Cotation | Voie | Style d'escalade | Popularité | ||||
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Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Bushranger Bluff Main Wall | |||||||
24 | ★ Repo Man
Out through big roof in the main cave. Downgraded to 24 in recent guide. Start: Beneath L side of Melville's Cave. Then the thin wall above. FA: Geoff Little, Maureen Gallagher & Jon Muir, 1988 | 25m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Interdit Declaration Crag Area Declaration Crag | |||||||
25 | ★ Deck Games
Very appealing rock. Start: Under the nice bulgy orange buttress closest to the road and start up the left leaning crack only to break right almost immediately. FA: Kim Carrigan, 1984 | 13m, 1 | |||||
24 | ★ Scorpio
Left-hand finish to Sagittarian (Grade could be suspect FA: Ingvar Lidman, 1998 | ||||||
24 | ★ Look Sharp
Up weakness 8m right of 'Steps Ahead' to first bolt. Go slightly right to second bolt and hard moves lead to pin. Finish up right. FA: Kim Carrigan & Tony Dignan, 1979 | 15m, 2 | |||||
24 | ★ Remembrance Day
From the finish of 'Problematic', traverse L across the top of the wall under small roof-line with a piton, 2 BRs (take brackets), then over rooflet and left past a slung knob for pro. Start: as for 'Problematic'. FA: Chris Shepherd & Kim Carrigan, 1982 | 20m, 2 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Interdit Declaration Crag Area Brain Death Boulder | |||||||
V4 | ★ V4 Problem
| 5m | |||||
V5 | ★★ The Big E
| 5m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Colosseum Wall Area Comic Strip Wall | |||||||
25 | ★ Failing New Romantic
The original start climbed a tree, which since fell down. Now there is a bolt and you need to batman the start. Start at the next flake R of 'Letting Go'. Batman, then layback with difficulty up weakness past another bolt. Originally given 24 with a rumour it was hard for the grade. An independent right hand start which goes free from the ground has been bolted, still a closed project. FA: Steve Howden, Chris Shepherd & Kim Carrigan, 1982 | 15m, 2 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Colosseum Wall Area The Thimble | |||||||
24 R | Stabbur
Beware loose block. Adequacy of pro is unknown. Join 'Nothing Too Serious' at the top. Start 3m R of NTS, just L of tree. FA: Patrik Alsebv, 1995 | 12m | |||||
24 | ★ Drowsy Drivers Die
The arete. Start 2m R of 'Thimble'. FA: Roland Foster & James Anderson, 1989 | 9m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Colosseum Wall Area Colosseum Wall | |||||||
24 R | ★ Petro-Fy
Arete with poor pro. Start 3m R of 'Petronius' FA: Peter Martin & Mark Savage, 1990 | 15m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles King Rat Area Light Fingered Gully | |||||||
24 | ★ Hunger
Bridge, then into seam with 1 bolt and 1 piton. Double rings on ledge. Start: Start on the R wall of the gully L of 'Light Fingered'. FA: Chris Shepherd & Mark Moorhead, 1981 | 20m, 1 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles King Rat Area King Rat Gully Slander Wall | |||||||
24 | Chubby Like Chris Part II
The middle of the buttress, no wimping off the direct line. Start: Start R of CLC. FA: Mike Law, 1982 | 12m, 1 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles King Rat Area King Rat Gully Left Fork | |||||||
24 | ★★ A Loaded Gun
Flakes to BR then R and up. Start: Start 10m R of 'Feel It Closing In'. FA: Roland Foster & Allan Wilkie, 1982 | 10m, 1 | |||||
25 | Lord of the Midgets
L on shallow flakes then up past 2 FHs. If you go straight up before the traverse it's only 20. Start: Start R of MRS. FA: Gavin Jensen & Wayne Jensen, 1989 | 15m, 2 | |||||
24 | Brotherly Love
This pair's additions at 'Werribee Gorge' see a lot more love than these obscure numbers. Start: Start 10m L up the gully from IaLD. FA: Wayne Jensen & Gavin Jensen, 1989 | 16m, 2 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles King Rat Area King Rat Gully Rye Wall | |||||||
24 | Wasters in Love
The blank wall right of 'Catcher' starting 3 or 4 metres right of that climb. 1 carrot and 1 FH. A hold may have broken and may be more like 27 now. FA: Simon Mentz, 1989 | 13m, 2 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles King Rat Area King Rat Gully Skydiver Wall | |||||||
