Vias em The Grotto Proper

Another tight little number that will test your crimp skills. Keep pulling and stop moaning and you will piss up it.

Start: Wall left of the carrot on the walk down track. Right of the chimney.

Route name changed at the request of the first ascentionist.

This one will keep you on your toes. Good foot work will help. A true classic.

Start: Line just to the right of the carrot bolt in the centre of the wall.

Route name changed at the request of the first ascentionist.

Tricky in places that don't even have places.

Start: On the arete just right of sluts of trust.

Neat slabbing for a few moves then you get right into Vanessa.

Start: Right ten or so meters from TCOR at the clean slab left of slot.

The left most route on the wall.

Start: Right of VV at arete of slot.

A cheap route in the venacular of routers as it joins up a lot of surrounding bolts with few of its own.

Start: As for Vanessa

Up Rock Shoxs to the first bulge then head left to the obvious pocket the up to anchors.

They get tricky to differentiate in this area so to get the true feel you climb to the right side of the bolts on the lower wall. If it feels way thin and impossibly hard then you have the correct line otherwise you are climbing the 'Fizzbomb' variant start.

Start: At blank wall right of 'Fizzbomb' arete.

This unit soughts out the new routers from the Look Mum I Gotta Drill Crowd! It and the next route make CC a redundant traverse in the middle of the wall. How i love making your route finding errors into the directissima.

Start: Same as the CC marked on the rock which is about 4 meters right of the 'Fizzbomb' arete.

Completes the task of making CC a piking traverse in the middle of the wall. Goes where CC was afraid to step.

Start: Next right of CC.

Second right of CC

Vgroove right of CC

Left of overlap. Graded 18 in Rod Young's guide - I changed it from the misleading 21 - this agrees with other comments.

The crack was always wet so you just couldn't use it. So only about one hold will work in the crack the rest is thin wall climbing. If the crack dries out look out for global warming its coming sooner than we expect, give up your job and go climb all my classics before you die!

Start: Just meters right of the Egg Roll on the ledge.

All soughts of dubious technologies were tried to stop the wall from leaking out of the pockets. A good climb but you just have to put the wet patch out of your mind and do it.

Start: Down on the ground at corner left of 'Vermin Arete'.

A great off vertical wall where you can stand on your feet and contemplate why you can't climb it.

Start: Just right of the 'Wet Patch'.

These walls are really great climbing. You're mad if you don't give them a go next time you scurry past.

Start: Cracky thing just right of P's Dog.

Best wall in the area bar none!

Start: Just right of Planet 'Pulse'

Vermin From Venus 'Arete' start is so hard you really have to work for the grade. So its better off keeping your finger nails and doing this start instead.

Start: One meter right of the 'Rodent From Rigel'.

Nails hard start. Those dudes could really crimp it in the old days.

Start: Under arete now complete with new ring bolts.

Really good climbing that lets you do the possible bits of 'Times Up' and leaves the impossible bits to somebody who can.

Start: At any of the Vermin Starts, take your pick but i suggest the easy one.

Classic blunt arete. Soft 6 for 'Nowra'.

Start a few meters right of Sid Vicious. Up the wall to the single U anchor. Considering that the route finishes at a single bolt lower off in the middle of the wall, after 9m of mediocre climbing, and is the first half to the route Paul Cook, it's a route that seems to be worth forgetting (plus it's sandbagged). But don't let that stop you.

Up Steve Jones then into the original aided line to top. Really good lay aways rave rave rave etc!

Right a couple of meters from 'Steve Jones' at the off set. Good moves at the top where it joins 'Paul Cook'.

Start: The old Giles and Ant aid route now fully operational.

Very popular. It is a bit easier (22) if you retreat to the flake on the right at the crux. But, this seems like most obvious thing to do, and going direct seems a little contrived. If you want to rip the dodgy flake off then don't go direct otherwise grit your teeth and go direct for a safer experience.

24 surely?

A bit goey at the crux. Start as for Belgian Tourists but step right and up wall and over bulges.

Ricky put some new bolts in. Classic !! Not too hard for a Nowra 4

Possibly the best route on the wall. Not too cruxy, and long enough to get a good pump.

Up the corner and flake to the suspended flake. Continue up to jug headwall.

Start: Start just R of 'Access Chimney' at arete.

Up obvious thin flake as for AbdulMajid then right and follow line of RBs over bulging wall and on up to top of cliff.

Climb the slab beneath the cave passing a nice flake. Continue above cave tending slightly left to a flake, then back in line to lower-offs.

Start: Start 2m right of BW

Balance your way up passing 7 RBs. Finish at the larger U bolt or link into the top of L'arch

Start: Start 2m right of LA

Adds a grade twenty start to Mcstagger or at second bolt you can join Alien Space monster

Start: Off the ground just to left of pillar

Up and left to flake and up the obvious pinnacle on the wall. Finish at ledge. 'Extension' is 'TMc'.

Start: Start as for 'ASM'.

start as for ASM. go left up pinnicle (14) to small ledge then follow rings up steep rock with small sharp holds

Straight up wall veering slightly right past 4 bolts to lower off as for 'Mc'.

Start: Start as for 'ASM'.

A Billy Goat must make it's way up this route guarded by a fearsome and hideous troll (crux) who is so territorial that he eats anyone dares try. Do you have what it takes to get to the green grassy meadow?

Start a meter left of Spinning Blades, Clip the bolt first, then continue out along the hanging rib before eventually heading up

Start for Sheriff, then head left out to the lip below ASM and up the wall

Start as for Spinning Blades and take the lower line of bolts between Sheriff and Spinning Blades, to join the latter at the no-hands rest

Start at the right side of the pillar and follow the jugs out to the left. Use the rings.

Start as for Spinning Blades, but head straight up.

Start on the right arete of the cave. Follow the lip up to the crack, then straight up this

The bolted crackline. Finishes at the top of cliff after a leftward traverse. Single U anchor is to assist with cleaning.

Quite a unique climb with a particularly tricky mantle shelf and a stiff little ending.

Start: A few meters to the right of the wide crack S&MAA

Route name changed at the request of the first ascentionist.

Was 3 bolt project

Route name changed at the request of the first ascentionist.

Start about 2m left of 'Joy Mitten'. Climb the unlikely looking wall to small ledge then continue slightly left and on up the arete.

Better finish to Joy mitten. Goes all the way!