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Table of contents
- 1. Cranberry Crags 3 in Crag
- 2. Index by grade
1. Cranberry Crags 3 routes in Crag
- Summary:
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Todo Búlder
Lat / Long: -34.045392, 151.040675
descripción
Cranberry Crags is a collection of slabs, large boulders and small cliffs, tall enough to boulder or rope up.
restricciones
Adapted and edited from ‘Sutherland’. For over 50 years climbers in the Sutherland Shire have enjoyed free access to many fantastic crags and caves. As of 2014 there have been access problems emerging at several climbing and bouldering areas due to Aboriginal art sites and shell middens in caves. Sutherland Shire Council and the Department of Environment and Heritage have announced closures and sign-posted some of these aboriginal sites, with further closures and signs to be added during summer/autumn 2016/2017. Areas of problem are ground level overhangs with flat bases, the type of terrain popular at hard bouldering areas. Whilst the details are sorted out keep a low profile, clean up ALL rubbish (including removing mattresses in bouldering caves) and avoid climbing at closed areas. Treat non-climbers that you see at crags with the utmost respect; rangers, archaeologists, traditional owners, and everybody else. For more information about aboriginal sites and rock-climbing please read this link from Sutherland Council: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0KxtU2nUQB9cjhHUWE4cE5HWnM/view?usp=sharing
Acceso
Park at the end of Cranberry Street, Loftus. Walk down Cranberry fire trail (steep) for 400m. After crossing a gravel spillway, over a mound, then another more established spillway (a subsidiary of the Maandowie Creek), the trail begins to incline and veer up to the right. There is a large rock on the Left, just after it, there is a small trail. Follow the trail up. Approach time: ~10 minutes
Ética
It is important to acknowledge the Dharawal people as the Traditional Custodians of the land which the Sutherland shire is situated. We value and celebrate the Dharawal culture, language, while acknowledging the Dharawal people’s continuing connection to the land, the sea, and the community. We pay respect to the Elders and their families, past, present, and emerging, and through them, to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Historia
Cranberry Crags has been climbed since the 80’s, all trad & bouldering. Taken from ‘Sutherland’. Climbing has been going on since the 1960's in the Shire. Gossip has it that an old doctor used to play around the cliffs on the Woronora River in those early years. Joe Friend was also known to climb here back in the 1970's. You can find some old pitons, pin scars at odd locations such as the Heathcote Bridge, Menai area and at ‘The Cathedral’. It was common that Scouts and at times the Army regularly frequented places like Menai, Lucas Heights and Alfords Point. The 1980's saw a steep rise in development with climbers from the Loftus Crew, Anthony Scharnbel, Damian Taylor and Bruce Stevens. A big influence in the 1980-1990's was David Barnes. Dave developed several new areas and put up scores of routes across the shire, including the classic routes
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| Route | Grade | Style | Selected ascents | |||||
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| 1 |
Project 1
V2? Sit start, up the face | 2m | ||||||
| 2 |
Silky Golden Orb
Sit start on ledge, work way up arete to top out | V0 | 2m | |||||
| 3 |
Stone Chop Sticks
V1? Stand start | 3m | ||||||
2. Index by grade
| Grade | 
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Stars | Name | Style | Pop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V0 | Silky Golden Orb | 2m | |||
| ? | Project 1 | 2m | |||
| Stone Chop Sticks | 3m |