Routes in Sydney Metropolitan for selected grade

Start in the bottom of the little flared crack and go up diagonally left under tree branch.

Start as for Grandma's Wheelchair, but straight up.

Marked. 2m left of CB (just left of tree).

Pleasantly sustained. 3 BRs and optional cam near top. Double BB belay.

Start: Starts at the crack 0.5m left of 'Andrew's Bulge'.

Start 1.5m left of Whippersnapper in the squeeze, straight up wall to last bolt of Nana in the dark and on to anchors.

A good climb up the prominent flake in middle of wall. 3 U's to lower offs.

1m left of NYACS, below obvious crack in centre of wall.

Steeply up crack to traverse line. Step left (crux) then follow crack up to headwall slab (BR). Double BB belay.

Protection: - 1 carrot - Cams: BD #.3 (doubles), #.5 (doubles), #2

Anchors: 2 carrots (too close to the edge) 2 trees about 2 meters back from edge

2m right of Lactose Free, up juggy wall.

Start: 2m left of Two Steps Forward. Start with your back to the tree. Straight up past 3 BRs, then small cams (0.4 and 0.75/1 Camalot) in breaks to a Double BB.

Start 28m left of the track. Through bulge and up, originally done solo with a long-gone tree for aid but now clipping bolts through the bulge

Up short orange face to jugs, 3Rbs to lower offs.

Start: Shared start to TPOG, tending right at first bolt

Plenty of good protection - med/large cams and nut placements in the top half.

Start: 2m right of DG, the crack.

There is often a python (Kenneth) hanging around.

Jam crack corner on the right of the main face with a wide finish. Hands to offwidth but you won't need offwidth skills. A big cam or fat hex to protect the final bridging finish. Belay off cams in the horizontal break (or continue to the very top and make use of the carrots).

2m left of ET.

Fingery to crack, up, then corner / chimney. Belay as for ET.

Marked. 2m left of SB. BR, runout to break (cam) then up over bulge (BR) to BB and RB belay

STart as for Bloggs Eliminate and step left after start.

Same start as BC, left at shared 1st bolt and then straight up.

Same start as for LLBQ, moving right following three bolts to shared anhcors

climb wobbly tree and then finish up one of the routes above Tarmac Traverse.

The 'Frankenstein' arete taken on the left-hand side. There is a bolt with a fixed hanger at the top of this boulder.

Start: 2m right of Scorpion. Slab to short steep headwall. Clipping the rings is rather hard for a 14.

The buttress on the left of the 'One Hold Wall' area

Straight up the slab next to the arete.

Start: Right end of cliff below bollard-like lump of rock. DBB

Corner and arete 4m L of 4moves3bolts

Start just right of the 'Barrelling section' of rock. Move up leftwards mantling the overhangs to finish just right of the Ladder.

Start: 4m right of 'Ladder of Death'

Gets it name from the feature at the top looking like an old mans face. Start in the middle of the slab. Up past two bolts until you reach the horizontal breaks. Move right to the old mans nose and then up to the top. Small to medium cams. DBB on top

Stem up flared and sometimes wet corner, or wall either side. 2 carrot belay on left ledge.

Behind the big tree, bridge your way up between Love Machine and Express.

Start 1 meter left of Practice Your Mantle Part 2. The perfect mantle for the beginner who's never done one before.

Up left side of shorter wall, 2m right of cave. 2RB's to lower offs.

Start: 4m R of KAMU

The obvious left facing corner on main slab. Technical start leading to easy left facing corner. 5 BRs to DRBB.

Easy Slabs

Corner crack 2m left of ISHFWILF

Past chockstones, getting harder with height.

The Descent Ramp off the nose. The rock is soft and wears easily so tread carefully.

Straight up the wall left of the corner.

3m left of SV.

Up wall past ledges (take 3 mid size cams) to double BB belay.

Start just left of "CTOB". Up past six closely-spaced bolts in 8 metres. Beginning leaders note these are old rusty carrots.

Up initial crack stepping right onto slab and up.

