs. Set: Brendon Flanagan, 20 Feb 2020 FFA: Chanté Fisk & Brendon Flanagan, 6 Dec 2020 | 2 | The Stables | ||
17 | ★ Marvel Moments
FA: Andrew Cadogan-Cowper, 19 Jul 2020 | 7m | Pierce's Creek | ||
23 - 25 | ★★ Strength is Weakness
A mostly trad route up a series of corners (some cracked, some fused). Bring your A Grade stemming ability for the crux pitch. Rack - wires, singles of #0.3-0.5 camalots & doubles of #0.75-#4. Rock quality on this route is big grain and sometimes dirty - take care. All belays are bolted. Approach - rap anchors are located halfway along the crawl section with the fixed rope. Either fix a 70m rope, and rap down to top of pitch 1 and then double rope 30m to ground - or fix a 100m rap line. The route starts left (looking out) of where the rap ropes touches down.
FA: 19 Jul 2020 | 110m, 4, 7 | Blue Mountains | ||
Open Off-width Project
Some masochist should climb this 'quite nice' looking off-width crack. | 15m | Coffs Harbour | |||
15 | ★ Evil Spider
Up the wide crack, then right around small roof to ledge. Trad anchor then scramble off the top or walk carefully left to Lichen/Mossy Climb anchors. The middle is a bit runout without big cams (5+). If you do have big cams you could also try taking the crack through the roof, looks fun. FA: Josephine Roper, 2020 | 22m | Nowra | ||
16 | ★★ Our Endless Numbered Days
The widening crack. Have a rope tied to a tree to abseil off. FA: Andrew Cadogan-Cowper, 11 Jul 2020 | 7m | Pierce's Creek | ||
17 | ★ our viral world
From the our terminal world belay climb diagonally up and right for 3m then straight up following the gear and features. It is expected that this has been climbed previously but it's not in the guide nor was it on the crag.. FA: Mark Feeney & Mattia Fornari, 7 Feb 2020 | 18m | Point Perpendicular | ||
18 | whale watching cruise
The wide crack just right of battle cruiser. A #5 or #6 wouldn't be missed for the top half FA: Mark Feeney, 10 Jul 2020 | 14m | Point Perpendicular | ||
20 | ★ Top wall route 1
Can be accessed by abseil from the top of the wall. Belay on 2 rings. Vertical wall with amazingly solid small hold and lots of big holds. Straight up wall, fixed hangers plus horizontal break at 3/4 height for bomber 0.75 and 1 cam. Walk up loose slope 10m to 2 rings for belay. FA: Mark Wilson, Taib & Jess Szekely, 6 Jul 2020 | 25m, 8 | Blue Mountains | ||
23 | ★★★ golden ratio
FA: Wall & nathaniel glavurdic, 9 Jun 2020 | 70m, 3 | wild wild west | ||
23 | ★★★ the missioning postion
get the crew to have the cameras on standby, this one gets the sunset picture awards FFA: Wall & nathaniel glavurdic, 11 Jun 2020 | 70m, 3 | wild wild west | ||
22 | pithon
this line is the one to give you the experience far beyond your expectations, it packs way more than it gives away which makes it so f&#%ing fun.
FFA: Max Gordon & nathaniel glavurdic, 24 Jun 2020 | 70m, 3 | wild wild west | ||
22 | ★★★ python
this line is the one to give you the experience far beyond your expectations, it packs way more than it gives away which makes it so f&#%ing fun.
