<guide><text class="heading1">The Gorge</text><text
class="intro">There are quite a few good problems in the Gorge at Launceston. Gerry Narkowicz recently identified around sixty problems that start straight off the tourist track on the shady side of the Gorge. The problems described here are based on the list in the back of the Cataract guide. On the other side of the river less than a minute along the zig zag track on the sunny side of the gorge there is a semi circular group of boulders. There are around half a dozen vertical and traverse problems here.</text><text
class="heading2">The Sunny Side</text><text
class="access">From Kings Bridge walk up the start of the zig zag track for 1 minute to a semi circular group of boulders.</text><image
src="The Gorgesunny1.jpg"></image><problem extra="(Stand)"
grade="V0" name="
" number="1."
stars="
">Far left arete</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
grade="V0" name="
" number="2."
stars="
">Corner between aretes</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V0" name="
" number="3."
stars="
">Arete</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
grade="V5?" name="
" number="4."
stars="
">Traverse right around the group of boulders, from left to right</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name="
" number="5."
stars="
">Up face</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
grade="V?" name="
" number="6."
stars="
">Face left of gap</problem><problem extra="(SDS)"
grade="V4" name="
" number="7."
stars="
">Face right of gap - don't use crack</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name="
" number="8."
stars="
">Face</problem><problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V?"
name="
" number="9."
stars="
">Face right of conifer</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name="
" number="10."
stars="
">Right arete</problem><text
class="heading2">The Shady Side</text><text
class="access">From Kings Bridge walk along the tourist track. The areas are grouped by the light posts they are near. Each light post is marked with a number such as "LP 5". Problems are described right to left as you come to them.</text><text
class="heading3">LP 5</text><image
src="The Gorgelp5.jpg"></image><problem extra="
"
grade="V2" name="
" number="1."
stars="
">Wall right of LP5</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V2" name="
" number="2."
stars="
">From holds left of LP5 go up and left to flat hold.</problem><problem
extra="(SDS)" grade="V1" name="
" number="3."
stars="
">Arete to stand on head high hold</problem><problem
extra="(SDS)" grade="V2" name="
" number="4."
stars="*">Sitstart on underclings and traverse left to wide crack</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V3" name="
" number="5."
stars="
">Continue traversing across thin wall to next crack</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V3" name="
" number="6."
stars="
">From the next arete to the left traverse leftwards to ledge</problem><text
class="heading3">Heckle Area</text><text
class="access">About 30m down the track is a little roof with an offwidth to the right. This is the Heckle area.</text><image
src="The Gorgeheckle.jpg"></image><problem extra="
"
grade="V4" name="
" number="1."
stars="
">From offwidth traverse rightwards across face to corner.</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V3" name="
" number="2."
stars="
">Pull up on jug on arete to stand on jug, don't use crack</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V5" name="Heckle Traverse" number="3."
stars="*">Start 4m left of the arete on good edges. Traverse rightwards around the arete to the crack and finish as for number 1.</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V3" name="
" number="4."
stars="
">From holds 2m left of the arete climb up seam to high jug</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V3" name="
" number="5."
stars="
">From the holds at the start of the Heckle Traverse, go left past corner to another blank corner</problem><text
class="heading3">LP 9</text><image
src="The Gorgelp9-1.jpg"></image><problem extra="
"
grade="V4" name="
" number="1."
stars="
">From ledge left of arete traverse rightwards to arete and across face</problem><image
src="The Gorgelp9-2.jpg"></image><problem extra="
"
grade="V3" name="
" number="1."
stars="
">Up face to sloper</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V?" name="
" number="2."
stars="
">Up arete without using crack</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V2/3" name="
" number="3."
stars="
">Traverse leftward from one arete to the next</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V5" name="
" number="4."
stars="
">Blank corner to the left, near LP 10. Climb until "you get too scared".</problem><text
class="heading3">LP 12</text><image
src="The Gorgelp12.jpg"></image><problem extra="
"
grade="V2" name="
" number="1."
stars="
">Rising hand traverse near LP 12</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V1" name="
" number="2."
