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  <header id="54" name="St Helens" walk="Mostly short" sun="Mixed" rock="Granite" acknowledgement="" intro="There are plenty of granite boulders around St Helens, Binnalong Bay and the Bay of Fires, but not much to boulder on. There are one or two problems scattered in most areas but not many worth the effort to get there. If you are in the area and have a car the best area found to date is at the end of Cosy Corner beach. Areas that have been looked at are: - Binalong Bay - One possible area just out of Binalong Bay as you head to the coastal walking track. Only worth visiting if you are in the area. - Binalong to the Gardens - Only real area is Cosy Corner the rest is disappointing. - Skeleton Point - Six metere faces at the point with bad landings and not much else. - Beer Barrel Beach - Nothing worth visiting. Areas that may be worth a look: - Eddystone Point - Humbug Point - In the hills behind Cosy Corner are a lot of boulders" history="" access="" camping="" autonumber="false"/>
  <text class="heading1" id="3">Cosy Corner</text>
  <text class="text" new="false" id="5">To get to Cosy Corner take the road to Binalong Bay from St Helens. Turn onto the Gardens Road (C248) a couple of kilometres before Binalong Bay. Drive along the Gardens Rd until you pass the road at the Norrthern end of Cosy Corner beach. Take the next road right, it is on a bend and unmarked, this will take you to the car park and the first boulder on the headland.</text>
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  <text class="heading2" new="false" id="6">Car Park Boulders</text>
  <text class="text" new="false" id="7">These are the boulders next to the car park in the casurinas.</text>
  <text class="heading3" id="8">The Thumb</text>
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  <problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V6" name="Absolution" new="false" number="1." stars="" id="10"/>
  <text id="78" class="heading3">The Belly</text>
  <text class="text" id="11">This boulder is the large slabby dome right next to the Thumb.</text>
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      <climb>81</climb>
      <climb>82</climb>
      <climb>83</climb>
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  <climb id="81" stars="*" extra="" number="1" name="The Ramp" length="" grade="V0" fa="">Start on the lowest part of the slab and follow the good edges and smears right up the ramp to the top. Good fun!</climb>
  <climb id="82" stars="" extra="" number="2" name="Palmerstone Bay" length="" grade="V1" fa="">Start 1.5m left of the ramp following up the steeper bulge. Top out straight up via mantle like move up high.</climb>
  <climb id="83" stars="*" extra="" number="3" name="Sharpie Direct" length="" grade="V3" fa="">Start directly under the round flake, small edges and smears to juggy top right over the flake</climb>
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      <climb>83</climb>
      <climb>84</climb>
      <climb>85</climb>
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  <climb id="84" stars="" extra="" number="4" name="Micro-roof" length="" grade="VE" fa="">Follow good holds and smears to top via the micro-roof and slabby topout</climb>
  <climb id="85" stars="" extra="" number="5" name="Descent route aka Ripple Thief" length="" grade="VE" fa="">Small edges and good smears get you to the top of the boulder. Potentially easiest way up and down from the boulder.&lt;br/&gt;This is used as the way down if you don't want to down-climb any of the other climbs.</climb>
  <text id="86" class="heading3">The Nose</text>
  <text id="88" class="text">This boulder is about 5 metres downhill from The Thumb and the only problem/project is on the downhill, ocean facing side. Bit sharp but good hard mantle if you're into that sort of thing!</text>
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      <climb>87</climb>
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  <climb id="87" stars="*" extra="" number="1" name="Debauchery Project" length="" grade="V6-8?" fa="">Open Project for anyone to jump on! Start matched hanging off the two crimps on the right of the slabby face. Don't use the other blocks for feet. Hang, heel up and mantle, sounds easy!</climb>
  <text class="heading2" new="false" id="12">Waterfront Boulders</text>
