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  <header access="Approach via the Step Tier Track, which is signposted on the Organ Pipes Track.&lt;br/&gt;Descent: Rap chains are located atchain at the top of the Tier, above the topfinish of Ophthalmia, (two abseils; 40m to sloping ledge between Lone Stranger and Ophthalmia, 40m to ground)." acknowledgement="" history="" intro="A narrow tier with a conspicuous platform (the Step) about a third of the way up the nose on the Lleft. The base of the tierTier supports a large tilted slab, and the gully to the Lleft is known as Teardrop Gully. Step Tier offers several fine climbs, all virtually next door to each other." rock="Clean dolerite cracks up to 80m" sun="Morning sun" walk="15 min" camping="" autonumber="true" name="Step Tier" id="1"/>
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      <climb>10</climb>
      <climb>9</climb>
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  <text class="text" id="17">The first line on Step TearTier actually starts on the wall of the left LHhand side of the prow, to the Lleft of Mothers on Adrenalin. It is accessed from the RHright hand side of lower Teardrop Gully.</text>
  <climb name="Clutching at Straws         " id="18" stars="" extra="" length="28m" grade="17" fa="P. Robinson, C. (Basil) Rathbone, 5 Feb 2015." number="1.">Takes a crack line leading to the Step, broken by a ledge at 5-6m. Start on a grassy ledge at the base at a thin crack Lleft of a short wall.&lt;br/&gt;Climb crack to a good hold and continue by using the V groove and/or by pinching the rib. Scramble up 2-3m past a bush and continue up the corner/V groove above. Easy climbing above to the Step. Rap off (sling: 28m) or continue up Moonraker.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</climb>
  <text class="text" id="19">The next climbs start at the very LHleft hand end of the main left-trending access ledge.</text>
  <climb name="Mothers on Adrenaline" id="11" stars="" extra="" length="25m" grade="20" fa="D. Fife, 1996." number="2.">Follows cracks on the prow of the buttress Lleft of Moonraker. Start up Moonraker alternative start (Pitch 1a) and follow the prow to the Step at the foot of Moonraker Pitch 2. Finish up Moonraker or Left Out or abseil on slings (30m) back to the access ledge.</climb>
  <climb name="Moonraker" id="10" stars="***" extra="↓" length="77m" grade="16" fa="M. Douglas, R. Williams, Nov 1966. (1b): D. Hain, M. Dunstan, B. Kennedy, Jan 1975. (2b) H. Jackson, S. Joseph, 2011." number="3.">A deservedly popular line up the profile of Step Tier. Start at the line at the very left hand end of the main access ledge below Step Tier. (The slab below this has also been climbed). &lt;br/&gt;1a. 30m. Alternative start (17). Climb directly up the line for about 10m and then hand traverse Rright on the horizontal break to the cave, continuing up the original route. &lt;br/&gt;1b. 30m. Original Start. Climbs the alternative start for 2m before travering right across the face on dubious rock to the prominent crack line. Up the crack past a cave then continue directly above to toreachreach the 'step' of the Tier. &lt;br/&gt;2a. 42m. Climb the crack line on the left hand side of the prow past an old dodgy peg (still there in 2015), continuing up the walls and chimney above to finish up the arête. &lt;br/&gt;2b. 25m. Face Variant (17). Climb the arête Rright of the cracks until it merges with the original line. Continue as for 2a. &lt;br/&gt;3. 5m. Chimney up behind the pillar to finish at the Step OphthalmiaTier abseil chains above Ophthalmia.</climb>
  <climb name="Left Out" id="13" stars="***" extra="↓" length="50m" grade="21" fa="D. Fife, Pete Steane, Jan 1991." number="4.">A gob smacking sustained pitch. Climbs the south face, Lleft of Moonraker. Start on the Step (at the top of the first pitch of Moonraker or Mothers on Adrenalin) - traverse Lleft on the horizontal break and down 5m below the Step to the intermittent crack line. Up this and the face above for 20m to another horizontal break. Move Lleft to the arête and climb up it to the shallow corner. Up this to The Colour of Magic DBB. Abseil from here down the wet gully or better still descend as for rap from Step Tier anchors above Ophthalmia. Take some small cams.</climb>
  <climb name=" Sucked In" id="12" stars="**" extra="" length="45m" grade="23" fa="K. Robinson, C. Godfrey, Jan 2001." number="5.">A direct finish to Left Out. Instead of going Lleft onto the arête at the higher horizontal break, continue straight up.</climb>
  <climb name="One Way to the Moon" id="9" stars="" extra="↓" length="40m" grade="19" fa="A. Wilson, J. Otlowski, Dec 2001." number="6.">Start 5m Rright of Moonraker and 4m Lleft of Xenophanes. Climb the crack to the Rright side of the Moonraker 'hole', continue straight up the face and climb the black water-streaked wall with the thin cracks above. The gear is adequate but well spaced. Belay on the step as for Moonraker. Either rap off or continue up Moonraker.</climb>
  <climb name="Xenophanes" id="7" stars="**" extra="↓" length="80m" grade="17" fa="I. Lewis, D. Hain, Jan 1974." number="7.">A clean and consistent line that is genuinely thrilling. The second line Rright of the start of Moonraker. &lt;br/&gt;1. 24m. Climb the crack to a small sloping ledge. &lt;br/&gt;2. 30m. Up a short corner and face above (mind the suspect rock) to a ledge below a wide crack. Up the crack (crux) to a belay ledge (less sweat with a #4 Camalot). &lt;br/&gt;3. 26m. Follow the sensuous hand crack to a ledge, then up a short chimney behind a pillar to reach the Ophthalmia rap chains.</climb>
