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The Rock

Fantastic. I would highly recommend a trip to this excellent crag. The rock itself is great, but there is the occasional loose block. Get to Wagga, drive south along the Olympic Highway, and turn right at the township of The Rock. The cliff is the big thing in front of you! The Towers section all slants at bizarre angles, and the Chromium Dog wall looks absolutely phenomenal. Terminator (20), Angie (15) and Chromium Dog (22) look like the best routes here.

** Angie 35m 15 (OS)
Excellent. Start up the slightly closed corner with obvious big hex placements, just R of the inverted staircase. Nice easy bridging leads up to the roof. Either step L to pull up underneath the loose blocks (at about 18), or follow corner all the way and clamber over them. Beautiful traverse to lip of roof, then wander up to final corner. Good small wire, then a nice move gains easy airy climbing to the top.

* Lest We Forget 35m 17 (YP)
Worthwhile, especially if done as a single pitch. It’s the orange slab with bird poo (see page 11 of the ROCK guide) and two fine intersecting cracks. Tricky start leads to good small pro, and a nice quasi-mantle to gain stance under roof. Step R around lip (crux), then up into loose block territory, with only one move through the obvious layback bulge.