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<guide><text class="heading1" new="false">Handsome Crag</text><text
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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.</text><text
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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 & 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 "good fun" 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).</text><image
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new="true"><point code="HAN100"
description="The Stronghold - Inchman Boulder"
easting="507751" height="523" northing="5268047"
zone="55G"></point></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
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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.</text><text
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new="false">This area will need a plan topo as its reasonably complicated. I will fill out some of the details and add photo topos later. The descriptions below are really just to remind me what I've done so far.</text><text
class="heading3" new="false">Fight It Boulder</text><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V3" name="Don't Fight It" new="false"
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stars="***">Blunt arete using pockets to slopers. Needs sitstart.</problem><text
class="heading3" new="false">Slot Boulder</text><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name="Roast Lamb" new="false"
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stars="***">Very tasty. Pull up from very nice rail at head hight, at left end of the slot.</problem><text
class="heading3" new="false">Inchman Boulder</text><problem
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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></guide>
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