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Mt Alexandria

Great access - 5 min drive from the centre of Mittagong, then 5 min walk. Actually throws up some impressive roofs along what otherwise appears to be a fairly unenticing line of cliffs. The rock (when great chunks of it aren’t coming off in your hands) is quite hard and smooth. One other thing - Garth had a great imagination in his younger days - in general, subtract 2-3 grades off all his routes!

** ? 14m 23/24 (L)
Sweet. Cheat stones, and double crimp pull up to powerful sidepulling. Sequency to a rather tenuous 2nd clip, then to ok flake, and jugs on L. 3rd clip, then another hard move from LH sidepull, out high and R to R hand sidepull, then to huge jugs in break. Pull roof, pretty much all on jugs.

New Route 14m 16 (OS)
OK. Follow the R hand line of rings on the Vox Populi wall. Tricky to step round bulge at 2nd RB.

* ? 14m 20 (OS)
Good. Damn fine moves just above 2nd RB.

* Vox Populi 14m 18 (OS)
Vastly overrated, both in Garths original grading (21!!), and in terms of traffic. Worth doing, but do the 20 on the R too! A shoebox size jug ripped off just over the lip - take care.

? 15m 21 (OS)
Not 22, but nice enough. About 30m L of VP is an overhang (an ok 20 goes straight through it). At the L end is a bottomless R slanting V groove. Boulder bulge to start, then slab to overhang. L hand sidepull, feet up, and swing up R on small nose to ok sloper. Through to jugs as feet thrash around below. Simply up groove (small wires) to chain on R.