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The Olive Caves - New Gramps Sport Crag!


rodw

31-Jan-2008
1:35:46 PM

On 31/01/2008 nmonteith wrote:

>I was thinking about bolting 3 or 4 lines on this wall as an easy beginner
>sport crag. Nothing much harder than 16 - but its got the location (ie
>10sec walk-in).

Just make sure you leave at least one trad placment Neilo...or it wouldnt be a proper Grampians sport route.


nmonteith

31-Jan-2008
1:49:32 PM

According to a mystery Natimuckracking source - every trad route up to grade 22 has already been led on this cliff band. They won't give route descriptions though....


SwineOfTheTimes

31-Jan-2008
1:55:12 PM

To quote myself
>A number of routes were done in the area (walls around the caves and north) ground up on natural gear, up to about 22.

Which you turn around into.

On 31/01/2008 nmonteith wrote:
>According to a mystery Natimuckracking source - every trad route up to
>grade 22 has already been led on this cliff band. They won't give route
>descriptions though....

Get your story right.


nmonteith

31-Jan-2008
1:58:09 PM

:-) - just getting a rise piggy!

So whats been done and what hasn't?


Macciza

31-Jan-2008
2:31:50 PM

On 30/01/2008 nmonteith wrote:
>On 30/01/2008 Dave J wrote:
>>In the mean time if anyone wants to go and Play on "the Agent of Cool"

>I think Pat's quite keen to give this a go sometime. He's about the only aussie person
>i can think of who has the ability and would be interested!

I'm pretty sure Zac would be up to giving it a lash once we've ticked our current gr30+ Blue'ies trad line.

kieranl

31-Jan-2008
2:48:23 PM

Neil,

Some of those little grey crags have also been climbed on - not by me. I've seen some write-ups somewhere. I can't remember whether this and the cliff on top of the range were written up in Rock or Argus though. BA might have an idea. As I've just donated my Rock collection to Simey I'm going to have trouble checking it.


jh

3-Feb-2008
2:36:51 PM

Yes i think a lot of those grey walls have been climbed Rock Guide 'New Climbs including Nowra update' insert to for Rock no 30.
Have climbed a few of these routes including throwing rope over the main face Neil refers to.
We have also been climbing 100 left of main cave on yellow wall which doesnt appear to have been climbed on previously ?.


nmonteith

3-Feb-2008
8:19:41 PM

On 3/02/2008 jh wrote:
>Yes i think a lot of those grey walls have been climbed Rock Guide 'New
>Climbs including Nowra update' insert to for Rock no 30.

Great! Thanks for that info. I've got that guide so i'll enter whats in it into the online guide. It only lists 6 routes between grades 12 and 18. JH do you have any route descriptions for anything you've done?


nmonteith

3-Feb-2008
9:24:49 PM

All routes from the Rock Update have been added to the online guide! I'll check them out and take photo topos next weekend...


alrob

7-Feb-2008
10:57:47 AM

haha! i just realised that i had a look up in that cave about 2 years ago! and that if i was to go back to bolt something, it would be what is now Tazer! sweet! someone else has already done all the work for me!

hero

7-Feb-2008
11:54:06 AM

"Lets have the route descriptions!

Ok, ok, I'm looking for them. Do you have any idea how much paper and old notepads are in my house. Welcome to come and help. Think I've narrowed it down to 2 rooms.


nmonteith

7-Feb-2008
12:22:33 PM

On 7/02/2008 hero wrote:
>Ok, ok, I'm looking for them. Do you have any idea how much paper and
>old notepads are in my house. Welcome to come and help. Think I've narrowed
>it down to 2 rooms.

If it's as messy as your mind then it will be quite a challenge i imagine!


Eduardo Slabofvic

7-Feb-2008
1:16:42 PM

On 7/02/2008 hero wrote:
>"Lets have the route descriptions!
>
>Ok, ok, I'm looking for them. Do you have any idea how much paper and
>old notepads are in my house. Welcome to come and help. Think I've narrowed
>it down to 2 rooms.

Try looking under that big pile of porno mags........err...whoops...I mean research documents.

hero

7-Feb-2008
2:04:42 PM

porno mags? have you not heard of the internet?


nmonteith

6-Mar-2008
2:36:16 PM

I've heard a few reports about people getting bogged on the short-cut access road to this crag, which is surprising since we drove a Mazda 121 and a Magna in there! The less sandy way in is to drive around the back way via Winfield Road. Still a few waterbars to deal with, but totally ok in a 2WD.

Hopefully this map makes it a bit clearer...

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