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Grade Route Gear style Popularity Crag
2023
23 Jurassic Park

The groove up the centre of the ampitheatre to DBB. Starts at small pedestal onto column and steps right as it starts to steepen into main line.

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Dec 2023

Sport 31m, 15 Kaputar
22 Kick the Waves

Up left facing corner then continue steeply up nose

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Feb 2023

Sport 15m, 6 Mystery cliffs
2022
19 Bower Bird

From the toe of central gully right wall start on rock rib then briefly as for Low Road but from narrowing move left onto cracked arete that leads to sloping ledge. Excellent gear and great aspect. DBB just below bush line on ledge. Named after the amount of blue coloured rubbish we have removed this trip.

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Mar 2022

Trad 27m Killiecrankie
21 Dante In Furneaux

The line just right of DD with a tricky but well protected exit from the steep crack. From. There trend right across Tendonitis to join Captain Pugwash and finish up that route to Belay on bollard as for Christmas Carol.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Mar 2022

Trad 30m Killiecrankie
24 No Time for Games

Start as for Bird Noises but once established traverse right to the system of vertical flakes, then up corner feature to roof. Follow left-rising ramp until below direct finish (still a project) then traverse right to arete and finish up final metre of bowerbird to DBB. Double ropes essential.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Mar 2022

Trad 27m Killiecrankie
23 Angry Birds

Starts up Bird Noises and traverses right to join the left traverse on NTFG before finishing as for that route ie by traversing right to arete. DIrect finish still a project. Traverse has been done above and below the bush at similar grades.

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Mar 2022

Trad 25m Killiecrankie
24 The Gang-gang Gang

As for NTFG but at the small roof where that route traverses left, go right to arete and finish up Bowerbird for its last 6 metres. Fewer cruxes but still good. Double ropes essential.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Mar 2022

Trad 30m Killiecrankie
25 Sisters

This isolated highball is worth a visit. Either a V5 or 25 if you place gear to protect ankles. A pleasant 20min walk from the campsite, either rock hopping west or take the dirt road opposite the low camp entrance. This road leads to the coast with the wall immediately to its left looking over the channel to the Sisters islands.

FFA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Mar 2022

Trad 7m North East rock
17 Easier than it looks

A variant p5 for HHCIB. From the pedestal below the second last bolt on pitch 4 take the direct corner/ ramp for 25m until able to traverse right and up to DBB. Continue up the final pitch of HHCIB. Gear full rack of cams to #3 with double # 0.75 and #1 and a good selection of wires

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Feb 2022

Trad 35m Lake Huntley
21 RAD ( Retired and Dangerous)

Abseil 50m from 60cm slings at DBB just below highest point of the NE buttress to large vegetated ledge with quartz covered ramp. Walk towards the lake to DBB and extend anchor with 120cm slings and abseil 70 m to a grassy terrace. Can be done as 2x 35m rappels. Gear: 16 quickdraws, small wires, cams from micro cams to #2, slings for abseil, spare biners for anchors

  1. P 1) 34m 19 up short arete to thin crack then head left past bolt to arete. Continue airily to DBB. 10 bolts and small wires and micro cams

  2. P2) 36m 18 continue up arete to DBB. 10 bolts.

  3. P3) 25m 21 walk up ramps to base of wall and start at a finger/ hand crack that leads at 6 m into a chimney on the right side of a pinnacle. From top of pinnacle bouldery moves past 3 bolts lead to an alcove, from this step right onto slab and up to DBB. 4 bolts and gear

  4. P4) 25m 11 a single bolt is visible on the skyline to the right from the belay. Walk 2m right up vegetated ledge to crack then up this staying right to the bolt and up onto grassy ledge. The crack just to the left leads to the starting DBB. 1 bolt and gear

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Feb 2022

Mixed trad 130m, 4, 25 Lake Huntley
22 Cuddle-dog

From common start take the left route

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, 1 Jan 2022

Sport 14m Blue Mountains
2021
24 Creaking Limbs

Left around the arete from DOG. Step off block onto wall, traversing left at midway pockets to flake then up, between the orchids. DBB

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Oct 2021

Sport 18m, 6 Watagans
24 Hibernation

Start from terrace above squeeze chimney at flake. Slightly overhung climbing through roof let to finish left at interesting mantle and DUBB on ledge. Rock improves after first 2 metres.

