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<guide guidestars="*"><text class="heading1"
        new="false">Handsome Crag</text><text class="text"
        new="false">Handsome Crag has quite a decent amound of reasonable sandstone. There is a quite a lot of potential here for bouldering, but it is only in its earliest stage of development.
The crag faces north and gets a lot of sun, so is a good winter venue, but too hot in summer. It's high enough that it mostly escapes the New Norfolk fog.</text><text
        class="text"
        new="false">It is possible to drive to within fifty meters of the cliff. There used to be a locked gate at the bottom of the road, but this is no longer present. The crag is on Crown Land, administered by Forestry Tasmania. To get there head up to New Norfolk and cross to the northern side of the Derwent River. Head up river and take the first right, followed by a left. Follow this through the outer suburbs of New Norfolk to the T-junction: to get to the cliff turn right along Back River Road. The turn-off to the crag is about 2km along Back River Road from the T-junction. Turn right at the driveway to house numbers 658, 660 &amp; 662 (this is the middle of 3 dirt tracks) and drive for another 1km before reaching where the locked gate used to be on the left. This is Handsome Caves Road. After a few kilometers of zigging and zagging up a steep, rough road, when it flattens out a bit take a track which turns off sharply to the left. The crag will soon be visible on the right. The road is &quot;good fun&quot; in a 2wd - the extra clearance and traction of a softroader makes the drive a bit more comfortable. If you can't get your car up the road the walk up isn't too grim (takes about 30 minutes). The approach takes about 45 min / 40km from Hobart.</text><image
        new="false" noPrint="false" src="handsomeMap.png" width=""/><gps
            new="true"><point code="HAN110"
            description="The Stronghold - Don't Fight It Boulder"
            easting="507745" height="523" northing="5268080"
            zone="55G"/><point code="HAN100"
            description="The Stronghold - car park" easting="507674"
            height="462" northing="5268131" zone="55G"/></gps><text
        class="heading2" new="false">Main Cliff Boulders</text><text
        class="text"
        new="false">There are lots of boulders under the main amphitheatre of cliffs. The potential isn't quite as good as you'ld expect, but there are a couple of OK boulders down the left hand end. Mostly these boulders are undeveloped.</text><text
        class="heading2" new="false">The Stronghold</text><text
        class="text"
        new="false">This area has area has about a dozen beautiful free standing boulders with some fantastic lines. Good rock too.
Continue on Handsome Caves Rd past the Main Cliff for another couple of hundred metres until you get to an area with a couple of free standing boulders in a flat area on the right, with a small cliff line behind. You should be able to spy some more boulders up above the left side of the cliff line - this is where the good stuff is. Park in a small sandy pull out, and head up the hill for 5 minutes. Once you are above the small cliff line you should be able to see the boulders.
The boulders are described pretty much top-to-bottom and left-to-right as they appear in the plan topo below.</text><text
        class="text"
        new="false">There are plenty of new problems to do here. Bring a brush and spend some effort to contribute to this great area.</text><imagetext><text
        new="falsetrue"></text><image noPrintnew="false" srcnoPrint="stronghold overview.pngfalse"
        widthsrc=""/><text stronghold overview.png" width=""/>

<text class="heading3"
        new="false">Don't Fight It Boulder</text><text>Barad-dur</text>

<text class="text"
        new="false">This>The isnorthern one of the first boulders you come totwo towers.</text><imagetext>

<text
        newclass="falseheading3" noPrintnew="false">Orthanc</text><text srcclass="dontfightit.jpgtext"
        widthnew="false"/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name=""
        new="false" number="1." stars="">Project</problem><problem>The southern of the Two Towers is pretty high with some awesome lines to be done.</text><image
        extranew="(SDS)" grade="V3/4false" noPrint="false" src="orthanc.jpg" width=""/><problem
        extra="(Highball, Stand)" grade="V0?" name="James' Arete"
        new="false" number="21."
        stars="">Start>The aright bit left of Don't Fight Ithand arete, and traverse right to The Panics. Could start further left but pretty hard.</problem><problemwith pockets.</problem>

