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  <header id="1autonumber="true" camping="" access="" history="" intro="" acknowledgement="" rock="" sun="" walk="" name="The Sun Lounge" id="1"/>
  <text id="3" walkclass="text">This sun drenched north facing crag is a bit of a hike, but has a good selection of mid range routes. Perfect for a sunny winters day.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The Sun Lounge is basically similar to the Superunknown Buttress in aspect and distance from the river bed, but is about 500metres further upstream (east). Rather that bush bashing up the river bed, it is easier to walk up the ridgeline then drop down to the crag.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Access as for the Colleseum. Walk up the steep gully that separates the Cave Sector and the Terrastomp area, then follow a yellow tagged track up and along the ridge line east for about 10 minutes. Just as your about to consider that it is too far to walk to bother climbing you'll be about level with the top of the crag. Scramble down gullies to the east of the crag, then walk back west under the base of the crag to reach the current routes.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Note that there are two tiers, an upper tier (with all the routes developed to date) and a lower tier. These tiers are seperated by a 5 to 10 metre wide flattish area. Take care when looking up at routes or taking photos, stepping backwards at times would be unfortunate.</text>
  <climb name="Muffin Top" rockid="2" acknowledgementfa="Roger Parkyn, Owen Gervasoni, June 2020. " intrograde="22" historylength="15 m" accessnumber="1." campingextra="" autonumberstars="true**"/>
  <climb name="Ra" id="4" fa="Dan Johnson, 10 September 2018" grade="22/23" length="25m" number="2." extra="12Þ	" stars="***">Dan's Magnus Opus. He claims its "One of the best lines of its grade at Sand River". Former Craglets quality control master Roger Parkyn has even endorsed is as "That was f**king awesone", before launching into another grading tirade, so its definatly got something going for it.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Start up the doddle warmup slab, traverse right on technical underclings then blast your way up the final pillar headwall. There is a fixed cable draw at the start of the traverse to assist with cleaning (re-clip into it on the way back down).</climb>
  <climb name="Ra Direct" id="5" fa="Garry Phillips" grade="24" length="25m" number="3." extra="Þ" stars="">The direct start to Ra.</climb>
  <climb name="Titanium" id="6" fa="Garry Phillips, 10 September 2018" grade="25" length="15m" number="1." name="Muffin Top" length="15 m" grade="22" fa="Roger Parkyn, Owen Gervasoni, June 2020. "/>"4." extra="Þ" stars="">Up then bust out left at the 5th bolt.</climb>
  <climb name="Unamed 834" id="7" fa="Garry Phillips" grade="24" length="" number="5." extra="Þ" stars="*">As for Titanium, but finish direct.</climb>
  <climb name="Unamed 835" id="8" fa="" grade="" length="12m" number="6." extra="Þ" stars="">Project. Direct finish to Nuovi Pitoni.</climb>
  <climb name="Nuovi Pitoni" id="9" fa="Dan Johnson, May 2020" grade="24" length="12m" number="7." extra="6Þ" stars="*">Up the crack to bolt three, then traverse steeply and powerfully right and around nose to lower-off.</climb>
  <climb name="Unamed 836" id="10" fa="Garry Phillips, December 2018" grade="18" length="18m" number="8." extra="8Þ" stars="**">Classic. Steep right facing corner system covered in jugs leads to a brilliant thin bridging corner crux at the top.</climb>
  <climb name="And if the Wax Melts?" id="11" fa="Owen Gervasoni, February 2020" grade="20" length="12m" number="9." extra="7Þ" stars="**">Some unique holds, with an akward crux exiting the scoop feature at bolt 2. Takes the wall between the corner of Unamed 836 and the arete of Photon.</climb>
  <climb name="Photon" id="12" fa="Roger Parkyn, December 2018." grade="17" length="15m" number="10." extra="7Þ" stars="*">Climbs the 90 degree arete feature at the right end of the main Sun Lounge wall. Graded for the red point, with the crux right where it should be, clipping the chains.</climb>
  <text id="13" class="text">Abut 50 metres to the right of Photon, and a short scramble up hill, the upper tier continues with the steep slab of the Afternoon Wall. In summer it gets shade after about 3pm.</text>
  <climb name="Wall of the Late Afternoon Shade" id="14" fa="Owen Gervasoni, December 2018." grade="21" length="15m" number="11." extra="Þ" stars="*">On the left side of the wall is a set of parallel "tram track" seams. Up these.</climb>
  <climb name="Project DJ" id="15" fa="" grade="" length="" number="12." extra="Þ" stars="">Dan's finger shredding slab project.</climb>
  <climb name="Unamed 839" id="16" fa="Dan Johnson, December 2018." grade="20" length="18m" number="13." extra="9Þ" stars="*">The right hand finish to Dan's project. Up to second bolt, then traverse right to arete and up.</climb>
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