25 X | ★★ Elmer Thud
Start beneath high ring bolt and follow right-trending overlaps to a diabolical crux level with the bolt. Turn your mind insane and follow the seam to its end, whereby a worrying reach out to crimps and a sidepull leads you to easier climbing above. Take small thin (0.5cm) slings to wrap around nubbins en-route and a large one for the jug further up. Make sure you don't fall off past the bolt! Start: Start 2m R of R. FA: Kevin Lindorff & Tony Marian, 1989 | 20m, 1 | |||||
24 | ★★ Slap Strafe Jerk
Originally supposed to stick-place a #2 hex to protect the monster jump-start. As usual there is more than one level of shade here. Originally the nut was placed and then used for aid to place a backup. Finally Mikl has put in a sensible bolt. Start: Start as for TOR. FA: Mike Law & Malcolm Matheson, 1983 | 25m, 1 | |||||
25 | ★ Mixed Metaphor
VS to SM starting from the right past 2 FH's. | 25m, 4 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles King Rat Area Lizard Procrastination Pinnacle | |||||||
24 | ★ Use Me and Abuse Me
Louise's description is worth repeating in full! "Why pay a shrink to talk about your problems when you can do a new route and tell the whole world for free?" Start: Start in the cave L of CC. The bolts flex alarmingly and need to be replaced. FA: Simon Mentz, Simon Carter & Richard Henderson, 1991 | 15m, 2 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Pilot Error Cliffs Baby Buttress | |||||||
25 | Nati Dwed
| 10m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Pilot Error Cliffs Cobwebs Gully | |||||||
24 | ★ Entangled
Great second pitch for 'Astral Plane' or just approach from the hole leading to the ledge of 'Pilot Error'. Start: Start atop 'Astral Plane'. FA: Mark Moorhead, Geoff Robertson & Mike Law, 1981 | 25m, 1 | |||||
24 | ★★ Astral Plane
Bridge to gain short crack, bolt, then right and up, bolt and finish on a larger crack at top. Has had a rap anchor added. Start: Start high in the gully on the right hand or main wall looking into the gully, at a stone step towards the back. FA: Chris Shepherd & Ian Anger, 1981 | 15m, 2 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Pilot Error Cliffs Pilot Error Area | |||||||
25 | ★★ I Dunno Direct Finish
I Dunno to level with the traverse back right into Daily Planet, arrange a nest of good gear then continue straight up via a reachy and exciting sequence (RP possible mid crux). FA: 2014 | ||||||
24 | I Dunno Direct Start
| 10m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Pilot Error Cliffs Lois Lane Wall | |||||||
25 | ★★★ Debutantes and Centipedes
Trend R to arete past 3 RBs. Crux to break then tend leftwards past good trad to loweroff. Start: Start L of the blunt arete. FA: Mike Law & Mike Law-Smith, 1981 | 25m, 3 | |||||
25 | ★ Cambodia
The face with 2 bolts, involving two distinct boulder problems. Reachy start off two sidepulls then into slopers to a brief respite, then a cute micro crimp problem to the ledge. Easily up from there. Harder than some 26s. Start: Start R of D&C. FA: Mark Moorhead & Jon Muir, 1982 | 20m, 2 | |||||
24 X | ★ Lois Lane
Amazing how many people commandeer the blunt end on a bold route! Start: Start R of C roughly in the middle of the wall. FA: Kevin Lindorff, Tony Dignan, Matt Dunstan & Peter Lindorff, 1979 | 20m | |||||
25 | Extension
The reachy face with a bolt. Start: Start just R of LL. FA: Mike Law & Mike Law-Smith, 1981 | 25m, 1 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Atridae The Flight Deck | |||||||
24 | ★ It'll Never Fly
Thin steep face then traverse left to arete. Up arete (#2 BD cam) to lower-off. Start: Just left of 'Orestes'. FA: Mike Law, 1982 | 30m, 5 | |||||
25 | ★★★ Have A Good Flight
Climb It'll Never Fly almost to arete, then cut back diagonally right and up to another bolt (exciting) then up to anchor. Start: As for It'll Never Fly. FA: Chris Shepherd, 1982 | 18m, 6 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Atridae House of Atreus | |||||||
24 | Evading Infra-Red
Very unbalanced in grade with a hard start. The top wall could be a nice direct finish for 'Surface To Air'. Was a bit controversial in its day for no good reason other than who put it up.