  <climb name="Lone Stranger" id="6" stars="***" extra="↓" length="78m" grade="19" fa="K. Carrigan, I. Lewis, Jan 1974." number="8.">Test out your finger strength! The brilliant corner that takes the LHleft hand of the two cracks in the middle of the tierTier Rright of Xenophenese. &lt;br/&gt;1. 26m 16. Up a short groove, negotiate the suspect wall, then up twin cracks to left LHhand end of terrace. Climb the groove, then over a bulge to an alcove below the overhung corner. &lt;br/&gt;2. 26m 19. Bridge, hipsmearhip smear and fingerjamfinger jam the steep corner to a large ledge (crux). &lt;br/&gt;3. 26m 18. Switch Rright to the natural continuation of the Ophthalmia line. Follow the crack round two roofs to the top. Traverse Lleft 3m to OphthalmiaStep Tier rap chains.</climb>
  <climb name="Ophthalmia" id="5" stars="**" extra="↓" length="81m" grade="18" fa="J. Moore, R. Williams, Mar 1967. Direct start: Phil Steane, Pete Steane, Oct 1982." number="9.">So named after the large quantities of loose dirt which once remained after the devastating 1967 bushfiresbush fires. Pitch two is steep and sustained, and harder now the dead tree has departed. The route takes the right RHhand of two crack lines in the middle of the tierTier that are 4m apart. &lt;br/&gt;1. 24m 1615. Climb the first pitch of Lone Stranger as far as the terrace. Traverse Rright 4m and belay at the foot of the prominent crack. A direct start climbs the blocky orange face directly below pitch two. &lt;br/&gt;2. 36m 18. Follow the line up into a chimney and a small bush (50-50 friend &amp; foe). Navigate past the bush and up the delightful crack above to large belay ledge. &lt;br/&gt;3. 21m 16. Switch to the left LHhand crack, which has two awkward moves, one past a tea tree and one almost at the toptrees.</climb>
  <climb name="Peacepipe" id="4" stars="*" extra="↓" length="80m" grade="16" fa="J. Friend, D. Bowman, Jan 1977." number="10.">The>Excellent, firstsustained pitchclimbing ison fairlythe worthlessfourth butmajor thevertical secondline pitchon isthe superb.Tier, Start at the farright RHhand end. ofEither the tier understart at the base of Lone Stranger or abseil in via the Step Tier rap anchor to the blockymain cornerterrace. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; 1. 20m 35m.15 Climb the scrub-free zone 1m L offirst pitch of Lone Stranger as far as the cornerterrace untiland encouragedtraverse backright R into the line. Continue for 8m to the scrubby terrace then upbase of the vee-groovecrack to a ledge on system (the RHS.original Alternativelyline climbfrom the firstbottom pitchto ofthe Loneterrace Strangerwent asup farthe asscrub the terracefilled and traverseloose Rcorner across it to join on the line below the vee-groove.far right).&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; 2. 30m 45m.16 ClimbUp the open crack through the bulge to a ledge (crux). past an overhang (crux) formed by a large flake: the left hand variant via the small tree is about the same grade but a tad loose. Belay on the wide ledge (worth saving a medium sized cam or two for the belay).&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;3. 30m 16 Continue up the interesting and sustained steep crack and chimney, moving right toat the top over the chockstone. Belay at the trees. Traverse 8m Lhorizontally left from here to Ophthalmia Rap chains.the Step Tier rap anchor.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</climb>
  <climb name="Sunday Morning Fever" id="3" stars="*" extra="" length="25m" grade="17" fa="A. Wilson, J. Otlowski, et al, Dec 2001." number="11.">The face to the Rright of the Peacepipe corner. Climb scrubby corner. Start to the left and then climb the cracks and flakes, staying on the middle of the face.: Itit's a bit run out at the bottom. Belay to the Lleft on the step at the tree. Rap from here also (tape).</climb>
  <climb name="Explorer" id="14" stars="" extra="" length="135m" grade="12" fa="J. Whelan, R. Williams, Oct 1966." number="12.">Take a GPS. A old wandering route of consistent standard. StartStarts as for the lower alternative start to Moonraker, at the very base of the crag, and climbs diagonally from left to right across the Tier. &lt;br/&gt;1. 18m. Up the slab. &lt;br/&gt;2. 20m. Up Moonraker 2m on good holds, then traverse diagonally Rright for 10m to athe vertical groove. Up this for 6m. &lt;br/&gt;3. 10m. Move right Ronto onthe scrubby terraceTerrace and traverse across into a deep vee-groove (Peacepipe Pitch 2). &lt;br/&gt;4. 25m. Chimney up the vee-groove (Peace Pipe)as for Peacepipe, then move Rright up the nasty steep grassy slope and belay above the vegetation. &lt;br/&gt;5. 10m. Up the corner crack on the Lleft to belay on a large shelf at foot of the irregular chimney. &lt;br/&gt;6. 30m. Follow the chimney over a bulge and into a deep recess. Continue up the wider chimney above and belay on a scrubby flat on top of the main buttress. &lt;br/&gt;7. 22m. Up a line of weakness to finish on a ridge leading to the top.</climb>
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