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Approached along the main tourist clifftop track from Wally World direction.

From Allambie Lookout, the route is visible as the arete down and 40m to the left (looking out).

Continue walking towards the Three Sisters to next promontory and 2m before wooden drain crosses track (small cliff line to your left); head down right through bush for 6m (down 1m rock step) and around left to 2 ring rap station.

Abseil 6m diagonally left to single ringbolt on clifftop (the route anchors are 3m further down on grey slab).

Re-belay abseil rope and abseil 35m+ down overhanging arete and onto wall and left (looking in) to 3RBB on small foot ledge.

Make sure to bounce off the wall and clip into draws on the way down.

Fix a 60m abseil rope from the top station all the way down; and climb on another rope.

Good climbing, great exposure.

Start: Corner right of detached flake about 80m left of GwtW.

1. 28m (15) Corner, right wall of corner then right across ledge to belay.

2. 27m (21) 'Steep' ramp and mantle shelves, right to ledge at base of faint arete. Traverse left then up through juggy terrain and right onto ledge.

3. 33m (20) Up slab, left above roof and belay on halfway ledge.

4. 10m (10)

5. 12m (24)

6. 30m (17)

7. 30m (13)

Wide crack cruxy start near the coffin cave gets you to a good cave ledge. Pop up onto the main face and up and around arete. Up grey slab above.

Start 5m left of The Forgotten crack. This should go free by stronger climbers grade 24-25 "thrutching". The crux is getting established in the flaring chimney and then the tips underclinging out through the roof. Micro cams were used to aid through these bits.

Up finger crack to ledge. Hard moves into flaring chimney then under little roof to juggy flake. Up flake to ledge, step right around arete and up thin corner to ledge and 2bb as for the forgotten crack. The ledge is super loose so be careful.

Funky goodness. The direct start and right hand finish to Day of Reckoning. All bolts + one old piton where the route joins up with original.

Starts below the bolt ladder in the middle of the Psyncave.

Start: 25m right of VH.

1. 12m (24) Can be aided at M1. Up to roof, ledge above lip. Could be a bit hard for a move, some think 27.

2. 3m (-) Step right and into cave.

3. 30m (-) Through overhang, up and right to scrubby ledge.

4. 12m (-) Right 15m to corner, up this to bushy ledge.

5. 30m (12) Up, right, off & out!

Two good pitches covering some exposed and interesting territory. All ringbolts. Rap down to base via Cave Climb and start climbing! Starts 4m left of 'Cave Climb' at left facing corner with U-bolts.

1. 30m (24) Up short corner, traverse left and over bulge to ledge. Cool bouldery moves up face above on tiny sideway facing holds to jugs. Wander up face for a few bolts before tricky end move to ledge.

2. 25m (23) Two wildly differing parts. Steeply through the shale band to right leading crimpy slab. After this finger torture ends thug up the reachy and very steep face above. Belay on ledge.

Start as for 8 Carat but at the 3rd bolt traverse right and continue to follow the line of ringbolts on the far side of the arête. 1. 30m (24) Caution: Beware of your rope length. 2. 28m (18).

Superdooper fun up an improbable line. Thin crux at 3rd bolt then funky flakes all the way up. Starts 10m before (left of) Diamond Jack.

Left of the three routes starting on small upper ledge. This one is located just right or ramp/corner feature.

Easy to the roof then gripping moves on good rock.

How you feel after inputting the data into the online guide.

The main and best warm up at the crag. Some of the best rock at main wall, guaranteed to raise a solid pump. It's supposed to start up the blunt arête but most people stay a bit left on the juggy flake of Desafinado.

Hard start then a couple of tricky moves split by good jugs.

Far left of the crag. Tricky moves to third bolt lead to temporarily easier ground before tackling a small roof. Up through scoops.

Start as for BSABG, but is the right line.

About 5m right under little roof. Great long pumper, a must if you can climb the grade.

A bit scary. The left trending line sharing the same start of 'Wife Beater'. Rough rock and runout.

