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        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
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            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><image
        new="false" noPrint="false" src="stronghold overview.jpg"
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        new="false">Barad-dur</text>

<text>Smear Boulder</text><text class="text"
        new="false">The eastern of>A smaller boulder with a nice clean face down the twohill a towersbit.</text><problemtext><image
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        newwidth="false"/><problem numberextra="(Stand)" grade="V4?" name=""
        new="false" number="1."
        stars="***">The awesome highball crack<">Up face starting with opposing side pulls.</problem>

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        class="heading3" new="false">Orthanc</text><text>Barad-dur</text>

<text
        class="text"
        new="false">The westerneastern of the Two Towers is pretty high with some awesome lines to be donetwo towers.</text><imagetext><problem
        new="false" noPrint="false" src="orthanc back.jpg"
        width=""/><problem extra="(Highball, SDSStand)" grade="V0V4" name="Crack of Doom"
        new="false" number="1."
        stars="***">Up the arete using pocket, then up jugs to top. Descent is to drop off onto the face to the left and step across to the block.</problem><problem>The awesome highball crack</problem>

<text
        class="heading3" new="false">Orthanc</text><text class="text"
        new="false">The western of the Two Towers is pretty high with some awesome lines to be done.</text><image
        new="false" noPrint="false" src="orthanc back.jpg"
        width=""/><problem extra="(Highball, SDS)" grade="V0" name=""
        new="false" number="1."
        stars="*">Up the arete using pocket, then up jugs to top. Descent is to drop off onto the face to the left and step across to the block.</problem><problem
        extra="(Highball, Stand)" grade="VE" name="" new="false"
        number="2." stars="">Up slab</problem><problem
        extra="(Highball, Stand)" grade="V6" name="" new="false"
        number="3."
        stars="**">Up to the right of the arete. Tricky moves at the start lead to exciting moves to get onto the slab</problem><image
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        extra="(Highball, Stand)" grade="VEV0?" name=""Orthanc new=Arete"false"
        new="false" number="21."
        stars="">Up slab</problem><problem
   >The right hand arete, with pockets.</problem>

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        new="false" number="12."
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        class="heading3" new="false">Zinc Fingers Boulder</text><textboulder. Stand start is about V2.</problem><problem
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        grade="VE" name="" new="false">Zinc Fingers Boulder is just NE from Don't Fight It Boulder.</text><image number="3."
        newstars="false" noPrint="false" src="zincfingers.jpg">Easy arete on right side of boulder.</problem>

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        widthclass="heading3"/><problem extranew="(SDS)" grade="V4" name="Zinc Fingers"false">Don't Fight It Boulder</text><text
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        starswidth="">Easy arete on right side of boulder.</problem>

<text
        class="heading3" new="false">Don't Fight It Boulder</text><text/><problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V4" name="Setting Sun"
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        newstars="false**">This>Sit isstart oneof oframp, theup firston boulderspockets youthen comeside to.<pulls</text><imageproblem><problem
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        grade="V4V3/4" name="Setting Sun"
        new="false" number="13."
        stars="***">Sit start">Start a bit left of ramp, up on pockets then side pulls<Don't Fight It, and traverse right to The Panics. Could start further left but pretty hard.</problem><problem
        extra="(StandSDS)" grade="V?V3" name="Don't Fight It" new="false"
        number="24."
        stars="">Project - up crack</problem><problem **">Blunt arete using pockets to slopers.</problem><problem
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        grade="V3/4" name="The Panics" new="false" number="3.false"
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        extraclass="(SDS)heading3" gradenew="V3false" name="Don't Fight It" new="false>Grey Slab</text><text class="text"
        numbernew="4.false"
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        number="51."
        stars="*">Overhang>Left on right side of faceslab.</problem><text
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        grade="V0" classname="heading3" new="false">Grey Slab</text><text classnumber="text2."
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       extra="(Stand)" grade="VE" name=""    new="false" number>Straight Lines Area</text><text class="1.text"
        starsnew="">Leftfalse">These first problems are on the down hill side of slabthe Vitriol Boulder, facing the Don't Fight It Boulder.</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"text><image
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        starswidth="*">Right side of slab.</problem>

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        new="false">Straight Lines Area</text><text class number="text1."
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        new="false" number="13."
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        stars="">Left arete and scoop</problem><problem extra="(SDS)">Up from flat hold, right of arete.</problem><problem
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        number="35."
        stars="*">Up arete then dyno up left to the scoop**">Pull up from very nice rail at head hight, at bottom end of the slot between the two boulders.</problem><problem
        extra="(SDSStand)" grade="V1V0" name="" new="false" number="46."
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        stars="***">Pull up fromon very nice rail at head hight, at bottom end of the slot between the two bouldersjug left of arete.</problem><problem
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        stars="">Right of arete</problem><problem extra="(Stand)">The next problems are at the top end of the slot.</text><image
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        starsextra="(SDS)">Right hand side of slab</problem><text class="heading3"
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        number="13."
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        stars="*">Arete>On opposite Vitriol.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name="Vitriol" new="false"
        number="3."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
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        new="false" number="45."
        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>

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        class="heading3" new="false">Dave's Arete Area</text><problem>Gatekeeper Boulder</text><image
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        newclass="false" number="5."text"
        starsnew="false">Project>Featured boulder -to the awesomeright lookingof areteInchman.</problem>

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        extra="(Stand)"   classgrade="VE" name="heading3" new="false">Gatekeeper Boulder</text><text number="1."
        class="text stars=""/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="VE" name=""
        new="false">Featured boulder to the right of Inchman.</text><problem number="2." stars=""/><problem extra="(Stand)"
        extra="(SDS)" grade="V0VE" name="" new="false" number=""
        3." stars="">Various lines up the face.</problem>/>

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        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.</text><image
        new="false" noPrint="false" src="inchman back.jpg"
        width=""></image><problem><problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V6" name="Sledgehammer"
        name="Sledgehammer" new="false" number="1."
        stars="**">On R side of face - big pull from horizontal to horizontal then up over top.</problem><text
        class="heading3" new="false">Not My Problem Boulder</text><text
        class="text"
        new="false">This is the most southern decent boulder of the area.</text><image
        new="false" noPrint="false" src="notMyProblem.jpg"
        width=""/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name=""
        new="false" number="1."
        stars="">Project - crimpy slab a couple of metres left of the arete.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V3/4" name="Not My Problem" new="false"
        number="2."
        stars="**">Steep arete to balancy top out.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name="" new="false" number="3."
        stars="">Project - right hand arete</problem>/problem><problem grade="V?" new="true"/>


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