  <text class="text" new="false" id="13">Take the track from the Northern side of the car park and head down to a little inlet. head right and you will come to the first few problems.</text>
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  <problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V0" name="" new="false" number="1." stars="*" id="15">Grab the break then the jug.</problem>
  <problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V1" name="" new="false" number="2." stars="" id="16">Use both cracks.</problem>
  <text class="text" new="false" id="17">A few metres further round is a short overhanging crack.</text>
  <problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V0" name="" new="false" number="3." stars="" id="18">Climb the crack.</problem>
  <text class="text" new="false" id="19">Continue around the Waterline until you come to a series of walls. This is the main area and will be awash at high tide.</text>
  <text class="heading3" new="false" id="20">Paddling Pool Boulders</text>
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  <problem extra="(Stand)" grade="VE" name="" new="false" number="1." stars="" id="22">Follow the diagonal.</problem>
  <problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name="" new="false" number="2." stars="" id="23">Move up using crimps and diagonal. Sit should probably go.</problem>
  <problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name="" new="false" number="3." stars="" id="24">Crimp fest up face.</problem>
  <problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name="Make a splash" new="false" number="4." stars="**" id="25">Lay off the arete all the way to the top.</problem>
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  <problem extra="(Stand)" grade="VE" name="" new="false" number="1." stars="" id="27">The diagonal.</problem>
  <problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name="" new="false" number="2." stars="" id="28">Up the slab.</problem>
  <problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V1" name="" new="false" number="3." stars="" id="29">Step up and grab the jug.</problem>
  <problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V0" name="" new="false" number="4." stars="" id="30">Rock over your foot.</problem>
  <problem extra="(SDS)" grade="VE" name="" new="false" number="5." stars="" id="31">Layback the back arete.</problem>
  <problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V1" name="" new="false" number="6." stars="" id="32">Too lazy for a sit. Start at the base of the crack.</problem>
  <problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name="" new="false" number="7." stars="" id="33">Smears and slopes. Hard sit possible.</problem>
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  <problem extra="" grade="V?" name="" new="false" number="1." stars="" id="35">This problem is steep, slopey with not so many holds. The wettest of these problems requires mid to low tide.</problem>
  <text id="56" class="heading2">Heart Beat Blocks</text>
  <text id="57" class="text">A collection of boulders and small cliffs just north of the waterfront boulders. Mostly easy but there are some harder lines that have yet to be climbed. Access via the same carpark.</text>
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    <legend>
      <climb>58</climb>
      <climb>59</climb>
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  <problem id="58" stars="" extra="(Stand)" number="1" name="Open project" length="" grade="V?" fa=""/>
  <problem id="59" stars="" extra="(Stand)" number="2" name="Open project" length="" grade="V?" fa=""/>
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      <climb>61</climb>
      <climb>62</climb>
      <climb>63</climb>
      <climb>64</climb>
      <climb>65</climb>
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  <problem id="60" stars="" extra="(Stand)" number="3" name="104bpm Traverse" length="" grade="VE" fa="M Hitchcock 2016 (but previous ascents likely)">Low slab traverse. Go between "133bpm Left" and "The Heart Beat" in either direction</problem>
  <problem id="61" stars="" extra="(Stand)" number="4" name="133bpm Left" length="" grade="VE" fa="M Hitchcock 2016 (but previous ascents likely)">Climb the left side of the slab</problem>
