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Area	Location	Sub Location	Crag	Links
VIC Buffalo	(General)	(General)	The Cathedral	[ Cathedral Guide ]

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Big offwidths at the back of the cathedral 2-Jan-2018 At 6:50:10 PM IdratherbeclimbingM9

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On 2-Jan-2018 bigchris wrote:
>Further left than twin cracks. I took a photo but am not sure how to post it from my phone?

You probably can't because Chockstones upload process asks for a location (of the desired picture), and it doesn't recognise phones because it looks for a 'drive' on your computer.

On 2-Jan-2018 ajfclark wrote:
>I think that's Desperation Crack, The Pinch, Lord High Exe cutioner, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Longbow, Precious. Page 142-143 of the guidebook.

ajf is on the money with his replies, so it sounds to me that you don't have a Buffalo Guidebook with you; ... & no, Sublime Climbs (good as it is) doesn't quite fill all the nuance-gaps for me, so I suspect also for you (bc) too!

On 1-Jan-2018 bigchris wrote:
>When you walk up to the cathedral (all the way to the sign) you can see a bunch of huge cracks on the opposite side to Sultan. Does anyone have
>any info on these, and more importantly, how do I get down? Cheers!

If you are talking the many gutters / off-widths below saddle level on the western side to where you walked up, then more than one historic punter (including me) has traversed the base of those looking for gems. IMO topping out from those would involve a scrub or rock scramble, or at worst finding a natural anchor and abseiling back down.
The traverse / circumnavigation from Tatra Inn around the west side of Cathedral, back to the road on NE side of Cathedral, is an arduous undertaking, so be prepared for many cul-de-sac /dead-ends, and this time of year copious grass seeds in your socks!

If you are talking the prolific number of cracks that have been done above the saddle where you ended up, then the guidebook is your friend for getting off them after topping out; ... in a nutshell the easiest option without abseiling off a natural anchor, is to reverse (down-climb) the Tourist Route.