FA: Matthew Brooks & Julian Oldmeadow, 1991 | 35m, 2, 1 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Atridae Muldoon Area | |||||||
25 | ★★ Fail Safe
Used to be desperate and dangerous with only a manky fixed sling for protection, and first you had to get to it. Recenty retroed by the FA so might become more popular. As for 'Muldoon' for 10m, then climb R arete of cave past 3 RB to lower-off. Start: Start as for 'Muldoon'. FA: Kevin Lindorff & Geoff Little, 1979 | 10m, 3 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Atridae Agamemnon Area | |||||||
25 | ★ Gay Olympics
Thin face climbing and a dyno, nice! Originally given 26 with fewer bolts and no stick-clip. Start: Start just right of the odd U bolts - use the stick clip! FA: Mike Law & Ian Anger, 1983 | 20m, 3 | |||||
25 | ★★ Golden Gaytime
Direct finish to 'Gay Olympics' FA: Ingvar Lidman, 2006 | 30m, 3 | |||||
25 | ★★ No Country for Old Men
An excellent birthday present from Glenn to Kevin; the best route on Collision Course wall. Climbs the wall between Collision Course and Female Friends. Take off a star if the bees return. Three bolts and some trad gear. Start: Either climb the pillar immediately right of Collision Course, or climb the start of Collision Course itself (better) to the horizontal ledge at about 10m. From the right edge of the ‘holes’ recessed there, reach up to clip the first ring bolt. Straight up past this and the second ring bolt above. Continue up until able to reach right to clip the third bolt (on Female Friends). Up to the anchors (double rings) above Collision Course. FA: Kevin Lindorff, Glenn Tempest & Glenn Tempest, Sept 2016 | 30m, 3 | |||||
24 | ★★ Female Friends
An exciting face climb that is very sustained. Start: Start as for GG. FA: Mike Law & Mark Moorhead, 1981 | 27m, 3 | |||||
24 | Madness
Tough move at BR then up L to short crack. Start: Start up inside the 'Agamemnon' chimney, 1m L of a thin crack on the R (NW) wall. FA: Chris Shepherd & Stuart Hickson, 1982 | 15m, 1 | |||||
24 | Mixed Blessing
Not as good as it looks unfortunately, and the bolts are hard to clip. Start: Start a few metres R of E, and 1m L of T. FA: Hugh Widdowson, 1992 | 50m, 4 | |||||
24 R | ★★ Telemachus Direct
Up Telemachus's crack then straight up the arete above to stance. Step L below red patch and straight up the middle of the buttress to the top. Good gear at crux then run-out on easier ground. FA: Kim Carrigan & Eddy Ozols, 1981 | 30m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Gully Steel Delinquency Pinnacle | |||||||
24 R | Mr Sheen
Polished face, with 1 BR which is scary to clip, and a scary finish. Start: Start 2m R of SDV. FA: Mark Moorhead & Malcolm Matheson, 1981 | 15m, 1 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Gully Organ Pipes Gully Left Side Finger Prince Pinnacle | |||||||
25 | Up, Up and Away
Cops an absolute bagging in Louise's guide. Start: Start just right of 'Stirling Moss'. It's the bolted line, not clear how many bolts it actually has. FA: Ant Prehn, 1986 | 12m, 3 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Gully Organ Pipes Gully Left Side Iron Void Pinnacle | |||||||
24 | Iron Void Variant Start
Up fragile looking flakes to join Iron Void. Gear may be suspect. Start: Start 8m R of 'Tuby Tuba'. FA: Steve Monks, 1992 | 15m, 1 | |||||
25 | ★ The Flashing Blade
Short, soft and bolted - needless to say this one is popular. Start: Start on the uphill side of the 'Iron Void' pinnacle. FA: Nick White & Andy Pollitt, 1990 | 25m, 5 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Gully Organ Pipes Gully Left Side Frenzy Pinnacle | |||||||