FFA: Max Gordon & nathaniel glavurdic, 24 Jun 2020 | 70m, 3 | wild wild west | ||
17 | ★★ too close for comfort
gear is good with a standard double rack upto BD #5 FA: Max Gordon & nathaniel glavurdic, 25 Jun 2020 | 50m, 2 | wild wild west | ||
24 | ★★ focus mode
FA: Max Gordon & nathaniel glavurdic, 24 Jun 2020 | 70m, 4 | wild wild west | ||
18 | ★★ leap of nath
worthy single pitch crack in its self, possible to bail off the belay ledge all naturally with detached block from the main cliff. will link up to probably something really hard all the way up but potentially will need a bolt. FA: Max Gordon & nathaniel glavurdic, 24 Jun 2020 | 15m | wild wild west | ||
21 | ★★★ chilli choclate
yes this is the stellar crack running up the face of the north west grey wall looking from camp!!!! would be a 3 star if the start wasnt so god dam spicy! 'R" rated for first three bits of gear which would almost result in a ground fall anyway. after the nandos spice you make access into a beautiful finger and hand crack with moves that really make you question the grade.. or are you actually just rock climbing??? pitch 2 is just a 5m climb upto next belay ledge. pitch 3 stepping out from the belay ledge you instantly gain 50m of direct exposure, absolute gem, enjoy the swim to the very top... p.s dont forget to stop and look around and see were you are!!! FFA: Max Gordon & nathaniel glavurdic, 23 Jun 2020 | 70m, 3 | wild wild west | ||
21 | ★★ Orgasm spasms
first pitch is rather a adventurous outing, follow obvious weakness upto ledge then veer off left to make access up high then step back right into overhanging crack, follow up the hands layback till just before the next ledge at hanging belay. pitch two is more orgasms, up classy finger diagonal crack, this one will be sure to keep your swear jar full of dollars and honest till the very last move. will be more desirable once some love goes into the upper cracks, hint hint | 70m, 2 | wild wild west | ||
12 | ★ ERA
East side of the boulder, weathered features to horizontal crack. Gear belay in crack at the top. Down climb off the back or rap using climbing partner on the ground as an anchor. FA: Mark Shorter, 2019 | 10m | South Coast | ||
21 | ★★ Princess Leia
Short diagonal leading to a vertical crack. A good highball problem for those who want the added excitement. A direct start into the vertical crack awaits a first ascent. FA: Mark Shorter & Mike Masters, 28 Jun 2020 | 8m | South Coast | ||
14 | Too Cold For Shandy
Up LH ramp or take direct start. Pass rock hollow and up to chicken head. Mantel platform above. Take a few slings and get creative. DUB Lower off. FA: Brendon Flanagan & Kerrylee Kirk, 27 Jun 2020 | 12m | Berowra | ||
18 | ★ Final Destination
Up face below rooflet. Follow crack around and up. Tree belay. Cruxy. FA: Luke Yerbury, Jun 2020 | 10m | Glenrock Lagoon | ||
17 | ★ Thin ‘n’ crispy
From the fire trail junction below matricide, proceed south around the right hand corner for around 100m to where you see a closed fire trail. Walk up this for 40m then 10m to your left is the back of the thin ‘n’ crispy boulder. Great wires and cams, with cams for the belay and a careful scramble off the back. FA: Andrew Cadogan-Cowper, 17 May 2020 | 8m | Pierce's Creek | ||
Trad Ramble 3
Up near the waterfall proper. Climb the boulder on climber's left of the stream, crash through trees, then up the little headwall to top out right on the main rock platform. | Narrabeen | ||||
18 | ★ Frisky Misko's Risky Disko
Start at ground level in the crack to the right of bulgy slab. Crank through the roof on solid jugs and then the chossy chimney to the top. There are carrots on top ~3m to the left. Big cams advised. Would like to add a bolt near the top left of crack and anchors on top. FA: Michael 'Monty' Burns, 18 Jun 2020 | 13m | Mount Keira | ||
17 | ★★ Stem and Leaf
The good-quality orange face and verdant corner above the pre-traverse belay of Big Fat Fin Slappers. Requires camalots from #0.3 to 1, (double #0.75 is helpful) and a couple of medium nuts. FA: Chris Wallace & Nick Roach, Jun 2020 | 15m | Scarborough Cliffs | ||
18 | COVID Crack