<text
        class="heading3" new="false">Zinc Fingers Boulder</text><text
        extraclass="(SDS)" grade="V3" name="text"
        new="false">Zinc Fingers Boulder is just NE from Don't Fight It" new="false" Boulder.</text><image
        numbernew="false" noPrint="false" src="3zincfingers.jpg"
        starswidth="***">Blunt arete using pockets to slopers.</problem><problem
  /><problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V4" name="Zinc Fingers"
      extra="(SDS)" grade="V3" name="The Panics" new="false"
        number="42."
        stars="*">Overhang>Groove onup rightmiddle sideof ofthe faceboulder.</problem><text
 Stand start is     class="heading3" new="false">Grey Slab</text><text class="text"
        new="false">There is a small slab just up behind Don't Fight It Boulder.</text><problemabout V2.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="VE" name="" new="false" number="13."
        stars="">Left>Easy arete on right side of slabboulder.</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"problem>

<text
        gradeclass="V0" name=heading3"" new="false" number="2."
  >Don't Fight It Boulder</text><text
      stars="*">Right side of slab.</problem><text class="heading3text"
        new="false">Zinc>This Fingersis Boulder</text><text class="text"
        new="false">Zinc Fingers Boulder is just NE from Don't Fight It Boulderone of the first boulders you come to.</text><image
        new="false" noPrint="false" src="zincfingersdontfightit.jpg"
        width=""/><problem extra="(SDSStand)" grade="V4V?" name="Zinc Fingers"
        new="false" number="21."
        stars="*">Groove up middle of the boulder. Stand start is about V2.< stars="">Project</problem><problem
        extra="(StandSDS)" grade="VEV3/4" name="" new="false" number="32."
        stars="">Easy>Start aretea onbit rightleft side of boulder.</problem><text
        class="heading3" new="false">Straight Lines Area</text><textDon't Fight It, and traverse right to The Panics. Could start further left but pretty hard.</problem><problem
        classextra="text(SDS)"
 grade="V3" name="Don't Fight    It" new="false">These
 first problems are on the down hill side of the Vitriol Boulder, facing the Don't Fight It Boulder.</text><image
        new="false" noPrint="false" src="straightlines.jpg" number="3."
        stars="***">Blunt arete using pockets to slopers.</problem><problem
        extra="(SDS)" grade="V3" name="The Panics" new="false"
        number="4."
        stars="*">Overhang on right side of face.</problem><text
        class="heading3" new="false">Grey Slab</text><text class="text"
        new="false">There is a small slab just up behind Don't Fight It Boulder.</text><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="VE" name="" new="false" number="1."
        stars="">Left side of slab.</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
        grade="V0" name="" new="false" number="2."
        stars="*">Right side of slab.</problem>

