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Area	Location	Sub Location	Crag	Links
VIC Southwest	You Yangs	Nightfall Pinnacles Car Park	(General)	[ You Yangs Guide \| Images ]

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Heart of Darkness at the YouYangs 17-Dec-2015 At 3:38:29 PM harold

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from chockstone interview with Kevin - http://www.chockstone.org/interviews/klindorff.htm

Q: Plucking another "Lindorff Classic" out of the air I'll ask about Heart Of Darkness (24) at Nightfall Pinnacles in the You Yangs which goes up the impossible looking back of the Pinnacle, basically a featureless slab with a single bolt in 20 metres. I've seen this thing. The guide gives it three stars not for popularity (I doubt anyone would have the courage to repeat it) but for the sheer audacity of the first ascent. What possessed you to all but solo this thing?

It hadn't been done - that was a red rag to a bull (I've often said that if I couldn't do new routes I'd give up climbing and do something else). Anyway, it looked O.K from below. I figured I could do it O.K. So I did.