Scramble up to the base of the large crack feature in the corner. Starts to the left, opens wide and heads directly up to a more blank section towards the top of the climb. Lower offs on the right. Set: Jason Piper FA: Jason Piper | 20m | Awabakal | ||
19 | The Hand Sanitiser
Inset crack just right of arete. | 20m | Awabakal | ||
24 | ★★ Healing Your Hate
Start as for Ceiling Your Fate though go right at the roof and through the anchor of Orca. All trad, avoid the temptation to clip bolts of Orca. In the roof theres a block with jugs on top, i chose to avoid this because of unknown rock quality, climbing the seam below this. Make your own assessment FA: Max Gordon, 14 Jun 2020 | 20m | Nowra | ||
15 | ★ Slab and Slither
The slab and minor offwidth crack at top. FA: Andrew Cadogan-Cowper, 13 Jun 2020 | 10m | Pierce's Creek | ||
18 | ★★ Grimace and Shuffle
The offwidth in the atrium area FA: Andrew Cadogan-Cowper, 13 Jun 2020 | 10m | Pierce's Creek | ||
16 | ★ Gangbang Tree crack
FA: Dylan Tubaro, Max Gordon, Wall & nathaniel glavurdic, 8 Jun 2020 | 60m, 3 | wild wild west | ||
10 | ★ Wallace's knob
FA: Wall & nathaniel glavurdic, 10 Jun 2020 | 20m, 2 | wild wild west | ||
24 | ★★★ Adventure Dementia
FFA: Dylan Tubaro, Max Gordon, Wall & nathaniel glavurdic, 10 Jun 2020 | 55m, 3 | wild wild west | ||
17 | ★★ The Trapeze Swinger
In the atrium behind the main climbs. Consider pre-placing your first piece of pro. FA: Andrew Cadogan-Cowper, 8 Jun 2020 | 9m | Pierce's Creek | ||
24 | ★★ Simba
P1 20 m 23 As for Aslan pitch 1, belay on ledge. P2 25 m 24. Start Aslan pitch 2 but exit stemming box on left and take crack to left of Aslan corner. FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Jun 2020 | 45m, 2 | Kaputar | ||
16 | ★★ Rat Attack
Start up Chimney to ledge, then up beautiful corner crack to roof and traverse right under roof to anchors. | 17m | Coffs Harbour | ||
17 | ★★ Treerider
Climb Chimney as for Rat attack then traverse right on underclings to gain crack and flake. Up past a couple of bolts to anchors on the right of the tree. | 18m | Coffs Harbour | ||
17 | ★★ Rat Attack LHV
Climb Rat Attack and step left under roof | Coffs Harbour | |||
18 | ★ Pivot
Mixed route of zigzagging cracks with anchors | 17m | Coffs Harbour | ||
21 | ★★ Storms at Sea
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Harder, scarier and simply much better than "Two Boys One Skyhook". Enjoy challenging moves, good gear, fearful exposure and glorious ocean views on this excellent route. This was the original vision for this wall first conceived back in 2016. Back then it seemed too hard, but with time all things are possible. Recommended rack (in addition to anchor, belay and rescue gear): ten quickdraws, five bolt hangers and a set of camalots/friends from 0.3 to 4, with doubles of 0.5, 1 and 2. No nuts needed.
FA: Nick Roach & Natalie Tan, 19 Jul 2020 | 80m, 5, 14 | Fear Wall | ||
21 | ★★ Two Boys One Storm (Link-up)
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This line goes all free (no fixed rope shenanigans) and might be the best one on the wall. It is a good alternative finish to Storms at Sea if you find you've bitten off more than you can chew. Recommended rack (in addition to anchor, belay and rescue gear): ten quickdraws, five bolt hangers and a set of camalots/friends from 0.5 to 4, with doubles of 1 and 2. No nuts needed unless you forget to bring hangers.
FA: Nick Roach & Natalie Tan, 18 Jul 2020 | 100m, 14 | Fear Wall | ||
19 | ★★ Call Out Culture
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"It's such a cool line, but if you can see it, it's too wide." Mikl. A three pitch trad route up a major corner feature. Bring a rack with plenty of wide gear (doubles of Camalots from #0.3 to #5) plus single set of wires, a couple of micro cams and lots of long runners. Like everything around here the route is accessed by rapping in. Follow narrow sketchy ledge around from top of Lulu for 50m to slot (bolt & fixed rope) - crawl along this for 10m then pop out onto larger ledge with tree and double FHs. Walk 5m further along to double RBs. Rap 35m to small ledge and 2nd set of RBs. Rap 50m to ground (swing across to touch down below the start of the route).
