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Black hill - top roping 6-Jul-2012 At 9:07:05 PM Ben_E

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On 6/07/2012 phillipivan wrote:

>The Deciet slab has a bunch of parallel lines that get progressively harder
>from about 14 to 18 or 19. Its probably easier to top belay than to sling-shot,
>on some of those slabs though.

Not sure how recently you've climbed there, but in addition to the carrots are the back the Deceit slab now has some rings closer to the face that are OK for TR-ing if you use slings (at least for the Deceit and the first two climbs to the right of it), no real need to top-belay.

In general I'd agree with phillipivan that the Deceit/Milawa area probably has the highest density of decent TR-able climbs.

With some webbing or a rope you could also set up a TR on the climbs below Touch and Go (bolt like a bush pig etc), though they may be a bit mossy during winter. Frog Hollow is an OK easier climb in the area, scratch and sniff is also good on TR.

Another option would be the Virgin Summit Tor (easy approach), but I don't remember what the anchor situation is on top of that (used to be the tree, but rings may have been added).

Reluctant: Are you looking for things that the kids can climb (and if so, how old are they and what sort of grades can they do), or just climbs that have a kid-friendly approach and a base that the kids can run around on without disappearing down a cliff?

Edit: And the top of Milawa itself can be easily accessed by walking up the gully to the left of the climb.