Sport 16m, 6 Watagans
19 Davafly

The middle of the slab right of Coming At Ya. Start from top of block, stick clip first bolt. DBB

FA: David Gray, Vanessa Wills & Flynn Cooper, Sep 2021

Sport 10m, 3 Watagans
18 Mirror Mirror

Onto block and up the overhung honeycombed wall to slab finish. Don’t skimp on final moves if tall.

Sport 12m, 5 Watagans
24 Podolobium (aciculiferim)

Start up 'Prickles' but move right via extra bolt to finish on anchors of 'Marmite'. The name is that of the ubiquitous Watagans bush that Monkeyface climbers are only too familiar with, removing tiny thorns for days after an encounter

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Sep 2021

Sport 13m, 5 Watagans
25 Bauble Arete

Start as for CC, then step right to arete and thin face. 1 RB, 4 bolts. Suggest set up anchor off tree and place bolt plates and quickdraws as you abseil in. Mantle onto ledge to finish.

FA: Vanessa Wills, Sep 2021

Sport 11m, 5 Watagans
16 Bombayment

Step right off block then up arete before heading left to shared anchors with Davafly

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Sep 2021

Sport 10m, 3 Watagans
22 Iguazu

Starts 2m R of Wilde Seam on upper tier at thin finger crack. Head left to DBB on slab

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Aug 2021

Trad 15m Kwiamble National Park
19 Nell Falls

Offwidth and tight V chimney 1 m right of Iguazu past golden fin of rock. Head to DBB to left up slab

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Aug 2021

Trad 16m Kwiamble National Park
14 Niagara falls

Starts down right of NF up twin cracks past small tree, continue across slab left to anchor

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Aug 2021

Trad 18m Kwiamble National Park
19 The Newcastle Expressway

A very direct start to the Sydney route, starting to the north. Pitch 1 50 m Just to the left of the lowest part of the cliff, which coincides with E face changing to SE face is a grassy knoll. Scramble up this from the north to the first sloping terrace. Stepped rock with an incipient line heads up left, nearly meeting with the top of the knoll 2m up-it would be possible to step right from the high part to join the line.

Up trending slightly left with spaced gear, back right at 15 m above a threader, then left aiming for a fused open book corner under a roof. Near the roof at 40 m step left around a blunt arete for 2 m to belay in a small alcove on small cams . Good quality rock. Spaced gear.

P2 30 m straight up from belay to short corner (small wires) then step right onto featured slab . Up into stemming groove exiting left then step right onto wall and straight up to arrive at top of chasm where P 3 of Sydney route starts.

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Feb 2021

Trad 80m, 2 Frenchmans Cap Area
2020
22 Codswallop

Starts on buttress at right hand end of sector. Stick clip high bolt to protect bouldery start, then up slightly right into thin crack that takes small gear to finger size. DBB as for arete on left, or belay on slab and finish up NCM pitch 2.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Dec 2020

Mixed trad 16m, 1 Kaputar
22 Mullet

Undercut start on left side of arete and up left face, heading right to anchors before slab. Anchors fixed hangers only at present with single maillion.

Sport 16m, 4 Kaputar
18 Mercurial

Start up Whinging cripple for 15 metres. At chimney step right onto face via diagonal crack and up slabby line staying left of NMAB bolts with adequate gear to shared anchors.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Dec 2020

Mixed trad 30m, 7 Kaputar
19 Fusilier

From the top of Whinging Cripple clip bolt up and left, then step down and airily go left around buttress into a groove on its left side. Follow this to chain anchors past 2 horizontals. Good but spaced gear.

FA: David Gray, Vanessa Wills & mel, Dec 2020

Mixed trad 25m, 1 Kaputar
16 Pitch Perfect

From the top of Fanciful go right over rib of rock into right facing groove. Up to DBB. Excellent water washed rock. Single set of cams 0.5 to #4 .

Trad 20m Kaputar
20 The moulting spider

The shortish corner left of arete to shared anchors. A set of micro cams and 0.75, 1 and #2 cams suffice.

FA: Vanessa Wills, Dec 2020

Trad 12m Kaputar
15 Tiptoe through the Lomandra

The stepped appearing crack just left of a pillar of stacked blocks, and 4 m right of Arete. Good gear throughout RPs to #3. At half height the angle eases and vegetation increases. Trend left to top via a slabby hand crack. Trad belay. Alternatively at 15 m, traverse 3m left to anchors and abseil.

