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A small section of cliff-line within spitting distance of the Great Western Highway and the carpark but almost entirely forgotten by the the current crop of climbers.
Description
Showpiece is the only route that gets even slight traffic here (it's bloody good and worth the visit alone - and has been rebolted). The other routes are quirky, traddy and in most cases fairly runout. Fixed protection also dates from the late 80s so caution is advised. Bolt plates are required for all routes. The first 4 routes, including Showpiece are on a north-west facing wall and get sun from about 10am. The other routes are west or south facing - shade until at least midday.
Limit. de l'accès
The area is a bit of a local dumping ground - check out the cars and other rubbish at the base of the cliff.
Approche
From Mt Victoria drive west out of town on Great Western Highway and as soon as you leave houses and start heading downhill turn left into large dirt road. Drive 200m along the dirt road following cliff line to far north end (marked Mitchell Ridge Lookout on Google Maps). Just past this lookout is a small green dunny on left side of road and an open section of dirt with several large rocks positioned to stop people driving to the cliff edge (and launching cars). Park here. If you are raping in - stumble through bush due west for 50m (there isn't really a track) and look below to spot a rocky ledge with two giant boulders perched right on the cliff edge. This is the top of Showpiece (easily identified by the weird button head glue-ins at approx. 33°34'54.8"S 150°14'17.3"E ). There is a large gumtree to fix a rope off and rap down to base of cliff (best way is down the north side corner). Alternatively it is only a 5 minute easy walk to cliff base via the bush next to the highway (same carpark).
Éthique hérité de Blue Mountains
Although sport climbing is well entrenched as the most popular form of Blueys climbing, mixed-climbing on gear and bolts has generally been the rule over the long term. Please try to use available natural gear where possible, and do not bolt cracks or potential trad climbs. If you do the bolts may be removed.
Because of the softness of Blue Mountains sandstone, bolting should only be done by those with a solid knowledge of glue-in equipping. A recent fatality serves as a reminder that this is not an area to experiment with bolting.
If you do need to top rope, please do it through your own gear as the wear on the anchors is both difficult and expensive to maintain.
At many Blue Mountains crags, the somewhat close spacing of routes and prolific horizontal featuring means that it is easy to envisage literally hundreds of trivial linkups. By all means climb these to your hearts content but, unless it is an exceptional case due to some significant objective merit, please generally refrain from writing up linkups. A proliferation of descriptions of trivial linkups would only clutter up the guide and add confusion and will generally not add value to your fellow climbers. (If you still can't resist, consider adding a brief note to the parent route description, rather than cluttering up the guide with a whole new route entry).
If you have benefited from climbing infrastructure in NSW, please consider making a donation towards maintenance costs. The Sydney Rockclimbing Club Rebolting Fund finances the replacement of old bolts on existing climbs and the maintenance of other hardware such as fixed ropes and anchors. The SRC purchases hardware, such as bolts and glue, and distributes them to volunteer rebolters across the state of New South Wales. For more information, including donation details, visit https://sydneyrockies.org.au/rebolting/
It would be appreciated if brushing of holds and minimisation/removal of tick marks becomes part of your climbing routine. Consider bringing a water squirt bottle and mop-up rag to better remove chalk. Only use soft (hair/nylon) bristled brushes, never steel brushes.
The removal of vegetation - both from the cliff bases and the climbs - is not seen as beneficial to aesthetics of the environment nor to our access to it.
Remember, to maintain access our best approach is to 'Respect Native Habitat, Tread Softly and Leave No Trace'. Do not cut flora and keep any tracks and infrastructure as minimal as possible or risk possible closures.
For the latest access related information, or to report something of concern, visit the Australian Climbing Association NSW Blue Mountains page at https://acansw.org.au/blue-mountains/
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Auteur·e·s: Simon Carter
Date: 2019
ISBN: 9780958079082
The latest comprehensive, latest and greatest Blue Mountains Climbing Guide is here and it has more routes than you can poke a clip stick at! 3421 to be exact. You are not going to get bored.
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Auteur·e·s: Simon Carter
Date: 2019
ISBN: 9780958079075
Simon Carter's "Best of the Blue" is the latest selected climbing guide book for the Blue Mountains and covers 1000 routes and 19 different climbing areas. For all the sport climbers out there, the travellers, or just anyone who doesn't want to lug around the big guide that's more than 3 times the size - cut out the riff-raff and get to the good stuff! This will pretty much cover everything you need!
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