stars="
">Arete near LP 12 without using crack</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V4" name="
" number="3."
stars="
">Up overhanging face without using big holds to the left</problem><text
class="heading3">LP 14</text><problem extra="
"
grade="V4/5" name="
" number="1."
stars="
">Sloping traverse from right arete to corner near LP14</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V2" name="
" number="2."
stars="
">Traverse rightwards from LP15 to corner</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V4" name="
" number="
"
stars="
">Climb around detached boulder near LP16</problem><text
class="heading3">LP 17</text><image
src="The Gorgelp17.jpg"></image><problem extra="
"
grade="V1" name="
" number="1."
stars="
">Short arete to the left of LP17</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V2" name="
" number="2."
stars="
">5m to the left, climb face off park bench</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V3" name="
" number="3."
stars="
">Right hand start to arete</problem><problem
extra="(Highball)" grade="V3/4" name="Henry Barber's Arete"
number="4." stars="
">Only use the arete</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V3" name="
" number="5."
stars="
">Layback up left side of arete</problem><text
class="heading3">LP 23</text><image
src="The Gorgelp23.jpg"></image><problem extra="
"
grade="V2" name="
" number="1."
stars="
">Face and mantle right of LP23</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V3" name="
" number="2."
stars="
">Traverse rightward along slopes</problem><text
class="heading3">LP 25</text><problem extra="
" grade="V1"
name="
" number="1."
stars="
">Arete left of LP25</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V2/3" name="
" number="2."
stars="
">Slab with hole at the bottom</problem><text
class="heading3">LP 27</text><image
src="The Gorgelp27.jpg"></image><problem extra="(Highball)"
grade="V1/2" name="
" number="1."
stars="
">Layback wide crack right of LP 27</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V1" name="
" number="2."
stars="
">Span between crack and arete</problem><text
class="heading3">LP 28</text><problem extra="
" grade="V3"
name="
" number="1."
stars="
">Arete and face right of LP28</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V4" name="
" number="2."
stars="
">Traverse into blank corner left of LP28 from underclings 2m to the right of corner</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V2" name="
" number="3."
stars="
">From arete left of corner traverse left 4m</problem><text
class="heading3">Double Dozen</text><text
class="access">Double Dozen is the prominent finger crack in the buttress behind the next lookout.</text><image
src="The Gorgedoubledozen.jpg"></image><problem extra="
"
grade="V1" name="Double Dozen" number="1."
stars="
">Climb the start of Double Dozen to the ledge</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V5" name="
" number="2."
stars="
">Traverse leftwards from the start of Double Dozen to the corner, without using the ledge</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V4/5" name="
" number="3."
stars="
">Climb the face left of Double Dozen to the ledge, don't use the edge on DD</problem><text
class="access">The left hand side of the Double Dozen buttress.</text><image
src="The Gorgedoubledozen2.jpg"></image><problem extra="
"
grade="V1" name="
" number="1."
stars="
">Traverse left from crack to arete</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V?" name="
" number="2."
stars="
">Project - from arete up and left to ledge</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V?" name="
" number="3."
stars="
">Project - up arete to ledge</problem><text
class="heading3">LP 34</text><problem extra="
" grade="V3"
name="
" number="1."
stars="
">Low traverse from left to right 8m past LP 34, finish on ledge near stump</problem><text
class="heading3">LP 36</text><problem extra="
" grade="V3"
name="
" number="1."
stars="
">Start in cave at sharp edge, finish on top of boulder</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V1" name="
" number="2."
stars="
">Hand traverse the lip of the boulder overhanging the path</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V2" name="
" number="3."
stars="
">Mantle onto the boulder overhanging the path</problem><problem
extra="
" grade="V3" name="
" number="4."
stars="
">Behind LP37 climb the overhanging face and mantle onto sloping ledge.
SDS is a project?</problem><text
class="heading2">Duck Reach</text><text class="text">There are quite a few nice sculpted boulders in the river bed both upstream and downstream from Duck Reach. The boulders just near Flooded Rocks are quite good.</text></guide>
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