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Climbing at Kanangra Walls area?

2G

20-Sep-2013
9:57:55 AM

Does anyone know of any climbing near the Kanangra walls area? Are there any established crags/lines there, is climbing even allowed?

Doing the walk to Mt Cloudmaker next month and I'd like to try and sneak in a day of climbing

PThomson

20-Sep-2013
10:54:36 AM

G'day mate,

It's interesting you bring this up. I actually asked the same questions a while ago:

http://www.chockstone.org/Forum/Forum.asp?Action=Display&ForumID=15&MessageID=21024&Replies=8

It seems that Tom Williams, Ian Brown, Dave Noble and Adam Darragh have done some climbing/new routing out that way, but route information is quite scarce (Dave has a few trip reports on his web page which exemplify the adventurous nature of the place.

http://www.david-noble.net/climbing/2009/Kanangra/KanangraDeep.html

http://www.david-noble.net/climbing/2007/SkullRidge/SkullRidge.html

I've actually been keen to get back that way to work on a few multi-pitch lines I was eyeing off while canyoning out there.

As to whether or not it is allowed: well, it IS national park, so it's always a dubious issue, but unless it suddenly turns into Centennial Glen, I don't think there will be too many problems.

Regards,

-Paul Thomson

maxdacat

20-Sep-2013
11:46:23 AM

It would be a wicked absqueal!

jrc

20-Sep-2013
11:49:46 AM

Krafts walls on the way from Kanangara to Cloudy look like a few decent lines with Narrowneck-quality rock, would be worth a look...

BBSR

20-Sep-2013
2:42:22 PM

I did a couple climbs there a while back. There were some boulders a 10 minute walk from our campsite, which were quite good. We also did a couple short routes that we found off the track going down to the falls (didn't look like we were the first).

sbm

20-Sep-2013
9:33:08 PM

Wow, the "Razorblade Ridge" route in Paul's second trip report link looks like an awesome day out. Proper blue mountaineering.

Some bushwalking/canyoning friends exited Danae Brook (I think) by the Thurat Spires traverse, and it was apparently "really scary and hard", so it sounds like fun.

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