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Nov 2020

Trad 30m Kaputar
26 Phoenix Rising

Seam 3 m left of big roof, stick clip high first bolt. Offset wire blue DMM, #0.75 cam and micro cam needed before crack closes. Continue up groove through small roof up high

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Nov 2020

Mixed trad 20m, 6 Kaputar
23 The banded Huntsman

The sharp overhanging arete 15 m right of waterfall. Start on ground, not up ramp. Optional small finger size wire or cam after last bolt. Optional small wires to start, or use a long stick. Walk back to DBB.

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Nov 2020

Sport 15m, 3 Kaputar
25 Razorwire Canoe

Technical stemming corner past 2 bolts to the widening crack, taking everything from a 00 C3 to a #4 Camalot, step right to anchors as for Ponzie Scheme

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Nov 2020

Mixed trad 15m, 2 Kaputar
18 The worst climb in the world

The chimney feature in the alcove. Joins NMAB after a short section of finger crack on the right wall. The name says it all.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Nov 2020

Mixed trad 30m, 5 Kaputar
22 Retired, Extremely Dangerous

Start 5m left of the the No Trachyte for old Men corner. Up wall, through roof and up to the undercut block passing 5 bolts. A short section of technical jambs and laybacks gains the perfect hands corner, above which a cam protected wall, leads up and right to double bolt anchors. Caution: 70m rope needed to lower or double ropes to rappel.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, 5 Oct 2020

Mixed trad 34m, 5 Kaputar
22 Snuggles and the Dragon

Start as for DMG first bolt, but go direct, steeply passing 3 more FHs to join finger to hand crack to pedestal. Then up middle of buttress following intermittent cracks through 2 rooflets. Solid protection with single rack from micro cams to #2, and many wires from large RP size up( offsets useful). Same anchors on ledge as ExSlovenian. Easily toproped after doing that route.

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Oct 2020

Mixed trad 30m, 5 Kaputar
19 That Sixties Groove Direct Start

Start at low roof, just right of ES. Stick clip first bolt near lip. Up corner and traverse right under roof to mantle Past second bolt then up left side of buttress with wires and cams to #3 through fern, passing historical piton en way. When level with top of buttress step right to Careless Fingernicker anchor.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Oct 2020

Mixed trad 30m, 2 Kaputar
20 Ponzi Scheming

Surmount pyramidal blocks to the left of chopping block then up face passing to bolts to small alcove under roof, continue up face passing two more bolts to DBB. Small wires and cams to #1 To supplement bolts essential

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Oct 2020

Mixed trad 17m, 4 Kaputar
18 Out of the Ashes

Start at mid point of roofs, 3m left of Dekaputation below finger to hand rack with undercut start. After pulling hard start, the climb relents to a fun grade 12 on great rock. No anchors at present.

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Oct 2020

Trad 16m Kaputar
22 Scorpios
  1. (22) 45m

  2. (20) 35 m

  3. (22) 50m

  4. (14) 30 m

  5. (5) 20 m

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Oct 2020

Trad 180m, 5 Warrumbungles
14 A wide berth

Offwidth left of VC, trending left to tree to belay. Cams or tubes to BD #5 essential though it will take larger gear.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Aug 2020

Trad 15m Watagans
17 The Wide Open Lobe

The very wide offwidth, 20m right of "Go Figure". Originally led with #9 and #12 Valley Giant cams and a #4 Big Bro (long continuous corner crack wider than a #6)

Trad 20m Watagans
19 Grayzed Anatomy

The next offwidth corner right of "The Wide Open Lobe" with an offwidth crux at mid height and a sting in the tail near the top (#5 and #6 size)

Trad 20m Watagans
21 Music and Passion

The face left of GB, trending left to finish as for C to shared anchors

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Aug 2020

Sport 18m, 9 Watagans
24 Simba

P1 20 m 23 As for Aslan pitch 1, belay on ledge. P2 25 m 24. Start Aslan pitch 2 but exit stemming box on left and take crack to left of Aslan corner.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Jun 2020

Trad 45m, 2 Kaputar
21 Strapidbisectomy

Direct route following blunt arete in the middle of wall through roof direct to shared DBB as for Taipan/ Easy Meat. . #1 and #0.4 cams between 3rd and 4th bolt and a 0.75 in pocket after last bolt. Belay just down from terrace, #3 for belayer protection.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, May 2020

Mixed trad 17m, 4 Watagans
23 Strapid-dichotomy

1m right of cave, passing 3 RBs to crack at left of roof. Cams to #1.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, May 2020

Mixed trad 16m, 3 Watagans
20 Copy Cat

Straight up the orange and black striped wall right of A. Avoid bridging into that route for full value. Plug hand sized cams into the diagonal then up overhung wall As for Plagiarism variant To finish at DBB

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, May 2020

Mixed trad 15m, 3 Watagans
19 Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Shares the same first 2 pitches as IALR, but after confirming with Noddy, the last two pitches are independent. The psychological crux is still the first chimney pitch, after this the climbing is well protected.