24 | ★★★ Spring Offensive
BR, then bold to overhang and 2nd BR. Go 4m up L then straight up. The direct finish goes slightly R from 2nd BR to 3rd BR. Start: Start in gully L of F. FA: Lincoln Shepherd, Evelyn Lees (Direct Finish by Matthew Brooks & Julian Oldmeadow), 1992 | 20m, 3 | |||||
25 | WhiteTrash
Start: The start is not described...
FA: Kim Carrigan & Mark Moorhead (alt), 1979 | 40m, 2 | |||||
25 | Rats Have Feelings Too
The incipient flake - take plenty of #1 RPs. Start: Start 5m R of WT. FA: Chris Shepherd & Ant Prehn, 1986 | 40m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes Gully Organ Pipes Gully Right Side | |||||||
24 R | Private Assassin
Not well protected, a serious lead. Up Private Detective to seam (about 4m), diagonally left across face and up just right of arete. FA: Douglas Hockly & Esther Renita Thompson, 2002 | 10m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes D Minor Pinnacle | |||||||
24 | ★★ The Philosopher
Follow the seams straight up from the start of 'Cadenza' and finish up that climb Take care as gear is hard to see and place. FA: Chris Dewhirst & Phillip Stranger, 1968 FFA: Kim Carrigan & Chris Peisker, 1979 | 18m | |||||
25 | The Philosopher Direct
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Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Organ Pipes Area Organ Pipes The Red Wall | |||||||
24 | ★ Abbie Normal
Bridge up gully to clip bolt. Up blunt arete past another bolt to join Wyrd, up corner and flake. L at bolt to jugs, up thinly past another (bolt, not jug) to rings. Start: Just L of Wyrd. FA: Douglas Hockly & Ingvar Lidman, 2002 | 24m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Organ Pipes Area Rabbit Boulder | |||||||
V5 | ★ Traverse the whole Bunny
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Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Central Gully Central Gully Left Brick Wall | |||||||
25 | ★ Squealing
Start as for QDS. Up QDS then take small flake up L, almost reaching 'Squeakeasy'. Up then traverse R into hanging crack on bulge and up this line. FA: Chris Shepherd & Simon Parsons, 1981 | 30m | |||||
25 R | ★★★ Squeasing
Runout. Start as for QDS. Climb QDS to where it joins Quisling. Step left and climb the seam to the right of Squealing aiming for the hanging nose. Gain this on its left then step right and finish straight up to mega jugs. Finish up Squealing or Squeakeasy. FA: ingvar lidman, 2005 | 25m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Central Gully Central Gully Left Golden Fleece Wall | |||||||
24 | Get Knotted
Start 3m right of Mind Games.The seam, then join the finish of 'Beautiful Loser'. FA: Kim Carrigan, 1984 | 25m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Central Gully Central Gully Left Moby Dick Pinnacle | |||||||
24 | ★ Horrorscope
First 24 at Araps but otherwise a bit underwhelming. Start just R of Hyaena. Straight up then follow the R-leading diagonal. FA: Chris Peisker, 1976 FA: DS Kim Carrigan & John Smoothy, 1984 | 16m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Central Gully Central Gully Left Stoat Wall | |||||||
25 X | Small Wall
This squeezed-in face was toproped then soloed by Mudie, then retrobolted by others. The bolts were then removed so it is effectively a solo. Watch out for the loose looking blocks at the top Start: Start 1.5m L of TSSO. FA: Dave Mudie, 2000 | 8m, 2 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Central Gully Central Gully Left Wailing Wall | |||||||
