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Description

Also known as Layback slabs, this boulder is the obvious stand-alone boulder on the left of the path.

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Access issues inherited from New South Wales and ACT

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Approach

Right opposite Four Cracks Wall and obvious as you walk in. Problems described anticlockwise round the boulder from the descent route (problem #1).

© (Atrax)

Ethic inherited from North Shore

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Routes

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Hands-free up the trackside staircase, doubles as descent route

Up the narrow face. No sides

Layback the right arete of the boulder face.

Smearing up the overlaps left of the arete

Take care not to use the chip for your foot. or deduct a grade.

There's a trick to this one. Up the next set of overlaps.

Again, avoid the chipped foothold.

Start as for #5, but go straight up avoiding the large holds on the right

Layback and undercling the long overlap to the finish of #5

Up the overlaps using a flexy flake at the top

Up using the vertical overlap above the white polished slab. Slopey edge near top.

Warning Rock: Loose flake

Layback the next overlap along, diagonally right.

Start on low broken undercling, then deviously attain the face and the good holds therein

From broken undercling, reach/slap the sloping lip, then over and up using the right arete

Same as '12' except both aretes are off.

Again from the broken undercling, traverse left below slopey lip and get established round on the left side of the block

Andrew Unsworth

As if any more classics could be found on the glorious Kenny Boulder! From common undercling start, trend up and across slopers to same exit as "13" on left of boulder when looking at problem.

FA: Jack Woodley, 18 Nov 2021

Freedom Day's burlier older brother, and a problem of truly quality moves. Same start and exit, but the right arete is off. Gain the sloper and hang on for a ride! (In the grey area of V6/7)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OdfaJS9gpo

FA: Jack Woodley, 18 Nov 2021

Start standing on the left side of the block. Drop down and traverse the slopey nose to end up on the right side.

Anti-clockwise traverse of the boulder (stays below top). Hard traverse on the back end of the boulder.

Traverse The Nose then right and down through overlaps to link up with problem 7.

Traverses the block (Hermit's Cave) right-to-left staying just below the top

Start on footholds on left edge of front of boulder, traverse right, and top out up crack in the middle, all hands-free.

No hands problem: two very high steps straight up the middle of the path side.

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Author(s): Mike Forward and Peter Balint

Date: 2023

With 2065 bouldering problems ranging from V0-V15 across 57 areas nestled around Sydney, the all new Sydney Bouldering Guide will keep you occupied for years to come. Just because we live in Sydney we'll try not to be biased but honestly this city has some amazing bouldering and usually not more than a few minutes off the road or some even near parks and train stations. There's no need to camp out and trek for hours to get to world class problems, they're right on your door step.

Authors Mike Forward and Peter Balint spent over 7 years putting this guide together and is the first new bouldering guide for Sydney in over 20 years. It's over 350 colour pages including 600+ colour photo tops, crag tops, amazing images and more.

Author(s): Neil Monteith & Simon Carter

Date: 2021

ISBN: 9780645299908

Featuring 1142 climbing routes located at 24 of the best crags in the Sydney area, this A5 size guide book is super user friendly with easy to use colour cliff topos and access maps. Covers sport and trad climbing at a variety of grades, something for everyone.

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