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IntroductionSingle pitch sandstone cragging above the scenic Georges River. |
AccessSigns in the carpark mention Aboriginal sites of cultural significance are in the park.<br/><br/>Drive to the northern end of Georges River Rd, Kentlyn. (#239 Georges River Rd) and park in culdescac at the bush tracks. This carpark looks a little dodgy (broken bottles, rubbish etc) but Neil was assured by the police who park there (??!!) that it doesn't get breakins.<br/><br/>10 minute access. Walk down the firetrail on the east side of the carpark (Not the one with the gate). At the first T junction (less than 100m from carpark) take the right turn. Walk a further 50m and take the next right turn at T junction. Follow this road downhill for 300m to T junction. Take the left turn and follow fireroad downhill. After 200m the road turns into a faint foot-track which leads onto ridge. 100m on the faint track eventually leads left off the side of the ridge and down rock gully to base of small cliffline. Follow this broken cliffline left (facing the cliff) for 100m around a rocky point to the short crack routes Bang and Bam. There is a descent gully in the middle of the cliff as well that can be reached by bush-bashing a short distance from the fireroad directly south to cliff. This needs to be marked as a proper track! |
| * * * | The Weaver | 25 | 18m | ||
| Weaves a cunning line through the blankness. Slick start to under first rooflet, traverse left and mantle onto small ledge. Insane slippery rock above to under huge roof. Hand traverse spectacularly right to lip and up subtle flake to anchor. Long quickdraws useful to stop rope-drag. Very condition dependent - if it's hot stay off! | |||||
| Neil Monteith & Marek, 28th Jun | |||||
| Le Scoop (Closed Project) | 15m | ||||
| 50m right of The Weaver. Line of lovely scoops with intense crimp finish. | |||||
| Set by Neil Monteith, 2014 | |||||
| * | Rock Over | 24 | 15m | ||
| Undercut face to start then easy stuff to super desperate sloper rockover move into scoop. Finish up airy prow. Superb quality rock from start to finish. | |||||
| Neil Monteith, 6/9/2014 | |||||
| * * | Hope Slope Dope | 23 | 15m | ||
| The right of the two routes up the steep scoopy wall. More desperate slopers and an exciting finish! | |||||
| Neil Monteith, 6/9/2014 | |||||
| * | Demolition Derby | 23 | 15m | ||
| 50m right of Le Scoop. Sport route starting up easy ledges, out short roof and into large hanging scoop/funnel feature. Finish up reachy wall with big move to finish. Hands past the anchor for the tick. | |||||
| Neil Monteith, 5/7/2014 | |||||
| * * | Palmasarus | 20 | 14m | ||
| Fused left facing stemming corner 5m right of the project. Not a straight down pull on the whole route! | |||||
| Neil Monteith & Marek, 28/6/2014 | |||||
| * | Marek's Magnificent Slab | 23 | 13m | ||
| Intense and desperate slab 5m right of Palmasaurus. Every hold is slightly sloping and footholds are short to come by. Has been massively scrubbed - help keep it clean and give it a go! | |||||
| Set by Matt Brooks, 28/6/2014 FA: Marek Brock-Tasler & Neil Monteith, 5/7/2014 | |||||
| Rad Trad Adventure Route | 13 | 15m | |||
| The flakes and ramp 5m right of Marek's Magnificent Slab. | |||||
| Stu Dobbie, Enmoore Lin, John Thearle, 2/8/2015 | |||||
| I Wish I Was a 70s Climber | 17 | 13m | |||
| Slabby corner crack leads to rooflet. Swing out right and up jugs to spectacular finish up dead leaves and tree branches. Belay off tree 10m further up the rocky hillside. All trad. Not all rad. | |||||
| Neil Montgomery Monteith & Marek, 26/6/2014 | |||||
| * | Marek's Mighty Corner | 18 | 13m | ||
| Steepish corner crack on left edge of big cave, starting out at finger crack size and moving quickly to hand then wide. | |||||
| Marek & Neil Monteith, 24/6/2014 | |||||
50m past Marek's Corner, after a cave, is a short grey buttress with a few mini trad cracks. This section is directly below the end of the ridge walking track. It would be cool if all routes in this section where done on trad.
| Bang | 14 | 7m | |||
| Bangor style grit route. The major crackline up the grey buttress. Surprisingly tricky but really well protected. Top out onto ledge and tree belay. | |||||
| Neil Monteith & Kathy Dicker, 6/9/2014 | |||||
| Boom | 20 | 7m | |||
| Seam crack 2m right of Bang. Boulder problem start on sidepulls then tricky crack. Protected by a couple of #0.5 Camalots and wires. Belay off tree. | |||||
| Neil Monteith, 6/9/2014 | |||||