  1. (17) 45m crack to left of Rocket Man (Ride?). Run out between last chockstone and fig tree up body chimney. Belay at stance above fig at 33m or continue through to second fig.

  2. (17) 35m continue up R arcing corner to near where it diverges left. Cross slab towards large brown corner, belaying at stance below fig and L facing flake line. IALR continues up and right for its third pitch.

  3. (18) 60m straight up to left facing flake and around this flake into double corner system. Approaching ledges at 60 m exit right to belay below L facing corner.

  4. (19) 35m up L facing corner for 15 m, then airy hand traverse right for 20 m. Then easy scramble to top.

Trad 160m, 4 Warrumbungles
2019
21 Yuletide

The centre of wall left of finger crack avoiding the stacked blocks

FA: Vanessa Wills & John Hollott, Aug 2019

Top rope 7m Watagans
22 Slab of Ham

Up direct to right edge of cave then straight up slab to left side of boulder at top. 4 bolts. Hangers needed. Highly recommended to abseil over route on fixed line from tree and place hangers and draws. Finish with Both hands on top ( bolt at waist) and use abseil line as anchor to lower from. The route is visible from the walkers lookout.

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Aug 2019

Sport 12m, 4 Watagans
24 Leather jacket

Slab to low roof. Tricky moves past second bolt, then continue up to the right of prow, moving right at top to shared anchors.

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Apr 2019

Sport 18m, 6 Kaputar
18 Close Shave

Start 2 m right of the stepped low roofs at a sinuous line that heads up the right side of the inset pillar. Step a bit left to place a runner in the roof crack of D if needed. Chimney at top. Gear to # 5. Trad belay.

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Apr 2019

Trad 20m Kaputar
19 Dekaputation

Start in corner at stepped low roofs. If nervous about the large hanging block go direct at same grade. Go through second roof into finger crack that widens to body crack up left side of inset pillar. Head left onto ledge, step left a metre and finish up short chimney. Trad belay

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Apr 2019

Trad 20m Kaputar
24 Curse the Currawong

From the belay ledge of WTC continue up the line to top. Possible to abseil in from a variety of hardware.

Set: john Fantini, 2018

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Apr 2019

Sport 15m, 5 Kaputar
19 Cookie Corner

Start up arete, sharing crux and then step into corner and up to anchors via squeeze chimney. Can also start up CMC trending left and up corner at grade 17

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Mar 2019

Mixed trad 15m, 3 Blue Mountains
21 Ironfest

Wide crack on pagoda in south facing amphitheatre. Doubles from #2 to #5 and triple #3 recommended

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Mar 2019

Trad 20m Blue Mountains
21 Vlad the impaler

Double ropes and small wires and C3s handy. Crux well protected. Note that the topo in the Haasnoot guide is incorrect. Vlad goes direct through the towering blocks (the spikes with which one impales). Someone has placed DUB anchor.

Trad 12m The Surge
2018
20 Telapia

Climb the seam past 3 bolts ( stick clip advised) to the double ring bolt belay at the top of Flake.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Dec 2018

Sport 10m, 3 Kaputar
22 Reindeer mantlers

Step right off ledge to left arete of buttress 3 m right of CRackaphonic Crack. Technical moves to DBB

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Dec 2018

Sport 10m, 4 Watagans
20 Elves on Shelves

Straight up centre of buttress to DBB

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Dec 2018

Sport 12m, 4 Watagans
21 Sandy Claws

The right arete of buttress. Shared anchors with EOS. DBB

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Dec 2018

Sport 13m, 5 Watagans
17 Christmas Cracker

Start on left side of cave 2 m R of SC. Left into left facing corner. Small cams (c3s) to #1. Tree belay.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Dec 2018

Trad 13m Watagans
Unknown year
Flake and Chips unknown
2018
19 Triticale

The chimney to off width corner to thin crack right of OE with a flake on the left wall. Belay at abseil station.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Sep 2018

Trad 13m Arapiles
16 Two Dog Night

A thin right leaning crack in the centre of the wall. No lower offs as yet.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, 21 Jul 2018

Trad 30m Blue Mountains
19 Uncle Connie

Steep corner 5m right of Bakers Chimney. Fingers to thin hands.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, 1 Jul 2018

Trad 15m Watagans
17 R The Importance of reading the guidebook

An alternative second pitch to IBE, instead of heading left from the belay ledge stay right and go up the fused corner. There is some gear.