Classic prow

Start: 2m L of Ept

A queer fish if ever there was one.

Start: 2m left of CH crack Up wall (small cams and BR) to double BB belay. Descend using the double RB rap station on the wall a few metres above the belay.

Mantle up the slab

Starts to the right of Bushy Corner at the left end of the cave. Over buldge to cave BR, then cam and up slab passing DRBB of bushy corner. Up slab with 2 more BR to finish at DRBB on ledge. (has cleaned up nice after it has seen a few more ascents in 2013)

Start just left of large scoop, up and slightly right then follow left side of runnel to top

Straight up the agonisingly thin facets on the west side of '90-degree block'. The entire difficult of the climb lies in not breaking any facets.

Up orange wall with plenty of rests

Start about 3 m right of GOM move up over bulges then to arête and head up to single carrot then up to grumpy mans nose and top out. Cams and single bolt. Use same DBB as GOM

Corner at right side of smooth wall. Up the pleasant crack to DBB

Up left sided flake , onto face to anchors. Note anchors setback a bit so if precious with rope rap off.

Clean firm breaks, great pro, and fun finishing move via adequate old carrot.

Easy corner on the left.

Tough start in front of where the tree meets the ledge. Climb up to the ledge and then up the crack next to the orange streak. Two good carrots at the top to set up top rope.

Straight up featured wall, 3RB's, walk off

Start: In access gully.

Commonly used as a decent.

3m right of SD. Straight up, Step left to slab and then finishing right up to larger bloodwood. Start can be rather dirty.

The line of bolts to to the left of the obvious flake of Twisted Roots. High first bolt to start (can be protected with a cam). Straight up to short chain in small cave.

On the large boulder to the right of DS. Sit start.

Up horizontal breaks on face to the right of Bah's Crack. Great moves. Belay off big tree next to railings.

Just to the right of the yellow streak.

Sit start.

Up short slab though flakes with mantle to anchors.

Sit start and up using right edge.

Up the arete. Pleasant airy easy climbing. Makes a good down climb.

As for Black Pearls but when the flake runs out follow the horizontal seam to the right and finish up Three Storey Rock

It's probably 8 with a V2 start. 3m R of Waving Wall. Start off the ground, not the boulder.

Start on the big ledge and go up over the prow.

Up right side of face and crack

Up left side of big slab, staying as left as possible to the top.

The tricky looking Chimney

5m right of FF.

Traverse left to join FF. No pro (soloed on FA).

Juggy fun right of the cave.

left of F, Straight up past bolt and cam

two meters right of corner. Straight up

Sit start.

Up featured face

Easily up the broken stone wall.

Start: About 25m right of walk down steps below giant scribbly gum. Up left side of runnel on pockets and jugs.

Straight up passing 2 BR's then move right to BR (hard to see) then up easier ground to large tree belay. Poor Bolts.

Up the crack.

Mantle over buldge on right handed side pull

Left side of wall, move right at top to shared anchors with 5sob

Layback, Stemming, a few finger locks and a fist jamb finished off with a cool view from the top. The corner crack system right of IHP. Good gear but a little damp deep in the crack.

Begin in the corner and moving right just below the little cave to then go straight up the face.

Stand start on the right side

Start at the left arete of the fin. Up the face just right of the arete to the top. No pro.

2m left of ODG.

Take easiest start slightly left of bolts to gain top of bulge, then step right and up past 2 BRs and medium cam to double BB belay. The FA was done without any bolts, but they were added with the first ascentionist's permission.

As for J. Straight up the twin cracks then continue up the lovely thin crack above. Step right to WDY, or continue up dirty, chossy, runout headwall.

At crack 1m right of SZ (behind the Gymea Lilly) below right end of high section.

Hard moves up crack to finish on ledge (old carrot and good cams). Please don't trash the Lilly.

5m right of B below obvious splitter crack. Up pleasant hand crack to ledge. Meander up blocks to tree belay.

Up the jugs.

Start in crack then up on the right.