FA: 5 Jun 2020 | 95m, 3 | Blue Mountains | ||
20 | ★ Tales of the Intersection
Predominantly bolted route (no brackets required) but long pitches require a bit of gear too. Rap from big gumtree growing 15 meters before the dead casuarina on main ledge (Purkinje Arette belay). Rap directly down slope 15m to top anchor. Then 2 35 mtr rappels (f.a used 80mtr rope, unsure if 70 makes it). Of course you can walk to base via either of the established rap points at either end of crag, but this works well. Gear 12 short draws, four alpine draws. Single rack up to #4, no wires, no micros. Double cams in #1, #2, #3
Exit via u bolt on right toward casuarina so your not pulling rope up slope above. Not the worst route. A little wolganesque adventure. Set: Evan Wells, 2019 FFA: Evan Wells & hugh sutherland, 24 Mar | 70m, 2 | Blue Mountains | ||
18 | ★★★ Le Crevasse
As good as they get on the escapement, layback & jam your way up the obvious corner crack, lower off on the anchors of "Ration The Passion" or continue up. bring doubles in medium cams if you really wanna lace her up. FA: Dylan Tubaro, Tom blanch, Wall & BP, 31 May 2020 | 18m | Scarborough Cliffs | ||
18 | ★★ Death roof
Only just qualifies as a route, or a very sketchy boulder. Up the nice jam crack FA: Benji Dutaillis, Brendan Heywood & Ben Vincent, 13 Feb 2022 | 6m | Upper Gara Gorge | ||
16 | ★★ Straight in the drink
Traversing line starting off the ledge. Can lower of TTOTUA Anchors FA: Match & Matt Cleaver, 5 Apr 2020 | 15m | Kiama | ||
19 | ★★ Cone of Silence
Nice fun climbing up to the cone then an thin crux on small gear! Trad Belay FA: Match & Matt Cleaver, 5 Apr 2020 | 10m | Kiama | ||
16 | ★★ Bombo Boogie Bonanza
The Obvious Arete seen from the lookout. A single rack should be fine. Be cautious of loose rock. FA: Match & Greer Knight, 11 May 2020 | 20m, 2 | Kiama | ||
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21 | ★ Boneseed
Off-width 150m NE of summit boulder FA: B Aikman, 2020 | 7m | Pierce's Creek | ||
15 | ★ Wombats in the Mist
Starts in the overhang with several rising cracks on the left. A bouldery move to gain the main face, then easier ground but spaced protection to the top. FA: Andrew Cadogan-Cowper, 24 May 2020 | 12m | Pierce's Creek | ||
16 | ★★ Heel, toe, slide
The offwidth crack FA: Andrew Cadogan-Cowper & Ryan Macpherson, 24 May 2020 | 5m | Pierce's Creek | ||
13 | ★ Puffed pastry
The flake crack in the eastern gully below bakers dozen FA: Andrew Cadogan-Cowper & Ryan Macpherson, 24 May 2020 | 5m | Pierce's Creek | ||
20 | ★★★ Bleeding to Death in America
As per 'The Crucifixion' for three pitches, then taking similarly sustained and engaging line of features between Lieben and Crucifixion past distinguishable 'gully cum chimney' in centre of West face onward to left most large orange cave and chimney. Bring double rack including rps and micro cams up to cam #3 and also a #4 cam useful. 60m double ropes essential with good rope management.
FA: Eww & hugh sutherland, 23 May 2020 | Warrumbungles | |||
20 | ★ Copy Cat
Straight up the orange and black striped wall right of A. Avoid bridging into that route for full value. Plug hand sized cams into the diagonal then up overhung wall As for Plagiarism variant To finish at DBB FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, May 2020 | 15m, 3 | Watagans | ||
17 | ★ Garden Project
Escape for Lee's Road (better than prussiking, maybe). Starts 50 m climbers-right of the rap in. Thorough bushbash to approach. Corner crack, most of the loose stuff has been removed. Might need a brush. Standard rack. Belay at the obvious tree; best to rope up for the walk off/second pitch. Set: NW, TN, Jyah S & SOG, 2018 | 30m, 2 | Lee's Road | ||
23 | ★ Strapid-dichotomy
1m right of cave, passing 3 RBs to crack at left of roof. Cams to #1. FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, May 2020 | 16m, 3 | Watagans | ||
21 | ★ Strapidbisectomy
Direct route following blunt arete in the middle of wall through roof direct to shared DBB as for Taipan/ Easy Meat. . #1 and #0.4 cams between 3rd and 4th bolt and a 0.75 in pocket after last bolt. Belay just down from terrace, #3 for belayer protection. FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, May 2020 | 17m, 4 | Watagans | ||
Percival
Listed in Harry Luxford's guide as P? FA please rename and claim. Start: Marked P, 0.5m right of Hi Tension. Short corner followed by longer corner. | Blue Mountains | ||||
22 | ★★ Play With Madness
Crack line splitting the centre of this overhung orange wall. Probably the only line that can go on this wall starting from the ground. Rack - doubles of cams from tips finger size (sub 0.3) to #2 Camalot and single cams of 3, 4 and vital #5. A single set of wires and several long trad runners are also useful. Lastly a narrow bit of untied cord for an important thread near top of pitch 3. Best to bring two ropes - one 60m to fix from tree at top for easy descent - and one rope to lead on. All belays are bolted and on comfy ledges. Leave the #5 Cam on the bolt belay at end of pitch 2 unless you like weight training.
