Nodes in Drysdale Hills Boulders

Generously described as “1/20th of an Andersons”, with 20x the amount of beneficial cardio between problems, this really is the spot to be when it’s raining everywhere else.

These problems are located near the Drysdale Road access point to the park. I spent days walking around looking for problems to learn how to climb better. I hope they teach you something as well.

I will continually add more problems as I find and climb them.

All these problems are located on the east hill.

These problems involve heading into the hills. Please be careful not to destroy any native plants between the damn Bone Seed.

The left hand arete.

Crack right of One's a Crowd

Left edge of the right slab. Up slab to bolt and step right to finish.

Middle of right hand slab.

These problems involve heading into the hills. Please be careful not to destroy any native plants between the damn Bone Seed.

Sit start of the left side of the boulder. Pull up onto the holds of the cool looking rock, and top it out.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_Y4cG77OpY

These problems involve heading into the hills. Please be careful not to destroy any native plants between the damn Bone Seed.

Sit start with the left hand in the left flake, and the right hand in the right flake. Please resist the urge to have both hands in the bigger left flake. Make the pull up to the pinch and bump it quickly to the tiny pebble. Heel hook to glory. A very low ball problem that takes a surprising amount of energy. Great views of the surrounding area from this spot.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbFnK66JC_U

A collection of blocks uphill and south west of The Rock. Stomach Pump is the classic of the area which can be seen from Drysdale Road. A rightwards diagonal crack with grey rock above and orange rock below. Stomach Pump and Tres Hombres come into shade around 3:30pm.

Has currently only a single carrot bolt on top. L most pinnacle, mount the ledge, L BR, R, BR,

3m R of Porkulance, flake/seam. BR belay

Classic of the area. Left to right diagonal crack which can be seen all the way from the road. Looks a piece of cake from below, but actually some pumpy crack climbing. No anchor on top so you need to get your belayer to anchor the rope to a tree on the other side of the block.

7m downhill R of SP, weakness near L end of boulder,2 bolt belay.

3m R of EAT, bouldery start, scoop,L ,2 bolt belay.

A little squeezed in but the climbing makes it worth it. 2m right of Tres Hombres, start matched on a crimp above head height. Follow 3 FH's up the steepest and tallest part of the wall. Go a little left passing the 3rd bolt, then right and over the nose.

LH side of flake, horizontal, face and scoop L.

4m R of Suture, RH side of flake, arete.

200m R of Lesion, rectangular face with chimney/offwidth

120m R of TU, large block against slab, chimney to blocks

Corner just R of Small change