FFA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Jul 2018

Trad 20m Kaputar
22 New Trix

Choss to roof using dead tree as for TOTT. The climbing then rapidly improves. Instead of stepping right continue straight up line on small but excellent gear. Surmount flake and continue up hand crack, stepping left to exit at top, as for final corner of DS.

FFA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Jul 2018

Trad 33m Kaputar
25 Red Dog

The crack bisecting the wall just left of access ramp. Up left of fern easily for 10m. Martial your TCUs, and finger size cams, and small to medium offset wires and launch up the overhanging seam. Hand size gear for the finish at DBB just before the moss sets in. The route has been done to the top.

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Jun 2018

Trad 20m Blue Mountains
21 Rain Shadow

Left most route on left wall of central buttress. 25 m left of Oberon, walk through vegetation then up to base of this sector. The route is just right of where track meets wall

FA: Vanessa Wills, Jun 2018

Sport 12m, 5 Watagans
24 Prehabilitation

2m right of RS. Veer right to seam then back into groove to anchors

FA: Vanessa Wills, Jun 2018

Sport 12m, 4 Watagans
21 Crackaphonic Cack

Finger crack bisected by a welcome alcove. Belay off tree

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Jun 2018

Trad 7m Watagans
18 Octonauts

Start 4 m right of PV. Up groove to chimney and offwidth squeeze chimney. Belay on slings on ledge.

FA: David Gray, keith bell, Vanessa Wills & sylvie frechette, May 2018

Trad 33m Blue Mountains
19 Squid Splitter

Common start as for Foctopus/ daisy diversion but continue direct up crack on left hand wall, pass belay for Foctopus, then straight up crack to top.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, 3 Apr 2018

Mixed trad 45m, 3 Kaputar
20 Fools Gold

The right sided dihedral of the big black buttress. A set of small to medium cams needed with 5 FHs to DBB over top. Abseil off.

FA: Vanessa Wills, 1 Apr 2018

Mixed trad 20m, 5 Kaputar
23 Laid Away

Lay away the thin seam 5m right of Fools Gold. Start on ramp. Optional cam or nut in pocket between first and second bolts. DBB

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Apr 2018

Sport 20m, 6 Kaputar
22 Boof

Stemming groove to finger/hand crack, just right of Fools Gold. #0.25 cam break between 2nd and 3rd bolts, finger to hand size gear to the top

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Apr 2018

Mixed trad 20m, 3 Kaputar
22 Star track express

Start at flakes in middle of wall. Up with C3 s and wires in thin crack to right of flakes for protection, to pass roof on left side. Green and red C3 essential at this point. Move up then right to join crack which widens, then from ledge step right and slab up line of least resistance to white gum belay above BoB.

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Mar 2018

Trad 18m Kaputar
17 Farm link

Start as for Rigors under hanging arête, but continue to follow diagonal crack right to join a widening vertical crack that continues to ledge and then to top.

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, Mar 2018

Trad 20m Kaputar
15 Toll

4m right of Linfox and it's marking tree is a blunt arête that is undercut just above the ground. Start just left then move right up arête which sports a thin crack and straight up with gear to #3. Belay/ rap off white gum tree at top of route, about 6 m below top of cliff.

FA: Vanessa Wills & David Gray, Mar 2018

Trad 17m Kaputar
22 Late for the Circus

The arête at right side of wall . Climbs the right face. Unfortunately first bolt makes you swing around arête if you come off, just start with second clipped. A long sling over the edge from anchors on platform will protect last moves.

FFA: Vanessa Wills, Feb 2018

Sport 11m, 3 Koolewong
23 Madam Dictator

The left most route closest to the ocean starting under a triangular roof Hard moves under and over the roof then more easily to the top

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, 26 Jan 2018

Top rope 6m Treatment Plant
23 The Shuffler

Splitter crack with a small roof down low then a sustained offwidth. Was 23M1, best done with 3 #6, 3 # 5, a .75 for a horizontal, # 4 and a # 9 and big bro for the top.