| 56m, 3, 5 | Blue Mountains | ||
21 | ★★ Tim Tam Jam
Quality sustained climbing at the grade. A good mix of adventure and fun sport climbing. Would be 3 stars if the first pitch was a little less sandy, the second, however, is one to remember! Take a single rack of cams (#0.5 - #3 BD. A #4 is nice but not necessary), roughly 12 draws and a couple slings for the belays (the bolts are a little small). Pitch 1 - 20m - 21 (Fully bolted): Start off the small boulder up sandy wall and over small rootlet, 15m more leads to a belay in sandy cave (belay bolts on the outside face). Pitch 2 - 30m - 21 (Mixed Trad): Step right from the belay, traversing the sandy underclings for 4m to the base of excellent hand crack. Blast up this picking up the bolts again once it widens beyond a #4 size and continuing up the continually good climbing all the way to the top. The jam crack can be easily aided. Overall this route is very well protected. Rap back down to the ground to climb out something else at penthouse (Old Man of Oi is recommended for the full adventure experience) FA: Chris Wallace & Izzy Bradley, 3 May 2020 | 50m, 2 | Scarborough Cliffs | ||
24 | ★★★ Width Pleasure
Want to look like Ray in that iconic shot? Or Warwick on "Wokker's Roof", which if you look across the valley you can probably see? Or Doug on Fight Cub, just 7 grades easier and 50m from your car? Look no further than up, and back. Then get every 4 and 5 cam you own or can borrow, tie in, and take the trip of a lifetime across 20 plus feet of the finest horizontal offwidth sandstone roof crack you can imagine. (FFA-BD# 4.5 , 5, 5, 5, 5, 4 untie and walk off) second ascent one less #5. Reality is separate, dreams are real. FFA E. Wells, J. Szeleky 2021. FFA: Eww & Jess Szeleky | 7m | Blue Mountains | ||
Unknown Old Route
4 rusty carrots up the wall left of War Crimes. First bolt is very high and the top looks dirty. This route was not recorded in previous print guidebooks but looks like its from the 80s. | 20m, 4 | Blue Mountains | |||
22 | Slope City
One of the most popular climbs on the cliff, it has already had at least four repeats. Pretty easy for its grade but remember that it was graded for technical difficulty which means you have to think about the moves before you do them so falling off automatically lowers the grade to around 19. So stoogehead, if you didn't flash it then you haven't climbed a 22 but only a pissfart 19. (1) The crack in the alcove with the words 'A CLASSIC BY CHUNDER', written on it. Climb the crack in the wall (easy) then traverse right under the roof and up the thin crack to the ledge. Climb up the big flake on your right and step left into the clean looking groove with the tree in it. FA: Chunder & Graeme Hill | 25m | Kiama | ||
23/24 | Snakey Turds
Not a bad little 1 1/4" chimney, a very hard to jam size that required an extensive tape job on the arse to protect iti from abrasion. This crack is made for 1 1/2" friends and is a bad fit for twos so gather up as many as you can and suck on it. (1) The well defined crack to the right of AS. The chossy stuff at the top is avoided by easy climbing in the left groove. FA: Graeme Hill | 25m | Kiama | ||
17 | Electric Spew
'You who electric spew that's the colour of my room.' - David Blowy. One of the easier climbs in the quarry but this has its disadvantages in that it's probably the worst looking climb as it doesn't follow any striking lines as do all the others. the rock is generally sound after Don the Cockroach ripped off two mega sized blocks on the second ascent, as well as nearly splitting himself on a sharp flake lower down on the climb; sucked in Don. (1) The wall and the odd looking cracks to the right of ST. Up the initial easy rock to the top of the flake, then climb the crack to the ledge and then the next crack to the next ledge (crux), hence up the easier stuff to the top. FA: Chunder & Co | 25m | Kiama | ||
19 | ★ Post Te
Diagonal crack to top. A couple of face moves to avoid shrubbery. FA: D.Smith, 18 Apr 2020 | 12m | Blue Mountains | ||
18 | ★ Smashbook
Open-book corner 2m right of Workmates with flake and single FH near the top. Rap from bolt anchors on ledge equal to end of Workmates pitch 1. FA: 24 Apr 2020 | 17m, 1 | Blue Mountains | ||
26/27 | Altered States
The name aptly describes the style of climbing at the quarry. Whilst cleaning this route Ferret was heard to mutter 'I don't like frigging climbs, I just do it out of habit.' This baby rears it's ugly bum with the major problem of not having any footholds where it counts, i.e. on the rock. Apart from that little drawback it's quite a good climb up a very thin finger crack, creeps with fat digits: better pound them down with a hammer or blow them off with explosives if they want to get up this unit. (1) The next crack in the wall to the right of SS. FA: Captain I. Ferret | 25m | Kiama |