24 | ★★ Paladin
Start beneath the appealing finger crack in the orange wall. Saunter on up. FA: Greg Child & Andrew Thomson, 1978 | 16m | |||||
24 | ★★ Life in the Fast Lane
Start beneath the proud steep buttress forming the highest part of Wailing Wall. Slightly daunting start leading into the crack, then pump up the power to reach left into the next crack weakness. Up this to large pockets, then finish up and left. FA: Kevin Lindorff, 1978 | 25m | |||||
25 | ★★ Life in the Fast Lane Direct Finish
Start as for Life in the Fast Lane. Instead of traversing off left at the large pockets (as for the original route), move right a couple of moves and head up the orange face via an interesting sequence to the small roof. Bombproof gear in the pockets then a slight runout to the roof (and more gear) make this a tad exciting but generally quite safe. FA: Jon Muir & Geoff Little, 1985 | 25m | |||||
24 | ★★ Die Loaded
Start beneath the RH crack. Up the RH groove to it's finish, go up R to a mantle, then the face and the L-most corner. FA: Greg Child, 1978 | 38m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Central Gully Central Gully Left Shattered Buttress | |||||||
25 | ★ Alone in the Dead Zone
Quite good, but the bolt is crap. Don't lead it. FA: Tim Ball & John Lattanzio, 1985 | 15m, 1 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Central Gully Upper Central Gully Deep Freeze Wall | |||||||
24 | Handshake
The flared handcrack. Start: Start 4m L of DF. FA: Mark Moorhead & Ian Anger, 1980 | 15m | |||||
25 | ★★★ Deep Freeze
The leftwards diagonal. Not that well protected at the start, but a great little route. It has been done starting in from the L, but it's harder and not as good. Start: Start 2m L of the R arete of the wall. FA: Mark Moorhead & Eddy Ozols, 1980 | 15m | |||||
24 | ★ Deep Throat
The vague line, needing small wires. Go R to arete at about half height, after which it eases substantially. Start: Start 1m R of DF. FA: Jon Muir & Geoff Little, 1985 | 15m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Central Gully Upper Central Gully Mari Buttress | |||||||
24 X | Run It Out, Sucker
Start R of Megalomaniac. Up unprotected blank wall (23) to join Power Crazy for 3m, then R on poor slopes to join a line through the bulge. FA: Jon Muir & Brigitte Muir, 1985 | 36m | |||||
24 | Another One Bites the Dust
Start R of Vacancy. Bouldery blankness into vegetated crack. FA: Mike Graham, 1980 | 40m | |||||
25 | ★★ Dyslexia
Tiny steep crack. 'Best viewed as a B2 problem - the crux being a long dynamic off mean slopes to a small hold above a roof' - Carrigan. Start: Start just L of the arete. FA: Kim Carrigan & Chris Peisker, 1979 | 10m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Central Gully Upper Central Gully Cecilia Wall | |||||||
24 R | ★ Split Level
Up JC to it's top roof, then traverse R past old manky fixed gear, cams, and a runout, to join 'Cecilia'. It's worse to second than to lead. Start: Start as for JC. FA: Kim Carrigan, 1979 | 30m | |||||
24 | ★★ Guide for the Perplexed
Start 3m R of 'Johns Corner' at carrot bolt (bring a very tall friend to clip it for you), face climb past two fixed hangers to reach the underclings at the roof, past another fixed hanger in the steepness. FA: Lincoln Shepherd (originally traversing off - the finish was added in), 1990 | 25m, 4 | |||||
25 | Buddhist Economics
Reachy start past 2 BRs over bulge, then trend R. Tackle the roof 2m L of C at a weakness. Start: Start just L of C. FA: Parrish Robbins & Mike Fox, 1990 | 25m, 2 | |||||