<text class="heading3"
        new="false">Straight Lines Area</text><text class="text"
        new="false">These first problems are on the down hill side of the Vitriol Boulder, facing the Don't Fight It Boulder.</text><image
        new="false" noPrint="false" src="straightlines.jpg"
        width=""/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name=""
        new="false" number="1."
        stars="*">Nice face on the opposite side of the boulder from Straight Lines.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="VE" name="" new="false" number="2."
        stars="">Left arete and scoop</problem><problem extra="(SDS)"
        grade="V4" name="" new="false" number="3."
        stars="*">Up arete then dyno up left to the scoop.</problem><problem
        width=""/><problem extra="(StandSDS)" grade="V2V1" name=""
        new="false" number="14."
        stars="*">Nice>Up facefrom onflat the opposite sidehold, right of the boulder from Straight Linesarete.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="VEV2" name="Straight Lines" new="false"
        number="25."
        stars="">Left arete and scoop</problem><problem extra="(SDS)"***">Pull up from very nice rail at head hight, at bottom end of the slot between the two boulders.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V4V0" name="" new="false" number="36."
        stars="*">Up>Slab areteopposite then dyno up left to the scoopStraight Lines.</problem><problem
        extra="(SDSStand)" grade="V1V0" name="" new="false" number="47."
        stars="">Up>Pull fromup flaton hold,jug rightleft of arete.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V2V1" name="Straight Lines" new="false"
       " new="false" number="58."
        stars="***">Pull up from very nice rail at head hight, at bottom end of the slot between the two boulders.</problem><problem
 ">Right of arete</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
       extra="(Stand)" grade="V0V1" name="Fuckin Jeezus" new="false" number="69."
        stars="">Slab>Right hand oppositeside Straightof Lines.</problem><problemslab</problem><text class="heading3"
        extranew="(Stand)false">Vitriol gradeArea</text><text class="V0text"
 name="" new="false" number="7."
     new="false">The next problems stars="">Pull up on jug left of areteare at the top end of the slot.</problem><problemtext><image
        extranew="(Stand)false" gradenoPrint="V1false" namesrc="vitriol.jpg" newwidth="false" number="8.""/><problem
        stars="">Right of arete</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
        " grade="V1V2" name="Fuckin Jeezus" new="false" number="91."
        stars="">Right>Arete hand side of slab</problem><climb
        new="true"></climb><text class="heading3"
        new="false">Vitriol Area</text><text class="text"
opposite Vitriol.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name="Vitriol" new="false">The
 next problems are at the top end of the slot.</text><image number="2."
        newstars="false" noPrint="false" src="vitriol.jpg" width=""/><problem***">The beautiful curved arete. Needs a sit start.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name="" new="false" number="13."
        stars="*">Arete>On opposite Vitriol.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name="Vitriol" new="false"
        number="2."block just around to the R of vitriol traverse lip rightwards. Sit start would go, but don't rip the flake off.</problem><text
        starsclass="***heading3">The beautiful curved arete. Needs a sit start.</problem><problem new="false">Dave's Arete Area</text><problem
        extra="(Highball, Stand)" grade=" grade="V2" name=""V?" name="Dave's Arete"
        new="false" number="34."
        stars="*">On>Project block just around to - the Rawesome of vitriol traverse lip rightwards. Sit start would go, but don't rip the flake off.</problem><textlooking arete.</problem>

<text
        class="heading3" new="false">Gatekeeper Boulder</text><text
        class="heading3text"
        new="false">Dave's Arete Area<>Featured boulder to the right of Inchman.</text><problem
        extra="(Highball, StandSDS)" grade="V?V0" name="Dave's Arete"
        new="false" number="4."
        stars="">Project>Various lines -up the awesome looking areteface.</problem><textproblem>

<text
        class="heading3" new="false">Inchman Boulder</text><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V0" name="" new="false" number=""
        stars="">Slab</problem><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V0"
        name="" new="false" number="" stars="">Slab</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V0" name="" new="false" number=""
        stars="">Slab</problem><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V0"
        name="" new="false" number="" stars="">Slab</problem><text
        class="text"
        new="false">The back side of Inchman has an impressive steep face, with nothing done yet.</text><text
        class="heading3" new="false">Gatekeeper>Not My Problem Boulder</text><text
        class="text"
        new="false">Featured boulder to the right>This is the most southern decent boulder of Inchmanthe area.</text><problem
        extra="(SDSStand)" grade="V0V?" name="" new="false" number="1."
        stars="">Various lines up>Project - crimpy slab a couple of metres left of the facearete.</problem><textproblem><problem
        classextra="heading3(Stand)" newgrade="false">Orthanc</text><text class="text"
       V3/4" name="Not My Problem" new="false">The
 southern of the Two Towers is pretty high with some awesome lines to be done.</text><image number="2."
        newstars="false" noPrint="false" src="orthanc.jpg" width=""/><problem**">Steep arete to balancy top out.</problem><problem
        extra="(Highball, Stand)" grade="V0V?" name="James' Arete"
        new="false" number="13."
        stars="">The>Project - right hand arete, with pockets.</problem><arete</problem><text new="true"/>


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