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Access is via the Main Face rappels. Alternatively you can rap the route, but you’ll need to bring plenty of spare biners, as the belays are all double FH.

Note that you can’t French free a lot of the hard pitches, and the escape from the base is not pleasant.

  1. 50m (27) 'The Drowning Pitch'

  2. 20m (21)

  3. 45m (24) 'Crazy Sex Pitch'

  4. 45m (26) 'Balls in a Juicer Pitch'

  5. 35m (23)

  6. 15m (24)

  7. 50m (25) 'The Golden Corner'

  8. 30m (20)

  9. 20m (20)

Route history

20 Mar 2005First ascent: Adam Donoghue Gareth Llewellin

Warnings

Location

Lat/Lon: -41.93852, 145.60971

Grade citation

27 Assigned grade
26 Gareth Llewellin
29 [28 - 30] ++ grAId

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Crag Stewards

Many Tasmanian climbing areas have Stewards assigned as a point of contact for safety or access concerns.

For more details and the list of Steward emails please visit: http://www.thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Introduction+to+Tasmanian+Climbing

Statewide Ethics

  • The operation and use of drones by park visitors on reserved land including national parks is not permitted​

  • Peregrine Falcons nest from July - December each year. It’s important that climbers don’t climb near active nests during this period. Known sites (non exhaustive) are: Sand River (Far East, The Panopticon), Bare Rock (R of the Boneyard, L of Bisso of Orange), Rocky Cape, Pubic Wall/Duck Reach, Hillwood, Gunners Quoin, Lowdina.

  • Please note that Tasmania has notoriously patchy phone reception for particular service providers. Telstra is the most reliable. An emergency Personal Locator Beacon or similar is recommended kit when climbing in remote locations.

  • For more information - follow the link below for some local tips + tricks on how to better reduce your impact during your next Tassie climbing holiday

https://www.cragcaretasmania.org.au/learn

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Overall quality 96 from 8 ratings.

Difficulty - 27

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Suggested Grade

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Tick Types

Red point 2
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Attempt 1
Target 1

Comment keywords

runout fall tricky hard crux sustained stoked great incredible good amazing super awesome classic chimney crack crazy traverse technical epic easy fingers rest

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Author(s): Gerry Narkowicz

Date: 2021

ISBN: 9780646841946

Cracks, sea stacks, big walls, remote exotic locations, volcanic columns, no crowds and your choice of the predominant dolerite, some quartzite and a little sandstone to remind you of the mainland. Many a wilderness climbing experience can be had within a 2hr car trip from the main centers. By Gerry Narkowicz. This guide features 1280 routes.

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