Crazy adventure all the way to the top of the cliff through a sea of choss. Lucky there is lots of bolts! You will need some long draws to cut down on the rope drag.

Face on the right side of the arete with a roof flake start and bizarre vertical ironstone fin at finish (treat this with caution or the climb will go up a few grades!) Extend 3rd draw to stop rope drag.

route at left end of crag which follows 2 flakes up the wall to the anchors

steep jug hauling most of the way finishing on the arête. Take care when cleaning this route

High stickclip , crux off the deck, then steep fun with an athletic finale. Unfortunately due to its composition not the warm up the crag needed unless you dog to first bolt or warm shoulders up first.

Vertical climbing on beautiful orange wall. A little stiff and likely not the warmup you're looking for. Great route regardless. Access ledge via a couple of rungs and this is the furthest route right of the 3.

Excellent trad pitch with a great mix of styles. Start 3m left of Kaizen at ramp/flake. Straight up well protected face into crack and corner. Bolted belay at 38m, recommend 80m rope for lowering. Take double cams from 0.3 Camelot to 3 Camelot and double wires. Consider 3 x 2 Camelot and 3 x 3 Camelot. Lots of slings!

Pumper. Start in corner as for Hail Mary but break right at first bolt and haul up overhung pocketed wall to climactic finish. Named in honor of 100km/h+ storm winds that howled in the valley below during the first ascent.

Directly around corner from Nifta. Start at base of flake/crack. Some techy and tricky beta through the bottom section, particularly if there is no chalk. Being drawn around right will end in tears.

Hard for 24. Crimpy face climbing with a tough technical crux on awesome rock at the midway mark. A working bolt is available here that is best skipped on link. A few potential heartbreaker moves on the headwall and an exciting mantle cap off this classic of the genre!

The Fundamental Theorem of Rock Climbing

Suppose K is a cliff, and H is a sequence of hand hold locations progressing up K with an associated sequence of foothold locations F. Let's define an individual climber as C, then the ape index, strength, endurance and psyche of climber C are given by ape(C), str(C), end(C) and psy(C) respectively. Furthermore, define a route R(H,F) as a finite sequence of moves, m_n, whose elements are taken from H and F, as a path that will take C from the bottom of the cliff at n=0 to the top at n=T. The fundamental theorem of rock climbing states that R(H,F) "will go for sure dude" if and only if the following conditions hold:

1. ape(C) ≥ d(h[i], h[i+1]) for consecutive h[i] from H,

2. str(C) ≥ S(m_n) for each m_n in R(H,F), where S(m_n) is the minimum stength required to do move m_n, and

3. end(C) + psy(C) > g, where g is the acceleration due to gravity.

Proof: Check the pudding.

The beta is trivial and left as an exercise for the climber.

Just another cracking line featuring quite a few cryptic sequences.

Three moves on the headwall follow a bit of a theme - can you pick it? Briefly wanders into TIC around halfway.

Line of bolts straight up off the right hand rungs. A few cheeky sequences split by good rests before a creeping pump will try to keep you from topping out. Very nice climbing!

Holds in unexpected places will get you started. The exciting headwall might keep you up at night!

Easily the easiest route here. The warm up... if you're a pumper. Jug along with glee.

The warm up if you aren't a pumper. The most popular route here. Good climbing!

Like a Cornetto... no boring parts! A great climb if you like mountains pockets and the hardest of the 4s at this crag. At least 2 grades harder than Funky!

Same start as the last two climbs but keeps drifting right to anchors on the arête. Sent as horizontal hail arrived.

Sustained bouldery climbing leading up into the scoops, and a tricky head wall to finish. Just don't forget to check the nest is actually empty. If anyone knows the actual route name please amend.

Start: About 4m right of 'Kookaburra Crack'

Left side of wall - starting at cairn. Stick-clip first, or even better, the 2nd bolt! Bouldery start through bulge, nice wall, thug through roof on jugs then long wall to top. Shared top belay with Old Punks.