24 | ★★ I-GoB-BA Link-Up
Really very good. A link up of Intransience, Blind Ambition and Girls on Bikes. Intransience 's initial steep moves to a rest, then moving L approximately 1.5m (where Intransience goes R) via nice moves through the tricky grey section and back R again to another rest. Finally directly up through the blank black section over the last RB of Blind Ambition. (There is an alternative L finish from the last big horizontal up an obvious flake between the described finish and Cecilia, however despite the climbing being easier, gear is non-existent) FA: Christian Seger & Adam Syriatowicz, 1997 | 27m, 1 | |||||
25 | ★★ Blind Ambition
Short crack past PR to ledge on I, and up I to jug. Now slightly L to join flake. L at break and then up. Start: Start down R of I. FA: Chris Shepherd & Geoff Little, 1982 | 30m | |||||
25 | ★★ Girls on Bikes
Bulging crack then traverse L to ledge. Head L and up very faint groove over bulge into WoH. Now go diagonally L to finish up 'Cecilia'. Start: Start 1.5m R of BA. FA: Kim Carrigan, 1981 | 40m | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Central Gully Upper Central Gully Skyline Walls | |||||||
V5 | ★★ Outrageous Coincidences
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V5 | O.C's R to L
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24 | Revolution Rock Low Start
Boulder into Revolution Rock using evil pockets. | ||||||
25 | ★★ I'm a Mess
Climb the faint groove past bolt (FH) to gritty, grey roof. Traverse right across this on slopers to jugs, then up final headwall. Fiddly pro. FA: Chris Shepherd, 1982 | 15m | |||||
25 | ★ Tres Hard
Up faint groove to sharp pockets (FH), then stretch right into base of flared crack weakness and follow this to top. Powerful. Start: Starts right of I'm A Mess. FA: Kim Carrigan, 1979 | 15m | |||||
25 | ★ Playing With A Different Sex
Starts 2m right of 'Tres Hard' and climbs seam/crack weakness to hanging slab. Join the dots up the slab, then up easier grey tower to finish. A high side runner in Tres Hard was the only gear in the first 3/4 of the route on the first ascent. Retrobolted with Roland's permission, 3 bolts plus trad gear. FA: Roland Foster, 1982 | 18m, 3 | |||||
24 | Guns of Brixton
Further right along the ledge are two prominent chalked lines easily identified by their limestone-like appearance of large pockets and underclings. This route starts 1m left of the first line (On High) and climbs less travelled territory to shallow corner. Joins 'On High' near the top. FA: Ant Prehn & Rod Young, 1983 | 15m | |||||
25 | ★★ Non-Stop
Right of 'On High' are two large pockets on the lip of a roof. Up to pockets, then over bulge and up leftwards through more pockets to layback flake. Continue directly. FA: Kim Carrigan, 1979 | 20m | |||||
25 | Cuddly Fat
Layback up vague corner then left across good holds to an obvious pocket. Reachy crux via a dubious hold, then left to the hollow jug and finish up crack weakness. Start: Just right of Non Stop at slight corner. FA: Chris Shepherd & Allan Wilkie, 1982 | 20m | |||||
24 | Slip, Slop, Slap
Boulder up past 2 bolts and some trad placements. Start: Start 5m R of NH where the wall bulges considerably. FA: Wayne & Gavin Jensen, 1990 | 12m, 2 | |||||
24 | Smithereens
3m right of 'Blast Off' and 5m left of black rock. Stick clip runner to start, then boulder into crack above. FA: Mark Moorhead & Chris Shepherd, 1983 | 10m | |||||
25 | Wastemaster
