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<guide><text class="heading1">Tyndall Range</text><text
        class="text">By Kim Robinson</text><text
        class="heading2">Introduction</text><text
        class="text">Climbing in the Tyndall Range is only in its infancy, the scope for sport and traditional routes here is enormous. Several years ago Doug Fife realised the potential of the 300m cliffs above Lake Huntley. He, with various partners including Garn Cooper over several trips established a mixed free and aid route up this main face. More recently Adam Donaghue has pushed another aid line up the middle of the cliff and is currently in the process of equipping a 6 pitch free route, which he expects to go at the grade of 27. </text><text
        class="heading3">The Drive</text><text
        class="text">The Tyndall Range is approximately 4-5hrs drive from Hobart followed by 2-3hrs walk. To get there, drive to Queenstown then follow the main Murchison Highway north past the Strahan junction toward Rosebery. Approx. 13km from Queenstown you will get to the Anthony Road turnoff on the right. Take this and follow it for another 10-11km until you reach a gravel car park on the right. The driving is now over and the walking begins.</text><text
        class="heading3">The Walk </text><text
        class="text">The Walk
The walk up into the Tyndall's is typical of many of the walks in the southwest, steep, muddy, ill defined (at the end) and too long! Follow the track till it peters out then follow a compass bearing directly east until you reach the cliff - see diagram below. Note: Being one of the wettest places in Tasmania the weather here can be extremely changeable so take warm clothes, wet weather gear and a GPS\compass even if the weather is perfect when you set out.</text><text
        class="heading3">Locality Map</text><image
        src="localitySmall.jpg" width=""/><text
        class="heading2">Mt Tyndall</text><climb extra="Sport"
        grade="12" length="12m" name="Bunny Ears" number=""
        stars="">Either abseil or scramble to the base, Pleasant climbing up the short wall. FA Claire Hewer, March 2005</climb><climb
        extra="Sport" grade="17" length="15m" name="Bunny Hop" number=""
        stars="">Scramble down to the top of the climb from the base of Bunny Ears and abseil off the bolts. FA Kim Robinson, March 2005</climb><image
        src="tyndallsmall.jpg" width=""/><text
        class="text">Mt Tyndal Topo
Photo taken from near the top of Mt Tyndall looking South</text><text
        class="heading2">Lake Huntley</text><climb extra="Sport"
        grade="22" length="80m" name="Rain Dancer" number=""
        stars="">Scramble down to the top of the climb, two 40m abseils will bring you to the base of it. Pitch 1 Grade 22, Pitch 2 Grade 21. Gear: 2 Ropes, 20 Quickdraws.
Check the climb out (bolts are not so obvious in the bright conglomerate) on your way down as once you've pulled your abseil ropes there is no other way out unless you have some natural gear! FA. Claire Hewer, Kim Robinson, March 2005</climb><image
        src="huntelysmall.jpg" width=""/><text class="text">Lake Huntley Topo
Photo taken from glaciated slabs above lake Huntley looking east</text></guide>