FA: Jason Piper, 2013

FFA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, 1 Jan 2018

Trad 22m Watagans
15 Morenci

Left facing corner to step right at roof to belay on ledge (15) 25m. Continue up right facing corner to convenient tree (13) 25m. Descent down vegetated gully to climbers left.

Trad 50m, 2 Blue Mountains
25 Where Eagles dare

From pedestal of rock launch up the centre of the buttress on RB to DBB, with occasional moves on the left arête. Finish with hands on top of cliff.

Sport 20m, 9 Kaputar
20 Grasberg

A long single pitch, or can belay on ledge at 20 m. Left facing corner 15 m right of Morenci under hanging corner. Up easy hand crack to overhanging layback. Step right to ledge and up to roof, step right and continue up corner and face to top

Trad 50m Blue Mountains
22 Rigors

Stemming groove and hanging arête 10 m R of BOB. Belay back off trees. Take C3s for the groove. A single bolt protects the crux move into the corner.

Mixed trad 20m, 1 Kaputar
21 The Vector pitch 1 direct start

Boulder the arête straight up into the overhanging crack past good gear jorizontals. DBB

Trad 10m Blue Mountains
22 Quirkiness

15 m L of Barely credible and about 15 m R of where the wall changes direction down towards the base of the orange buttress. Large white streaks on the rock. This follows a R trending blocky ramp. Pitch 1 30 m grade 19. High first bolt, follow poor rock for 30 m to belay at chain. Possible to abseil from here. Pitch 2 16 m up on better rock with hard move through bulge 19 A0, or grade 22 to top out

FA: Barley, 2016

FFA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, 2018

Sport 45m, 2, 18 Kaputar
24 The Black Flash

Mixed route (5 bolts and small gear) 3m right of “Emoji” at the right hand end of the main overhang. Up arête past 2 bolts and small cams to ledge and gear, then up and right through steepening territory passing 2 more bolts to single bolt belay ( at present)

Mixed trad 30m, 5 Blue Mountains
23 The Leaning Tower

Start from top of block just left of large pillar that is leaning on main wall. Good 0.75 in undercling to left, then step left into thin seam that runs up blunt arête. A set of TCUs and cams to 0.75 and a good medium wire. DRBB

Mixed trad 25m, 4 Kaputar
23 The Weeping Wall

Start off block left of pillar leaning against wall as for LT. Up Past bolt to gain finger crack that continues up from the top of the pillar to share anchors with LT. Gear to #1. Lots of small cams.

Mixed trad 25m, 1 Kaputar
23 Titarse Andronicus

Right of WY, start off boulder, done originally pulling on aid bolt to overcome undercut buttress. Step left and up wall direct. Was 21 M0, now free. Chain belay with single carabiner.

FA: robin barley & judy komori, 2006

FFA: Vanessa Wills, 2018

Sport 25m Kaputar
23 Sore Paws

Start right of corner, and left of arête. Move up and right through pockets to cross water streak, and up clean orange streak to DBB

Sport 20m, 9 Blue Mountains
18 Dummykins

Start up Y but at 1/3 height step left into hanging corner. And continue up the line.

Trad 33m Kaputar
21 Namoi Carp Muster

south facing corner at start of waterfall sector. Up short pedestal then through fern into sickle shaped crack. Continue up finger crack then up leftwards to top.

Trad 40m Kaputar
23 The Lithgow Panther

Start as for the Black Flash to ledge. Step left to follow right trending flake system to DBB. It will get its own direct start.

FA: Vanessa Wills, 2018

Sport 25m Blue Mountains
24 Only The Long

A right hand start to GGHB to roof, then up to shared anchors. Thin wall climbing past 2 bolts, easier if you're tall!

Set: Vanessa Wills, 2017

FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, 2018

Sport 11m, 4 Watagans
20 Foctopus

Climb the Sunlit Plains through the roof, then blast up the groove, where sunlit plains moves right. Good protection in the RH crack and an airy undercling left at the roof to belay off cams on the arete. Double ropes helpful.

Mixed trad 25m, 4 Kaputar
2017
17 BookEnd

The large corner forming the left boundary of the main overhang. After the initial wide hands section, step right to climb the wall (protected by cams in horizontals ), before regaining the corner above ferns. Many large cams (to #9) with mandatory #4 Camalot.

FFA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, 1 May 2017

Trad 30m Blue Mountains

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