Located on small wall above Non Stop. Easily accessible from the summit. Climbs crimpy wall past two bolts and trad placements veering left near the top past a poor pocket. FA: James Falla & Paul Hoskins, 1988 | 10m, 2 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Central Gully Upper Central Gully The Torture Chamber | |||||||
V4 | ★★ 3) thin seam
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V5 | ★★ 5) Second thin seam
Lean back and lock your fingers into an amazing roof crack. Swing around and up from there. | ||||||
V5 | ★★ Left side of scoop
Sit start, climb up left side of the scoop and finish up as for "big dyno". | ||||||
V5 | 7) classic traverse
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Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Central Gully Central Gully Right Reaper Buttress | |||||||
24 | ★★ Berserk
A flawed route with no need for the chipped holds. Back to the front (main) wall. Up chimney/corner on left end of main wall (Armpit - 11) then access diagonal rampline rightwards past a bolt. Cross 'Reaper' and finish up headwall just right of arete. No reliable gear before the bolt (needs replacing) and route is quite runout on the headwall. FA: Mark Moorhead, 1983 | 35m | |||||
25 | ★★ Taste Sensation
From Reaper's 1st belay, head up 'Reaper' 2nd pitch to where it curves left, then traverse 2m right to below bolt. Pull over bulge and up crack to break. Traverse left along break, then up headwall past bolt, aiming for short crack. Start: Start at the first belay of 'Reaper'. FA: Chris Shepherd & Malcolm Matheson, 1981 | 65m | |||||
25 | ★★★ Taste Sensation Direct Finish
Taste Sensation to the big horizontal, then near the left end of this launch straight up into Grimstone's finish. | 30m | |||||
24 | Ultramundane
From the belay, drop down then traverse R across 'Incest' to the first ledge of 'Wild Oats'. Start: Start at the first belay of 'Reaper'. FA: Chris Shepherd & Mark Moorhead, 1983 | 30m | |||||
25 | ★★ Incest
Back at ground level, 2m L of the weakness of Wild Oats. Head up then leftwards to 2 prominent bolts, then left across white marbled rock (crux) into hanging corner. Finish up this to the first belay of 'Reaper'. Start: Start as for the LH option of 'Wild Oats'. FA: Chris Shepherd & Louise Shepherd, 1983 | 48m | |||||
24 R | ★ Fine Arts
Start: Start as for 'Wild Oats'.
FA: Chris Shepherd & Cathy Blamey FA: Barry Young & Chris Stroud (p1 only), 1979 | 65m, 3 | |||||
24 | ★★ Jilted
Back wall. Approach via 'Skyline Walls', 'Dreadnought Gully' or Josie's Climb. Very steep start past bolt then rightwards along lip of roof (BRs) to a tricky exit (Cam or small wire). FA: Alistair Mark, 1989 | 15m, 3 | |||||
25 | ★ The Perfect Match
Back wall. A mini Slopin' Sleazin'? Unconventional moves up an interesting feature left of 'Jilted'. Start as for that route to its first BR, then head up to 2nd BR and left to the base of unlikely arete. Climb this to good pocket (BR), then continue past undercling to top. Note: Trad anchor now mandatory after some tosser stole the double ring anchor. FA: Steve Kelly, 2008 | 10m, 3 | |||||
Oceania Australia Victoria North West Arapiles Central Gully Central Gully Right Minstrel Pinnacle | |||||||
24 R | Wild Rose
Climb the little crack which starts on the lip of the roof. Gain it from the left. The fixed wire and slings at the start of the crack are long gone and it is probably quite bold to place your own on the lead. Start: Start on the west face (the face looking up Central Gully). FA: Craig Peacock, 1982 | 15m |