  <problem id="62" stars="" extra="(Stand)" number="5" name="13bpm Right" length="" grade="VE" fa="M Hitchcock 2016 (but previous ascents likely)">Climb the centre of the slab.</problem>
  <problem id="63" stars="*" extra="(Stand)" number="6" name="The Heart Beat" length="" grade="V0" fa="M Hitchcock 2016 (but previous ascents likely)">Balance up the pedestal to the flake, which is followed to a mantle and slab.</problem>
  <problem id="64" stars="" extra="(Stand)" number="7" name="Open Project" length="" grade="V?" fa="">Start on pedestal and follow the undercling flake right. Looks desperate.</problem>
  <problem id="65" stars="" extra="(SDS)" number="8" name="149bpm" length="" grade="VE" fa="M Hitchcock 2016 (but previous ascents likely)">Climb up cracks with opposing jugs.</problem>
  <image id="73" src="132bpm.png" height="525" width="700" legendTitle="132bpm Block" legend="true">
    <legend>
      <climb>66</climb>
      <climb>67</climb>
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  <problem id="66" stars="" extra="(SDS)" number="9" name="132bpm Left" length="" grade="VE" fa="M Hitchcock 2016 (but previous ascents likely)">Left arete</problem>
  <problem id="67" stars="" extra="(Hang)" number="10" name="132bpm Right" length="" grade="VE" fa="M Hitchcock 2016 (but previous ascents likely)">Right arete</problem>
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    <legend>
      <climb>68</climb>
      <climb>69</climb>
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  <problem id="68" stars="" extra="(Stand)" number="11" name="Open Project" length="" grade="V?" fa=""/>
  <problem id="69" stars="" extra="(Stand)" number="12" name="Open Project" length="" grade="V?" fa=""/>
  <text id="38" class="heading2">Sloop Reef Point</text>
  <text id="39">Lovely day spot with mostly highballs with good landings, as well as the ultimate surprisingly deep natural rock pool just 20m away from the wall!! Can park at Sloop Reef Point and the wall is south about 20 meters along the shoreline. Climbs are from left to right btw.</text>
  <image id="40" src="slooop reef.bmp" height="717"/>
  <problem id="42" number="1" grade="V0VE" extra="(Stand)" stars="" name="" length="" fa="">Left hand crack. nice enough</problem>
  <problem id="43" number="2" grade="V1VE" extra="(Stand)" stars="" name="" length="" fa="">Face just right of corner. cool rock formation</problem>
  <problem id="44" number="3" grade="V1VE" extra="(Highball, Stand)" stars="" name="" length="" fa="">Crack between small and tall boulder, can bail early over small boulder to take out the highball, grade stays the same</problem>
  <problem id="45" number="4" stars="*" grade="V3V1" extra="(Highball, Stand)" fa="Eli" name="" length="">Nice problem starting on arête. Head up then traverse right through obvious line to ledge then topout direct.</problem>
  <problem id="46" number="5" grade="V2V0" extra="(Highball, Stand)" stars="*" fa="Eli" name="" length="">Obvious crack</problem>
  <problem id="47" number="6" grade="V6" extra="(Highball, Stand)" name="Afternoon Pleasantries " fa="Eli">In corner up right hand slab. Start on very small opposing crimps and directly up from there.</problem>
  <image id="48" src="sloop reef 2.bmp" height="717"/>
  <problem id="49" number="7" grade="V8V6" extra="(Highball, SDS)" stars="**" name="Hey... That looks easy!" fa="Eli" length="">nice little problem, tricky pretty much all the way through :) Stand start still good at V4</problem>
  <problem id="51" number="8" grade="V1VE" extra="(Stand)" stars="" name="" length="" fa="">Start in the corner, nice and easy</problem>
  <problem id="52" number="9" grade="V1V0" extra="(Stand)" stars="" name="" length="" fa="">Brilliant climb, start on jugs under overhang and traverse right then up on obvious easy line</problem>
  <problem id="53" number="10" grade="V1V0" extra="(Stand)" stars="" name="" length="" fa="">Another brilliant climb. Directly up orange wall on good holds</problem>
  <text id="75" class="heading2">Reserve Hillside&lt;br/&gt;</text>
  <text id="76" class="text">Plenty of granite boulders on this hillside, position and some images are on Google maps. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=115989656407107465266.00046d738268eb40057a0&amp;ll=-41.211592,148.24625&amp;spn=0.054432,0.132093&amp;t=h&amp;z=14 f.&lt;br/&gt;</text>
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