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Where's Crock Wall? 13-Jun-2014 At 11:42:10 AM BA

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SIGNAL PEAK

Continue along The Pinnacle walking track past the Goon Lower Cliffs. At either the native cherry at the first bit of zigzag encountered, find a cairn in the gully and continue straight up following more cairns, or continue on to the next zigzag section. At a large eucalypt with a massive main trunk and three smaller ones, head north 30m to a cairn. This is one of the cairns mentioned earlier, turn left and up to the cliff.
Time from car: 45-50 minutes.
Descent: Way, way, way to the left (south) until its possible to scramble back onto the track.
Climbs are described from left to right.

Green Light 25m 15
A relatively impenetrable cliff runs right from below Frenchman’s Beret for some hundreds of metres below Signal Peak’s assorted chossy walls. Left end of this is a continuous overhang. Immediately right of this overhang, about 70m right of Frenchman’s Beret, is a major slab leaning against cliff (landmark). From top of this slab climb crack for 4m, then traverse right to corner. Up this to ledge with large gum. Finish up tricky wall above. Geoff Gledhill, Chris Baxter, Kieran Loughran. 9.6.97

Dot Dot Desh 50m 13
The bottom of the climb wanders around a fair bit with the intention of climbing the corner up high. This corner is visible from the walking track from the vicinity of the southern end of Mackeys Peak. and also, more closely, from near the big tree mentioned above. It starts about 10m right of where you reach the cliff, cairned. 1. 25m Up with a lot of meandering to reach the base of the corner. A light coloured bush growing almost horizontally gives you some idea where to aim. 2. 25m Gain the corner, then the top. Bill Andrews, Peter Watling Alt.Leads Autumn 1979

Heliograph 45m 16
About 200m left of Dot Dot Desh, at a cairn just left of a slightly vegetated chimney line up high. Up the crack to the obvious horizontal, move right and up (crux) to join the chimney. Peter Watling, Bill Andrews, Ceri Law October 1979

Deshpatch 50m 12
Starts about 30-40m left of Heliograph, at a cairn with a stick stuck in it. 1. 45m Up the left hand line to the lower diagonal, then follow it up left to belay a short corner. 2. 5m The corner. Peter Watling, Bill Andrews Alt.Leads November 1979

Signal Failure 50m 17
Don’t be derailed. This cliff has vast amounts of lichen and juggy friable rock. Signal Failure certainly has its share, but tackles some of the more impressive architecture here. 1. 25m (crux) Line 4m right of Deshpatch, At 15m go up right on yellow wall to turn overhang by crack on its right side. Continue up crack to ceiling. 2. 25m Traverse left under roof, then follow arching sickle up left eventually to join last part of Deshpatch. Chris Baxter, Kieran Loughran (alt), Geoff Gledhill. 9.6.97